The Washington times., 1894-04-04

~ did not; / did not
"Did you have Mra Lowell address for you In
typewriter envelopes to Miss PoIlardg'
~ did not mean to mako my denial very
broad, and 70 say.that no such occurrence az
related by the witness on the stand happened
absolutely did not"
Did you hand her to address package Of
envelopes, somewhat yellowed by age, If you
wish TO make the denial specidc"
u did not; did not,' repeated the colonel
emphatically
Mr.. Carlisle rose after the noon recess TO
make another statement regarding the letters
called into question, and offered to place the
plaintiff, Miss Pollard, on the stand to prove
that they had been received by Miss Pollard
and destroyed.
Mr.. Butterworth inquired ifthis was meant as
newly discovered evidence, to which Mr.. Car
Isle responded that it was not. II general
denial regarding the correspondence that had
passed was made such an offer would not be
in order, but since specific denials Of certain
letters had been made, it was in order to lay
the foundation by an intervening witness for
cross-examinatton regarding the contents.
Mr.. Butterworth contended that this offer
was wholly improper since no specific men
tion of such letters had been made in the
direct testimony for the plaintiff.
The Judge permitted the testimony, an ex-
ception being noted, and Miss Pollard went
around to the stand.
'sMiss Pollard did you receive correspondence
from the defendant in 1862" Mr. Carlisle asked
81 never separated from him." she began in
her dramatic tones, when the defense interposed
objections, and her counsel pinned her down to
q direct answer.
"fes," was the answer.
without telling the contents give us q gen.
eral description OF them" said Mr. Carlisle,
"They were written in typewriting."
"Anythiug more?"
"Col Breckinridge used to call me-
Another chorus Of objections; indeed every
attempt of the plaintiff at generalization
brought forth the same result. So, after con-
siderable trouble with Miss Pollard and
her lawyers. she said that before August, 1886,
the letters had been received. Some were
begun "My Dear Sister Louise" and one "My
Little Spithre," all addressed by typewriter.
"What became Of them?" was asked
"They were all destroyed as soon as had read
them, because he asked me-
Zone moment Mr. Butterworth shouted, and
his colleagues chimed in in burying her voice
under their objections
Then on cross-examination Miss Pollard
said that she had never received typewriter
letters from any one but Col. Breckinridge.
'Did you, ON direct examination, say anything
abodt letters beginning Sister Louse?" Mr.. But
terworth asked
u was not asked, directly or indirectly, about
the beginning Of letters"
"Can't you answer my question:
"Answer the question" put in Mr.. Carlisle.
~ did not"
"How were the letters signed9" prompted Col
Breckinridge
"How we're they signed?" repeated Mr. Butter
worth, and the plaintin said:
"Yes, Mr.. Butterworth; remember very well
how many Of them were signed They were in
leadpencil That was the one thing he did write
on them"
Back to the stand came the colonel, and,
replying to the first question, said:
There having been no such manuscript writ
ten by me. Of course, said nothing about dis
parity in ages"
Denials equally emphatic were entered
against the questions whether he had not
often spoken of how badly he wanted to see
his ''Dear Sister Louise" that he had cautioned
her to destroy them on account Of people
who might look into bureau drawers: that he
had told her to mail them by certain train.
30 that he would receive them at the Capitol
In the morning; that he had written her to
mail him postal card. signing it Mary Smith,
and requesting him to send her a copy of a
civil service report on the Agricultural De-
partment report. .--.
Ibid you address her as little spithre?" was
another question
Il did not" ------------ -----..----.--
did you tell her in that to stand up before
the looking glass and scold herself for your
Having written no such letter of course did
not" .-..-..
"Did you frequently protest your affection for
her in those Sister Louise letters?'
LAS there were no such letters of course / did
not"
The colonel could not remember having
met Miss Pollard during the Forty-hinth Con-
gress, but in the summer of 1887 resumed his
relations with her. visiting the house Of Sarah
Guess half dozen times.
He had met her perhaps at other times,
shut not in the sense you mean" the colonel
his questioner.
.'Of course wish to make this as little offen-
sive as possible" Mr. Wilson said .sYou under.
stand my question, see, and understand the
sense in which your answer is intended"
The events after Miss Pollard's coming to
Washington in the Fall of 1887 were retraced.
The colonel told how he had met Miss Pollard
near the Catholic institution where she was
and had taken her on long drive;
when they had met as woman in her con-
dition and a man supposing himself to be the
author OF her condition would meet, he ex-
planned; had discussed the arrangements for
her comfort and home affairs in general,
Miss Pollard inGuiring whether anyone in
Lexington suspected her condition. Ar
were then made for sending her
money, which was always accompanied with
4 note, generally signed "Bge," contraction
of "Breckinridge." which he used in indors-
ng his papers.
Upon Mr.. Wilson asking whether the letters
were couched in such language that a
stranger would have understood their subject
natter, the colonel said that one receiving the
etters with the money might have understood
,r suspected something, but they would not
seeing the letters without the money.
$50 a stranger never would have dreamed
What they were about2" Mr. Wilson commented.
"Oh that is very broad statement" returned
he colonel, .'of course cannot be expected to
'ay what a stranger might have dreamed"
These little exchanges Of repartee sprinkled
it considerably and the colonel was
perfectly cool throughout.
"Do you wish to be understood as saying that
Tou supported her in whole or in part during the
wo years that she was at the academy of the