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WILLIE WAS NOT ABASHED
Ho Continues the Story of Ills Intrigues
with Misa Pollard.
ALL OF HER ASSERTIONS ARE DENIED
\
In tlio Unholy
, Shameful UcclliiU-of Incident *
holy I'urtii.TKlilp lliHt llm Jlroucht
i < ! In mi ItiinoriMl Name-
It riouncil the < lHll < Tlo .
WA8HINTON , March 30. There was an
auillcnco awaiting the second a | > pcaranco ot
Colonel Brccklnrldga on the "witness Rtand
today , whoso Interest In liltu and wlml ho
would have to say wan more intense than
that ot any ot- the audiences ho hail ever
taced bctorc. Foremost In It sat the
plaintiff and her elderly companion , Mrs.
Kills ; back ot them , In double rows , the
lawyers In the case and also Dcshn Ureckln-
ridge , the son to whom the defendant had
referred In affectionate terms wlillo de
tailing the members ot his family yester
day. Further beyond were two Ions rows
jt newspaper men and skctchcrs waiting
Jo transfer to paper the different attitudes
of the congressnian-wllncsH and then the
ranks of the spectators , most of them mem
bers of the bar.
No time was lost In sending the witness
to the Btund , and then Mr. Ilntterworth
banded up the work basket which hud be
longed to his second wife und which Miss
Pollard Bald he had Riven her with affec
tionate words. Ho recognized It.
"My wife was a Miss Desha. She died In
July , 1&92 , " he said , "I saw last the
basket In my room on II street ; I have no
recollection when. The statement made by
jhe plaintiff was that when I luft Washing-
ion , after the session of congress , I went
with her In a herdlc to the train , that I
gave her the basket then with affectionate
words. I did not go to Miss 1'ollnrd'n house
that night. I did not ride with her In the
hordlc to the depot , I did not give her the
basket under any circumstances. "
The voice of Colonel Urecklnrldge , as ho
.Biadc this denial , was soft , .tool und meas
ured as carefully as It had been throughout
his testimony the day before. Mlsa I'ullard
was sitting very straight In her chair , with
lior oycs fixed sharply upon him , but he di
rected his replies entirely to his questioner ,
who sat between Miss Pollard and the jury.
Mr. Hutterworth then asked : "When did
you first learn that this basket was In the
posesslon nt the plaintiff ? "
Colonel Brccklnrldgc I learned a day or
two before the trial that a basket was In
her possession. What basket It was I did
not know , nor did I have any knowledge
where the basket was until It was produced
at the trial.
IGNORANCE ABOUT Till : BASKET.
"Havo you any knowledge how this
basket got Into her possession ? "
"I cannot say from personal knowledge
how the basket came Into her possession , nor
did she recelvo It with my knowledge or
consent or connivance on my part. "
Mr Hutterworth then left the quest Ion of
the basket and directed his questions to the
details of the meeting between the witness
and Miss I'oliard , and the circumstances of
the visit to the house of Sarah Guess.
"I wish you would give an account ,
colonel , " said Mr. Hutterworth , "of your
trip to Lexington on the afternoon of August
- ' , of which you spoke yesterday , when the
plaintiff was In the train. "
"I found the plaintiff In the car when I
got Into It. The car wns crowded and I
found the plaintiff sitting near the door at
which I entered. I spoke to her and the
conversation resulted In an arrangement by
which we were to meet that evening In
Lexington. "
In answer to a further question lie stated :
An arrangement was made that we should
meat at the house of Sarah Guess. The
arrangement was carried out by golnc In
the street car. "
, , ° state , wl'at took place between yon and
the plaintiff.
A. T/io / statement In the New York World
was substantially correot. We knocked at
tlia door several times. When no one re
sponded a llttlo talk took place between the
plaintiff and myself as to what to do. One
suggestion was that siio should io to the
door of a friend , where slio expected to
spend the night. Another suggestion that
aho should await a llttlo while , It being
Saturday night and It being the custom to
do.a . llttlo marketing that night. The con
clusion was that she should wait and I
( mould go to my homo and If Sarali Guess
returned in a reasonable time I would flnd
her there. I had supper with my family
that night. There was a torch light proces
sion and some speeches , but I did not make
a speech myself. I walked back to Sarah
Guess' and found the plaintiff there. There
was to bo an election the next Monday and
there was some feeling on both sides.
SOME LIVELY QUESTIONING.
Q. Had you made an arrangement to go
to Sarah Quess' , as the plaintiff said ?
A , None whatever.
Q Was there any conversation about her
schooling and inducements of help held out
by'yfiu ' ?
A None whatever.
Q Was there any resistance or protesta
tion on her part against what was done
there ?
