Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1894-04-04
THELETTERS TOLOUISE
Breckenridge Denies That He
Ever Had Them Written.
TYPEWRITER WHO SAYS he DID.


Miss Pollard Says She Received Them anC
That Sometimes They Began. "Gy Deal
Sister Louise" - The Colonel CONTINUES
His Story Under the Lash.
WASHINGTON, April There was a vari
ation of the order of testimony in the Pol
lard Breckinridge trial to permit t he intro
duction of evidence that Colonel Breckin
ridge had carried on typewriter CORE
spondenCe with Madeline Pollard from the
house of representatives in 1886. The de
mand from the plaintiffs lawyers to bt
permitted to follow this course brought /
delicate question of law before the judge.
1t was conceded that documents might
be brought into case and a witness ques
toned upon it in cross examination from
which to lay the basis for contradiction
but whether the existence of missing
document could be asserted and the de
PENDANT asked whether he wrote it was an
other question: question which Judge
Bradley decided in the affirmative after
listening to the arguments and consulting
authorities. He held, however. that the
witnesses could not be ask0 to give theil
recollection of the contents of the letters.
Accordingly MIS-. Louise Lowell, WIG
conducted a business in typewriting and
stenography at the capitol in the year 1SSt
and had been discovered by the plaintiff
last sunday, stated that she had copied
the mysterious letters upon typewriter
for the colonel and had also addressed fol
him package of envelopes to Miss Pol
lard. 90 North Upper street, Lexington
Ky" having made an entry of the address
in a notebook which she produced, but
which did not entirely substantiate hel
statement because ii seemed to have been
used in 1887 and 1855
Miss Pollard also appeared in II speaking
part once more TO testify that she had re
ceived the letters in question. During hel
brief appearance the lawyers had their
hands full endeavoring to make her con
fine herself TO answering the questions di.
rected to her. for in her untrammeled ut
terances when on the stand before she
scored some of the most telling points fol-
her side.
Miss Pollard Recalled.
When Miss Pollard went to the stand
she was asked:
Miss Pollard, did you receive CORE
spondence from the defendant in 1SS6?''
Il was never separated from him." she
began in her dramatic tones when the de
sci pinned her down to a direct answer
Yes was the answer
without telling the contents, give 8
general description of them. said Mr. Car
Isle.
They were written in typewriter"
Anything more;'
Colonel Breckenridge used to call me-
There was another chorus of objections
Indeed every attempt of the plaintiff al
generalization brought forth the same re
suit So after considerable trouble with
Miss Pollard and requests to her to be spe
citic on the part of her lawyers she said
that before August, 1856, the letters had
been received. Some We're begun MY
Dear Sister Louise" and My Little Spit
fire." all addressed by typewriter
What became of them?" was asked.
They were all destroyed as soon as
had read them because he always asked
me-
'One moment, Mr.. Breckenridge shout
ed, and his colleagues chimed in, burying
her voice under their objections.
Then on cross examination Miss Pollard
said that she had never received typewrit
ten letters from any one but Colonel Brock.
inridge
Did you on direct examination say any.
thing about letters beginning Sister Lou
ise; Mr.. Butterworth asked.
Il was not asked directly or indirectly
about the beginning of letters"
Can you answer my question:"
Answer the question" put in Mr.. Car
isle
Il did not
How were the letters signed?" prompt
ed Colonel Breckenridge.
How were they signed:" Mr. Butter
worth repeated, and the plaintiff said
Yes. Mr. ButterwOrth, | remember very
well how many of them were signed. They
were in lead pencil. That WIS the one
thing he did write on them.
Back to the stand came the colonel, and
replying to the first question he said
There having been no such manuscript
written by me, of course said not hing
about DISPARITY in ages.
Denials equally emphatic We're 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 a certain train, so that he would receive
them at the capitol in the morning; that
he had written her to mail him Il postal
card, signing it Mary Smith, and request
ing him TO send her copy of civil ssrv,
ice report OF agricultural depart ment re
port.
Did Not Call Her Little Spitfire."
Did you address her as Little Spit
fire? was another question.