The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-20

physician and of Mss Polard's school
friends, and there was some conlncthg
testimony regarding her age, which IS q
disputed point, the plaintin asserting that
she was but seventeen years OF age when
colonel Breckinridge met her. her ldentlt-
cation by Sister Cecilia was not complete
and remains to be fastened, If it can be-
by the writing found in the volumes OF
Irving, said to have been presented by Miss
Pollard to Sister Cecilia, of Pueblo Col,
formerly superior of the Norwood asylum,
near Cincinnati, resumed. When the
t tri9l was commenced this morning, MISS IS
Pollard was sitting nearly in front OF
Colonel breckenridge, with only the auStere
sister from the house of refuge beside
her, her other unknown friend being for
the time absent. Replying to Attorney
Carlisle's question: Sister Cecilia said that
she had good memory for names, bur
affirm positively that Miss Pollard had
been an inmate of the Norwood convent,
nor could she say that she had not.
Mr.. Carlisle inquired whether any pa
TENTS in the asylnm had been in the habit
of yelling themselves, to which the sister
replied: There We're two or three ladies
there was danger OF being recognized by
visitors from Cincinnati"
Sister Cecilia remembered that three or
four ladies had come there from Cincinnati
in the spring Of 1883 in carriages but when
asked If there had been a patient by the
name OF Burgoyne answered, THE name is
not familiar to me-
The cross-eXamination was very brief.
SISTER Ceceiia saying III answer to Mr..
ButterWorth that she had held several con-
versatons with Miss Pollard since her ar
rival at Washington.
DIR. Belle Buchanan.
DR.. Belle buchanan, of Cincinnati. took
the stand amid a buzz of interest from II >
spectators. She said she was n practich
physician in Cincinnati in 1852 she and Is1
Perry, CMrs. Kan0 renting the house join
~, where they lived. ~
do you know the plaintiff in this case , y
asked Mr.. Carlisle.
u do" u.
when did you first know her. X
II first knew her in the summer Of l8t'
when she came to my house, in CncinnaH 4
from st. Josephs founding asylum r.
Bond Hill. sometimes called Norwood, ne.
Cincinnati" =.
DO you know from what she was sufrr
ing"
= do1she had given birth to a Chi
Can YOU state how long prior to conf.
to your house the child was born 81
Il should say about ten weeks"
During this part OF DIR Buchanan'S ten
mony Colonel Breckenridge busted himt&
reading newspaper. 4li
DIR. buchanan said Miss Pollard. or .
son, was about eighteen when she w 81
her house. She had recognized the TX =.
tiff last February when Miss Pollard c. "
An affidavit by Mrs. wesleyana Roi1i. Oh
son, wife of William f. Robertson q,
Cincinnati and daughter of DIR. Brown =.
1884 was read by Mr.. Carlisle The q,
had been a student at the seminal :.
Madeline Pollard was there. and - p a..
given by Miss Pollard letter, to b n /,
on the night Of her graduation in ~, YAs
She had last seen the lette-a, m 10.
h Wifhont b save eoJ it t. Colonel sn'
~, .n,, of MnO2' IN
The appearance of~Msss "
seems 10 me is that of gin ~
1875 pounds straight, lithe-limbedt Az vxtry.
townlike. apparently thirty years old. with
Celtic, the mouth cOmhatve, the chin with
drawn, the cheek bones very high and
covered with round, pear-formcd checks
She has eyes which light up, are not eva
sive and are not afraid. She would yASs,
il we did not see her here for a clerk
tied in marriage, or fairly strong" Willed
maid, country school teacher or inha bitant
of some part of neighboring Maryland The
wonder is that a man of fine connections
should have kept her acquaintance 50 many
years, Just at present ColOnei Breckinrid"e
and the judge are the two great persons IN
issue here. lie wants evidence omitted; tn
Judge seems disposed to pass it in The
fast clock marks 9. The middle juror
is fast asleep. This trial is costing some
body money time. Here are about nine
lawyers worth $50 apiece day, some of
whom have been flying over the country a
month to take deOoSitiOns. JCre Wilson
states Shelbys position to be that OF a
man who took dispositions as long as he
wanted to, and then when the other side
asked to take a deposition III turn replied
that he had~ceaSed to be attorney for that
earnestly. The judge asks o queS;jpr which
leaves doubt on TIE public mind. The
jury would be excused by tive Judge but
plaintiffs counsel object, III they nave