The Portland daily press., 1894-03-20

by EmOt1On-She declared Unat Sne
Wanted to Make Breckinridge Suffer
as He Had Made Her Suffer-An Ap
+ peal to the Jury Greeted With Signs OF
Disapproval-A Reference to the Silver
Tongued Orator
Washington, March 19.-Madeline
Pollard continued her romantic history
in the Circuit court today. She did not
appear to be nervous or concerned over
the prospect when she arrived in the
| court room this morning, few minutes
before 10 O'Clock. Her experiences OF
Friday had evidently given her conf
dence in her ability to cope with the
MIN ble- minded Major Ben Butterworth
whose usually equable temper was some
what ruffied by the covert irony OF Miss
Pollard in her answers to the Majors
pertinent questions.
Miss Pollard's repartee on Friday gave
such promise of an interesting day with
the plaintiff on the stand that the court
room was crowded long before the hour
when the court convened. Judge
Bradleyss instructions to the bailiffs, that
only members of the bar, newspaper
men and persons concerned in the trial
would be allowed in the court, had
evidently little effect. -:
As soon as bhe court had been formally
called to order Miss Pollard took the
stand an6 Col. Breckinridge laid down
the paper he was reading. There was
some surprise when Mr.. Carlisle, her
own attorney, began to.examine her in
stead of Mr.. Butterworth.
Miss Pollard, have you ever been
married?n asked Mr.. Carlisle.
"No, Mr.. Carlisle"
"Who was the father of your child
born in CINCINNATI"
"Mr. .Breckinridge."
"Who was the cause of your pregnancy
in May, 1882"
"Mr. Breckinridge."
"You spoke of meeting Mr.. Breckin-
ridge at the Public Library; how was
that?"
81 met Mr.. .Bleckinridge at the Public
Library to talk about the trouble with
Mr.. Rodes, and when | met him there he
said he would take me to tho house of
dear friend of his, and he took me to
the house of Mrs. Rose, an assignation
house, and all that day he tried to make
me yield to him, but did not. stayed
there that night, but not with him."
What did you do after leaving Mrs.
Roses house?"
"We walked about the streets of Gin
cinnati; he fiattered me; he told me of
the wonderful future I had; he told me
how much ne thought of me; he said the
schools of Lexington were much cheaper
than those of Cincinnati, land that ii
went there he could arrange satis-
factoriIy the trouble with Mr.. Rodes.D
"How did you come to go TO Lexing-
ton?n
az do not know; cannot explain the
mans wonderful power of persuasion;
could not resist him;
Twas Completely in His Power;
he said he wanted me to go to Lexington
with him that evening, and suggested
that he send Telegram to the principal
of the college signed by my mother and
calling me home; he sent that telegram
and / left sor Lexington in the afternoon
train and met him; he took me to the
house of Sarah Guess"
Miss Pollard" asked MI. Carlisle,
"did you continue these improper rela-
tions with the defendant up to the 18th
day of May, 1882" (This date was nearly
a month after Mr.. Breckinridge's secret
marriage to Mrs. Wing).
ayes, up to the 18th day1of May, 1898. I"
Mr.. Butterworth then took Miss
Pollard for ross-examination. and con-
blIluGu Uuc UucStlOIS AO DCSdh l. 11doy,
inquirins Ininutely into her early life,
what she read, what she thought. She
said in answer to these questions that
she was an Episcopalian she had been
brought MP that way; she had an
ambition to be a teacher and had not
given up that ambition She admitted,
in response to Mr.. Butterworth, that she
appreciated the value of character and
reputation that teacher must have,
only too we'll. Indeed I do know what
it means to have a reputation and then
have it swept away at one blow"
Mr.. Butterworth wanted Miss Pollard
to go into detail concerning her life in
Pittsburg, where she visited her aunt.
"Did you ever read anything while
there that pure minded, virtuous girl
should not read?"
II did not"
"You never went out into company
that was not good for young girl?"
"Nevern
"Did you ever go into society, Miss
Pollard, while you were in Pittsburgh
81 was foo young to go into society"
Miss Pollard said she spent not quite
a month in Bridgeport, KY, but. Mr..
Butterworth did not desire to know
about that visit at this time. He asked
why Miss Pollard left Pittsburg, and
Miss Pollard said she was lonely and
wanted to see her people in Kentucky.
Mr.. Butterworth read part OF letter
sent by Miss Pollard when ayoung girl
to her schoolmate, Wessie Brown, now
Mrs. Wesleyan A. Robinson of Cincinnati,
in which Miss Pollard told of being so
praised by phrenologist that her aunt,
with whom she was..stopping. and whose
little daughter had not been praised had
sent her home.
WAS that how you came to leave
Pittsburgh" asked Mr.. Butterworth.
"Why, that aunt is not my aunt in
Pittsburg at all, that's my aunt in
Kentucky" was the quick reply.
Mr.. Butterworth read Miss Pollard's
account in this letter of how she met
Mr.. Rodes, who paid for her education
on condition that she should marry him.
Miss Pollard was not satisfied with
Mr.. Butterworth's emphasis on parts of
this letter, and she asked HIM to have
Mr.. Carlisle read 1t. II don't mean to be
rude Mr.. .Butterworth," she said, but |
am terribly in earnest about all this and
want it right"
$50 do l." said Mr.. Butterworth. Mr..
Butterworth read the Wessie Brown
letter in segments, asking the witness
for explanation on certain points, and
Miss Pollard explained them quietly,
but with just a little suspicion of a
tremor in her voice. There were tears in
her eyes, too, and she was not nearly so
su;-ht or,I ba uvoS- ON E,;,l,v