The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-03-21

WASHINGTON. March 1.-THE fifth
day of the Pollard-Breckinridge trial
was devoted by the plaintiffs attorneys
to celebrating the main points already
marked out by them in their case.
There were no sensational incidents, nor
was there any display Of belligerence
among the legal gentlemen.
Since his encounter of Monday even
ing with Attorney Shelby of Lexington.
Mr.. Johnson of Miss Poilard's counsel
has appeared in court but twice; not
that he anticipates trouble, but be-
cause he is engaged outside in working
up the testimony.
Miss Pollard was in court during the
morning, but left when her friend. Dr.
Belle Buchanan of Cincinnati. began to
testify concerning the birth of her first
child. Col Brecbinridge was there also
and so were some of his Kentucky con-
stituents, one of whom secured admis-
sion To the courtroom on the repre-
sentation that he holds membership in
the same presbyterian church in which
the congressman is enrolled.
Most Of the day was occupied by the
reading of depositions from a Cincinnati
physician and one OF Miss Pollard's
school friends, and there was some con-
flicting testimony regarding her age.
which is a disputed point, the plaintiff
asserting that she was but seventeen
when Col. Breckenridge met her. Her
identification by Sister Cecilia was not
complete and remains to be fastened, il
it can he, by the writing found in the
volumes of Irvings. said to have been
presented by Miss Pollard TO the con-
vent.
Sister Cecilia Doubtful.
The testimony of sister Cecilia was re-
sumed when the trial commenced this
morning. Replying To Attorney Car
isles questions. she said that she had
a good memory for names, but a poor
memory for faces. She could not af-
firm positively that Miss Pollard had
been an inmate of the Norwood convent,
nor could she say that she had not
dispute arose between counsel over
the question of admission as evidence
of the witnesses opinion as to the identi-
" of the young woman.
Judge Bradley said that if the ques-
ton as propounded was intended to
elicit the opinion of the witness as to
the identity Of the plaintiff with a GER
tain person who was at the asylum at
a certain time it was competent; if it
was intended to show that the witness,
from things she had subsequently
learned, had become convinced that the
plaintiff had at some time been an in
mate of the asylum it was Incompetent.
The plaintiffs counsel reserved an ex-
ception TO the courts ruling and then
framed a different question, asking:
What is your opinion as 10 the identi-
~ Of the plaintiff with a patient in your
asylum in May. June and July 1882"
which was also overruled, another eX-
ception noted and followed by the ques-
tion: What is your belief as to whether
the plaintiff was in your asylum during
those months g'
THAT is a question for the jury said
Judge Bradley Mr.. Carlisle inquired
whether any patients in the asylum had
been in the habit of yelling themselves,
70 which the sister replied that there
We're two or three ladies who Veiled their
faces when they thought there was dan
ger Of being recognized by visitors from
Cincinnati. Sister Cecilia remembered
that three or four ladies had come there
from Cincinnati in the spring of 1885 in
carriages. but when asked il there had
been a patient by the name of Burgoyne
she answered: ''The name is not
Familiar 70 me
Cecilia saying in answer to Mr.. Butter
worth that she had held several cOnver-
sations with Miss Pollard since her ar
rival in Washington.
DIR. Kane Is Saucy.
After the two sisters had retired the
reading of the deposition by DR.. Kate
Perry Kane Of Cincinnati. who had been
in the spring Of 1885. a member of the
firm of Drs. Buchanan & Perry was be-
gun by Mr.. Carlisle. Mrs. Kane remem-
bered that Miss Pollard had boarded in
their house as DR.. Buchanans patient,
under the name Of Miss Louise Wilson,
Identifying the plaintiff positively. From
the cross-examination in the deposition il
appeared that Miss Pollard had a mis-
carriage; that she was described by DR..
Buchanan as 'an unfortunate girl from
Kentucky" The boarder was under
stood to be an unmarried woman and
once after she had been TO meet a friend
at a hotel about some financial matters.
DIR. Kane asked why she did not marry