St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-17
MISS POLLARD FAILS
To Prove Any OF Her Allegations
Against BRECKENRIDGE.

LEXINGTON, Ky, Feb. 16.-Interest
in the Notwithstanding case in
creases. j. d. Pollard, brother of
Madeline. was here Wednesday. and
held long consultations with those
friendly to his sister. Miss Pollard will
not attend the examination, as she will
not be needed. Charles II. Stoll, senior
counsel for Col. Breckenridge, is here.
He said:
II left Cincinnati after having ex-
amined all the witnesses except one
Sister Agnes, of the founding asylum,
who is ill at present. The court
adjourned sine die, and will
hear no more testimony unless
Sister Agnes RECEIVERS sufficiently, when
we may take her testimony. This may
not be necessary, as Desha Breckinridge
has written statement from her, in
which she denies that Miss Pollard was
ever in the asylum. Miss Pollard claims
that she had boy baby in it. The
plaintiff has failed to prove a single
allegation made in her petition, and
that, too, in the places she claimed the
testimony would DE most damaging.
The letter which caused the big row
yesterday is in the hands of Commits
sioner Hinkle and will be given by him
to the court.e
The dispositions will take up week.
The attorneys In the Breckenridge
Pollard case were all day engaged in
taking testimony. Four witnesses for
the defense were examined. Catesby
Hawkins, carpenter of Frankfort, said
he had known witness from her child
hood. He told of party at which
mock marriage was performed between
Alex Julian, brother of Mayor Ira Jul
ian, Of Frankfort. and Madge Pollard.
He said they all had been drinking, and
that the couple was then taken up stairs
and put to bed, but did not know
| whether Julian stayed there all
night or not. Hawkins said she
was smitten with Julian at the
time. This was when she was about
sixteen years old. The Second witness,
was j. O'Toole. resident farmer at the
asylum where James Rodes. Miss Pol
lard's protector, was employed. He
testified that Rodes wanted him TO
lend him money to give her. He refused
! to lend it. Rodes told him she was con-
tinually wanting money.
| In the afternoon the first witness was
Molly Shindelb0wer. now of Memphis,
| Tenn. formerly OF Lexington. Slfe
] was partly raised by an aunt of Miss
Pollard. She said that Madge associated
with young men or DaQ reputation, tax
ing rides with them nights, often stay
| ing out as late as eleven o'clock. Her
conduct was such as to cause the neigh
bors to talk about her. Witness adj
! mitted that she herself led a sporting
life for many years.
The next witness was John Brand,
son of the late John Brand, OF this
county. He testified that ne first saw
| Miss Pollard in 1883 at the house of
Lena Singleton, mistress of james
| ROdes. This house was known as an
| designation house. When he was ad-
| mitted, woman that Lena Singleton
/ told him was Miss Pollard ran out of
the room. He soon afterward again
| called, and was then introduced to Miss
| Pollard by another woman. He had
seen Miss Pollard and Rodes there In
conversation. He had frequently taken
her driving. but, being married man,
had to quit taking her riding because
! his wife was jealous. When asked if
his relations with her were at any time
improper, he refused to answer, and
| the examiner ruled that the evidence
was not competent. Testimony will be
continued tomorrow.