People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1894-03-23

wanted TO answer him satisfactorily,
but he seemed 80 exasperating."
She had left this aunt for family
reasons, because another aunt was
anxious to take her and the purpose of
the question was not made apparent
at this stage.
In the course of the inquiry about
her early aspirations and her reading,
Miss Pollard said that the day she had
met Colonel Breckenridge at the SEM
mary she had been reading THE
Gates Ajar," by Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps.
Il understand You to say that you
had read no literature which could
not be put in the hands of a modest
girl?" the cross examiner asked.
Zone moment" interposed Mr.. VIII
son, proceeding to argue that this pc
culiar line of questioning had been
pursued so far continuously and so re-
peatedly that it was becoming OPP
pressive.
In his reply Mr.. Butterworth said:
THE plaintiff has put in her charac-
ter here as the main point of issue.
She has surrounded herself so far
with anatmosphere of perfect purity"
RAKING UP MISS POLLARD's PAST.
1t was not the line of questioning
but the repetitions of it to which he
objected, Mr.. Wilson urged, and the
court sustained him.
There was much questioning as to
whether Miss Pollard knew certain
persons in Bridgeport, KY, where she
had stopped in 1882 and 1888. Some
of the names she did not remember;
The others she recalled, among them
Alex Julian, the blind man with
whom the defense will endeavor
to prove Miss Pollard had a mock
marriage. Then Miss Pollard ex-
planned the circumstances of the visit
to Squire Kinzies house on which the
story of the mock marriage with
Julian was based, declaring that to
the best of her knowledge, nothing
like a mock marriage had taken place.
Her uncle George, who was still living,
and with whom her mother lived, was
with her that day.
Did Mr.. Julian ever conduct him
self toward You as a lover? Did he
ever attempt to caress you?" was
asked.
No, indeed, he would not have
dared to-" came the emphatic reply,
supplemented by the explanation that
her uncle George had been very strict
with the girls and would not have
permitted anything of the sort.
How long did your friendship with
Mr.. Julian continued"
"a thought Mr.. Julian was still my
friend. did not know that he was
not"
Did you know Owen ROBINSON"
Il knew Mr.. Robinson"
Did you ever correspond with
him?'
Il may have written to him. / do
not remember
CID LETTERS OF THE PLAINTIFF.
Several letters were handed to Miss
Pollard with an inquiry whether she
had written them. She said that she
could best tell by reading
them to see whether she rec
ognized any expressions as those
she was accustomed to use.
After long pause she handed back
the first one saying with a smile Il
did write that" OF the others she
said she might have written them.
One of them contained lock of hair.
Attorneys Carlisle and Wilson occu-
pied a quarter of an hour in reading
these school girl letters after which
Mr.. ButterwOrth read them to the
jury. The first one, dated in March.
1888, which began Dear Owen"
said that she put her last letter
under her pillow and cried herself
to sleep, expressed regret for
letter written on Valentines day as
having been unmaidenly; said that he
was the most honorable boy she had
ever known and that he must con-
slider her "thc lovesick maiden all for
lorn;" assured him that he must not
think her broken hearted because
Roche had married the girl of
his choice as she had only talked
with him that one evening. 1t
also inquired 'Who that George Red
dish is that mamma eulog.zed to the
skies" expressed sorrow that he had
not sent his picture as she would
rather have it than anything else:
invited him 10 come up and
stay over Sunday, and said that
she understood that when the
gentle zephers came he and some one
else were to tie the knot with their
tongues they could not unite with
their teeth, with the poet cal quota
ton.
is it best for me to kn " owe,
Best Tor you and lest or me-:
Another letter to Owen Robin on,
which began. Friend Owen" was
fowery with poetical quotat ons of
the character used by school gals and
closed, ~ our dearest friend. Made
line Vivian Pollard"
ONE LETTER BgTrERLY DENOUNCED.
Mr.. BItterworth again referred 10
the letter which Miss Pollard had
averred on Friday was not writ
ten by herself. She asked him
to show is to her again,
saying that while the expressions in
some Of them seemed familiar. the
handwriting did not, and she did not
wish to claim a letter which
she never had written. After she
had examined it she exclaimed: Il
did not write that letter | never did.
! pronounce it a forged letter.
Il never wrote such things as are
in that and no one knows it better
than the man who sits beside you. An
expert might have done it, and did"
Recurring to the incident in the
house of Sarah Goss. Miss Pollard
said: 1T was during that half hour
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