The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-21

tended to be, from knowing of her affair
with Rhodes. Other letters to Rhodes
were read, principally of a dunning char
aeter and of no interest that was appar-
ent.
When Mr.. Butterworth had finished
reading he asked Miss Pollard if she had
not said that these letters were for the
purpose OF misleading Rhodes, but Mr. Car
Isle lnterfered and said Mr. Butterworth
should specify what letters"
MIR. Butterworth referred to a state
ment of Miss Pollard that she had read
washington Irving at the school Il beg
your pardon, Mr.. ButterwOrth" y" said
Miss Pollard, ''the letter containing that
statement was from New Orleans"
Were you IN New Orleans them"
Il was never in New Orleans in nv
life. Mr.. Breckenridge knows perfectly
well why those letters were written
they were written to deceive Mr.. Rhodes.
They were sent to my mother while / was
In Cincinnati, before and after my baby
was born, and she mailed them to MIR.
Rhodes"
ASKED FOR MONEY TO FOOL RHODES.
why did you ask for so much money!"
u did it to cover up suspicion. If I had
not asked for it he would have wondered
how lived. l did not want the money,
Tor Mr. Breckenridge would have sup
piled all needed. Every letter bears the
mark of what [ say"
Did you get any money!"
Yes, and used it too Why should / be
obliged to say did not need it when l had
asked for it's
Did Mr.. Rhodes pay you the $40 and
the several sums you asked for?" asked
Mr.. Butterworth.
Il really don't remem Der, but presume
he 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.
Breckinridge's suggestion He knows
all those little tricks of deceit" she
added.
Col. Breckenridge had not supervised
any of these letters, she said, but he told
her what to write in the letters dated
New Orleans, because she had never been
there. The letters as she had said, had
been forwarded to her mother at Towles-
boro. Her mother knew she was in Gin
cinnati, thinking Miss Pollard was en-
ployed there.
DICTATED BX BRECKINRIDGE.
Here Miss Pollard broke in with: 81
want TO say that the main letters written
to mamma were dictated by Mr.. Breck-
inridge, taken by him to postal cars, to
anywhere to cover up pOstmark, and
deceive her. He sometimes wrote to
mamma herself, and often filled in the
notes of the letters to MIR. Rhodes"
Miss Pollard, - said Mr.. Butterworth
please answer my questions, and don't
try to envelop them in a fog of phrases. :"
Il am using facts, not phrases, " was
the answer
II have fully explained these things to
you, Mr. ButterwoPth. I have told YOU
all about them, so please don't ask me
anything more about the matter.
ITO a reference to her mother as ''the
agency of deception" in the Rhodes cor
respondence, Miss Pollard objected
poor dear mamma" she said, "should
not be accused of that
Mr.. Butterworth replied with spirit to
an objection of Mr.. Carlisle to some of his
questions. Mr. Butterworth said the
witness had made diverse statements
one on the stand-another in the letters.
She claimed that she had the letters to
Rhodes sent from Towlesboro to deceive
him; but she did not let him know she
was in Cincinnati because he might come
to look her up. This was absurd; it was
easier to find her in small town that
could be searched in an hour, than in Gin
cinnati, and why should he not 90 to
Towlesboro, which was seventy-five
miles nearer his home?
"TheSe letters were sent from Towles-
boro,'' said Mr.. Butterworth.
But they were not" interjected Miss
Pollard.
Miss Pollard, you must keep out of
this discussion" said MIR. Carlisle,
sternly.
oh calculated Miss Pollard, settling
back in her chair.
Here "a recess was taken until Ills
o'clock.
WHAT SHE TOLD HER MOTHER.
At the afternoon session, when Mr..
Butterworth 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
very good reason why her presence in
Cincinnati should be kept secret. 'There
were two or three stories involved" she
said frankly. 81 will tell what they were
if YOU wish.n Miss Pollard said Col.
Breckinridge had written letters on the
typewriter to her mother while she was
in the Founding asylum, and Mr.. Butter
worth asked: What was in those let
ters2n
~ don't know, but I'm sure Mr.. Breck-
inridge can tell you; he wrote them and
knows all about them"
Some questions to Miss Pollard about
the Rhodes contract developed the fact
that neither side possessed the document,
and each supposed the other had it.
HER CONTRACT WITH RHODES.
Mr.. Butterworth asked what
did the understanding or con-
tract with Rhodes embrace. Miss Pol
lard said it was understood that Rhodes
should pay about $3.50 a year for tuition
and board, and she went to a convent in
September, 1888. II did not ask him for
any money during the whole time | was
in Cincinnati in 1885 from February on,
and you will not find a reference to money
in those letters-nOt one. l was supposed
to be working at the time" Rhodes sup
posed she was a travelling companion.
When you were in Washington first
did you write for any journals" Mr.. But
terworth asked.
mo, | never did. l said so though.
MIR. Breckenridge made up these stories
for me TO tell and l told them so as TO
make it appear right that l was here l
never did it by myself, he planned and
arranged and sustained it in every way
possible
Miss Pollard, were there never ques-
tions raised as to your relations with Col.
Breckenridge, and if so what preparations
did YOU make to Offset them ~
I'VE made an arrangement by which l
was to tell him if any suspicion arose.
There were questions asked me which 1
found it hard to answer"
THEIR INTIMACY AFTER THE MARRIAGE.
Miss Pollard, you said yesterday that
your relations with the defendant contin-
ued after his marriage}"
after his secret marriage"