The evening world., 1894-03-30

The witness said that from that time
u1tli he. met her with other schoolg.r ls
OF the Sayre Institute in Lexington the
neH Octooer he had not seen or heard
%T : tho '6sr old ladies' Ia s,i wIth when she
fectly proper, most est!mable. and re.
my one in her. room there at nights. as
she has said, knew nothing OF 1t. 1t
While Miss Pollard was absent from
Lexington during the Spring, OF 1856, when
sne said her first child was born, witness
declared that he had no knowledge Of
her WHEREABOUTS and no communication
the nom de plume. OF Margaret Dillon,
ne had not received the letters. nor any
Did you pay the plaintiff anything
Enen you parted from her at Sarah
II cannot use the word pay" replied
the Colonel, considerably. Il paid the
expenses at Sarah Guests and presented
enough to pay her travelling expenses"
Denies Debating Letters.
Continuing, he denied all knowledge Of
the correspondence to Rhodes alleged to
have been written, dated from New Or
Miss Pollard under his direction, nor had
he ever written n letter %purporting to be
from her to her mother or any other
person. Their handwritings were so dis.
the question.
The letters, from Miss Pollard to
Rhodes which were read in court he
h tb1o,n,g TSSephr ,,1r 1rom r tsG sister eF G h]eI nhedes,
He had never seen DIR. Mary Street, of
Cincinnati, now Mrs. Logan, and. refer
ring to her description of him as a small
niRmv then than | am now
He described in Il general way his
movements IN the year 1885. until he met
Miss Pollard in August or September,
where she had been. or the reason for
her absence. In his boyhood he had
beer. acquainted with Mr.. Rhodes. In
stead of being IN Cincinnati on satur.-
had testified they met at the Public LII
brary and afterwards visited an assiS-
nation house, he had been engaged in
io.;rt at winchester in the trial Of onie
all that month he had been greatly en-
gagged.
"Did you meet Miss Pollard after that
first meeting, In the Fall Of 1884 ? l
worth.
The Cincinnati Meeting.
ION the 18th of October I met her In
a house In Cincinnati. She came from
from the East. l met her at the Grand
Central Depot in the morning, and we
went to Mrs. Roses house, where we
were some time. l went out on bust
ness and returning after supper. re.
manned several hours l returned &c
Lexington in the morning. and she
went there by another train"
Did you present her any, money,
Il paid the expenses, whatever the!
The Congressman was able to fix thai
date, because there was a great Re
John A. Logan spoke.
"You did not have the advantage OF
attending the Republican meeting?
said Mr.. Butterworth.
me to attend a Republican meeting.
saw the plaintiff occasionally. but no
December. issi. and January, 1885, / say
| her both IN the street and in the hous'
l have spoken of. After the 4th o
March was in Westminster severa
gentlemen who were willing to serv'
ii IN poor SoI health. and and Tr returned on hel
account She died on March "a.
First News of an Event.
1.-The first time I ever had any infor
nation from the plaintiff that she ha'
been in a delicate condition was In tn
summer OF 1881. III the ran VI loSZ Sn'
desired me to obtain an office for a lad,
on the ground that her brother had beef
her physician on that OCCASION.
Her Information to me was that he
trouble had occurred with her mother
knowledge, under her mothers super
vision: that 1t was through her mothe
that loss of character had been avoided
and secrecy secured"
During this passage Miss Pollard
friendS had great trouble In preventini
her from making an outcry.
Mr.. Butterworth continued: HOY
often did you see the plaintiff in tn
Fall of 1857
Occasionally. but not often. How
often l cannot say."
Describing his movements in 1885 Co
BrHckinridge spoke 81 his conneStioj
barbecue given him by his constituent
and his attendance pon Confederat
reunions.
Why He Changed Doarding-Place'
II am unable to recall a single in
year 1856" he continued, and then tel
Ing how he had happened to stop a
Miss Hoyt's, in Lexington: where Mis-
Pollard boarded. he said that the nois
at the Phoenix Hotel kept him awak
at night. and that a friend had recon
mended the clearinghouse to him as
The fact that Miss Pollard was stol
Il DIN There IL 1 ~ y
large n mi mail o. daily papers, with son
( books, a part of which he turned over
the estimable old ladies, to Miss Polla'
= and to another young lady there. r
did not advise her concerning her rea
; ing. j.
5 "During that time were there any In
proper relations between your
"None whatever. We met just as
5 met the other ladies'. There was no 81
r gestion, by word or syllable, that ir
proper relations had ever existed b
i THE plaintiff has said. that It was
account of your opportunities she can
to Washington. How was that
{ Tried 10 v Scandal.
4 IT did everything I could do to preve
her." said the Colonel, impressiyel
and TO- prevent an open preach al
r Where did you first learn Of h
purpose of coming to Washington M
r Butterworth inquired.
from the plaintiff, about the third
n fourth week In August"
Continuing, witness said: She car
to me and said she had made up h
mind to leave Lexington because, 3
could get no employment there. and |
cause she was pursued by gossip abe
her relations with Rhodes. She sa
she had consulted SenatOr Reck abo
! coming to Washington, and that he h
said that II was not a good plan I
her to come to Washington, that
was the worst place for a young WON
to come.