The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-11
EVIDENCE ALL IN
For the Defendant in the Breckin-
ridge Trial.

WASHINGTON, d. C., April o.
Judge Bradley's admonitions of the
night before had the effect of reducing
the attendance at the circuit court to-
day to the thinnest audience yet gath
cred, and some of the men present wore a
sheepish air. The defense made an un-
expected move by calling Miss Pollard
to the stand and questioning her about
the birth of her second child. which she
said was born at noon on Feb. 8, 1883.
Il only held it in my arms two hours.
according to my promise TO him. she
began.
Now, Miss Pollard" Mr. Butterworth
began nervously warning Miss Pollard
with great solicitUde to confine herself
to answering his question. Mr.. Wilson
also admonished her.
The child had been taken to the
Protestant founding asylum on Four
teenth-st. in Washington, where she had
visited it with DR. Mary Parsons once.
She continued: Il gave it a little Ger
man name l pinned a note on its cloth
ing so they could name it, / was read
ing Carlyle and L named it from a
character of his 'Dietz Carlye,' a name
as far as possible from that of Col.
Breckenridge or my own"
The second time she the child was
on the third day of May at Wright's
undertaking establishment, before it was
buried.
When Mr.. Butterworth asked how the
funeral expenses had been paid, she said
that Mrs. Parsons had looked after that;
she supposed Col. Breckenridge had paid
them. but when Mrs. Parsons was re-
called to the stand they could ask her.
That's all, Miss Pollard" said Mr..
he,
called for DIR. Mary Parsons, who was
not forthcoming, however. Miss Pol
lard had been perfectly self-possesed
while she was being questioned about
her child and had spoken in a low, al
most plaintive tone.
II Adon't know much about those
things, you know, Mr. ButterwOrth," she
had said when he was asking her about
the regulations of the founding asylum.
Some time was passed waiting for DR..
Parsons and when the judge inquired
the cause of the delay he was told by
Mr. Shelby that the defense wished to
further crOss-eXamine her about matters
she had testified upon for the plaintiff
and which they had omitted to ask her
about The plaintiffs lawyers thought
this was a rather unusual procedure,
but We're not disposed to press objec-
lions.
Proved by the Record.
Pending the arrival of DR.. Parsons, a
middle-aged lady with spectacles, who
had been sitting in court, was called.
She announced her name as Mrs. Liddie;
said she was employed in the census
bureau and in 1883 had been matron of
the Washington founding asylum on
Fourteenth-st. The record of the asylum
for that year being shown her; she
identified the record Of a child brought
there by a large colored woman, which
had a paper pinned on its clothing. A
slip Of paper, which she thought had
come on the clothing, was pasted in the
book. The objection TO the introduction
of the book was sustained without ex
PLANTATION. Exception was taken. At
torney Shelby endeavored in other ways
to bring out the point he had aimed at,
but in each instance was defeated by OBJ
jections of counsel for the plaintiff, sus-
tained By the court. Finally, after
prolonged wrangling, the matron was
permitted to testify that the child had
been christened Downing" At this
Miss Pollard began to shed tears and re-