A None whatever. Wo merely carried
out the arrangements made on the train.
Bho preferred to remain in the house and
avoid any risk or questions which It might
bo Inconvenient to answer. I returned the
next night. Sunday , with some uncertainty
whether I would Ilnd her there , as she had
said If she could slip away without risk to
the house of her grandfather or uncle she
would do so. I found her there , however ,
as slio said she had not dart-d to take the
risk of going away by daylight. I remained
until about 10 o'clock that night.
Q Was there > any reference to Rhodes ?
'A I cannot recall any. Possibly there
was In those two evenings.
Q Did yon BOO her Monday morning ?
A I did not.
0. What was there In her conduct or ap
pearance to. Indicate that she was not a ma
tured young woman ?
A. Nothing whatever. She was n fully
developed young woman , with nothing to In-
dlcato that sho' was not experienced In the
relation of the sexes.
Q. Was anything over said about her
being seduced by you , or , as It has been
aald hero , that she seduced you ?
This question stirred a laugh , at which
-Judge Bradley looked up from his writing and
rappeu ulmrply.
"As to < the first. " said Colonel Breckln-
rldgo , smiling In an embarrassed way , "of
course nothing was said. Nor until the filing
of this suit ; was anything over said to the
effect that I had seduced her physically or
) th6rwlso. "
The witness said that from that time until
bo met her with other school girls ot the
Sayro Institute In Lexington the next Octo
ber ho had not seen nor hoard of Miss Pol
lard.
lard."Tho
"Tho two old ladles with whom sljo
boarded there , " ho added , "worn perfectly
proper , most estimable and respected per
sons. If the plaintiff received any one In
her room there at night , as aim has said , I
know nothing of It. It was not I. "
DIDN'T KNOW 1IKR WHKREAUOUTS.
Whllo Mlsa Pollard was absent from Lex
ington during the spring of 18S5 , when she
said that her first child was born , witness
declared that ho had no knowledge of her
whereabouts und no communication with
her. If BIO had written under the nom deplume
plume of Margaret Dillon ho hud not re
ceived the letters.
"Did you pay the plaintiff anything when
yon parted from her at Sarah Guess1 ? "
"I cannot use the word pay , " replied the
colonel , considerately. "I paid the ex
penses at Surah Guess' and presented her a
num. not very large , but enough to pay her
traveling expenses. "
Continuing ho denied all knowledge ot the
correspondence to Rhodes alleged to have
l > een written , dated from Now Orleans and
other places In the south , by Miss Pollard
under his direction , nor had ho over written
n letter purporting to Lu from her to her
mother or any other person. Their hand
writings wcru so dissimilar that It would
have been out ol the question. The letters
from Mlsa Pollard to Rhodes which wore
read In court ho had procured from the vis-
tor ot Rhodes , through Attorney Tenney of
Lexington. Ho had never Been Mary
Street of C'lnclnnntl , now Mr * . Logan , and
referring to her description ot hlui u a
small man , ho said : ' 'I was no more of n
pigmy then tl.an I am now. "
He described In a general way his move
ments In the yrar 1S8. until ho met Miss
Pollard In August or September , nsertlng
that no haii no knowledge of where she had
been or the reason for her absence.
In hi * boyhood IIP had been acquainted
with 1 tli oil en. Instead of being In Cin
cinnati on Saturday , August IT , 1881 , when
Miss Pollanl had testified they met at
the public library and afterwards visited
an assignation house , ho had been engaged
In court at Winchester In the trial of Olllo
llrown for murder. The next week nnd
all that month he had been greatly en
gaged.
"Did you meet Minn Pollard after that
first meeting , In the fall of 1SSI , I mean
properly , In assignation ? " asked Mr. But-
terworth.
"On the llth of October I met her In n
house In Cincinnati. She came from the
western part ot the Male and I from the
east. I met her at the Grand Central
depot and went to Mrs. Rose's house , where
wo were BO mo time , I went out on busi
ness nnd returned after supper. I re
mained several hours. I returned to Lex
ington In the morning and she went there
by another train. "
"Did you present her any money ? "
"I paid the expenses , whatever they
were. "
HOW HE FIXED THE DATE.
The congressman was able to fix the date
because there was a great republican meetIng -
Ing that night , at which John A. Logan
spoke.
"You did not have the advantage of at
tending the republican meeting ? " said Mr.
Duttcrworth.
"It might have been an advantage to at-
.tenil a republican meeting. I saw the
plaintiff occasionally , but not frequently , "
continued the colonel. "During the months
of November and December , 1SSI , and Janu
ary , 1883 , I saw her In both senses on the
street and In the house I have spoken of.
After the Ith of March 1 was In Washington
en several days to Introduce to the president
seine gentlemen who were willing to serve
their country. Sly wife and mother were In
poor health and I returned on their account.
