Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-04-06

Defense Rests in the Case OF
the Colonel.
MADEl INE ON THE STAND AGAIN

Called by the Defendants Attorneys She
Develops n Slip of Memory as to a Name,
ApparentIy-Two Witnesses Testify That
Those Kentucky Dispositions Are Impos-
sibIe of Truth-The Proprieties at the
Wesleyan Seminary-That Cook.
WASHINGTON, April 6.-The defense in
the Breckinridge-P Pollard case called Mad.
cline Pollard and asked her about the birth
of her second child, born, according to her
testimony, Feb. S, 1853. She said that ac.
cording to her promise to the colonel she
only held it in her arms two hours She
gave 1t the name of DietZ Carlyle, having
been reading Carlyle at that time, and
pinned a note to that effect on its clothing
before sending it to a founding asylum
Then Mrs L.iddie, who had been matron
at the asylum referred to in iseS, produced
the records of the asylum for that year,
containing the slip of paper pasted in the
took, showing that the child's name was
10 be Dietz Downing" The baby died in
April, lssS.
Prosecution Begins Impcaching
For some reason the judge would not
admit the book as evidence, although the
slip of paper was in the mothers hand
writing presumably, as 1t said: Please
name my baby" etc. After proving that
no return of birth N February. 1858, had
been made by DIR. Mary Parsons, the
physician in this alleged case, the defense
rested and the prosecution introduced DR..
William \. Cowen, cousin of Madeline.
and Charles Sawyer. another relative. who
swore that Madeline had been at Pitts
burg from 1876 To 1880, and at Lexington
from 1850 TO lSS3-twO periods when wit
nesses for the plaintiff had sworn she was
frequently the inmate of IA house of i'll
repute at Lexington-and at no time dur
ing these years could she have been where
defendants witnesses had testified She
had been.
Mrs. Browns Book Admitted,
Mrs. McCle.land Brown, wife of the
former principal of the Wesleyan semin-
ary, bearing a large book, took the stand
ana was fabout to refer TO this voiur.:e.
stating that it was the school record when
the defense objected, but Judge Bradley
admitted the book. In brief she swore
that young ladies at the seminary were
not permitted to see young men alone at
all and never more Khan twice week This
was TO impeach Rossell's testimony.
Madeline was bright but not deep, She
thought, but won a notable victory at
school considering her youth.
Mrs. Lowell Again on the stand
Next came Mrs. Lowell, the typewriter.
who swore that breckenridge had got her
10 copy letters to his Dear Sister Louise. -
and she WAS allowed against the protes, :
OF the defense, to state the substance of the
letters 81 copied, notwithstanding the
fact that tle letters were not in court The
substance was that Breckinrdce spoke
of the great disparity between their ages.
of his great love for her, and think used
the expression that he never knew two of
the same family OF such different ages
who loved each other so well. That was
the tenor of the whole letter and of other
similar ones which followed it,
And Now Here Comes the Cook,
Mary Jancey, the cook, whose work
Brecinridge is allesed{to have promised,
and told her that Wien he and Madeline
Went to housekeeping he wanted said cook
TO work for him, next appeared, aui she
swore it was all true. She had also seen
the work basket and saw the colonel witt
Mrdeline when the latter was sewing
with the basket alongside of her
After His Marriage to Mrs. Wing.
She had also seen Breckenridge caress
and kiss Madeline. The point OF the tes-
, tlmony Is that the period WAS after the de-
fendant had married Mrs Wing. The last
witness of the day was Miss Minear, who
swore that Madeline was in Washington
in August ut a time the colonel had sworn
he did not see her.
Purify the blood. tone The nerves.
and give strength to the weakened