The Portland daily press., 1894-03-28
THE COLOkEL'S NICE FACE
A Compliment in the Letter Which
Madeline Calls a Forgery.
EXPERTS IN HANDWRITING ON
THE STAND YESTERDAY.

that Famous Christmas Card Is Not
Over Five Years 'OId-This Witness,
However, Weakened Considerably I'm.
der Judge Wilson's Cross-Examina-
tion-A Lesson in Writing Illustrated
ON a Black Board.
Washington, March 27.-Hardly fifty
people were present in the Circuit court
room this morning when the Pollard
Breckenridge case was called. Chief of
Police Moore took the stand and::Mr.
Major Moore had already testified in be- ,
half of Miss Pollard. In answer to
questions from Mr.. Shelby, Mr.. Moore
denied statements made by Miss Pollard
on the stand with reference to what had
been said at interviews between Mr..
Breckinridge, Miss Pollard and the
witness. He denied that Mr.. breckin-
ridge had said, as testified by Miss
Pollard, @!ghis is one of Efe's tragedies
adding,th this young woman had borne
him two children. and that there " as a
third in prospect, to which, according to
Miss Pollard's testimony she replied:
Yes, Major Moore, | gave myself to
him." Some other minor things testi-
fed to by Miss Pollard in reference to
conversations in Major Moore's Office,
were also denied by witness. This con-
cluded his direct examination, and he
was turned over for cross-examinaJion to
Judge Wilson.
Major Moore said in answer to Judge
Wilson that his recollection of the con-
versations in his Office between the
plaintiff and the defendant, on May 10
and May II, was based almost entirely
ON short hand notes, which he had made
Immediately after the interviews. He
would hardly have remembered much
about the two interviews if it were not
for the short hand notes.
Judge Wilson wanted particularly to
know whether there was anything said
by Miss Pollard In the direction of or
suggesting that this was a sham and
deception that was being practiced on
Major Moore.
Major Moore answered.: "There was
not"
"What was his, (Breckinridge's) man
ner when he made these declarations to
you about marrying Miss Pollard?n
"Quiet.n
II want to know whether on that oc.
casion her manner did not indicate salts
faction and qualification over the
promise of marriage?"
Major Moore said; Her manner indi-
Dr.G. B. Schaeffer, deputy coroner of
the District of Columbia, was put on
the stand as an expert in hand writing
to examine the letter which Mr.. Breckin.
ridge says he received from Miss Pollard
in 1884, and which caused him to call or
her at Wesleyan college in Cinncinnati,
the week their intimate relations began.
Miss Pollard read this letter on the
stand and pronounced it forgery. And
no one knew better than that man
there" she said. indicating Col. Breckin-
ridge, that it was not written by me"
This letter has never been made public.
Judge Wilson examined Mr.. Schaeffer
carefully as to his knowledge of hand
writing and after an hours questioning
MIR. Wilson said he was satisfied DR..
Schaeffer did not have the necessary
qualifications of an expert, but Judge
Bradley thought otherwise and allowed
the witness TO remain on the stand.
Major Rutterworth handed DR..
Schaeffer the letter purporting to be to
Col Breckenridge from Miss Pollard,
which she claims is a forgery; another
letter signed W.C.P. B. and bundle of
Miss Pollard's letters to old man Rodes.
DR.. Schaeffer said he had examined all
Mr.. Butterworth, "having compared
these carefully as you state can you say
whether this letter here Zone of Miss
Pollard's acknowledged epistles) was
written by the same person as th1s?" lthe
letter claimed to be forgedl
"Yes, sir, they were written in the
same hand writing"
"Now, Doctor, hand you = Christmas
card, which was taken from work of
Washington Irving's. Can you state
whether the writing on it compliments
of WIS. d. has been written more than
five years?"
This is the card which the defense
claims Miss Pollard slipped into a
volume Of Irving at St. Joseph's Found
lings Asylum while she was there get
ting up evidence last December to prove
her claim that she was at the asylum in
1885, and gave birth to q baby there.
was modified, DR.. Schaeffer being asked
how long ago the writing had been done.
The witness answered that it looked as
thought it had been written not more
than three or four years ago. This was
the utmost limit, and it might have
been written within three or four
months.
Judge Wilson asked many questions to
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