Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-09-29

WHICH ne uenleu, ana aS:u ASST + u.
his determination to marry me- He
again called on Mrs. Blackburn on
Tuesday, May, L., 1898, AMI AGAIN as
serted to Mrs. Blackburn, us I'm N
formed by her and by him, the fact "f
MS engagement to lie.
During the fall and winter Of i~92
ana the spring of 1893, both before and
aIter Col. Breckinridge's decia;a,,uI,s 10
Mrs. Blackburn herein before mrptiop.
ca, l personally observed run,llict If
vi. brecklnrldge With other women
winch was not only improp ". but cav,
me great concern md caused mo TO
doubt his sincerity, and l believed that
he intended to be false f.. ,.,., ,,,1
perhaps abandon me and viaiota ~
promise of marriage, and because ~
tnlS conduct on his part ANA anNirtv
1t caused me and the strain Gpon my
feelings | Frequently reproached nm
With 1t, and on the 18th of Nav. 1892
we had an excited alteration. | had
III March, 1893, consulted DR. y. :.
Lincoln rs to my condition, and he pro-
houhced me TO be pregnant, and | in
formed Col. Breckinridge of my CON
dluon. On Saturday, the 18th of MAY.
1898. he took me to DR.. l.incoln's office,
representing to DIR. Lincoln that | was
III Il highly nervous condition, was fool
lshly jealous and suspicious of him.
Col. breckenridge, and asked him to
give me something to give me rest and
sleep; and on that occasion he said To
Dr. Lincoln; DIR. Lincoln, YOU know
my relations with this young lady: |
intend to make them much closer and
public to which DR. Lincoln replied:
l am glad to hear it, that is what YOU
should do; that is TIE best medicine
she could have: you are Il better
physician for her than l." At this
time both he and Dr. Lincoln knew |
was then pregnant and spoke of it.
The same day he told mo he was going
10 see man near the pension office on
business, and asked me to 90 | went
with him, not knowing whom | would
see. He took me to the office of Mai.
William G. Moore, chief OF police.
whom L had never seen before When
l got there he told Maj. Moore that had
threatened his life, and Mai Moore
coulSelcd me to be careful of my con
duct and language, and not to threaten
or attempt violence of this sort nor to
use or carry weapon. | told Mai
Moore. in Col. Breckinridgc'S presence.
of his conduct to me, of his taking me
from school when | was barely over
seventeen years old, of his seduction of
me in Lexington, of my several preg-
nancics by him. of my then pregnant
Isn Il 81 Ia.
marry me, all of which Col Rrcrkin-
ridge admitted to be true to Mai
Moore, and on that OCCASION taking my
hand in one Of his own and Mai.
Moores hand in the other, he said:
Upon my word of honor as n gentle
man and before Almighty God | am
going to keep my promise to you and |
am going to marry YOU and when
Maj. Moore asked him when, he said
on May 81. Subsequently he talked
with me about my condition and Il
secret marriage, and finally | agreed
to Il poStponcmcnt Of the marriage lln-
til after the birth of my child he
agreeing that lie would then marry me
and care for the child. He took me Il
second time to Maj. Moorc'S office on
"Wednesday, May i, 1893, and again
asserted to Mai. Moore his intcntion
| to marry me, and named rs the time
about the middle of December, 1893.
AS Il consequence of the mental strain
and anxiety under which | was suffer
in.s by reason Of the conduct of Col.
Breckenridge and of my fears and APP
prehenSi0ns that he would prove false
condition, | suffered Il miscarriage.
Having read in Cincinnati paper
the announcement of my engagement
to Col. Brcckinridgc, and subsequently
seeing Il denial of it in Il Lexington
paper | made public the fact of my
engagement to Col. Brcckinridgc, and
wrote him explaining why | had done
50. Subsequently he wrote to see me
and urge me to make no publication
on the subject which Maj. Moore com
municated to me.
On the 15tlf dav of July, 1893, having
seen an article in Il Lexington paper
denying the fact of our engagement,
wrote Col. Breckenridge from Char
Ilottesvillc, Va, where | was stopping
with Mrs. Blackburn, in accordance
with his previous request Of her, tho
following letter:
Il have seen Maj. Moore, who has
communicated to me your request, and
| have concluded not to make any pub
LEGATION at present. The above para
graph from the Lexington Gazette
quoted in the COurier-Journal was even
worse than | thought. 1t states that
you yourself told friend that there
was no truth in the report of our en-
gagement, and the writer Of the para
graph characteriZes the report as
sensational and 'mortifying to Col
Breckenridge and his friends
IF you did tell this to anybody you
have not only said what was false,
but have rcpudiated your solemn
promise to marry me, and if you suffer
this publication to 90 uncontradicted,
now that it has been called to your
attention, you tacitly confirm and
adopt it. Z do not for the present re-
quire you to make any publication in
the press, but l do require you, in view
of this and similar denials Of our en-
gagement, to send me Immediately
clear statement over your own sigma
ture that the report of our engagement
is true and a reiteration Of your solemn
promise to marry me. This l have
a right to require for my own protec
ton, and you can have no proper reason
to refuse it.