Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-04
script OF any letter at the time you have
indicated for any purpose
He did" said the witness.
For what purpose2"

script OF any letter at the time you ""'s
indicated for any purpose
He did" said the witness.
For what purposeT
ITO copy
did you copy III"
II did"
'HowY'
''On a typewriting machine.
How was that letter addressedT' asked
Mr.. Wilson. .,
I'VE object" came In cnorus ii'"'
all the lawyers OF the deIense. rroo,
Mr.. Butterworth said there was no prooi
that any such letter had ever been SENT
or mailed. or received by any one.
"Before going into that. then said MT;
Wilson. turning to the witness, WIN
ask you to state what you did with tha'
manuscript and the copy. ,.,
II returned them TO Coionei Drechih'
ridge" said the witness. ,,u,
what else did you 90 Ior 1922
BRECKENRIDGE besides writing that letter
From the time first did Work ior
him. In February. 1856. until l lett the
Capitol. in 1890. ! frequently did worN ~.
Colonel breckenridge, who wouiu conie "
my desk. copying letters. addressing e"-
What aid you do with the manuscript
! and copy"
! "I always returned them"
ENVELOPES FOR MISS POLLARD
witness said she had addressed some
envelopes about the time she han COPPER
the letter In question, and was asheu ~ Mn.'
e. Was she had written on these envelopes.
There was some objection. but the ques-
tion was admitted. and witness, proceeu-
ing. said. Miss Pollard. Sc North upper
street, Lexington. KY ,o,,
She said she kept a memoranuuin-ooon
of work done and had memorandum VI
that address on another book. nemoran-
dunn OF her personal expenses. Inc WIZ
ness produced the memoranuuin-oooN. .
and was asked to read the memorandum
relating to these envelopes. She read the
address. Miss Pollard, Sc North Upper
street Lexington, KY" IL was written
on the fyleaf or cover of the book. she
said containing her personal expense ac-
counts.
"Why did you make this memorandum
asked Mr.. Wilson.
"FeeIing sure" said the witness, that
sooner or later I would hear more OF MISS
| Pollard, and not wishing 10 trust my
memory. I made this memorandum"
How many and what kind OF envelopes
did you address In this way?'
On several occasions-two or three
ne brought me single envelope 10 have
this address put on. on other occasions
he brought me packages. perhaps not
quite n dozen. They were small. white
enyeIopes. not such as are usually used
in business, and were yellow with age"
On these, she said. she placed the adj
| dress. and then returned the envelopes
to Mr.. Breckenridge when he called for
| them.
Mr. Wilson desired then to know If the
witness could recall the contents of the
paper she had copied, but objection was
| made.
Judge Bradley said that at this time
Mr. Wilson could not go further than
the date and the address.
"How was this first communication
brought to you addressed?' asked Mr..
! Wilson.
"Ny Dear Sister Louise" said the wit
ness.
Mr. Wilson desired then TO know Ii he
! could not go further and question the
/ witness as to the contents OF this letter.
for the purpose of cross-examihing Mr'
/ Breckenridge.
Judge Bradley thought the rule laid
! down by Taylor would not admit such
testimony.
There was some more legal argument,
and Judge Bradley still held that 1t could
not be proved at this time by this VIII
ness what the letter contained.
/ The examination then proceeded. Inc
witness said that she found in her memo
randum book containing record OF Work
done covering the period or the long ses-
sion of the Forty-ninth Congress- the
name of Mr. Breckenridge fifteen or SIX
teen times. but this she thought, did not
show all the work she had done for MT.
Rreckinridge. Her recollection was that
she did work-copying letters, etc.-for
Mr.. Breckenridge nearly every week uu-
ring that Congress. The witness pro-
duced two of these memorandum-books.
CROSS SS-EXAMINATION.
Miss Lowell was cross-examined by Mr.
! Ruttervorth She said her going to the
/ Capitol I'm 1856 was her first experience III
a business in a public place. She had pre-
yiously done work at her home, having
come here from Maine I'm 1881, and lived IN
her brothers family She began work as
a stenographer in 1884. She was not q
widow. The memorandum-book she had
produced. IN which Miss Pollard's address
/ appeared. contained record OF her per
/ sonal expenses. The address or MISS POI
! lard she had written on the fy-leaf OF
.he book She thought she did 1t when
| she addressed the first envelope. Inc
book. she supposed was lying on the table
before her, and she used II. she recol-
lected IL distinctly, because IL had maze
q deep impression on her mind. witness
had written the name of Miss Pollard In
the book herself. She did not know Miss
! Pollard, and had never seen her uhtl
this morning.
She kept in the book an account or the
work she did. She put down merely the
date and the amount OF the work. She did
not keep record OF the superscription or
of the character of the work. She was
asked TO state whether any of her records
disclosed the fact that she had written
letter for Mr.. Breckenridge to Sister
Louise" and she said they did not. The
only record she had which showed any
address or the character OF the work Tor
Mr.. Breckenridge was that one address oil
Miss Pollard. II she had one piece OF
work that took her all day she would
likely make a memorandum of II, but II
she rad a good MANY separate pieces OF
work in a day she would probably al
night neglect TO put down all. She usu-
ally was paid for the work when 1t was
J done. and did not need this memorandum
i'm order to make out her bills.
There was no record. she said. disclosing
whether the work done for Mr.. Breckin-
ridge was writing a speech or letter.
! The witness was asked whether all the
entries OF Mr.. Breckenridge Indicated en-
yelopes addressed or letters copied. she
said they did not There were only two
|
| indicate that they, were addresses.
Mr.. Butterworth asked 10 see the
memorandum-book. and going to the wit
ness stand looked over 1t with the wit.
ness. The memorandum simply would
say "Breckinridge. 10 cents" or some
other amount, and did not Indicate the
character of the work done. She said
her memory OF the character OF the
work was independent of the book. She
| said that on two or three occasions she
had addressed one envelope only. and ar
ter that a package. and then other pack
ages containing about dozen envelopes
MIR. Butterworth asked the witness tc
| leave her memorandum hook containing
| Miss Pollard's name and was evidently
| about through with his cross-examina'
| tion. =,
Mr.. Wilson thereupon took the booh
from the witness. saying he would take
care of IL and see that no improper use
was made of the private entries In heI
| expense account.
II would like to take peep az H.
said Mr.. Phil Thompson.
Mr.. Wilson handed the book to Mr.
THOMPSON and he and Mr. Desha 3reck.
inridge examined 1t for some time and
evidently made a discovery. Tor they
spoke to Mr.. Butterworth and ne weh'
on with the cross-examination.
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