The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-03-30

! of his paying for The schooling. she was
| to marry him She asked if he could
compel her to marry hm--a strange uues-
| ton for a school girl-and also said that
she had sub itted her person 10 Mr..
Rhodes. He told her that she was not
obliged to carry ont the contract She
then asked him to take her to an enter
tainmcnt on Vine street, and he consent
ed
That Col. Breckinridce had called
closed carriage that night was denied
1t WAS declared that Miss Pollard had
made the proposition that they ride in
stead Of going to the concert aud the
counsel said that during the course of
that ride aud without the use of seductive
means, but in that way which occurs
when woman is not averse to such
things, an Illicit relation was established
OH the first night he had been with her.
The defense will be partly denial and
partly explanatory denial that Col
Brcckinridge seduced Madeline Pollard;
Il at she gave birth to Il child at the Nor
wood convent; an explanation that she
trapped him into a promise to marry her
on the mutual understanding that the
promise was only devise by which she
was to withdraw from his life and be
able to break Oft her relations with Mrs
Blackburn. The long continued illicit re-
!at;ons between the two are admitted
without excuse or palliation except ref
erence to the inherent weakness of human
nature, but the orator, spokesman, rep
resents that he was often anxious to
break them off. but was always inveigled
irt" continuance by the young woman;
tnat she followed him. demanded money
from him and compelled his promise to
marry her under threats, several times re-
peated. and emphasized by u display of
pistols. Moreover, it is promised to be
shown that Miss Polards early life had
not been one of virtue before the silver
tongued orator crossed her path. This,
in substance, is the defense, but it has
many branches and side issues.
Washington March 23-The reading Of
depostions was taken up late yesterday
afternoon. Madeline Pollard was seated
beside her lawyer, Judge Wilson, talking
to him, with smile playing across her
face, and once as she talked she glanced
over her shoulder at the white-haired de-
fendant Before Attorney Stoll had pro-
ceeded far with his elocutionary effort,
Miss Pollard and her company rose and
gllded from the room, nterrupting for a
moment the reading. The first deposi-
ton was that of Sister Augustine, of the
Norwood convent asylum, where Miss
Pollard was at first confined. This sister
had been for years at the convent, did
not recognize Miss Pollard who had been
at the convent and said there had never
been hut one Louise Wilson there, and
hn 70 A. f,1l
The entries on the convent books under
the name of Miss Burgoyne corresponded
| with the dates which Miss Pollard and
DIR. Street had given of her admittanoo
to the asylum, the birth of the child and
her departure. The name of the child
on the record was NJ Gertrude Burgoyne.
According TO the recollection of the SISTER
| Miss Burgoyne had visited the convent
twice after the child was born. The
child, Marie Gertrude Burgoyne. had died
III July, 1880. When Miss Pollard was
told OF this, the sister deposed she had
thrown up her hands and run from the
room. but when she returned there was
no evidence Of grief III her face. Several
otier minor depositions were read and
court adjourned until Monday.
Washington. March 26.-The Pollard
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both the plaintiff and defendant being
present. The reading Of deposltions was
resumed. Saturday afternoon Judge
Bradley executed a bit of strategy on the
newspaper men who had gathered to hear
the arguments over the admisabilty Of
certain dispositions taken for the defense
a whisper passed among the lawyers and
they slipped one by one into the judges
consultation room adjoining the court
/ room. A uniformed 5aiiff standing at
/ the door denied admission to all but the
| legal forces, Col. Breckinrdge and his
son, Desha There are three dispositions
to which Miss Pollards attorneys make
their principal objections, the point in
volved being the relevancy of testimony
bearing upon Miss Pollard's character
One Of the depositions was made by Alec
Julian and referred to a mock marriage
said to have been performed at Squire
Tinsley's house. Another was the Ro-
seele depostion. the latter claiming that
Miss Pollard had asked him to take her to
Chicago. The third was from DIR. Lewis
of Lexington. whe afiirms that Col
Swope asked him to perform a criminal
operation upon a woman whom he called
Miss Pollard. IIe could not, however,
identify the plaintiff.
Washington, March 27. - There was
great interest to-day to learn the decis-
ion Of Judge Bradley upon the admis-
sibility of the depositions impeachins the
character of Madeline Pollard. which the
Breckinridge forces had offered. and to
which the plaintiff opposed numerous OBJ
jecticns Judge Bradley admitted some
but ruled out others. The deposition Of
one Kaufman was admitted. but the
judge spoke very sharply of the last two,
saying that they We're utterly unfit to he
read before the courts; that he would
gladly exclude them If he could and ex-