Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-29

,nor, which were practically one room,
ON account Of the wide doors between
them.
"Do YOU not know the fact that the
rules OF this institution forbade the re-
centIon OF visitors except on one evening
In the week. asked Mr.. Wilson. The
,cltncss had testified that he usually called
two or three times week.
81 did not know It," answered the wit
ness.
"Do Won mean TO say that Miss Pollard
would sit on your lap In this public room
for ore hour and half at a time. with
Young women all about the building. and
this several evenings I'm the week?''
That's what / say. and positively"
The witness said that the first time he
told any one OF this fact was last fall.
when he told man named O'Mahoney,
who had probably learned something Of
his connection with the case from reading.
the Wessie Brown letter
Are you sure Miss Pollard told you of
a mock-marriage with man named Alex.
Julian?"
"Sfe never told you that she was mar
ried TO owen Tinsley ir this mock cere-
mony?"
mo. sir. never heard that name"
You are sure she told 1t to you in this
way?"
yes. sir; quite sure
The witness said that he lived about
thirty miles from Lexington. where his
dcposition was taken. Went there the day
before. Saw Mr.. Breckenridge the day
| after his interview with OMahoney, and
talked the matter over with him. Mr.
Brecknridge then showed him a picture
! OF Miss Pollard. which was secured
through the medium Of the mail-carrier
| from witness, and h gave II to Miss Todd,
postmistress. a relative OF Mr. Breckln-
| ridge. The witness stated that Ii was
at no suggestion from any one else that
! he withdrew hts application for n Fede-
raj Office. Had not discussed the matter
at all with Mr.. Brecknridge. At the
time Miss Pollard WAS preparing to 90 to
| Chicago with witness she was gone up
| stairs about fifteen minutes. and In that
| time she had dressed and packed her
trunk
There was no redirect examination Of
the witness. and he was excused.
| HIRAM KAUFMAN.
| Mr. Rozele's was the last verbal testi-
! mony givcr. and when ROzcllc had step
| ped down Mr.. Stoll began 10 read the
| deposition OF Hiram Kaufman. Miss Pol
| lard and Mrs Ellis left the courtroom
| as the reading began.
| Kaufman is a butcher 30 years old and
| lives i'm Lexington. lie said that when he
| came to Lexington. twelve years ago. he
| went t. a house in Lexington kept by
| Lena Singleton. and I'm May and June,
| 1883, had seen Madeline Pollard there.
| This was a year before MISS Poiafd
| met Colonel Breckinrdge. He had seen
| Madeline Pollard and jim Rhodes Oames
| G. Rhodesl at the house OF Lena Singleton,
where she sat on his lap. and acted other
| wise improperly. Rhodes referred TO Miss
| Pollard as his girl.
| The witness deposed that Miss Pollard
| had made advances toward him. but he
| rejected them on account OF his friend
| ship for Rhodes, with whom he was AS
| sociated at the insane asylum, near Lex
| lngton. but on crOss-eXamlnatiOn kauf-
| man said he had seen Rhodes give Made
| line Pollard So Rhodes had presented
| him 10 Miss Pollard, saying. Let me in
| troduco you To my girl. Miss Pollard" "
| He had also seen another girl at Lena
| Singlctons called Lena" and he had
been there with Rhodes. n man named
| Shindlcbaucr. "a fellow from Texas ana
others. The witness said he had not gonn
| back 10 Lena Sngeton's. because he had
a quarrel with the Pollard woman as
| she was called b. the attorneys taking
the deposition. arl he vert on to tell
| in detail a conversation between them
| that outblllings-atcd billingsgate, and In
| which Miss Pollard IS represented as using
| lauguage that Is hard to credit when
| compared with her refined manner ana
| appearance. Kaufman said he had seen
| the Pollard woman frequently at the
| house Of Lena Singleton.
John \. Brant deposed that he met
| Madeline Pollard at the house of Jim
| Rhodes, where Leua Singleton acted ai
| his housekeeper. SIZE appeared tn n IN
| 1888, TO be- n full-grown woman.
Erant said that when he met Miss Pol
| lard In 1883 his supposltion was that she
| was attending school either at Sayre In
| stitute, in Lexington. or in Cincinnati
| Brant was asked if he had had improper
| relations with the young woman, but he
| sail he thought h. should not be COM
| pcllcl 10 answer that question, and he
was not forced 10 answer II.
| The deposition Of Lctcher Lusby. Chief
| Of Police i'm Lexington. was read next.
| He said he had heard Of Lena Singleton.
| Her reputation was bad.
W. r. Jones. a member Of Lexington
| Board Of Aldermen, dep0sed that he knew
| the family of Pr. .sident Brown. OF Wes-
| leyan College, and visited them fre-
| qucntly in the fan and winter Of 1>s}
| where he met Madeline Pollard. The de-
| ponent said Miss Pollard told him that
| Rhodes was paying her tuition. bat that
| she did not intend TO marry him. lie Wa
| an ignorant old farmer, she said, and
she expected 10 pay hius back.
This was an Of Alderman Jones's de-
! position. and the court adjourned till
morning.