The evening world., 1894-03-20
She Wants $40 again.

~ Inv la say D t4A~I pa
what / borrowed and Tor last months
board. and then Will not have 20 ask
YOU for any. more
Under date ot July u she urot- u
must hav- SO rtgh: on. tlaas-. assert.
ing that sh. had no; Gskel him fur any
FOR q long tine. and probably would nyt
Il nan you to collec; your money AMI
be careful Who you l-nl t. hereafter /
g-t pryv1k-l once in a Mile, AMI yV4
provoke me Lovingly. Madeline
thu fair hr-athed the genuine Kentucky
spirit. telling how she had oltmh-I upon
the RAJ, with tn observation I lust
know II | had been Il man horses would
De the ruin OF M.
In October she wrote that she wa
feeling better than she ever a tn her
on Aug IS. 1855. shs wrote to Or
Brown. the Principal Of Wesleyan S-ml-
nary, expressing regret that Mr. Rhodes
had Incurred d debt OF slg5 for her
schooling. requested him to destroy tt.c
note given by Rhodes and permit he to
pay the money. "a she intended TO teach
schDol or 10 work in some other way.
There was a long succession OF the
letters, running through ISIS AMI lNSS,
many Of them ASKING for money. l.<crtb-
ing the minor happenings ot her exist
ence, the ordinary letters OF a yOV1g
girl. but written IN a rather brighter
vein than most correspondence hy a
yhuns woman of that age. Throughout
the reading Miss Pollard seemed COM
pletely at her ease. smiling broadly with
a half expressed feeling OF triumph. as
though challenging her opponents to
ma ANYTHING damaging In the CORE
s1ortenCc.
When Mr. Bntterworth. h9l fl sh-l
the tedious rsaiing h= asked MISC P,l-
ara X II was no, a TACT that the letters
hal been written To deceive Mr.. En-ies.
80 when her attorneys objected tnai h.
mus -p-cifr particular letters. Then he
ask-7i her about the WaSh!nstOu lrv-
ng volumes. speaking Of the letter dated
NAA IT.-lrl ErrtRn rLFAFrAl - -nawN
4 never really vas In New Orleans in
my life. she explained. VI Brscr.n-
ridge knows very veil where | Vas at
..Hu, ! Was not asking NJ. Br-rkin-
ridge Mr. butterworth r-mynstrat-I
Her e~Xp!anat!on when again asX-l
slightest suspicion OF quest min | tOJn
n" 1rSt opportunity TO cover IL up.
Each one Of these letters b. trs the
sluars mark OF that. Mr.. Breykinrils-
would have given me- money II he mai
dared. but | nal to seem u lie in need
" money
And you go, none from Mr..
Their wouli have ben n, U.s. Of
se.,aine - need money and then not
,. ~D4 NJ Mr. il R3 nd pay y3a the So you
Il presume very likely h IId. although
| 10 not rACOllect.'
Did he pay you the several sums you
asked for In these letters 90
Il have no recollection OF ii. He may
m nnys done SS ,b so; h blHs T m9 ob prt 1}5, vel Ss !
not to have SIr. Rhodes ask n ques-
tons tina; could not answer. NJ.
Breckinrltge planned Il all"
Did he dictate thosA letters
II dill all the ones dated at New
orleans; wa never in New orleans.
and did not know thsT- was such d
place as the French Market"
They were all written with a purpose.
They are what you have spoken Of as
blind or wooden letters
Yes. they ,were As wer@ all my letters
wa; a great deception behind them,
"Dti your mother know waer- You were
when YOU wrote those letters.
Mr.. Br=ckinr.dg- p~lann-i ,a-m al.
dictated them to M some u them h.
wrote on the typewriter when ! WAS III.
a. tie asylum and not abl- 20 Writ.
saving in explanation that | was lea ming
the typ-Sr.trr. SINE u them he N-o.-
in advance ami dated ah-al H. N'u.t
mail them on thu cars or wherever they
would not be pyStmarkAI.'
Tbs answer Mr.. E~u:terH1rta att-up,-
% - Gu: of, but Miss Pollard w4v-! aiu
d. t,iie " N her nant. saying calmly AMI
impar.0usly. No, | mus: answer his
Tle question in which Miss Pvllari's
mother was referred 10 a. an agent in
th- deception up Il Mr.. Rhodes. and as
10 what she aid In regard 10 carrying
OUT the scheme. was objected g. by the
.tn-ss. who interrupted the lawyer VITA
the correction. DO not speak OF ann
as the asen, in a deception or qual.fy 1t
BY saying u~Rconscious agent" this also
COOL, ard with her CUSTOMARY bread
mamma
certainly follow her up and en4eayor 10
s.- her had h known she was near b..
Miss Pollard said, after the scheme had
been further explained
Again came forward the New YORK
world article from Mis4 Polltris pen
20 c~oatraiict her. according 70 Mr. Put
Nj Buttsrworth's statements. her attor-
neys enl-avorAd 10 dissuad- her. ami
Col. Phil Thompson remarked. Let her
argue the case.
Mr.. Butterworth Insisted that Miss
Pollari's story that she mad forwarded
her letters from Cincinnati 10 be mailed
elsewhere. under headlines at New or
leans and other places was absurd.
which drew forth a reply from Mr.. car
Isle. who objected 10 Mr.. But'srworth's
previous questions on the ground that
tn proceedings IN a EaI tanEle. from
which the defense pulled 0Vt. and sailed
OF on a new tack showing the witness
another letter which she Identified as
leaving the contents O.; this letter ua.
revealed. the Court took its noon recess
noon recess Mss Pollard r@pr-senttnE
that she had deceived her mother r.
gardtEg the cause 4 ner absence from
home when the letters TO- Rhodes were
Her counsel objected % questions DE-
signed to bring forth the ds,ai.s 81 the
deception employed by Miss Pollard.
Judge Bradley said that il did rot
seem 10 ~ material and an exception
was noted.
Witness mother had not seen her in
Cincinnati. but had known that she was
not In New orleans nor in Mississippi
Miss Pollard. continuing, said When
IL became necessary Tor me 10 60 TO the
founding asylum. IL became necessary
also 10 invent some story 70 account FOR
my absence from home. Just what the
story was. Mr.. Breckenridge could prob
ably. tell better than l, since he wrote
the letters"
A llttle later IN the examination. Mr..
B~u-,erworth asked was their ever any
conversation between you regarding h
marrkIagcH.'
Il asked him f. II vas possible that he
was paying attentions % Mrs. Wtag. as |
had heard | knew tAat she was a
worthy woman. and | knew that she
had stopped with hin twelve days and
twelve nights. which I could not believe
a worthy woman would 30. Then he
maligned her. maltgned her in such
terms thai | could not believe ne in
tended to marry her. He said that Re
had been engaged 10 her when he vas iU
the army. and would never marry her."
Did YOU stop with col. Brerkinriige