The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1894-03-29
WILLIE KEPT ONE LETTER
And Il Is the One That Madeline
Says Sha Did not
Write
She Comes Into Court and EN-,
harnesses an Old Ken
lucky Flame.
tion "For Revenue Only"-Drsok-
tnridKs Next.

tnrldEe Next
WAsHrNoros March 2s.-At the opening
of the Pollard BrockinTidgs trial to-day.
L. Il. Hay. the expert In handwriting. was
subiscted 10 q long And searching cross eI-
animation 30 dstsrmins the value Of his
testimony as an expert. When III q was
ended. a young man named WoFthington. a
clerk In ths Office Of BrsekinridRe a Shelby.
a. Lexington, Ky. was put on the stand.
and testified that. In response 10 . request
from BreokinTidRs. he had made search
among the latter's business letters In the
ofics aud found the letter which Miss Pol
lard disputed the authorship of. Ihis was
the only private letter he found. All The
others be found we're business letters.
Then q stir Was created In the court
room by tho calling OF the name Of +. 7.
Rosslle. the younR KsntuokiaA Who was en-
gagged TO Miss Pollard 81 one time. he
told Of his doinRs as salesman. teacher.
superintendent of county schools and dep
uty county clerk. Asked IL he knew
Madeline Pollard be answered in the affirm
atiVs. A. that point the proceedings we're
interrupted By the appearance Of Miss Pol
lad. which evidently embarrassed the wit
ness, who dropped his eyes, nsrVously
fingered the bible lying near him.
In Response to a question as TO the cir
eumStanoes OF his frat meeting With Miss
Pollard, Rosells was even more smbaT-
rAsssd. He said ID was in Oetober or No
vombsr. 1888 when he was employed in a
store in Cincinnati. II was at the time on
the fifth foo. A messenger boY came and
announced that a lady wanted 10 see me.
went out 90 see who she wss. ID was
Madeline Pollard. hhe introduced herself
TO me. said shs had heard of me often. And
wanted 10 see me. She said she wanted 20
40 90 Wesleyan college. aud asked me IL /
woeld 60 with her, which did"
did she tell Jou how she happened 10
know your
"shs had heard her cousin. Nellie OIL
YER. speak of me often. / knew Nellie
oliver. We we're received in the Office Of
the college Dy Dr. Brown. ] was nOt ao-
quaintsd with him. but l introduced my
self and Miss Pollard. She stated her in
tention OF entering school there; said she
had a guardian, M. Rhodes, who would be
along next day to complete arrangements
She stated TO DR.. Brown that was personal
friend of hers. and Nsked- him 10 Rrant me
the privilege of calling there whenever
wanted. From that time on | called very
regularly for the pui pose of seeing her.
sometimes twice a week. sometimes three
times"
did you see her alone. or with other
psrsons?''
Most frequently alone. sometimes other
young ladies came in"
"Did vour visits lead TO friendship?"
AT first ] had an admiration for the
young lady. My admiration led TO love. aud
love to an snRAeemsnt. We became en-
gagged about the Christmas holidays"
Roaells said: Miss Pollard stated hiat
that Rhodes was her guardian; afterwards
she said she was dssirous of getting an
education ana having no one 90 help her
Rhodes. having proposed matrimony, she
became engaged to him on condition that
no would pay her schooling. she said that
from the start she did nOt intend 70 carry
out the contract"
Rosslls tssii6ed that during their en-
RaRsmsnt Miss Pollard exhibited great
ofoetion for him, frequently kissed and
oaresaed hiu, often sat 10 his lap. She
asked him TO act. when Rhodes vas pres
ent. as though he was not acquainted with
her. When be told her be vas going to
Chicago she expressed a wish 30 accompany
him. He told her shs Rht do so. and she
put on her closK and hat. saying her trunk
was packed. lie was then obliged TO sell
her, Under the circumstances. We had
better not go until June" Miss Pollard
told him she was thres years younger than
be. and he VAS born 10 1860. Miss Pollard
once mentioned to him a mock marriage
between herself and Julian.
Between vhomY" asked JudQe BradlsT.
perhaps remembering an affidavit IN which
julian had sworn TO mock mcrriaRe be-
tween Owen linaleY aud Miss Pollard, and
which was performed by himself (Julianl.
Asked the reason why he lei the en-
eseement with plaintiff drop be said 1. was
because she allowed him 10 kiss and hug
haT n n " a "a In a 10
loved.
Az the afternoon session Roselle testified
that Miss Pollard was q mature woman az
the time. Last April be made application
for the position of GanRoT In the internal
ievones service. but when his friends per
suaded him 20 run 70 supsrintsndent Of
schools he withdrew bis application. He
did not know Col. Breckenridge when he
applied for the reVenus position.
His application was Withdrawn bsfors
he made deposition in this case
On cross-eIaminAtIon he admitted that his
application was withdraw ths same day
the deposition was made. TIE point thai
led to this was the fact that Miss Pollard,
in her examination. declared that Rosslle
made his deposition 'for revenue"
The deposition of Hiram Kaufman, Of
Lexington. hatcher. was taksn up after
the cross-sIaminasion OF Hoeslle vas con-
elzded. Kaufman alleged that he met
Miss Pollard in IN assienAtion hoass hav-
ing gone thsrs with Rhsdss, the latter hav-
ing introduced him TO Miss Pollard. The
deposition also asoribed Objectionable Ian
guage and actions TO the plaintiff.
BrsoEinridRs will tsks the stand to-
morrow.
The case OF ths defense is drawing 70 a
close, with the appearanoe of Col Brsekin-
ridge. whose testimony 10 expected 10 oe-
oapI thres daTa Then there will be . re-
buttal for an Indefinite re. iod. as hiss Pol
lard will take the stand again and wit-
ness have been Summoned from Ksntusky.
Ksarsarzs Gone to Pieces
WImEoroS. March 2s.-An ofiieial tsls-
gram from Lieut. Force. representative Of
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