The herald., 1894-04-07
A QUESTION OF VERACITY.
Evidence in the Breckinridge
Case ALI In.
Plaintiff and Defendant Again
on the Stand.
Status of the Case Unchanged From
the Beginning.
Closing Arguments of Counsel to Begin
Next Monday-The Attendance Of
Elderly Men Materially
Decreased.
By the Associated Press.

stream of testimony in the POLLARD
Breckinridge litigation, which had
grown to be exceedingly wearisome, was
brought to it's close, after five contin-
uous weeks of sensationalism. The
final rebuttal and sur-reb buttal today con-
sisted OF more details by the plaintiff
and defendant. leaving the final status
of the case, what 1t has been largely
throughout-a question OF veracity be-
tween the man and the woman.
Madeline Pollard took the stand to-
day to purge herself from the stain Of
the mock marriage with blind Alec
Julian, as we'll as to repeat with
dramatic emphasis, peculiarly her own,
the denial that the agreement to marry
between herself and Colonel Breckin-
ridge had been anything but contract
made in good faith on her part at least.
She also talked of the birth Of her chill
dren with q freedom which would have
seemed astonishing, but for the matter
OF fact way in which all things have
been discussed throughout this unusual
case. She was very much the mistress
of the situation as she had been on her
former appearances, determined to tell
her own story in her own way, and sue
ceeding in her determination as well as
in keeping the corps OF lawyers for the
defense in a hutter OF apprehension lest
she should get away from their control.
Colonel Breckinridge repeated, in all
the various keys OF negation IN which
his silyery tongue is skilled, the deniale
of the story of Mary Yancy. the colored
cook, and other vital details of the case
for the plaintiff.
! Arguments to the jury will begin Mon
day morning, 90 the case will probably
close by Wednesday night. There viii
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Phil Thompson, formerly member ol
congress from the Blue Grass state, and
Maj. Ben Butterworth, ex-member oil
congress from Ohio. for the defense, and
eK-Judge Jere Wilson, ex-member ol
final plea for Miss Pollord. The expec.
oratory from the lawyers will probably
be fulfilled.
Said Mr.. Desha Breckinridge, the son
of the defendant: Father will place
himself, as he has in his political cam
paigns, in the hands of his seconds"
The attendance of elderly men with
prurient fancies has fallen off greatly
with the conclusion of Colonel Brec kim
ridges cross-examination.
DR.. Parsons was recalled this morning
in rebuttal, describing the handwriting
upon the paper alleged to have been at
tached to the clothing of Miss Pollard q
child. DR.. Parsons testified that the
slip shown was the identical one which
had been pinned to the child's cloth
ing.
Mary Mckenzie, middle-aged COL
ored woman, was next put on the stand.
She testified that the baby spoken of
was born in her house, the mother Civ.
ing her name as Mrs. Hall. The birth
WAS attended by DR.. Parsons. Witness
had gone to the asylum with DR., Par
sons to leave the child there.
Ibid Mr.. Hall ever visit Mrs. Hall ?''
'Sometimes.
"Did you ever see him? ?"
mot until today; recognized him
by the child" responded the colored
woman, looking directly at the gray
haired congressman, who sat before
her.
The defense did not care to cross-ex.
anime Aunt Mary.
Mrs. Lucretia Maria Miner, landIadv
OF fashionable boarding house in La.
fayette square, WAS brought to the stand.
Her account book showed that Miss
Pollard arrived at her house August 81.
1892. the day on which the plaintiff
claims Colonel Breckinridge frat
broached the subject of marriage, after
the death of his wife.
The four mysterious volumes of Irv-
ing which had figured in that part of
the case centering about Norwood con-
vent, and in which the disputed Christ
mas card had been found, were placed
on the witness stand. Then Attorney
Carlisle walked to the stand and took
the oath. Mr.. Carlisle said: II am
able to swear that from the time l took
the books from the bookcase, until l
discovered the Christmas cards no other
hand but mine and that of a sisier
touched 1t. The Christmas card had on
II the writing which you have seen
Compliments of w. s. d. There was
also an INVISIBLE net and pressed rose
leaves. When found them my client
was sitting in the opposite corner OF the |
room, and my colleague, Mr.. johnson.
some distance away. No one but NV, |
self could bave put those things between
the leaves OF the book when our party
was there. and say to you, gentlemen.
on my oath. that l did not do it.''
DIR. Carlisle's evidence was fortified
by the testimony of Attorney johnson.
who had accompanied him to the con-
vent.
Then Mics Pollard once more took the
stand, and made denial that she had
aver known Mollie Singlebower. Lena
Singleton. John Brandt or Hiram Kauf
man, all OF whom had deposed that she
was an inmate of a house of i'll repute
n Lexington. She had never heard of
sarah Goss until she heard her on the
Tltness stand, had never had improper
citations with Rhodes, nor told Colonel
5reckinridge that such relations exist.
q. She had not accepted fEosa the