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MISS POLLARD'S CASE.
4 WEEKOE SENSATIONAL EVIDENCE
IK THE GREAT SCANDAL CASE.
TESTIMONY BY DIFFERENT WITNESSES.
Madeline Freaks Down During tlie Trial and
Has to Leave Hie Court Room—A Re
sume of the Proceedings.
Washington, March 12.—A greater crowd
than on the opening day sought admission
to the courtroom this morning, when the
Pollard-Breckinridge trial was resumed.
Judge Bradley, however, had ruled on Fri
day that per Sons not interested in the case,
professionally or as witnesses, should be
excluded, and this prevented overcrowding.
Fourteen ladies had persuaded the bailiffs
to admit them, but they remained long
enough only to witness the assembling of
the participants in the drama they hoped to
see. They were treated to an unpleasant
surprise just us the court opened.
"Mr. Marshal.” said Judge Bradley,
"please request these ladies who are not in
terested in this case to retire.”
The marshal made the request to the
fourteen women. They looked surprised,
then chagrined and filed out shame
facedly.
After some sparring about the four mys
terious volumes of Washington Irving,
taken from the Cincinnati convent, and or
dered Friday to be produced, the taking of
testimony was begun.
The first witness was Claude de la Roche
Francis. He is stated to be a cousin of
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Ward MI of New York city, and
nephew of Maiquis de la Roche, chamber
lain to tin pope, lie is a smooth-faced
young man in spectacles and in fashionable
dress, tipped out with a long overcoat with
fur collar and cuffs. He said that he re
sided in New York. leal that most of his
time was spent in Europe. Hi' ha i known
Mi.-s Pollan 1 in Washington in 1893. when
she lived at 25 Lai yette square and 1819
fl street. He had been a visitor at the
litter place tv. or three times a week, ai
ways seeing Mis-- Bollard there and fre
quently <' 'l..t.< i Breckinridge with her in
the i i rawing rot mi.
Breckinridge* is .Iffeelionntc Manner.
"Mr. 1 reckinridge’s manner toward Miss
Pollard," said the witness, “was extremely
paternal and very kind - very affectionate
also. Miss Pollard’s manner toward Mr.
Breckinti lgc was one of respect, deference
and affection.”
At one t : m . said th? witness. Miss Pol
lard he I sc. I lo him that if “anything
came up” eonci which she might re
quire hi- tvstim -iy or statement,
sh wan '■ and lie prom-
A middb'-aped woman, who gav? Miss
BoP ard a brish* smile as she took the
stand and gave her name as Mary Par
suns. a ph.vsi-inn id Washington, and said
she hi : -i’i- -tided Miss Pollard profession
ally in the winter of ISBS, at a convent,
and again in Second strict. Miss Pollard
was awaiting the birth of a child, and the
witness ass i d he: in the delivery of a
boy at the Second street house on Febru
ary 3d. of that year. The child died the
following April.
Alt-- PoHnrtl Breaks Woven.
H ire Miss Pollard broke down. She tried
to keep back her tears, but as the witness
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MISS POLLAKD and her Companions.
answer, d . otlu r questions about her
chi 1 Mi s p. ,!a: i sobbed aloud.
“Prior to tli<- child's death and while he
wa:- lyin'; den i,” aid Dr. Parsons, “Miss
Pud; rd iu.d gone to see it.”
At t‘ii.-, j.-.-tit the plaintiff's sobbing be
came so violent that the proceedings were
Stopp, i.
Al:.- ' Poli: : 1 ...is led out of the court by
hanan and
Mis? Ellis, in.; tlic • .-.a initiation of Dr.
Pars..l..- ’. .is I'oiitinued.
Alt. i .some objections by the defense as to
qu< sti .n.s ... io ihe paternity of the child,
I’r. Jal 's - id s.ie called on Coion.d
Bn <-l;im-the request of .Miss Pul
i’ :-1 I I . ■■: ' I I.,rn .1 bill i,, r proses-
sional services t. • plaintiff. This was nt
Colonel la- house on “N”
street. 1 ’ - ent the wit-
ness the amount of the bill.
Poll..rd 11. ■: I id her that Colonel Breck
inridge was i : . . mu.rdian and the witness
nau gone ;o him that <■ ity.
At the ch.Sv! ot Hr. Parr i s’s ex <-nination
a prolonge I controversy arose about admit
ting affidavits. it transpired during the
dis. 11: • Ton that i’l'i '.V All, .a s ha;; beet:
examined in Ohio, Kentucky aim Virginia.
-Major Butterworth argued forcibly against
alt wing the depositions to 1..- ii\d.
The last speaker was Mr. V. . G. Johnson
who assisted Calderon < ' rd .. for inJ
plaintiff. .Mr. Johnson had r. le, . q in a
gen. ral way 10 tie course . :k. n l.y thi de
fendani’s attorneys in r.'ga' l to" certain
affidavits as cnieancry, and Mr. Shelby en
deavored to make reply, but as tin- usual
hour for adjournment had passed. Jud"e
Bradley deferred the question until tomor
row.
Judge Bradley walked out and was followed
by the lawyers for both sides. As Mr.
Johnson left tin: room .Mr. Sheiby dart, d
after hiri and accosted him in this hall
way. _’.lr. Johnson is broad-shouldered
black-mustached, cool and handsome. Mr’.
Shelby is sh"rt and excitable.
Said sir ism ’’ y, mg his taller oppo
nent: “You Law insuiti d me, sir, and I
must have satisfaethm, sir.”
"V.-11. sir'’” : pi. .-d Mr. Johnson, in
terrogatively and calmlv, as he afterwards
said, expe'ting that Mr. Sb. low would de
nominate the sort of satisfaction he ex
pected.
Shelby’s Shoulder Blow.
