The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-04-05
THE INTEREST WAVES.
A DULL DAY OF COLONEL BREcK-
INRIDGE'S TESTIMONY. Ss--..ss
No Important Points Were Brought Out
the Days Work Being Generally
Denials of Miss Pollard's
Statements.

mony in the Pollard- Breckinrldge
trial today, to permit the introduction
OF evidence that Colonel Breckenridge
had carried on type-written corre-
spondence with Madeline Pollard from
the house of representatives IN looo'
The demand of the PLAINTIFFS law
vers to be permimitted to follow this
course brought a delicate question Oh
law before the Judge. 1t was conceded
that documents might be brought in
to q case and witness questioned
upon il in cross examination from
which to lay the basis for contradlcN
ton, but when the existence of miss
ing documents could be asserted and
the defendant is asked whether he
wrote it, was another question which
Judge Bradley decided in the affirma-
tive. After listening to the argument
and consulting authorities, he held,
however, that the witnesses could not
be asked to give their recollection OF
the contents of the letters. Accord
ipgIy Mrs. Louise Lowell, who con-
Quoted business in typewriting and
stenography at the Capitol in the
wear of 1886, and had been discovered
by the plaintiff last sunday, stated
that she had copied the mysterious
letters upon type writer for the colo
mel, and had addressed for him a
package of envelopes to "Miss Pol
lard, z N. Upper street, Lexington,
XVI having made all entry in note
book which she produced, but which
dio not entirely substantiate her state.
ment, because il seemed to have been
used in 1887 and 1888.
Miss Pollard also appeared in q
speaking part once more, to testify
that she had received the letters in
question. During her briet appear
ance the lawyers had their hands
full endeavoring to make her contine
herself to answering the questions put
to her, for her untrammelled utter
ances, when on the stand before she
scored some of the most telling points
for her side,
Thereafter the program was con
tinuance of the fencing between the
congressman from kentucky and the
ex. congressman from Indiana. Both
Colonel Breckenridge and ex~Judge
Wilson are lawyers of brilliant parts,
and no exhibition of it's kind ap.
preaching the thrusts and parry >ot
the tW men when pitted as examiner
and witness has been heard for years.
1t was enjoyed by an audience worthy
of iUsmerlts, for beside che usual vary
ing CORDS of congressional attendants
aud lawyers there was we'll known
Methodist clergyman in the audience,
and a retired judge of the district
court occupied seat beside Judge
Bradley. Colonel Breckenridge made
ironclad denials of the testimony OF
Mrs. Lowell, besides cOntradicting
Miss Pollard at many points.
Judge Wilson was disposed to drop
into q vein of sarcasm at times. speak
ing Of the defendant as "fatherly
looking and perfectly respectable gen
tleman like yourself" He laid the
foundation for more testimony in re-
buttal by obtaining denial that the
servants at the fashionable boarding
house where Miss Pollard had lived
had ever seen her using in his pres
ence that work basket formerly be.
longing to his dead wife, which the
colonel swears be did not give the
plaintiff.
Everybody.is guessing tonight the
nature of the new line of examination
which Mr.. Wilson announced he
would take up in the morning. This
morning Mrs. Louise Lowell took a
seat in the witness box. She said
that she had known the colonel since
February, 1886, having become ac-
quainted with him at the house OF
representatives., where she had an
office as stenographer in the CORR.
dor by the committee on postoffices.
"Did you work for Colonel BIeckin'
ridge?n Mr.. Wilson inquired.
"I did"
"Did he bring manuscript OF letter
to you?N
He did and L copied it on The type
writer ~
Glow was that letter addressed ?''
II object" interrupted Mr.. Butterr-
worth, but Judge Bradley said to
| sustain the objection would be to
nullify the purpO of admitting the
witness.
The manuscri pit and copy had been
returned to the colonel, Mrs. Lowell
| continued.
From 1886 to 1889 she had copied
manuscript, addressed envelopes and
done Colonel Breckinridge's private
correspondence and congressioal
work, always returning the manu-
script.
"Now, what was on these en-
velopes ?" continued Mr.. Wilson.
"Miss Pollard, Upper Wall street,
Lexington, KY.
And how do you remember that?
81 kept q memorandum book in
which | noted the address,"
Have you the book?"
81 have,u she said, and the book
was passed round for in pection of the
lawyers. "Feeling sure that sooner
or later l would hear more of Miss
Pollard, and not wishing to trust my
memory, made that memorandum
she explained. and continuing, said
"He (Breckinridge) brought me two
or three envelopes separately, then q
package of dozen small ones, faded
win age, and not such envelopes as q