The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-19
COULD NOT RESIST
Colonel Breckinridge's Won
derfu1 Power of Per-
suasion.
MISS POLLARD IN HIS CONTROL
Said Today the Kentucky Con-
gressman Was the Father
of Her Children.
tISS POLLARD IN HIS CONTROL
Reading of Letters Written by the
Fair Plaintiff Causes Her to
Burst into Tears.

WASHINGTON, March 10. 1S94-Madeline
Pollard continued her romantic history in
the Circuit Court this morning She did not
appear to be nervous or concerned over the
prospect when she arrived In the court room
this morning a few minutes before ten
o'clock. Her experience OF Friday had evil
IDENTIFY given her confidence in her ability to
cope with the nimble minded Major Ben
Butterworth, whose usually equable temper
was somewhat ruffied by the covert irony of
Miss Pollard in her meek and lowly answers
to the majors pertinent questions
Miss Pcllards repartee on Friday gave
such promise of an interesting day with the
plaintiff on the stand that the court room
was crowded long before the hour when the
court convened. Judge Bradley's instruc-
tions to the bailiffs, that only members of
the bar newspaper men and persons con-
eerned in the trial would be admitted to the
the court had been formally called to order,
Miss Pollard took the stand and Col. Breck-
inridge laid down the paper he was reading.
QUESTIONS BY HER COUNSEL.
There was some surprise when Mr.. Carlisle,
her own attorney, began to examine her in
stead of Major Butterworth
miss Pollard, have you ever been mar
riedp asked Mr.. Carlisle.
'sNo. Mr. Carlisle
''Who was the father of your child, born
in Cincinnatip
''Mr. Breckenridge"
s'Who was the cause of your pregnancy in
May, 1882
'sMr. Breckinridge.n
ssYou spoke of meeting Mr.. Breckinridge
at the Public Library; how was thatY
81 met Mr. Breckenridge at the Public
Library to talk about the trouble with Mr..
Rodes, and when / met him there he said he
would take me to the house of dear friend
of his, and he took me to the house of Mrs
Rose, an assignation house, and all that day
he tried to make me yield to him but did
not. l stayed there that night but not with
him."
wi What I'd did d you do after leaving Mrs.
s'We walked about the streets of Cincin-
natl; he fattered me; he told me of the
wonderful future had; he told how much
he thought of me. He said the schools of
Lexington were much cheaper than than
those of Cincinnati and that If went there
he could arrange satisfactorily the trouble
with Mr.. Rodes.n
COULD NOT RESIST BRECKENRIDGE.
How did you come to go to Lexington2n
81 do not know. cannot explain the
mans wonderful power of persuasion.
could not resist him. I was completely in
his power. He said he wanted me to go to
Lexington with him that evening, and sug-
gested that he send telegram to the princi-
pal of the college, signed by my mother, and
calling me home. He sent that telegram
and left for Lexington on the afternoon
train and met him. He took me to the
house of Sarah Gems"
'sMiss Pollard asked Mr.. Carlisle, edid
you continue these relations with the de-
fendant up to the 18th day of May, 1882
CThis date was nearly month after Mr.
Breckinridge's secret marriage to Mrs.
Wing
i'Yes, up to the 18th day of May 1898"
EXAMINED BY Mr.. BUTTERwORTH.
Mr.. Butterworth then took Miss Pollard
for cross-examination, and continued the
questions he began Friday, inquiring mi
nutely into her early life-what she read,
what she thought She said, in answer to
these questions that she was an Episcopalian
she had been brought up that way. "Once
an Episcopalian, always an Episcopalian, she
said. She had an ambition to be teacher,
she said, and had not given up that ambi-
ton. She admitted in response to Mr..
Butterworth that she appreciated the value
of character and reputation, that teacher
must have only too well. Indeed do, Mr..
Butterworth," !" she said in answer to another
question. Indeed do know what it means
to have a reputation and then have it swept
away at one blow
Mr.. Butterworth wanted Miss Pollard to
go into detail concerning her life in Pitts
burg. where she visited her aunt.
Did you ever read anything while there
that pure minded, virtuous girl should not
readF he asked.
81 did not, Mr.. Butterworth, -
"You never went out into company that
was not good for young girlf
Never, Mr.. Butterworth.n
did you ever go out into society, Miss
5 Pollard, while you were in Pittsburgh
II was too young to go into society, Mr..
Butterwerth.n
Miss Pollard said she spent not quite a
month at Bridgeport, KY. but Mr.. Butter
visit at this time. He asked why Miss Pol
lard left Pittsburg, and Miss Pollard said
she was lonely, and wanted to see her people
in Kentucky.
Mr.. Butterworth read part Of the letter
sent by Miss Pollard when a young girl to
her school mate, Wessie Brown, now Mrs.
Wesleyan A. Robinson of Cincinnati, in
which Miss Pollard told Of being 50 praised by
phrenologist that her aunt, with whom she
was stopping and whose little daughter had
not been praised had sent her home.
THE WRONG AUNT.
ssWas that how you came to leave Pitts
burghw asked Mr.. Butterworth.
why, that aunt is not my aunt in Pitts.
burg at all: that's my aunt in Kentucky, "
was the quick reply.
s.OhP said Mr.. Butterworth
Mr.. Butterworth read Miss Pollards ac-
count in this letter of how she met Mr..
Rodes, who paid for her education on con-
dition that she should marry him Miss
Pollard was not satisfied with Mr.. Butter
worths emphasis ON parts of this letter, and
she asked him to 3 Mr.. Carlise read it.
81 don't mean to be rude, Mr.. Butter
WORTH she said, shut am terribly in earn
est about all this, and want it right
$50 do II said Mr.. Butterworth.
Mf. Butterworth read the Wessie Brown
liter in segments, asking the witness for ex-
planation on certain points. and Miss Pollard
explained them quietly but with just little
suspicion of tremor in her voice There
were tears in her eyes. too, and she was not
nearly SO bright and quick as she was on
Friday. Her manner was courteous in the
extreme When Mr.. Butterworth read
certain parts of the letter, of an extravagant
school girl character, Miss Pollard hung her
head.
DIDN'T LOVE RoSSELL.
When Mr. Butterworth read that passage
ssEiflg, 4 do not love Rossel at all, he ask
af stHow about thatg
That is true, said Miss Pollard.
EtsWere you engaged to himg'
lttNot at that time.
Mr.. Butterworth continued reading and
emphasized that part where Miss Pollard
spoke Of her blind sweetheart my modern