Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-08-13
FAILED TO WE'D HER
MISS POLLARD WANTS $4,000


WssHfserox, Au& Il Madeline "
Pollard. q this city. today fled il the
distTict supfoas court a brief Ia a
brsseh. q Promiss sait % bs brought BY
her aea1iasl Congressman William {. r.
brscksnrsige. the silver tongued orator
from kentaeky She waals $4,000
damsgrA
The plaintia alleges that when she
saa II years Old aad a stu.ient AZ the
Wesleyan fsnaale SEMINARY ia Cincinnati
she assi hrscxsnFislzs GA a train. where
ho mace hsr acquaintance by claiming
q kno~ har iaasiiy. tie subsequently
called a the seminary and thesc. accord
iag - her story. eg 9lly articles began
% lake advantages 4 her youth and IN
experiences d gam hor affection She
asers that ne gos her eompisfely under
his confrol snd accomplished Der ruin.
This sas n Aogsst. lisa by constant
pretrstations sils alssgcs. he kept. her
uudeg hiz eoni-M E1fli July. l-.k-
DufiHg that tIsne ste became the
mother q tso caidiFen. Ali this
tiHs the defsndant 49, mar
red man. ilia SIZE died ia July.
Ara0. tI4AAAA "NAa|I AAA4a nI tuAlN
rrunaised 60 marfy asr after MS wife
aisd ahs u4e adoFslsd an opportunity
o. travel ahE 1sd ic stafly aud ASKED his
the def<nl aetsi cooseEt 10 take al.
vantage "a q 4nd w1s willing 90 wait
tao ysars before marrying. bat she says
b. rcfussi % l. her hsave and induced
her % ru1.anGe O. maintain the same
Feistiop< IN March. fslks. she became
-.
ridxe ptoinisesl she claims. TO marry her
end at various tues aud IN the presence
q othess acknOEisigtd her % be his
aflancci wife. The marriage was %
talts piare - soon a. proprioty permit
tsti afser ths death u his wife. In view
~ her co1dition she alleges that ne
promised a carry her secretly on May
81 1870 said pfon1ise being made "a the
prescnce of Witnesses Owing 20 her
conslluon az that date. however, the
niarriags vas postponed till the follow
ine D~r~mber.
lie aoc Iment concludes as follows:
H. sp.to o. the Agreement the defend
ant on July l.. l%0. Ia disregard and
vio alton q his aid promise. and know
ing the Plainiif was ready and wiling TO
mary him according 20 the mutual
bot seeD tnes1. did wFongfully and in
iuriu ~ larry another person. 10 wit.
Mrs. Louis Wing. then q resident OF
Louisville. contrary % the promise and
q the plaintiffs damage In the sum Of
Eo0o0
me snit prvmises ~ is said. 20 be
most SENSATIONAL
Mr.. Breckenridge IL 20 years old.
Colonel Brcckenrisfge Talks.
Coionel Breckenridge showed tho pa
pers 10 ms wife as they we're entering
the elevator and neither appeared dis
tarbci \ ieW minutes later Colonel
Bfecksnris<o sas United Press re-
porter IA his room.
tie betrayed 20 signs d nervousness
and vas a. coartiy Ia his demeanor al
ever. In response to a request for a
statement In reply % the charges made
- Aiss Pollard. Colorel Breckenridge
sail
4 have been IN toe city only few
minutes and have not had time 10 ex-
auins the papers IN this case. can
only say az this time. before have had
a enancs % know the extent u the allie
gati1ns made. that l hope my friends
viii believe that tneee charges
are The result of vindictiscnsss.
vcxation. ana perhaps Il intention to
J.arSmaii aud ask thaf they suspend
Judgment until a fun hearing shall
haze shown al that = IN them | do
nuf rafe g. sae anything lurtner until
h1fe ta1 an oppcrtuniD o. consult
stfh eltorneyz and thoroughly examine
TIE allegations.