Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-04
THE LIE DIRECT.


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/ LOUIS" asd hiDselE
| Il nade 10 rsSer<nce for The reason
there vas no such letter dictated By me, ,
T WAS the answer.
e I'd not Say dictated-I said written
Il did rot write ssch leftef."
ssDii you not IN the correspondence Il.
press your hope Of seeins the recipien,
scon assin AMI spsAk Of vouf impaiince 10
NOT being able 10 see herr
IL dd not. said the colonel. He then
retufned some ansseIs to qa<s;ions whether
he dill NOT disect Sister Louise" to
be careful to destroy the letters.
- people were apt to find them in bureau
dfas ers; whether be hsd no. had answefa
sent to the capitol irptead Of 10 his osn
home; whsthr be did not write her letter
| In which he sisted that I've feared she nsd
not received bis l.t.ers, and told her il abe
had no: 10 send him r postal card. askins
him to send her . evil service or any asn-
cultural report, and sign j. Mary Smith.
Col. Breckenridge denied that be sen.
her letter addressed MY dear spisfre, ~
10 which there Was allasion To some misun-
derstanding. 10 which he toll her to stan
before the glass ard scold berself'
II ssk you" il Judge Wilson, ''if you
did not in . letter beginning My dear sis
ter Louise, arh other letter., speak of
/ your love and affection f.r the plaintiff
II dill not" said Col. Ereckinridge. for
the reason the reason that NO such letters
were written"
Col. Breckinridge said the immoral re-
lsti0ns batween the plaintiff and himself
were resumed IT Lexington, at Sarah GEES /,
just after abe had rib broken. .'ffAlf \
donsu times would cover il" he said referf-
to their meetiogs there.
Witness was Questioned at length about
the meeting he had with the plaintiff OF q
brief visit TO Washington, October, 1887,
while the was living 1t Lynn. in an asylum.
He said it wss arranged At that meeting -
to how be should send her money and other
things for her coming confinement. These
letters were slways signed "B'dge," these
not being meant for . subtsrfuge.
Col. Brock inridge ssii part Of the time
Miss Pollard was 10 the government employ
and teaching at Holy Cross &C ademy he was
supporting her.
do you mean to say said Judge Will
s"n. lyon ."pported her while she vas 1t
Holy Cfoss;"
II did pay her money while che was
there.
Judge Wilson wanted to know how it WAS
then that Miss Pollard got in debt at Holy
Cross for her board. Col. Breckinridge
ssid he cid not know Of this until last spring.
In answer to another question, Col. Breck-
inridge said that Miss Pollard told him she
could make some money by speculating
through gentleman and lady who
live on Capitol hill and the defen-
dant endorsed 10 notes Of 500
for her. Shortly after this Miss Pollard
told him the 10 notes were returned to her
with a draft for $500 and had also showed
him receipts for the two bills Mrs. Fillette
told people 80 much about. Later he en-
dofsed Ave notes of 800 each for her, but
never received word that they were paid or
protested.
"Do you know why this last venture was
madel" asked Judge Wilson.
~ do"
Don't you know that the money was to
BE- used in getting her a wedding trous-
seau?"
at was not. There's not a scintilla of
truth in that statement"
During Miss Pollard's stay at Holy Cross
academy, said Col. Breckenridge. the rela,
tons between Mis- Pollard aud himself
we're resumed. lie met her at assignation
houses. This was n period of two years
sud and half from some time in 1889.
Defsn,lan told Of the many experiments to
avoii detection in his guilty relations with
the plaintiff. Once they secured private
room in an obscure street. but, he said:
After a month or six weeks we found
that whenever came down street toward
the house where the room was, eyes were
glued to every window for three or four
blocks around. so we concluded the expert.
ment was rather too risky" Laughter
Guided by Judge Wilson the witness.
traced the various changes of abole made
by Miss Pollard in Washington. Judge
Wilson a'ked Col. Breckinrid0e if he
blamed Miss Pollard for telling Mrs Minar
that che had been to dine At Col. Breckin-
ridges house. Witness said he did
blame her tor trying to produce false i'm
preston about their rel dions to conceal
the real relations. when another denial not
involving him would have done as well.
"Weli can you conceive of more res
Sensible story to till? asked Judge Wilson,
and Col. Breckinridge took him up with
Nor can | conceive of more acute story
to be used subsequently in the prosecution
of an improper purpose.
Judge Wilson made Col. Breckinriige
read his endorsement of the civil service
applications filed by Miss Pollard. in which
he pronounced her person of good moral
character and good repute and stated that
be would unhesitatingly recommend her
for employment to his friends" These
statements were made under oath.
Col Breckenridge denied vigorously that
he had given Miss Pollard little tiecora-