Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-17

About the Affair.
WAsHINGroN, ID. c., March 16--Two
distinct sensations were furnished to-
day in the PoIard-BreckIn-iJgs breach
OF promise trial The foremost was
the appearance Of the slender plaintiff
on the stand as q witness fro her own
behalf, but She one Of greatest interest
10 legal circles was the eorroborat.on
Of the rumor which has been for sew
eral days afoat that Colonel Breckin-
ridge was secretly married 20 Mrs.
Louise Wing TO New York last April,
three months before the public cere-
mony To- Cincinnati.
When Colonel Breckinrldge was
shown the dispatch from New York, be
refused 20 admit its truth, or TO contra
dict TO- His counsel and law partner,
Colonel Shelby, however, confirmed the
report as did Attorney StoL The lat-
ter said when inquiry was made whether
the defense would be based
on THIS EARLIEB MARRIAGE:
"It would not be- proper to- forecast
our case at this stage, bot win say
Colonel Breckenridge is 90 take the
stand very soon and 10 win an be made
known. Until then, neither Colonel
! Breckenridge nor his counsel would be
wise 90 discuss the defense. AS for the
marriage certificate fled by Dr. Paxton,
Of course shat speaks l0r ITSELF
It isl Improbable that this secret mar
r.age win constitute lew lega. factor
iu tue case, FOR while 10 occurred on the
29th OF April the representations which
Colonel Breckiur.dEe made 90 Mrs
Blackburn. shat Miss Pollard was his
faucee. were made prior t0 Che secret
marriage, lhe promises made in the
presence of Major Moore, the Chief Of
Police, being those which were suose-
oUent 90 the secret ceremony.
In giving her testimony to-day Miss
Pollard was decidedly nervous at first,
but Notwithstanding the strain under
which she ia5Ored was remarkably self
possessed and careful iu her choice OH
words She looked directly toward
Colonel Breckiuridge, seldom uiy.ug her
eyes from bis face. Her language and
manner were
THOSE OF A WE'LL BRED LADY,
She sounded her yowe.s broadly, with
the accent heard in the drawing rooms
OF Che four hundred, and her answers
90 the cr0ss-examinatiou OF Major But
terwOrth were often turned back upon
bin keenly. making boomeraugs of his
questions.
While she was on the witness stand
her c0mDauion, Mrs Ellis, from the
u,rsaof Refuge. occur.sd q chair but
rr arms Iengtb away. .eeuIrra watch
frleve pDon her charge.
,rro,s who managed fo run the gauot-
ler of the do0rseeoers this morning
were unusually numerous aud distin-
cuisbed fn aopearance. They were able
10 yet am early sirbroi the principals TO-
the case, Tor MISS toI.lid ana Do.l'leI
eesn fbsir crst6m tbs n.eirrf 'ooE.pr
so,.sy.bst v.oro hv tha strain of tbe
t-.sr tTs .ta.gsrr Congres,mar beam
irr vIrb his re-eDriaI freshness and
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was abs,-bs5 F.. the comment of me
r,o~ri-.. r,..s-. '.,-.-.r his .c,ss
After tbe Iawys-, lad rps,Is5 tbeir
narer. for "a or.r-ar ol ao bo.- tbsra
WAS n rinr.e of rrsat s1rori.s. f,r mn
lsssa 1ar.orare than fba nlairtfF bor-
sslf walked sronrd h, fhs witness stand
And t9o- ssat dfrsetIv fsciDg All
PreckiBr.dre and tbe whole room fnll