Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-16

| ing, and L objected to going III closed
carriage, but he said he had q throat
affection, so we went out"
Mr.. Carlisle did not ask what hap
pened in the carriage.
when did you see him again 2"
"The next morning at the public
library by appointment. He said he
wanted to take me to Lexington. We
went to Lexington Friday"
where did you go after reaching
Lexington ?"
ITO Sarah Gess's"
"What time was it that you arrived
in Lexington ?"
About dusk"
"How long did you stay there ?"
Until Monday morning"
"Who was with you at Sarah Cess
from Friday night until Monday morn
ing?"
"Mr. Breckenridge was there most of
the time"
"What did Col Breckenridge say to
you on the evening" Of your arrival al
Lexington about Mr. Rodes ~
Nothing"
"What did he say about Mr.. Rodes
on the following Monday morning -
"Mr. Breckenridge came to Sarah
CESS terribly frightened. He said Mr..
Rodes had been to Cincinnati and found
out that had eone with him and that
[ must catch train and 60 to Frank
fort where my mother lived, which
did"
"Who suggested that you leave Gin
cinnati and go to Sayre Institute 2"
"Mr Breckenridge"
Miss Pollard told of going to see q
female physician, DR.. Mary Street, in
Cincinnati in 1885, at the direction Of
Mr.. Breckenridge, to make arrange
ments for the birth of her first child.
She gave DR.. Street the name of Mrs
Burgoyne. She took lodgings over a
mattress f.ctory, and stayed about a
month then, after moving further up
the street and remaining there for
awhile, she went to st. Joseph's Asy
lum at Norwood, where she registered
as "N1rs. Burgwynn." Her baby was
born on May 80, 1885, and two weeks
later she went to the house OF Drs. Per
ry and Buchanan to recuperate. Miss
Pollard identified the four volumes OF
Washington Irving that have figured in
the trial. They were given her by Mr..
Rodes at Christmas, 1884, and she gave
them to Sister Cecilia at the founding
asylum.
Miss Pollard had given her testimony
without any noticeable marks of nerv-
business. Her story was told as if she
had rehearsed it time and again. She
looked Col. Breckenridge squarely in
the eyes, while giving her testimony,
without appearing to do so.
Taking up her life at Lexington after
the birth of her baby, Mr.. Carlisle ask
ed Miss Pollard who paid for her tu
ition and holrd while she was at Sayre
Institute.
'Mr. Breckenridge, of course" was
the reply.
"Nliss Pollard who was the father of
the child born on the Goth of May,
1852"
"Mr. Breckenridge" was the answer,
long drawn out for the sake of emph-
asis.
Did you ever at any time or place,
prior to meeting Col. Breckenridge,
have any improper relations with any
maD?"
"No, never"
"Have you at any time or place, after
meeting Col. Breckenridge, had i'm
proper relations with any other MANI"
mo, never"
Were you ever at the house of Sarah
Cess with any other person than Col.
Breckinridge?''
"Why certainly not"
Miss Pollard said she came to Wash
ington from Lexington in September,
1887, at Mr.. Breckinridge's desire, Il
had to go somewhere she said. Mr..
Breckenridge took her to the boarding
house here that is now the Elsmere,
and then after few days to boarding
house on F street, where she was
known as Mrs Foster. Mr.. Breckin-
ridge stayed there also, but they went
away when it became known that "Mr
Sam Walter" boarder at the house,
was COL Breckenridge. Then Miss
Pollard went to st. AIMS founding
asylum in Washington, where she used
to 90 out every night to meet Mr..
Breckenridge until the Sister in charge
objected, when he took her to
little house in south Washington occu-
pied by an old woman called "Aunt
Mary" and she remained there until
her second baby was born, in February
1883. After her confinement she went
to live at convent on Massachusetts
avenue. During part of this time she
was employed in the government ser
vice. Miss Pollard told of other fire.
quent changes in residence while she
resided in Washington.
Mr.. Carlisle produced the little wick
er decoration basket which the late
Mrs. Breckenridge had give her sister,
Miss Desha, and asked Miss Pollard if
she knew it. EYES," she said, she
brought it to me just after his wife
died, saying, Madeline, she cared for
this, and won't you have it {? appre-
ciated it very much" with doleful
little voice.
In reply to o question, "What was
your condition in May, 1882" Miss
Pollard said she had had a miscarriage;
that Col. Breckenridge was the cause of
her trouble and that she was attended
by DR.. Tabor Johnson.
Miss Pollard then identified some