My wlfo died on the 2Ith ot .March. "
"Tho llrat tlmu I ever hud nny Informa
tion from the plaintiff that ulie was pregnant
wns In the summer of 1887. The first time I
ever heard that her pregnancy had carried
her to Cincinnati ! was In the fall of 1892 ,
when she desired me to obtain an ofilco for
a lady , on the ground tlmt her brother had
been her physician on that occasion. "
"When did you learn that she was preg
nant on that occasion by you ? "
"That was in tliu summer of 18S7 , when
aho first told me of her pregnancy. "
"Dili she tell you the result of It ? "
"Her Information to mo wao that It had
been a legitimate miscarriage , not an Im
proper miscarriage ; that it had occurred with
her mother's knowledge , under her mother's
supervision ; that It was through her mother
that loss of character had been avoided and
secrecy secured. "
During this passage Miss Pollard's friend
had great trouble In preventing her from
making an outcry. Mr. DuUerworth con
tinued :
"How often did you see the plaintiff In the
full of 1885 ? "
"Occasionally , but not often. How often I
cannot say. "
Describing his movements In 1885 , Colonel
Brecklnrldge spoke ot his connection with
the Morrison bill In cong-css nt a barbecue
given by his constituents and ills attendance
upon confederate reunions. .
IT WAS A NICE , QUIET PLACE.
"I am unable to recall a single Instance
when I sr.w the plaintiff In the year of
1886 , " he continued ; and then , telling how
ho happened to stop at Miss Hoyt's In Lex
ington , wliero Mlsa Pollard boarded , he said
that the noise at thn Phoenix hotel kept him
awake at night and that a friend had recom
mended the boarding house to him as u quiet
place. The fact that Miss Pollard was slop
ing there had "nothing whatever" to do
with the change. He was receiving a large
mail of dally papers with some books , a part
ot which was turned over to the estimable
old ladles , to Miss Pollard and to another
young lady thore. He : did hot advise her
concerning her reading.
"During that time was there any Improper
relations between you ? "
"None whatever. We met Just as I met
the other ladles. There wns no suggestion
by word or syllable that Improper relations
had over existed between us. "
"Tho plaintiff has said that It was on
account ot your Importunities she came to
Washington. How was that ? "
"I did everything I could to prevent her , "
said the colonel Impressively , "and to pre
vent an open breach and scandal. "
"Where did you first learn of her purpose
of coming to Washington ? " Mr. Butterworth
'Inquired.
"In Lexington , " replied the witness. -
"From whom ? "
"From the plaintiff. "
"When was that ? "
"About the third or fourth week In Au-
uust. "
"Up to this time had there been any re
sumption of your improper relations , " asked
Mr. Dutterwortb.
"Nono whatever , " was the reply , and In
answer as to whether they met frequently
ho said that ho hud seen her occasionally ,
In the sensa of meeting her on the street.
Continuing , the colonel said : "After"my re
turn to Lexington from Nlcholasvlllo our
relations were resumed , and I met her at
the same house as before In the latter part
of July , 18S7. It .was after the accident In
which she was thrown from her horse.
Soon afterward she came to me and said
she had made up her mind to leave Lex
ington , because she could get no employ
ment there nnd because she was pursued by
gossip about her relations with Rhodes. She
cald she had consulted Senator Beck about
coming to Washington nnd that he hud said
that It was not u good plan for her to cnmo
to Washington ; that It was the worst place
for a young woman to come. I protested
against her coming. She said one morning
that It was absolutely necessary for mo to
ECO her and I mot her that night. She said
she feared she was pregnant that It wus
not at all a matter of certainty , but that If
KIO ! were there was nothing for her to debut
but to go somewhere "
"Stop there , " Interrupted Mr. Ilutterworth.
"Did she say she wns pregnant by you ? "
HE HAD HIS DOUBTS.
> "Of course. The conversation was ex
cessively unpleasant. I refused to furnish
thn money. It was a matter ot doubt.
Only two months , had passed since our rela
tions had been resumed. I told her that
for her to come to Washington might be
disastrous to herself and to me. After
ward I paid the money which she borrowed
to come to Washington. The conversations
were excessively unpleasant. It was some
time In the month of September , 18S7 , that
Bho camo. I reached here on the evening ot
November 8 and returned to Lexington the
next day. I saw the plaintiff on the street
near Washington Circle. She Informed mo
that slip was In a Catholic Institution nt
that end ot the town and said there was no
doubt of her condition. I returned to Wash
ington again the first Sunday In December ,
but did not sco the plaintiff for three
months , The plaintiff had moved to the
Academy of the Visitation on Massachusetts
avenue , but I saw her at the capltol. "
"Wero these changes made In pursuance
of your suggestions ? "
"They were not. I received several let
ters from the plaintiff saying thnt her
health was very bad. I font her money to
the general delivery whenever she wanted
It. She controlled that. "
' 'Tho plaintiff has said that on two oc
casions , after protestations of love , you saM
you would marry nor If It was possible ? "
NEVER PROMISED TO WED HER.
