Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-20
POLLARD BRECKENRIDGE TRIAL.

nation was turned to Miss Pollard.
former fancee, Mr.. Rossell, with thu
result that she could not remember The
month of her engagement to him
There were no new Developments con
corning her relations to Rossell. Sh'
had not been love with Professor Over
meyer, who was engaged to her bes
friend "Wessie" Brown. In foolisl
school girl letter one did not get things
so accurately as q lawyer would, SHIT
said, although there was good deal o
fact in the letter to Wessie Brown, q
we'll as romance.
When Mr.. Butterworth inquired
the conduct of Mr.. Rossell toward he
had been that of a lover, she said:
am very glad you asked me that. w,
never received men except in the pres
ence of teachers, and there would have
been no opportunity for him so much
as to press my hand. Once he kisset
me in passing from one room to an
other, and as he left for Chicago ht
kissed me goodbye in the presence o
teacher. The statements in his aft
davit would not have been made e1
cept for internal revenue"
Mr.. Butterworth-W do you NEAR
by that?
Miss Pollard ,signiGcantly-you know
MIR. Butterworth-Indeed, | do no
know.
Miss Pollard-A1r. Rossell is o canii
date fo- government office in Mr.
Breckinridge's district.
Mr.. Butterworth-You think hi:
statements are apocryphal?
Miss Pollard (sharply)-He lied.
Returning to the trip to Lexington
it was elected that Col. Breckenridge
had told her that she was too young tt
stop at q hotel alone, and he would
take her to the house of friend. Sarat
CESS house was then in respectable
locality. Sarah had stool in the door
Witness presumed she had inquired
who lived there, but did not remember
Col. Breckenridge had taken oil her hal
for her, and had said that he would run
home for time.
She did not know the character of the
house then, adding 1t was during thai
half hour that ! agreed to give myself
soul and body and life, to that man land
he knows
Mr.. Butterworth--Hold on; that i:
argument; and continuing, he said
You agreed, then, to give yourself tc
him ?
Miss Pollard-I did; l promised, and
up to the 18th of May, 1898, l was
faithful to him.
"Up to that time your life had been
pure ~
sit had
"You knew Col Breckenridge was q
married man."
''He told me So"
"You knew that he had q wife and
children 2"
"He told me so.'
"What relations did you propose to
sustain to him in the future ?"
II thought nothing Of it. I think,
under the circumstances, people ordi-
narily do not"
Mr.. Butterworth-"Yo knew that
you were losing your responsibility and
standiug?"
II did not then"
"How soon did you realize it 2"
(Weeping). "Not until it had made
me an outcast. Until he had made my
life too hard to bear. He ruined me
but l loved him then. His slightest
wish was law to me then"
'But you knew your course was al
wrong?"
"Mr. Breckenridge was man who
could make anything seem right with
his arguments"
Some statements in the New York
newspaper article, purporting to come
from her pen, were said by Miss Pol
lard to be inaccurate, since the article
had passed through several hands aftel
she wrote the statement for her law
yers. Mr.. Butterworth proposed that
she should read the article through
and point out any errors in it, but Mr.
Wilson objected, that to read it would
take halfa day.
Mr.. Butterworth then suggested that
he should read it aloud, and she should
correct the mistakes as they were pass
ed, but Judge Bradley decided that
such procedure would be waste Of
time.
Her expenses while at school in Lex
ington, it was developed, had been
partly paid by Col. Breckenridge, but
he could not give her very much, be-
cause it would have awakened the sus-
picions of Mr.. Rhodes.
Mr.. Butterworth-You knew that il
your relations became known it would
mean disgrace to both of you?
81 knew it"
"You concealed your relations with
him, then ?"
II did my part and he did his"
"Did Mr.. Rhodes pay your board ?"
"You don't think even Mr.. Breckin-
ridge was as bad as that. Mr.. Rhodes
paid my tuition"
Questions were asked regarding the
location of Miss Pollard's room at her
boarding place with two old ladies,
while she attended the Sayre Institute
in Lexington, evidently with the inten-
ton of showing that she might have re-
ceived visitors at night unknown to the
rest of the household.
''Did Mr.. Rhodes know of your re-
lations to Mr.. Breckenridge ?" was
asked.
Indeed, he did not, or Mr.. Brock
inridge would not have been living to-
day."
"Theu you were under sort of con-
tract to marry Mr.. Rhodes in return
for the money for your schooling. Mr..
Breckenridge was keeping you, and you