Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-03-25
A BIT OF STRATEGY.
Judge Bradley Keeps the Newspaper Men
From Hearing the Arguments in the
Pollard BreckinridEs Case

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From Hearing the Arguments In the
Pollard BreckinridEs Case
WASHINGTON, d. c., March "a
Judge Bradley executed bit Of STRAIT
egg on the newspaper men who had
gathered to-dsy to hear the arguments
over the admissibility Of certainly dep
osltions taken for the defense in the
Pollard-Breckinridge case, Since moth
ing sensational was expected the gen
eral public had scarcely any represen-
tation, only newspaper men and lawyers
appearing in the court room. Just be-
fore the hour for court to open a whis-
per passed among the lawyers aud they
slipped one by one into the Judges con-
sultation room adjoining the court COON
A uniformed Dailitf standing at the door
denied admission to all but the legal
forces, Col. Breckenridge and his son
Desha. The party was cioseted in the
Judges room two hours.
There are three dispositions to which
Miss Pollards attorneys make their
principal objections. the point involv-
ing the relevancy of testimony bearing
upon Miss Polard'S character. one of
these dispositions was made by Alec
Julian. the young blind man 10 whom
Miss Pollard alluded in her letter TO
"Wessle" Brown as her "bllnd Barna.
f,f IN. lfIfp al a L.
in Kentucky that
MOCK MARRIAGE: WAS PERFORMED
between Miss Pollard aud himself at
Squire Tinsley's, in Bridgeport, on
Christmas day, 1883, that after drink
ing eggnogg freely he suggested that
married couples usually went 10 bed,
and that thereupon the two went up
stairs and got In bed together Miss
Pollard testified on cross-eXamination
that her uncle accompanied her to
Squire Tinsley's on that day, and de-
MED the incident OF the mock mar
rage.
The second deposition was made by
w. W. Resell u whom Miss Pollard
was engaged 10 be married In 1854 when
she was a student at Wesleyan seminary
and az which time she was intimate
with Colonel Breckenridge. Resell has
deposed that be took liberties with Miss
Pollard In the library OF the Wesleyan
seminary and that when he left that
town FOR Chicago Miss Pollard begged
him to take her with him. When asked
about this matter on crOss-examination
Miss Pollard denied that Resell had
done more than kiss her aud denied that
she had asked him TO take her TO Chlca-
90. In one of the most Characteristically
spicy dialogues between herself and at
torney Butterworth she attributed
Rosell's motive in opposing her 10 the
fact that he Is a candidate for the posi-
ton Of collector OF internal revenue IN
Representative Breckinrdge's district.
The other deposition 10 which the
plaintiff is particularly opposed was
made
BY DIR. LEWIS, OF LENtNGTOS,
who affirms that the late Col. Swope
once approached him with q request
that he perform a criminal operation on
a woman whom he called "Miss Pol
lard" The Doctor did not see the wo-
man, nor could be identify her with
the plaintiff, so the objection was made
that there is nothing 10 connect the
deposition with the principal In this
case.
Col. Swope was the Republican can
didate for Congress against Col. Breck-
inrdge in the Lexington district aud
was killed in duel with Cash GOodloe,
who also was fatally wounded. Parts
of other depositions are also object
ed 10.
The reason for a secret hearing re-
garding these dispositions is 10 keep
their contents from the jury Ia the case
till the court decided upon excluding
them. Although the jurors have been
cautioned not 20 talk with any one con-
corning the case, nor 90 read the news
papers, the judge probably thinks that
the headlines OF newspapers would be
too much for human curiosity 10 resist
II spread before them Sunday morning.
and In the discussion OF the ailidayits
their contents are naturally threshed
out. These underground proceedings
are not an innovation IN the District
Court, as some months ago precedent
was established by Judge Bradley for
keeping from the public the details OF
divorce suits.
The argument before Judge Bradley
for five hours and be took the
questions submitted under consldera- I
lion to decide them Monday morning 1
when the court meets again. Most Of Z