The herald., 1894-03-20
GROSS EXAMINATION.

Miss Pollard Comes Out of the Ordeal
with Flying Colors.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-The bailiffs
had the utmost difficulty in repelling
the crowds who sought admittsnce to
the court room whore the Pollard Breck-
inridge trial WIS in progress. Mius Poll
lard was again on the stand under 6i-
rect examination. She related in greater
detail than heretofore the attempts of
Breckinridge to seduce her. He told her
she had wonderful intellect and had
brilliant future.
81 seemed TO be completely under she
influence of his wonderful power of per-
suaslon." she said. He promised to
oversee her education and repay the
money paid by Rhodes for her school
ing.
HE did not accomplish his purpose
the first day in spite of his violent at
tempts," che continued, land it was
only late the second day when we were
in house of assignation in Cincinnati"
The relations then established, she
averred, continued till May IL, 1893.
The last time chs saw Breckenridge was
after his marriage to Mrs. Wing, which
occurrd secretly April 30, 1898.
Then the cross-examination was re-
sumed by General Butterworth, his
questions going into minute details of
plaintiffs life, to all of which she re-
turued replies which evidently gave no
comfort to her opponents.
In the course of the examination wit
ness explained the circumsta tances Of an
alleged visit to Squire Kineey's house in
Bridgeport, KY, where she stopped in
1882 and 1888. Some of the names
mentioned she did not remember, but
recalled that of Alex. Julian, blind
man, between whom and plaintiff the
| defense will try to show mock mar
| riage was performed, and that
subsequent unseemly proceedlnAj
took place. She declared Julian
would not have even dared
to caress her. She did not remember
any mock marriage. and moreover her
uncle George was with her at that time.
He was very strict and would not have
allowed anything of the sorS.
Several letters we're shown her, owe
of which she admitted having written
Owen Robinson; others she might have
written, she said. One contained a
lock of hair. The letters we're then
read. They were of school girl CHAR
acter, with expressions of a more or less
lovesick character. She said she and
! Owen were good friends, but there was
no love affair between them.
Butterworth again referred to letter
which Miss Pollard averred on Friday
was not written by herself. She read it
carefully, then said: 81 did not write
that letter; never did. pronounce
/ it a forged letter. | never wrote such
things as are in that, and no one knows
it better than the man who sits behind
you. An expert might have done it,
and did,"
Returning to the circumstances of
Colonel Breckinridge's first visit to her
at the seminary, she said; He said he
had come to see me and be overshad-
owed with glance
Butterworth asked whether she knew
much about him.
II don't think anybody knew much
about Colonel Breckinridge until latelys"
she replied quickly.
Butterworth asked her il, when she
| first went there, she knew the character
| OF the house OF Sarah Goss. in LexinR-
ton, to which Colonel Breckinridge too K
her. Miss Pollard responded. almost in
a shrek: "No, sirl No, sir. No, cir"
The trip to Lexington had been made
under the pTetext on the part OF Colonel
Breckenridge that he wished to look
over the school TO which ne proposed to
send her.
Regarding the deposition OF Rosells,
said TO have been Miss Pollard'a lover