The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-22

Louise Wilson had been there, but a
girl named Burgoyne had a child there
at that time, Miss Pollard said: "Oh,
that was the name L went by There
were so many of them 1 did not remem-
ber."
Went Into Mysteries
Then Miss Pollard had asked what
had become of the child; had been told
1t died the next July and had then gone
into Mysteries. Miss Pollard had re-
membered the death of a girl while she
was there, but had forgotten the death
of a sister who died in a room near by.
The sister had said that Miss Pollard
mad never been there and did not seem
to know much about the house. Miss
Pollard had spoken of giving the vol
umes of Irving to the convent: the
sister had said she thought the books
were given by a girl who had been
there, and who thought she had not
compensated them sufficiently for her
/ board. They found them in the library
and Miss Pollard remembered having
/ left Christmas card from a man by
/ the name of Davis in one Of the books
which she had found. The sister said
the card had not the appearance of hav-
ing been in a book for nine years but
looked as if it had been soiled up. Miss
Pollard had said that when the sister
suggested compromise that Mr. Breck-
inridge had no money and that she was
SUING MIN 10 disgrace MIN.
! The sister had said Mr.. Breckenridge
would still be Mr.. Breckinridge after
the trial; that his friends would still
receive him, while the woman would
be ruined.
Attorney Johnson had said: But he
will not be called upon to address
young ladies' seminaries and open
prayer meetings." to which the sisteF
had replied she presumed there were
others at prayer meetings as bad as
Mr.. Breckenridge was accused of be-
ing. Miss Pollard remembered having
spoken to the priest at the convent and
that he was deaf. The sister superior
had reproved her for speaking to him.
The sister denied that Mrs Dr. Street
had ever called there to see a patient.
Il Mr. Carlisle had brought a letter Of
introduction to the sister from Arch
bishop Elder, who wrote that they had
been recommended to him by Bishop
Kane. of Washington. Attorney Over
meyer, of Cincinnati. had called what
he termed looking for the evidence in
the case of Miss Pollard. but had said
she must send some startling message
to Miss Pollard's attorney that he had
been able to find no trace of her. a
servant named Eliza had been able to
recolIect Miss Pollard at first. but af-
| forwards when the sister cautioned her
: to be careful, acted as though she
might remember her.
bad Girl, but n Better Woman"
Sister Agnes lad said to Miss Pollard
What a bad girl you have been to GO
: with a man who had a wife to which
Miss Pollard had replied: II have been
] a bad girl, but a better woman
No inquiry had been made by Miss
: Pollard, as far as the sister knew. about
: the child she claimed to have giver
: birth to. AS the sister remembered
Mrs. Burgoyne she had been shorter
than Miss Pollard, had been very fonC
of reading and spent most Of her time
s in the library. Mrs. Burgoyne was
p from an Ohio town and had been at
!. tended by DIR. De Courcey.
= The girl who gave the books had sale
u when she was there that there wa!
!, enough money wrapped up with then
{ to pay for her funeral if she died. 81
J. no one would ever know who she was
The cross-examination of this siste
was read by Mr.. Carlisle, the sister say
e ing the writing on the card looked lik
fresh writing, as though it had beel
written about four weeks before. Their
e had been an average number Of 10
girls year in the asylum, most o
whom were under assumed names
Sometimes when DR.. De Courcey wa
e away, a midwife attended the births
: After the deposition was finished, tn
court adiOurued