The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-14
Story Told Of Madeline Pollard's
Life in Cincinnati.
DISPOSITIONS AND REV0LVERS
DISCUSSED In COURT.


in Place of Argument-Breckinridg
Interrupts the Proceedings With an At
tempt at Joke.
Washington, March 13.-The crowd
that surged about the Circuit court
room this morning for half an hour
prior to the beginning of today's session
of the Pollard Breckenridge trial was
greater than on any day since the trial
began. This augmentation in spectators
was due principally to desire to ascer-
tain the action of Judge Bradley on the
face-slapping episode of yesterday There
were other reasons, too, for the expec-
fancy of sensational session. The re-
port that Col. Breckenridge would made
the defence that he had been married to
Mrs. Wing previous to the date Miss
Pollard alleges he became engaged to
her and the sensational exit OF Miss
Pollard yesterday whetted the appetltes
OF the public and made the court room
more attractive than the houses of
Congress.
Just at 10 O'Clock Col. Breckenridge
entered the room, followed by Mr..
Shelby. who slapped Mr.. sjohnson's face
Yesterday, MY. StoIl, Col. Phil Thompson,
Mai. Butterworth and Desha Breckln-
ridge.
Miss Pollard was not present when
the court was called to order. MI. onn-
son came in a few minutes aftef Juage
Bradley took his seat.
Immediately after the court was called
to order Judge Bradley spoke as follows:
II notice. said Judge Bradley. the
newspapers have laid out a course OF
dutv to me to be followed this morning,
in view of what occurred yesterday
afternoon. There was an unfortunate
occurrence. which | did not see,f IN the
precinct of the court room after the
court adjourned yesterday afternoon.
which | of course regret, and have no
doubt the parties who were responsible
for it regret IL is matter, however,
of which the court cannot take Judlc1al
notice, except. to express the hope that
the gentlemen will curb and restrain
their feelings. LII the ma9ter nad oc-
Cured when the court was in session 1t
would have been the duty Of the court
to take prompt notice of it and to ad-
minister such rebuke as the occasion
would demand from court OF Justlce."
Judge Bradley then stated that he had
heard some OF the counsel were carrying
concealed weapons, and cautioned them
and such a processing would not be
tolerated.
The hearing of the case was then re-
sumed after several of the lawyers had
denied that they carried concealed
weapons.
The defence scored victory at the
commencement OF the days proceedings
over the admission of dispositions taken
in Lexington the day before the trial
commenced. Judge Bradley sustained
the objections of the defence against the
admission of the dispositions as evidence.
Mr.. Carlisle then asked that the
deposition of Mary S. Logan of Cincin-
natl, formerly DR.. Mary L.Sweet, be adj
mitted, but Mr.. Butterworth objected,
and another legal controversy began.
Mr.. Carlisle and Mr.. Stoll made state
ments with reference to Mrs. Logan's ex-
animation, from which it appeared that
Mrs. Logan, who attended Miss Pollard
when her first child was born, had
accused Mr.. Stoll of prosecuting her in
asking fool questions" as she termed
them. Mr.. Stoll made long explanation
about the matter, disclaiming any in
tention of persecution.
After the argument hadsprogressed for
more than an hour Judge Bradley over-
ruled the objections of the defence and
admitted the deposition of Mrs. Logan
as evidence. Mr.. Carlisle then read the
QGDOS1GlOD, III WHlCu 1hIos l1OS5ah oulo DIG
attended young woman who gave her
name as Mrs. Monica Burgoyne in 1884.
This was while Mrs. Logan was DR..
Sweet, practicing physician of Cincin-
natl.
Miss Pollard was present while the
deposition was being taken but Mrs.
Logan said that, while there were some
things about Miss Pollard that suggested
Mrs. Burgoyne, she could not identify
her. The young woman SAID her hus-
band was dead, acting as though there
were some family reasons why the mat
ter should be kept secret The young
woman called twice at her Office, and
later the deponent called to see her,
There was snow OH the ground at the
time.
"Now, as I look at her begin to
recognize her." said the deponent at this
point. The deponent said Mrs. or Miss
Burgoyne had gone to house kept by
Catholic Sisters on the Reading road,
near Cincinnati, to be confined. Mrs.
Burgoyne had told Mrs. Logan that she
was eighteen years old; she did not look
older than that. After being confined
the young woman went to the house of
Drs. Perry and Buchanan, where she took
another name which the witness did not
remember Mrs. Burgoyne was very
reticent person and told nothing about
herself. One day while the deponent was
Ca ding Oh d p1blcIG CluCIl9 SCubIC~
man came to the patients house to see
her and ask about Mrs. Burgoyne, Mrs.
Logan said she did not reme,n Der what
the man looked like, except that he was
elderly. "Have you ever seen Mrs.
Burgoyne since?" was asked the depo-
nent Never, except that she may be this
lady. Yet they seem very different; the
HAIR was different and this lady is
thinner. l think the other lady wore
glasses"
Miss Pollard does not wear glasses.
One of Mrs. Logan's statements was that
when the elderly gentleman called on
her ne looked like a pigmy standing be-
fore her at the foot of the stair case.
"Do look like a pigmy?" asked Col.
Breckenridge. laughingly, of his counsel
when this was read.
Mr.. Butterworth read the typewriter
statement of the depouent's cross
examination.
The reading of the cross examination,
which developed nothing of Importance
continued until recess.
Sister Celia of Pueblo, Colorado.
sister of charity, testified that in 1885,
she was in charge of the Norwood
Founding asylum at Cincinnati. She
did not recall any person by the name Of
Burgoyne, who was at the asylum while
she was there She did remember DR..