Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-29
R0SELL THE LOVER.
The Colonel Springs a Surprise
on Fair Madeline.
RoseII Says That She Wanted to Run
Away with Him.

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Her Case.
WASHINGTON, March 90 The Pollard.
BreckinridQe trial 6egan today with more
expert testimony - to the letter dated July
81, 1884, tigned with Miss Pollard's name,
and which she claims 10 forgery. When
the court was convened this morning Mr..
e. B. Hay, who was on the stand at ad.
iournment yesterday, was recalled and his
cross-examination as an expert in hand.
writing was continued by Judge Wilson.
Now, Mr.. Hay" said Judge Wilson,
ssdid you testify before an investigating
committee of Congress a. to the authorship
of a letter addressed to Congressman
Springer of Illinois?"
Eyes, sir, said Hay.
81 was on that committee" said Butter
worth.
"Yes, 1 know you were," said Wilson.
The reason for the introduction of this
luVeStl&6tlOu lutO Tie tIldl WdU NPp01cus
from what followed. Judge Wilson want
ed to show that the expert on the stand,
MIR. Hay, had given an opinion directly op.
posite to that given this morning. Judge
Wilson read from tine report Of the Con-
gre ssional investigating committee, which
he said was appointed to determine, among
other things, whether the letter written to
Springer. was genuine or forged. SIT was
supposed" said Wilson, "that man named
Findlay had written the letter." Judge Will
son read the following question and answer
from the report:
"Do you rely more on general character
istics than on specific comparisons?"
Mr.. Hay do.
This was almost direct contradiction OF
what Mr.. Hay had SAID this morning, but
Mr.. Hay made partially successful ex-
PLANTATION, trying to reconcile the two di-
verse statements made by him.
Wilson asked Hay If it were not the fact
that experts were brought from all parts of
the country to testify concerning the cubi-
Gus Flndiay letter before the Congress
sional committee and that they differed
greatly as to its authenticity or its spurious
ness. Hay admitted that this was SO.
Mr.. Worthington, private secretary to
Col. Breckinridge, testified that he first
saw the alleged forged letter in bunch OF
correspondence IN an Old file case in Col.
Breckinridge's office. He found no other
letters purporting to be written by Miss
Pollard. The search, Worthington said,
extended over three or four days.
Wilson cross-examined the witness care
fully as to his search for the letter, and
after the witness had stuck to his testi-
mony, Wilson hslf-asked, half-asserted,
$50 that IN all this search the only thing
you found IN the office bearing Miss Pol
lard's signature was this scrsp Of writing"'
eyes, sir, said Woithington.
The defence introduced a We, liable &C nsa-
ton when it called Rankin H. Rosell a. the
next witness. He is the young man who
sail in his deposition that Miss Pollard
wanted him to take her to Chicago when
they were engaged. Miss Pollard admitted
the engagement. Mr.. Rosell said he wxs
"a wears old and lived in LycholsviIle, Ky.
He was superintendent of 'the schools in
his county and deputy county clerk and also
held offices in Masonic circles.
Mr.. Resell ta1i he became acquainted
with Miss Pollard in Cincinnati in October
or November 1858. he toIo OF gong Z"
the Wesley an college wlth Miss Pollard on
the same day that she had introduced her
self to the witness, while be was at work in
dry goods store. He called twice week
to see Miss Pollard and most frequently
saw her alone. From the nrst be had
great admiration for the young lady, he
'aid. viii h developed into love and from
love we became engaged.
Miss Pollard had told him, Rosell said,
that she had engaged herself to old man
Rodes to get money from him to secure an
education and that was how she came to be
pupil at Wesleyan college. Her manner
was very sffectionates the witness sid, and
there were many demonstrations of affec-
tion between them.
In answer to other questions the witness
said Miss Pollard told him il he ever met
Mr.. Rodes at the college to pretend there
was nothing between them. He met Rodes
there one Sunday night. He and Mise
Pollard greeted each other 40 strangers be-