The evening world., 1894-03-30
''A' not j TRUE"
So Miss Pollard Breaks in
on the Testimony Of
Breckenridge
A WHOLE DAY OF DEN|ALS.
No Leading Astray, No Promise
to We'd, No Debating Of
Letters.
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Defendant Acknowledges Agreeing
to Pay That SIPS
a Month.
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By Associated Prsss.)

WASHINGTON, March O.-There was
an audience awaiting the second APP
pearance of Col. Br~ejkinridge on the
witness stand toby. whose interest
in him and what HI would have to say
was more intens than that of any
audience he had ever faced before.
Foremost in it st the plaintiff and her
elderly companion. Mrs. Ellis. back of
them, in doub,e rows, the lawyers in
the case, and also Desha Breckenridge.
the son to ynom the defendant had re-
ferred ip/ affectionate terms while
detailing the members OF his family
y~este,day. Further beyond were two
lop. rows of newspaper men and
4, etchers waiting to transfer to paper
the different attitudes of the Congress-
man witness, and then the ranks of
spectators. most Of them members Of
the Bar.
No time was lost in sending the wit
ness to the stand, and then Mr.. Butter
r'orth handed up the w~ork-basket which
mad belonged to his second wife and
which Miss Pollard said he had given
her with affectionate words. He recog-
nized 1t.
my wife was a Miss Desha. She died
In July, 1892" he said. Il last saw the
basket in my rooms on II street. I nave
no recollection when. The statement
made by the plaintiff was that when l
left Washington after the session of
Congress l went with her in u herdic
to the train; hat l gave her the basket
then with affectionate words. ! did not
go to Miss Pollard's house that night.
| did not ride with her in the herdic to
the depot. / did not give her the
basket under any circumstances
The voice Of Col. Breckenridge as he
made this denial. was soft. cool and
measured carefully as 1t had been
throughout his testimony the day before.
Miss Pollard was sitting very straight
in her chair. with her eyes fixed sharply
upon him. but he directed his replies en-
tirely to his q~uestioner. who sat between
Miss Pollard and the jury.
Mr.. B~utterworth 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 1 have
any knowledge where the basket was
until 1t was produced at the trial. /
cannot say from personal knowledge
how the basket came into her pos
session. nor did h receive 1t with
any knowledge or consent or conniv-
ance on my part.
The First Appointments.
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 cir
cumstances Of the visit to the house OF
Sarah Guess.
Colonel" said Mr.. Butterworth, of
! your trip to Lexington on the after
| noon of Aug. 2, of which you spoke yes
terday, when the plaintiff was on the
II found the plaintiff in the car when
! got into IT. The car was and
l found the. plaintiff sitting near the
and the conversation resulted In an ar
rangement by which We were to meet
that evening In Lexington"
In answer TO "A further question:, he
stated: IAN arrangement was made thai
we should meet at the house of Sarah
Guess. The arrangement was carried
out by going in the street car"
From Family to Rendezvous.
After telling how their knock at the
house was unanswered on the first visit,
the witness continued:
II had supper with my family that
night. There was a torchlight process.
sion and some speeches. but l did not
make q speech myself. i walked back
to Sarah Guests and found the plaintiff
there. There was to be an election the
e Monday"
Had you made an arrangement to &c
to Sarah Guests 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 protes-
tation on her part against what was
lone there?"
None whatever. We merely carried
out the arrangement made on the train.
She preferred TO remain in the house
and avoid any risk or questions which
II might be inconvenient to answer. ]
returned the next night, Sunday. with
some uncertainty whether I would And
her there. as she had sat II she could
slip away without risk to the house OF
her grandfather or uncle she would do
so. / found her there, however, as she
said she a not dared to take tho
risk of going by daylight. 4 remained
until 10 O'Clock hat night"
Was there any reference to
Rhodes"
81 cannot recall any. Possibly there
was in those two evenings"
"Did you see her Monday morning.
"what was there In her conduc, oil