The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-27
RRECKINRIDGES DEFENCE.
.,yt.e TO PROVE an hLIBT ON soME
or MISS POLLhRD's CHkRsEa

places when Miss Poiiard Says Ne Wss
win Her II ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wsos
p.,o.s. that Hs w-. O-es E-e.s.s ts
her. esd Aieek Juiis-. the Biins MS,
Tell. the story OF the Hosk Marriage.
v,surxdroN, March 2e.-CoL Breckinridgo's
.,,o,nsys gained point to-day by the decision
:, Tudes Bradley to admit to record certain
S.rositions that had been objected to By the
.,.in,ifTs lawyers. The particular object OF
,.o,s read was to prove an allbi for Col Breck-
,nridr. As an escape from some Of the charges
,..ds against him By Miss Pollard. There was
ii,tl. interest In to-day's proceedings. until
,owsrd the close. when the deposition was read
=, Mr.. Julian. who claims to have been q
,.rty TO a mock marriage with Miss Pollard.
H. h,, not yet been decided when Col Breck-
,rridee shall take the witness chair. but It Is
,houeht that he will do so during the present
-.sk 1t now seems to be pretty we'll UNDER
,tood that his line OF defence will be that
rbn, he was victim OF the woman's wiles. he
i.innoeent OF some OF the more serious OF the
acts charged. To this end his lawyers will at
,.mpt to prove that Miss Pollard got her dates
mi1ed. and that. therefore. her testimony on
u.nv points is not deserving Of belief.
Judge BrsdIey's appeal to the newspaper
,.nr.sentatiyss to publish as little as possible
o,th. Indecent portions OF the testimony 10
Generally endorsed by the lawyers. and By
.oo,e Of tn ON is said to be an Indication Of the
Judges purpose TO eventually exclude from
n. court room those who spread sensational
,eports regarding the trial for the sole purpose
Of bringing out disgusting incidents and Cos
ain and with no desire to faithfully report the
proceedings OF the court. Judge Bradley has
l.en much comm ended for excluding women
from the court room. and for turning
,rsya majority OF tho persons who attempt
TO crowd into the court room to satisfy mere
IDLE curiosity. The Judge IL now confronted
by smother question that causes him some
embarrassment. 1t is well known that his
particular reason for excluding women from
the trial was that . large portion Of those who
attended the first day were women Of the
town. He therefore issued the order exclud-
ing all women excepting those connected d.
reetly with the case. To-day . Joint committee
,rotc the womens Press Club aud the Wo~
mems Business Associations called upon
him and requested that q delegation from
their organizations be allowed to attend
the sessions OF the court. They explained
that they were actuated By no motive OF Curl
osi,y. but that they wished to make prom
inent the fact that women engaged In the
cause OF doing good have the same rights as
men aud also to give their encouragement to
one OF tneir own number who 10 endeavoring
TO provo in legal way that the same code Of
morals eNltts u ulhu ds ioE - "oheu. euu
that the time is fast coming whom 1t will not
be possible for q man to escape the conse-
quences Of his evildoings and allow the wo-
man to suffer alone. 1t is not ret known what
action Judge Bradley will take In regard TO tho
application.
Tho trial to-day opened with . long legal
opinion By Judge Bradley on the admissibility
Of dispositions In behalf, of the defendant. to
which counsel for Miss Pollard made objec-
tons These objections were argued before
Judge Bradley on Saturday. and his decision
may DO called a draw as far as the legal as
poets are concerned. but It is really somewhat
ola victory for the plaintiff who succeeded in
having some OF tho dispositions. all OF which
were in behalf OF Col. Breckinridge. ruled out
as Incompetent and immaterial. He sup
ported the claim OF the plaintiff that whsn
dsposiions were presented to the court 1t
had the right to exclude them. and that
failure to object to matter in these
depositions before the trial began did
not operate as 4 waiver OF the right to ask
for is exclusion. Judge Bradley admitted the
depositions OF q dsponent uamed Brand and a
few others. because they were material: ex-
Guided the depositions Of John o. Toole. DR..
Lewis. and Dr Green. and oveErnled the OBJ,
Raakin Resell. to whom Miss Pollard was en-
gagged, but held that certain parts Of Rosell's
PantiH.s, counsel As to the DISPOSITIONS OF
ja judge Bradley .aid he Would be- V glad 60 s1:
elude them u he had legal riEht TO do SO. on
in court. He made an appeal to the Newspaper
men not to publish the discussing details con-
Pss isi:d. :af sRS'SA DEALT
with tho character OF Col A. W; swops, who
as sssa Ok SS scnnasd c .Ss
latter; DR.. Lewis dsposed that Col swops had
asked him to perform an operation on . Miss
or not she was Madeline Pollard, When part
sm Of Il I wa. ,sfsa It Gaissd howl among COL
swSpe,s relatives and irlends and they yigor-
olsly denied what Dr. Lewis had told and pro-
M Mr. Carlisle took exception to the ruling Of
lions that were not overruled.
There we're only two depositions In the four
ss Both of these bore ' one fncd.nts
N Miss Pollard's life. one on her engagement
toa middle-aged carpenter and her refusal to
take her to Europe. and the other on her mock
marriage mari Y az The house Of sagiEe Tinsley to
Of Wood, the carpenter. in reference to his en-
gacemsnt TO Mes Pollard. was the frs: evil
j had never been mentioned before, This
G.g9.ilion called attention 70 Miss pollard,s
che had a written contract OF marriage was
Kin him " Wo 6tteeSinTidgs vas "a when 90 she met
Joseph @ HALEY OF Versailles. Ky. the Clerk
Of the WOodiord County Court was one 81 the
Witnesses whose deposition was admitted.
and 70 reading followed the decision OF Judge
TIaleY Its object was TO show that Col
itsckluTidgs was not in Lexington when Miss
,0!Iard says he was with her at Sarah Cess
mouse there In August, 1884. Miss Pollard
sal that tOl. breckenridge took her to the
house on Aug. 3. and he admits that he was
usTe with her Oh that day although assisting
that 4 was at her own invitation. Miss Pollard
testified that Col. Breckinridgs kept her with
MN a. this house for the two days following;
visiting her both nights aud on the third
Mofnine, Mr.. Bailey testified that Col.
EIeeSMTIdge was at the Woodford Circuit
touEtat hsrsailles on Aug. .. and produced
ms records 10 show that he was there as eoun-
e.. lor ~ u. Brown. who was charged with
h-'deF. Mr.. Bailey also made reference to his
trLgr book 10 show that Col, Breckinridgs Was
~ NrIsaI!!es on several dates included within
M7p1F!gu Hiss Pollard says he was carving
u "'s l!aisou with her in Lexington:
w cross examination he said that Versailles
,A' y niles from Lexington. and that some
tAlss col ErSckinrldge drove over from Lex
iAGlon Ia uugRy. At times he remained all
t!LhI AMI on oJher days drove back to Lex
Ih-tOl on the day he had to come. Occasion