The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-29
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t On cross examination kaufman said he
had seen Rhodes give Madeline Pollard
So Rhodes had presented him to Miss
Pollard. saying Let me introduce YOU
TO my girl, Mss Pollard" He had also
I seen another girl at Lena Singleton S
I called Little Lena, and he had been
/ there with Rhodes. Brant a man named
/ Shindlebauer, "a fellow from Texas, 80 and
others. The witness said he had not
gone back TO Lena SiugletOn's
I house because he had a quarrel with
/ the Pollard woman, as she was
called by the attorneys taking
/ the deposition, and he went on 10 tell IN
an is details Of "a conversation between
/ them that OutbillingSgatCd billingsgate,
and IN which Miss Pollard is represented
as using language that is hard 10 credit
| when compared to her refined manner
and appearance. kaufman saiu he had
| seen the Pollard woman frequently az the
house of Lena Singleton.
BRANT's MADELINE WAS SHORTER.
John A. Brant deposed that he met
Madeline Pollard at the house of Jim
Rhodes, where Lena Singleton acted as
/ his hOusekeeper. The house was an as
signation house. He went to the house
with Rhodes and Miss Pollard lodged
him, said the depOnent. meaning that she
would not meet him. Sne appeared then,
in 1888, TO be a full grown woman. Lena
Singleton, said Brant, was Jim
Rhodes mistress. Brant testified
that he had taken Miss Pollard riding
| three or four times. He was a married
man al the time. Brant said the woman
he knew at Lena SingletOns as Madeline
| Pollard was about five feet high or less.
Miss Pollard is much taller than this.
Miss Pollard seemed to be visitingat
| Lena SingletOn's when he visited there
in the summer of 1883.
Brant said when he met Miss Pollard
| In 1888, his suppositiOn was that she was
attending school either at Sayre Institute
| IN Lexington, or in Cincinnati. The last
time he had taken her riding was in July
or August, 1885. Brant was asked if he
had had immoral relations with the young
woman, but he said he thought he should
not DO compelled 10 answer that question,
and he was not forced to answer il.
RHODES SENT HER MONEY.
The deposition of Letcher Lusby, chief
Of police in Lexington. was next read.
He said he had heard of Lena Singleton
as the keeper of house of i'll fame. Her
reputation was that of public prosti-
tute. Mr.. LusbY had been employed by
| the Adams Express Company in LeXing
| ton, and he was asked If, during the
time he was in the companys ser
vice, James G. Rhodes had expressed any
money to any persons outside Cincinnati.
Mr.. Lusby said Rhodes shipped money
frequently to some young lady. whose
name he could not remember, who was at
Wesleyan college, Cincinnati. Rhodes
said she was his niece.
DIDN'T INTEND TOMARRY RHODES.
Nv. r. Jones' member of Lexington's
board of aldermen, deposed that he knew
the family of President Brown. of Yves
leyan college and visited them, frequently
in the fan and winter of 1888, where
he met Madeline Pollard The
deponent said Miss Pollard
told him that Rhodes was paying her tut
tion but she did not intend to marry
him. He was an ignorant old farmer
she said, and she expected to pay him
back This was all of Alderman Jones
deposition and the court adjourned until
tomorrow morning.