St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-03

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| hour"
WAS that the only time you two were
| there?"
"Guess not"
| How many timesN
Perhaps four or six times during the
| two years"
Later. in speaking of the visits to
| Sarah Guess, lie said: Every arrange
ment, as l RENE lnber it, for us to meet
vas accidentally made. When we went
TO Sarah Guess there never was any
agreement 10 meet there at any future
time. but we would meet on the street.
and from these accidental meetings
would come arrangements to visit
Sarah Guess"
From whom would the solicitation to
| meet there cOme?' MIR. Wilson asked,
from you or the plaintiff?'
There were no solicitations. We
| would meet, walk along the street to-
gtther. and the matter would be ar
ranged
Did you have sister in Lexington
| by the name of Louise?" asked Mr.. VIII
son. after Col. Breckenridge lad de-
ciared that lie had not correspondent
with Miss Pollard in 1886.
II never had sister 10y the name Of
Louise" was the reply"
ton by the name of Louise Lowell?"
Col. BrecKinridge looked puzzled. and
declared that he knew no such person.
Then to Mr.. Wilson's inquiry whether
he remembered typewriter whose ma
| chine was in the
CORRIDOR OF THE CAPITOL.
between the rooms of the house COM
inittee on poStoffiees and the committee
on printing. he said that there had al
ways been typewriter and Stenog
| rapher there. but he could not remem-
| Der her name. Ii she was Produced he
| might recognize her.
You have said you wrote no letters
| to her in 1856" continued Mr. Wilson.
Now, did not you take 10 that lady in
| February OF 1856 manuscript letter
beginning, My Dear Sister Louise,
and ask her To render it into typewrit-
| ing?''
Il decline 10 answer that unless you
SLOW me the paper you are asking the
question from. | have given you notice
| To produce all the letters you have from
me. and you have said you had none"
The colonel was for the first time get
| ting somewhat excited. 1t will be re-
membered that he had denied the state
ment of Miss Pollard that he had adj
| dressed letters TO her under the name
of Louise Wilson.
His attorneys. Maj. Butterworth and
Col. Phil Thompson, backed him up in
his refusal, but Judge Bradley decided
| that the question was a fair one.
Since L have no recollection of a
woman named Louise Lowell, | cannot
| remember having sent letter to her"
was the reply.
'-Of course, have very large CORE
| SpOndence. have Sister-in-aw named
Louise. the Wife OF Gen. Breckenridge,
but since She is called Lou in the family,
don't tpIuk l could have written in
that way .
The sparring became warm.
Let me see the letter" persisted Col.
breckenridge THAT will come out in
due time" remarked MIR. w ilson, coolly.
Now. 10 refresh your memory. did
| you not III that communication refer to
| THE DISPARITY OF AGES
| between yourself aid your dear sister
| LouiSe?"
More protests that the letter should
| be produced. TO which Mr. Wilson said
"for the comfort of yourself ana your
attorneys, | will say that the manu-
script was returned to YOU
We'll, now you need not make such
! statement. for l don't care anything
about it either way" interpOsed Col.
Breckinridge, visibly nettled.
And TO further refresh your men,
| Ory,' continued MIR. Wilson, Ibid you
| not say how anxious YOU were to get
back and meet your dear sister once
| more?'
Il have not the fainteSt recollection
of any such letter. and / don't care to
discuss it," replied the defendant.
| IF you will bring the Lowell woman
here, If there is such a person, aud let
fltlas I-,x
! for her testimony is base fabrication
like that of Sarah Guess, [ can tell
| YOU"
| That will be something for the jury
to pass upon," remarked Judge Wilson,
| and then asked him il he Iad hot, after
two or three months of this correspond
ence, cautioned his dear sister Louise
not to leave the letters around. as curl
| Gus persons might search bureau draw
erS.
Il never under any circumstances
| wrote any such letter." replied the
colonel. and then he tapped the witness
box sharply as he said: ''ff any such
letter Is III existence it is forgery, and
II notes of any such, they are per-
lurleS."
More arguments from MeSSrs. Butter
worth and Shelby against the right oi
| Judge wilson to catechiSe the witness
line upon line regarding The substance
of a letter not in evidence, to which Mr..
Wilson replied that since the defendant
has denied having ever
| WRITTEN TO MISS POLLARD
he has right to lest his memory on
that point, ana added:
Il will say frankly that we have not
the manuscript here, and don't mind
| telling the court upon what evidence |
base questions"
Nov my brother Wilson is getting
into au argument. as he always does, y
said Mr.. ButterwOrth.
We'll. ii you OBJECT will drop it,"
said Mr.. Wilson.
Nov, that is not fair way of putting
it. L insist" said Mr.. ButterwortiI, TO
say that object
Il Will pass it until tomorrow morn
| ing" said Judge Wilson, turning from
the point, ''and will ask yoI whether
that lady addressed envelopes IN the
year 1SS6?'
II can only say if you bring the lady
here L can tell you whether she ever
did any work for ME. Several women
or females have done typewriting in
| Washington, but l don't renem Der this
| particular one."
Il Will ask you whether you did not
| bring to her in the spring of 1856 a
package of a dozen envelopes, some
what Yell0wed by age and OF different
dates, and have her address them to
Miss Madeline Pollard, Upper street,
| Lexington, Ky.?"
Col. breckenridge was very strenu-
Gus in his denial.
Il never under any circumstances had
any such envelopes addressed, and |
/ do not care who the woman is who saws
| so,' he asserted positively.
| The court here nodded for an ad-
| journment, and the usual rush from the
! room was about to begin when Judge
Bradley raped Tor order, and Henry E.
| Davis, well-kneWn member OF the bar,
| rose.
1t is my painful duty" he began,
| and all sorts of things were thought of by
| The crowd before he could announce the
| sudden death of a member of the bar,
| Charles Matthews. According to GUS
tom. the Judge spoke of the character of
the dead man, and then adjourned out