Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-29
POLAR DIR ECEINRIDGE TRIAL.

Pollard Breckenridge trial IN Washing
ton closed yesterday Rankin R. Resell
was on the stand.
Resell reiterated that Miss Pollard
had sat on his lap for two hours at
time. He had first told of his &C
quaintance with Miss Pollard last fall
to DR.. O'Mahoney, of Lexington, who
had come as q messenger from Colonel
Breckenridge. Rosel was positive
Miss Pollard had told him that she was
married TO Julian in the mock mar
riase. and said he had never heard of
owen Tinsley. Resell had loaned a
picture of Miss Pollard TO a mail carrier
who gave it to postmistress who was
related to Col Breckenridge, and who
sent it to the defendant; had Withdrawn
his application for office of his own mo-
How long was Miss Pollard up
stairs when she said she would 90 to
Chicago with you?" asked Mr.. Wilson.
Fifteen or twenty minutes
''Came down and was all ready; had
her trunk packed ?"
''Yes. sir.
Had packed her trunk and got
ready in fifteen on twenty minutes -
''She said So
''What time was this -
mine or ten o'clock at night"
'Who was about lhere?'
~ did not see anybody. We were
alone"
This ended the testimony of Mr.. Ro-
sell. and the deposition of Hiram Kauf-
man, butcher, of Lexington, was taken
by Attorney Stoll.
Mr.. kaufman had known Miss Pol
lard when she lived in Lexington, in
1883. Kaufman said that he was living
between two bad houses. Once he had
visited the house with Jim Rhodes.
Miss Pollard was there and sat on
Rhodes's lap, and Rhodes had Rugged
and kissed her On another occasion
Miss Pollard had gone to room in
that house with one John Brandt; had
remained there three-quarters of an
hour, and when they came out she had
returned there with another man. Miss
Pollard had once asked him to 90 into
the room with her, but he had refused
because be was a friend Of Rhodes
Rhodes had introduced him, SAYING
Sim, let me introduce YOU to my girl,
Miss Pollard" Rhodes had taken liber-
ties with Miss Pollard in the presence
Of other people. Witness had visited
the house TWO or three times week
after the first call, and always found
Miss Pollard there; thought she re-
manned there six weeks in May and
June Of 1888.
The witness had seen Miss Pollard
drunk, and had been obliged to help
her 10 bed.
The deposition of John A. Brandt,
school ianiior at Lexington, followed.
Brandt said he had first met Miss
Pollard in 1888, at house kept by
Lena Singleton, who was reputed to be
the mistress OF James Rhodes The
plaintiff had seemed then about seven
teen wears old. Brendt had often taken
Miss Pollard riding; according to bis
story: had often picked her up and
dropped her somewhere on the street.
When asked for what purpose he had
visited Lena Singleton, Mr Brandt CON
fessed that he went for immoral
purposes. Brandt described Miss Pol
lard as % sDare-made woman with
dark hair, and said she was then going
to school. Brandt's testimony was
somewhat contradictory rs to when he
first met Miss Pollard, saying once that
he had met her first in 1881, and again
in 1888. He was introduced to Miss
Pollard in Lena Singleton's house by
women he had met at an improper
house in Cincinnati, but could not re-
member tie name of the woman or the
location of the house. He could not
remember whether he was drunk on
the occasion the alleged meeting with
Miss Pollard at Lena Singleton's &C.
Cured. Deponent declined to say
whether he had taken liberties with
Miss Pollard
The deposition OF Letcher Lusby,
chief ofpolice of Lexington for six years
past, revealed that he had known Lena
Singleton; that she kept questionable
house.
The deposition of W. 7. Jones, an
alderman of Lexington, showed that he
had been acquainted with the family of
Professor Brown, of Wesleyan College,
in 1883 and 1854: had known Miss Pol
lard, and understood that she was
frequently visited by Resell. She had
told him that Rhodes was paying her
tuition that she had promised to marry
him, but did not intend to carry out
her contract, as he was an ignorant old
farmer.
With this the court adjourned.
TO-DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
After Judge Bradley took his seat at
the misunderstanding trial this
morning the proceedings were opened
with the examination Of ohm +. Benck
hart, of Lexington, who was made to
tell great many things descriptive of
a building at the northeast corner OF
Third and Upper streets in Lexington,
occupied by his brother, Mat Benck-
hart, in 1882. The witness told who
lived near this building and next to it,
and what buildings it overlooked, and
he identified diagram of the ncighbor-
hood. John Brant, whose deposition
was read yesterday, deposed that he
met Madeline Pollard frequently at the
house OF Lena Singleton on Third street
a few doors south of Upper street.
Bcnckhart in his examination to- day
positively asserted that Lena Singleton
had never lived at the place described
by Brant.
Mr.. Stoll cross examined the witness