Ther upon Mr. Shelby's right fist shot
outward aril upward, grazing Mr. John
sons left cheek and drawing a slight blush.
As ho threw up hir. arms in the defensive,
the dignified form of his professional part
ner. Mr. Calderon Carlisle, social leader
and polished att irney. was interposed be
tween them. Quickly several oilier gentle
men be.’am p irnts in tic fray. Colo
nel Brenckinridge, with his gleaming snow
white beard, and his son, Desha Breckin-
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ridge. with coal-black whiskers, piled them
selves upon Mr. Carlisle. There was an ex
cited moment of the general melee, engaged
in by no less than a dozen gentlemen, most
of them intended peacemakers, when Dep
uty Marshal John R. Leonard strode into
the center of the conflict, thrusting the bel
ligerent Kentuckian back and putting a
damper upon hostilities.
Everybody emerged from the heat, of con
troversy unnjured, although Mr. Johnson's
cheek was slightly reddened, and the silk
hat of Judge Jcre Wilson had been sadly
ruffled.
Judge Bradley Indignant.
Judge Bradley was very indignant and
said: “We cannot have this here, gentle
men,” he said sternly. "You must under
stand that we cannot have such outbreaks.
I will ascertain in the morning who are re
sponsible for this and see to it that they
are properly punished.”
tv lieu Mrs. Blackbnrn Testified.
Probably the most sensational scenes that
have transpired in .he course of the Breck
inrigde-Pollard trial were those when Mrs.
i Julia C Blackburn, the widow of Governor
Luke P. Blackburn, of Kentucky, was on
I the witness stand. Mrs. Blackburn occupies
a position in Washington society second to
I none, and is known to be a high-spit ited
I and courageous woman.
The cross-examination of Mrs. Blackburn
brought out some very sensational, and at
I times, humorous evidence. After having tes
! titled to Colonel Breckinridge’s promise to
i marry Miss Pollard, made when he asked
j Mrs. Blackburn to take -Miss Pollard under
! In r care, Mrs. Bl ickburn proceeded to give
‘ some details of the scene. "After to speak
i ing to me of his regard for Miss Pollard,”
i said Mrs. Blackburn, “Colonel Breckinridge
I sa id : , ,
• “‘I suppose vou are thinking lam doing
i a very absurd thing to marry a woman so
I much younger than I,' I said: ’There is
I certainly ? great risk in this disparity of
’ age, but. I have seen these marriages turn
out. as hiippy ns can lie.’ Colonel Hreckin
i ridge then said: T am old enough to be
Miss Pollard’s father. I am between thirty
and thirty-one years older than she.’
Advised 'Haileline to Break ihe En
giig'enient.
"At the last interview I had with Colonel
Breckinridge he asked me as a particular
favor to sec Miss Pollard and try to allay
her jealousy, as she was making both, her
self and him very miserable bj it. 1 said:
'Havi you given her no cause for jealousy ?
and he' replied firmly: ’No.’ I said: ’Colonel
Breckinridge, pardon me, I speak from ru
mor now. but 1 hold that when a man is
engaged to one woman lie ha. no rigid to be
paying devoted attention to another. This,
i ’m ar. yeti are doing. Miss Pollard was here
yesterday. She told me of her jealousy and
said she’heard that you were paying atten
tion to an elderly woman. I said to iter:
’if Colonel Breckinridge is acting in that
way he is not worthy of you, and I do not
see how vou, if vou have one atom of sell
respect, can still hold him to an engage
ment.’ Colonel Breckinridge then said indig
nantly that there was not a word of truth
in this, that the rumors proceeded from a
few miserable gossips. 1 mentioned the mime
of Mrs. Wing. The colonel said: ‘I have no
idea of marrying Mrs. Wing. She is a rela
tive of mine. Nothing in th*' world in the
way of any love passages have-ever passed
between Mrs. Wins: and myself I’ut if
the report of an intended marriage to Mrs.
Wing should reach my family, it may
familiarize them with the idea of my get
tin- mu Tied ’ ” .
Mrs. Blackburn, returning to the subject
of the earlier interview with Miss Pollard,
said that she had told her: "If Mr. Breck
inridge wishes to act the villain I think j*ou
aie powerless to prevent him.”
Then Mrs. Blackburn, lookin'' steadily nt
Air. Breckinridge, said that she had told
him finally that because he bad not kept
his agreement to see Mis Pollard seldom,
and boom: <■ of other circumstances in the
s ame direction, she had withdrawn her pro-
I lection from Miss Pollard.
Althougl Mrs. Blackburn was anything
but reluctant to tell al! she knew, slu hur
ried along so that Miss Pollard’s counsel
had to ask her to look back in order that
incidents that she bad forgotton in her rap
id piogrcss might be gathered up One of
these incidents was a scene between Mr.
Breckinridge and Miss Pollard in Imr rooms.
Mis. Blackburn’s recital of it. caused a
laugh at the expense of the defendant.
-Willie. Do Annie the Day.”
"Miss Pollard put her hand on Colonel
Breckinridge’s shoulders and said: ‘Now.
Willie, will you name to Mrs. Blackburn t s e
day on which we will be married?’ Colonel
Breckinridge replied: ‘Owing to present cir
cmnstances I cannot do it now, but I’ll re
-.o ..ir-J ,i- A* ' A',’i . , 'i nd we will
; . th? ’ . iiiid my marriag vt id be
with the girt 1 told Mrs. Blackburn I was
engaged to ’ Miss Pollard went down on
her knees when she put her hand., to his
shoulders ami Colonel Breckinridge took one
of her ha*:ds affectionately and stroked it
and patted it I said ’Miss Pollard. 4011
had better get up and take your seat.’
(Laughter.) A s this Colone. Breckinridge
said: 'Yes: <lO not let us have any more
ilemonstrations before Mrs. Blackburn.'
