New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-11
HODCMAM'Ss
MACKTNTOSHES
%cnsibIe and Siy.t>.-.
IlROtDN, Az. - tsSi -'D 80,
Cor. Grand Street. All. oth ave. h"'Vi'
1s.s 49, hlm ana neggaa hLm far money. .whch

1885, asked him and oegged him for money which
YOU hno rSa Sn1 r Sl. did she need That money?
! asked Colonel Thompson. turning 10 NY Ndrlis'e.
III ,SG sho Knew that if she needed money to
prepare for the birth OF ha ch'il 81. ', ~ N
sot ii from hlm. But it was Kodes INA "ne asa !,
for the money She did not turn 10 ms nome, Srh
erous man whom she ioved VCoioe, h III ~
money she needed Il he were re.PonslDle ior -, n'i
l,e Du ana yho vcud MOI ana could
have paid # there had not been SOM great reds2A
/ noyvc~ ~ an unscrupuous woman ridden 50 rougn-
shoI as BrcckinIidse has been hy TINS woman
LAYING STRESS ON TIE SISTERS TESTIMONY.
| Tire DISCREPANCIES between the testimony OF the
| plaintiff and the Sisters Of Charity at Nor"'o'
/ rounding Aeylum were told Of by Colone! TAoHp-
SON. uho said he would be willing TO rest th' case
on the testimony Of these sisters against hat OF the
woman who said she had dedicated her lie TO Inc
defendant Unless the jury believed these noble
women who had dedicated their lives to G9d-"An
! that was dcdCatiOni'-then they must iIaC' -
ter Agnes Regina and Sister Augustine IN IN same
category Of perjury in which the pianth had pmceI
there is Dr. Be!e buchanan ana that crowd, s1ld
Colonel Thomp.on rIferrns TO N c,ntnr
ment in lSN. II haven't go. very Eooi opinion 81
tn S5e lem9e Doctors eydence Csionci Thompson
said witnesses had testified that louise mon I 49,,
msr w 6, he, ryeI 6tr vas an unmarried
90 YOU admit that turning t. Judge wilson ana
Mr C naiSr fyTbc SoT TO saw NH you answer rlc
in ny your argument" asked Colonel Thompson
And this Woman says She gave birth to girl In
1885, ana last year she goes to ne pace wreTt S,S
says it born, and dd not know Wnetntr IL was
dead or not when the child ina, had Heeh PORN 10 80
you mean to tell me that woman WoHlId De su 80
ignorant OF her child that? she lett mat chlld
nine lon Years And the babe born in lSSS Gf it
was bOrm she says she saw us dead body az 'lle
underaktrs. and yet 1t was iald III Il grave S"' ""'
Just think of it," he said, her little ones lying
in graves that she has never seen! oh lnhunlah
woman. inhuman woman ana monster 10 moe ner
own shame she Lays i at the rect OF ms man anu
are appealed to By this with her stage act
ing In the most sacred name Of mother"
The Christmas-card incident was pooh-poohed by
the cara had been slipped in the volume of Irving
at the Norwood Asylum the more fully to Identity
the plaintiff with that place And wnen ihs cdtu
WAS dEe Ho 9q wore re w Saq Mas here
woman. whose memory for nt{e things came back is
wore bat forgot her own name at the asylum.
THE MEANING or "rOLLARp."
Colonel Thompson said he had looked up the
meaning of the word Pollard" in the dictionary,
and he found that it meant "a small counterfeit
COIN another definition was petty incl.
We'll" he added. Il didn't know how IN the world
names should run So close in connection with
Colonel Thompson emb3nIshed his speech Nth VIII
words phrases in his unsparins denunciat'on Oh
Nf,.r making some ironic references TO Miss Pol
lard as this beautiful amiable a4t gentle plain,
tn" Colonel Thompson came 10 the testimony 81
Mrs Blackburn. in which ne said she had confused
several conversations natural thinS III an o''
lady. n, -,
the old lady long tn.. Snes "a loNcF, o.i chiI
acter bat shes getting along In year, zoe I5ia'k-
burn. my friend. the youngest or me fltc"-
burn brothers and old Governor Luke dyacE3Hrh.
he's been dead many yoars.and this lady - ms "ld'"
she's no longer a maiden gay. Bot she's got lots
Of spirit | tell you, I was little bit afraid whcn
came to examine her that she'd jump down my
throat frizzes and all , -
Then followed references to King solomon am
his many wives. King David and trahs VIE An,
tony and Cleopatra. and the first Napoleon ana
George Washington and their love affairs. MISS
Pollard had been raised. not lowered. hy her aralT
with Colonel Breckenridge. conicnded Coroner
Thompson. She had said she would rather be his
mistress than the wife Of Rodes. rather 60 win
the defendant into society. where she couid nave
intellectual enjoyment than - the wife % Rodes.
tending children and milking ,vs and doing farm
work. 80 -, 81,
And" said Colonel Thompson, barring the sin.
I don't b.ame her for feeling that way.
At 3:45 fifteen minutes before Adjournment:
Colonel Thompson took up the alleged intention 81
Miss Pollard 70 compel the defendant 20 marry
hor and as this was a line ~ argument hc
asked an adjournment until tomorrow. which the