The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-23
A DAY OF DISPOSITIONS.
Evidence for Breokinridge in the
Breach of Promise Case.
THE TESTIMONY OF AN EDUCATOR.
college President Broyn Declares That
the Congressman visfcd Miss Pollard
but Once Mt Wesleyan scminary-The
Defendant VIII be the Last Witness.

Defendant VIII be the Last Witness.
WASHINGTON, March 23.-Counsel for
Colonel Breckinridge have decided to
follow the example OF their opponents by
deserving their clients testimony for the
flosing 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
kef who left court as soon as she learned
of the program for the day. The entire
Hay was dragged out by the reading of
hepositions, all aimed at two points, viz:
fo prove that Mlss Pollard did not give
birth to child at the Norwood convent
IN 1885, and that she is older than she
represents herself 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 nt the convent, did not recognize
Miss Pollard as one who Ind been nt the
Institution, and said there had never been
but one Louise Wilson there, and she
gave birth to child there last fnll.
The entriesNn the convent books under
khe maine of Mrs Burgoyue (Mliss Pol
lard alleged assumed ame) correspondcd
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
psrture. 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
NSs 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,
eiton, had declared that the statue of St.
Joseph in the convent had perfect eyes,
Miss Pollard had rccollcctcd that one eye
OF the statue was ont 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
q woman in the convent i'll 1855 under the
name of Louise Wilson, and had never
seen Madeline Pollard until last Decem-
ber. She had then been present at the in
teeview between Sister Agnes and the
plaintiff According to htrrem. mi brauce,
Miss Pollard had said of her motives for
the suit: 81 did it for justice and to dis
grace MIR. iircckinridge."
The deposition OF Orrin G.. Brown, presi
hent of Quinn Valley college in Ohio. and
s1n Df the president of Wesleyan semi
nxry. which Miss Pollard had attended,
WIS read. He was young man in those
years of Miss Pollard's schooling, mud
from the records of the school testified
that her bills had been paid 10y James c.
Rhodes, who was, however, backward in
his payments,
Aiss Pollard had been in tho habit of
claiming relationship or friendship with
most of the prominent people Of Kentucky,
among them Mr. Breckenridge and Seua-
tor Black burn. This boosted ncqunint-
AaGe of hers had grown into joke at the
sclonl
by he scholars Miss Pollard had been
soStngly called Madeline Vivian Boil
Rreckinrdgc Joe Pollard"
Witness testified that according to his
recollection based on his diary Colonel
BrckinridRc had not visited Miss Pollard
Aug, :, aud had never visited her but
ouee.
la the cross. examination it developed
chat Miss Pollard had been considered al
school "A very nice girl and "a bright
girl
Ia redirect examination Mr. Brown de.
cltrtd thai Miss Pollard was old enough.
whcn in school, and had sufficient gen
ersl knowledge to resist improper ad-
sEnces from man II was II part OF the
pErricHum to teach girls what sort of
Treatment they should expect from gen
si-men When this matter was gone into
Al further length Miss Pollard satt"rr"ys
objected aud Judge Bradley excluded it
rcmarkiug That's expert testimony,
thereby stirring laugh
The deposition of DR. L. h. Williams
who had lived in Bridgeport, Ky. in 1865,
was objected to but admitted with the ex,
cepttun of one question and answer. In
that year he had attended Mrs, Pollard
when she gave birth to a child Thvr,
were then three other children one oil
them little tot called Matte" OF
'Madie.n and the child born then alst
was called Made" The doctor on cross
examination, it appeared, is a member oi
the board OF pension examiners.
IFr. j Owen Robinson, OF Lcxingt ton
whose deposition was read knew Miss
Pollard, considered her not beautiful
girl hut one attractive because OF her in
tellectual brllinucy. He frs, met Made
Gne at the house of her aunt in Bridgeport
In 1880. and she impressed him a. being
between III and II years old, More of what
Judge Bradley considered expert testi
mpny was excluded.
Another deposition by Il. NJ Schofield
Of Frankfort, Ky, formerly of Bridgeport
blacksmith, met objection from tn,
plaintiff y attorneys The blacksmith hat
known Miss Pollard's father IN 1868, anc
testified that he had three children then
khe youngest Of them, Madeline, who
looked like a child Of years.
There will be nothing more for the jury
until Monday as the court is observing
Good Friday, and the session tomorrow
will BIS devoted to arguments over the ad
instability OF dispositions to show tha
Miss Pollard had been intimate with othe
men than the uefendent, TO which til,
plaintiff has given notice of objections.
Judge Bradley has been til, recipien
since the commencement Of the trial o
An unusually large correspondence al
concerning this case. Many letters com,
from religious people, urging him in til,
the interests of the morals of the com
nuntty to exclude newspaper reporter
from the court, q power which the judg
says is not his TO exercise, One missiv
which caused the Judge TO smile wa
signed by woman member of the bar
aud suggested that since he had excluded
ali women from the court when Miss Pol
lard gave her testimony, the men SHOULD
be debarred and the women admitte,
when Colonel Breckinrldge takes tn
stand.
Tho Weather.
Fair tomorrow aud probably Sunday