“After that.” the witness continued, "I
said to Miss Pollard that she ought to be
satisfied; that there was no necessity for
any other conversation, seeing that Colonel
Breckinridge had -aid that he would corn*
back and tell me about, the arrangement for
the wedding to the young lady to whom he
' had said he had been engaged.”
Ifri. Illnek bill 11 Scolded Him.
Mr:. Blackburn next related the story of
j a. visit to New York, where, she said, she
• had scolded Coloni I Breekmridge very se
i verely for the way in which he followed
I Miss Pollard around. She said to him:
"Such conduct as yours, sir, is very repre
hensible.”
"The colonel told me that undoubtedly I
must have noticed that Miss Pollard was
very talented, .•:nd he added that she was
one of tiie most magnetic women he had
ever met. He said her people were plain
people, satisfied with their lot in life, but
| that he was very ambitious; that she was
I not satistl, d with her station, but wanted eo
. make a name for hersell. The colonel also
! told me that Miss Pollard had a sister, who
| was a. vxrc beautiful girl, married to a min
-1 i.’ter a B.i;;ti:*t or a Method: i, I don't
know which—living some place in the inte-
1 ri'ir of Kentucky. IL- s. id this sister was
unite .’iitislied with her lot cud with her
■ white-nectied spouse.”
"1 his raised a laugii.
Mrs. Blackburn then skipped to a later
! period, when In had a conversation with
■ t'< lonel Breckinridge at the time of the ru
mor of his approaching marriage to Mrs.
Ming. "I said to him then, ’1 must say.
coloi.el, j think it is a poor return for all
Hie devotion you have received from Miss
i’Oliard to be i-ngagid to sonic one els .’
The colonel then sail, ’Now. Mrs. Blaek-
I burn, I will tell you . omething th it 1 never
| thought would have passed my lips, but see
j ing that you are looking so sho-.-ked, I must
■ say in justilii at ion of myself that 1 diseov-
I clod, or thought 1 had discovered, that Miss
1 Pollard clung to me in such a. way that I
! felt there was nothing to do but to offer her
1 mv hand in marriage.’ 1 said, ‘Certainly,
I colonel, you take a vi ry high view of the
: 1 a. e, a view that very few men would take
s they had exerted themselves .to gain
‘ her aff< lion before maKing a proposal.’
Tills interview was a short time after the
; fiist.”
A Doctresses’ Testimony.
| Washington. March 13.—The events of yes
terday in the Pollard- Breckinridge trial
’ brought to the doors of the courtroom to
-1 day a greater crowd than ever of people
who were looking for fresh sensations.
Tin absence of Miss Pollard did not have
the effect of diminishing the attendance in
the courtroom, and all the spectators re
mained throughout the dry legal tilt over
; the admission of Mrs. Logan’s deposition.
The objection to Mrs. Logan’s deposition
j were overruled and Mr. Carlisle read it.
Mrs. Logan said that while she was Dr.
1 Sweet, a practicing physician of Cinein
i nati, she attended a young woman in 1884
I who gave her name as Mrs. Monica Bur
-1 goyne. Miss Pollard was present while Mrs.
Logan’s deposition was being taken, but
Logan said that while there were
■’oine tilings about Miss Pollard that sug
gested Mrs. Burgoyne, she could not identi
fy her. The young woman had said that
she was pregnant with her first child; that
: her husband was dead, and acting’as though
1 there were reasons why the matter
should be kept secret. The young woman
called twice at Mrs. Logan’s otli- e and later
: the deponent called to see Miss Pollard.
Now. 1 look ai her 1 begin to recog-
1 nize her,” said the deponent at this point.
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MADELINE A MOTHER.
Dr. Buchanan Testifies Positively on this
Di licote Point
Washington, March 14.—The fifth day of
1 the Pollard-I Jreckinridge trial was devoted
1 by the plaintiff’s attorneys to elaborating
i the main points already marked out by
I them in their case. There were no sensa
i tional incidents, nor was there any display
1 ' f belligerence among legal gentlemen, a
| failure g: i vously disappointing to the
i populace, which expects daily excitement
I from the affair. Since his encounter of
Monday evening with Attorney Shelby, of
Lexington, Mr. Johnson, of Miss Pollard’s
counsel, has appeared in court but twice,
not that he anticipatSd trouble, but because
he is engaged outside in working up the
testimony.
Aliss Pollard was in court during the
morning but left when her friend, Dr. Belle
Buchanan, of Cincinnati, began to testify
concerning the birth of her first child.
Most of the day was occupied by the
reading of depositions from a Cincinnati
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SISTER CECELIA ON THE STAND,
physician and one of Miss Pollard’s school
friends, and there was some conflicting
testimony regarding her age, which is a
disputed point, the plaimdi asserting that
she was but seventeen years of age when
Colonel Breckinridge met her. Her identifi
cation by Sister Cecelia was not complete
and remains to bo fastened, if it can be,
by the writing found in the volumes of
Irving, said to have been presented by .Miss
Pollard to Sister Cecelia, of Pueblo, Col.,
formerly superior of the Norwood asylum,
near Cincinnati, was resumed. When the
trial was commenced this morning, Miss
Pollard was sitting nearly in front of
Colonel Breckinridge, with only the austere
sister from the house of refuge beside
her, her other unknown friend being for
the time absent. Replying to Attorney
Carlisle’s question, Sister Cecelia said that
she had a good memory for names, but a
poor memory for faces. She could not
affirm positively that Miss Pollard had
beep an inmate of the Norwood convent,
nor could she say that she had not.
Mr. Carlisle inquired whether any pa
tients in the asylum had been in the habit
of veiling themselves, to which the sister
replied: "There were two or three ladies
who veiled their faces when they thought
there was danger of being recognized by
visitors from Cincinnati.”
