Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-07
EVIDENCE ALL IN.
The Pollard d-Breckinridge Case
Drawing to An End.
Several Strong Points Made for Made
line in Closing Testimony.
ln!ima.cd Very Plainly that Breckinridge Has
Triiled with the Truth.

III tue puN WHO
says she attended Miss Pollard at the birth
of her child, Feb. 3, 1888, was the first wit
ness called by the plsiatiff, but the defense
made hard fight sgainst allowing her to
testify as to who wrote the Zip of paper
pinned to the dress of the baby which was
brought to the Washington Founding Asy-
lum. Finally she was allow ed to testify:
She ssid that she went to the founding
asylum and Aunt Mary Mckenzie, colored
midwife, carried the baby into the asylum.
The baby was the one born to the plaintiff
1t will be remembered thst Miss Pollard
says she wrote the name ''Diest Carlyle"
on the paper that was pinned to the dress of
the baby, while the paper itself has on it
"Dietz Downing" Mr.. Carlisle showed to
the witness the slip of paper pasted in the
founding asylum book with the name
"Dietz Downing" written on it.
"Do you recognize that handwriting"
asked Carlisle.
THAT is my handwriting,' said DR.. Par
sons.
TO Major Shelby she said that she had
given the slip to Aunt Mary to pin on the
child. She examined the slip and said
there were pin holes in it, indicating it had
been pinned to something.
Aunt Mary Mckenzie was the next wit
ness. She is an old colored woman, and
she testified she kpev plain if in +, ,bruary,
1883, as Mrs. Hail. when she gave birth to
child at the house of the witness on Sec
ond street, in this city. Mrs. Hall, she
said, was also suffering from heart trouble.
Aunt Mary said that Dr.. Parsons attended
Mrs. Hall in her confinement, and de-
scribed taking the child to the asylum.
'Did you ever see Mr.. IIali?" asked Car
Isle.
Never, until row, but | recognize him
by the child" said Aunt Mary. She was
looking straight ahead, and did not indicate
Col. Breckenridge, rer-any other person
present,
Mr.. Minear was recalled to disprove the
testimony of Col. Breckenridge that Miss
Pollard was not in Washington on one of
the last days in August, 1892 the time fixed
by the plaintiff when the first alleged prom
ise of marrisre WAS made. Mrs. Minear
produced her boarding house account book
which show ed that Miss Pollard had re-
turned to Washington, August 81, 1892.
The plaintiff clamed she reached Washing
ton during the last week in August of that
year from a trip Ncrth and that Breckin
ridge met her at the station and pTopOs, d
marriage that day in the carriage.
The xt witness was Carlisle, Miss Pol
lard's Junior counsel He told of the c.r-
cumstances relating to the discovery of the
Christmas card, which, it vas claimed, was
found by Miss Pollard in the book she had
given to the Norwood Founding Asylum
The deposition of Sister Agnes, which
was read some days sgo, conveyed the ia
ference that Miss Pollard or one of the at
torneys no was v ith her when she visited
the asy lum last Dect mbsr, had put the
card in the book to more clearly identify
her with the asylum and to help the plain
tiff's case. Mr.. Carlisle said that wht n he
went to the asy lum with Miss Pollard and
Mr.. Johnson only lie and Sister Augustine
touched the books IN which the card was
found.
Miss Pollard and Mr.. johnson were about
10 feet away from the table where the
books were. Carlisle said he opened one
of the books and found the Christmas card,
which was then not turned at the edges o.
mutilated as it WAS now. Il swear 10 you
on oath" CARLISLE sai1, "'tbat the words
Compliments of w. S. D. were written
on this card when | took it from that
bo k
VIM. G. Johnson, Carlisle's law partner,
who was at the asylrm when the card was
found, corroborsted the testimony of MIR.
Carl sic. He also said that when Miss
Pollard went to the Ssy lpm library She said
that she thought she hsd left r Christmss
card at the asylum when she was there in
1886, ard she asked that search re made
for it. The card. she said, was from Mr..
Wm. Seymour Davis. The initials on the
card are w. S. ID.
To the morning surprises in the Pollard
case Mrs. DR.. Parsons evidence that dis
puted thai the tag on the Washington born
baby wss actually written by her and not
by the plaintiff and Mr.. Carlisle's drs matte
statement as to how the controverted
Christmas card was found in the volume Of
Washington Irving sna that no one but he
and the sister in charge touched the book
case-were added two or three more sensa-
ionsl incidents when the plaintiff was re-
called to the stand.
In the afternoon Miss Pollard took the
stand and said she had never known aud
hsd never seen MOlie Shngebauer, or
Miller. nor Brandt and Kaufman, the two
men who testified that they had known the
plaintiff as an inmate Of house of ill-fame
in Lexington Miss Pollard denied know
ing Lens Singleton, keeper of the Lexirg-
ton assignation house in which Lena
Shuglebauer. Kaufman and Brandt swore
they saw her.
"Di0 YOU ever go driving with John
Brandt:'
"Assuredly not, Mr.. Carlisle, 1 never
did,"
..Did you ever know Hiram Ksufmsn?r
II never did and never heard of him
until the defendant brought in lis lyirg
deposi ion
Ibid you tell the defendant in weslevsn
COLI ge. the day he called, that you had
been improperly iafimate with Mr.. Rodes 2"
Il never did. There conld never be
clrcun stance which eouh warrant me I, IL
ing such a lie on that poor. old. dead
farner" Miss Pollard emphasized every
word.
.'Did on ever have any such intercourse
with Mr.. Rodes?"