The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-03-29

room. uniformed DalllH StlndlnS at
the door, denied admission to all but the
son, Desha. There are three dispositions
to which Miss Pollard's attorneys make
their principal objections, the point in
volved being the relevancy of testimony
bearing upon Miss Pollard's character.
One of the dispositions was made by Alec
Julian and referred to mock marriage
said to have been performed at Squire
Tinsley's house.. Another was the Ro-
seele deposition, the latter claiming that
Miss Pollard had asked him to take her to
Chicago The third was from DR.. Lewis
of Lexington, who affirms that Col:
Swope asked him to perform criminal
operation upon a woman whom he called
Miss Pollard. He could not, however,
identify the plaintiff.
Washington, March p. - There was
great interest to-day to learn the decis-
ion of Judge Bradley upon the admis-
sibility of the dispositions impeaching the
character of Madeline Pollard, which the
Breckenridge forces had offered, and to
which the plaintiff opposed numerous OBJ
jecticns. Judge Bradley admitted some
but ruled out others. The deposition of
one Kaufman was admitted, but the
judge spoke very sharply of the last two,
saying that they were utterly unfit to be
read before the courts; that he would
| gladly exclude them if he could, and ex-
pressed the hope that the counsel would
see fit to omit the disgracefully obscene
matter in them. He sustained the OBJ
| jcctions which had been made to the
dispositions of John O'Toole, DIR. Greene
and DR.. Lewis, that they were based on
hearsay. DR.. Lewis is the physician that
testified that Col. Swope, the late Re
publican candidate for congress in the
:, Lexington district, had asked him to per-
! form criminal operation upon Miss
} Pollard. The dispositions of Mrs. Miller
and Of Roselle, who had been engaged to
Miss Pollard, while she was in Wesleyan
institute, were admitted the judge COM
menting that the plaintiff had placed char
acter and her maturity in a measure i'll
question by that clause of the declaration
which averred that she had been seduced
by the defendant, and that she was a
mere girl when Col. Breckenridge first met
| her.
Each side filed objections to the rul-
irgs against it.
Then Judge Bradley made a few re-
marks in the interest of public morality.
He said:
'The court has been deluged with an
onymous letters in this case, 1t is said
that any one who would write an anony-
ncus letter should not expect to have any
notice taken of it, and would do almost
anything mean. Some of these letters,
however, seem to come from females and
to be dictated by good motives"
Many of them referred to the publica-
ton of the details of the trial, and, while
the court could exercise no censorship
over the press, he suggested that the pa
, pers should omit the improper details, as
he thought some of these details if pub
lished would subject the papers to ex'
clusion from the mails as Dissent matter
Moreover, it was almost calamity to
the city of Washington and the country
at large that such matter should be car
3 ried broadcast into it's homes.
: The reading Of dispositions was then be:
whereabouts of Col. Breckenridge on days
when Miss Pollard claimed he was with
i her. The we'll known deposition OF
Julian, the blind boy with whom it was
claimed Miss Pollard engaged in a mocl
marriage was also read.
f Washington, March 2S-Attorney But
e terworth, of Col. Breckinridge's counsel
S kept the circuit court waiting for quar-
| Ter Ol I'LL HOUR anu LIel1 1dueu " itppcul
at the first session of the court to-day
Finally the defense called to the witnes:
d stand the chief of police, Maj Moore
!. in whose office there had been two prom
|: Uses made by Col. Breckenridge to marry
= Miss Pollard on May ID and II, 1893
o It was proposed to contradict some O.
- Miss Pollard's statements regarding thes
- interviews. Maj. Moore denied that il
y either of the two interviews Col. Breck
= inridge had said: 'This is one of life
e tragedies" or that he had said anythin,
s. about Miss Pollard bearing two children
: or being pregnant. In neither interview
q had Col. Breckenridge said: "She knew
+ I was married man when she took me,
n nor had Miss Pollard said: Eyes, CAV
J. myself to him.
% Answering further questions, the ma 10
d said that he had only made notes of wha
" was concluded; that Miss Pollard an
% COL Breckenridge had talked all tn
e. time. Miss Pollard seemed excited an
If doing most of the talking, while Co
W Breckenridge seemed cool. He would nc
ID pretend that he recalled everything Niue
had been said which he could not RI
:, member, as that part of the conversatio
~ h" had recorded in his notes would nc
70 have occupied more than half a minute
His attention had been called to the COZ
,e versatlon, but not for three months after
- ward.
:, The second interview, it was develope
1o under cross-examination, had lasted rea
ag ly an hour, and had been less excite
er than the first, Miss Pollard doing most {
ell the talking.
e. "This was the interview of the 18th
o. May, when Miss Pollard narrated III,
TT, she lay on the sofa. Col. Breclzinrda
I'd sat beside her, and afterward he toe
a her hand in his and your hand and prom
81. Used to marry her?' repeated Jude
ho Wilson, aiming to emphasize an o.
-. score.
90 Eyes SIR
e, Then when Judge Wilson asked if an
LII thing had been said or done in that il
en- terview to indicate that the promise
er marriage was merely scheme betwee
nd the two parties, not made in good fait
Ill. the defense was strenuous in it's obje
Ter tions, protesting that it called for {
ed opinion which should be the province