The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-04-07
CONCLUDED
The Breckinridge-P Pollard Scandal
Nearing the End.
ARGUMENTS TO BEGIN ON MONDAY.

II Is Now Believed That the Case VIII
Reach tho Jury on wednesday Next.
Defendant.
WASHINGTON, April THE stream Of
testimony in the Pollard Breckenridge
| litigation, which had grown to be exceed
ingly wearisome was brought to its close
yesterday. The final rebuttal and sur-re-
buttsl consisted of more denials by the
| plaintiff and defendant, leaving the final
status Of the case what it has largely been
! throughout, a question of veracity be
tween the parties 90 the Illicit intrigue
| Madeline Pollard took the stand to purge
herself from the stain of the mock mar
riage with Blind Aleck Julian, as well as
10 repeat, with the dramatic emphasis pc
! culiarly her own, the denial that the
agreement to marry between herself and
| Colonel Breckenridge had been anything
but a contract made in good faith, on her
| part at least. She was very much the mis-
tress of the situation as she had been on
her former appearances, determined to
tell her own story in her own way, and
succeeding in her determination, as well
as in keeping the corps Of lawyers for the
defense in futter Of apprehension lest
she should get away from their control
Miss Pollard said she had hever known
and had never seen the woman named
Mollie Shinglebower NOW Mrs. Miller),
nor Brant and kaufman, the two men
who testified that they had known the
plaintiff as an inmate of house of Ill fame
in Lexington Miss Pollard also denied
knowing Lena Singleton the keeper of
| z fy, oh
glebower, Kaufman and Brant swore
they saw her.
did you ever go driving with John
BrantY" she was asked.
''Assuredly not, MIR. Carlisle, l never
did"
'Did you ever know Hiram KauffmanW
81 never did, and never heard Of him
until this defendant brought in his lying
deposition"
''Now, Miss Pollard, did you tell this
defendant in w esleyan college the day he
called that you had been improperly init
mate with Mr. RhodesT
~ never did There never could be a
circumstance which could warrant me
telling such lie on that poor-old-dead
! farmer" and Miss Pollard emphasized
every word.
"Did you ever have any such relations
with Mr.. RhodesW
"No Mr. Carlisle no-no-no" and
each negative as distinct as it could be in
its emphasis.
Did you tell the defendant that you
had been orae to the gate of Sarah Cess
house with Mir. Rhodes, as stated by the
defendant2"
{ "No, | did not. never knew Sarah
2 Cess, nor went TO her house, nor saw her
gate until I went with my arm in his
J J through that gate-let me say that" she
cried, raising her hand as Major Shelby
tried to interrupt.
1 "The defendant says your improper in.
/ timacy with him commenced on Aug. /,
the day he came to see you at the collegeP
"It did not, and it was not until Satur
day night, when he took me to Sarah
Cess, and he knows it as well as ~ said
s. "EIe says that during the carriage ride
$ on Aug he took you in his lap"
3 Indeed he did not was the emphatic
answer
He also says you mentioned the name
of George Eliot as your ideal the night OF
that carriage ride Is that soT
"Her name was not mentioned / did
not ever speak Of George Eliot until was
7 there in that miserable.room over a mat
tress store before my baby was born, when
he brought me n set of George Eliot,s
works. l thank him for it now-it has
been a great benefit to me-" with a bow
to the defendant.
"The defendant says he put $40 bill
into your hand at the conclusion of the
carriage rider"
That's as false statement as he ever
made, said Miss Pollard, with emphasis
on the he" AT no time could any man
put $40 bill in my hand"
And so on through the whole of her final
examination the plaintiff denied in terms
most positive the allegations of the de-
fendant, and at the conclusion the general
opinion was that she had scored a victory
as positive as her denials. u
| Colonel Breckinridge repeated, in all the
| various keys of negation in which his
silvery tongue is skilled the denial of the
story of Mary Vancey, the colored cook and
other vital details Of the plaintiffs case.
There was a departure from the usual
| order when two of Miss Pollard's attor-
ney's, Mr.. Claderon Carlisle and Mr.. w
| o. johnson, were sworn at witnesses to
clear their skirts from the insinuations
that on their visit to the Norwood convent
they might have slipped the Christmas
card into the volume of Washington Irv-
1ng's works which has played so important
pact in the trial.
There was a colored woman called
"Aunt Mary" on the stand of most re-
markable faculties, for although she had
never before seen Colonel Breckinridge
she recognized him from his likeness to
the one-day-old child, which has played so
important a part in the trial
When he came into the court room Col
onel Breckinrdge seemed to be in high
ppirlts remarking TO Major Butterworth,
81 feel like a school boy at the prospect of
holiday tomorrow"
He was not to have the holiday. how
ever, for the day is being spent in argu-
ments by the lawyers over the instructions
which they will ask the judge to give the
jury upon the strictly legal aspects of the
case.
Arguments to the jury will begin Mon
day morning so that the case win prob
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