The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-13

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Angry.
Washington, March IAN exciting
scene, indicating the intense feeling be-
tween counsel on the opposing sides in
the Pollard case, occurred just outside
the court room when court adjourned
for the day.
! Counsel for the defendant rebuked
Mr.. Johnson, counsel for the plaintiff,
for his harsh criticism of Mr. Shelby
during the course of the afternoons
proceedings.
1 Hot words followed. and minute
later all the lawyers were pushing and
struggling in a bunch
Mr.. Stall, one of the defendants law
yers, struck Mr. Johnson, who acts for
Miss Pollard, an ugly blow on the
head. The men were separated before
more damage was done or more blows
passed.
Just as the encounter was over,
Judge Bradley strobe upon the scene,
demanding to know the cause of the
trouble.
Mr. Johnson, Mr.. Carlisle and Mr..
Wilson laid the case before him, stat
ing that the Kentucky lawyers had
made an unprovoked assault on Mr..
Johnson.
Colonel Breckenridge and his son had
started from the court house, but, see
ing the judge, turned back, the Con-
gresham saying, with evident excite
ment:
81 had nothing to do with this, judge.
L was trying to separate them; that
was ALL
Judge Bradley was very indignant.
1--WE cannot have this, gentlem en- said
he sternly; you must understand that
we cannot have such outbreaks. will
ascertain in the morning who is le-
sponsible for this and see that they
are properly punished
When seen at his office, Mr.. johnson
said: eve are not going to litigate
the case in Kentucky style. My ref
erences to the course of the defendant
counsel in court were perfectly justi-
fed by the circumstances which evoked
them. They We're neither commented
upon by the judge nor objected to by
the attorneys when spoken"
The pugilistic encounter was not the
only sensational incident of the day.
Miss Pollard was carried, sobbing, from
the courtroom and fell in a faint out
side the door, when the testimony aon-
corning the birth and death of her child
in 1883 was being given.
Tonight, she is resting quietly
The first witness called for Miss Pol
lard was Claude De La Roche Frances,
first cousin of Ward McAllister, and
nephew of Chamberlain Leo Kill He
had known Miss Pollard in 1898 and
frequently seen her and Breckenridge
together.
What was Colonel Breckinridge's
manner toward Miss Pollard?" asked
Attorney Wilson.
Extremely paternaI and very kind
very affectionate, Also
What was Miss Pollard's manner to-
ward him?'
Very respectful and affectionate"
Miss Pollard introduced witness to
Colonel Breckenridge once in the draw
ing room. AS witness entered he found
Colonel Breckenridge holding Miss Pol
llard's hand. He heard Colonel Brock
inridge ask Miss Pollard who he was;
whether he came to see her; also heard
Colonel Breckenridge inquire if he knew
of their engagement, seeming appre-
hensive that he might speak of it. Last
spring Miss Pollard asked him. in case
anything arose to make it necessary, if
he would give testimony She said she
feared Colonel Breckenridge was not
going to keep his word, and that if he
did not marry her on the day appointed
she would shoot herself Witness said
much to heart. Colonel Breckenridge
lis a distinguished man and all that,
but there are other men in the world
She said: There is no other but Colo
mel Breckenridge for me-" This Incl
dent occurred about the 18th Of May.
Something had been said about Colonel
Breckinridge's attention to Mrs. Wing.
DR.. J. Tabor Johnson, of this city,
having kissed the bible, asked the
court if he was absolved from all pro-
fessional obligations of secrecy. As
sured affiirmatively by Miss POllard's
attorney, he said that in May, 1893, he
called to see Miss Pollard, profession
ally She was suffering from mis-
carriage. While attending to her he had
seen several letters and kilograms, and
when Attorney Carlisle handed several
Colonel Breckenridge's. One letter,
dated at the room of the commissioner
on appropriations, House of RepreSen-
tatives, May %, told Miss Pollard to
do what was best most comfortable
and least dangerous; told her to put
herself under the care of her physician,
and incurred: 'sWhere does Mrs. B.
go from Washington? These were
read to the jury by MIR. Carlisle. and
then Attorney Stoll cross-eXamined
the physician, upon the details of Miss
Pollard's confinement.
Witness could not say whether the
miscarriage was produced by artificial
means, but found no evidence tending
to show that.
DR.. Mary Parsons testified tl.at in
1888 she attended Miss Pollard at
convent on Massachusetts avenue,
Washington and on Second street. In
the la ter place a male child was born
and paced in an asylum. Afterwards
she saw the child with its mother.
At this point in the examination a
muffled sobbing was heard in plaintiffs
direction. She was leaning forward
almost double and shaking convul-
sively. Her attendants were unable
to quiet her, and were compelled to
support her from the room. As she
passed the door she fell forward in a
faint and would have dropped to the
floor, had not one of the attendants
caught her. Then the doors closed and
the examination proceeded.
Asked what became of the child,
witness said it died Asked if Miss
Pollard had told her who the father
of the child was, Breckenridge and
counsel in chorus objected The OBJ
lection was admitted, but finally DR..
Parsons was allowed to say she called
on Breckenridge at his residence with
a bill from Miss Pollard for doctors
service He forwarded the payment
On cross-examination DR.. Parsons
said she told Colonel Breckenridge