The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-06

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were examined apparently with Wow of
disproving the statement Of The plaintiff
that she had given birth to o male child
in Washington city on February 3, 1855.
Then the rebuttal testimony for the
plaintiff began and continued until ad-
journment.
The most interesting and perhaps
the most important testimony OF the
day was that given By Mrs. Louise
Lowell, the typewriter, who had done
copying for Colonel B-eckinridge at the
Capitol. and Mary Yancey, colored
cook at tho house OF Mrs. Thomas, with
whom Miss Pollart lived from February
to May Of ast year.
Mrs. Lowell sworo that she hal copied
for Colonel Breckenridge letters in his
handwriting to my Dear Sister Louise"
and my Dear Spitfire," and her synop
sis Of these showed that the letters
were of an amatory character. The
defendant In his testimony, had denied
that he had m maintained any com munica.
ton with Miss Pollard during 1856,
when the letters wore written, while
WIZ PioAhtih nooClOCu LAdb SuO IeCelVeQ
letters from him in that year addressed
MY Dear Sister Louise" MY Dear
Spitfre," My Dear Madeline" and
other terms of intimacy
Mary fancY, the colored cook, swore
positively to an ACKNOWLEDGMENT by
Colonel Breckenridge of his intention
to marry tho plaintiff. According to
the witness Colonel Breckenridge com
plimented her on her cooking and after
tioning the plaintiffs name, said:
1--WE want you to come with us when
we go to housekeeping in tho fall"
To morrow more rebuttal testimony
will be submitted and then the de-
Tense will probably introduce a few
witnesses in sur-rebuttal. 1t is proba-
bic that all the testimony will be in
night unless the day should be taken
up by arguments over the advisability
of evidence.
Miss Pollard came in about five min
utes after Judge Bradley took his scat.
She was closely followed by Colonel
Breckenridge and his attorneys. 1t was
supposed when Colonel Breckinridge
finished his testimony yesterday that
the defense would rest its case, although
Major Shelby announced that more tes.
timony might be introduced. There
was some surprise therefore when Miss
Pollard was called to the stand this
morning, not as witness for the prose-
cution, but for the defense.
miss Pollard, what time was your
baby born in 1852" asked Major But
terworth.
my baby was born at noon on the
Sd Of February, and as had promised
Mr.. breckenridge
She started to say something more,
but Major Butterworth interrupted her
and said she must confine herself TO the
questions asked.
Miss Pollard said she gave her baby
up Two hours after it was born and it
was taken to an asylum on Fourteenth
street, Protestant founding asylum,
by an old colored midw named Aunt
Mary. 1t was at her house the baby was
born.
80 you know whether the child was
christened?"
~ pinned little note on nv baby's
clothing with the name 'Dlest Carlyle
on it, l was reading Thomas Carlyle at
the time and one of his heroes was
called 'Diest.' The name was selected
because it was very different from Mr..
Breckinridge's or mine"
did you see the child while it was
living at the asylum"
''As soon as I was able to go | went
to the asylum with DR.. Parsons. | do
not reme mber whether it was before or
after | went to the convent on the Sth
of March"
Other questions were asked by Major
Butterworth as to her visit to the asy-
lum to sec the child, as to how soon
after that visit the child died, who the
undertaken was. who nursed the baby in
ia inc md ~ ar tr;1
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"
Mrs. Lidie, who had been ma ron 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 q slip OF paper
under date February 3, 1888, which, the
witness said. was pinned to child
brought to the asylum OIL tina. day by
an old colored woman.
Mrs. Lidie said in answer to a cues
ton that the name on the slip was
"Dietz Downing" and not "Diest Garlic
On the slip was written in a faminine
hand: PLEASE name my baby Dietz
Downing"
Mrs Lidie 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
William B. Moore. who was chief Of
the hospital statistics office OF the
health department of the District OF
Columbia in February, 1855. testified
that no had examined the records and
found that there vas no return made by
DR. Parsons OF birth occurring on Fob