The evening world., 1894-04-12
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MISS P0LLARD's LETTERS.
Lawyer Butterworth Reads Those
Written to Rhodes.
Plaintiffs Mother Could Explain,
but She Is Not Called"
mX Associated PreAAl

WASHINGTON. April l2.-Major Ben.
Butterworth had the floor again when
the Notwithstanding case was re-
sumed to-day. He began with the con-
sideration of Miss Pollard's letters to
James Rhodes. which he said were the
foundation of the case. He did not care
anything about the top, he said. If there
was no foundation for 1t to rest upon.
After reading some of those letters at
length, he came to those which were
dated in New Orleans and which she
had said were written in Cincinnati and
sent to her mother to mail to him.
lie laid great stress on these transact
mystery surrounding the letters, and
exclaimed: There Is one human being
alive and well who could clear up the
mystery of those letters. That is the
and she Is not called. That woman is
alive ana well in kentucky, and she is
not called. Tney may ask why we did
not call her. but we do not go into the
enemy's camp for soldiers II am
munition."
The lawyer dealt particularly on the
PLAINTIFFS demands for money from
sion in one of the letters to her great
ing, MIR. Wilson said: Give me that
Washington Irving letter, please"
In addition to reading the letters, Mr..
threshing over the testimony of Miss
Pollard from the record, and pointing
Mr.. Butterworth commented sharply
upon the failure of the Sisters at Nor
wood Convent to identify. Miss Pollard,
the failure to discover that any such
there, and the information that Mrs.
Burgoyne had been in the place years
after Miss Pollard claimed to have been
there. In talking about the finding
pf tho (hristnnS ca I'd in the hook he
acquitted Attorney Carlisle of the sus-
picion of having been implicated in any
chicanery.. He pointed out, however, to
show the %fallibility of human testimony,
that Mr.. Carlisle had sworn that. moth
ing had been said about the card until
he found 1t. while Mr.. johnson, his col
league, had said that Miss Pollard sug-
gested that it was in the book before
There was a little passage between
the speaker and MIR. Wilson when the
books a ever belonged to Miss Pol
lard.
Wilson suggested that since Mr.. But
terworth would not have a chance to re
ply to him, he might answer a question
which would be asked, why Miss Hoyt
and Miss Ketcham had not been given
"a chance to identify the books.
Mr.. Butterworth responded by asking
lard had not described the books before
they were unsealed, and why Miss Pol
lafh ma not gone Deiore the sisters ior
identification, when she was within the
twinkling of n bell.
That shows all o know about it,"
replied Mr.. Wilson. She was not there,
and neither was Rreckinridge."
The attorneys for the other side would
claim. Mr.. B~uttcrworth resumed, that the
! woman was dominated by a stronger
mind. They would say that she was a
moral potentiality. "a pawn on a moral
chess-board.'
According to Miss Lowell, the Capitol
typewriter, and to Miss Pollard herself,
Col. breckenridge had endeavOred to
conceal his letters to her in 1856 by first
writing them in his own hand, taking
them to "A woman to copy on House OF
Representative paper. and then signing
his name to them in lead pencil.