Evening star., 1894-03-20

him he,1"e from Cincinnati ne would Lave
come > Cincinnati and might have Traced
her 70 the founding asylum. or found her
az time when she did not desire to be seen.
MIR. Butterworth asked If he was not like
ly also to go to Towlesburg. She said she
was not at Towlesburg, however.
Hypothesis Objected to.
Objection having been made to question
ing the witness on a hypothesis Mr.. But
terworth argued that they had a right to
show the improbability of her story, of
the statement she made to reconcile the
testimony of her own letters Mr.. Butter
worth suggested that if Mr. Rhodes would
hunt her In Cincinnati he would certainly
search for her in little town that could
be searched In half an hour.
Judge Bradley said these letters were
not dated at Towlesburg.
hr. carlisle said the letters. though post
marked at Towlesburg. purported to have
been written elsewhere and to have passed
through Towlesburg pursuant TO the ar
rangement with the mother
Mr.. Butterworth withdrew his question
and then submitted to the witness letter
she identified as in her mothers hand
writing. Mr.. Butterworth did not read the
letter then. but asked to have a recess
taken, saying that this brought him to
another line of examination.
The court then, at l.: 80 took a recess
until lis O'Clock.
The Afternoon Session.
That the long-drawn-out cross-examina-
ton of the plaintiff is becoming tedious to
the general public was evidenced this
afternoon, when a rather small crowd was
in attendance when the trial was resumed
after recess. Quite Il number of seats
within the bar were vacant when Miss
Pollard resumed the stand, and the throng
outside the bar was limited. OF course
quite number of people sought admis-
sion only to be disappointed, and among
them were n man and woman, who, stat
ing to the baili1 at the door that they
were strangers, explained that they desired
to attend the trial one of thc points
of interest of Washington. The man was
told that he might enter, but that Judge
Bradley thought women cut Of place at
the trial. whereupon the couple expressed
their surprise and departed.
Miss Pollard was rather late in coming in,
being escorted by her counsel and Mrs. Ellis,
and clearly showed the effects of the long
examination she has passed through at the
hands Of Mr.. Butterworth. She was paler
than at any other period of the trial. and
she was hardly as alert in responding to the
examiners inquiries. Indeed. she appea 'cd
to be suffering extreme fatigue, and GER
tain degree of WEAKNESS attended her an
Swers. Yet, little of her self-possesSion
seemed to have escaped her. and she was
seemingly as careful in weighing her words
ever She was too, as distrustful ever
OF Mr.. Butterworth, and once insisted that
the original OF a letter, a copy of which Mr..
Butterworth proposed reading, should be
sent for by the sterOSrapher, that her
counsel should follow the reading.
Told Her Mother Stories.
When the ross-examination was resumed
Miss Pollard stat ID that her mother did
know where she was while she was in Gin
cin1ati, though she did not know the real
rea. on. She gave her mother several stories
to account for her abserce from Lexington.
Mr.. Butterworth sought to find out the
nature of these stories, but Mr.. Carlisle OBJ
jected to. this line of questioning. Mr.. But
terworth took the ground that it was OF
vital interest to his client to find out about
tn ese explanations, iraSmuch as his name
had been connected with them. Judge
Bradley said that his recollection of the ex-
animation was that 1t vas such as to make
such questions irrelevant, and he would
have to sustain the objection.
Continuing. Miss Pollard admitted that
her mother knew she was rot IN New
Orleans, nor in Mississippi. She insisted
that she had never in her life been in either
Of these places She was asked whether
her mother saw her while she was in Gin
cinnati. but Mr.. Wilson objected that this
was not in line with anything brought out
in the direct examination.
Miss Pollard again told of the letters Mr..
Brecllinridge told her he had written to her
mother on typewriter. Mr.. Breckenridge
also told her of scenes and places in New
Orleans. 50 that she might write of them
to her mother, as she had never been there.
She could not say that he had ever been
there, but he seemed to be familiar enough
with the town to give her points to write
about. Mr. Brecltinridge also mailed letters
for her, after she left the asylum, from
various points, that her mother could
learn nothing from the postmarks. Letters
from her mother to her were sent to her
by name in care of Mrs. Bergwynn. and
she was supposed to take them such
and turn them over to Miss Pollard.
The Contract With Rodes.
Mr.. Butte-worth asked as to the nature
of the contract plaintiff had made with
Mr.. Rodes. Mr.. Carlisle objected because,
as he said, the contract was in writing.
1t seemed as though the lawyers for the
defense were in possession OF all the letters
and papers Of Mr.. Rodes They had been
very active in securing all these private
documents, and the presumption was that
they had the contract as well. He must,
therefore, insist that before the case pro-
ceeded any further the defense pro-
duce this paper welh and Mr.. Butter
worth declared that they had neve- had
the paper, and Mr. Stoll insisted that in
asmuch the terms of the contract had
been fulfilled. the suppositon was that the
contract had been delivered over to Miss
Pollard, and was still in her possession.
Mr.. Carlisle withdrew his objection. Miss
Pollard stated that 1t was understood that
her expenses at school would amount to
about Si6O a year. and the agreement was
that MIR. Eodes should pay this, and for all
Olner incidental ana necessary expenses
The only letters. she said. that made any
reference to money matters were those
that were written from Lexington Those
supposed to be written from New Orleans
made no reference to this matter and
while she was in Cincinnati it was sup
posed she had some situation and was self
supporting.
The books that she had presented to
Sister Cecilia at the asylum, Miss Pollard
said, were the works of Washington Irving
that Mr.. Rodes had presented to her on the
Christmas Of 1884. The set was in four
volumes. One of the witnesses had testi-
fled that the set presented to the ASYLUM
was in three volumes, but this Miss
Pollard remarked, was a very natural
mistake.
On the night of October 30 he appeared
at Takoma Park at the residence of Judge
Miller and the adjoining house and also at
house he did considerable damage. IIo
next appeared about Mount Pleasant and
damaged the residence of Nick Young TO
the extent of several hundred dollars.
From there he made his way to the CITY
visiting several houses, and then he re-
turned to the county, and made his work
felt by more than one of the residents
Several imtatOrs soon commenced work.
ing, but most of them were captured and
are now in jail.
The officers will have another talk with
the prisoner this evening. Tomorrow he
will be photographed for the rogues' gall
lery and may perhaps be taken into court
for trial.
Mr.. Rodes supposed that while she was in
Cincinnati she had a DOsftion. and this SIM