The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-11

much older"
Judging her youth from her represen-
tations," interposed Col. Philip Thomp-
son.
mo, from her appearance" declared
Mrs Brown.
Judge Bradley took a hand in the
questioning, eliciting the information
that on Friday nights there usually had
been from fifteen TO twenty-five callers
IN the parlors of the schools. Mrs.
Louise Lowell was recalled and, over the
objections Of the defense, permitted to
tell the substance of the letter to my
Dear Sister Louise"
There was much difficulty in getting
the statement in proper form. Mrs.
Lowell began: II thought from the be-
ginning Of My Dear Sister Louise that
=" but she was halted by a storm OF
objections. being informed that her
thoughts were not wanted
Starting a tack she said: "Natur-
ally from the tenor OF the letters to be
again waylaid by the protests of the de-
Tense. Finally, when pinned down 70
telling the substance OF the letters she
related He spoke of the great dis
parity between their ages, of his great
love for her, and, / think, used the eX-
preston that he never knew two of the
same family of such different ages who
loved each other so we'll That was thu
tenor Of the whole letter and Of other
similar ones which followed il. In one
he spoke highly of some manuscript
and told how proud he was of the per-
son 70 whom the letter was addressed.
He told how impatient he was TO get
away from the duties which kept him
from her and described in glowing terms
the meeting they would have when he
returned"
COIored Cook TeSffGes.
Enter a plump coIored woman of ex-
oeedingly dusky hre. with wealth of
flaming sea Riot f7oyt-arS in,
Mary Yancey, IS her name was. had
cooked in the house of Mrs. Thomas at
119O HIST. last May. Mary did not know
the meaning of the word plaintiff" but
did know Miss Pollard, also she knew
Col Breckenridge. who visited Miss Pol
lard there"
Did you ever see that basket. Mary?'
Mr. Carlisle inquired. handing up the
work-basket, once the property Of the
late Mrs. Breckenridge.
"Oh. yes" was the unctious answer,
''seen it thousands of times That is Miss
Pollard's work basket"
Objections but overruled and Mary
proceeded to tell how on a day in May,
Col Breckenridge had lunched with Miss
Pollard; how she had seen col Breck-
inridge a sittin' in the sofa with Miss
Pollard and she a SEWN from the bas-
ket. IL had blue bow on it and a blue
silk linin''
Now, Mary. what. il anything. did
Col Breckenridge say about that lunch
10 your was the next question of Mr..
Carlisle
More objections on the grounds of ma
teriality and others. that this pure
" direct testimony. Another ruling adj
verse TO the defendant. more protests
from Mr.. Shelby based on authority. and
Mary continues:
Wei. the next day he walked into the
parlor lie said to me. Mary. that was
an excellent lunch; one of the incest
lunches ] ever saw in all the days of my
life Miss Pollard said to me: That
You cooks like that way all the time
and would like TO have you come and
cook for us when we go to housekeeping
next fail Says I: I have been livin'
with my people sixteen years and | has
no cause to leave them
All this was said very slowly and with
great impressiyeness, the colored wom-
an evidently realizing that she was TAX
ing part in a drama Of Importance.
Did you see Col Breckenridge call on
Miss Pollard at the house and what was
the manner Of their greeting. in April
and May?' was the next admitted over
objections
brought Her Flowers.
He would throw his arms around her
when she would come in. said Mary,
latter l had taken up his card. and he
would always bring a bunch Of flowers
10 her"
Did Col. breckenridge call often?"
"Often; very often.
How of:en?"
Sometimes every day. sometimes
twice a day. sometimes three times a
day Mr. Breckenridge called to see Miss
Pollard every two or three days. except
when he was out OF the city. He was
absent from the city 10 or three times
and them times kilograms would come"
Col. Breckenridge had said they were
10 go to housekeeping i'm the early fall
He had kissed Miss Pollard and put his
arms around her when he called during
the month OF MAY (after his marriage
10 Mrs. Wing secretly in New York;.
Mrs Minear. who had appeared before
the landlady Of the Lafayette Square
house. was called and asked if Miss Pol
lard had been there during the month
or August 1892, and the question was
objected to- Mr.. Carlisle explained that
Col. Breckenridge had testified that Miss
Pollard was not in town that month, but
Mr. Shelby returned that he had only
testified that he did not see her in that
Mrs. Minear asserted that from her
books she learned that Miss Pollard was
there on the 3ist day Of August staying
for a few days. This was the time
when Miss Pollard asserts Col. Breck-
fnridge met at her at the depot on her
arrival in the city and proposed to
marry her formally for the first time
Here the court adjourned
WASHINGTON, April 6.-Today the
stream OF testimony In the Pollard
Breckenridge litigation, which had grown
TO be exceedingly wearisome. was
brought To its close after five continuous
weeks Of sensationallsm. The final re-
buttal today consisted Of more denials
by the plaintiff and defendant leav-
ing the final status OF the case what ii
has largely been throughout. a question
of veracity between the man and wom-
an
Madeline Pollard took the stand to
purge herself from the stain of the
mock marriage with Blind Aleck'' JUL
ian, as well as to repeat with the dra-
matte emphasis peculiarly her own the
denial that the debate that the agreement
TO marry between herself and Col.
Breckenridge had been anything but a
contract made in good faith. on her
part at least Also she talked OF the
birth of her children with a freedom
which would have seemed astonishing
but for the matter-Of-fact way in which
all manner Of unusual things have been
discussed throughout this unusual case.
She was very much the mistress of the
situation. as she has been on her former
appearance. determined TO tell her own
story in her own way and succeeding in
her determination as we'll as in keeping
the corps Of lawyers for the defense in