The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-16
BREACH OF PROMISE.
Epitome of Wednesdays Testimony In
the Pollard Breckenridge Case.

| Ine fOllaru-breCKlnrluBe Ease.
Wednesdays session of the cir
cult court, at Washington, Judge
Bradley presiding, was devoted to
continuation of the taking of evil
dence in the celebrated Pollard
Breckenridge breach of promise
cash. The first witness of the day
was Sister Cecilia, of Pueblo, Col,
former superior of the Norwood
Asylum, of CINCINNATI, Ohio, who
resuming her testimony of the
previous day said, that she had a
good memory for names but poor
memory for faces. She could not
affirm positively that Miss Pollard
had been an inmate of the Norwood
convent, nor could she say that she
had not.
A dispute arose between counsel
over the question of admission as
evidence of the witness opinion, as
to the identity of the young wom-
an,
Judge Bradley said that if the
question as propounded was intend
ed to elicit the opinion of the
witness as to the identity of the
plaintiff with certain person who
was at the Asylum at certain
time, it was competent, if it was in
tended to show that the witness,
from things she had subsequently
learned, had become convinced that
the plaintiff had at some time been
an inmate of the asylum, it was in
competent
The plaintiffs counsel reserved an
exception to the courts ruling and
then framed a different question,
asking this: What is your opinion
as to the identity of the plaintiff
with a patient in your asylum in
May, June and July, 1882"
Which was also overruled, anoth-
er exception noted and followed by
the questioe; "What is your belief
as to whether the plaintiff was in
your asylum during the months
named2"
''That is a question for the Jury
said Judge Bradley.
Mr.. Carlisle inquired whether any
patients in the asylum had been in
the habit of yelling themselves, to
which the sister replied: 'There
were two or three ladies who yelled
their faces when they thought that
there was any danger Of being re-
cognized by visitors from Cincin
natl"
After fhe two sisters had retired
the reading Of deposition by DIR.
Kate Perry Kane of Cincinnati fol-
lowed, Mrs Kane remembered that
Miss Pollard had boarded in their
house as DR.. Buchanan's patient
under the name of Miss Louise Will
son, identifying the plaintiff posi-
lively.
From the cross examination in
the deposition it appeared that
Miss Pollard had been prematurely
confined. She was described by DR..
Buchanan as "an unfortunate girl
from Kentucky" The boarded was
understood to be an unmarried
woman, and once after shd had
been to meet friend at hotel
about some financial matters Dr.
Kane asked her why she did not
marry her friend, to which Miss
Pollard replied that she could not,
that he had ruined her and that she
had loathed him and had steeled
her heart against him, and would
not marry him, although he had
offered to marry her From Miss
Pollard's ways, general actions and
knowledge of things in 1885, the
witness thought she must have been
about "a years old then. She was
not at all frivolous or girlish, kept
her affairs to herself, and time
seems to have dealt gently with
her.
Other witnesses were examined,
but no further facts of interest
were elected and the usual hour for
adjournment having arrived the
court was ordered adjourned for the
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