The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-28
LUREDON BY LOVELETTER
Willie Claims That Madeline Made
The First Advances.

story or the scene In His Othce-So-
Called Experts Testify That the
Plaintiff Wrote the Letter She AL
leges is a Fogery-The Lawyers.
However, Rattle the Experts.
Washington, March 27-Testimony to
prove that Madeline Pollard made the
advances which resulted in the long lai-
son between Col. Breckenridge and herself
was the feature of the breach of promise
suit to-day. A letter dated at Wes-
leyan College, July 20, 1884, addressed to
Col. Breckenridge and signed Madeline V.
Pollard was produced by the defense, and
experts who had compared it with let
ters acknowledged to have been written
by Miss Pollard testified that the hand
writing in the first letter was
that of the person who wrote the
others When the July letter was
shown Miss Pollard on the stand
she pronounced it a forgery. She
said she had written Col. Breckenridge in
July, 1884, asking his advice about the
threat made by James G. Rhodes, but
that she had not asked him to call on her.
The defense claims that the letter dated
July 20, was written by Miss Pollard
the letter she acknowledged writing
The disputed letter was not placed in evil
dence, but it is known that IL contains an
invitation to Col Brecsinridge to call on
the alleged writer at Wesleyan college,
and compliments him on his mice face.n
The only other witness was Mai Will
lam G. Moore, the chief of Washingtons
police force, who denied statements Miss
Pollard said had been made by Col.
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two occasions in May, 1893, when Col
Breckenridge promised to marry the
plaintiff.
A SMALL CROWD IN COURT.
Hardly fifty people were present in the
court room this nothing when the case
was called, and the big, bare court room
looked cheerless in comparison with its
aspect on former days in the trial The
court was somewhat late in assembling,
aud then there was another long wai6
while Col. Breckinridge sent for Maj.
Butterworth. But Maj. Butterworth had
not appeared at 10:15 o'clock, so Judge
Bradley said he could not wait longer.
"Ihen tell Maj. Moore to come aroundn
said Maj. Shelby, and as the chief of po-
lice took the stand Mai. Butterworth en-
tered the court room.
Mr.. Shelby conducted the examination
OF Maj. Moore, who had already testified
in behalf of Miss Pollard In answer to
questions from Mr.. Shelby Maj Moore
denied statements made By Miss Pollard
on the stand with reference TO what had
been said at interviews had be-
tween Col. Breckenridge and Miss
Pollard and the witness He de-
MED that Col. Breckenridge had said, as
testified by Miss Pollard, this is one of
life's tragedies adding that this young
woman had borne him two children and
that there was a third in prospect, to
which, according to Miss Pollard's testi-
mony, she replied, Yes, Mai Moore,
gave myself to him" Some other minor
things testified to by Miss Pollard in ref
erence to the conversations in Maj
Moore's Office were also denied by Mai
Moore. This concluded his direct exam
ination, and he was turned over for cross
examination to Judge Wilson.
THE CRoss-EXAMINATIoN
Mai. Moore said in answer to Judge
Wilson that his recollection of the con-
versa tion in his Office, between the plan
tiff, the defendant and himself on May
l3 and May II, was based almost entirely
on shorthand notes which he had made i'm
mediately after the interviews. He would
hardly have remembered much about the
two interviews if it were not for the
shorthand notes. Judge Wilson wanted
particularly to know whether there was
anything said by Miss Pollard in the
direction of or suggesting that this was a
sham and a deception that was being
practiced on Maj. Moore.
Maj. Butterworth objected to this ques-
tion, and tilt ensued over allowing it to
stand
Judge Bradley decided in favor of
There was not"
Maj. Moore said he made the notes al
most Immediately after the interviews
ended and his memory was largely de-
pendent on them. He also admitted that
many things said at the interview might
have passed entirely out Of his mind
What was his Col. Breckinridge 81
manner when he made these declarations
to you about marrying Miss Pollard 20
was Judge Wilson's next question.
Quiet" said Mai. Moore, after an OBJ
lection to the question had been over
ruled
Il want to know whether on that occa-
sion her manner did not indicate satisfac-
tion and qualification over the promise of
marriagel"
20, we object to that too" said Col.
Phil Thompson, but the question was
allowed, and Mai. Moore said: Her man
ner indicated satisfaction and gratifca-
ton"
On redirect examination by Mir.
Shelby, Maj. Moore was questioned with
reference TO statements that had been
made by him when previously on the
stand, and to these Judge Wilson OBJ
jecJed on the ground chat they had all
been gone over before, and he was sus-
tanned in several instances Exceptions
were noted by the defense. This con.
cluded Maj. Moore's testimony.
THE DISPUTED LETTER.
DR.. G. b. ShaeTer, deputy coroner of
the District Of Columbia, was put on the
stand as an expert in handwriting to OK
anime the letter which Col Breckinridge
says he received from Miss Pollard in
1884, and which caused him TO call on her
at Wesleyan college in Cincinnati the
week their intimate relations began. Miss
Pollard read this letter on the stand aud
pronounced it a forgery, .and no one
knows better than that man thereT she
said, indicating Col. Breckinridge.
that il was not written by me. 4"
This letter has never been made public
DR.. Shaetfer was asked many questions as
to his practice in detecting forgeries and
in running down anonymous letter writ
ers. He had been called as an expert in
handwriting, he said, in several trials.
and devoted from two to six hours day
to the study.
sHAEFFER's ABILITY QUESTIONED.
After examining Dr. Shaefer for
nearly an hour as TO his knowledge OF
handwriting, Judge Wilson said he was
satisfied that DR. Shaetfer did not have