"Thero la not a scintilla of truth In that
statement. Under no circumstances , at no
time , " ho declared , had she over told him
that she gave birth to a living child , nor did
ho believe It until ho heard the testimony of
Dr. Parsons saying she had , The second time
she had a mlscarrlge. resulting from her poor
health. "If she had told me she had borna
u living child It would have given me an ex
cuse to break off my relations with her. tor
considering the time of these relations It
wan Impossible that the child could have
been my child. "
In paying the expenses of the second con
finement , the colonel said , was the first tlrua
he had been represented ns Miss Pollard's
guardian. When the physician , Dr. . Par
sons , sent an additional bill , he had sal.I
that she htul better come direct to him , for
It Btr. wan In the tmmU ot a reputable physi
cian , a professional secret would bo safe lu
his Imndi , and If ulio was attempting black
mail It would bo best to face her at once.
Miss Pollard had Informed him that at
the Academy ot the. Visitation aho had ar
ranged with the good slaters to teach In
return for her board , and she also would
receive Instructions In noino of the higher
classics. That seemed nn eminently deslr <
nblo arrangement , for It afforded her pro
tection and quiet.
"During the three years that she wn
thpro , were there any Improper relations
between yon nnd tlio plaintiff ? "
"Thero was. "
"Tho plaintiff has said tlmt there wa.
never any suggestion on your part that yom
relations nliouM bo broken off ? "
"From November , 1885 , to July , 18S7 , then
were no Improper relations between us
although I WAS supporting her. The on
tanglemcnt between us really began whcr
she come to Washington against my will , i
frequently said to her as earnestly as I knew
how that the relations between us could onlj
result In public scandal and perhaps dc
structlon of us both ; that her character , hei
lack ot self-control and her temper were
such that some day them must come ar
exposure. I urged her to go anywhere sin
could study , offering to pay her expenses
saying the burden could be no greater on m <
than It was. Several times I thought slu
had agreed to go , once to Cambridge. Sh <
was there some time and left against nil
will. Then she told me she had arrange !
to go on the paper of the proprietor ot Ilrcacj
Loaf Inn , Joseph Battclt , In Vermont. * *
EXCESSIVELY UNPLEASANT.
"Some of our Interviews were more ex.
ccsslvely unpleasant than any words car
describe. She would come to mo nt tin
capltol In my committee room , declare'thai
she was not going to leave ; that she wa ;
going to have the support owing to her. J
suppose at times I became excessively angrj
and said things that were hard nnd bitter. 1
know that the only alternative was submis
sion or the destruction of the lives ot those
who depended on me and let It go on , hoping
that tomorrow Would bring a solution ot tin
problem. I would tell her In every way
from gentle to the most severe , tlmt she wat
becoming more nnd more disinclined and
unable to take care ot herself. Her mannei
was oftentimes extremely disagreeable. "
Colonel DrccklnrUlgu testified that he had
never gone to but one lecture with Mist
Pollard , had never submitted manuscript ol
his speeches , lectures or magazine articles
to her , or advised with her on the tenor ol
them.
"There was ncVe'V but one human beliif
who ever advised with mo In any way con
cerning my lectures from the time I began
to speak nnd lecture down to eighteen
months ago , and that parson was not Miss
Pollard. " Colonel Ilrecklnrldge was referring
to his wlfo and his manner was moat Im
pressive.
All of the persons to the drama were bad
In their seats after the noon recess , when Mr
Buttorwortli quoted the testimony of Miss
Pollard that Colonel Brccklnrldge was con
cealed In the room when she broke her en-
gngcmcnt with Rosclle.
Colonel Ilrecklnrldge denied this , explain
ing that ho had never been in Miss Pollard's
house during the spring In question , nor had
ho known of the existence of Roselle until he
saw the Wesslo Brown letter. Much of the
testimony regarding the visit to Sarah
Goss' house , ho declared , was an absolute
falsehood , und the person who had heard
lila alleged conversation In September last
trying to' dissuade Sarah Goss from testi
fying In the case was probably unaware that
ho was then In Washington In the discharge
ot his official duties.
ENDORSED HER APPLICATIONS.
The applications of Miss Pollnrd for posi
tions in the civil service wore identified by
the defendant. The first one , for the exam
ination taken In Cincinnati In 1887 did not
bear his endorsement , and he said It was a
surprlso to him. There wns another appli
cation In December , 1888 , and a third In
November , 1890. Both endorsed by him.
