The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-04-11

Kaufman, ana cOntenueQ 1T was Ho1
shown that the plaintiff had not gone
of the time she was living near that
town. he referred to the testimony of
William Wood, the Lexington carpenter,
who said Miss Pollard had broken her
engagement to him because he would
not take her to Europe He made this
tine text for these remarks; "She is a
money hunter and money getter; talk
about love and affection! She has shown
in every feature of this case to be on
That's what she wants; she is not after
love and affection. What she wants is
money. That's what these eminent
counsel are assisting her to get. She
seems to have hypnotized somebody
into giving her money to carry on this
case"
After further assailing the plaintiffs
character in terms OF unmitigated vltu-
peration, Colonel Thompson brought up
the subject of the letter dated July 20.
1884, which plaintiff says she did not
write to Colonel Breckenridge. If she
wrote the letter Che said) her case is
gone She can have no credit before an
Intelligent jury. She says in this letter,
what I have to tell you is verse than
divorce case. That's self accusation of
guilt with Rodes. That's why she tried
TO Keep out GulS ietteI. luaG y why sHo
said she didn't write it. She did write
il. I'll stake this whole case on that let
ter" Here she was, "saidColonel Thomp-
son, "robbing and decelving old man
Rodes, She admitted ON the stand, IL
am engaged to Resell: Pm Colonel Breck-
iuridge's mistress; I'm milking Rodes
for my tuition and my schooling at one
and the same time" She was decelv-
ing right and left, and bleeding an old,
L ,I,re,f wiz
Shinglebauer never painted herself as
black as that. Now this woman, this
adventures, this money hunter, wan
ton and bawd, comes mere with the plea
of being anssinnocent girl before she met
Colonel Breckinridge.
Colonel Thompson started his argu-
ment at the afternoon session with the
promise that he would show there was
no contract of marriage between plain
been con tract, the defendant had the
right to break it on account of the con-
duct of the plaintiff. To give the case
to Miss Pollard, he said, it will be nece-
sary for the jury to convict Mollie
Shingebauer, John Brant, Hiram Kauf-
man, Aleck Julian, Frank Rosel and the
defendant himself of wilfull and dellb-
crate perjury. 1t has been shown, ne
said. that Colonel Breckenridge was at
~'-~c~
Pollard says she was carrying on
Iason with him in Lexington in 1884.
This proof is of no improper relations
at that time: also proof that the child
she alleges was bornssin Cincinnati, May,
1885. was not the child of the defens
dant, the letters to Rodes. written in
1885, begging him for money, which
you know, n'she said, : need, SO badly.
aShe SAYS de fendant was most generous,
most kind. She knew if she needed
money to prepare for the birth of his
child she could have got it from him.
But it was Rodes she asked for money.
Sh did not turn to this noble, gener-
GUS man whom she loved Colonel Breck-
inridge). who would have been willing
to furnish sll the money she needed if
heswas responsible for her condition.
month salary, who would not and could
not have paid it if it had not been for
some great reason causing him to do SO.
Was ever a:nan, in the power OF an un-
scrupulous woman ridoen so rough
shod as Breckenridge has been by this
woman? The discrepancies between the
testimony of the plaintiff and the Sisters
of Charity at the Norwood founding
asylum, was told of by Colonel Thomp-
son. who said he was willing to rest the
case on the testimony of these sisters
against that of the woman who said
she dedicated her life to the defendant.
Unless the jury believed these noble
women who dedicated their lives to God
then they must place Sister Agnes
Regina and Sister Augustine in the
same category of perjury IN winch tue
plaintiff placed Rosell, Julian, Brant
and the rest.
So, too, Sister Cecilia, brought all the
way from Pueblo, Col, by the defense,
said she did not recognize the plaintiff
as the woman who had been at Norwood.
"And there is DIR. Belle Buchanan, and
that crowd.' said Col. Thompson, refer
ring to the witness who said she attended
Miss Pollard after confinement in 1885,
.I haven't got a very good opinion OF
these female doctors.
Colonel Thompson said he looked up
the meaning of the word" Pollard" in the
dictionary, and found it meant "small
counterfeit coin." Another definition
was "petty thief" "Well, he added,
II don't know how In the world
names should run SO close IN Connec-
t1on with character" Colonel Thomp-
SON did not mince words or phrases in
unsparing denunciation OF the plain
tiff's character, prostitute" being one
of the terms most frequently applied.
Colonel Thompson came to the testlmo-
nv of Mrs Black burn, in which he said
she confused several conversations, a
natural thing in an old lady. Miss Pol
affair with Colonel Breckenridge, con-
tended Colonel Thompson. She said she
would rather be his mistress than the
wife of Rodes-rather go with defen-
dant into society:where she'could have IN
tellectual enjoyment than be the wife of
Rodes, tending children milking COWS,
doing farm work; and said Colonel
Thompson, barring sin, l don't blame
her for feeling that way" Fifteen
minutes before the adjournment hour
Colonel Thompson took up the alleged
intention of Miss Pollard to compel the
defendant to marry her. AS this was. a
new line of argument he asked adjourn
ment until tomorrow, which the court
granted.