New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-31

Qt'AEREIS WITH MISS 1Ol'I'NNP ~"
HER THREATS TO KILL THEM
BOTH HIS EFFoRTs TO
BREAK WITH HER
Washington. March SO-Congressman Breckin-
ridge continued his testimony in the Circuit CoNi'
to-day telling an entirely different story from '''
told by Madeline Pollard
Miss Pollard entered the courtroom at eNa''N
10 O'Clock with Mr. Carlisle and Miss EMS ana
almost her heels came the ueIeHuI'''' '''7
a trne careworn.
When Colonel BRECKENRIDGE took the witness s'and
he did not sit down stood leaning easily on the
Judges desk his fingers fumbing nerVousE WIZ"
his watch-chain. Major Butterworth star'eu p'''
ceedings by showing the defendant the little decoI"-
tive basket which the plaintiff claims was gwen
her nv Colonel BRECKENRIDGE. with the remark
Madeline this was Issy's (meaning his dead Wiie'
and | want YOU TO have it Colonel brechih'luse
said that eft was not given 10 her dltec'N VI III
directly by me. with my consent OF co"-
nivance.''
Colonel RreckInridge then told what took place on
Angus, . 1ss4-the day after the carriage ride win
the plaintiff He found her In the car Tor heA'"s-
ton not by any prearrangement 'OhNeiSd'o"
suited in an arrangement to meet tha' evening III
Lexington at the house of a colored woman nd''ei
Sarah Cess She knew OF this place and she SAID
h had coma tbere on one occasion with Mr.. Rodes.
Tho ui,ness said he left Miss Pollard at the door OF
the house promising TO come back AFTER gong 10
his home He went home. took supper win nS
family and returned to the house OF Sarah cess IN
less than an hour. He remained with the piaih''n
until about 1890 and the plaintiff elected to spehu
che ,icbt There instead of going to a more respect
ohio n,ace There were no prOtestations OF love
and affection on his part. said Colonel Breckhf"E'
and no talk with the plaintiff about helping her 10
secure an education
what was there in her conversation that maze
ber appear an immature young woman
ia be n
opd noatured and understood certain matters mat
Young girl would not know There was never
time when the plaintiff claimed In any way 'hal
had betrayed her
THE QUESTION OF HER AGE
.D,d she ever say. before you to YOU prior to
the bringing OF this suit that she was girl OF sew
entaen or eighteen years under twenty
Never IN any conversation. had examined the
,aners IN which | indorsed her application Tor
nostion under the Civil Service In when she put
herself down as having been born November o.
1866"
He said he first learned that she had gone 10 Lex
,neton 10 enter Sayre Institute In the following
Oe,ohor ond was boarding in the house of Miss
HOY, and Mrs Ketcham. He denied the statement
of Miss Pollard that she received him at nisht III
her, room at Miss Hoyts. III she received any
one in her room" he said. eft was not J.
.'Did YOU know that she was away rom heN.mS
ION IN the spring of 1852 CThs was the time MISS
nu, ia sbe was In the Norwood Founding
Asylum) -, coma
81 knew she was away, but where she had gone
or when she went did not know Inc st"'e'i1"'
Of the plaintiff that she wrote 10 me iio
Josephs Founding Asylum and addressed ne' "
ters TO Margaret Dillon. Box A.. Lexington n.y.
NAV he true but It was entirely without my hno"i
edge" . ..r,,a ,.o,,
81 forget" said Major Butterworth D'd you
nav the plaintiff anything when she was at sara"
Gess's?" 7 no,a her
exnenses at Sarah Cess. and gave her suinc'en'
money to get her safely DUN ~
was not large sum $1,000, .,b
Colonel breckenridge denied having ARRANGE WV"
the plaintiff for sending letters to MI 'oueN
through her mother while she was In Clhchna" ~
deceive Mr. Rodes. 49,.
Colonel Rreckinridge said ne had known james
r podes With reference to his whereabouts In
argrst 1874 Colonel breckenridge said he had been
enabled by legal records to trace ms WHEREABOUTS
on nearly every day in that month. ne vas VII
gagged principally in the case OF oll'e H''"'
charged with murder and tried at Frankfort.
The witness gave further details OF MS relations
NTH the defendant. and in answer TO a question
said:
THE first time | learned from her that she had
been IN a delicate condition was in the summer Of
1881 and | had any information from any
body else about the matter. The hrst time
learned that her trouble had carried her TO I'm
cinnau was in the winter Of 1925 She asked me
TO help her obtain a place in washington IoI
lady on the ground that she was the sister OF the I
man who had been her physician during her III,
ness" As Colonel Breckenridge said this he looked
sGuasey At Miss Pollard and s1 nod bs words nT e
In answer to further questions C0on pT thn
during Sf her trouble She was under the and
charge Of her mother. who Xeercised s"loI care
that scandal should result
MISS PoLLARD's SIGNS OF SHAME.
Miss Pollard became red and white by turns when
Hor her
connection. She trembed violently and made an
effort TO rise in her chair her head shaking WIN
excitement and her hands clinched as If ready 70
strike 1t took the whispered words of Miss EMS
Mr.. Carlisle and Judge Wilson to quiet her agi'a-
Colonel Breckenridge said that he had not had had
year 1886. On returning TO Lexington In the sum sum
mer of 1887 his family being absent from 6 Ied
ton. he went to room at Mrs Hoyt's Miss Pollard
stopping in the house at the time. ,,,.
did YOU know the plaintiff was at Miss hoy'
Il am no, sure. but think I did I did not
think OF that matter. though. 81. oa.o %
Sumption Of their relations. which had been dropped
this she said she had consulted with Senator Beck
about coming to Washington. Il protested against
her coming continued the WINGS ,She said eo,Di
was absolutely necessary that she shoH h com,
She said then that she feared she was in a
delicate condition @nd there T5s no as e oS nb
about her statement and posponed led her h coml si
not furnish the money, and she said she had Dor
rowed II from Mrs. HoNt' -
Colonel Breckenridge said he the plaintiff
next near Washington Circle. in this city. by APP
pontment She stopping she said, at a Cath
Ole institution and she was In trouble. Afterward
he advanced her all the money she needed.
state whether you ever. at any time stated to
the plaintiff or gave her the impression that you
would marry herr
.'There isn't a scnta of truth In the matter
and there Il conversation OF that kind
between the plaintiff and myself
ibid YOU know she had given birth to a chld?'
II never knew that she had living child. she
never Informed Of it, and never believed
word OF II until Dr. Parsons testified the stand
that she had given birth to a child
HE PAID THE BILL.
Colonel Breckenridge acknowledged that he paid
the bill brought him by DIR. Parsons for profess
sional attendance TO Miss Pollard
She remained years and six months at the
institution, the defendant paying her expenses.
did you do anything to help her to raise her