The second endorsement said that ho had
been well acquainted with the applicant for
seven years ; that she was ot good moral
character and reputation , and that she had
been n resident of Fayetto county since he
knew her. Her birth wns given on the
papers as I860 , but Colonel Brecklnrldge
said that entry had made "no particular
Impression upon him. " Ho continued : "My
judgment was that If she could pass the
examination It would bo of great benefit , to
her. If she could not , as I upprchohded , it
would Impress upon her her deficiency In
certain rudimentary branches , nnd spur her
In study , as I had advised her to do. "
Mr. Butterworth next referred to a con
versation between the defendant and Mr.
Rhodes In regard to the plaintiff , and asked
the witness to relate the facts and circum
stances of the conversation.
"I met Mr. Hodges at an election booth , "
said Mr. Brecklnrldgo , "and Mr , Rhodes al
luded to the plaintiff and said he would llko
to talk to me about her , and we walked to
my office. I did not go to Sarah Goss'
where the plaintiff was. I did not notify the
plaintiff that I had seen Rhodeai Mr. Rhodes
had been to Cincinnati on the Saturday
afternoon , going on the northbound train
corresponding to the southbound train on
which wo were going to Lexington , so that
the trains passed each other. Whea we
readied Cincinnati ho was Informed that the
plaintiff had left Cincinnati and that I had
been to see her the day before. He said to
me that he was Interested in the plaintiff ;
that he was engaged to bo married to her
and that ho had gone to. Cincinnati to con
sult her In regard to whether she should
remain In Cincinnati. Rhodes said that he
bud an agreement with her by which no
was to educate her to support her during
this time and then she was to marry him ;
that In accordance with that agreement he
had spent a great deal of money on her
more money than lie could afford to spend
but that ho had become very anxious as to
whether she Intended to marry him and
that ho had to in a It e some arrangements
about taking her uway from Cincinnati , bc-
cause ho was very much behind and was
being dunned. He said that ho was getting
old , and that if he was going to have a mar
ried llfo It wns time for him to see about it.
BROKE IT GKNTLY TO RHODES.
"I told him I had seen her and that she
had told me substantially ot the same agree
ment , und that she hud not expressed any
particular desire to marry him. but had
spoken of her gratitude for what ho had
done and of her respect for him. Ho said
that ho wauled to marry her , and Intended
to , for he wns very much In love with her.
During their course of conversation , which
was quite long , ho said ho ought to marry
her , not only that ho wanted to marry her ,
but that ho ought to do so tlmt things had
happened which made It necessary for him
to marry her , nnd that ho Intended to do
HO , but that she seemed to have taken a
dislike to him. He wanted mo to tell him
what ho should do to bring about the mar
riage. "
In answer to n question from his counsel
the witness denied that ho had related this
conversation to Miss Pollard at tlio time ,
but said that ho subsequently did so.
"Did Mr. Rhodes say what It was that
made It necessary to marry her ? " Mr. But
terworth asked.
Mr. Wilson objected that It had not been
c.hown that the conversation had been re
peated , contending that If he could tell
with such particularity what Rhodes said to
him he must tell what he repealed to the
plaintiff.
Much ot his former statement wus re
pented by the defendant , nnd before ho had
Mulshed Miss Pollurd broke forth , sobbing ,
and exclaimed : "That Is not true. Why
can't bo tell the truth about something ? "
Judge Bradley admonished her : "If you
can't control yourself you will have to leave
the room. "
DID NOT DISTURB THE COLONEL.
No attention was paid by Colonel Breckln
rldgo to this Interruption , but he continued :
"I told her In the spring of 1893 that after
what Rhodes hud told mo of the relations be
tween them It would be Impossible that any
other relation could over exist between us. "
Then Colonel Brecklnrldgo passed on to the
spring before the opening of the Columbian
exposition , when ho bad declined lo deliver
the opening address , and when , at her re
quest , he had gent her tickets to view the
parade In Now York ,
His attention being called to the state
ment of MUs Pollard that she had returned
to WashlngUm from Now York In August ,
1S93 , and that he had met her at the depot ,
taken her riding and propoaed marriage ,
ho said ; "Tho plaintiff was not bore In
August , so far as 1 know of. I reached bora
on the 29th from Lexington , where I had
opened the campaign with a speech , I did
not see the plaintiff ; she was not her ? . No
such occurrence happened. Going o New
York on the 20th of September. I saw her at
tbo Hoffman house for the drat time that
summer. I did not meet her at thu..ileiiot ;
I did not put my arms aroundherand kUs
dor ; I did not say that I hud .it communica
tion to make ; that I waa vain enough to bo-
Uuvo she would bo pleased , " Ho aid not
recollect over having Been a letter regarding
tur propoaed trip to Germany until It was
shown on the wltnoiijstand by the plaintiff ,
although lie remembered others signed by n
lady purporting to bo the secretary of Mlns
Wlllnnl. Th re had" been cnm'Jpondpnco be
tween himself nnd Miss Pollard regarding
the trip. !
