The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-11

Rreckinridge's cross-examination in
Judge Bradley's court. Mrs. Parsons
was called in rebuttal. the desire being
to establish the identity Of the hand
writing upon the slip of paper alleged
to have been attached to the clothing of
Miss PolIard's child. The defense did
not care TO have this evidence. but
Judge Bradley overruled objections and
DR.. Parsons testified that the slip shown
was the Identical one which had been
pinned To the child's clothing. and the
words. Please name my baby Dietz
Downing were in her handwriting.
Mary Mckenzie. a middle-aged col
ored woman, was next put upon the
stand.
"Do YOU know where this baby which
has been spoken of was born?' asked
In my house on seventh-st.." was
the answer.
what was its mothers name?"
''She was called Mrs. Hall"
who attended herr"
"Dr. Parsons"
Mary Mckenzie had gone with DR..
Parsons to the asylum and given the
child into the keeping Of the people
there.
Did NJ. Hall ever come TO visit Mrs.
Han?"
so she claimed
Did you ever see him.
''Not till today | recognize him by
the child" responded the cOlored woman,
looking directly at the gray-haired con-
gresham, who sat before her. The de-
Tense did not care TO cross-examine Aunt
Mary.
Mrs. Lucretia Marie Minar. the land
lady of the fashionable boarding house
a Lafayette square brought her account
book. which showed that Miss Pollard
had arrived at her house Aug. 81 1892,
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Col Breckenridge first preached the sub
ject OF marriage after the death of his
wife
The four mysterious volumes Of Irv-
ing, which had figured in that part Of
the case centering about the Norwood
convent and in which the disputed
Christmas card had been found. were
placed on the witness stand. Then At
torney Calderon Carlisle walked to the
stand and took the oath. Attorneys on
the other side objected, but Judge Brad
ley ruled that as the evidence Of Sisters
Agnes and Augustine might have
suggested TO the minds of the jurymen.
the possibility that the card had been
put in the book by Mr. Carlisle, il was
entirely proper that the latter should be
heard upon the subject. Mr. Carlisle
proceeded:
Il am able 10 swear that from the
time / took that book from the book
mas card no other hand but mine and
that of Sister Agnes touched 1T. l was
looking for handwriting in the book or
some other marks of Identification
While / was handling it L found between
the leaves this Christmas card which
did not have its edges turned up or
curled, and had on il the handwriting
which you have seen, Compliments Of
w S. D. There was also the invisible
net and the pressed rose leaves When
l found them my client was sitting in
an opposite corner Of the room and my
colleague. Mr.. Johnson, was some dis
tence away No one but myself could
have put those things between the
leaves of the book when our party was
there, and 1 say to you. gentlemen, on
my oath that l did not DO it
Mr.. Carlisle's evidence was fortified by
the testimony of Attorney Johnson, who
had accompanied him to the convent.
Miss PoIIard's Denial.
Then Miss Pollard once NOR took the
witness stand and made denial that she
had ever known Millie Shinglebower,
LeEa Singleton, John Brandt or Hirman
Kaufman, all of whom had deposed that
she had been an inmate Of a house of
III repute i'm Lexington She had never
heard of Sarah Guess until taken 10 her
house by Col Breckenridge; had never
sustained improper relations with
Rhodes nor told Breckenridge that such
relations had existed. She had not ac-
cepted money from the defendant at
the time Of her alleged seduction.
Miss Pollard also denied in all its de-
tails the story of the mock marriage be-
tween her and owen Tinsley on Christ
mas day 1883.
Miss Pollard said: Il never was sep
arated from Mr.. Breckenridge a day
during the nine years that L was in his
life, but" when she was stopped by
objections from the defense.
She received the letters addressed MY
Dear Sister Louise" and was in his
room every night he was under Mrs.
Hoyt's roof. She had never at any time
presented pistol at his head. There was
no understanding that she should de-
ceive Mrs. Blackburn or that she should
falsely represent to Mai. Moore that she
was TO be married. Col. Breckenridge
saw her use the work-basket many times
and said he was glad to see her use it.
With Miss Pollard's retirement
from the stand the plaintiffs re-
buttal closed. Then came in sur
rebuttal Mrs. Liddie, the matron of
the Washington founding asylum,
who made relatively unimpOr-
tant denial as TO the colored woman who
brought the child to the asylum. Then
Col. Breckenridge reappeared as a wit
ness and denied that he had told the
colored woman. Mary Yancey, that he
wanted her to cook for them when they
got to housekeeping; that Miss Pollard
was ever. to his knowledge. in his room
at Mrs. Hoyt's. This ended the testi-
mony, TO the relief Of everybody, for It
had been drawn out in a tiresome way
for several days.
The attorneys arranged 10 submit
their requests for instructions by the
court TO the jury on the legal aspects
of the case tomorrow and then the jury
was excused until Monday.
WASHINGTON, April 9.-Attorney
Calderon Carlisle. who is more deeply
versed in international law than in
breach Of promise litigations, consumed
today In the criminal court in a. review
of the testimony before the jury in the
Pollard Breckenridge case His state
ment was a detailed dissection Of the
evidence, delivered in a clear. dispassion-
ate manner, although at times the law
yer referred 10 Col. Breckenridge in very
scathing. but cooler-worded terms.