The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-27

onel BrecL,nridue was elsewhere AT times
when Miss Pollard says he WAS with her.
The denoaatfons Of William G. wood
carpenter of Lexington. was read next
This was one OF the depositlOns admitted
this morntrg 10 evidence. subject 10 spe-
cifc obiaot;nn= lie had met Madeline
Pollard ba s.id. IT the house OF Mrs
Kean. al snfckaway, near Lexington.
about MAY. lS.1 and at Miss Pollard's
invitation he called again and again. and
within couple u months he and Miss
Pollard became engaged to be married.
Il said when w we're married 1 would
take her 10 Europe. When n came near
20 The date for setting me time told her
I cruid not lake her % Europe-it was
too fNr and I was broke She flew into a
passion and took of the ring / gave her
and thra,v IL 40 me. ! picked the ring
I'D II was a gold ring, and cost 500
"Vhat dfd she cay at this timer
81 thinir She said 1 was rich and could
afford IN take her 20 Europe"
"Did the engagement continue long af-
ter thatg"
THAT ended it.
The danonent said he was forty-two
years old at the time and Miss Pollard
was a Young woman CrOss-examlned.
Mr. Wood said. iu answer TO a question.
hat his brothers ana the old man
kicked about the engagement, and said
n he hro,e the engagement they would
holm b,r, nav for a house he wanted to
hn, - couid not get cut Of IL honoraby.
and told Them so said Mr.. Wood. but he
practioaliv admitted that he would have
r,srriod bor n 10 han not been for the
Interforonce of ais brothers; in fact, that
no looked for an excuse to get out Of the
agreement with Miss Pouard'
,rbor, ,,,as "a stir In the courtroom as
AR e,ou said. Of will read the deposit
lion of Mr. tleck Julian" The deponent
said no vr.s f0rty-twO years old, lived
near prifreport. Ky. and had known
Miss Pollard ah0It fifteen years. Mr..
Iuliap Is blind AMI Miss Pollard has re-
ferred to MIN 4e Ny hind sweetheart"
"mv modern Harnabas' He was not
blind when be- met Miss Pollard, about
1919. The night of December a. 1859.
Christmas eve. -four months after he be-
came blind, be had spent az the house
of Squire Tinsiey. Miss Pollard was
there TOO The next morning Miss Pol
lard and the rest of the company drank
egg-nogg. Then they went to the parlor
and began talking about matrimony, and
some one proposed that he and Matte
lust then very hilarious and Miss Mat
tie said: Here IS the man who will
marry me-" and the Squire performed "A
mocl-marriaee for them. Julian and Miss
Matte sat in the parlor alone for "A while
after this. and Mss Pollard. who had
been drinking too much. made the al
legged proposal. Julian testified that once
hc had kissed Miss Pollard but other
wise he had never taken liberties with
her She WAS then about eighteen years
Of age.
4 question as to whether he had ever gone
riding with "a Mr. Roach brought the first
specific objection from the plaintiffs coun-
sci. ON the ground OF irrelevancy, but
Judge Bradley allowed IL 10 stand. He
had gone to Lexington, the deponent said.
in lsS3 with Dir. Roach. and had been
invited 10y Miss Pollard. in a note sent
him, 10 call on fer at the house of her
aunt Mrs Keau but be had not done
so. Miss Polardfhsd written him note
lust after this. 4ulian was asked what
it's contents were, but Mr.. Carlisle OBJ
iected TO The answer being read, as Julian
was blind and could not know Of his own
knowledge what the note contained. The
objection w3E Sustained.
"JusfisSi .sed Her Once"
IulIAn was AOinlNfitl 10 ttll UpW h'
lost his sight.rHe had gone to Shelby
Vile Fair. carrsins a revolver belonging
10 friend. who did not want TO carry IL
because bis gir sAs with him. he goi
10 the fair after drinking two pnts of
whisky and several gills more. He had
tried TO have some fun with a negro by
pulling the pistol on him, and when the
negro begged him not TO shoot he said,
'Wen, I'l shoot myself" and put the
pistol in front Of his face. He thought
there was nothing in the chamber on
which The trigger fell. but there was, and
that was how he became blind. He said,
on cross-examination. Miss Pollard was as
nice IL girl as there was I'm the commu-
nifty. and he had never seen her do, or
heard Of her doing. anything that was not
modest and chaste. with the exception of
the mock-marriage. and that the incident
that followed was result of her intoXica-
ton. lie had kissed her but once. That
was on bridge. and the depcnent said
he did not know whether he put his arms
about her or not Il just kissed he
said. "and / kissed her right" Oaugh-
terD
This concluded the reading Of the depo-
sitous. and the court adjourned until
tomorrow morning.