Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-12

Dr j. Tabor Johnson, physician of thi
: city, stated that he knew Miss Pollard H
, attended her professionally the oath of Ma,
. last He was asked to state how he cam
: to do so, but objected until the plaintiff ha,
absolved him from silence.
ihen Dr. Johnson stated that he wa
called to see Miss Pollard at 1910 H stree
the morning of the oath Of Nav last H
FOUND that she was approaching a miscar
rage. He attended her subsequently, an,
the miscarriage occurred
Letters and kilograms.
Dr. Johnson was asked II, during hi
VISITS he saw any letters or kilograms, whe,
counsel for the defendant objected The,
were informed that the letters and tele
grams would be produced, when DR.. John
son stated that he did see them and that h,
EARNED the contents of several. He wa.
tneh SHOWN several, which he identified a.
peihg In the handwriting of Col Breckin
| IluSe. ihe letters were then marked a.
eanlpts by the stenographer and were Their
| 3 3. IN evidence, but not then read. Tht
was one of about two months growth.
me letters were then handed to the de-
Ieinaants counsel for inspection and the
witness turned over to them for cross-ex
animation, but Mr. Carlisle was nerrittef
10 read the letter first
Inc first letter was written from Lexing-
ION, w.; May 10, 1893, and addressed to
Miss Pollard at East 31st by the defend.
| ant, telling her that he was glad that she
got there well and comfortably and to rest
| easily He said that he was not happy The
SEQ seuoha was written from Lexington, KY,
-FOUR days later, and was addressed to the
plalntlif at 1919 H street, this CITY. He
asked about sanitarium she had referred
TO and told her that she was best where
siie was; that ne would do all he could for
her; that he had right to insist that he
should know all about her plans; that he
was very busy. The third letter was writ
s zen from the same place to the same ad-
oress, peihg dated May 2S last, written on
letter heading of the House of Repre-
sentatlves and was of a similar character.
being signed Yours, w. c. p. B."
Cross-Exnmination
Dr' Johnson was cross-eXamined at some
length by Mr. Stoll as to the niscarr,,ga
and stated that it might have been brought
about by artificial means as anv one might
out tnere was no reason to believe that such
was the case in this instance 1t might have
oeen brought on by excitement or distress
OF MIND Miss Pollard seemed nervous and
worried. There was nothing boweyor ~
lholcate the cause with Miss Pollard.
DIR. Mary Parsons.
Dr' Mary Parsons was next placed upon
the stand. and stated that she knew Miss
Pollard. Had attended her in the winter op
1888 IN several places, at her office AT tho
convent on Massachusetts avenue and ~
her house on second street. In the latter
case she attended Miss Pollard for several
weeks, having secured a place there FOR ~
At this place Miss Pollard was Sa,iyer,d e -
male child, which was afterward placed in
an asylum in this city. ~
Miss Pollard WeepS
Turing the testimony of Dr. Parsons. re-
lating to her first child, the pIaintin h.
gan TO sob. at first softly, but as the wit
ness described the visit of the mother 70
her child and told of its death and burial
the wretched woman gave a low moan
tn9, throwing herself forward on the table
oe1ore her. buried her face in her hands
ana sobbed aloud, her frame convulsivaIy
shaking with the emotions within.
MI wilson ceased questioning the wit
-. ie's, anu turning to his client endeayored
10 console her. His words however onIv
served to cause the poor woman fo or,
OUT aloud again and again, .'Oh. INV cod
pity me- The sisters beside her also en-
n ,'an t. 10 console the heartbroken wo-
raging within her, and at length tbav !
caught her up in their arms and half lea
and half dragged her from the room
carried Painting From the Room
JUST as they got her to the door she
iainted away in their arms. and their
charge was taken to the marshars office
=" mere uhder their kindly ministra tions. |
the plaintif at length recovered.
During this incident the defendant CO.
wei back in his chair glancinp annar,n,1
IL
toward the woman h. is 81
iesed TO have so fearfully wronpa1 NJ,
lor moment did he lose his self-nossaet
son. and when the examination Of ~ - |
ness was resumed he was "a in5,s,r;o',
active as ever in prompting his counsel ana |
making suggestions to them. ''N
IT: Parsons stated that she had seen tho
rti.,u seteIal Tunes afterward once in com
paits with the mother. 1t was she ,-bo
brought news of the death OF the child 70
MSS folard- Had seen Miss Pollard and
ool. Brecklnridge together on the street, n
number OF times after this incident
'"'eo on breckinridge to Collect Her
Fee.
Mr.. Wilson asked the Witness ubo,,o
there was any communication from Mice
Pollard which would indicate who We,
the father of the child. The question ,yas
objected to by the defense, but it was al
lowed. q"
There was"
Did you afterward see Col Breckin-
lluSe, ana on what account and what was
The clause ION what account- wos oh
lected to, but the whole question was al
Il called upon Col. Breckenridge on NJ
,bieer curing the following year to collect
me money in payment for the medical
services rendered Miss Pollard
CONTAMINATION.
on cross-examination Mrs. Parsons said
mat when she saw Col. BRECKENRIDGE She
-old him that Miss Pollard had given her
20 understand that he was her guardian
ara would see that the bill was paid. II
vas February 3, 1883, that Miss Pollard
vas confined and Il was during the follow
ne winter that the incident of the hin
occurred. The child died in April follow
ng its birth. though it was a fully deval-
'ped child. Witness was not sure whether
was once or twice that she had gone
With Miss Pollard to see the child at the
Isylum.
Those Dispositions Again.
The examination of DIR. Parsons having
cen concluded, the matter Of the deposi-
ion of Mrs. Guest. offered this morning
y the Plaintiff, was taken up .Ir. Butter
'orth moving to suppress 1t because If
lad rot been properly taken, he alleging /
nat the defendant had not received sufi- ,
lent notice; that he had not been properly (
epreSented when 1t was taken and that |
nc statute applying had not been OBJ | ,
erVed. The deposition, he said was taken ,
[ Lexington, Ky, on the 1th instant and
ccelVed mere on Saturday last. Mr. But {
erWorth then read the affidavits of the
etendant and Mr.. Shelby, of his counsel |
4 which 1t was stated that the defendant
ias here at the time and that Mr.. Shelby !
Ias about to start for this city, and that ;
he defendant had rot given any one au- :
hority to represent him at the taking of ;
he deposition. In his affidavit the de- !
endant also stated that up to the 18th
1stant he had expected to engage counsel
rom Baltimore
What has that" irlterrunted Judqa L