Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-16

medical treatment from Dr. Buchanan and
| took her meals in her own room, as she
| was not able to go down stairs. This DR..
Buchanan was the same one who testified
| in this trial.
What do you know of visit of de-
PENDANT to DR.. Street while you were in
! the asylum?
Mr.. Breckenridge thought 1 would be
well enough to leave the asylum in ten
days after the birth of my child and i was
TO meet him on the eleventh day. 1 was
unable TO leave however and Mr.. Breckin-
ridge was then at the place appointed, and
upon my failure to appear went to DR..
street to find out where and how / was.
| you see the defendant?'
Yes; on one occasion. at Mrs. Rhodes +"
WHO furnished you the money for your
stay at the asylum and in Cincinnati?'
Mr. Breckenridge, Of course"
He Was the Father
Miss Pollard who was the father of the
child you bore on the 10Th of May, at the
Founding Asylum"
"lIr. Breckenridge"
Had you ever before meeting Mr.. Breck-
inridse. at any time or place, had sexual
relations with any MANI"
No. n-e-v-e-rr'
Have you ever since YOU met Mr.. Breck-
inridge, at any time or place had sexual
relations with any other maa?'
Nc Newer! -
THESE answers We're made in the most
impressive and earnest manner possible.
MISS Pollard went on 10 tell Of the visits
OF MI Breck1nridge to ner at night when
she had room on the first floor of Miss
Hoyts house in Lexington and of their
visits to Sarah Guests house when her
room was upstairs.
We're you ever at Sarah Guests hoi1se
with any other man than Mr. Breckin.
RIDGE"
Certainly not"
Had to Leave.
Miss Pollard went on to tell Of her COM
ing TO Washington, because, as she said
| she had to go somewhere away from Lex
lngton. When she reached here she went
10 boarding house on II street now
known as the Elsmere From there she
went to the corner of 18th and f streets,
kept by Mrs. Hemingway She was knnwn
there as Mrs. Charles Foster Mr. brock
lnridge stayed there one night The next
morning Mr.. Sam Watson of kentucky
went TO Mr.. Breckenridge at the Arlington
and told him that Mrs. Hemingway knew
OF this and knew also that he was Mr.
breckenridge and not Mr. Charles Foster
as he had tried to pass himself eff M
watson told him that Miss Pollard would
have to leave the house This he com
municated to her in the course of a con-
Versation in a walk on F street From this
house she went to st. AIMS Convent Asy-
lum.
Convent Life.
She used to go out every evening to meet
Mr.. Breckenridge. The sister in charge
told her she must not do that Witness
said she must, and the sister in charge
said she would have TO leave there then:
she went then to DIR. Mary Parsons and
asked her where she could go, and DR.. Par
sons told her of a house in South Washing
ton, belonging to a colored woman known
as Aunt Mary, and Mr.. Breckenridge took
her there. She remained there until her
child was born. DR.. Parsons attended her
Mr.. Breckenridge paid for the attendance
She left this house on the Sth of March
1888. She went thence to the convent on
Massachusetts avenue between 18th and
18th, and remained there two years and six
months. While she was at Aunt Mary's"
house defendant visited her three or four
times a week Once. however, he went to
New England to make a speech. and was
absent three weeks or more. While at the
convent she was employed a part of the
time in the government service and MARI
of the time she was studying Mr. Brock
iEridge used to come to see her three or
four times week. After leaving the con-
vert witness went one week to mol 5 street
northwest. Her brother was here then
Then she went to live at Mrs. I.:Dpetts in
jefferson place. She then went to Cam
bridge, Mass, where she was for six
months, and then returned to Washington
The Wife's Basket.
Mr.. Carlisle then showed witness an on
velope and she identified the writing on it
as Mr.. Breckinridge's She was then asked
to look at the contents and see If they were
the same as when she received the envelope.
She looked at them and said they were
tickets received by Mr.. Breckenridge at Lex
lngton for the Columbian exercises in New
York and also for the worlds fair, and he
had sent them to her to use.
here Mr.. Carlisle produced the little work
basket identified by Miss Desha as having
belonged to the late Mrs. Breckinridge,
The witness was asked about It and said !.
when Mr. Breckenridge was leaving town
last summer at the close OF the session Of
Congress, he came for me in a heriic tn
take me to the train. He brought in with
him this basket and when he brought n
he said. Madeline, l want you to have :his.
IL was lssys basket and she cared for II
and l want you to have it, took II and
/ appreciated it very much"
The Third Child.
! In March, 1898, the witness went on in
| response to questions, she was again in
delicate health, approaching childbirth. Tho
fact was known to Mr.. BRECKENRIDGE, and
he had admitted his responsibility in the
| presence of Maj. Moore and to Dr. Lincoln
| The result was a miscarriage which oc-
! CURED at 1919 II street She was attended
/ by DR.. Taber Johnston. Mr.. BreckinrijCe
J was then not in Washington.
The witness here identified six letters re-
! ceived by her. and which she said were in
the handwriting of Mr.. Breckenridge
Letters and kilograms.
Mr.. Carlisle next came forward with
! some kilograms in his hand, which the
/ witness looked over. She said she had
received them and they were all kilograms
/ from Mr.. Breckenridge to herself
/ AT whose instance Miss Pollard" asked
Mr.. Carlisle, did you first use an assumed
! Nance"
/ Before the witness replied there was objec-
| ton by the attorneys for defense, who
! were engaged in examining the identified
kilograms and letters, and Mr. Carlisle
withdrew his question.
Mr.. Butterworth in a minute or two
/ handed back the kilograms to Mr. Car
/ Isle. Then Mr.. Carlisle resumed his ex-
animation.
The witness said that Mr.. Breckenridge
! left Washington Wednesday, May II, 1893.
} Mr.. Carlisle then read the letters and