The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-04
POINTS FOR POLLARD.
The Plaintiffs Lawyers Force in
Another Witness.
WROTE LETTERS FOR DEFENDANT.

They We're Addressed "My Dear Sister
Louise"-shs Also Addressed for Him
Package Of Envelopes to Miss Pollard.
Breckinridge Denies Her Statements.
WASHINGTON, April A. There was q
variation OF the order of testimony in the
Pollard -BreckinridRe trial yesterday to
permit the introduction of evidence that
Colonel Breckinridge had carried on
typewritten correspondence with Madeline
Pollard from the house OF representatives
in 1855. The demand from the plaintiffs
lawyers to be permitted to follow this
course brought delicate question of law
before the judge. 1t was conceded that
documents might be brought into a case
and witness questioned upon Il In cross
examination frem which to lay the basis
for contradiction, but whether the exist
ence Of missing document could be as
serted and the defendant asked whether
he wrote 1t was another question, a ques-
tion which Judge Bradley decided in the
affirmative after listening TO arguments
and consulting authorities He held,
however, that the witnesses could not be
asked to give their recollection of the con-
tents of the letters.
Accordingly Mrs Louise Lowell, who
conducted business In typewriting and
stenography at ~ Capitol in the year
1886, and had been discovered by the plain
tiff last Sunday, stated that she had copied
the mysterious letters upon a typewriter
for the colonel. The first was addressed
"My Dear Sister Louise" She had also
addressed for him a package of envelopes
to Miss Pollard, 76 North Upper street,
Lexington, KY" having made an entry
of the address In note book which she
produced, but which did not entirely sub
stantiate her statement, because II seemed
to have been used In 1887 and 1888. Miss
Pollard also appeared in a speaking part
once more to testify that she had received
the letters In question. During her brief
appearance the lawyers had their hands
full endeayoring to make her confine her.
self to answering the questions directed to
her, for in her untrammeled utterances
when on the stand before she scored some
of the most telling points for her side
Thereafter the program was a contin-
uance of the fencing between the congress
man from Kentucky and the ex ex-congress-
man from Indiana. Both Colonel Breck-
inridge and ex-Judge Wilson are lawyers
of brilliant parts, and no exhibition of its
kind approaching the thrust and parry of
the two when pitted as examiner and wit
ness has been heard for years. II was en-
joyed by an audience worthy of its merits,
for besides the usual varying corps of con-
gresslonal attendance and lawyers, there
was well known Methodist Clergyman
in the audience and n retired judge of the
district court luNuriated in a seat beside
Judge Bradley.
Colonel Breckinridge made iron clad de-
malls of the testimony of Mrs. Lowell. be-
side contradicting Miss Pollard at many
points, Judge Wilson was disposed TO
drop into a vein of sarcasm mt times SDcnk-
ing of the defendant AS "a fatherly look
ing and perfectly respectable gentleman
like yourself" He laid the foundation for
more testimony in rebuttal by obtaining
denial that servant at the fashionable
boarding house where Miss Pollard had
lived had ever seen her using in his pres
ence that work basket formerly belonging
to his dead wife, which the colonel swcars
he did not give the plaintiff.