The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-27
A WOMAN OF MANY LOVES.
Miss POllaTd'S Third Engagement
Brought Out.


Side of Life The Day in Court De-
voted to Dealing with the Deposit
tions-Judge Bradley Renders His
Decision on the Question of Admit
ting Them-The Judge Objects to
Parts of Their Contents snd Admits
Others.
Washington, March 26.-The trial Of
the Notwithstanding case dragged
wearily to-day. 1t was day of deposit
tions, mostly intended to establish an
alibi on behalf Of the defendant as to GER
tain dates testified to by the plaintiff. I'm
interesting as the dispositions were, as a
rule, there was one new point brought
out and that was that Miss Pollard had
been engaged to another man not pre-
viously mentioned in the case This
makes the third engagement con-
tracted by her that has been
brought to light, accepting the al
legged one with Col. Beckinridge
and Miss Polard's partiality to elderly
men when she was a young girl was shown
in the testimony of the man in the case,
who was AZ years old at the time the en-
gagement was contracted.
THE MOCK MARRIAGE.
Another deposition read was that OF
Aleck Julian, Miss Pollard's Blind Bar
nabas, " in reference To the mock mar
riage between Miss Pollard and himself
in 1852. Those in the court room who
looked for sensatiOnalism in this deposit
tion were disappointed, and on the whole,
with the qualifying remarks of MIR. Julian
In the cross examination, it was not very
unfavorable to the plaintiff
The time when Col Breckinridge will
take the stand, If he does so at all, ap-
pears still somewhat remote. He is not
likely TO be called upon to testify in his
own behalf before Wednesday afternoon.
Gov. Matthews, of Indiana and his
stan, and the members of the Princeton
base ball team were interested listeners
at the trial today.
ADMISSION OF THE DISPOSITIONS.
The interest in the morning centered in
the decision Of Judge Bradley with refer
ence TO the admission of the Ohio and
Kentucky depositions in behalf of Col
Brectinridge Many lawyers were present
10 hear the decision. Miss Pollard was
not in court at the opening, but Col.
Breckenridge was. Judge Bradley's de-
cisiou was rendered promptly after the
court was called to order. he cited
statutes 10 show that the circuit and dis
triet courts of the United States had the
power to authorize dispositions to be
successfully disputed, he said, that this
was a court OF the United States Tn, s
right Of an individual to take depositions
was right with which the court had
nothing 10 do, but when depostious were
presented to the court il became the duty
Of the court to determine whether it was
right to permit them to be read This
was slight victory for Miss Pollard 8
attorneys, who contended that the deposit
tions had been taken de bene esse, or sub
Iect TO consderat tion by the court as to
their admissability.
THE OBJECTIONS.
Judge Bradley then took up the specific
objections made to parts of the testimony
contained in the depositions. The first Of
these Objectionable depositions was that
Of man named Brand, who refused TO
answer whether he and Miss Pollard had
maintained improper relations, a. very
odd refusal, so Judge Bradley said, in
view of the fact that he had admitted that
though married man he frequented
houses Of prostitution. What objection
the deponeut could have to answering the
question the Judge could not see.
A deposition Of one Kaufman was ad-
mitted, but Judge Bradley said if he
could have suppressed the dispositions of
Brand. kaufman and one Hawkins on the
ground that they were too filthy TO be
read, he would have done 50, but unfortu.
nately he could not overlook their legal
rights.
The deposition of John O'Toole was
overruled because it was based on hear
say, and so also were those Of Green and
DIR. Lewis.
The dispositions of Mrs. Miller and w.
w. Resell, were not overruled, but were
admitted subject to objections to specific
questions when they were read.
PUBLICATION OF THE TESTIMONY.
After rendering his decision. Judge
Bradley said II will say here that the
court has been deluged with anonymous
letters about this case. No one who
writes an anonymous letter ought to
expect TO have any notice taken of it.
And ii is said that person who would
write an anonymous letter would do
almost any other mean thing that hui
manity will do. There is one suggestion
contained in these letters, however, and
the writer is apparently actuated
| only by pure and proper
motives, and that is directed
TO the publication by the newspapers of
the details Of the evidence in the course
of the trial. The public should UNDER
stand and | assume that the public gem
orally does, but there are some people who
do not, that no court can exercise or pre-
sumo to exercise any censorship over the
press. But / would suggest TO the corre-
spOndents and members OF the press that
it is in the best interests not only
Of this community, but of every COM
munity in this land, TO which these news
papers CO. that 50 far as possible, and [
think II is possible, all disgusting details
of matters that may be deemed essential
and material TO be given in evidence in the
course OF this trial, should be withheld
from publication. The publication Of
these matters, would, in my judgment,
render them sufficient to exclude the
newspapers from the use of the mails.
trust that in the interest Of the people OF
the city of Washington, as well as the in
terest of the country at large and the
families into which these newspapers go,
that these details be withheld"
CARLISLE TAKES EXCEPTIONS.
Mr.. Carlisle took exception TO the rul-
ing Of Judge Bradley with reference to
the depositions that were not overruled.
The decision caused a long wait, while
Col. Breckinridge's attorney went over
the deposition admitted making changes
in some of them TO conform TO the de-
clsion Of Judge Bradley.
TRYING TO PROVE AN ALIBI.
The first deposition read was that Of
Joseph G. Bailey, of Versailles, KY, who
is clerk Of the Woodford county court,
who produced his records to show that
! w. c. r. Breckenridge had been an attor-