Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-30
She said she was going to sister who wa.
dying of consumption. I expressed my
sympathy and passed on


a letter from her. | have lost that letter
but the substance of it was request thai
l should call on her at the college on some
business of great Importance to her The
substance of my reply was that it would
be inconvenient for me to call at the col
lege, but if l could give her any advice
would be glad to do so, and if she was in
Lexington she might call"
Did You receive another letter.
~ did
"Is this the letterg' asked Mr. Butter
| epiStle.
1T wouh be atfectation for me to exam
inc that. | am familiar with it,"
This provoked tilt over the letter, Mr.
| Wilson cOntending that ii had not been
! proved to have come from the plaintiff
and Mr.. Butterworth asserting that unless
the supreme court was in error it was on
several grounds competent evidence.
Apart from the letter, Colonel Breckin
ridge continued, he could not relate the
conversation concerning it which he had
had with the plaintiff when he called AT
the school few days afterward. He could
| not we'll give the purport of the converse.
ton concerning the letter apart from the
! rest of their talk.
The plaintiff he began, referring al.
ways to Miss Pollard by the legal term
1.-The plaintiff said, Il suppose you We're
surprised to receive such Il letter from a
schoolgirl Laughingly l responded that
| perhaps she overestimated the importance
of the matter. Then she said. But all
this time you are standing, and invited
me to take seat.
Now. we propose" said Mr.. Butter
worth, Ito offer this letter to the jury that
they may examine it and compare it with
| the admitted specimens of plaintiff hand
writing in evidence. Even if we had pro
duced no expert testimony on the point
under the ruling of the supreme court il
would be admissible"
The Letter Admitted.
After good deal of legal sparring on
the admisSibility of the letter Judge Brad
ley said:
1T appears that this is largely dispute
over a shadow. rs the contents of this let
ter have been published by the press. and
the jury are probably intelligent men and
readers. Newspaper enterprise is good
thing. but in this instance it was enter
prise with vengeance. 1t was a con
tempt of court and was a gross improprie
ty to publish il before it was given to the
jury. l presume the reporters We're not
aware of the improperly of their act
which must have been committed within
the precincts of the courts. The letter
would have been admitted anyway. but
suppose it had not been and the jury had
read it. Great harm might have been done
by the action"
After these admonitions Mr.. Butterworth
read the letter This finished, Colonel
Breckenridge rose again and desert bed
what had become of the letters. He had
kept three tileS-One at his house, one al
his office and one partnership file. 1t was
his recollection that the had hpaC
placed in the file at his office. Returning
to his visit TO the Wesleyan seminary, the
defendant explained that it had been made
while on business trip TO CovingtOn OF
Friday, the LIST of August. There being
no hotel accommodations in Covington he
had gone to Cincinnati to stay over night
After dinner. remembering the letter OF
Miss Pollard. he strolled up TO the college
Il sent my name up. he said, was in
! vited into a room, and in few moments
the plaintiff came down. We shook hands
She said she supposed she had aslonished
me by the substance of her letter; that il
was worse than a diverse case We took
seats-she ON Il divan, l on a chair-in the
rear of the room. She narrated the cir.
cumstances under which she had made the
agreement with Mr.. Rhodes. Until then
l had not known who her mother was.
81 had known her father. but not whom
he married. As soon as she told me she
was living with her aunt. Mrs. York
keene. | knew who her mother was, be
cause her uncle. York keene. had been in
my brotb4r's REGIMENT Recause her fatbe,
had died in straitened circumstances
and her life with her aunt had not been
nleasant She wanted TO leave MIR. Rhodes
had fallen in love with her. but she had
respected him AS an older man, but had
not loved him. She wanted to know
whether he could compel her to marry
him. Treated the matter with some levi
tv: said | knew of no law in this day by
which she could be compelled to the spe
citic performance of marriage contract.
She grew grave, looked as though she felt
like crying, took out her handkerchief, put
1t to her lace and got up ana walked the
room asked her II her mother was alive.
had not seen her mother l never have
IN tact bnt she sad her mother had not
approved OF the contract ana II hau made
uhPleaSantneSSl Ill tne lallillE' sPohe ol
her grandfather khe" her Sranola'hei
ana her uhcieS' we hau ceaseu TO walk
the room. she was Sl'tlhS on the olVah'
and was standing beside her'
Advised Her TO Marry hhodes'
Il started to leave after some expressions
of sympathy. but she detained me. She
SAID the psalntlH ana: 1T much worse
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cbiIdran .nd unabls 70 eIucata tbem
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ruore CoIonel Rreckinridga smoke verr
sIo,vlv and renroducad the monrnfnI tones
which q vonnc WOMAN WIGHT 7s. in ,nel
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ewav fron, hin, krowvba+ otIer non
are and his very nr.sance 10 offensive to
mo, 7 ranI;ad won can't sfford not tn
marry him-o vounq GIRL 40 Won are @, Then
the conversation drifted away There was
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nothing more could say She seemed 10
nave SAID all sac cared TO.
ne conversation ufllleu away, ne re-