The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-07

attention 20 a record. June 2 1892" and
asked II that meant that Miss Pollard
1 came there that day. and Mrs. Minear
| said il must indicate that. During that
year. she said. Miss Pollard came there
at intervals.
Mr.. CARLISLE BFCoMTs WITNESS.
Mr. Calderon Carlisle, one Of Miss Pol
! lards counsel. then took tho stand. ana
I the four volumes Of Washington Irving
works. one Of them containing a Christ
mas card. were placed before Tim. lie
was asked by Mr.. Wilson TO state what
4 he knew OF the Washington Irving
works and the Christmas card.
Mr. Shelby objected. stating that all the
circumstances of the finding Of that card
had been gone into I'm the examination in
chief. his memory being that the plaintiff
had gone into /; fully.
Judge Bradley said that Sisters Agnes
/ and Augustine had. In their depositions'
/ insinuated that MI. Carlisle or Mr.. JChn-
/ son had put that Christmas card in the
/ book.
Mr. Shelby said he did not think that
inference was necessary. The Inference
was that some one. not necessarily Mr.
J Carlisle or Mr.. Johr son, had put 1t there
/ Judge Bradley said he doubted whether
/ anybody believed they put It there, but
/ he thought Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Johnson
II ifO a tlEnl 10 ltlltFt AiNAA-tANN~ "a 'A'~
/ imputatiOn.
Mr.. Wilson urged that the defence had
not only offered the testimony Of these
/ Sisters. but had gone further and put Dr.
/ Schaeffer on the stand 10 attempt TO
show that the card had been put In the
/ book but a short time. He said he sell
/ dom consented that counsel associated
with him should take the stard, but in
this case ne believed it was just.
Judge Bradley admitted the testimony
and Mr.. Shelby noted an exception
rHE FINDING OF THE CHRISTMAS CARD.
Mr.. Carlisle then said that on the only
occasion he was ever in the Norwood
Founding Asylum in Cincinnati Decem-
Der q. 1893. Miss Pollard and Mr.. john
son were present The only Sister VINO
was present at the time, Sister Agnes
took the four books from a shelf Of
bookcase. He examined the books. and in
one Of them found the Christmas card.
which he had never seen before in his
life. The books had not, at that inter
view. been touched by any one except Sis
ter Aenes and himself. The card was ly-
ing Hat in the book with some dead ard
pressed flowers. The corners were not
then rolled or turned down. lie eNamin-
ed the writing on the card then lie was
the only person who could have placed the
had done IT,
Mr.. Shelby cross-examined Mr.. Carlisle
having him describe very particularly all
the Incidents that occurred at that visit
lie repeated that the books, from the
time they left the bookcase until he took
the card out, were i'm nobody's hands
except those Of Sister Agnes and him
self.
Mr.. Carlisle said he had gone out Of
the reception-room, where the bookcase
was, with Sister Augustine. to an ad-
joining room 10 examine some records,
and was there about five minutes, Miss
Pollard Mr.. johnson. and Sister Agnes
remaining in the recepuon-room.
Mr. Carlisle said that in Sister Agnes
deposition she said she had at first found
only three volumes on the shelf and
then Mr.. Carlisle found the other. Mr..
Carlisle said he had no recollection of
taking down one of the books himself.
His recollection was that the sister had
taken down all four of the books and
laid them upon the table.
QUESTIONED BIZ JURORS.
The jury showed considerable interest
in this testimony one Of them asked Mr..
Carlisle whether this examination Of the
Washington Irving books and the finding
Of the Christmas cards took place before
or after he went out TO look at the
IfADlUE. llt fdlu Ills lfiDliftllOU Was Ibi
certain as 10 whether II was before or
after. but he thought his memorandum
would refresh his memory on that point
Mr.. Carlisle thereupon sent 10 his office
for the memorandum referred to.
Another juror asked in which one Of
the volumes the Christmas card was
found and ne said he believed IT was the
second volume. The juror desired to see
| the volume. and il was handed to him.
ff4rlte1a IN frYftr q,
bys question that Sister Agnes, if cor
rectly reported. was entirely mistaken
! in her account of what occurred at the
! finding of the Christmas card. Sister Ag-
nes represented that she heard Miss Pol
lard say, "Oh, here 1t is and turning
saw Miss Pollard with the Christmas card
i'm her hand. Mr.. Carlisle said that Miss
Pollard stated as soon as the card was
found, and before the writing on it was
seen, that 1t was given her by Mr. VIII
liam Seymour Davis. of Lexington. The
card had written in one corner the words,
compliments of w. $. D.
When Mr. Shelby finished, Mr.. Car
! Isle said that when they were about 10
! leave the asylum he placed IL in the
book where it was found, gave il TO the
| Sisters, and asked them 10 lock up the
books. as they might be wanted. lie had
not again seen the card until he saw it
| attached 10 a deposition IN TINS case.
Mr.. Shelby read Sister Agnes descrip-
ton OF the Christmas card as found
that the edges were turned up and IL
looked as though il had been rolled up
in a package. and not as though it had
been i'm book for nine years
Mr.. Carlisle said that he noticed no such
appearance. II was. he said perfectly fiat
when it came out Of the book. He thought
| Sister Agnes description was Inaccurate.
Mr.. Carlisle having obtained his mem
orandum, said in reply to a jurors ques-
ton that il was after he had gone 10
look at the records that they got the
books from the bookcase. The bookcase
was not open. The door was open. and
he heard continuous conversation.
! Nothing was said about the books. Sister
| Agnes opened the bookcase. His impress
| sion was that Sister Agnes turned the
! key. The door, when opened made enough
noise for him to- have heard il if it had
| been opened while he was in the adjoin-
ing room, and for that reason he did not
believe il had been opened
William J. Johnson. Mr.. Carlisle's law
| partner. who was at the asylum when
| the card was found. corroborated the tes-
| timOny of Mr.. Carlisle. He also said that
when Miss Pollard went 10 the asylum
| library she said that she thought she
| had left a Christmas card at the asylum
when she was there in 1885, and she
| asked that a search be made for it, The
| card, she said. was from William Sey
mour Davis. The initialson the card are:
"W. 5 d."