The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-14

vi. DittktHfldSe SaNDlefeQ over 10 the
reporters table where he shook hands
with some Of his friends.
How are you feeling, colonel" one
Of them asked
First rate; should say was" was
the answer
Col Phil Thompson of Breckenridges
counsel was also absent. and 10 the dis
appointment of the curious. the plaintiff
failed to appear. although there were
two stylishly-arrayed women in the
court room. William y. Mattingly rose
when the Gaze was called 10 state that he
sence of Col. Thompson. He made in
quiiy about some dispositions which he
said had been taken for the plaintiff and
Withdrawn from the files Of the court.
Mr.. Carlisle replied that the living Wit
nesses could be produced in place Of the
depositions. Mr.. Mattingly protested
mat he had never known of an important
case in which the contents Of the deposi-
ttons had be-u withheld after the trial
began. and the defendant given no
chance TO take rebutting evidence. Judge
Bradley ruled that the proper time 10
OBJECT 70 tho dispositions was when they
should be offered. Mr. Wilson. for Miss
Pollard, gave notice that all the affida-
wits taken for the defendant would be
objected to on the ground that they were
irrelevant and much Of their contents
hearSay. At this juncture the two women
present in the court swept ont Of the
court room apparently disappointed at
not having seen Miss Pollard
quarter of An hour of whispered dis
cussion between Col. breckenridge and
his lawyers followed I'm which it became
known that the expected motion for de-
lay on account of Col Totten's absence
would not he made by the defendant.
During this brief lull the panel Of jurors
was submitted to counsel for their in
spection and vetoes
shortly before II O'Clock twelve Jurors
all white business men. apparently from
thelr dress in the middle walks of life,
Wcf" sworn to truly Try the issues be
tween Madeline Pollard and William G.
p Brecknridge. There were thirty
names on the panel, and each side was
allowed TO strike off four by the rules of
the circuit court. II was apparent that
the counsel had posted themselves on
the jurors, because the rejected eight in
Guided the five colored members of the
panel Col. Thompson, for Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, then asked the court to pass the
case until tomorrow on account of the
large mass of testimony which had just
arrived and not been examined, and be-
cause Mr.. ButterWOrth had only been
called into the case the night before.
Judge Bradley assented, and the trial
was continued until tomorrow morning
at 10 O'Clock. Miss Pollard was about
10 start for the court house when the
II tat W d6 al ltut Ilttll. one WAS dttUillDd-
MED by lady friend. who has remained
with her much of late. but her lawyers
sent q messenger to meet her with the
announcement Of the adjournment, and
she returned home. She will be present
tomorrow and throughout the trial.
WASHINGTON. March 9-There was
enough Of sensation and scandal in the
trial Of Madeline Pollard's breach OF
promise suit against Congressman Breck-
lnI1dge of Kentucky today TO satiate
even me most eXpectant IN the fashion
ably arrayed masculine audience which
crowded the circuit court. Witnesses
well known to- all Neutrality-suspicious. de
tailed the secret history of the life
travelled 10y the snowy-bearded congress
man and the attractive young woman,
who. seated only an arms length apart,
were magnets for the curiosity which
always surrounds the personages of such
a case
Except the haIr-dozen connected with
the case. there were no ladies in court,
but long lines of men. like the crowds be-
fore the box office of a theater, waited
outside for the doors TO be opened.
These men seemed to regard the trial
altogether in the light of theatrical
entertainment apparently unconscious
of the fact that there vas an element of
human tragedy about the affair. Satur-
day is motion day in the circuit court. SO
the Washington populace will be denied
further opportunity To satisfy its curios-
ity until Monday
one Of The first arsous To enter III.
court room vas Miss Madeline Pol
lard, the plaintiff. This was the
first sight of the plaintiff vouch-
safed TO the scandal lovers who
crowded the court and for a quarter of
an hour before the trial began she was
the target and the subject of many
curious comments.
Miss Pollard is an attractive looking
young woman whose appearance would
Indicate that she has attained thirty
years, with a slender giriiSh figure
which was cnVoioped I'm long ulster
Her face was nearly colorless. with "a
small piquant mouth, upturned nose,
flashing black eyes and heavy dark
brown hair. She wore small black
bonnet. Two ladies accompanied her and
sat beside her at the table with her
counsel directly in front of the Judge
One of them, an elderly lady dressed in
black was one of the sisters of the cpis-
copalau house of refuge i'm which Miss
Pollard is sheltered. The other. who sat
beside the plaintiff, was a well-dressed
lady OF middle age who figured as a
friend of Miss Pollard. but whose iden-
tity no one could discover. Miss Pollard
seemed quite at her ease Her face was
covered with thin veil which in no way
concealed her features. she talked with
her lawyers most of the time prior To
court converting.
Col. Breckenridge was late in putting
in his appearance. Finally he came with
a small satChel of documents on his arm.
fresh and smiling, accompanied by his
son. Desha Breckinridge- The number
of lawyers made 1t necessary To have
two rows of tables; the front line
devoted 10 the Pollard forces. the second
row occupied by the BE ckinridge party.
SO that the white-haired defendant sat
almost directly back of his young an
Ia gOnfst.
Nr. CarIisIe's Statement.
The trial was really commenced when
Mr. Calderon Carlisle faced the jury.
leaning langudly against a table, and in
deliberate conversational tones outlined
the matters which the plaintiff would
endeaVOr to prove. He contrasted the
petitions Of the Two parties one man
of family. of political prominence. high
in the councils of the presby terrain
church. famous throughout the country
as an orator: the other a friendleSs young
woman. Some hing was said about the
legal aspects of the case. Then he pc
gan TO read the declaration which was
published in full when the suit was
brought: how Col. Breckenridge had
taken advantage Of Miss Pollard's youth
when she was a girl of seventeen at the
wesleyan female seminary. and then
further alleging that he WAS the father
of her three children; that he had, i'm
the presence OF creditable witnesses,
promised 10 marry her, having prev.-
ously made the promise TO become her
husband when his wife should die: that
hs had married instead a Mrs. Louise