Sister Cecelia remembered that three or
four ladies had come there from Cincinnati
in the spring of 1885 in carriages, but when
asked if there had been a patient by tiie
name of Burgoyne answered, "The name is
not familiar to me.”
The cross-examination was very pries.
Sister Cecelia saying in answer to Mr.
Butterworth that she had held several con
versations with Miss Pollard since her ar
rival at Washington.
Dr. Beflc Bneltnnnn.
Dr. Belle Buchanan, of Cincinnati, took
the stand amid a buzz of interest from tl *
spectators. She said slu- was a praetieii
physician in Cincinnati in 1885. she an'' I''j
Perry, (Mrs. Kane) renting the house joii •,
ly, where they lived. "Y
"Do .vou know the plaintiff in this ease , i i
asked Air. Carlisle. 4
"1 do.” p
"When dtd you first know her?” •
”1 first knew her in the summer of 18’ ’
when she came to my house, in Clncinna’ i I
from St. Joseph’s foundling asylum
Bond Hill, sometimes called Norwood, ne ~ ■
Cincinnati.” M .
"Do you know from what she was suffi- - 1
ing?" ,
"1 do—she had given birth to a chi' '
previously.” ■ I
"Can you state how long prior to com;.
to your house the child was born?” ,
”1 should say about ten weeks.” ‘ ■
During this part ot Dr Buchanan’s ten.
mony. Colonel Breckinridge busied him t :
reading a newspaper.
Dr. Buchanan said Aliss Pollard, or •,
son, was about eighteen when she w .
her house. She had recognized the j ■
tiff last Fi-bruary when Miss Pollard •
on her , ‘ „
An affidavit by Mrs. Wesleyana P. 0,"
son, wife of William F. Robertson 1 \
Cincinnati, anil daughter of Dr. Brown I
Presidon': of At’esleyan seminary in IV B'' • I"
1884. was read by Air. Carlisle. The , 4
had been a student at the seminii
Aladelirie Pollard was there, and ’, 1 'ir- i.
given by Miss Pollard a loiter, to I* s -At ■
on the night of her graduation in '
Shi' had last seen the lette' , '"tf 1 i
husband gave it to Colonel .'.Si’nd
without her consent. ’’ a
l .’i .. ?1 , of Mini/ Vnd
The appear..m’ >f A'As." f . V 'A
seem-' to ne'. i.-’ that of a git
135 pounds straight, lithe-limbed».»< —« Ir / ■
townlike, apparently thirty years old. with
flatfish breast and peculiar face, its nose
Celtie. tin- mouth combative, the ehin with
drawn, the cheek bones very high i I
covered with round, pear-formed cheeks.
She has eyes which light up, are not eva
sive and are not afraid. She would y iss.
if we did not see her here for a clerk
nnder the government, or a wile well set
tled in marriage, or fairly strong willed
maid, country school teacher or inhabitant
of some part of neighboring Maryland. The
wonder is that a m in of fine connections
and at the head of a large constituency
should have kept her acquaintance so many
year:-. Just at present Colone: Breckinr;d''.e
and th? judge are the two great persons in
issue here. He wants evidence omitted: tlm
judge seems disposed to pass it in. The
fast clock marks 3. The middle juror
is fast asleep This trial is costing some
body money or time. Here are about nine
lawyers worth 820 apiece a div, some of
whom have been flying' over the country a
month to take depositions. Jere Wilson
states Shelby's position to be that of a
man who took depositions ar long' as he
wanted to, and then when the other side
asked to t ike a deposition in turn replied i
that he had".'eased to be attorney for that I
care. Brecki iiridge am! Shelby both promp* |
earnestly. Tin- judge aSks :i questin' wb.fi
leaves a doubt on tl"- public, mind. The
jury would be excused by the judge, but
plaintiff's counsel object, tTil they have
heard both sides.
SARAH GEESTs’ TESTIMONY.
She Gives Damaging Eviilen e of a Highly
Sensational Character.
Washington, March 15. -Alis.? Pollard en
tered the circuit courtrooms this morning '
just as the crier rapped for order and be
gan his “oyvz.” She was accompanied by i
Aliss Eilis, the elderly lady from the Epis- ;
copal house oi mercy.
All the attorneys in Ihe case were present
when Aliss Pollard entered. Colonel Brechin- I
ridge had come a minute before and took I
his usual seat immediately b< hind th< pla
tiff. As usual the courtroom was well tilled. I
A colored woman from Lexington, Ky., I
Sarah Guest, dressed in deep mourning, i
was the first witness. She is the woman '
whose deposition was oujected io a lew Ua.vs j
ago by me defense. Iler exammation was j
'■ nd ted by Mr. Farrell, who v. :. the at
torney lor Miss Pollard in Lexington.
Sarah Guest was questioned minutely con
cerning tier life and antecedents; how long
she had lived in Lexington and other ques
tions of a. personal character. She knew
Colonel Breckinridge, she said, ever since
she was a little girl. She had lived in l<ex
ington for twenty-five years. The witness j
identified Colonel Breckinridge and Aliss I
Pollard. |
The substance of her testimony was to
the effect that, she kept an assignation
house; that Breckinridge brought Miss Pol
lard to her house the first time about ten
years, ago, to remain from Friday until Mon
day; that thi witness objected to so long
a stay; that Breckinridge overrode her ob
jections and the girl remained; that Breck
inridge visited her r'aob ,lav eml- evening; '
she had heard Breckinridge tell Miss Alade- I
line that she must get breakfast early and
"get down there” to meet Air. Rhodes on
Monday night.
She Looked Like a School Girl.
Mr. Farrell asked if there was anything
about Miss Pollard's appearance that, iml.- I
caivl her age, anu alter an objection to this 1
by Air. Shelby had been overruled, the wit
ness answered that her dress came to her i
shoe lops. She looked like a school girl i
between sevenieen and eighteen years oi l. i
Sum: times she wore her ha ir in a plait and I
sometimes on top of her head.
