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

box and told 1t all in a matter-of-fact
way, occasionally dropping into a jest
Before him sat the woman who is will
ing to emulate Sampson by dragging
him down with herself with the temple,
and was the only disturbing factor in the
scene. She persisted in becoming agi-
tated and once she made an cutlery de-
handing TO know why the defendant
could not tell the truth, but Judge Brad
ley warned her firmly but kindly that
she must exercise self-control or leave
the room.
There is a wealth of detail in the de-
PENDANTS story: he binds it about him
with many eXtraneous matters and
throws an atmosphere of high life over
it. weaving in with his meeting with
Miss Pollard illusions TO the many polit-
ical events in which he has taken part;
the schools he has addressed; the con-
federate reunions he has attended; the
banquets to which he has been called as
an honored guest; the ladies he has
taken to call on Mrs Cleveland, even
the dinner of the Reform club in New
York. at which. as Mr.. Butterworth OBJ
served Speaker Crisp did not speak"
A Large Audience.
There was an audience awaiting the
second appearance Of Col Breckenridge
on the witness stand today whose inter
est in him and what he would have to
say was more intense than that Of any
audience he had ever faced before.
Foremost in it sat the plaintiff and her
elderly companion, Mrs. Ellis; back of
them, in double rows. the lawyers in the
case and also Desha Breckenridge, the
son to whom the defendant had referred
in affectionate terms while detailing the
members Of his family yesterday.
Further beyond were two long rows of
newspaper men and sketchers. waiting
to transfer TO paper the different atti-
tudes of the congressman witness, and
then the ranks Of spectators, most of
them members of the bar. No time was
lost in sending the witness to the stand
and then Mr.. Butterworth handed up
the work basket which had belonged 10
his second wife and which Miss Pollard
said he had given her with affectionate
words He recognized it.
''sIy wife was Miss Desha. Sine died
i'm July. 1892" he said Il last saw the
basket i'm my rooms on HIST. ] have no
recollection when. The statement made
by the plaintiff was that when l left
Washington after the session of congress
( went with her to the train and that [
gave her the basket then with Affection
ate words | did not ride with her in
the herdic to the depot. L did not give
her the basket under any circum-
stances"
The voice Of Col. BreCkinridge as he
made this denial was soft. cool and
measured as carefully as it had been
throughout his testimony the day be
fore Miss Pollard was sitting very
straight in her chair with her eyes fixed
sharply on him. but he directed his re-
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between Miss Pollard and the jury. Mr.
Butterworth then asked: When did
YOU first learn that the basket was in the
possession of the plaintiff?'
Col Breckinridge-"I learned a day or
two before the trial that a basket was
in her possession. What basket il was
did not know, nor did have any knowl-
edge where the basket was until ii was
produced at the trial
Have you any knowledge how this
basket got into her possession
Il cannot say from personal knowledge
how the basket came into her possession,
nor did she receive it with any knowl-
edge or consent or commence on my
part"
Mr.. Butterworth then left the question
of the basket and directed his questions
to the details of the meeting between
the witness and Miss Pollard and the
circumstances of the visit to the house
of Sarah Cess.
81 wish YOU would give an account,
colonel" said Mr. Butterworth, "of your
trip TO Lexington on the afternoon of
Aug. >. of which YOU spoke yesterday
when the plaintiff was in the train
.I found the plaintiff in the car when
I got into it. l found the car was
l,i,
near the door at which l entered.
spoke to her and the conversation re-
suited in an arrangement by which we
were to meet that evening in Lexing-
ton"
In answer to a further question he
stated: An arrangement was made that
we should meet at the house of Sarah
Cess. The arrangement was carried
out by going i'm the street car
state what took place between you
and the plaintiff then"
THE statement in the New York
World was substantially correct. We
knocked at the door several times
When no one responded a little talk took
place between the plaintiff and myself
as to what to do One suggestion was
that she should go to the door of a
friend, where she expected to
spend the night Another suggestion
was that she should wait a little while,
IL DelnS saturday HlSHl anu IL DelnS the
custom to do little marketing that
night. The conclusion was that she
should wait and / should go to my home
and if Sarah Cess returned in a reason
sible time 1 would find her there.
II had supper with my family that
night. There was a torchlight process
sion and some speeches, but 1 did not
make a speech myself. 1 walked back
to Sarah Gesss and found the plaintiff
there. There was to be an election the
next Monday and there was some feel
ing on both Sides
to Sarah Gess's as the plaintiff said?''
"None whatever"
''Was there any conversation about
her schooling and inducements of help
held out by your
None whatever"
''Was there any resistance or protesta-
ton on her part against what was done
there?"