The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-05
nUaarp An KIssEp HER.

Then you never did anything to give
her the idea that you loved her2'
"Well, / took her in my arms and kissed
her, and did those things which naturally
resulted from our relationship. Every
thing was done kindly, but there was no
love.n
''You merely took her in your arms
then to assist in the qualification of these
relations you maintained"
"No; hardly that"
"Your expressions of affection and your
relations were those of lust then and not
of affection2"
ooh, hardly that-they were the
natural result of what our relations
were"
Judge Wilson asked Col Breckenridge
with reference to his statement on Mon
day that the publication of a scandal de-
stroys woman, while it sometimes only
Injuries man.
''Do you think" he asked, "that there
is any moral obligation on man 10 keep
a woman from that destruction2"
Undoubtedly" said Col. Breckenridge.
~ have not denied thatI have been guilty
in a degree, and ! am standing my punish
menJ without complaint or an attempt to
fee from the consequences"
In answer to Judge Wilson, the defend
ant said he had told the plaintiff many
times that marriage between them was
impossible. ''I told her." he said, ''that
she could not expect me ito marry her
after her Illicit relations with MIR.
Rhodes, and that after she had bled Mr..
Rhodes for three years, and then thrown
him away like a sucked orange, l could
not contemplate marriage with her, or
look upon her as a wife whom could
trust or whom / could take into my
family"
MOVED IN GOOD SOCIETY.
Aqto,, T,,Ie,1 TMfIaox. I,od ,aaAa ftoI
Breckenridge say that Miss Pollard went
in the best society in Washington; that
she lived with the most respectable
houses, and that her social standing was
of the best, he asked If there was then
any social impediment to the marriage OK
the plaintiff and himself, and Col. Breck-
inridge admitted that there was nothing
known TO the world.
Col. Breckenridge explained in great de-
tail the agreement to throw Mrs. Black
burn off the scent as to their relations.
which included the semblance of an en-
gagement so that Miss Pollard might
drop out of the defendants life respecta-
bly, Col Breckenridge admitted after
frequent questions put to him that he had
connived at the deception practiced on
Mrs. Blackburn.
"And you took this young woman there
and placed her under Mrs. Blackburn's
protection asked Judge Wilson.
No think not The understanding
and recollection Of Mrs. Blackburn and
myself do not agree on that point"
"And you caressed the plaintiff in her
presencel"
"No, did not The caresses were not
mine"
After questioning the witness about his
trip to New York in April 1891, when he
was married and his meeting with the
plaintiff at the Hoffman house, Judge
Wilson handed Col. Breckenridge paper
and asked him If that were a fac smile
Of his marriage certificate.
Col. Breckinridge said it looked like the
original, but he saw 1t was not
FILLED 1T IN HIMSELF
''When you put down on this certificate
that you had been married once, was that
true"
II started 10 write in the answer to the
question as to how many times had been
married, and / asked DR.. Paxton If IL
were necessary to state that this was my
third marriage, and he said il was not
necessary; So l thoughtlessly put in once
instead Of twice"
''You filled in the certificate them"
~ did. DR. Paxton was suffering from
a nervous headache, and he asked me to
do the writing, to which at first laugh
ingly demurred saying il was hard for
man to write out his own marriage cer-
tificate."
"Did you ask DR.. Paxton to suppress
the marriage certificate"
n told him to keep it secret II YOU
want me TO tell you why, | will do so,n
but Judge Wilson did not ask.