"How many times was Colonel Breekin- I
ridge at your house with Miss Pollard?”
asked Air. Farrell.
"About fifty times.”
"Over how many years did these visits ex
tend?”
"Over about three or four years.”
Air. Shelby conducted the cross-examina
tion of Sarah -Guest. He waded right in
without preliminaries.
Air. Farrell, the young lawyer for the
plaintiff from Lexington, read the deposi
tion of Mrs. Mary F. Hovt. sister of Airs.
Ketcham, who testified that Aliss Pollard
told her that she had agreed to marry
James C. Rodes on condition that he paid I
for her education.
Miss Pollard was absent, from Lexington
from July 6th to September 2, 1886, saying
she had gone with her aunt.
“Did you know Colonel A. M. Swope?”
was asked the deponent.
“Yes.”
".Did he call on Miss Pollard?”
‘‘To mv knowledge he never called on
Miss Pollard while she was at my house.”
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r n culicr to females, at H1 ” cordial and restorative tonic. It pro i ■■■«■■> an( j th ose about to become
EXPERIENCE. the Invalids’ Hotel motes digestion and assumption of Rod, § MlWKfld mothers, should know that
s -., Z and Surgical Insti- cures nausea, weakness ot stomach, rndiges- g .I 5 I nr.oo | D r . p- cr ce's Favorite Prescrip-
tute Buffalo N. Y., has afforded a vast ex- tion, bloating and eructations of gas. tion robs childbirth of its tor-
periencc in nicely adapting and thoroughly As a soothing and ! fares, terrors and dangers to both mother
remedies for the curoot womanspe- u 5 VnyTyuff h strengthening nerJisie. i hii<l child, bt aiding nature in preparing the
culiar maladies. 1 * UUJiiiiKJi B “Favorite Prescription ” system for parturition. Thereby “ labor ”
Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription is | S Mi-niiiiir l is unequaled and is in- i and tho period of confinement is greatly
tho outgrowth of this great and valuable ex-; | HilflllriL I valuable in allaying and shortened. It also promotes an abundant
perience. Thousands of testimonials received subduing nervous excita- secretion of nourishment for the child,
from patients and. from physicians who have | bility, irritability, exhaust! >n, prostration, (
WOKS mSEASE. FEMALE WEAKNESS.
Mr'S W O Gt-NTKEI. of No. 1461 South 7th Mrs. F. L. Inman, of Manton. Wexford Co., | Jpontblv, periodic;.l pains. Since taking seven
‘ st Terre Haute. Irdi- Mich., writes: I ■>’- bottles of your‘Favorite Prescription ’ some
aii’a, writes; “I had gan talung ‘ lavoritel agOt j have enjoyed better health than I
been a sufferer from Prescription about a, havo lor more than four y. ars previously;
womb tnmlJe for eight J''’;' 1 ' ago. !• or years jn for several months past 1 lime by n
years having doctmi .i 1 iinve suffered wfih ; to work at sewing. 1 have mimed m
with the most skillful falling and ulceration y V) .; g .| lt thirty-nine pounds since taking your
gMfeW 1 physicians, but finding J of the womb but to-1 mcd ; cineß; the soreness and pain, of which 1
oniv temporary relief!®??'* & dav ' lam /‘’’joying: formerly complained so much, have disap-
from me'lieines P>'"S- \ perfect health. pearxi.”
\ 1 cribed bv them. 1 was ‘ flgsi- ,_j I lour Dottles |
*-> / advis'd by a friend to of the ‘Proscription
j en d Me%ll GENERAL DEBILITY, SSCK HEAD-
/ ami found.in takingbix ’SsSk. -’. Byery 1 a<! y ACHE- IKANY ACHES AND
bottles of the‘i’rcr-crfip- suilenng from female ALHIfc, IfcAN T wynto
tion’ and two ol the weakness should try PAINS.
* i n<rnvc»v ’ t h'il it has >« i the ‘Proscription
ctry.rtf d a po' tivi-Nits. Inman. an(l ‘Golden Medical Mn.';. J. FL Lansing, of
Mks. Gune.kel, which words <• m- Discovery.’ ’ S/iratDQd IV. I\, writes: “After id> third
not e?; pros’ s - mv graHtu'le b.r the r< iioJ fron s . ehJil wits b<)rn, i barely gained stiongtb em mi jri
the c-rcat suffering that L«o long enutired.” * tßeffOiwAL in two ycars so as to be able to crawl
Miss Mahy J. 'Fanner, A'or/7? Lnirrcnrr, about to accomplish rhe
StIDRTEMS LABOH. “ I “ kforfo,ir dVt onlj
•’iMvori^ lki!l lTc-‘i'ri|'- in a po.'Jr’'"'im- ilßem'jmmy pains \md x-'f
tion’ the fin-t month noy.-nsh. d< omlitionof ( C riVeO.en one D,* He YHi
ot m-i-gn-iney and tll,: blood, and uterine u< !, l ,b I,’’ \ k
have'/om’i'iu''.i'taking trouble. I suffered a I of join• M ayor r.e I 11-- \st I
• . ■ 4 iI h iri fl ill ipt loti I COllhl SOC «l /
it since < )nhn< nient. gi« at <b ai unn I>a>n »n . eh'incre in mv /
i <ll.l not I vperienco .'■ ”1; sides, and much ift -oncth •mu I< “s -i< k \
tl-.e nausea or any <» ■l< n<< rm ss impressing / / heJTaJlws. Continued k
tiie ailments due to -I . lbioale<l -d tin'es in niv \ taking the medicine un- -f d: - y
•Prn-eiipiiin/ Iwas f \ and one ot thj l Go! d. n MRS. L x>-ING.
