Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-04-05
THE POLLARD CASE.

THE POLLARD CASE.
THE SENSATIONAL SUIT AGAINST
BRECkINRIDGE.
q.
Mas Pollard Takes the stand and
Relates the story at Her shame
4 She Testitlex That Breckenridge
Held Illicit Relations With Her
After Hia Marriage.
Washington, March 26.-The Pollard.
Breckenridge trial was resumed to-day,
both che plaintiif and defendant being
present. The reading of dispositions was
resumed Saturday afternoon Judge
Bradley executed a hit of strategy on the
newspaper men who had gathered to hear
the arguments over the ndmisability OF
certain dispositions taken for the defense:
A Whisper passed among the lawyers and
they slipped one by one into the judges
room. A uniformed bailiff standing at
the door denied admission to oil but the
legal forces, Col. Breckenridge and his
son, Desha. There are three dispositions
to which Miss Pollard's attorneys make
their principal objections, the point IN
volvet being the relevancy of testimony
bearing upon Miss Pollard's character.
One of the dispositions was made by Alec
Julian and referred to a mock marriage
said to have been performed at Squire
Tinslcy's house. Another was the Ro-
t1,, lat aocSI
Miss Pollard had asked him to take her to
Chicago. The third was from DIR. Lewis
of Lexington. who atfrms that Col:
Swope asked him to perform criminal
operation upon woman whom he called
Miss Pollard. He could not, however,
identify the plaintiff.
Washington, March q. 49, There was
great interest to-day to learn the decis.
ion of Judge Bradley upon the admis-
sibility of the dispositions impeaching the
character of Madeline Pollard, which the
Breckenridge forces had offered, and to
which the plaintiff opposed numerous OBJ
jecticns. Judge Bradley admitted some
but ruled out others. The deposition Of
one Kaufman was admitted, but the
judge spoke very sharply of the last two,
saying that they were utterly unit to be
read before the courts; that he would
gladly exclude them if he could, and ex-
pressed the hope that the counsel would
see fit to omit the disgracefully obscene
matter in them. He sustained the OBJ
jcctions which had been made to the
dispositions of John O'Toole. DIR. Greene
and Dr.. Lewis, that they were based on
hearsay. DR.. Lewis is the physician that
testified that Col. Swope. the late Re
publican candidate for congress in the
Lexington district, had asked him to per-
form criminal operation upon n Miss
Pollard. The dispositions of Mrs. Miller
and Of Roselle, who had been engaged to
Miss Pollard, while she was in Wesleyan
institute, We're admitted, the judge COM
menting that the plaintiff had placed char
acter and her maturity in n measure in
question by that clause of the declaration
which averred that she had been seduced
by the defendant, and that she was
mere girl when Col. Breckenridge first met
her.
Each side filed objections to the rul-
irgs against it.
Then Judge Bradley made few re-
marks in the interest Of public morality.
He said:
'sThe corrt has been deluged with all
onymous letters in this case. 1t is said
that any one who would write an anony-
nous letter should not expect to have any
notice taken of it, and would do almost
anything mean. Some of these letters,
however, seem to come from females and
to be dictated by good motives"
Many Of them referred to the publica-
ton of the details of the trial, and, while
the court could exercise no censorship
over the press, he suggested that the pa
pers should omit the improper details, as
lished would subject the papers to ex-
clusion from the mails Us Dissent matter.
Moreover, it was almost calamity to
the city of Washington and the country
at large that such matter should be car
ried broadcast into its homes.
The reading of dispositions was then be-
gun. There were several relating to the
whereabouts Of Col. Breckinridge on days
when Miss Pollard claimed he was with
her. The well known deposition of
Julian, the blind boy with whom it was
claimed Miss Pollard engaged in a mock
marriage was also read.
Washington, March 28.-Attorney But
terworth, of Col. Breckinridge's counsel,
kept the circuit court waiting for q quar-
ter Of an hour and then failed to appear
at the first session of the court .. day.
Finally the defense called to the witness
stand the chief Of police. Maj. Moore,
in whose Office there had been two prom
Uses made by Col. Breckenridge to marry
Miss Pollard, on May 13 and IL, 1893.
1t was proposed to contradict some of
Miss Pollard's statements regarding these
interviews. Maj. Moore denied that in
either of the two interviews Col. Breck-
inridge had said: This is one of life's
tragedies" or that he had said anything
about Miss Pollard bearing two children
or being pregnant. In neither. interview
had Col. Breckenridge said: "She knew
/ was a married man when she took me-"
nor had Miss Pollard said: eyes, I gave
myself to him.
Answering further questions, the major
said that he had only made notes of what
impressed his mind after the interview
wps concluded; that Miss Pollard and
Col. Breckenridge had talked all the
time. Miss Pollard seemed excited and
doing most of the talking, while Col.