Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-29

vas anything in Miss Psllard's conduct I
that caused him to let the engagement drop.
81 lost confidence in the woman. said
Rosell. ~ did not like the way abe al
lowed me to kiss her and hug her. II was
not the way wished to love the woman
wanted to marry, and to be loved by her" I"
Lexington and he had asked for the rings
he had given her. She said her mothers
house had been burned and the rings were
destroyed. All his correspondence with
Miss Pollard had been destroyed by him at
Christn.as, 1892.
Mr.. Rosell was asked whether Miss Pol
lard was an matured or immature woman,
physically or mentally, when witness knew
her, but it was objected to by Judge Will
son and ruled out by Judge Bradley. The
question as to the maturity of her actions
was also ruled out. Mr.. Rosell
was allowed to answer whether Miss Pol
lard, in 1885, had the appearance of girl
or woman.
"Of . womap," he said.
"In Miss Pollard testimony" said Major
Shelby, 'the statement vas made that yeu
was candidate for Office in the internal
revenue service. What were the facts in
that matter?"
LAST April made an application for
position of guager in my district and sent it
to Washington with my endorsements.
When I ran for superintendent of the
county schools, the application was virtu-
ally Withdrawn, and later l withdrew it,"
''Was this before you gave the deposit
tion?'
"Yes SIR"
"Do you live in Col. Breckinridae's dis
trict?"
mo, sir; do not. never knew him
before l made application for the place of
gauger.'
TO Judge Wilson Rosell admitted that he
had Withdrawn his application for the
gaugership the day he made the deposition;
in fact, he had the letter of withdrawal in
his pocket on the day he gave the deposit
ton.
Judge Wilson asked Resell to describe
the location of the rooms where he said he
saw Miss Pollard at Wesleyan college.
Rosell had testified that he called on Miss
Pollard two, sometimes three, times every
week. Judge Wilson asked the witness if
he did not know that visitors were allowed
to see pupils only once a week and Rosell
said he did not. II only know l told the
truth" he added.
"You mean TO say, as you tes ifed in
your examination, that you sat in the par
lor and reception room with Miss Pollard
on your lap, an hour and q half to two
hours at time, and nobody interrupted
you. That is your statement, is it not?"
eyes, sir, that is it, positively" said Ro-
sell.
Resell said he frat told of his expert
ence with Miss Pollard to DR.. O'Mahoney,
who came to him from Col. Breckinridge.
He also said to DR.. O'Mahoney that Miss
Pollard told him she and Aleck Julian had
gone through mock marriage together.
The witness insisted that he had Withdrawn
his application for the internal revenue
position without suggestion from Col.
ridge or anybody else.
How long was Miss Pollard absent,
when she went upstairs to get ready to go
to Chicago with you?' asked Judge Wilson.
Fifteen or 20 minutes said Rosell.
"And in that time she fixed herself and
packed her trunk, did she?"
"Yes SIR"
w udt tlulc VI ulXut was II.
''Between and TO-"
''And was no one there?"
"No, SIR"
That's ALL" said Judge Wilson.
Mr.. Stoll began to read the deposition Of
Hiram Kaufman. Kaufman is butcher,
30 years old, and lives at Lexington. He
said when he came to Lexington IL years
ago, he went to q house in Lexington which
was halt assignation house and half bawdy
house, kept by Lena Singleton, and in Msy
and June, 1888, had seen Madeline Pollard
there. This was the year before Miss Pol
lard met Col. Breckinridge.
He had seen Madeline Pollard and Jim
Rodts (James C. Rodss) at the house Of
Lena Singleton, where she sat ia bis lap
and acted just like any woman Of the town.
He had a!so seen Madeline Pollard, he
sail, enter private room in this house
with John Brant, and at another time she
went ioto this room with another man.
Rodes referred to Miss Pollard ne his girl.
Witness deposed that Miss Pollard made
advances towards him. but he rejected them
on account of his friendship toward Rodes,
with whom he WAS associated at the insane
asy lum near Lexington.
On cross exsmin alton Kaufman said he
had seen Rodes give Madeline Pollard $25.
Rodes presented him to Miss Pollard, say
ing, ''Let me introduce you to my girl,
Miss Pollard" He had seea another Rirl at
Lena SiDgletons called "Littls Lena"
and he had been there with Rodes. Brsut,
a man named Shindlebauer, - fl ow from
Texss," and others.
I ikWitness said he had not gone back to
Lena Singleton's house, because h, had .
quarrel v ith the Pollard woman. He went
on to tell in all the details of the conv ersa-
ton between them, that ut-billipgsgattd
billingsgate, and in which Miss Pollard was
as using language that it is
hard TO credit when compared with her re-
fined manner and appearance. Kaufman
said that he had seen the Pollard woman
frequently at the house of Lena Singleton.
John A. Brant deposed tn At he met Mad
cline Pollard at the house Of Jim Rodes,
where Lena Singleton acted a. his house,
keeper. The house was an assignsiion
house. He went to the house with Rodes,
and Miss Pollard dodged him, said
the deponent, meaning that she
would not meet bin. She appeared
then, in 1858, to be full
crown woman. Lena Singleton, said
Bsant, was Jim R,des' mistress. Brant
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