Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-29
MADELINE'S OLD LOVER
Rossell Tells of His Courtship of
Miss Pollard.
SOME ERoTIO DISPOSITIONS READ.
The Kentucky Schoolmaster Tcstifies That
He Was Once Engaged TO Marry Made
line, but Broke the Engagement-She
Wanted to Go to Chicago With Him.

WASHINGTON, March 29-The surprise Of
the Pollard Breckenridge trial was the I'M
expected appearance of one of Miss Pol
lard's old lovers-R Rankin Rossell a Ken
lucky schoolmaster. His deposition had
been read i'll the case, but to make his ties
timOny dOubly sure the eX-fiance was in
| PRODUCED in person. and no sooner had he
| taken the stand than Madeline Pollard
! glided in for the first time this week from
the office of her attorneys across the street
| where she waits to be sent for when he1
| presence is needed.
Most of the testimony was in the form
of dispositions, and much of it was of q
character which can only be published in
expurgated form. Those dispositions re-
garding which Judge Bradley had express
ed his regrets that they could not be eN-
cluded on general principles were recited,
and the justification for the scathing com
ments on them was self evident.
Some of the language employed by Hi
ram kaufman, Il Lexington butcher, and
John Brandt, a janitor from the same
place would hardly be tolerated in we'll
regulated barroom. These gentlemen adj
mitted in a matter of fact way their ten
! denotes toward habitual drunkenness and
marital iniidelity, and the court admitted
| their statements uneXpurgated, as he re-
| marked in conversation, that the jury
might Judge of the character of the wit
| nesseS.
! Colonel Disadvantages private secretary
| was one witness of the day, and another
was Colonel Hay. the best known man in
! Washington and incidentally an expert on
| penmanShip, who was subjected to further
| cross examination upon the principles en-
ployed in detecting forgeries, under the
of hon mt -hn
! Attorney Wilson's elbow.
From the addition of this new expert
into the case it looks as though II hard
| fight had been precipitated over the au-
| thenticity of that black bordered letter.
Old Lovers Face to Face.
| There was a stir in court when Mr..
Shelby said, Now, Mr.. Rossell," and a
tall slender, sunburned man whose dress
betokened that he was from the country
! came forward and kissed the Bible. Ran
! kin X. RosseIl, it will be remembered, was
! one of Miss Pollard's lovers.
DO You know the plaintiff, Madeline
| Pollard:'
This was the first important question
asked by Mr.. Shelby, who conducted the
examination, and the reply was, Yes
state when you became acquainted
with her and under what circumstances"
Mr.. Rossell was evidently embarrassed.
He spoke slowly, and his command Of
grammar was not all that might be eX-
pected of Il schOOlteacher
1T was either in October or November,
1885, he said. There was a lady came
INTO the store looking for me-
Just at this juncture occurred one of the
most dramatic episodes of the trial, for as
Rossell said these words the door between
the jury and the witness swung open, and
for the first time this week the black robed
plaintiff, followed by her faithful attend
ant, Sister Ellis of the austcre features
entered.
Miss Pollard wore a new bOnnet-mOre
becoming than the little affair which has
covered her head heretofore. She glanced
toward Rossell, and Rosscll toward her. 1t
was their first meeting since 1885. The
young woman's face flushed slightly. The
man dropped his head and tOyed nervous
ly with the Bible on the stand. Miss Pol
lard took seat beside Mr.. Wilson nearly
in front of the witness. There was silence,
deep and embarrassing, finally broken by
Mr.. Shelby as he said. proceed, Mr..
Rossell.'
The witness told how Miss Pollard had
introduced herself to him and how she had
asked him to come to Wesleyan college to
see her.
l)Iu you ste Iltl dloht VI WITH OtHtE
persons?'
Most frequently alone Sometimes 9th
er young ladies came in
did your visits lead to friendship?'
AT first l had an admiration for the
young lady. My admiration led to love
and love to an engagement. We became
engaged about the Christmas holidays
Told Him About Rhodes.
In answer to questions Rossell said
"Miss Pollard stated first that Mr.. Rhodes
was her guardian; afterward that she
was DESTROYS of getting an education, and
having no one to help her, Mr.. Rhodes
having proposed matrimony, she became
engaged to him on condition that he would
pay for her schooling. She said from the
start that she did not intend to carry out
the contract. She was ambitious to Sc
cure an education. | saw her at the school,
sometimes in the reception room adjoining
the parlor sometimes in the parlor, gen
orally alone from to 10 in the evening"
'What was her manner after she became
engaged to you?'
1T was very affectionate She frequent
ly kissed me and Caressed me Is that
what you are after?'
Mr.. Shelby assented and inquired where
she sat generally.
''She would sit beside me at first, gen
orally in a chair. As our friendship in
creased she became very nice She has sat
IN my lap time and time again
''Were there any demonstrations of af
fection?'
"Oh, yes. There naturally would be.
would put my arms around her and kiss
her.
During that time did you ever meet
Mr.. Rhodes?"
~ met him on one occasion only. Miss
Pollard stated that Mr.. Rhodes had heard
of my calling, and she denied it; said if he
was ever there l must pretend not to know
her. That night q friend of hers met me
at the door. There were three or four 9TH
er couples in the parlor. Twas introduced
her.
Did you meet as friendsF'
1--WE met as strangers, according to pre-
vious arrangement"
Did anything occur to spoil your ar
rangement?"
She Wanted to Go With Him.
I'VE were sitting opposite, and once she
hallooed across the room, oh, RankinP
Mr.. Rhodes said he thought she was just
introduced to me, and she made him be-
lieve she was hallooing to young lady"
Did you tell her you were going to
leave Cincinnati?"
'Oh, yes. Inc evening before L lerC
met her in the library. She expressed her
regrets did not want me to go and de-
sired to go with me. l told her if she
really desired to go to get ready. She went
up stairs and came down with her hat and
coat on, so / was in a box. | told her that
under the circumstances we had better
not go; that we had better wait until
June"
Did you think she was in earnest?''
81 did not until she went up stairs"
did she have her trunk packed?"
'She said 500
ibid she ever say anything about her
age?''
''She represented herself as three years
my junior. l was born in 1860"
Rossell further said that he had present
ed two rings to Miss Pollard. He had
taken her to sit for a tintype Just before
leaving Cincinnati One of the nictu ras