oiilj in label a s lyit , fl ci P p„ qn ,i w ..< troub- ffv. —Medical Discovery.’ !am now able to do
time, and tiie ph?si- X, wAr*: I'-.i with n-ih/itntii nos housework for tny.-cli and hti: imid and two
eian said Ig. t along ?. < -t' ‘1 a ehildn-n iged nu.J.md m.-. luisomU-dn'-s-
11 We U d h.k e - saved ' ' gnm d.-al of pain in midcing. and enjov walkmg a mile M a >:nm
Ac tliml. it 5.1.. Mrs. Baker. mvhe-i' 1 temnies lore- MISS TANNER. when 1 can liaw the time uxioso. And lam
me a great deal m b’ihl ami eves 1 had sure it isalldueto Dr. i‘ier -A I-’avorite Fre-
km’; i.< k wurid oi i VroubiUmc cough, and raised a gre'.t de -!. ■■n . - I , ing o l
[Xi for me.” duul ’ uab | and llt . times experienced a good deal ot commenced to take it. ’
A T’ catisc (ICO page®) on “ Woman and Her Diseases,” sent in plain, seated envelope, on receipt of 10 cents for postage.
Address, WORLD’S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION,
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute. BUrFALO, N. Y.
j ence of Colom- B;- ,-kirirklge during tiie I
trial of th-' breach ot promise here is I
remarked l>> -;">-ery .one. He ha - daily faced I
between :’.O" amt 1(W ;>■ rsons wiihou a blusii |
or tiie siightes’ . m:-:-: sstr.ent while wit- .
ness after with-•;«h relateii the revolting' re- |
lalions he bon- t ■ the woman mm suing ,
, 1:. 111 li . I't
; t l,room has shov . I- -rnotio than he, an 1 ,
aniuch an exhibition of ■■ ,il;.-:n-s-- has never
a. i j er. witnessed her,:. : - kiiii idgi-
. r -< v-sev
.WK? ' . ' -ea.--h.-i ami
tbe--Jr:i ins of’ the I’ : yt ■::: <-. Hi'i-h. a
j nephew of John <’ lire' >: -ir ■ . who was '
. vice president of th I'nited Slates when ;
the v. ar broke out. and a brother of Geu
: oral Joseph Breckinridge, inspector gen
-1 eral of tiie Vniti-d Stat- -- anil! .
j There has never been in congress a man
j who enjoyed the rcspec'. mi l confidence ot
' his associates ami th? public generally to I
! a greater degree trim', he. ami although j
there have beer, whispers about his reia- ,
tions with Miss Pollard for several years, '
while she was a clerk in tin- d, partinents 1
here under his patronage ami protection, it.
was usually dismissed as hue gossip, lie
cause he 'war. supposed to be beyond the
reach of mi” such semu.lal.
!-’r. m tile time Geneni.l Gart’mld left the
lions- i ■!' repres.-n ia I' unli' Boutko Coek
rmi appi ii’e'l in th o li.idy (’i'i'.i:: -- Breckin
ridge was the orator par excellence, and
there has be. >: a vi : narrow margin la
twee.i the number of his admirers ami
those who think Mr. <’<■•krmi surpas.-es
him in oratorical ability. He is the man
who was selected to deliver the oration at |
th.- dedication of the world's fair Imildim,-; i
and was impelled to resign I of th< i
criticism he received :‘o. voting against tho I
■ exposition appropriation .11- is a mu. of .
' striking ;*l»l arn m- . larp'o frame. m :e-Tu! '
- and digi: th-I carriage m-d a rmldx i • :i- |
I plexion which offois a strikimr contrast to i
I his snowy hair ami b.-m'd. Hi- eyes are I
a dark grav and h - always wa ph ar
ant smile. There is no man in WaM.imMiin
of mor.- pleasing manners or affable dispo
sition. j
MADEI.INE’S SHAME.
She Tells tbe Story of Iler Love tor fol- '
• 11 reck i
i Washington, Mar. h 16.-The news fmm
' New York that tho ni.'ii riage of < W j
C. P. I h’fckinrniup .-w! Mr-. Waig i
' had taken placn js-enfly in th.H • on |
! April _.»lh la.-i, a'- «-rdin.y: • th< marrHge ;
i certiilcatc three months before the p.b-lh
j ceremony, was spread abuui the < ourtroorn
, where the Orta'-h <•:’ piomi.-f < r v..is .
ing tried this aft* rnuon and creaied great
I interest. Ccuns'- !, ?iu\v« v< r, were unable to
! se*’ what inru'in:, tiiis nr imy' • rciiid ha\c
| on tin- rase, for t- imnmTy b 1 - been given
j that ih- ma..-,’ in !• (’olonol Ihiv kin-
' ridge and Mass I’oliard ex i- I marly a
i month prior to the date <>f Ihe set-’er niar
, riage, as given in tin* cert i !'ra.te which has
' just been li! • ! in Nd \\ Yorit.
Mrs. Julia C. !’.imh : -’vn. th • widow of
I Governor Jatke Blackburn, of Kentucky,
i ■ ®'
> c , ■ ’
!
MADELINE POLLARD.
I who testified m the ease on March 9th,
; said that on Good Friday n.giu. in 1893.
I I'Mi.iml Bi'i-ckiiiridg'i' brought Aliss I'-.Hard -
to her apartments at the Portland, in this ,
city, ami presented her as his future wife, i
asking Mrs. Blackburn to give, the young :
woman her protection during the engage- |
ment. Good Friday, in 1893. i aim- on March i
31St. while the seeri-t marriage is recorded !
as having taken place April 29th of that i
year.
Miss Pollard testified on Who witness stand :
t'lday that "Oil •one Os tile .as; days of An- I
gust, in 1892, Colonel Breekmridge had |
asked her to marry him and she had con
sented.”
