Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-20
"Did she not tell you that you were
IN immoral woman ?'asked Mr.. Butter

me sort of a lecture. She asked me
why l wanted to ruin that old man in
his old age. I replied, why did he
want to ruin me in my youth p
"She said that / ought to think of his
daughters, and I said that he did not
have pity on me when was some
body's daughter, nor on my daughter
and his, that he made me give away
with emotion
Mr.. Butterworth-Di you not tell
her that this suit was brought for re-
venge?
Miss Pollard-That is rs false as
words can be framed. told her that
wanted him to bear his share of the
responsibility in this matter, and that
would 60 through the world carrying
my own share, but I would not bear al
the burden he had placed upon me.
believe that there is principle behind
this matter believe that justice will
be done, and believe that these men
Cunning to the jury will help to see il
DONE"
When Mr.. Butterworth asked some
questions about money. matters, Miss
Pollard said her only effort at the time
referred to, as it always had been, W. 1
to conceal her relations with Mr. Breck.
inridge.
Mr.. Butterworth-You have never
done anything as free and independ
ent agent since you passed under his
control?
Shaking her head, with faint smile,
tho noppa 81 don't hnliaUa
ever have"
Mr.. Butterworth was asking Miss
Pollard about her ambitions for the
future in those early years, when she
said
81 knew 1 was to always be in Mr.
Breckinridge's life, because the night
before 1 left for the Norwood Asylum
he made me promise to give my baby
away. He said that if he was ever able
to marry me he would, and that if he
could not marry me he would keep Inc
in his life always"
"Did you have any woman before
YOU as an ideal ?" Mr.. Butterworth
asked, and, as Miss Pollard was an
swering, mo, sir; l hoped to make a
name by writing" her lawyers OBJ
jected, and the judge sustained the OBJ
lection.
For two years, when she was first in
Washington, she had met Mr.. Breckin-
ridge three or four times week in a
house on Fourth street. She had spent
one summer at Bread Loaf Inn, in Yer
mont, semi-fashonable resort 10 mil, S
from Middlebury, kept by Joseph Bat
tell. She denied having represented
herself as an authoress Of reputation.
She had met there woman named Mrs.
Bridges, of Brooklyn, "the one who
wrote the article in the Standard Union, u
she said.
"What article ?" asked Mr.. Butter
worth.
1.-THE one you are leading up to-
(Thc article in question was one which
appeared Saturday,
twas that article true ?" was the
next question.
''It is mainly untrue. 1t is colored to
suit events. It is not true that have
ever taken opium, nor that | represent
ed myself as the author of the poem,
"Love's Power" written by Mrs. jose
phine Pollard"
She had read the poem at Bread-Loaf
to little audience. Mr.. Butterworth
read extracts from the article, drawing
questions from them. Miss Pollard had
not known James Russell Lowell, as
| Mrs. Breckenridge said had been her
boast, but had visited his grave had
known his relatives well, and had been
entertained by his wifes sister, Mrs.
Dr. Howe, in Cambridge. She had
known VIM. Dean Howells, the author,
had great respect for him, as he had
always been kind in answering her
questions, and had received letters
from him, which her counsel had.
Miss Pollard, to futher questions, said
that on her return to Washington, in
the fall of 1892, when Breckenridge first
formally proposed to marry her, he had
met her-"lNas it in a proper place."
interrupted Mr.. Butterworth.
cit was not. 1t was in house Of
designation on A street. He said to
me: Madeleine, this is no place for
US to talk of these things so we went
out on the street together. He told me
about his children, his prospects and
intentions"
"Did you ever talk ofmarriage while
his wife was alive?"
Every rarely"
'But you did talk of it?"
"We did"
Here the court adjourned, with the
cross-examination still unfinished.
A letter from a well-known politician
at Lexington, KY, says that Colonel
Breckenridge has no possible show for
reelection, and adds that Friend"
Bronston, who proposes to show so
much charity to the present congress
man by standing aside in the race, is
quietly lying back on the course, ready
| to ride by Breckenridge, when the in
evitable breakdown, that is to occur on
the homestretch, comes.
The talk in Congress continues to be
rather bitter in some quarters against
the fallen idol, but many of the Ken
tuckians former associates are waiting
till his history is told on the witness
stand. Others say there can be no ex-
cuse for the hypocrisy and deceit dis
played. That Colonel Breckenridge
will make the trial more sensational by
his line of defense and conduct on the
stand is now considered certain One
of the lawyers for the plaintiff yesterday
said the defendant would insist on te-
ing allowed to make one of the pleas TO
the jury. Whether his counsel will
permit this, or, in fact, whether the
r,nnoe;tion IL worthy of consideration