The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-27
BRECKINRIDGE'S CASE.
Increased Interest in the Great
Breach of Promise Trial.
ANOTHER DAY OF DISPOSITIONS.

Nights IN 5erthiu Dates when mtan
Pollard mad Testified That the Colonel
Was With Hor In Lexington.
WAsHIEgToN, March eT-General Cox
ey's Army Of the Commonweal has been
no more successful in attracting to Itself
miscellaneous aggregation Of celebrities
than was the Pollard -Breckinridgs trial
yesterday In a front row opposite the
jury sat the governor Of Indiana and sew
eral membcrs Of his staff BEHIND them
was Captain Philip King, of the Prince
ton University Baseball team, supported
by his warriors. Further in the back
ground was the usual mixed audience,
with select sprinkling of congressman,
who come and 90 with every day Of the
trial There were no ladies, because the
sex is outs'vsi from the room, but after
the court hs Tdjourned two fashiOnably
0ttired women slipped in at a side door
under the guidance Of bailiff and stood
for five minutes staring at Colonel Breck-
inridge where he sat in consultation with
his lawyers. as children are accustomed to
stare at the animals in a menagerie.
There were hours devoted to arid de
positions which werO intended to prove an
alibi on certain dates when Miss Pollard
had testified that the colonel was with
her al night in Lexington, and others cast
ing n shadow of suspicion upon her maiden
character. Perhaps the most interesting
of the dispositions was that from AleclS
Julien, the blind lover of Madeline Pol
lard, who figured as the substitute hus-
band in the mock marriage at Squire
Tnsleys house on the Christmas of 1882.
Ii the objections to the dispositions for
the defense both sides were even. Judge
Bradley excluded several, and expressed
regret that he had not power TO quash
them all because of their needless OBJ
scenity. Being a staunch Presbyterian,
moreover, he suggested that the news
paper correspondents should expurRate'
their reports in the interests Of public
morality.
Attorney Stoll read the dispositions OF
| Joseph c. Bailey, clerk of the Woodford
| county circuit court at Versailles, Ky.
| From the records of the court the clerk
| had testified that in 1884 there were in
| dictments for murder against Ollie and
| r. = Brown, and that Colonel Breckin-
| ridge had been one of the defending attOr-
neys 1t appeared that the trial was in
! progress on Aug. 5, the day upon which
| Miss Pollard had testified that the colonel
took her to the house of Sarah Cess, in
| Lexington also on Aug II, l3 and 10.
The eros -amination of the clerk, read
| by young Attorney Farrell Of Lexington,
| developed the further information that
during this trial Colonel Breckenridge had
frequently driven over from Lexington,
returning at night, and sometimes bring
ing his wife He had attended the whole
trial Of Ollie Brown.
One of the Lexington lawyers, Edward
NJ Wallace, who had been associated with
Colonel Breckinndge in the defense OF
| Brown, had deposed that the colonel was
present throughout the trial, arguing the
case and examining the witnesses, and
his statement was read. Next came the
deposition of Judge Rodney Hagarti who
had been associated with Colonel Breck
iuTidge as counsel for the Chesapeake and
Ohio railroad il cases tried IN August
1854
The deposition Of Judge Jerry r. Nor
ton TO prove that the defendant was IL
Jussamine county Ky, from Aug q tC
Aug 30, 1884 was read, and the cross eX
animation showed that the town was al
, hour and a quarter by railroad from Lex
inntou. Judge Joseph D. Hunts affidavit
corroborated that OF Mr.. Hagart ant
Theodore Davis, clerk of a court, deposet
, that Colonel Breckenridge had voted il
: Lexington Aug. 4, 1854, and W S. .Marsl
corrobornted his testimony. Nat. l.
a Brouaugh, lawyer added his testimon
, that Colonel Breckiurdgs had been en-
! gagged in the Jassamine county court fror
,, Aug. % to 80, 1884 but could not say wher
Z he Colonel Breckinridge) had passed hi
s nights during that time.
The deposition Of William g. Wood,
/ carpenter Of Lexington, stated that b
/ had been engaged to marry Miss Polar
4 in tha fall of 1882 When he informe
4 her that he could not afford a trip
rs Europe, al no had promised, she flew int
IS a rage and threw tbs engagement ring
es him
Ia The deposition of Aleck Julian was the
$. read Julian stated that he was 40 yea
1e old, had been blind since 1882, as the r
b. suit OF shooting pistol which he dldn
ht know was loaded, and had known Mi
ed Pollard three or four years before ths
III He thought she was 10 OF l6 years o
At when he first knew her, He spent q
ID. night Of Dec "a, 1852, at Squire Tinsley
et about quarter of a mile from CRATER
burg There were present Squire Til
rls lev and his family and Madie-Madeli
at Pollard
ne Continuing Julian testified " Aft
lit breakfast we were talking about mat
ms mouy, and somebody suggested that
ro should marry Made Owen Iinsley, I
.he esquires brother, who was pretty hila
ra- GUS said he would marry US, and we sto
,cll up and ] married her. After awhile
ok left, sayi ny be would leave her in
ted charge We were talking, and then {
md OF us suggested that when people W
file married they usually went to bed,
are consented, and we went up She had b'
Jed drinking and had not. / laid her do
orn on the bed OF helped heI there, and
T. down on the bed"
. At the time Of the mock marriage,
AN thought, Miss Pollard was about ls yt
ros- old
zd- Then came questions about the conte
oss, of "a letter received by Julien from y
leh19 Pollard. which were ruled out on
ter grounds stated by Judge Bradley, this
rite blind man could only know by heaI
the ubstance Of letter sent him
ling Everything that Miss Pollard had d
wo- that morning at Squire Nnsleys he
0GT- planned, was because of the iutoXic'