Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-29

your deposition, the morning Of the same
dayl'
'Yes, it was" ,.
"And didn't you have your application
in your pocket when you made the oeposl-
tion.'
"Yes, sir, that's a fact"
Then Mr. Wilson catechiZed the witness
about the location of the reception rooms
IN THE WESLEYAN INSTITUTE,
etc. The witnesses responses Indicated
poor recollection Of rooms he naq, accord
ing 20 mis- direct evidence, visited TWO or
three times & week.
The deposition Of Hiram Kaufman.
Lexington butcher, was taken up alter the
cross.sxamination Of Rosseu had been con-
c.Udeo.
Alr. Kaufman had known Miss Pollard
when she lived IN Lexington in 1888. haut-
man said that ne was living between an
assiguation house and a oaWdy mousse
There were some words not custoWarlIy
heard in the best society in this statement
but with the consent OF Judge
B-adlev the LAWYERS substituted
a milder term. Once he had visited
the assiguation house with Jim Rhodes.
Jim nad said: "I want you TO see my
girl" Miss Pollard was there and mad
sat on Rhodes lap and Rhodes had nugged
and kissed her On another occasion Miss
Pollard had retired % a room in that house
with one John Brandt and had renamed
there three-Quarters OF an hour ana Wuea
they came out she nad reJurded 10 Jue
room with another fellow. Miss Pollard
had once asked him 10 90 into the room
with her but be had refused because he
was afraid Of Rhodes Rhodes had oor-
rowed money from MIN for his girl and
be had insisted upon seeing the girl
Rhodes
Rad INTRODUCED HIM SAYING;
.Jim. let me introduce you TO my girl,
Miss Pollard"
"Roodes had taken liberties with Miss
Pollard I'm the presence OF other people,
and witness frankly admitted having been
intimate with another girl 10 the house
called little Lena Miss Pollard had on
some Of this gaule stuff, kinder mother
hubbard. was the lucid description OF her
attire bv the CepOucut The witness was
''Droly fuu' tuaI evening. He nad VISITED
the mousse TWO or three times week after
the first call and always iOIut Miss Pol
lard there; thought she remained Inere SIX
week ia May ana June OF 1888
The wi tHess had INDUCED In some pro
family and obsceuitv, part OF which he
credited % Miss Pollard as quotations OF
her remarks. Had seen her drunk as the
devil, ," and had bsen obliged TO help her to
bed.
The deposition of John A. Brandt, a
school iauitor of Lexington, followed.
Brandt said he had first met Miss Pol
lard ia 1898, 40 a house kept by Lena Sin
Vlet0n. VINO was reputed TO be the mistress
OF James Rhodes. The plaintiff had
seemed then about II years old. Brandt
had often taken Miss Pollard riding, &C
cording 70 his story, had often picked her
uD aud dropped her somewhere IN the
street. as he was q married man.
When asked for what purpose he visited
Lena Singleton, Brandt said the law ala
not compel a mau 20 answer such cues
tiors The commissioner had urged him,
saving that il was so long ago that DO
would DO no harm 70 answer them, with
the observation that he supposed
THEY HAD ALL BEEN THERE,
Brandt told that be went there for i'm
moral purposes. Brandt bad also EN-
Moved language which would not bear
reUetition. He desert Oed Miss Pollard as
"a spare made woman with dark hair,
aud said she was then going TO school.
Braudt's testimony was somewhat con-
tradictory as TO when he first met Miss
Pollard, saying once that he had met her
first iu 1881 and again in 1883. He was in
troduced % Miss Pollard In Lena Single
TOMS house by q woman he had met at
house of il-iame In Cincinnati, but could
not remember the name OF the woman or
the location of the house. In explaining
one of his lapses of memory, the witness
said:
..That time I must have been pretty
drunk, as I generally was.
lie could not remem Der whether he was
drunk on the occasion the alleged meeting
with Madeline Pollard at Lena Singleton's
occurred. DepOnelJ expected that ne nad
made improper remarks 90 Miss Pollard,
but declined 10 say whether he had taken
liberties with her.
The Ccp0siuOn of LetCber Lusby. Chief
of Police of Lexington for SIX years past,
revealed that he had known Lena Single
ton, that she Kept q sporting house, as De
characterized it, although be was careful
10 explain that be had never been there.
Mr.. Wilson objected 10 a question Gs 10
LENA sINGLEroN's REPUTATION
for chastity, but Judge Bradley remarked
that considering what the witness said Of
her house her character might be inferred.
Questions as 20 whether Mr. Rhodes had
sent money by express through an Office in
which Lusoy had been employed were OBJ
iected % but admitted, and IL appeared
that Rhodes had sent money 20 young
lady at Wesleyan College. When witness
io-ei him about her he had explained that
She was his niece
The deposition OF W. L. Jones, an Alder
man Of Lexington, showed that he had
been acquainted with the family Of Prof
Brown. of Wesleyan College, IN 1883 and
l>s4 had known Miss Pollard and under
stood that she was frequently visited by
Resell She had told him that Rhodes
was uaviuC her tuition that Sue had pro-
missed 10 marry him out did not Intend 70
carry ont her contract as be was an lgnor-
ant ola farmer. With this the Court ad-