The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-04-14
THE POLLARD CASE
mn rcx,NR1DGE IN THE HANDS
On THE PLAINTIFFS ATTORNEY

cor. nRECKlNRIDGE IN THE HAMS
az THE PLAINTIFFS ATTORNEY
n,,,. t~o1on.l Says That while There
We're DEMONSTRATIONS
Part of Both He Said Ihefe "e''
M .Expressions" Of Love.
Washington, April .. Congrt sSlnan
R,eckinridge to-day continued the recl'al
of his version of the nine years intrigue
with Madeline Pollard and he consumed
the entire day in rounding ont MS story
He will soon pass into the nalds OIL eA-
Judge Jere M. Wilson for cross-eNa'pila
tion From this inquisition the followers
os the trial are anticipating their choicest
entertainment, for the jUrlst ana eN.
congressman from Indiana has Il Wen
c,,ned reputation as the most trying man
who could be selected from the local par
to rake a witness. He is no respecter oi
persons in the court room, 1ollo"'hs
faithfully the axiom that all men are
co,,ol in the eyes of the law. and he mas
an unusual facility at planning traps loi
q witness, leading him along different
lines of inquiry which seem harmless
considered singly, and then combining
conclusions therefrom IN one ques'on
which puts the victim on record IN amour
or light. Miss Pollard and her lawyers
have busted themselves IN taking notes
throughout the coloncl's testimony from
which they expect to dlaw material Tor
cross-cxamination. There will be but NJ
flo testimony for the defense after ,ol.
Rrrckinridge leaves the stand, anu mos'
of that will be in the form of deposltlohs.
The rebuttal for the plaintiff Will come III
when Miss Pollard herself will proDably
take the stand again and the ola prlncipal
of the WESLEYAN college will be called 10
refntc the testimony of Rankin Rossell.
to whom Miss Pollard was engaged III
| 1854, DIR. Brown will testify that Kos
| sell could not have called to see her wv"
| or three times q weak as he Salo, because
| the rules of the school. which were STREE
" enforced, per emitted visitors olAy FIJI.
lav nights. and then in the presence OF
the teachers, and will deny that Miss
Pollard prerarel to go with him to chi
| caco, as she was only permitted to KISS
| him good by under the search hight OLA
| teachers gaze. The trial will probapl!
last two weeks longer.
Washington, April 3.-The usual crowd
was present at the pollard-B recklnrldse
trial to-day. and the colonel went over Il
great deal of the ground already covered
Did YOU" asked Mr.. Butterworth,
"have any sexual relations with the
plaintiff after the 10Th of April, 1898"
That is the date on which the defend
| ant was secretly married to Mrs. Wing.
Mr.. Breckinridgc-I did not after the
Goth of April, 1893. l did not have any
sexual relations with the plaintiff what
ever. 1t is absolutely false. | never had
sexual intercourse with the plaintiff after
l returned to Washington after the 3lSt
day of March, at any time or at any
place. l returned on the 31st of March
and had the conversation with Mrs.
Blackburn. Plaintiff and had no sexual
relations on that day Or ever after that
day. The arrangements We're made prior
to my going to Mrs. Blackburn's. as the
only reason / would 80 to Mrs. Black
burns was that our relations should
terminate; that she should leave the city
of Washington. and that the relations be-
t. cen herself and Mrs. Blackburn should
be allowed to die out gradually and |
Should support her until she should find
some honorable vocation,
Judge Jere Nj. Wilson took Col. Bre"k-
inridge in hand for cross-examination af-
ter recess. The first questions We're di-
rccted toward e%liciting from the defend
ant admissions that in his early law
practice friends had been obliged to make
good sums of money improperly appro-
priated from clients. Col. Breckenridge
was obliged to explain his connection
with the Presbyterian church. which had
been passive, rather than active. lie
had lived in Lexington within four
squares of the house occupied by Sarah
Guess, and had known the character of
the place for twenty years. He also adj
mltted that he had visited the house be-
tore he went there with Miss Pollard.
In telling that Miss Pollard had said
that she had given Rhodes a higher proof
of her intention of marrying him, he said
he would advise a woman who had had
sexual intercourse with a man to marry
him, but with a man it was different. for
the knowledge of it by the public would
destroy the woman and only injure the
man. Society looked upon these things
differently. The colonel told of the FIRST
carriage ride. when their illicit relations
pesan, and said that he had no eXcuse to
ofer Tor his actions. He could not iusti-
~ 1t, but he declared it was not sc1ur-
ton, as Miss Pollard did not come 10
him a virgin.
f1aVlns secured the statement hat he
nad written no letters to Madeline Pol
iard IN 1856. Mr.. Wilson sprung come
tnins very like a trap by dropping into
g llne OF questioning which indicates that
ne has in reserve testimony to show that
the member from Kentucky directed m.
foreground letters through u tvnnyvr;tar
at the capitol. Then for the first tima tha
d~e1endant seemed to lose his temper and
mace most strenuous lenials, The type-
wrlter whose testimony is next in order
is a Miss Louise Lowell, now a clerk in
the treasury department.
Washington, April 4.-Interest in tho
Notwithstanding case was intensified
to-oay by the presence of two ladies IN
Tue court room whose faces had NOT heon
seer before, sitting at the table with the
foiiard forces, and from the passage
wnlch had closed the examination of tho
gay before it was surmised that one Of
'nen must be Louise Lowell, the stenoc-
;apner ana typewriter who had a desk
t 80 ,ne capltol IN 1886, and to whom let
ters We're dictated by Col. Breck;nr;dro
T,o we eialm OF the plaintiff be true. Mrs.
inv dnna 10 a. present a clerk in the treas
ury department, and is a woman If shove
stature with hair beginning to t,,rn rror
MES. Lowell took a seat in tho w;tn"s.
9ox. She said that she had known '" ~a1
breckenridge since February, 1SSG how.
Jug become acquainted with him a. ~.
house OF representatives, where sbe ha1
an once to carry on business os
s~; ;Spsrapner and typewriter in the cor.
t1u t11 ny the committee on postoficas