St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-06
BROUGHT MADGE ROSES.
COLONEL BRScKiNRiGcE CARRIED
FLOWERS TO HIS LADY LOVE.
BaBE GIVEN A GERMAN NAME.


the Testimony About Her Child
-Loaise, Tells efeWiIIiesss Lov O
~Lettens-He Always Embraced
and Kissed Madge When He
Called on Her-his PROPOSAL,
WASHINGTON. April 5.-Judge Brad
leV's admonitiOns of the night before
had the effect of reducing the attend
ance at tue circuit court today to the
thinnest audience yet gathered, and
some of the men wore sheepish air.
Ihe defense made an unexpected
move by calling Miss Pollard to the
stand and questioning her about the
birth of her second child, which she
said was born at noon on February 8,
1883. II only held it in my arms two
hours, according to my promise to him."
she began.
Now. now. Miss Pollard" Mr.. But
terworth began nervouSly, warning
Miss Pollard with great solicitude to
contine herself to answering his ques-
tions. Mr.. Wilson also admonished
her.
The child had been taken to the
Protestant Founding asylum. on Four
teenth street. in Washington, where she
had visited 1t with DR.. Mary Parsons
once. She continued:
Il gave it a little German name. |
pinned note on its clothing so they
could name it. | was reading Carlyle,
and named it from character of his
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bic from that of Col. Breckenridge
or my own"
The second time she saw the child
was on the Sd of May at the undertaking
establishment, before it was buried.
When Mr.. Butterworth asked how.
THE FUNERAL EXPENSES
had been paid. she said tina. Mrs. Par
sons had looked after that. She sup
posed Col. Breckinrldge paid them; but
when Mrs. Parsons was recalled to the
stand they could ask her.
"Thats ali. Miss Pollard" said Mr..
Butterworth. dismlSsing her, and then
he called for DR.. Mary Parsons, who
was not Forthcoming, however.
Miss Pollard had been perfectly self
possessed while she was being ques-
toned about her child, and had spoken
in low, almost plaintive tone.
II don't know much about these
things, you know, MIR. Butterworth,"
she had said when he was asking her
about the regulations of the founding
asylum.
Some time was passed waiting for DIR.
Parsons, and when the Judge inq uired
the cause of the delay he was told bv
Mr.. Shelby that the defense wished to
further cross-examine her about mat
fers she had testified upon for the
plaintiff. and which they had omitted to
ask her about. The plaintiffs attor-
neys thought this was a rather unusual
procedure, but was not disposed to press
objections. Pending the arrival of DR..
Parsons, a middle-aged lady with spec
tacleS, who had been sitting in court,
was called. She announced her name
as Mrs. Little. said she was employed in
the census bureau. and in 1888 had beeu
matron of the Washington Founding
asylum on Fourteenth street. The rec
ord of the asylum for that year being
shown her, she identified the record of a
child brought there by large colored
woman, which had paper
:. PINNED ON ITS CLOTHING.
{ A slip OF paper which she thought
had come in the clothing was pasted in
the book.
The objection to thu Introduction of
the book was sustained without ex-
.planatiQp, Exception was taken. At.
torney Shelby endeavored In other ways
to bring oft the point he had aimed at,
but in each instance was defeated by
COLLECTIONS of counsel for the plaintiff,
sustained by the court. Finally, after
prolonged wrangling, the matron was
permitted to testify that the child had
been christeped "Downing." At this
Miss Pollard began to shed tears. and
received the attention Of her attorneys.
The slip pasted Gin the asylum record