The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-15

DIR. BUCHANAN on THE STAND.
DR.. Belle Buchanan, of Cincinnati, took
the stand amid buzz of interest from
the spectators. She said she was a prac-
tlclng physician in Cincinnati in 1885, she
and DR.. Perry Mrs. Kane renting the
house Jointly where they lived.
DO youknow the plaintiff in this case?"
asked Mr. Carlisle.
Il do"
''When did you first know herr"
Il first knew her in the summer of 1885.
when she came to my house in Cincinnati
from St. Joseph's Founding Asylum at
Bond Hill, sometimes called Norwood
near Cincinnati"
How long was the plaintiff at your
house2"
My best recollection is that she was
there six or seven weeks. She came in
the hight Of the strawberry season. That
is as near the time as [ can recollect. She
was very weak when she came to our
house; it was difficult for her to climb
the stairs"
do you know from what she was suf-
fering?"
Il do. She lad given birth to a child
previously"
"Can you state how long prior to com
ing to your house the child was born"
Il should say about ten weeks"
During this part of DR.. Buchanan's tes-
timOny Col Breckenridge busted himself
reading a newspaper.
DIR. Buchanan said Miss Pollard. or
Wilson. was about Is when she was at
her house. She had recognized the plain
tiff last February when Miss Pollard
called on her
Are you positive, DIR. Buchanan, that
this plaintiff here is the same person who
as Louise Wilson came to your house in
the spring of lSS5?' asked Mr.. Carlisle.
Il am positive" " said the witness.
Mr. Stoll conducted the cross -eXamina-
tion.
DIR. BUCHANAN DIVORCED.
care you married." he asked.
81 have been married. - said Dr. Buch-
anan, cOmpressing her lips.
ITO whom were you married."
ITO James H. Scherer, from whom I
was divorced
After a recess, DIR. Buchanan's cross
examination was resumed. Miss Pollard
had not returned to the court room when
the court reassembled but the defendant
and his counsel were there There was a
noticeable falling off in the attendance.
After Judge Bradley had stopped Mr..
Stoll from asking DR.. Buchanan ques-
tions, to which Mr.. Carlisle objected Mr..
StOll wanted to know how often the wit
ness / ad seen Miss Pollard since the trial
began, and when he persisted in obtaining
particulars Mr.. Carlisle objected, and
was again sustained.
An affidavit by Mrs Wesleyana Robert
son, wife of William +. Robertson. of
Cincinnati, and daughter of Dr. Brown.
the president Of Wesleyan Seminary in
1888 and 1884, was read by Mr. Carlisle.
The deponent had been a student at the
seminary when Madeline Pollard was
aA Criyr % ay.1 Lot.
to be opened on the night of her gradua-
ton, in June, 1885.
THE LETTER GIVEN TO THE DEFENDANT.
She had last seen the letter when her
husband gave it to Col. Breckinridge
without her consent. Here Mr.. Stoll had
said before the notary that he had the
letter. wanted the court to protect him in
the possession of it, and intended to offer
it to the witness for Identification But
you did not get it honestly" the witness
replied. The letter was identified by
her. In their correspondence the witness
had once. in August, 1884 addressed Miss
Pollard as Madeline Lillian Brecltinridge
Pollard" Miss Pollard had said that
her father was a great admirer of
Mr. Breokinridge's father, that she her
self admired w. c. p. Breckenridge
greatly, as he was then "the star of Ken
Mr.. Carlisle at second hand stirred a
laugh. In ono letter Miss Pollard had
spoken of her deep debt of gratitude to
MIR. Rhodes and wrote, How can | ever
marry the old wretch" The witness had
understood that Rhodes was Miss Pol
lard s guardian and wanted to marry her.
In the contested letter Miss Pollard had
spoken of her love for a Professor Over
man.
PURE MINDED AND INEXPERIENCED.
According to the witness Miss Pollard
had been an usually bright and ladylike
girl, smart in her studies, although her
euucation in early life had been neg
lected. She had never lived in city
apparently, and was very dilldent in the
presence of gentlemen. Miss Pollard had
told of her visit home on account Of
the death Of her sister and of meeting Col
Breckenridge on the train. 'I remember
very distinctly that she was very much
elated that a man of his standing should
come to her and address her" said the
witness. I'VE heard a good deal of this
incident. l thought Miss Pollard
as pure minded a girl as I
ever met with considerably less
experience of the ways of the
who came to the college My first i'm
pressions were that she had been taken
advantage Of and l always retained
them. She spoke of Mr. Breckenridge as
a kind, fatherly old man" The time re-
ferred to in this testimony was in the
holidays of 1888 and 1884. The witness
was then IS years old and Miss Pollard
was younger.
There had been a controversy between
counsel before the commissioner over the
of the letter. and the letter had
been attached to the deposition. 1t has
already been widely published, and Mr..
Carlisle's reading of it, since he found
some difficulty in mastering the hand
writing, did not add to the impressive
ness of the school girl epistle. She told
of the offer of Mr., Rhodes to her, asked
how she could ever marry the old rake,
and announced her intention of telling
Mrs Brown, as she could not lead a
secret life.
There were some verses closing the let
ter, which Mr.. Stoll read, though Mr..
Stoll cannot truthfully be called a success
in the roll of an eiOcutionist
There was also a literary production, a
prophecy, entitled Destiny" written by
Miss Pollard in school, which Mir. Stoll
read while the spectators found enter
tainment in the attitude of an elderly and
honest looking juror in che front row,
who leaned far forward with open mouth
and an expression Of profound, but vacu-
GUS admiration While there was some
literary merit to the production, its rele-
vancy to the case was not apparent, eX-
cept as an evidence that Miss Pollard had
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