The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-04-07
TESTIMONY CONCLUDED
The Breckenridge Pollard Scandal
Nearing the End.
ARGUMENTS TO BEGIN ON MONDAY.


~ Is Now Believed That the Case VIII
Reach tho Jury Wednesday Next.
Further DsnisIs by Both Plaintiff and
Defendant.
WASHINGTON, April THE stream of
testimony In the Pollard breckenridge
litigation, which had grown TO be exceed
ingly wearisome, was brought to its close
yesterday. The final rebuttal and sur-re
buttal consisted Of more denials by the
plaintiff and defendant, leaving the final
status of the case what it has largely been
shrovshout, a question of veracity be-
tWfsn the parties to the Illicit intrigue.
Madeline Pollard took the stand to purge
herself from the stain of the mock mar
rage with Blind Aleck Julian, MS well as
to repeat, with the dramatic emphasis pc
culiarly her own, the denial that the
agreement to marry between herself and
Colonel Breckenridge had been anything
but contract made in good faith, on her
part at least. She was very much the mis-
tress of the situation she had been on
her former appearances, determined to
tell her own story in her own way, and
succeeding In her determination, as well
as In keeping the corps OF lawyers for the
defense in a flutter of apprehension lest
abe should get away from their control.
Miss Pollard said she had hever known
and had never seen the woman named
Mollie Shinglebower NOW Mrs. Miller,
nor Brant and Kaufman, the two men
who testified that they had known the
plaintiff aR an inmate Of house of i'll fame
In Lexington. Miss Pollard also denied
knowing Lena Singleton, the keeper of a
Lexington house, in which Mollie Shin
glcbower, kaufman and Brant swore
they SAW her
Did you ever go driving with John
BrsntS" she was asked.
"Assuredly not, Mr.. Carlisle, I never
did"
did you ever know Hiram Kauffman."
81 never did, and never heard of him
until this defendant brought in his lying
depos ition."
"Now. Miss Pollard, did you tell this
defendant in w csleyan college the day he
called that you had been improperly init
mate with Mr.. Rhodesi"
II never did There never could be n
circumstance which could warrant me
telling such n lie on that poor -old-tlead
-faImcr," and Miss Pollard emphasized
every word
Did you ever have any such relations
with Mr.. Rhodess"
mo, Mr.. Carlisle, no-no-noI'' and
eRch negative Gs distinct as it could be in
its emphasis
did YOU tell the defendant that you
had been once to the gate of Sarah Cess
house with Mr., Rhodes, US stated by the
dtfendantt"
"No, did not I never knew Sarah
Cess, nor went to her house. nor saw her
gate flntil ! went with my arm in his
through TINT gHtu-let me say that she
cried, raising her hand as Major Shelby
tried to interrupt
'"rhe defendant says your improper in
timacy with him commenced ON Aug. /,
the day he came TO see you at the collegei"
alt did not, and it was not until Satur-
day night, when he took rae to Sarah
Cess, and he knows 1t as well as l." said
Miss Pollard, fairly Kissing the last
words.
"He says that during the oprriage ride
on Aug. he took you in his lap"
"lndeed he did not, was the emphatic
o.. ..,,, ,,,,,., ,,,, .,,,,.,,,
OF George Eliot as your ideal the night OF
shat carriage ride. Is that soS"
"lIer name was not mentioned. did
not ever speak of George Eliot until was
there in that miserable room over a mat
tress store before my baby was born, when
ha brought mo q set Of George isiiOts
works. | thank him for it now--=it has
been great benefit to me- with a bow
to the defendant.
'Ihe defendant says he pat si0 hill
into your hand At the conclusion of the
carriage lidp?'
"1hat's as false a statement as he ever
made" said Miss Pollard, with emphasis
on the he AT no time could any man
put n $40 bill in my hand"
Aud so on through the whole Of her final
examination the plaintiff denied in terms
most positive the allegations of tile de
frndaut, and Al the conclusion the general
opinion WIS that she had scored victory
as positive as h'r dcnials.
Colonsl BrsckiGridge repeated, In all the
various keys of neen;ion in which his
silvery tongue Is skilled. the denial of the
story OF Mary Naucsy the cGorcd cook and
other vital details Of the plaintiffs case.
There was departure from the usual
order when Two of Miss Polard's Ettor-
nsys, MIR. Claderon Carlisle and Mr. w.
G. johnson, We're sworn ut witnesses to
clear their skirts from the insiuuatinns
that on their visit to the Norwood convent
they might have slipped the Christmas
card into the volume Of Washington lrv-
tng's works which has played so important
apart in the trial
There was a colored woman called
"Aunt Mary" on the stand of most re-
mRrksble faculties, for although she had
never before seen Colonel Brpckinridge
she recos nized him from his likeness to
the oue.day-old child, which has played so
Important part in the trial.
When he came into the court room Col
onel Breckenridge seemed to be in high
spirits, rtmarking TO Major B,uterworth,
81 feel like school boy at the prospect Of
aholiday tomorrow"
He was not To have the holiday, how
ever, for the day IL being speut in ergu.
nasnts by the lawyers over he instructions
which they will ask the judge to give tho
fury upon the strictly Legal aspects of the
case,
Arguments to the jury will begin Mon.
day morning, so that the case will prob
ably close by Wednesday night There
will be two speeches for each side. Mr.
CRlderon Carlisle will make the openiug
address for the plaintiff, and will lie fol
lowed By Colonel Phil Thompson for
merly member of congress from the
Blue Grass state. Major Ben Butter
worth, ex member from Ohio, will close
for the defense, and Judge Jere Wilson,
ex-msmber from Indiana, will giys Tie
Anal plea for Miss Pollard
Tho prevailing impression that Colonel
HreckinridEr would address tnc Jury Is
.nistske. Said Mr.. Desha Breckinridger
the son Of ~, defendant: Father will
place himself, as he has in his POLITICAL
campaiE Us, in the hands OF his frlends'
MI The Weather.
2 Fair, slightly warmer, winds shifting to