The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-20


mad arranged matters so very di>creeuy.
Did Mr.. Rhodes know anything abou,
your relations with Mr.. Brecklnrdse
asked Major Butterworth.
indeed he did not" exclaimed MISS
fohard, "or Mr.. Breckinridge would be
dead"
True. as Bad as 1t Sounds.
Ihen Major Buttcrworth asked II while
MISS follard was bearing such relations
10 Colonel Breckinridge she was engaged
10 hosel and had the contingent contract
OF marriage with Mr.. Rhodes2
ies' was the answer AS bad as II
sounds, that was just the condition
Miss Pollard rapidly sketched her life,
in response 10 Major Bufferworth while
In Cincinnati, when her first baby was
born. In 1885.
Major Butterworth asked questions evil
IDENTIFY intending 10 throw doubt on Miss
Pollard's claim that she had been 10
81. Joseph Asylum. he asked If one Of
the sisters at the asylum had not ven
turcd to tell her she was not telling the
truth when Miss Pollard and her brother
visited the asylum TO get evidence last
year.
Miss Pollard Argues Her Case.
"On the contrary said Miss Pollard,
"she said ! had undoubtedly been there
undertook to give me a little lecture
asking, Why do you try TO ruin this
man in his old age:' (meaning Colonel
| Breckinridge). And ! said. Why did
| be ruin me in my youthg She said. !
should consider his little daughter and
said ! wanted justice; he had not con-
sldered me" Miss Pollard cried little
here. 81 wanted him to have his share
Of suffering as ] have had mine. The
time viii come for justice, and 1 he
lieve these men evidently meaning the
| jury are going 20 help me"
This remark provoked a murmur Of dis
approval
"You have never done anything as a
/ free and independent agent since you
| passed under his cOntr0ly' asked Mr..
! Butterworth
Il don't believe I ever have" said
Miss Pollard, with sigh, shaking her
head woefully.
"Are you not Of very strong wiu?"
"Judge Bradley ruled out this question.
but not before Miss Pollard had asked
If it were necessary to ask IT,"
WHY She Came 10 Washington.
Miss Pollard said she came 10 Wash
ington because Colonel Breckinridge said
so. Concealment of their relations. he
had said. would be as safe here as any
where. During her stay In Washington
| at the convent OF the Holy Cross, and
elsewhere Colonel Ireckinriige had paid
! her bills. Soon after coming to Washing
! ton her second child was born. on Febru-
airy B. 1855. II died the following April
Miss Pollard told Of visits to Breadloaf
| Inn, near Middlebury, Conn, 10 Boston. 10
| see the Bodenhausen Madonna, and where
| she stopped at Noungs Hotel; 10 Brook
| lyn. and other places.
did you claim while al Breadioaf Inn
that you were the author OF poem called
Eoves Power2"
mo. sir; did not DO these things told
I'm that article2'
What artiGe?"asked Major Butter
worth. apparently surprised.
"That article I'm the Brooklyn standard
Union. which you are leading up 20, and
which you have been studying so assidu-
ously all the morning"
'Have you read that artcle?'
Il have"
Denies an Alleged Interview.
Major Butterworth read this article pur-
porting 20 be an interview with a Brook
lyn woman who knew Miss Pollard and
Miss Pollard interrupted him to say that
she had never been an opium eater. and
was not now. and had not claimed TO be
Josephine Pollard, the authoress. She
knew Miss Josephine Pollard she said.
but had not claimed to be that lady or TO
have written her poems Neither had she
claimed TO know James Russell Lowell
so Intimately that "she walked hand in
hand through the streets of Cambridge
with him"
She did know Mrs. Howe, the sister Of
Mr.. Lowels first wife, but she had never
met Mr.. Lowell. She also knew Charles
Dudley Warner she said. and Mr.. w. ID.
Howels had been kind i'm answering her
Questions alDuf Ioopulfnar a writer nuf
she did not know him nor any Of the
other literary men whom the writer in
the Standard Union claimed Miss Pollard
had said she was on intimate terms with.
Miss Pollard said she knew the woman
who wrote the article I'm the Standard
Union.
Judge Bradley said this line Of ques-
tion'ng was improper and stopped it.
The Oner of Marriage.
Major Buttefworth gradually led up to
the alleged cffer Of marriage which Miss
Pollard swore Colonel Breckenridge made
to her in August. 1892. the day Of her
arrival from the south Miss Pollard said
that Colonel Breczinridge took her TO a |
questionable house. but finally said:
Madeline this IS not the proper place
to tell you what / have TO say
They walked down Pennsylvania avenue |
until they met q cab ia which they were
driven out into the country. While on
this drive. said Miss Pollard, the offer
Of marriage was made.
At this point the court was adjourned |
till tomorrow.
Col Brecklnridge's BAD Boy Bob.
Col. W. G. p. Breckinrde has a young |
son who IS a terror when il comes TO !
"revel and ungodly glee,' and who Is so |
full of State pride that he kept full OF |
Kentucky's crimson product, says the |
Chattanooga Press. His name is Bob, !
and everywhere he b0bbed up he was !
fun of bug-juice and deviltry. He was (
a source Of constant trouble TO his sanity |
father, whose righteous soul was sorely |
tried by the rccklessness Of this wild |
offshOot Of the noble house OF BreclIin- /
ridge Some months since the youngster /
was guilty of an unusually violent and
prolonged spree at Lexington. His dis
tinguished father sent an older brother.
Desha, a telegram, saying. Put Bob in |
Jail and keep him there until / return"
The boys conduct had so shocked his |
father. who was at that time acting as
Miss Pollard's guardian" that the latter
determined TO send him abroad. on the
day the young scapesrace was to 90
aboard a Pacific steamer at San Fran
cisco. he read the newspaper report of
the Pollard scandal. Robert was in his
turn shocked. and telegraphed his broth
er. Desha. Put the old man In jail and
keep him there until / return. three
years hence" This evidence of hlial re-
On ri in tho vDt mo- man fe very touching |