The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-22

''wILLIE, COME OUT OF THAT"
After telling how peniLeut Miss Pollard
was, and her Willingness to agree to his
proposition to so out of his life
ana about a conversation with Mrs.
Blackburn in New York about Miss Pol
lard, Maj. Shelby gave the defendants
version of the incident told yesterday on
the stand by Miss Pollard how she had
gone to the house of Mrs Wing to see
Col breckenridge, and that Colonel
and Mrs. Breckenridge mad attempted
to hide from her behind some
curtains, when she said willie come
out of that, come with me-" Mai
Shelby said Miss Pollard forced herself
into Mrs Wings house and demanded
that Col. Breckenridge come with her to
attend to some important business. Mai.
Shelby admitted that Col. Breckenridge
obeyed. He referred to the visit to the
chief Of police and to the alleged attempt
Miss Pollard made on the defendants life
at the house of Mrs. Thomas, when Col
Breckenridge took the pistol from the
frenzied young woman.
Maj. Shelby acknowledged that Col
Breckenridge went to DR.. Lincon's and
ask him to do what he could to make
Miss Pollard comfortable He tried to
do what he could for her comfort, under
her claim that she was pregnant by him,
and if she had a child he intended to pro-
vide for that child.
PUBLISHED AN ENGAGEMENT.
She went to New York in accordance
with her promise to go out Of his life
under the arrangement proposed, but she
came back to Washington, and il was at
this time that Col. Breckenridge wrote
the letters about sending her to n san
itarium or TO some place where she might
bn a
at this time that the desperate woman,
said Mai. Shelby, took further means to
force him to marry her by causing the
publication of an announcement OF their
engagement
Now, gentlemen of the Jury, I have
shown you the relations of this plaintiff
and this defendant, without attempting
to excuse or TO coudone' said Mai.
Shelby, land l have been frank and we
will be frank in all we have to do here
and on the stand. We wish to conceal
nothing and will not do So"
HER MORAL CHARACTER.
There was another aspcccof this case.
said Mai. Shelby. No matter what sort
of action this plaintiff had instituted. the
question Of the plaintiffs moral character
should be taken into consideration She
claimed she had never been intimate with
any one but she defendant but il would
be shown that such was not the case. He
sketched various events that would
be testified to. The plaintiff
had denied that she went
through the form of a mock marriage
with Aleck Julian, and that she had ever
wanted to go to Chicago with Mr. Resell
Dispositions from these persons would be
introduced to show the contrary. 1t
would also be shown that she had visited
asslgnatlOn houses with other persons
than defendant, and that she maintained
some sort of intimate relations with Mr.
Rhodes, Mr.. Rosell and Prof OBermeyer
1t would be shown that she was not a
young innocent school girl of II, but an
experienced woman of 20 or p
Judge Wilson objected to a reference
of MAJ, Shelby to what had been dis
closed by Miss POllard's testimony, say
ing Maj. Shelby was going beyond the
bounds of an opening statement, and
Judge Bradley told Maj Shelby to keep
what he expected to show.
REVENGE HER OBJECT.
Continuing, Mai Shelby said this action
had not been brought for any other reason
but the plaintiffs expressly announced
purpose of breaking Gown this man, of
destroying his character and influence,
and of disgraciug his family, and all be-
cause she had failed TO force him to COM
marry her
Mai. Shelby maintained that mere
words did not constitute a contract when
the parties to it knew there was TO be no
compliance with that contract, and this
he claimed to be the case concerning Col
Breckinridge and Miss Pollard There
was in point of fact no contract of mar
riage between them, but merely a sem
blance Of an engagement in order that
DCl Ia ae1 a Vi ~,
allow Mrs Blackburn to have diverted
his suspicious concerning the plaintiff and
the defendant. On this state of facts,
said Mai, Shelby, the defendant submit
ted his case.
a SISTERS DEPOSITION.
There was a buzz when Mai, Shelby
sat down, and then, after a consultation
Maj. Stoll for the defense offered in evil
dence the deposition of Sister Agnes
Regina Brown, of the ST. Joseph Found
ling sylum, at Norwood near Cincinnati
Sister Agnes discredits all Of Miss Pol
lard's statements concerning the asylum,
and asserts that Miss Pollard had never
been at the asylum until she
came to secure testimony in her
behalf She dcposed that during April,
May and June, 1885, when Miss Pollard
claims she was there, there were no pa
tients whom she did not know, and that
none of the patients wore wells all the
time, as Miss Pollard testified that she
did. Sister Agnes deposed that Miss
Pollard said she had been in the hospital
under the name Of Louise Wilson. but
that no person OF that name had been in
the hospital at the time stated IL was
Sister Agnes who suggested that Miss
Burgoyne' might have been Miss Pol
lard's alias, and Miss Pollard promptly
claimed the name.
In regard to the four volumes of Wash
ingtOn Irving in the library, one contain
ing a Christmas card, there was much
in Sister Agnes testimony brought out
by Mr. :Stoll, when he took her deposi-
tion, intended to connect Mr. Carlisle,
Mr.. johnson and Miss Pollard with hav-
ing placed the card IN the book while
they were in the library
THE LITTLE LECTURE.
Sister Agnes described what Miss Pol
lard termed "a little lecture" Sister
Agnes had delivered to the plaintiff. Miss
Pollard had told Sister Agnes that she
did not expect TO get money from Col.
Breckinridge because he had none but
she did expect TO disgrace him. Sister
Agnes then said "When this is over. he
will still be Mr. Breckinridge and will hold
up his head among his friends while
you will be disgraced forever"
She said eyes, but he will not address
any more young ladies' seminaries nor
open any more prayer meetings" Sister
Agnes depOsed chat she had never seen
Miss Pollard until she came with Messrs