The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-06
ALIBIS 10. POLLARD.
Evidence Against the Plaintiffs
Character Discredited.
BRE0KINRIDGE's LOVE LETTERS.
Mrs. Lowell Explains from Recollection
the Contents of the Missves to "My
Dear Sister Louise," and a Colorcd Cook
Tells of Love Scenes,

the Contents of the Missives to "My
Dear Sister Louise" and a Colorcd Cook
Tells of Love Scenes. .--5
WASHINGTON, April 8.-Rebutting evil
dence for Madeline Pollard was the order
of the day after the case for the defense
had been closed. There was first some
conflicting testimony regarding the birth,
death and name of Miss Poliards second
child, the plaintiff herself being called as
witness for her opponents to relate how
1t had been sent to foundling asylum
OF course the slender woman kept the OPP
posing attorneys on the anxious bench for
fear she would get away from them and
help her own case, as she had done under
cross-examination The child, she said,
had been taken when only two hours old
Qn accordance with promise to Breckin-
ridge to the foundling asylum on Four
teenth street. The next time she saw the
child it lay dead at an undertaker's estab-
lishment.
The rebuttal brought forth several pco-
pie from Kentucky, three Of them cousins
OF Miss Pollard, to prove an alibi for her
In reply to the deposition of Mrs. Miller,
nee Shinglebower, Hiram Kaufman and
John Brandt, the witnesses for the defense
who had attempted to blacken her char
meter. Mrs. Miller had sworn that in 1877
and 1873 the plaintiff was stopping with
an aunt five miles from Lexington and
acting improperly with men in the neigh
borhood, John Brandt among them, but
according to her witnesses she lived in
Pittsburg from 1876 to 1870 with an aunt.
Mrs. Mcclellan Brown, wife of the
former principal of the Wesleyan institute,
Il tpI or Ir of tn,
Rossell, and incidentally exhibited n pho
tograph of Miss Pollard taken in 1884, the
year in which she first met the colonel.
The photograph corroborated the testi-
mony that Miss Pollard was at that time
a schoolgirl, her dress reaching to the
top of her shoes Mrs. Brown declared
that 1t was utterly impossible for young
man to hold a young lady in his lap for
an hour and n half at time. Young In
dies were not permitted to see young men
alone at all, and never to see them but
once n week. The young ladies received
their visitors in public, in the public
rooms.
She last saw Rossell on the occasion of
the literary contest, when Miss Pollard
won the great victory for her society
bright, but not deep" was the descrip-
ton she gave of Miss Pollard's mind on
cross-examination. "You would hardly
expect schoolgirl of that age to be deep.
The victory she won was notable" the
witness continued, "because of her youth.
Her opponent was much older"
"Iudging her youth from her represent
ationp, 'oterposed Colonel Phil Thomp-
son.
NO, from ar appearance" declared
Mrs Brown.
Mrs. Louise Lowell was recalled and,
over the objections Of the defense, per
mitted to tell the substance of the letter
TO My Dear Sister Louise" CThis is the
letter Miss Pollard claims to have received
while she was at the convent near Gin
cinnnti under the name of Louise Wilson,.
When pinned down to telling the sub
stance of the letters Mrs Lowell related.
ale spoke Of the great disparity between
their ages, of his great love for her and
think used the expressions that he never
knew two OF such different ages who
loved each other SO well. That was the
tenor OF the whole letter and of other
similar ones which followed it. In one he
spoke highly of some manuscript which
had been sent him for criticism and told
how proud he was of the person TO whom
the letter was . ressed. lie told how
impatient he was TO get away from the
duties which kept him from her, and de
scribcd in glowing terms the meeting they
would have when he returned. lie eau
toned her in one not to leave her letters
around, as people might look into bureau
drawers. Once he called her Little Spit
fire. or Dear Miss Spitfire,' and told her
to stand before the looking glass and give
herself seolding for him"
During her cross-eXaminatiou Mrs Low
ell said that she had told friends in gen
eral way that Congressman Breckenridge
had her write love letters for him, but
could not imagine how Miss Polard's at
torneys had got hold of the facts. The
letters had been handed to her written in
Colonel Breckinridgc's hand, and she
had copied them and returned to him the
manuscript and copy.
Another witness WAS the colored cook
from the house on II street, where Miss
Pollard had lived with Mrs. Thomas, who
declared that Colonel Breckinridge had
said to her last April that he wanted her
to como and cook for them when he and
Miss Pollard began housekeeping in the
fall. The colonel had called at the house
two or three times day during the
months of April and May, taking Miss
Pollard in his arms and kissing her even
ailef MS secret marriage 10 MIS-. W ing.
There We're many love meetings, and the
basket that belonged to Mr.. Rreckin
ridges former wife was frequently brought
out during these meetings.
Mrs. Minear, the landIady of the La
fayette square house, testified that Miss
Pollard was there Aug. 81, staying for q
few days. frhis contradicts the statement
of Brcckinridge that the plaintiff was not
In town that month";
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