The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-10
do. The usual hours had not arrived, but
Judge Bradley agreed to the ad1ourhineht'
The Crowd Lecturcd.

Judge Bradley agreed to the adjournment
The Crowd Lecturcd.
But before the crier formally announced
that the court was adjourned, the crowd 1vei
began to move out. Then Judge Brauley
became angry, and, stitfening up, ne cIleu:
Take your seats ran ana w go 1 tbe nroducton
to a scorching lecture to the peIpeetttta5ioIs,
in which he said the curiosity eXh do n oS
them had been disgusting. Corfldors nflu
been crowded by, the prurlent anu CT ofoT the
had assembled before the Once Oh o iiie
counsel The s,ectators, ne sad s were and and
decency and l am ashamed 10 say &c &c
their conduct has resulted in a verulGit tin %
buzzards sitting on fence corner corner Mr,.5
the opportunity to pick up little carr on On.
Adjourn the court" and the court was
adjourned.
Washington April 5.-Coonel BrecKln-
ridge formally closed his defense touay.
The witnesses called on his behall W ,ilS,roX-
amined apparently with view %; % ~ uip Che
ing the statement Of - piaintlli nv a. a se
had given birth to "a male chiid ~ w an" fne
re6uttal testimony for the plaintiff began
and continued until adjournment. Inc inost
interesting and perhaps the most ilipor''ln ~,
testimony of the day was that given py
Miss Louise Lowell the typewriter W, W.
had done copying for Colonel BrecKlhiluse
cook at the house of Mrs. Thomas, with
whom Miss Pollard lived from February
that she had copied for Colonel Breckn
ridge letters in his hand Writing Writ ea to shy My
fire" and her synopses of these showed
that the letters We're OF an amatory CHI i1
acter. The defendant in his testimony M
denied that he had maintained any c 1ese
munication with Miss Pollard during l 9
when the letters were written, WINE me
plaintiff asserted that she receiVea te na
l sister h iou IN .S' N.Y. Dear spt-rs my
Dear Madeline and other terms Oh III
Mary Yancey, the colored cook, {; C ere
positively to an ACKNOWLEDGMENT + by r Coioy
the plaintiff. According to the W;t I'm
Colonel Brenckinridge complimented her Il
he S2ke nye and Said after rive Ma1t You to
come with us when we so to nou '7Neepi''s
Miss Pollard on the stand.
Miss Pollard came in about five minutes
after Judge Bradley took his seat. one
was closely followed by Colonel Brec aidd
ridge and his attorneys. 1t was ,SupPo.oo"
when Colonel Breckinrdge hnshed ms ;So Md
timony yesterday that The defense Wouru
rest It's case, although Major 0n r1iuHt h" he
introduced lhere was some surprise;
therefore, when Miss Pollard was called
for the plaintiff, but for the defense
Miss Pollard. what time was y your phos
MY baby was born at noon on the ou
Brencknridge she started to say 5 0faT-
rupted her and said she must conflne her
self to the questions asked MISS SIS. roli ~
said she gave her baby up TWO houl ae "I iTd
it was born and it was taken to an asylum asylum
on Fourteenth Street-a ProteSlahl IOul9
ling asylum-by old colored nluWlle
named Aunt Mary. 1t was at her mousse
the baby was born. 49,, ,i,a .os
DO you know whether the child was
~ pinned a little note, on my baby's
clothing with the name of .biest ,i{Ia ot
on it. 1 was reading Ihoilas 80 yreI1@d
Of
III, ST. The name was selected pecauS33e
it was very different from NIX ID e'N'''''
VI ''i' The Baby's Name.
MFG ridie who had been matron of the
Washington Founding asylum IN toSS,e % thS
called and produced EGCGrd p ybich o. Miss
P6liard's baby was born. The BOOK con con
tanned slip Of paper thu nn Wine eae said was
nnsd % to a child brought to the asylum
on that day by an old colored woman MIS- MIS-
Idle said, in answer to ..f HqesIo oyni ms
md not "Diest Carlyle .:,,o
on the slip was written in feminine
hand, please name i"S '''''
M Mrs. Idle said that after looking at , Dr.
Parsons she could say that the iattel htu
nevar been 10 the asylum to the knowledge
VI NJ ' WiIliam b Moore, who was chief
&C M t,a vital Statistics office of the health d.
nrtnoant of the District of Column >
tTebruary, 1855 testified that he Sec ei7s-l
i1nI q
nn ~ return made by DIR. Parsons of u birth
occurring on February so.
The Tvuewrit"r's Testimoni.
Miss Louise Lowell. the Typewriter VINO
had testified that Colonel BrecklnfdEe hau
hrought her letter to copy DeglnhlflS'
INV Dear Sister Louise and mad also Gili-
ployed her to address enVelopes 10 Nin MISS
Pollard was recalled by the plalntlI ana
asl[ad nv Judge Wilson to tell what was
discovered in the Sister Louise letter
Miss Lowell said: ..., :; ,,o ,,++or
f{i,t here Major Shelby objected and Miss
Lowell was held down TO what slle reiiieiil-
bered in the letter.
'"rhe writer" she said, spoke OF the great
love between the two and the disparity IN
their ages that no two persons III the same
family with great q difference IN thelf
ages. could love each other SO dearly
was that the substance"
THAT was the whole tenor OF the letter
Miss Lowell had tolerably clear recolec-
ton OF other letters she had copied Tor
affectionate and enjoined caution: One was
addressed, My Dear Spitfire." An the
letters handed her by Colonel BrecllinridSe
TO be copied were in manuscript, which was
taken away when she had finished copying
That Decorated Basket.
Very much out of breath, Mary Yancey,
the servant girl at Mrs Thomas's, where
Miss Pollard boarded ana where Colonel
Breckenridge said she attempted to take
his life took the stand. Mary was shown
the lille decorated basket that belonged
to the late Mrs. Breckenridge which Miss
| Pollard said was given her by the de
| PENDANT and which Colonel breckenridge
said he had not seen since it was taken
from his house
Have you ever seen that basket?' asked
| Judge Wilson.
thousands Of times" said Mary.
did you see it one day when Colonel
Breckinridge took lunch at Mrs Thorn
as'S?"
Eyes, sir. 1 saw Miss Madeline sitting in
the parlor on the sofa with the basket in
| her lap and Colonel Breckenridge sitting be-
| side her. She used the basket for work
| basket and it had a blue bow and blue silk
| lining"
Mary was allowed to tell of what hap
pened when Colonel Breckenridge called on
! Miss Pollard the day after the luncheon,
Il opened de doal fer him. she said, AN
| he Sed ter me: mary dat war one OBJ de
incest lunches | ever eat in all de days OBJ
my life. Miss Pollard tell me you alWaJ 5
| put it up in dat way and wen we goes to
! housekeeping in de fall l want you To come
and lib wild us | says no, cause | hab
| been wild my people sixteen yeahs de fiji oh
| dis mont "
What month was that:
| MAY, last year"
| Mary said February 81, 1898, was the day
| Miss Pollard came to the house to live.
and Colonel Breckenridge came Ghere
nearly every day." asked Major Butter
| worth.
mo He only come every day when he