The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-03-28
MADELINE'S WRITING
photographic Experts Examine
Miss POllard's Letters,
And Testify She Wrote the Blackboard
cred One Addressed to Dear Col
oneI Breckenridge"
A QUESTION OF vERACITY
The Letter Has Been DiSav0wed
Twice by the Plaintiff.
Major Moore on the Stand Again-The
Defendant Likely to Tell His Story
to the Court To-Day.

WASHINGTON, March N.-The defense
In the Observation-Disclosures trial took
new tack to-day and ventured upon the
troubled sea of expert testimony. Two wit
nesses well known in Washington, DR.. T..
NJ. Schaeffer, the deputy coroner Of the
District of Columbia. and Mr.. Edwin b.
Hay, an attorney, who is something Of
LEGAL Chauncey Depew, appeared for the
Kentucky Congressman, and their state
ments were directed to the subject of the
contention that the hand OF Madeline Pol
lard penned the black-bordered letter writ
ten in 1854. which she has most emphat-
ically disavowed twice over on the witness
stand. Great stress is laid by the defense
on the authenticity of this letter, not be-
cause it runs counter to the testimony of
the plaintiff that Colonel Breckenridge first
called upon her at the Wesleyan College Of
his own volition, but because they think
If she can be proven false in one important
detail her whole statement will be i'm
peached. The signature to the letter also
goes to support the opening statement of the
defense on a minor detail, namely, that
Miss Pollard had adopted at that time the
middle name Of Breckenridge. This letter.
which has figured so conspicuously in the
case, and which the defense will fight to get
IHS Jury, w eSASy NOA-
lege. July 20 1884" 1t reads:
Dear Colonel Breckenridge: Your letter
came To me Saturday l am glad you told
me II would be inconvcnient to come out
here TO the college, for II you had gone TO
ever such little trouble to listen to what
sometimes Ov5rburdenS a school girls mind
you might be inclined to be provoked with
yourself. a preachers opinion of any little
affairs Of mine would cause premature gray
hairs, where your opinion might clear
away all doubts and fears and let me be
prepared you for divorce case; but listen,
II is worse than that If a certain person
should advance funds for my tuition here
at school for three years under the promise
that marry him at the expiration OF the
time, could he do anything II L would not
marry him, but teach and refund all he
had advanced? / know you think, why the
deception? But on no other terms will he
agree. When girl wants nothing but a
gCod education, and means to obtain such
are denied her. what Is she TO do but take
the only chance she is ever likely TO have?
l liked your. face, and l am sure l would
like you, and If at any future time you are
in the city and would care to come around
remember that home faces are always
welcome. / am very respectfully yours,
MADELINE b. POLLARD"
For time to-day the keen cross-exam-
lining power of Judge Jere Wilson, whose
work has been awaited with interest by
his fellow-lawyers. was brought into play
1t was first exercised Major Moore, the
chief OF police, who was called back to
dispute some of Miss Pollard's statements
regarding the two interesting interviews in
his office during which Colonel Breckenridge
repeated his promises to marry her, and
afterWard Mr.. Wilson stirred up such a
cloud of verbal dust around the expert
testimony of DR.. Schaeffer that the spec
tators hardly knew whether the letter rur-
ported to have come from the plaintiff to
the defense or the reverse. Tomorrow
bids fair to be the great day of the trial.
for unless the cross-examination of two in
tervening witnesses is too long drawn out
the silver-tongued Senator will himself
mount rostrum of kind in which he has
not figured before and will begin his YER
sion Of the long intrigue.