"We want the witness to produce tlione
lellprs. " snld Mr. Wilson. "Wo have given
notice to have them produced. "
"I received nnd destroyed them , " replied
Colonel BrccklnrldsoV1
"She met me at the Hoffman house , " ho
continued , "and toH me she had an oppor
tunity lo gn nbroailuio study with young
ladles of good family , nnd could go If 1 would
tepresent Hint she was engaged lo bo mar
ried to mo In two years. This was the first
time the subject r < nmrrlngo had been
broached , I said I bad not enough money ,
but would not lot thnt stand In the way ; but
that under no circumstances would 1 consent
to any representations of n mnrrlngo or en
gagement. She said tlmt she could go
nbroml , study the modern languages , and
come back In the two years to bo my wife.
I said thill tint could never bo ; thnt I wns
not open to negotiations of that sort. . "
WOULD ONLY GO AS HIS BETROTHED.
Witness and Miss Pollard had looked over
his offers to deliver lectures. She had
figured that the cost would be $100 a month ,
but he had expressed his willingness to give
her $125 nnd her traveling expenses. The
witness added : "Her final answer at our
next meeting nt the same house wns that
she would never go except ns my affianced :
ulio would go back to Washington and be
there when I arrived. Wo parted with con
siderable acerbity eventually. At our next
mccllng she said she did not want to part
In that way ; tlmt I must not think her a
devil or n fiend. I put her Into a cab , sayIng -
Ing : 'You know there can be no such thing
ns marriage between us , and this affair , if
you persist , cnu only end In public scandal
that will destroy us both. ' "
"When did you first hear the plaintiff
claimed you had engaged yourself fo marry
her ? "
"In a communication lo that effect In the
Washington Post , which I understood was
Inspired by her , nnd thereafter I received
several letters from her to Hie same effect. "
"Now , " Interposed Mr. Wilson , arising ,
"wo want those letters. "
"I have destroyed them , " retorted the de
fendant ,
"I have procured all Ihe letters I have
from her to my knowledge. These were
replies to those that she may have. "
The testimony then , drifted into the cir
cumstances and conversation concerning the
efforts ot the defendant to Induce the
plaintiff to leave tno city lo prevent the
scandal which would certainly come sooner
or later If Miss Pollard remained In the
city. Then he related a. conversation In
which Miss Pollard hud come to him In dis
tress because Mrs. Flllete and another lady
had been talking about her , the witness say
ing : "I told her that this was what I had
always expected ; thnt such affairs always
must come to an end , and urged her to go
away , as she had promised so many times ,
and let the scandal blow over. My name
was not coupled with that , but I said it
would be If the thing went on. Mrs. Fllleto
had not mentioned my name ; It was other1
parties. She said that she could not have
such scandal against her name ; that she had
a revolver with which she Intended to shoot
herself If such stories ever came out. I
made light of that. She. told mo afterward
that she bad gone to Mrs. Blackburn , had
talked with her and found the charges did
not affect the chastity of the plaintiff ; that
she was charged with being an adventuress ;
that It was said she lived by .her wits , had
no Jcnown means ot support and did not pay
her debts. Slio Insisted that I must go to Mrs.
Blackburn and tell her the relations be
tween us were such that Mrs. Blackburn
must stand by her. "
THREATENED SUICIDE.
Colonel BrecklnrldRO said he had refused
at this time to do BO. On several occasions ,
the witness said , th& plaintiff had declared
her Intention lo commit suicide , saying she
had destroyed all her manuscripts ( Including
the manuscript of a. novel she was writing )
and that she had given away her clothes.
She had once said to the witness that If
he did not help her- out In the matler she
did not Intend to allow him to live that she
did not Intend to bear the disgrace alone.
He had told her thoio would be no difficulty
about It , it she would leave Washington as
she had often promised , and that ho would
pay her expenses wherever she went. In
ono of these conversations , when she had
apparently consented , she got up and went
into the library and came baclc shortly and
pointed a pistol at him , threatening to kill
him. By strategy he had been enabled lo
take It away from her before she could do
any harm. Ho kept the pistol , and It was
the same weapon she hud taken from his
valise when she had attempted his lite In
New York City. That scene , he said , was
followed by an almost Immediate revulsion
on the part ot theplaintiff. . She broke Into
a flood of hysterical tears , nnd declared that
she had not really meant to kill him. Ho
had taken the revolver away from Miss
Pollard , and tlmt night she bad come to bis
house with a young man nnd left a note ex
pressing her regret at what had occurred.