Colonel Breckinridge was told by a re- i
i porter that the certificate of marriage had i
been lilod with tiie bureau of vital statis
tics ami asked if he would say something j
about it.
“No, 1 have not anything to say." be said.
“It will .ill come out later. I must not
talk of these things now. You will have to
wait until I go on the stand; then you’ll
hear tin whole story. No, I really can’t
sav anything about it.”
Mr. Stoll, of Lexington, one of Colonel
Breekinridge’s counsel. said laughixigly.
patting Colonel on the “ack: i
I "Oh! you just wait tint:' w<- get this old
I fellow on ill' stand and then you’ll know
; th- truth. But we r keeping quiet ju. r
now.”
Tiaiielini' Tells the Siory.
| Maueline Pollard to! i the story ol’jier life
; today to a court omi full ol men. She was
i on ini- witm-.-ss st ind irom i- iriy mornmg
i unt-1 adjournment, and the tat.- sin- told
was a romance, she was somewhat th-.-.i
--! tricai, very plaintive am! confiding, and
gave In - lest .m. .i■ i ■ 1
. ■. r : j..-‘ ‘ ■
. tion ot' -.-very que-Jon, wire p.n .ic liar..-.
I noticeable. For such a sensational ca-e, fn :
| testimony was free from vulgar and sug-
gestive lietail. . Once when slu- was asked
to fell of a conversation with Colonel
l‘.r <-kinridge abm-t her coming confinement,
sli - burst out. hMf-v epingly, with a. pro
i test against being made to say such things
! before so many men. ami tiie question was
i witb.drawn. (fold type cannot di-piet the
! rising and failing of her plaintive voice;
| tin- tone of her demure little acknowledge-
ments about her early life, and the sharp
I ami courteous replies to inquiries of the
i defendant’s attorney. .Major Butterworth.
Sin- prow'd the most interesting wbm<
of the now noted trial, and ev. rj worn she
uttered was listened to with attention.
She told how she lived as a little girl; how
.1 lines Rodes an uncouth old man. had
made a contract with her to pay tor her
education on condition that she would pay
him back or marry him: bow Colonel
Breckinridge came into her life; how she
I passed for nine years as a pure, innocent
• girl; of the alleged proposal of marriage
l after the death of Mrs. Breckinridge, ami
j of what followed the defendant's marriage
i to Mrs Wing. Her <-ioss-e:-::iminatlim was
i in progress when tiie court adjourned.
I After a whispered consultation between
M.-i rs. W l-'on and Carlisle of Miss 1>.,1-
| lar.i’s counsel, and an examination of some
letters. Miss Pollard took the stand, anii-l a
i buzz of excitement in the courtroom.
i Miss Ellis took her s->:>t next to Miss Pol-
I laid, who gave her name in ■> firm man
| tier and an fwert d Mr Carlisle’s qtu si
J in a steady voice that sometimes became
i almost too loud.
Mr. I'.-irlisl-. "s preliminary questions were
I about Miss Pollard's parentage. Her IMher
I wis saddler When h<- died, in 1886. all
I the Odd Fellows and Masonic lodges in
i Kr-nturky sent delegates to Frankfort to
attend the funeral
The Proposal sind Ae< cpinncc.
In answer to .Ml - . Carlisle, Miss Pollard
said: "111 the very last days of August, in
1892. Mr. Breckinridge met me at the Balti
more and Ohio railway station.”
'How did he greet you?”
“He drew me to him. kissed me and put
me in a carriage and we were driven intc
the country.”
"What did he say in the carriage?”
“He told m<- that lie had s.an■•thing to
tell me. and he said hi v.as vain enough
t ) ihink I would be glad to hear it. He
said tiie children wen all grown up now
and that there was no reason why he
should not marry. He asked ma if I would
marry him, and I to. . him I would.”
"Where wre you stopping during this
stay in Washington?”
"At 25 Lafayette square.”
"During your few days’ stay at this time
was the subject of marriage mentioned?'’
"Yes. frequently.'
"Did he say anything about when the
marriage should take place?”
"Yes. he said he had waited fourteen
months after the death of his first wile
before taking a second wife, and he thought
a year Would be sufficient to wait for our
marriage.”
"Did you agree witli him?”
“No. 1 s.iid that "more consideration was
du..- his children: that we should wait at
least two years.”
Miss Pollard was also questioned concern
ing her residence at 25 Lafayette square,
v- hi r- she said Mr. I’.reekinri Ige .- liled on
her frequently, and said many times that
a year alter his wife's death was .suffi
cient to wait.
Miss i’oilard al.o told the story of her
presentation to Mrs, iliackburn by Colonel
Breckinridge as his future wife and of his
pl-icing her in Mrs. Blacktmrn’s charge as
“my future wife,” as testified to by Mrs.
Blaekbur.. a lew days ago.
Their Fifil t <•« u:< in tttiice.
"In 1884,” said Miss Pollard, "I was sum
moned from school at Cincinnati to go to
l-’rankfort, where m.v sister was very ill.
Mr. Rodes put m on tin- car. A gentleman
i was in the car, and coming over to me, he
. said: ‘Your face is familiar; don’t 1 know
■ you?’ I said: 'No. but 1 know who you are.
: You are Colonel Breckinridge.’ He sat
i down on the other side of the it'sie and
' asked me if he might come to see me. I.
i s-.aid my aunt and my mother would be very
: gla-l to see him at l-Taakfort. That was all
i that was said.”
.Miss Pollard said she did not keep the let
| tors written her by Rodes—she always de
' stroved his letters.
I Colonel Breckinridge and Mr. Stoll ex
i changed knowing smiles at this answer. "In
I om- of th--S'* letters ?,Ir. Rodes said he could
I comp' i rm to marry him or pay him back.
| 1 could not pay him back, and I did not
I want to marrv. I did not know a man
whom I could' turn to for advice until I
thought of Mr. Breckinridge. I wrote him
asking if Mr. Rodes cc'tl l compel me to
iria.rrv him. He answered that letter in
person, coining to see me at .Wesleyan col
lege. in Cincinnati, where I was at school.
