Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-19

have seen these references in the pape rs
to q mock marriage at Squire Kinsey's
house." said Miss Pollard, "but as
sure you l know nothing of it. 1t could
not have happened, for my uncle George
was there and uncle George was dread
fully strict.
"Did Mr.. Julian ever make love to
you-ever caress you ?" asked Mr.. But
terworth.
"No-he did not dare" said Miss
Pollard, as if the suggestion were an
insult. "Mr. Julian was more afraid of
my uncle than any other man."
Miss Pollard said her visit to Squire
Kinsey's was on invitation from the
squire to her uncle and his family,
including herself, to come there
and drink eggnogg. They went
there early Christmas morning. She
drank too much eggnogg and it made
her feel sick, so she went home. Julian
was there, but she persisted in her
statement that there had been no mock
marriage with him.
Maj Butterworth read letter signed
by Miss Pollard and addressed to Owen
Robinson, in which she said E'to forgive
is to be divine and I am determined to
be divine for once" 81 am willing to
confess that | am guilty of very I'M
maidenly bit of conduct" said the let
ter with reference to sending valen-
tine. sit was silly" the writer ac-
knowledged. She also asked if Robin
son thought she was grieving because
| Mr. Poo oh ha1 toll n hin,cn1f tho
woman of his choice, and said she was
just recovering from an attack of pneu-
monia. Robinson was called "You
naughty laddie" His picture was the
thing she wanted most in the world,
she said. She asked him to burn all
her letters and wanted to know if it
were true that he and some young lady
were going to site the knot" This
letter..was dated Snickaway, near Lex
ington, in March of 1888, and Miss Pol
lard acknowledged the authorship.
Mr.. Butterworth also read another
letter, dated September, 1888, to Owen
Robinson, beginning "Friend Owen"
and in this Miss Pollard referred to the
good time they had had together.
There was nothing lover-like in this
note except lock Of hair enclosed in
it. Miss Pollard inspected this, and
said it didn't look like her hair was at
the time.
Questioned about Owen Robinson,
Miss Pollard said he and another boy
who were students at the Kentucky
Military Institute used to come to her
aunt's house frequently and 81 liked
him extremely, but there was no love
aflair-no eugagement-we were just
sincere friends"
Miss Pollard had recovered from her
nervousness of the morning and there
was but little suspicion of tears as she
answered Mr.. Butterworths questions.
Here came the first sensational Incl
dent of the day Mr. Butterworth
handed Miss Pollard letter with
deep black border and asked her if
she had written it. She read it care
fully and then dramatically pronounc-
ing every word distinctly, she said
81 did not write that letter. | did
not write it. However much it may
look like my handwriting, | did not
write it and no one can know it so well
as the man who is sitting there. An
expert has done this letter."
Now, Miss Pollard. don't talk that
way" said Judge Wilson.
"When Mr. Breckenridge came to see
you at the Wesleyan Seminary the first
time, did he say anything about having
any business in Covington ?" asked
Majo Butterworth
mo sir, he said he came to see me
and he almost overpowered me with a
glance as he said so"
She said in answer to Major Butter
worth, that she had heard Of the de-
PENDANT before seeing him, and had seen
him once while she was talking to her
aunt before she met him on the train
going to Frankfort.
Major Butterworth and Miss Pollard
went all over the ground, covered so
fully in her previous testimony, about
the call of Col. Breckenridge at Yves
leyan College to see her about the
trouble with Rhodes, how he turned
aside a question on that subject and
said sob, let's talk about you;" how
he took her driving in closed carriage
on a hot night, to talk over Rhodes's
claim, etc, etc.
In reply to Major Butterworth, Miss
Pollard said Col. Br eckinridge began to
take improper liberties with her in the
closed carriage after they had been
driving an hour. He first asked her to
take off her hat because it was hot;
then he took hold of her hand and she
pleaded with him and successfully re-
sisted
"Was his conduct offensive or lascivi-
Gus ?" asked Major Butterworth.
"He did not make it so offensive as
it might have been-he covered it up
in so many little artful ways. When
we got out in the country he kissed me
and I protested, and he said, why, my
child, I am old enough to be your faith
err"
"Did Col Breckenridge look like he
does now?"
"Yes-very much the same-he was
not quite so stout nor so red-faced."
This caused a slight laugh.
Chow much farther did he go after
kissing you?' asked Mr.. Butterworth.
"He went no farther wrenched
myself from him. He was humble and
tried to take my mind off his bad &C
tons. He spoke of when he was little
boy and of his love for his first wife,
Lucretia Clay. He appealed to my in
tellectual sense and spoke in such
manner that my confidence in him re-