The evening world., 1894-04-12
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MISS POLLARD'S LETTERS.
Lawyer Butterworth Reads Those
Written to Rhodes.
Plaintiffs Mother Could Explain,
but She Is Not Called.n
Dy Associated Presa.)

WASHINGTON. April l2.-Major Ben.
Butterworth had the floor again when
the Pollard-Breckinridge 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.
He 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 N is
alive and well in Kentucky. and she is
not called. They may ask why. we did
not call her. but we do not go into the
munition."
The lawyer dealt particularly on the
plaintiffs demands for money from
sion in one of the letters to her great
.njoymelt at reading Washington lrv-
ing. Mr.. 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 disGoyer that any such
there, ana the Information that Mrs.
Burgoyne had been in the place years
after Miss Pollard claimed to have been
there. In talking about the finding
of the Christmas card in the hook he
acquitted Attorney Carlisle of the sus-
picion of having been implicated in any
c~hicanery.< He pointed out, however, to
show the fallibility of human testimony,
nat Mr.. Carlisle had sworn that moth
ing had been said about the card until
he found 1t, while Mr.. johnson. his col
gested that it was in the book before
1t was found
There was a little passage between
the speaker n Mr., Wilson when the
books had 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
another question. namely, why Miss Pol
lard had not described the books before
they We're unsealed, and why Miss Pol
lUTu nHu not gone DeloTe tHe sisters lot
Identification. when she was within the
%twinkling of n bell.
THAT shows all you know about it.
replied Mr.. Wilson. She was not there,
and neither was breckenridge"
The attorneys for the other side would
claim. Mr.. Butterworth resumed, that the
woman was dominated by a stronger
mind. They would say that she was a
moral potent!ality, "a pawn on a mora
cheSS-board.'
According to Miss Lowell, the Capito'
typewriter, and to Miss Pollard herself
Col. Breckenridge had ~endcavored tC
conceal his letters to her in 1886 by first
writing them in his own land. taking
them to a woman TO copy on House oi
Representative paper, and then signing
his name to them in lead pencil.