Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-07
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wben Cnl. B.eekinriise was away iron
Tsx;nr.on sni Miss Pollard was in Lexing-
,n, in 1856. correspondence passed pc
tws, them. was answered: There never
was day IN the nine years tast l Aas"
Mr.. Breekinri5ge, when ne and were sep'
a:ed.' s
"Please confne yourself to the CUES
ton" said Mr. Carlisle. - =, IN
He wrote me all the tine. lie dii CAL
me Nv Dear Sister Louise, be dld caii me
NV Dear Sp.,fre, be did use terms lev
ing, kind snd tender.
80 fendant ssys he did not have sny re-
lation, with you 10 1897. while he had
room at Miss Koyt's while you were stop
ping there.
ssThst is not true. l spent every night
of those three weeks with him in his room
At Miss Hoyt's.'
Miss Pollard denied the ststcment o.
Col. Breckenridge that he did not know OF
her condition in 1887. The statement o.
that she presented a pistol at his head At
Mrs. Thomas house, prior TO Mss,h l5'
1898. was denied by the plaintiff. Only
once at Mrs. Thomas did she have pistol
in hi, presence and then she gave 1t to him
n. intiff YVES particularly emphatic in deny
iny that ste tol the defendant that her
mother cared for her in her first confne-
men,. sShe never knew of it until this
suit was fled" Nor hsd the defendant
told her a. any time, she said, thst marriage
betw, en- them was Impossible.
sNo, Indeed, quite the contrary, was
her answer 10 a question whether she ever
agreed with the defendant that there should
he no mlriiags bet Seen them. MIR. Car
isle sskCd itthere was any agreement by
them TO pretend that they were Engaged TO
deceive Mrs. Blackburn. Miss Pollard au-
,were3. No, indeed. That was made in
solemn good faith. / believed him and
I'VE object. said Msj0r Shelby.
As 10 defend ants statemt NJ that she hsd
gone with him 10 Major Moore's oihce un,
der aeres mant 10 have herself set right with
Major Moore, Miss Pollard said; mo, no,
no there never was sIch an agreement,
and ntver heard Of it before the defea-
dan. told of it on the stand. There could
not have been such an agreement.
Miss Pollard i1si ted that the little work
basket which helouged 10 the late Mrs
Breckinriige hsl teen given her BY the de-
fenasnt, despite lis denisl, and lie seen j
in her hands many times, CrJss-examineC
By Major Shelby, she denied any knowl
elge of the alleged mock marriage al
Squire Liasley's.
10 telling how she managed 10 70 10 Col
Breckin7itg-'s room every hight during his
residence AZ Miss Ilovt's, passing through
Miss Hoyts room, down q stairway, through
another room Gni up aaDther 'tsic~0y
Miss Pollard saw Col. Breckenridge Ian
over AMI say something 20 Msjlr Shelby.
Don't interrupt, phase She said, lmperi-
ously, and tlen raul d On with her story
She said she would go 70 Col. Bscc5inrlige's
room every night v hen Ia cam il.
"lle always Sian mel the d or 20 let me
know, she said 10 prevent mistakes he
always slammed tsice. Tneu | would say
TO Belle, (the girl with whom sna slept
that wasn't sure about the last lesson, and
l would then 60 to Mr.. Breckuri ga't
room" This concluded Miss pollsrd's
testimony.
The defence called Mrs. Jusan Lille, ex
matron of the Washington Pounding A.y
lum, who testified Yesterday about the
chill brought 10 the asylum with the name
Diet Downing pinned to the dress
Mrs. Lille said ssho had seen Oil Anrt
Mary on the stand, Ills morning, and he
was not the woman that brought the ch;lt
10 to the asylum, but to the next question
she said she dill not see the woman ct the
time. The woman who brought the chilj
said her name was Charlotte Thomas.
Col Breckinri ige was recalled. He sale
he bad Mt given Miss Pollard ribbon will
which to trim the little work basket
as Miss Pollard said. lie was no
allowed to tell whether he evel
told Mary Yancey, cook at Isl.
II street that he end Miss Pollard were go
ing to housekeeping in the fall judge
Wilson Directing on the ground that Col
Breckinri1ge had already denied tat state
meut. He denied that NJ So Pollard wal
ever in his room at Miss IIoy,s, to hi
knowledge, also thst Mrs Louise Lowell
the Capitol t,peuriter, had written lettel
for him in which he made reference {
manuscript sent him for criticism.
"Thd's ali' raid Mir Shelby, and tn.
case so Gar rs giving evidence is concerne !
was ended. Ait.r sgres ment that botl
sides should prs sent prayers and argumen
for distractions 80 III" jury tomorrow
morning, court sdjourned.
The strike in the Williams,ille cottol
mill at Danielsonvllle, CT. has ended, III
weayers accepting the terms Of the las. re
ducton, after bsiug GU, 80 days.