I saw him in tho drawing room of the col
lege, and he said that was not the place
I to have a. confidential conversation. He
| asked couldn’t we get some sort oi' a rela
tionship so that I could get permission to
I go out. 1 told him it was not necessary to
I be related and that we could get permis
-1 sion. He said, looking at a paper in Ins
hand, that th< t' was a. concert that ••v.-:.-
ing and uld go. He obtaine t peri Is
sion i o take me out from . ung Mr. Bi >wn,
the principal’s son
••That .v. iiina Mr. Breckinridge c.r -
1,.. ■>; i . ;; <-1 >.-• : i-arnage to take me out.
it .-at; summery Jr.nt evening, and
■ ■ ■ ■ a u H i . si'. ', but
said he had a throat .u'teetion, so we
' .\ir’ Carlisle did not ask what happened
' in the carriage. ,
“When did you see him again'.
{ “The next morning at the public library,
'be appilintment. He said h< mt i take
i nie to Lexington. We went to Lexington
Friday.” . ...
“Where did you go alter reaching Lex
i ington?”
, “To Sarah Guest s.”
“What time was it that you arrived in
I Lexington?”
i “About dusk.”
| “How long did you stay there?
“I util Monday morning.”
: ‘Who was with you at Sarah Guests
i from Friday night until Monday morning?”
“Mr. Breckinridge was there most of the
. time.”
I “What did Colonel Breckinnogo say to
I yon on the i \ nine of your arrival at Lex
i ington about Mr. Rodes?”
“Nothing.”
“What dill ho say about Air. Rodes on tlie
foilowing Monday morning?” :
“Air. Breckinridge • ame to Sarah Guest s
: terribly frightened lie .-aid Mr. Rod".- .in i
been to Cincinnati and found out that I
i had gone with him. and that f must catch
| a. train ami go t > Frankfort, where my
I mother lived, which 1 did.”
| “Who ci ■.■g-'.i'.i d that yen leave Cincinnati
i and go to Sayre institute?”
I “Mr. Breckinridge.”
M ; ss Pollard identified the four volume?
i of Washington Irving the' have figured
I in the trial. They were riven h r I>y Mr.
Rodes ar Christmas. ISSI. and die ■ av.- them
to Sister Cecelia at the Fmmd'iu ; asylum.
'■ I'si-sh ioai; tile tecer.i.
{ Miss Pollard bad given her test imony
without noti ■ tide of n< ■ ■ •
I ness except in a rising tendency of b"r
| voice at times, and an incllnanon to talk
i too fast. She speaks with a i : ttl“ lisp, rind
i what mieht be .-ailed a ’.i.-diionable accent..
; Her story was told with infinite detail, as
I if she bad rehearsed time and lime a gain.
' She looked Colonel Breckinridge . qu-ir-'ly
I in the eyes while giving her t< stimony
i without appearing to do so.
Taking up her life ar Lexington after
! the birth ■ . her baby, Mr. Carlisb aski- I
Miss Bollard who paid for her tuition and
i board while she was at Sayre institute,
i “Mr. Breckinridge, oi course,' was the
I reply.
“Miss Poli- ■■.!.” was the ;;■•>• qu< -lieu,
“who was the lather of the child born on
the 29th of May, 1".’.'.”
“Mr. Brekinridge,” was the answer, long
drawn out for the sake of emphasis.
In answer to direct questions, Miss Bol
lard said that she had ii“- er at any tune
been intimate with any man except Hr.ck-
I inridge. She told of fr.-quent changes of
residence during her life in V- ■ ■ nng'nii.
ami changes ot tun also, corroborating
I upon these points all tl ■■ •.•.:!■.•' ■' who
i have preceded her.
Miss Bollard said she <•; me to M
ton from Lexington in September. ISS7, at
Sir. Breckinridge’s desire.
“I bad to go somewhere.” she said.
AMer several changes of residence, Colo
nel Breckinridge took her to a little house
| in south Washington, occupied by 1.4
woman called “Aunt Mary.” and she re
mained there until her seecnd baby was
hern, in February, ixss. After her confim •
nier.t she went to live at a convent on
M'i-'s icliusetts avenue, b tw-'i-n The “.•••••’.fit
and Fourteenth streets, and remained there
two .wars and six. months. Luring part of
this time she was employed in the govern
ir.< nt sen ice, the rest in st udying. SI e
sa w the defendant three or four times each
week during this period.
The Love Letters.
Then Mr. Carlisle read teh grams and
letters from Colonel Breckinridge to Miss
I’oil:.rd. written while he was away on
■ ids trim from Lexington. Covington and
other places. Nearly every day he tele
graphed her asking if she was well, ti Hing
her to make herself comfortable and to
occupy herself. The letters were not at all
of the amorous kind; they were friendly,
but not too much so. Th< nod
“yours” or “yours truly and sincerely,” and
had no heading.
Colonel i .reekinri !ge. Miss Pollard said,
was delivering political speeches in Ken
tucky and Tennessee.
“My Hear Willie.”
After recess a letter was read from Miss
p.llarl to Colonel Breckinridge acknowl
edging that she had published the an
nouncement of their engagement and that
she was sorry for it. This was evidently
in arswer to a letter from Ci lonel Breck
inridge taking her to task for tho public:,-
I tion. The letter began “My Bear Willie”
and was signed “Your loving Madeline.”
The last question asked by Mr. Carlisle
was to show how long the illicit relation
si in existed between Colonel Breckinridge
and th” plaintiff, and Miss Pollatd answer
ed loudly and distinctly, emphasizing every
syllable:
“From that night, when he took me to
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