The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-31

oo'uH aouuceu py you, or as 1t has been
said here, that she aoduoed you2" z,
This question stirred q laugh, at
which Judge Bradley looked up from
his writing and raped sharply.
As to tho flrst." aaid Colonel Brock.
inrldge, smiling In IN embarrassed way,
"ot course nothing was said. Nor until
tho filing Of this suit was anything said
to tho effect that had seducod her
physically or otherwise"
Tho witness said that from that time
until ho mot hcr with other school girls
OF tho Sayre Institute In Lexington the
ne1t October ho had not seen or heard
OF Miss Pollard. fg 7,lst.4
DENIES EVERYTHING. Z
While Miss Pollard was absent from
Lexington during the spring Of 1885,
when she said that her first child was
born, witneas declared that he had no
knowledge Of her Whereabouts and no
communication with hor. II sho had
writton him under tho nom do plume
OF Margaret Dillon he had not received
the letters, nor any box No. al, a.
"Dld you pay tho plaintiff anything
whom yon parted from hor at Sarah
Guesaes ~ ~ ~ &
II cannot use the word pay" replied
tho colonel, considerably. II paid the
expenses at Sarah Gueasea and pre-
sented hcr sum, not very large, but
enough to pay her travelling expenses" !"
Continuing, he denied all knowlege Of
tho correspondence to Rhodes, alleged
70 have been written, dated from New
Orleans and other places in tho south
by Miss Pollard under his direction, nor
had he ever written letter purporting
to be from her mother or any other
person.
Ie described in a general way his
movements in tho year 1885 until he
met Miss Pollard In August or Scptem.
ber, asserting that he had no knowledge
Of where sho had been or the reason for
her absence. yts=2z IS
In his boyhood he had been acquaint.
cd with Mr.. Rhodes. Instead OF being
in Cincinnati on Saturday, August II,
1884, when Miss Pollard had testified
that they met at the public library and
atterward visited an assignation house,
he had been engaged In court at Win
chester in the trial Of Ollie Brown for
murder. The next week and all that
month he had been greatly engaged:
"Did you meet Miss Pollard after tha,
drst meeting in the fall Of 1884, mean
improperly, m assiguation? ?" asked Mr..
Butterworth. -
"On the llth Of October mot her, in
house In Cincinnati. Sho camo from
the western part OF the state nnd l from
the east. met her at tho Grand Con-
trail depot in tho morning, and we wen,
to Mrs. Roses house. where we wore
somo time. went out on business,
and, returning after supper, remained
several hours. / returned to Lexington
the next morning. and she went there
by another train" 81. r q. ~
"Dld you present her any money!
II paid the expenaes, whatever they
we're" ..- Sgt -
The congressman was able to fix TINT
date because there was great Republi-
can meeting that night, at which John
\. Logan spoke.
II saw the plaintiff occasionally, but
not frequently" continued the colonel.
Outing tho months OF November and
December. 1884, aud January. 1885,
saw her in both senses, on tho street
and in the house I have spoken Of
Aftor the 4.h Of March I was In Wash
ington several days to introduce to the
President somo gentlemen who wore
willing to servo their country. My
wifo's mother was in poor health, and I
returned on her ACCOUNT She died on
the cath OF March.
HIS FIRST KNOWLEDGE: ga
"The first time l ever had any infor-
nation from the plaintiff that she had
heen pregnant was in tho GUNNER OF
1887. The first time l ever heard that
her pregnancy had carried her to Gin
cinnati was in the fnll OF 1892 when she
desired me to obtain IN Office for lady
on the ground that her brother had
boon the physician on that OCCASION"
"When did you learn that she was
pregnant on TINT occasion BY you?
''rhn. was In tho summer OF 1887.
when she first told mo Of her prcgnan-
cy." -s,l
"Did sho tell you the result Of It,"
"lIer information 10 mo was that It
had pecn legitimate miscarriage. not
an improper miscarriage; that it had
occurred under her mothor's suporvis-
ion; that it was through her mother
that loss OF character had been avoided
and secrecy secured"
During this passage Miss Pollard a
friends had great trouble in preventing
her from making an outcry.
IL nm unable TO recall a single In .
stance when / saw tho plaintiff In tho
year OF 1885," he continued, and then
telling how ho had happened to stop at
Miss Hoyts. in Lexington, whore Miss
Pollard boarded. he said that the noiso
ut tho Phoenix hotel kept him awake at
night, and that friend had recon.
mended that boarding house to him as
a quiet p!Nce. The fact that Miss Pol.
lard was stopping thero had nothing
whutevor" to do with tho change. lie
was receiving large mail Of daily papers
with some books. part Of which he
turned over to tho ostimnble old ladies',
to Miss Pollard and to another young
lady there. lIe did not advise concern.
ing her reading.
"Durlng that timo wGre thoro any i'm.
proper rotations between you?"
"None whatever. Wo met just M
met other ladies'. There was no augsos-
,ion by word or syllable that improper
rotations cvor existed between US"
"The plaintiff ha, said that it was on
account OF your opportunities sho came
to Washington. How ia that?"
III did everything l could do to pre-.
won't hcr." said tho colonel impros.