The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-04-04

1887, "as woman in her condition
and as a man posing himself to be the
the author would meet"
DO you wish to be understood that
you supported her III whole, or IN
part; during the two years she was at
the academy of the Holy Cross, on
Massachusetts avenue?" was ques-
ton, to which the colonel responded:
Il would not wish to be understood
as saying anything about it if [ could,
but as matter Of fact my contribu-
tons were in irregular amounts, and l
understood they were to pay her board
at the academy"
Referring to five notes of 500 drawn
by the plaintiff and endorsed by the
defendant late IN 1892 to pay Miss Pol
lads expenses at the school of the
Holy Cross, Colonel Breckenridge sta
ted he did not know what had become
of the notes; did not know whether
they had been protested. He was sure
that he had not received notice that
two Of them went to protest.
Now, refresh your memory" said
Mr.. Wilson; this testimony having
been elected by a succession of ques-
tons, do you not know notice of the
protest was sent to you both in Lex
ington and Washington?
Not to Buy Wedding Gowns.
He did not, and the attorney asked:
DO you know the particular object
for which those last notes We're
drawn?'
L do, very we'll"
Was it not to enable her to pur-
chase her wedding trousseau?"
Nothing like that. There is not bit
! of truth in it" was the coloners an
Wer, and he wanted to tell about it,
but Mr.. Wilson choked him off with a
: raO1iOdpT- that 1,ic COUNSEL would
inc him tomorrow.
The cross-eXamination having drifted
to the renewal of relations in 1890 in
/ Washington, the defendant was asked:
Did you ever have a room in the
northwest section?"
I'VE did try that experiment, but of
all the unsatisfactory experiments that
/ was the worst [ ever tried. We had
not been there for more than three or
four times before it seemed that every
window in the block had eyes on us
/ when we went in there and l was sure
/ people were standing on their door
steps watching us every time we went
! out. l am peculiar-looking man, sc
! people remember me, so we gave that
up
Now" said Mr.. Wilson. a little later
abiding to the defendants criticism OF
Miss Pollard's falsehoods in saying she
1 had been TO dinner at his house to &C.
count for her absences, You are {
fatherly-looking man and she a young
/ girl, both of you from Kentucky. Car
you conceive of a better excuse for hel
to give for her absence than that sht
had been to dinner with a respectable
elderly man like yourself?'
mo, ! can not conceive of keenel
one to be used afterward for a sui
like this" was the reply.
Take Us to Some Safe Placer,
During a part of March and April, 1898
Breckenridge said, when his attention
was called to another phase of tn
case, he had seen Miss Pollard two o
three times day, and one day severa
times. He remembered time when h
took lunch with her, and they had hat
Istrawberries, but he was certain tina
this was before the first of April, an
not on the 10th of March. after the Sc
lcret marriage, as Mr.. Wilson woul
have it. He had frequently met tn
plaintiff in the house of Mrs. Thomas
: on H street. but had never seen he
sewing in his life.
did you not meet her there whe
she was using this basket that had be
longed to your wife," Mr.. Wilson in
Iquired.
Never, never. under heaven" sal
the colonel, striking the witness box.
OlQ llOl d sci ait COl1lS III W NIT y U
were with her, and she was using tina
basket"
mo servant ever did, for 1 neve
knew for a moment until it was brough
: in here that she had that basket"
= He had met Miss Pollard in Me-
York in September, 1892, but not Gin
: properly" and met her Improperly
there in February, 1891.
Where did you go, then?' Mr.. Wi
l son inquired.
4 can't tell the place simply hire
: coupe; she got in and 1 told tn
: driver to take us to some safe plac
5 He took us close to the elevated Toa
5 up toward Fifty-third street. 1t wa
: large building that looked like a HI
tel"
} Here Mr.. Wilson suggested that
= was near the hour for adjournmen
: and he desired to take up an entirel
: different line of examination, it we
hardly worth while to proceed furthe
= Then the court adjourned.