The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-31
COLONIES SECOND DAY
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MANY PARTS OF MISS PoLLARD's
STORY DENIED.
Defendants History of the Trip to
Lexington and the OCCUR
rences There.
why CAN'T HE FELL THE TRUTH
ABOUT soxBTHIYsT'
Plaintiff Breaks tbs silysry Thread Of psnial
ard AdmonlShsd 70 Kssp ouict- Inter,
Views With Mrs. Blackburn.

Washington March so.-There was an
audience awaiting the second appearance
OF Colonel lsreclSinridge on tho witness
stand today whose interest IN him and
what he would have TO say was more in
tense than that OF any audience ne had
ever faced before. Foremost In Il was the
plaintiff and her elderly companion Mrs.
Ellis; back OF them In d-ihle rows the
lawyers Ia the case, and also Desha
breckenridge. the son to whom the de-
fendant had referred In affectionate terms
while detailing the members or his FAM
ily yesterday Further beyond were two
long rows or newspaper ntsn ana sisetcn-
ers waiting 70 transfer 10 paper the dlf-
ferent attitudes OF the consresaman Wit
ness ANA tile ranks OF spectators. most Of
them men OF the bar No time was lost
in sending the witness to the stand and
then Mr. Butterworth handed up The
work BASKET which had belonged to his
second wife ana which MISS Pollard said
he had given her with affectionate words.
He recognized 1t.
MY wife was a Miss Dcsha. She died
In July lsss,n he said II last saw the
basket in my rooms on II street. 4 have
no recollection when. 1'ha statement
made " the plaintiff was thai when left
Washington after the session OF congress-
! went with her TO the train, thai ! gave
her the basket ana With affectiunate
words, / did not ride With her 10 the
depot ] did not give her the basket un-
der any circp1natancos.h
The voice Of Colonel Breckenridge as he
made this denial was soft. cool ana meas
ursd as carefully as Il had been through
out his testimony the day before. Miss
Pollard was sitting very straight In her
chair.. with hei eyes ii1ed sharply on
him. but he directed his replies entirely
to his Questisner, who sat between Miss
Pollard and the jury,
MIR. Butterw0rth then asked. when
did you first learn that the basket was In
possession of the PLANTING
Colonel BreclSinridge: Il learned a day
or two before the trial that basket was
IN her possession. What basket did not
know nor did have any knowledge
where the basket was until 1t was pro-
duced at the trial"
Have you any knowledge how this has
kei got into her posse1sion? 2,
how the basket come into her possesslon,
nor did She receive II with any knnwiedge
| or consent. or conniyance ON my part.
M. Butterworth then left the question
OF the basket and directed his questions
TO the details OF meeting between the
witness and Miss Pollard and the circum-
stances OF the visit 70 the house OF Sarah
u wish you would give an account, colo
mel, said Mr. Butterworth, ..of your trip
70 Lexington on the afternoon of Au-
| gust z, of which you spoke yesterday,
when plaintiff was on the train.f
1 Il found the plaintiff IN the car when
got into T. found the car was crowd
the door al which i entered ] spoke tc
| her md the conversation resulted In an
| Arrangement by which we were to meet
| that evening in Lexington
In answer 70 q further qtieation. he
stated. An arrangement was made that
we should meet at the house Of Sarah
4 GuesE; The arrangement was carried out
by going in the street car,
State whststools place between you and
| the plaintiff then
''The statement in tie New York woril
/ was substantially correct We knocked
4 ut the door several times Whom no ont
/ responded a little talk took place be
] tween plaintiff and myself AZ 70 what e
! do One suggestion was made that tdht
| should go to the door OF friend where
she expected to spend the night Another
1 suggestion was that she walt 9 littlt
while, IL being Saturday nlgni and Y pc;
! that night The conclusion was that sh'
| should walt and should SO 70 my nom'
IND II Sarah Guess returned " reason
4 able tine i would Ind her there
~ had supper with my family thu
night. There was q torchlight procession
and some Speeches but DID not meke
S;ness and found me plalntlfl there
There was TO be an election the next Mon
day aud there was SOME feeling on bot
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HAD you made an arrangement to 90 &
Sarah Guess as the plaintin sald2'
None whatever" i,
was there any. conversation apout ~, ne
schooling and Inducements OF Htlp t'rt
out by You q . Is
None Whatever,
"WAs there any reFistanre q protf 81 g
ZION a. e. her PART against MA 'n' WI
None whatever. We merely carried on