The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-21

ffdbiHS ne asked MISS loIlaiA SLY
had not said these letters were for the
| purpose OF misleading Rhodes. but Mr..
| Carlisle interfered. and said Major But
terworth should specify what letter
Major Butterworth referred 10 state
mcnt Of Miss Pollard that she had read
| Washington Irving at the school
II beg your pardon. Mr.. Butterworth
said Miss Pollard. "The letter containing
that statement was from New Orleans.
Were you I'm New Orleans them
'I was never I'm New Orleans In my
| life. Mr. Brecldnridge knows perfectly
! well why those letters were written-they
were written 20 deceive Mr.. Rhodes They
were sent TO my mother while l was In
| Cincinnati before and after my baby was
born. and she mailed them TO Mr..
/ Rhodes"
Why She Asked for so Much Money.
'Why did you ask for so much money!
81 did it 10 cover up suspicion. II ]
had not asked for fl ne would have Won
| dered how / lived. did not want the
money, for Mr. Breckinridge would have
/ supplied an i needed. Every letter bears
| the mark Of what I say"
"Did you get any money!
eyes and used Il. too. Why should I
be obliged 10 say ! did not need Il when
( had asked for it?'
"Did Mr. Rhodes pay YOU the $40 and
the several sums you asked for?' asked
Major Butterworth.
81 really don't remember, but / presume
ne did" said Miss Pollard.
To another question Miss Pollard eX
claimed that she wrote these letters TO
cover up her tracks from Rhodes at Col.
Breckinridges suggestion. "He knows all
those little tricks Of deceit" she added.
| Col. Brecknridge had not supervised any
| OF these letters. she said. but he told her
/ what TO write I'm the letters dated New
| Orleans. because she had never been
! there The letters, as she had said, had
| been forwarded 20 her mother at Towlse-
| boro. Her mother knew she was in Gin
cinnati. thinking Miss Pollard was en-
! plOyed there.
Miss Pollard Volunteers.
Here Miss Pollard broke in: And I
! want to say that the main letters writ
ten 10 Mamma were dictated by Mr..
| Breckenridge. taken by him TO postal
cars. 10 anywhere 10 cover up a posts
mark and deceive her lie sometimes
wrote 10 Mamma himself. and often filled
i'm the notes of the letters to Mr.. Rhodes
Miss Pollard said Major Butter
worth, please aDswer my questions
and don't try to envelop them i'm a fog
OF phrases"
81 am using facts. not phrases" was the
answer II have fully explained these
things TO you. Mr.. Buttcrworth. | have
told You all about them. SO please don't
ask me about them any more
10 reference 10 her mother as "the
agency of deception I'm the Rhodes cor
| rospondcnce, Miss Pollard objected. Poor
dear Mamma" she said, should not bc
accused Of that"
Major Butterworth Angered.
Major Buttorworth replied with spirit
TO an objection Of alr. Carlisle 10 some
OF his questions. Major Buttcrworth said
that the witness had made diverse state
monts-Onc on the stand another i'm the
letters She claimed that she had the let
ters TO Rhodes sent from Towlesboro to
deceive him, but she did not let him know
she was I'm Cincinnati because ne might
come 10 look her mp. This was absurd;
it was easier 20 find her i'm small town.
that could bc searched In am hour than
I'm Cincinnati. and why should hc not go
20 Towlesboro. which was scventy-nve
miles nearer his home? "Thesc letters
were sent from Towlesboro." said Major
Butterworth.
"But they were not" interjected Miss
Pollard.
this discussion" said Mr.. Carlisle. stern
ly.
"Ohr calculated Miss Pollard. settling
back i'm her chair.
Here a recess was taken until fI5
O'Clock.
At the afternoon session. when Major
Buiterworh asked Miss Pollard if her
mother knew why She was staying in
Cincinnati. Miss Pollard answered that
she had told her mother that there was
"a very good reason Why her presence I'm
Cincinnati should be kept secret "Thcre
were two or three stories involved she
said frankly 81 will tell what they were
If you wish
Those Type-Written Letters.
Miss Pollard said Colonel Brecknridee
had written letters on the typewriter 10
her mother while she was i'm the founding
ASYLUM. and Major Butterworth asked,
'Nhat was in those letters"
81 don't know, but I am sure Mr..
Breckinridge can tell you; he wrote them
and knows all about them
Some questions 10 Miss Pollard about
the Rhodes contract developed the fact
that neither side possessed the document
and each supposed the other had it.
Mr. Butterworth asked, 'What did the
understanding or contract with Rhodes
embrace?'
Miss Pollard said IL was understood that
Rhodes should pay about $50 year for
tuition and board and she went to a con-
vent I'm September. 1883. IL ala not ask
him for any money during the whole time
I was i'm cincinnati i'm 1855 from February
ON and vou will not find reference 10
money i'm those leiters-not one. l was
en,,nosed TO be working at the time
Rhodes supposed she was "a travelling
companion.
"When YOU werc in Washington first
did YOU write for any Journalist Major
| Butterworth asked.
mo. ] never did. ! said so, though Mr..
Rreckinridge made up these stories for
me 10 tell and / told them so as to make
il appear right that ! was here. l never
did il by myself, he planned and arrang-
cd and sustained 10 in every way pos
sible."
sNliss Pollard were there never ques-
nops raised as TO your relations with
Col Breckinridge and If so. what prep
orations did you make TO Offset them
Knew he Had Been with Mrs. Wing.
1--WE made an arrangement by which
was to tell him if any suspicious arose.
There were questions asked me when
found il hard 10 answer.
"Niss Pollard. you said yesterday that
vour relations with defendant continued
after his marriage
AFTER his secret marriage
"Did you have any suspicious about
that marriage?