The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-03-23
A DAY on DEPUSITIONS.
Evidence for Breckinridge in the
Breach Of Promise Case.
THE TESTIMONY OF AN EDUCATOR.
College President Brown Declares That
the Congressman Visited Miss Pollard
but Once at Wesleyan seminary-The


Colonel Breckinridge (have decided to
follow the example of their opponents by
reserving their clients testimony for the
closing card in their case Accordingly
the silver haired congressman disap-
pointed many people by failing to go upon
the witness stand, and one of the disap-
pointed ones was Madeline Pollard her
self, who left court as soon as she learned
of the program for the day The entire
day was dragged out by the reading of
dispositions, all aimed at two points, viz:
TO prove that Miss Pollard did not give
birth to a child at the Norwood convent
I'm 1885, and that she is older than she
represents h.rulf to be.
The first deposition read was that Of
Sister Augustine, of the Norwood Con-
vent asylum, where Miss Pollard was at
first confined. This sister had been for
years at the convent, did not recognize
Miss Pollard as one who had been at the
institution, and said there had never been
but one Louise Wilson there, and she
gave birth to a child there last fall.
The entries on the convent books under
the name of Mrs. Burgoyne (Miss Pol
lard s alleged assumed name) cOrresponded
with the dates which Miss Pollard and DR..
Street had given of her admittance to the
asylum the birth of her child and her de-
parture The name of the child on the
record was NJ. Gertrude Burgoyne Ac-
cording to the recollection of the sister,
| Mrs Burgoyne had visited the convent
twice after the child was born. The child
died in July, 1885. When Miss Pollard
was told of this, the sister deposed, she
had thrown up her hands and run from
the room, but when she returned there
were no evidences of grief in her face.
Sister Augustine, according to the depo-
sition, had declared that the statue of st.
Joseph in the convent had perfect eyes.
Miss Pollard had recollected that one eye
of the statue was out of line.
The second deposition read by Attorney
Stoll was by Lena Schmidt, who had been
employed for eighteen years in the Nor
wood convent who had no recollection Of
IA woman in the convent in 1885 under the
name of Louise Wilson, and had never
seen Madeline Pollard until last Decem-
Der. She had then been present at the in
terview between Sister Agnes and the
plaintiff According to her remembrance,
Miss Pollard had said of her motives for
the suit: 81 did it for justice and to dis
grace Mr. Br 'kinridge."
The depos. ..0n of Orrin G. Brown, presi-
dent of Quinn Valley college, in Ohio, and
son of the president of Wesleyan semi
nary, which Miss Pollard had attended,
was read. He was young man in those
years of Miss Pollard's schooling, and
from the records of the school testified
that her bills had been paid by James C..
Rhodes, who was, however, backward in
his payments.
Miss Pollard had been in the habit of
claiming relationship or friendship with
most of the prominent people of Kentucky,
among them Mr.. Breckenridge and Sena-
tor Blackburn. This boasted acquaint-
ance of hers had grown into a joke at the
school.
BY the scholars Miss Pollard had been
jokiugly called Madeline-Nivian-Be
Breckinridge-Jo e-Blackburn-Pollard."
Witness testified that according to his
recollection, based on his diary, Colonel
> Brecliinridge had not visited Miss Pollard
Aug. 2, and had never visited her but
once.
3 In the cross-examination it developed
that Miss Pollard had been considered al
school "a very nice girl" and "a bright
girl"
In redirect examination Mr.. Brown de
clared that Miss Pollard was old enough
l when in school, and had sufficient gen
r eral knowledge to resist improper ad
vances from a man. 1t was a part of th'
I curriculum to teach girls what sort o.
treatment they should expect from gen
i tlemen. When this matter was gone int
= at further length Miss Pollard $ attorney
objected, and Judge Bradley excluded it
I remarking That's expert testimony,
thereby stirring a laugh.
The deposition of DIR. U. B. Williams
who had lived in Bridgeport, KY, in 1865
a was objected to but admitted with the eX
u ception of one question and answer. Ii
e that year he had attended Mrs Pollard
u when she gave birth to child Ther
, were then three other children, one o
e them a little tot called "Mattie" o
o | "Madie," and the child born then ais
e was called "Madie." The doctor on cross
l. examination, it appeared, is a member q
Il the board of pension examiners.
IS Dr. j. Owen Robinson, of Lexington
d whose deposition was read knew Mis-
e Pollard, considered her not a beautiful
girl, but one attractive because of her il
tellectual brilliancy He first met Made
line at the house Of her aunt in BridgepoI
- in 1880, and she impressed him as bein
= between is and II years old. More of wha
e Judge Bradley considered expert test
. mony was excluded.
a AnOlnef uepOSlIlOn Dy n NJ. oCHOuelC
y of Frankfort, Ky, formerly of Bridgepor
u blacksmith, met objection from til
'e plaintiffs attorneys. The blacksmith ha
.e known Miss Pollard's father in 1863, an
y testified that he had three children thei
. the youngest of them, Madeline, VII
looked like a child of years.
There will be nothing more for the juI
: until Monday, as the court is observin
Good Friday, and the session tomorro
N will be devoted to arguments over the az
3, instability of dispositions to show thu
u u Miss Pollard had been intimate with oth'
az men than the defendent, to which IL
III plaintiff has given notice of objections.
he Judge Bradley has been the recipiel
It, since the commencement of the trial
r. pn unusually large correspondence, a
p concerning this case. Many letters con
ea from religious people, urging him in ii
the interests of the morals of the col
le- munity to exclude newspaper reporte
to from the court, a power which the JUDI
ts ID TO g.ie Ina afyn1g al