The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-04-14
THE POLLARD CASE

THE POLLARD CASE
co1. BRECKlNRIDGE IN THE nnD'
OF THE PLAINTIFFS ATTohNH'
The Colonel Says That WINE
WAR. Recommendations on LAG
D.r+ NJ Roth He Said There were
No "Expressions" Of Love.
Washington, April .. Congrt sSlnlh
breckenridge to-day continued the re:l'"l
Of his version of the nine years intrigue
with Madeline Pollard and he consumed
tho entire day in rounding ont his story
Ho will soon pass into the hands OF en-
Judge Jere NJ. Wilson for cross-eXa1nlha-
tion From this inuuisition the followers
oe the trial are anticipating their choicest
entertainment for the jurist ana eS,
congressman from Indiana has a well
c,,ned reputation as the most trying man
who could he selected from the local par
to rake a witness. Tie IS no respertei ".
persons in the court room, lollo" 'is
faithfully the sxiom that all men are
equal in the eyes of the law, ana ne mas
| m unusual facility at planning traps 1or
4 witness, leading him along different
lines of inquiry which seem harmless
considered singly, and then combining
| conclusions therefrom in one Questlo"
| which puts the victim on record IN amour
OPP light, Miss Pollard and her lawyers
| have busted themselves in taking notes
| throughout the colonel's testimony from
which they expect to dlaw material ior
cross-examiuation. There will be but NJ
tie testimony for the defense after Nol.
Rrcckinridge leaves the stand. anu most
| Of that will be in the form OF deposltlons'
The rebuttal for the plaintiff will come III
when Miss Pollard herself will probably
take the stand again and the old prlnclpal
of the Wesleyan college will be call"o /"
refute the testimony of RANKIN hosSeil'
TO whom Miss Pollard was engaged III
1854. DR.. Brown will testify that KOS
sell could not have called to see her 1--WE"
or three times q weak as he said, because
the ,ules of the school. which were strict
w enforced, per. nittcd visitors Oily FIJI
iay nights, and then in the presence OF
the teachers. and will deny that Miss
Pollard prepared to go with nm 70 Chl-
caco, as she was only permitted TO KISS
him good by under the search hight or IL
teachers gaze. The trial will probably
last two weeks longer.
Washington, April 3.-The usual crowd
was present at the pollard-B recklnrldse
trial to-day. and the colonel went over Il
great deal of the ground already covered.
did you." asked Mr.. Butterworth.
"have any sexual relations with the
plaintiff after the 10Th of April, 1873"
That is the date on which the defend
ant was secretly married to Mrs. Wing.
Mr.. Breckinridgc-I did not after the
Goth of April, 1893. | did not have any
sexual relations with the plaintiff what
ever. 1t is absolutely false. | never had
sexual intercourse with the plaintiff after
l returned to Washington after the 3lSt
day of March, at any time or at any
place. l returned OH the 31st of March
and had the conversation with Mrs.
Blackburn. Plaintiff and l had no sexual
relations on that day or ever after that
day. The arrangements were made prior
to my going to Mrs. B%lackburn's, as the
only reason l would 80 to Mrs. Black
burns was that our relations should
terminates; that she should leave the city
of Washington. and that the relations be-
t. cen herself and Mrs. Blackburn should
be allowed to die out gradually and |
should support her until she should find
some honorable vocation,
Judge Jere NJ. Wilson took Col. Bre"k-
inridge in hand for cross-examination af-
ter recess. The first questions were d.
rected toward t%liciting from the defend-
ant admissions that in his early law
practice friends had been obliged to make
good sums of money improperly appro-
priated from clients. Col. Breckenridge
was obliged to explain his connection
with the Presbyterian church. which had
been passive. rather than active. lie
had lived in Lexington within four
squares of the house occupied by Sarah
Guess, and had known the character of
the place for twenty years. He also ad-
united that he had visited the house be-
fore he went there with Miss Pollard.
In telling that Miss Pollard had said
that she had given Rhodes a higher proof
of her intention of marrying him, he said
he would advise a woman who had had
sexual intercourse with a man to marry
him. but with a man it was different. for
the knowledge of it by the public would
destroy the woman and only injure the
man. Society looked upon these things
Inherently. The colonel told of the first
carnage ride, when their illicit relations
began, and said that he had no excuse to
ofter for his actions. He could not iusti-
fy it, but he declared it was not sc1u..
ton, as Miss Pollard did not come 70
him a virgin.
Having secured the statement that no
had written no letters to Madeline Pol
lard IN 1856. Mr.. Wilson sprung so,nc-
thlng very like a trap BY dropping into
g llne OF questioning which indicates that
ne mas IN reserve Testimony to show thar
the member from Kentucky directed mn
foreground letters through II
at the capitol. Then for the first time tha
~de1endant seemed to lose his temper and
MADE most strenuous denials. The tyne.
Wrlter whose testimony is next in order
IS a Miss Louise Lowell, now a clerk in
the treasury department.
washington, April 4.-Interest in the
Notwithstanding case was intensified
to-oay by the presence of two ladies in
tne court room whose faces had not been
seen oe1ore, sitting at the table with the
iollard forces, and from the passage
Whlch had closed the examination of tbo
gay before it was surmised that ono Of
.nen must be Louise Lowell, the stenog-
!ap1er and typewriter who had q desk
Al .ne capitol in 1886, and to whom let
ters We're dictated by Col. Breckinrid.e