When ho.next saw her , two or three days
afterwards , she had proposed again to leave
the city , and he again offered to pay her
expenses. In March , 1893 , he had met
plaintiff In Cincinnati In responsa tea
a telegram from her. She then had told
him thnt she had been obliged , under Mrs.
Blackburn's cross-examination , to represent
that she was engaged to ulm. Ho told her
that ho would go right back and say to Mrs.
Blackburn that It was not true , but under
her Importunities promised to keep hla
mouth shut If she would leave the city.
HIS STORY TO MRS. BLACKBURN.
Returning to Washington March 31 , ho
had received n call from Miss Pollard before
breakfast. He said : "I agreed then that If
she would go away I would put myself In
the power of the plalnllft and Mrs. Black
burn nnd pretend there wns an engagement.
I said : 'You have put me where there is no
alternative but to put myself In your power
und trust you or submit to a scene In the
hotel olllce or street , perhaps have an at
tempt made on my life on the strcel. '
"Muy I Interpose at this point ? " suggested
Mr. Wilson , nnd ho said there had been no
plea ot coercion put In by the defense.
The reply by Mr. Butterworth was tlmt
there hail been no agreement , but only the
semblance of one , to preserve that which
wus of more value than life , under a com
pulsion as effectual as a loaded pistol. Ho
did not care what the duress or coercion was
called.
The legal sparring became warm , Mr. Wil
son declaring they might show If they could
that an agreement was made under duress ,
"I said there- must be no misunderstanding
between us , " continued the colonel , when
they subsided. "I reminded her that from
the first I said there could be no marriage ,
but anything short of that which I could dote
to save those who. loved me , I would do ;
that she could not trust mo , because , knowIng -
Ing the relations that I had with her while
I had such a happy family , she would always
suspect me of having , similar relations with
other women. I reminded her that she had
not come to mo a maiden. Thnt I had not
seduced her. "
After the good Fflday visit to Mrs. Black
burn's , wliero Colonel Brocklnrldge wns ex
pected lo confirm thu .engagement , but which
ho says ho did not do. as claimed by Mian
Pollard , ho and the plaintiff bad left Mrs.
Blackburn's house together ami walked away
without n word.
"I put the key Into the door and said :
'You must leave Washington before I do or
I will notify Mm. Bbtckburn of the relations
between us. ' She snld : 'I rutl'l go a * soon
us thai. ' ( I WUH going lu llmton Ihc next
dny to npp.ik at a banquet. " )
"Sho nld , 'I will keep mv promise nnd go
ns soon ns I can. ' On ncrmint ot a misun
derstanding regarding the banquet t did not
go. There wns , no misunderstanding be
tween uH during the next ten days. We
bolh knew the character of the representa
tions to Mr . Illnckburn , nnd I left Wash
ington on April 1 , with the same confidence
In h r that I had held when. I left on the
IStli of March. I hud nt least two more
Interviews with Mrs. Blackburn before I
left for Kentucky. Several Udles were stop
ping with her , nnd she nuked me to nrrange
for Mrs. Cleveland lo receive thorn. I called
with them upon Mrs. Cleveland. In nn In
terview I urged Mr * . Blackburn to unite
with me In urging the plaintiff to leave
town. "
HOFFMAN HOUSE INCIDENT.
After speaking ot visiting Philadelphia as
n guest of George W. Ohlldx. the secret mar
riage to Mrs. Wing wns skipped nnd Colonel
Brecklnrldgo went on to tell of his meriting
Miss Pullnrd nt the Huffman house on May 1.
Ho wns surprised en entering his room to
Ilnd the door to the adjoining room open ,
and , walking In , found Mtas , Pollard there
nnd but partially dressed. He said : "She
demanded to know where I had been tor the
past two days ; snld she hail been looking all
over New York for me. 1 responded , proba
bly with n little mure nnlcnefis than I should ,
that It was nothing lo her. Then I went
to her room through the short entry between
the two. I heard a noise when I turned
nrouml ; she stood In Ihc doorway , with
a pistol pointed nl me. I shut the
door quickly , turned down tlio
catch nnd touched Ihe electric butlon. I
snld I hail sent for the police and was going
lo have her put In the Tombs. She snld she
was going lo shoot Ihrougli the door. I
said , 'Shoot nwny , and you will only give
mo more justlflcallon for having you put In
the Tombs. ' She was rattling the door and
begged me not to have her put In the
Tombs. I said : 'You put the pistol down ,
go in nnd fasten your door and I will see
what I ought to do. ' When the bell boy
knocked I opened the door. Whether lie
saw that I was excited. I don't know , but 1
told him to bring n pitcher of Ice water. I
don't know whether 1 was us cool as I
might have "been. " This was said so
cautiously tlmt everybody luughed.
