The evening world., 1894-03-30

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The witness said that from that time
next October he had not seen or heard
OF Miss Pollard.
boarded there" % he added, " were were" per. sae
spected persons II the plaintiff received
ny one In her, room there at nights. as
rhe has said, l knew nothing OF IL. 1t
While Miss Pollard was absent from
Lexington during tn. Spring OF 1856, when
declared that he had no knowledge Of
her whereabouts and no communicable
with her. II she had written him under
box No. A.
Did You pay the plaintiff anything
Sshssssy Thsn you parted from her at Sarah
"I cannot use the word pay" replied
the Colonel. considerably. II paid the
expenses at Sarah Guess's and presented
her with q sum not very large, but
enough to pay her travelling expenses
Denies Debating Letters.
Continuing. he denied oil knowledge OF
the correspondence to Rhodes alleged to
have been written, dated from New Or
leans and other places In the South, by
Miss Pollard under his direction, nor had
he ever written a letter purporting to be
lloUl ltT 10 neT IHOtneT OF any OtHN
person. Their handwritings were so dis
similar that 1t would have been out Of
the question.
The letters from Miss Pollard to
had procured from the sister of Rhodes.
through Attorney Tenny. of Lexington:
He had never seen Dr. Mary Street. Of
ring to her description of him as small
man. he said. Il was no more of q
pigmy then than I am now"
movements IN the year 1856, until he met
Miss Pollard in August or September,
asserting that he had no knowledge of
Snr where s,sho she had been. or the reason for
been acquainted with Mr.. Rho Rhodes. M fr In
stead of being In Cincinnati OH Satur-
day, Aug; i: 1884. when Miss Pollard
brary. and afterwards visited an assiS-
| nation house, he had been engaged In
io:rt at winchester In the trial Of ollie
! all that month he had been greatly en-
gagged.
=" Did you meet Miss Pollard after that
first first meeting, In the Eall Of 1884,
worth
The Cincinnati Meeting.
",on the llth of October met her in
the western part OF the State, and
| from the East, l met her at the Grand
Central Depot in the morning, and we
SO tme we6 out where one eus
ness ana returning after supper. re.
mained several hours. returned tc
lexington in the morning. and she
did you present her any money!"
II paid the expenses. whatever they
The Congressman was able TO fix tina,
date, because there was a great Re.
publican meeting that night at which
, "YoT ,,, did no, not have The advantage Of @.
said Mr.. Butterworth
1T might have been an advantage to
me to ~, attend ,,,tf Republican meeting
parins the months ue q NovemSer e !0ant and
December 1884, and January, 1886, l saw
heF aSs SSh spoken pn he s Ar aPs in the the
March i was In Washington several
days, to introduce to the President some
gentlemen who were willing to serve
In poor health. and l returned on her
account She died on March "a.
First New. of un Event.
THE first time I ever had any infor.
nation from the plaintiff that she had
| been in a delicate condition was in the
Summer of 1881 In the Fall of 1892 she
desired me to obtain an office for a lady
| her physician on that occasion"
Her Information to me was that her
| trouble had occurred with her mother s
knowledge. under her mothers super
vision; that IT was through her mother
that loss OF character had been avoided
| and secrecy secured
During this passage Miss Pollard
friends had great trouble in preventing
her from making an outcry.
Mr.. Butterworth continued: How
often of e Gi9 ,ie5. you e. see the plaintiff in the
Occasionally, but not often. How
often i cannot say"
, Describing his movements In 1885 Col
the spSKe b III IN ms
barbecue given him by his constituents
and his attendance upon Confederate
reunions.
Why He Changed Boarding-PIaces
II am unable to recall a single in.
stance when / saw the plaintiff in the
year 1885," he continued. and then tell.
Ing how he had happened to stop al
Polard Hs W Goarded, he said that ie the noise ise
at the Phoenix Hotel kept him awake
ut night, and that friend had recon.
mcndcd the clearinghouse to him as a
The fac, that Miss Pollard was stop
ping there had nothing whatever to d.
with the change. He was receiving {
booEs, @ 3 part Of % Which he turned i over sG {,
the estimable old ladies', to Miss Pollard
and to another young lady there. II,
did not advise her concerning her read
ing.
"During that time were there any i'm
proper relations between your
None whatever. We met Just as
met the other ladies'. There was no sug
gestion, by word or syllable, that i'm
proper relations had ever existed be
tween U.S."
Il THE plaintiff has said that It was OF
account of your opportunities she cam.
to Washington. How was that?"
Tried to Prevent Scandal.
.I did everything / could do to preyen
her." said the Colonel impressively
and TO- prevent an open breach an'
scandal"
Where did you first learn OF he
purpose OF coming to Washington" Mr.
Buttcrworth inquired,
from on the plainiln, about about the third o
fourth week In August"
Continuing. witness said: "She cam
to me and said she had made up he
mind TO leave Lexington because sh
could get no employment there. and be
cause she was pursued by gossip abou
her relations with Rhodes. She SAT-
she had consulted Senator Beck abou
coming to Washington, and that he ha,
said tha: II was not a good plan 70
her to come to Washington. that
was the worst place for young woman
to come.