Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-15
81 TELEGRAPH.
4 sensanonal SUM-.


WASHINGTON, Aug. II Congressman
". C. p. Bs~eksnriige. the slyer-haired
and siiver-saagued orator Of Kentucky.
has been made defendant in sensational
suit for Sa.ao for an alleged failure 70
keep a PROMISE a marriage. Mr.. BreckiL-
ridge Is one Of the picturesque figures OF
the house He is IS years old, and besides
being politician he has obtained disiine-
tim in church work.
The suit is brought BY Miss Madeline v,
Pollard, who is q Krntuekian. and whom
it Was gossiped about no intended to
marry
| Mr.. Brecsinridse's first wife died sSitsle
over u year ago. His engagement To Miss
Pollard was pablishel in the Washington
and Louisville papers last winter and no
denial was made.
| o. the lStn Of last month Mr.. Breckin-
ridges marriage TO Mrs. Louise Wing OF
St. Louis Was announced There WAS
much surprise expressed and speculation
was rife as TO why the other engagement
was broken.
| About Miss Pollard.
| Miss Pollard is well known in Washing
| ton and has held positions in several of the
| departments She was discharged from
the pension Office for making the remark
when General Sherman died that The
devil would get his own"
| She is . years of age, tall and slight Of
build, with plain face. She is not much
older than Mr. Breckinridge's unmarried
| daughter. who moved In Washington So
eiety circles before her mothers death.
| The paps-s in the case were prepared by
| two of Washiugton's most prominent law
yers, Calderon Carlisle and Jeremiah Viii
| son.
| The Exposure.
| This is the story which all Washington
read with such regret in Saturday even
ing's papers;
| In the supreme court of the district Of
Columbia, today, fled by Jere NJ Wilson
and Calder0n Carlisle attorneys for the plain
| tin suit for s.1.1p for breach of promise
against Representative William Z. r. Rreckin-
ridge OF Kentucky by Madeline Pollard.
| The plaintiff charges that in April, 1854.
when she was /. years old, and a student at
| Wesleyan Female Seminary at Cincinnati. she
was met on the train travelling from school TO
| Frankfort, x, hy W. z. r. Brct kinrsdge
| who made her acquaintance, aad that on the
III day of August. 1881. he came 10 see her at
| the seminary and got permission Of the presi-
dent for her to dime with him, and began by
wlles and art jiices and protestations OF alice
| zion TO fake advantage OF her youth and mex
perience and TO gain her affection, but later
| in the same month he accomplished her sedac-
| ton.
She AYERS that he got her completely under
| ais control. and that she bore child to him.
/ The allegations filed 30 with great length into
the relations which existed between the plain
| tit and Mr.. breckenridge, as she charges, un-
| til recently.
| Broken Promises.
| She alleges that she bore two children to
| him. and that after their death she came to
| Washington, and that after the death OF his
| wife she was again IN IA delicate situation, and
with prUtestati0u, of love and affection he IN
| duced her TO continue their relations, and
| promised To marry her soon a. ii would be
proper for him to do 50 in d sufficient time
| after the death of his wife.
| Ii is alleged that he solemnly promised that
| there should be II secret marriage On May u,
| ls92 and that the marriage should take place
| in the city of New York, but after that OF
the plea Of her condition. the time appointed
| for the marriage was postponed until the Iol
| lowing December OF January, after the child
| should have been born.
| From time to time, she alleges, the date for
| tho marriage was postponed, unth. on the
| 18th day Of July. she alleges that Mr. Brock
| iurdge wrungfully and injuriously married
/
then "A resident OF the city of st. Louis.
! The plaintiff, therefore, asks for damage
| SJU.tD
| breckenridge Is Mum.
| An attache of the marshal's Office served
the papers on the defendant Saturday
night. Colonel breckenridge showed the
papers to his wife and neither appeared
disturbed. \ few minutes later Colonel
Breckenridge saw Il reporter in his room.
He betrayed no signs of nervousness. In
response to II request for a statement in
reply to the charges made by Miss Pol
| lard, Colonel Breckenridge said:
II have been in the city only few min
utes, and have not had time to examine
the papers in this case can only say at
| this time, before ! have a chance to know
the extent OF the allegations made that /
hope my friends will believe that these
charges are the result of vindctiveucss,
vexation and perhaps of intention To
blackmail. and | ask that they suspend
| judgment until full hearing shall have
| shown all that is in them.
| Il do not care to say anything further
| until have had an opportunity to con
suit with attorneys and thoroughly exam
| inc the allegations"