The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-29


Then he added "She has sat in my
lap
Miss Pollard rose in hey chair and made
a slight movement toward the witness.
She appeared as If about TO speak, but
MIR Carlisle pulled her back in the chair,
and Resell proceeded
RUGGED tNp KISSED HER.
when she sat in your lap We're there
any demonstrations of affection between
yOu3" Mai. Shelby asked.
There naturally was. said the wit
necs u put my arms about her and
kissed her.
In answer TO other questions the wit
ness said that Miss Pollard told him II he
ever met Mr.. Rhodes at the college to pre-
tend that there was nothing between
them He met Mr. Rhodes there one Sun
DAY night. He and Miss Pollard greeted
each other as strangers before Rhodes, ac-
cording to their agreement. but before
the evening was over, Miss Pollard mad
vcrtentlv called him Rankin which
LED Mr.. Rhodes TO remark that she seemed
very familiar on hrSt acquaintance.
s'But by some means or other said the
witness, she made him think she had
spoken TO a young lady.
WANTED TO ELoPE TO CHICAGO.
The witness said he had decided to 60 to
Chicago and when he went TO say good
BY TO Miss Pollard, she expressed regret
that he was going, and asked why he did
not take her with him. u said. Well, il
you want to 90 under the circumstances
come along, and she went up stairs
and came down with her hat and
cloak That put me in hole, and told
her that il would be incOnvenlent for me
to take her then, and that we had better
wait until next June
Were you joking when you spoke
about going away
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Did She say she had her trunk
packed
yes, sir; she said that"
"How old was she at the timer
''She always represented herself to be
three years my junior. ! was born in
1850, and she said she was born in No
vember, 1868" Miss Pollard says she
was born Nov 80, 1861
She told him, he said, about a mock
marriage between herself and Aleck
Julien. This alleged incident Miss Pol
lard denies.
BREAKING OF THE ENGAGEMENT.
After going to Chicago Miss Pollard
had written him only once and the en-
gagement had been allowed to drop.
What were the reasons on your part
why the engagement was allowed to
DROP" asked Mai. Shelby.
II object" said Judge Wilson.
objection sustained, said Judge Brad
ley
Then Maj. Shelby put the question in
another way, asking if there was any
thing in Miss Pollard conduct that
caused him to let the engagement drop.
Il lost confidence in the woman. ' said
Mr.. Resell. - did not like the way she
allowed me to kiss her and hug her 1t
was not the waV | wished TO love the
woman | wanted to marry, and to be loved
by her
After a recess, Mr. Resell was again on
the stand for examination by Mr. Shelby
Several questions were ruled out but
Others were answered TO the point that in
1885 Miss Pollard had the appearance of a
mature woman
RosELL's CANDIDACY FOR GAUGER.
SIN Miss Pollard's testimony, said Mai.
Shelby, the statement was made that
you were candidate for an Office in the
internal revenue service What were
the facts in that matter2"
Last April made application for the
position Of gauger IN my district and went
70 Washington with my Endorsements.
When ran for superintendent of county
schools the application was virtually
Withdrawn. and later withdrew it,"
Was this before you gave your deposi-
tom"
Yes, sir"
do you live in Col. Breckinridge's dis
trictf"
No sir; ! do not. never knew him
before / made application for the place Of
gauger. -
MIR. Resell was then turned over to the
PLAINTIFFS counsel, and the first question
asked by Judge Wilson was in reference
10 how long before he made his deposition
had Mr.. Resell withdrawn his application
for the gaugership, and MIR Rosell ad-
united that he had withdrawn it only
that day-in fact, he had the letter of
withdrawal in his pocket on the day he
gave his deposition.
HIS VISITS TO WESLEYAN.
Judge Wilson asked the witness if he
did not know that Wesleyan college
stood very high as an educational institu-
ton, and if he did not know that the wife
OF President Hayes and the wife of Con
gresham Springer had been educated
there Then he asked Mr. Resell to de-
scribe the location of the rooms where he
SAID he saw Miss Pollard at the college.
Mr. Rosell had testified that he called on
Miss Pollard two, sometimes three, times
every week. Judge Wilson asked the
witness If he did not know that visitors
were allowed to see pupils only once
week, and Mr. Resell said he did not.
81 only know | otold the truth, " he
added
And you mean to say, as testified in
your examination, you sat in the parlor
and the reception room with Miss Pol
lard on your lap for an hour and half to
two hours at a time and nobody inter
rupted you
That is your statement, is it not2"
Yes, sir, that is it, positively" said
Mr. Resell.
HIS EXPOSURE OF his EXPERIENCE.
Mr.. Resell, in answer to other cues
tions, said he first told Of his experience
with Miss Pollard to DR.. O'Mahonev.
who came TO him from Col. BRECKENRIDGE.
He also SAID to DR.. O'Mahoney that Miss
Pollard had told him that she and Aleclz
Julian had gone through a mock marriage
together The witness insisted that he
had withdrawn his application for the
internal revenue position without sugges-
ton from Col Breckenridge or anybody
else
How long was Miss Pollard absent
when she went up stairs to get ready to
60 to Chicago with yOu!' asked Judge
Wilson
Fifteen or twenty minutes" said Mr.
Resell
And in that time she fixed herself and
packed her trunk, did she"'
YES, sir.
What time of night was itl"
Between 9 and 10 o'clock"
And there was no one thereF'
mo, sir "