Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-04-04
ANOTHER Chapter.
Miss Pollard Appears on the
Stand Again.
She TELLS ABOUT A LETTER
Colonel . O.. tinridge is Said
to ,ften,
w.
But which lie FIan, V,enles the
Authorship OF - Continuation
of the Testimony of the
kentucky Orator.
She TELLS ABOUT A LETTER


ANsos
Washington. April s.-There was a
variation OF the order of the testimony
in the d-Breekinridge trial to-
day. to permit the Introduction Of evil
dence that Col. Breckenridge had car.
ried on typewritten correspondence
with Madeline Pollard from the house
Of representatives In 1856 The de-
mand Of the plaintiffs lawyers to be
permitted to follow this course brought
a delicate question Of law before the
judge. II was conceded that docu-
ment might be brought into a case and
witness questioned upon It in cross
examination from which to lay the
basis for contradiction between the ex-
istence Of missing documents could be
asserted, ana the defendant asked
whether he wrote IT, was another ques-
ton which Judge Bradley decided in
the affirmative after listening 10 the ar
gument and consulting authorities. He
held. however. that the witnesses could
not be asked to give their recollection
Of the contents OF the letters.
@hNNWA hlAltlG Nil - lslulht LOWELL VINO
conducted a business in typewriting
and stenography at the capital in the
year Of 1856, and had been discovered
by the plalnun last Sunday, stated
that she had copied the mysterious
letters upon n typewriter for the coll
onel and had also addressed for him
package Of envelopes 10 Miss Pollard,
&c North Upper street Lexington, KY"
having made an entry Of the address
in n note book which she produced, but
which did not entirely substantlate her
statement. because 1t seemed to have
been used in 1887 and 1883.
Miss Pollard also appeared In
speaking part oacc more, to testify
that she had received the letters in
question. During her brief appearance
the lawyers had their hands fun en-
deavoring to make her confne herself
to answering the questions directed to
her for in her uutrammelled utterances
when on the stand before she scored
some OF the most telling points for
her side. Thereafter the program was
a continuance of the fencing between
the congressman from Kentucky and
the ex-congressman from Indiana.
Both Col. breckenridge and eS-Judge
Wilson are lawyers Of brilliant parts.
and no exhibition Of its kind. approach
ing the thrusts and parry of the two
men when pitted as examiner and wit
ness, has been heard for years, it was
enjoyed by an audience worthy Of Its
merits. for beside the usual varying
corps OF congressional attendants and
lawyers there was a well-known Meth
odlst clergyman in the audience. and a
retired judge OF the district court lux
urlated in a seat beside Judge Bradley.
Col. Breckenridge made iron-clad de-
malls OF the testimony OF Mrs. Lowell,
besides contradictlng Miss Pollard at
many points.
Judge Wilson was disposed TO drop
into vein of sarcasm at times, speak
ing of the defendant as "fatherly
looking and perfectly respectable gem
tleman like yourself" He laid the
foundation for more testimony in re-
buttal by obtaining a denial that SER
want at the fashionable boarding house
where Miss Pollard had lived had
ever seen her using in his presence
that work basket belonging to his
dead wife, which the colonel swears
he did not give the plaintiff.
Everybody Is guessing tonight the
nature OF the new line OF examine
ton which Mr.. Wilson announced he
would take up in the morning.
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