The morning call., 1894-03-28
MISS POLLARD'S WRITING.
BRECKENRIDGE TO TESTIFY.
Expert Opinion on One of the
Letters.
The Defendant Will Probably Take
the Stand To-Day in His
Own Behalf.

WASHINGTON, March 27.-The defense
in the POlard-Breckinridge trial took
new tack to-day and veDtured upon the
troubled sea OF expert testimony. Two
witnesses, well known in Washington.
DR.. L. NJ. Schaffer, the Deputy Coroner OF
the District of Columbia, ana Edwin b.
Hay, an attorney who is something of
local Chsuncey Depew. appeared for the
Kentucky Congressman. and their state
ments were directed to the support OF the
contention that the hand of Madeline
penned the black -bOrdered letter written
in 1884, the writing # which she has most
emphalically denied twice on the witness
stand. Great stress is laid by the defensr
upon the authenticity of this letter. not be-
cause il runs counter to the testimony OF
the plaintiff thai Colonel Breckenridge
first called upon her at the Wesleyan
Academy of his own volition. but because
they think that II she can be proven to be
false in one important detail her whole
-tatement will be im oeached. The sigma
ture TO the letter also goes to support the
opening statement OF the defense on
minor detail. that Miss Pollard had
adopted at ttat time the name OF Breckin-
ridge as a middle name. The letter,
which the defendant will fight to get be-
fore the jury. is as follows:
WESLEYAN COLLEGE. July 20, 1884.
To Dear Colonel Breckuridge: Your letter
came 10 me Saturday. i am glad you told me
IL would be inconyenIent 10 come out here TO
the college, for II you had gone to ever such
little trouble TO listen TO what sometimes over
burdens schoolgirls mind you might be in
clIned to be provoked with yourself.
preachers opinion Of any little affair OF mine
would cause premature gray hairs where your
opinion might clear away all doubts and Tears
and let me be quite free hearted again. have
prepared you for divorce case; but listen, ii
Is worse In n that.
If a crrtain person should advance funds for
my tuition here at school for three years under
the promise that / marry him at the expiration
Of that lime could he do anything If you'd
not marry him and refund ali he had advanced :?
L know you think, Why the deception? But on
no other terms will | agree When a girl
wants nothing but good education and means
10 obtain such Is denied her, what is she To 90
but axe the only chance she Is likely TO have?
l liked your face and am sure would Ii you,
and II at any future time you are In the city
and would care TO come around remember that
home faces are always welcome l am very re-
spectiully yours, MADELINE b. POLLARD.
For the first time to-day the keen cross
has been awaited with interest by his fel-
low lawyers, was brought into play. 1t
was first exercised on Ma aior Moore. the
Chief of Police, who was called back 10
dispute some of Ms PoIlard's statements
regarding wo interviews in his Office dur
ing which Colonel Breckenridge repeated
his promise to marry her. and afterward
Mr.. Wilson stirred up such a cloud of YER
bal dust around the expert testimony of
DR.. Schaeffer that the spectators hardly
knew whether the latter purporied 10 have
come from the plaintiff or the reverse.
To- morrow bids fair to be the great day of
the trial, for unless crOss-examining Is too
long drawn out the silveT-haired defendant
himself will mount a roslrum Of a kind in
which he has not figured before, and will
begin his version OF the long intrigue.
At the opening of the case this morning
| Chief of Police Moore was put on the
stand by the defense and testified with
reference to interviews in his office be-
tween Miss Pollard and Breckenridge. On
| cross-examination he admitted that great
deal was said during those interviews, and
il was entirely probable he had forgotten
! part of it, He also reaffirmed the state.