The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-06
MADELINE A LITTLE MIXED
A Discrepancy in Her Story About
Her Baby.

Be in by Tonight
Washington, April 5.-Col. Breclin.
ridge formally closed his defense to-day.
The witnesseecalled on his behalf were ex-
amined apparently with a view of dis
proving the statement of the plaintiff
that she had given birth to a male child
in Washington city on Feb, 3, 1883.
Then the rebuttal testimony for the
plaintiff began, and continued un-
til adjournment The most in-
teresting, and perhaps the most
important testimony Of the day was that
given by Miss Louise Lowell. the type
writer, who had done copying for Col.
Breckenridge at the capitol, and Mary
Yancey colored cook at the house Of
Mrs, Thomas, with whom Miss Pollard
lived from February to May of last year.
Miss Lowell swore that she had copied
for Col. Breckenridge letters in his hand
writing to "My Dear Sister Louise and
"My Dear Spitfre," and her synopsis of
these shows that the letters
were of an amatory charac-
ter The defendant, in his testimony,
had denied that he had maintained any
communication with Miss Pollard during
1885, when the letters were written,
while the plaintiff asserted that she had
received letters from him in that year adj
dressed MY Dear Sister Louise" "My
DearlSplttlre, - my Dear Madeline" =" and
other terms of intimacy.
WANTED HER TO COOK.
Mary Yancey, the colored cook, swore
positively to an acknowledgment by Col.
Breckenridge of his intention to marry
the plaintiff. According 10 the witness,
Col. Breckenridge complimented her on
her cookery, and after mentioning the
plaintiffs name, said, eve want you to
come with us when we go to housekeep-
ing in the fall"
Tomorrow morning rebuttal testimony
will be submitted, and then the defense
will probably introduce few witnesses
in sur-rebuttal IL is probable that all
the testimony will be in when the court
adjourns tomorrow night, unless the day
should be taken up by arguments over
the admissibility of evidence.
Judge Bradleys remarks yesterday at
adjournment about "human buzZardsn
watching the "carrion" of sensationalism
had their effect on the attendance, for
not one-third of the seats in the court
room were occupied.
Miss Pollard came in about five minutes
after Judge Bradley took his seat. She
was closely followed by Col. Breckenridge
and his attorneys.
IL was supposed when Col Breckinridge
finished his testimony yesterday that the
defense would rest its case, although Mai.
Shelby announced that more testimony
might be introduced.
MISS POLLARD CALLED FOR THE DEFENSE.
There was some surp. ise, therefore,
when Miss Pollard was called to the
stand this morning, as witness, bub
for the defense.
Miss Pollard, what time was your
baby born in l88Sl" asked Mai Butter
worth.
MY baby was born at noon on the third
of February, and as / had promised Mr..
Breckinridge"-sh started to say some-
thing more, but Mai Butterworth inter-
rupted her and said she must confne her.
self to the questions asked.
Miss Pollard said she gave her baby up
two hours after it was born, and 1t was
taken to an asylum on Fourteenth street,
a Protestant founding asylum, by an old
colored midwife named Aunt Mary. 10
was at her house the baby was born.
"Do you know whether the child was
christenedP'
II pinned little note on my babys
clothing with the name Of 'Diest CARLYLE
on 1t. / was reading Thomas Carlyle at
the time, and one OF his heroes was called
'Diest.' The name was selected because
~ " do NtIy hluSLGnb 1AOlu NlLs DLCSAAl~
ridges or mineo
VISITED THE ASYLUM.
"Did you see the child while it was
living at the asylum2"
"As soon as / was able to 90 went to
the asylum with DR. Parsons. don't re-
member whether it was before or after
went to the convent, on March 8.
Other questions were asked by Mai.
Butterworth, as to her visit to the asylum
to see the child, as to how soon after that
visit the child died, who the undertaken
was, who nursed the baby in its illness,
and other inquiries, evidently made TO
secure information that will enable the
defense to investigate the whole truth
about the little founding. Miss Pollard
said she had gone to the asylum only
once, because she pledged her word not
TO go again."
DISCREPANCY IN THE NAME.
Mrs. Lidie, who had been matron of
the Washington Founding asylum in
1888, was called and produced record
book Of the asylum for the time during
| which Miss POllard's baby was born
| The book contained slip Of paper under
date Feb. 3, 1888, which the witness said
was pinned to child brought TO the
asylum on that day by an old colorod wo-
man.
Mrs Lidie said in answer to question
that the name on the sup was "Dlebz
Downing" aud not "Diest Carlyle" On
the slip was written in a female hand,
"Please name my baby Dietz Downing"
Mrs. I4idie said that after looking at
DR.. Parsons she could say that the latter
had never been to the asylum to the
knowledge Of the witness.
VIM. B. Moore, who was chief Of the vital
statistics office OF the health department.
OF the District of Columbia in February,
1888, testified that he had examined the
records and found that there was no re-
turn made by DR.. Parsons Of birth oc-
curing on Feb. 3.
I'VE rest, if your honor please,n said
Mai Butterworth when Mr.. Moore had
stepped down, and the case of the defense
was closed at II :53 a. m.
MISS PoLLARD's COUSIN ON THE STAND.
The first witness called in rebuttal by
the plaintiff was DR.. William A. Cowan,
superintendent OF the Western Pennsyl-
vania hospital at Pittsburg. He said he
resided at Pittsburg from 1876 to 1880.
'Are you related to this plaintiffln
asked MIR Carlisle.
'Yes, sir-frst cousin, through her
mother"
Objection was made by the defense to
the admission of DR.. Cowan's testimony,
upon technical grounds, but after long
argument, Judge Bradley decided that