Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-04-12

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absence.
After some delay DR.. Mary Parsons. thu
friend OF Miss Pollard, was produced as
the first witness for the plaintiff III
rebuttul. First, Mr. Carlisle was an xions
to have her testify regarding the slip oi
paper bearing the notice Please name my
baby Dietz Downing" pasted in the record
book of the Washington Eoundline
Asylum, which had been discussed the
day before. 1t was intended to prove by
Or. Parsons that the slip was not decorated
by the handwriting Of Madeline Pollard
but Mr.. Shelby interposed reminder that
the court had sustained the objections OF
the plaintiffs when the defence desired to
place the label on the infant in evidence.
us Mary Mckenzie in court now ~
asked Mr.. Wilson, before DR.. Parsons left
the stand.
'''She is" the doctor answered. and O
colored woman of middle age, wrapped in
black shawl, took the stand.
DO you know where this baby that has
been spoken of was born?" she was asked.
IN my house on Seventh street, be.
tween Il and L Southwest" was the
answer.
What was its mothers name?"
"She was called Mrs. Hall"
Who attended her?'
DIR. Parsons"
Did you so with DR.. Parsons to take
the child to the asylum ?"
What did you do thereqt
"She stayed in the carriage" answered
Mary. ~ rang the bell. 4 lady came to
the door. She says have you got an
iinfant| | said, Ihave' Says she, come
IN Another lady came. They asked me
whose it was. ! said there was a slim on
its clothing. They asked me how old it
was. told them did not know, found
IL on the door"
Did Mr.. Hall ever come to visit Mrs.
so she claimed"
Did you ever see him ~
Not till to-day. recognize him by the
child" responded the colored woman,
looking directly at the gray-haircd Con.
gresham who sat before her.
Aunt Mary was not cross-eXamined,
The four mysterious volumes of Irving
which had figured in that part of the case
ccentrlns about the Norwood convent and
III which the disputed Christmas card had
been found, were placed on the witness
MR.. CARLISLE TAKES THE STAND.
Then Attorney Calderon Carlisle walked
to the stand and took the oath. This pro-
ceedlhg elected strenuous objections from
me defence; Mr.. Shelby contending that
the matter had been fully threshed over in
the direct examination.
Judge Bradley remarked that the deposit
ions OF the two nuns, Sister Agnes and
sister Augustine, carried the intimation
That the card might have been put into the
book by Attorney Carlisle or Attorney
Johnson, He said that such intimations
against the attorneys would not be be.
lleved by anyone, but since they had been
conveyed the gentlemen should be allowed
to clear their skirts.
Mr. Carlisle took the stand and said.
II am able to swear that from the time
took that book from the bookcase until
discovered in it the Christmas card, no
other hands but mine and those of Sister
Agnes touched it. was looking for hand
writing 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
IT'S edges turned up or curled and had on
seen. compliments of W. S. d. There
was also the invisible net and the pressed
rose leaves. When / found them my
client was sitting in an opposite corner of
the room and my colleague, Mr.. johnson,
was some distance away. No one but nv.
self could have put those things between
the leaves of the book when our party
was there, and say to you, gentlemen, ON
my oath, that did not do it.''
One of the jurors inquired whether they
had been there before or after he found
the, card. a question which Mr.. Carlisle
said he could not answer certainly until
he had sent to his office for a memoran-
DUN. Meantime another Juror asked to be
allowed to examine the book in which the
card had been found.
The statement of Sister Agnes that the
card had been ldog-eared OF bore evidences
Of having been rolled was characterized
by the attorney as distinctly inaccurate.
lie dld not see the card again until it was
brought into court.
On consulting his memorandum Mr.,
Carlisle found that the bookcase had not
been opened until after his visit to the
adjoining room to consult the records.
Had It been opened, however, during that
absence he thought he would have heard
II, as the door between the two rooms
stood ajar. and he heard constant CONVEX
,ation between Attorney johnson, Miss
Pollard and the sister.
MISS POLLARD AGAIN.
Once more Miss Madeline Pollard was
brought to tine witness stand.
did you ever know woman named
Moilie ShinGlebowerr' was the first ques-
ion.
II never did"
did you ever know John Brandt?,
81 never heard of him until his deposi
ion was taken for this case"
Did you ever know Lena Singleton 2r
Never, until she was brought into this
,ase."
Did You ever meet John Brandt on the
street and go riding with him ?'
Most assuredly not"
Did you ever at Wesleyan College or
elsewhere tell this defendant that you had
yer Lad improper relations with John
fhodesp'
81 never did" was the emphatic answer.
WASHINGTON, April 10. There was
OH foot in the circuit court this
morning of which the spectators did not
eceive the benefit.
Judge Bradley held letter in his hand
n which he seemed deeply interested. He
allied up to his desk three of the counsel,
dessrs. Carlisle, Wilson and Butterworth
exhibited the letter TO them, and the four
nut their heads together over the document
or ten minutes.
Then one of the jurors was called I'm.
md the consultation was prolonged for 10
minutes more.
1t is thought that the cause of the con-
erences was enc of the anonymous letters
which have poured in by bushels upon all
he court officers. the lawyers and every
'erson interested in the trial. The Judge
ecelves dozens of them every day, making
vi sorts Of suggestions.
Alter the consultation Attorney Carlisle
esumed his argument for the plaintiff.
CLEdhED THE COURT.