The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21


dered stricken from the record.
Col. Thompson offered the explanation
that the witness had said that Col.
Breckenridge had visited her before 10
make arrangements for bringing Miss
Pollard there. but nevertheless the audi
ence snickered over the answer.
Did Miss Pollard ever come there
with any one but Col. Breckinridge? ,"
asked the lawyer.
no, sir was the answer.
The pair had visited her house about
fifty times. 4 year ago last fall Col
Breckenridge had come there asking TO
bring Miss Pollard again. bat witness
refused. declaring she was not taking
people any longer. although Col Breck-
inridge insisted that witness was the
only woman Miss Pollard would trust
herself with.
What the Colonel Did.
Then the witness created a sensation
by relating that Col. Breckinridge had
visited her last summer after the suit
had been filed and had told her he
hoped she would have nothing To do with
the case, to which she had replied that
she must tell the truth. Col. Brecl5in-
ridge had inquired where Mary Scott
and Mary Wilson were. saying that he
wanted them kept out of the way. He
had also asked if Miss Pollard ever
witness had assured him that he was the
only man Miss Pollard had ever met
there.
The visits Of Col Breckenridge and
Miss Pollard TO Sarah's house, the wit
ness testified. had extended over period
Of three or four years.
Col. Shelby began the cross-examina-
tiou by inquiring:
sarah. now long have you been keep
ing an assignation house in the city of
Lexington?' whereuPon Sarah rolled
her eyes 10 the ceiling and responded:
Nineteen years" in matter-of-fact
way.
''Who brought YOU here?"
Mr.. Farrell telegraphed for me to
come
She Know the Attorney.
How long have you known Mr.. Far
rell?"
"Oh. ever since he was young man.
answered the witness, a reply which
drew a visible blush to the cheeks of the
attorney because the audience persisted
in smiling. The first visit of Col Breck-
inridge and Miss Pollard had been in
the latter part of August. and Sarah
Cess understood that the girl had been
brought from school as most schools
were closed from Friday to Monday
Col. Breckenridge had said that the girl
had come on a trian.
The next witness was a well-dreSsed
lady. Lucretia NJ arie Minear of Wash
ington, whose voice trembled as she an
nounced that she had lived at - La
fayette-square. the fashionable boarding
house between the COsmas club and SEN
ator Don CamerOn's residence. and but
one door from tho Blaine mansion. where
Miss Pollard had boarded i'm 1892 and
1898 Col. Breckenridge had often visited
Miss Pollard a the house. The witness
il appeared, was the landlady of the La
fayette-Square house.
Mrs. AIinear had last seen Miss Pol
lard walking in the park with Col. Brecb-
inridge in April or May of 1893 ON two
occasions Col. Breckenridge had brought
Miss Pollard home in the evening at
or $3.50 o'clock.
WASHINGTON, March 16.-Two dis
tinct sensations were furnished today IN
the Pollard -Brecl1inridge breach of prom
ise trial. The foremost was the appear
ance Of the slender plaintim on the stand
as witness in her own behalf. but the
one of greatest interest TO legal circles
was the cOrrObOratlOn of the rumOr,
which has been for several days afloat,
that Col. Breckenridge was secretly mar
ried to Mrs. Louise Wing last April in
New Nork-three months before the pub
lie ceremony in Cincinnati.
When Col Breckenridge was shown the
dispatch from New York he refused to
admit its truth or to contradict it, His
=
however, confirmed the report, as did
Attorney StOH. The latter said, when
inquiry was made whether the defense
would be based on this earlier marriage:
1T would be proper to forecast our
case at this stage, but i will say that
Col. Breckenridge is to take the stand
very soon and it will all be made known.
Until then neither Col Breckenridge nor
his counsel would be wise to discuss the
defense. As for the marriage certificate
by DR.. Paxton, of course that speaks for
itself"
II is improbable that this secret mar
riage will constitute a new legal factor
in the case, for while il occurred on the
29th Of April the representations which
Col. Breckenridge made to Mrs. Black
burn that Miss Pollard was his fiancee
were made prior to the secret marriage.
The promises made in the presence of
Maj. Moore chief of police, were those
subsequent to the secret ceremony.
In giving her testimony today Miss
Pollard was decidedly nervous at first
but Notwithstanding the strain under
which she labored. was remarkably self
possessed and careful in her choice of
words She looked directly toward Col.
Breckenridge, seldom lifting her eyes
from his face. Her language and man.
ner were those of a vell-bred lady. She
sounded her vowels broadly with the ac
cent heard in the drawing-roOms Of the
Four Hundred. and her answers 70 the
cross-examination of Maj. Butterworth
were often turned back upon him lleenly,
making boomerangs of his questions.
While she sat on the witness stand her
companion, Miss Ellis. from the house
of refuge. occupied a chair but an arms
length away. keeping a watchful eye
upon her charge.
Miss Pollard Testifies.
After the lawyers had rustled their
papers for a quarter of an hour there
was ripple Of great surprise. for no
less a person than the plaintiff herself
walked around to the witness stand; took
a seat directly facing Col Breckenridge
and the whole roomfull of men.
MY father was a saddler," said she
cOolly, in response TO an Interrogation.
He died i'm 1876"
Ibid anything impress his death upon
your mind?" inquired Mr.. Carlisle.
MY father was an odd fellow and
mason and members of the grand lodges
of the state attended his funeral"
He left no estate" she continued
1.-TWO Of my sisters were taken to live
in the odd Fellows home. My mamma
said L was born on the 30th of November
1866" She had always supposed that
TO be the date of her birth and had at
tached il to all papers on file in the civil
service bureau.
''AIr. Breckenridge indorsed all those
papers, she said, gazing directly at
him
when did Mr.. Breckenridge meet you
in 1922" asked Mr. Carlisle.