Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-20
his little daughter and said wantet
Justice: he had not considered me-"
MISS POLLARD CRIES A LITTLE


justice; he had not considered me-"
MISS POLLARD CRIES A LITTLE
Miss Pollard cried little here. 'T
wanted him to have his share OF suffering
as have had mine. The time will CONS
for justice, and believe these men" levi
dcntly meaning the jury ''are going Il
help me-"
This remark provoked murmur OF dis
approval.
You have never done anything as q
free and independent agent since yo,
passed under his control?" said Mr. But
terworth.
Il don't believe ever have" said Mis-.
Pollard with sigh, shaking her head
woefully.
Are you not OF very strong will?"
Judge Bradley ruled out this question
but not before Miss Pollard had asked II
" were necessary TO ask IL.
Miss Pollard said she came TO WASH
ingtop because Colonel Breckenridge said
so. Concealment OF their relations, ne
had said. would be as safe here as any
where. During her stay In Washington.
at the Convent OF the Holy Cross and
elsewhere Colonel Breckenridge had paid
her bills Soon after coming to Wash
ington her second child was born on
February 8, 1855. 1t died the following
April.
Miss Pollard told OF visits 10 Breadloaf,
Inn near Middebury, Conn; TO Boston
to see the Bodenhausen Madonna, ana
where she stopped at Youngs Hotel; 10
Brooklyn, and to other places.
did you claim while at Breadloaf
Inn. that you were the author OF
poem called Loves Power?
"No. sir. did not do the things told
In that article"
What articleY' asked Major Butter
worth. apparently surprised.
THAT article in the Brooklyn Standard
Union which you are leading up to, and
which you have been studying so assidu-
ously all the morning"
Have you read that artlcle?"
II have"
THE REPUDIATED INTERVIEW.
major Butterworth read this article
purporting 10 be an interview with
Brooklyn woman who knew MISS fol'aru,
and Miss Pollard interrupted him to say
that she had never been an opium-eater,
and was not now. and had not claimed TO
be Josephine Pollard, the authoress. She
knew Miss Josephine Pollard, she said'
but had not claimed to be that lady. OF
to have written her poems. Neither hai
she claimed 10 know James Kusseii
Lowell so intimately that she walked
hand-in-hand through the streets OF cam
bridge with him"
She did know Mrs. Howe, the
sister of Mr. Lowelrs first wife
but she had never met Mr.. Lowell
She also knew Charles Dudley Warner
she said. and Mr. W. ID. Howells had beer
kind I'm answering her questions about
becoming a writer. but she did not know
him nor any Of the other literary men
whom the writer in the Standard Union
claimed Miss Pollard had said she was on
intimate terms with. Miss Pollard said
she knew the woman who wrote the article
In the Standard Union"
Judge Bradley said this line OF ques'
tioning was improper. and stopped II.
Major Butterworth gradually led up te
the alleged offer of marriage which Miss
Pollard swore Colonel Breckenridge made
10 her in August, 1892. the day OF her ar
rival from the South. Miss Pollard said
that Colonel Breckenridge took her to q
house, but finally said: Madeline, This
is not the proper place to tell you what
have to say. They walked down Penn
sylvania avenue until they met cab
In which they were driven out into the
country. While on this drive, said Miss
Pollard. the offer Of marriage was made
At this point the court was adjourned
until tomorrow.