In answer to a question ns to the circum
stances atlendlng Ills lust murrliige , Colonel
Brcckinrldgo said he bud been married at
711 West Forty-fifth street. Now York , about
7 o'clock in tlio evening of Saturday , April
29. by Rev. John B. Puxton , und Ihe mar
riage wns wltncncil by Mrs. Paxton and
Mrs. Collier of Plttsburg. Ho had mar
ried , he said , his kinswoman , the daughter of
R. W. Scott of Kentucky , widow of Clmuncey
Wing of Kentucky , who died abroad some
time ngo.
ngo.VISIT
VISIT TO MAJOR MOORE.
Colonel Brecklnrldgo Ihen related the cir
cumstances attending the visit to Major
Moore , the chief ot police , giving tlio follow
ing narrative : "My wife and myself
( formerly Mrs. Wing ) were In Ihedining
room of the house when the plaintiff walked
In and said : 'Excuse me , Mrs. Wing , I want
to see Mr. Brec'tlnridge ' on a matter of great
Importance. ' I turned to my wife and snld
I thought I had better go with her. As I
walked out by Lafayette park , she suld : 'I
Intend to end this matter ; I intend to kill
you. ' I said : 'All right , ' and she went on :
'Mr. Brecklnridge , this Is your lust chance. '
When we got to Major Moore's office I usked
it lie wns In , and , being told he wns , I Went
In and the plaintiff followed me. I
said to Major Moore. ' 1 need the protection
of Iho law. This lady llirealeiis to kill me.
I will lell you how I came to be In this posi
tion , and I want you to put cither her or I
under arrest. '
"He said ho. hoped It was not as bad as
that. He weiit over to her and she Ireld up
her hands and said , 'I have no weapons but
these , ' nnd then I said to Major Moore that
I wanted to relate nil the circumstances , BO
ho might decide to arrest her or me. Then
she broke Into a Hood of hysterical tears
and said , 'Oh ! don't tell him ; Is It neces
sary ? ' I said I intended to lell him , when
she put her band on my shoulder and
begged me not to tell him. I' took her hand
off nnd turned fo her and said , 'Will you do
exaclly what I demand If I do not tell
him ? ' She said she would , and I turned to
Major Moore and said , 'I think we can set
tle this ourselves. ' "
Colonel Brecklnrldge said of his side re
mark in the scene before Major Moore that
ho thought ho. bad mnde it loud enough for
Major Moore ; that he certainly Intended
him to hear It ; but It appeared from the
major's testimony tlmt be had not heard
what he ( Brecklnrldge ) had said.
After leaving the office with Miss Pollard
ho had told her that there could be nothing
further between them ; tlmt she would have
to look to some one else for support , and that
ho did not Intend to give her another dollar.
They had talked together of the child that
was to be born. She said she wanted to get
rid of the child , "but I said. 'No. If It Is
my child I have the greatest Interest In It ,
nnd when It Is born I can tell whether It U
mine or not. ' "
HER LAST ATTEMPT TO SHOOT HIM.
The witness , told of Miss Pollard's last
attempt to shoot htm. Ho had been to see
her at the house of Mrs. Thomas In Lafay
ette square a few days after the scene In
the olllco of the chief of police. He had
suspected her Intentions , and as ho slopped
Intp the room ho throw both arms around
her , clasping her tightly around the shoul
ders , slipping bis arms down until he could
grasp her hands , und caught the weapon.
This episode the colonel narrated graphic
ally , stopping to remark jocosely , "And I
have the pistol In my possession now , one
of the mementos ot my engaging to marry
the plaintiff. "
When he loosened her arms , he continued ,
she fainted , or pretended to faint , so ho
laid her on a divan , put the pistol In his
pocket , closed the door and walked out.
This seemed a good climax , and so the court
adjourned until Monday.
Dropped tbo niiittnr.
LEXINGTON. Ky. , Miirch SO. The move
ment which wns on foot here among the
women to get out u petlllon condemning'
Colonel Brecklnrldse IIIIM been plopped by
the publication of the movement before it
wns fully matured. Letters were written
lust week to Colonel HriHiklnrUlge's ft lends
In Washington nnd replies have been re
ceived by many personH Haying that aucb
ncllon should not be taken upon the evi
dence of Miss Pollanl. While Ihere are
doubts of the Intention of the ladles , they
deny they have signed u trillion , but de
nounce Colonel Ilrecklnrldge.
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