The sun., 1894-03-15
MISS POLLARD'S ROMANCE.
PARr OF HER HIsroRH WRITTEN
ny HERSELF READ IN COURT.

,.,r,,aed .. LouI-s Wilson, the Ns-e she
...umsd whea She catered the Nor.
,rood FoupdIi-eA AasyIuru, Near Cisetn.sti
rns story os Hrr Life ne Writes 90 =
s,booiuate nad siRor-sucs EntitIed" Dss.
u,,r which uLas EueIossd wuh II.
u.,.urSeroS. March;14 4.-whether Miss Mad.
,.vinton Pollard. Miss Louise Wilson. and
g. Nonyea BurRoyne arc one and the same
ss,son was the main question for determine
,ton in the trial OF the Pollard -Brcckinrldge
.nt 10. lay. and the oral testimony given on
,nta nont proved very interesting. The
,raintif's counsel placed on the stand wit
soss who positively Identified Miss Pollard as
Inuise wilson. and the gentle-voiced Sister
Toclia. who has come all the way from Colo
..do 10 testify in the case. said the record Of
,ho Norwood Founding Asylum. near Cincin-
r,,i show ed that patient named BurRoyne or
pn-guvnn had been there in 1886. although
s,.,er Cecilia could not say whether or not
Nis. Pollard was that person. The combined
.,,imonV OF these two witnesses Indicated
,,e,,v clearly that Monyea Burgoyne and
: Io,isa wilson wero assumed names OF the
same person.
Miss Pollard entered the court room this
rcorning lust as the trial began, accompanied
\, Miss Ellis Of the Episcopal House OF Mercy.
II was her first appearance since Monday
.rsrnoon. when she was carried out sobblnG
bv.terically over the mention Of the death OF
hs, two months old boy in 1888 Miss Pollard
va. psle and apparently very weak. She
iooted ns though she could not stand the ter
,n,e ordeal much longer. and Judge Wilson
.pd Mr. Carlisle her attorneys. are keeping a
,v.,ch,ul eye on her. As it was Miss Pollard was
obliged to leave the court room before the
morning session was over. and she did not
coma hack In the afternoon. Oneof her coun-
AL ssid that It was n question whether IL
would be wise to allow Miss Pollard to 20
the stand on account Of her extremely nervous
condition. she ia naturally Of an eSciteable
tsmperament." he said. and this strain Is
proyIrg too m uch for herfrail constitution. 1
am afraid that serious results to her health
will follow IL we allow her to,tell her story from
tho witness box while the present nervous,
strain lasts
But whether or not Miss Pollard will 60 on
the stand to tell the story Of her oheckered
life. she told part OF her history to- day through
the medium OF an autobiography. written In
1884 To most persons in the court room this
was By far the most interesting OF all the testi-
mony offered this week. more so than the
Identification OF Miss Pollard as Louise Wilson
this morning by Dr.. Belle Buchanan. The
autobiography was contained In letter
written to Miss Wesleyans Brown. now
Mrs W. F. Robinson. whose father was
principal OF the Wesleyan Female Col
lege In Cincinnati while Miss Pollard was
spupil there. This letter has been published.
II was written in that exaggerated style to
which school girls are prone. and contained a
morbid strain which showed that Miss Pollard
was suffering from Aft OF the blues. With the
letter was q highly colored romance. laid in
Cincinnati. in which Leoncrn. the heroine.
was taken through a series OF troublesome
Incidents until she was united with the hero
and clasped to his careworn. yet neverthe-'
less loving heart"
Sister Cecilia the hrsc-witness. resumed her
story where she left 1t of at the adjournment
yesterday. She said she had good memory
for faces. but she did not state positively
whether or not Miss Pollard was an inmate OF
the founding asylum near Cincinnati while.
she had charge Of 1t In 1855. Mr. Carlisle. for
the plaintiff. asked her: What 10 your belief
On this matter. and upon what circumstances
and Incidents do you base this opinion" but,
de defence objected. and Judge Bradley sus-
hined the objection after long argument be-
tween counsel.
sister Cecilia said that while she was at tho
asylum several patients were Veiled to hide
their Identity.
DO you recall that time you had patient,
bythe name OF Burgoyne or Burgwynn
That name is on the record" said Sister
Cecilia.
The tedious heading OF the voluminous de-
position OF Mrs. Kate Perry Kane Of Cincinnati
followed Sister Cecilia's testimony. Mrs. Kane
said that while she was DIR. Kate Perry. and
IN partnership with DR.. Belle Buchanan. Miss
lollard came to their house for treatment fol-
lowing childbirth. She identified Miss Pollard
twho was present at the taking Of the deposit
tom as the young woman who went By the
name OF Louise Wilson. DIR. buchanan told
me- said the deponem. that she was an un;
sonysrsed with Louise Wilson who was DR..
buehanan's patientl on one occasion when
who had seducei her. she met him at hotel.
said to her" said the witness. Why do
.s aTy G% and fas mss R,@
said he had ruined her. and she loathsd him.
ZION arose because Miss Wilson said the man
had offered to marry her. l asked her again
had suffered the pangs Of Childbirth: she
ioithet hiui and had steeled her heart against
hin She preferred to live life alone"
snlles, II, Louise Wilson was Madeline Pol;
ard aud she had stated that her betrayer had
offered TO marry her. then her betraysr could
hH DO Col Brecki inridge. for Col Breckin-
nige was married man at the time OF the
4, The dsronent never knew what became OF
Mss Wilson's child. and never heard
what its name was When Miss Wilson
came to the house she was weak. She
ooied ike woman Just recovering from
a spell OF Sickness When she went away
enc looked better. the deponent thought. than
.hs does now, The depo nent. when asked what
sne thought was Miss Wilson'S" age ct that
ume. said that time had dealt very we'll with
her. IL was her impression that Miss Wilson
was - or 20 years old. This idea she formed
rom her ways and actions There was moth
ng frivolous nothing Of the girl about her.
Mss Wilson was very closet outhed girl.
and did not tell the dsponent anything about
her love ar1airs. When she went to the hotel
70 see the man who had WTonged her the de-
pohent understood that she WAS going to got
money TO pay her expenses. to settle her bills,
shaped things"
There was much more to this deposition
tha some OF the testimony was interesting.
eut us value was minimiZed by the oral testi-
Eohy OF Dr. Belle buchanan, which followed,
IAmediAtely after the reading was concluded
" buchanan is a pleasant laced. oft-yoteed
komAh. who did not allow tho defence TO trip
hel a sinEl Z time and was rewarded with re-
isete mods and smiles OF approval from Mr..
fGts.e. Miss Pollard was present when Dr.
ssehahan testimony was given. Or. Buehan-
a. tod straight story.
FIRST NJ OF Miss Pollard in June 1885" she