The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-22

. ,a.s me VS. IN impeudens girl. During
As ume. at Mrs.. Thomas' hos.e. 4 Ia
=. squsrs. she had attempted Z, .hoos
I'm. ana only By the rnessss secideus had
- aoss to disarm her. He vent 10
Without seeding 10 her de-
1msng his statement after the .oon
Col Shelby declared Miss Pollard
ma Claimed that her first confsnesnea,
nsa fesuited in . miscarriage and thai che
ns,sf Informed ham that she had = sh,ld
" nm. Returning 20 the events in New
Iofx following Col. Breckenridge, mar
rage. M. Shabby asserted tina, Miss Pol.
.asd nad come % the Hoffman hou.e
'ound ne vas stopping there. secured a
,oofn next 20 him. and registered q. ms
daughter When Col. Breckinr.dre en-.
.efsd on Monday, May II. she had a.
'e"p pied TO shoot him, standing in the
psssaEevsy between the two room.
ne nsd slammed the door. He had
threatened 70 have her arrested. rin ring
0s oeii-boy. but on her ensreasy had
.o'd ner TO place the revolver close 10 her
door ana be would have the boy take the
revolver. He took the revolver and in the
'nterview which followed she made ali
sof's Of protestations and promised to
ieavs him. The next day they left the
non man house. Mrs. Blackburn arrived
10 New York, sent for him for consultation
ABOUT lawsuit shs was interested in. and
incidentally asked for An explanation OF
tne presence Of himself and Miss Pollard
In New YORK. 70 which he replied he could
not give An explanation then.
The circumstance If Nj. p~tt.ss-
visit TO the Jefferson Place house. where
Col. Breckinridee's wife Vas with him.
we're explained. It was declared that Mr..
and Mrs. Brsckinridss we're leaving tn.
room because she was in her wrapper.
when MISS Pollard told him she wanted
20 see him on important business
they vent out together. Miss Pol
lard again threatened his life on the
street The visit to Maj. Moore fol-
lowed. Col. BrecUnridge. said the
attorney, was then about to reveal ali the
circumstances OF their connection, but she
again dissuaded him. Again, ut the house
on Lafayette street. Miss Pollard st
tempted to shoot him, but was foiied,
and, strange though il might seem,
even then Col Breckinridge had
been again induced, under her re-
nswed promises. to go to New York
and TO visit Mrs. Blackburn and Mai.
Moore with her. On the visit to Dr. Lin
coin be had told the doctor to do what he
could TO make her comfortable, assuming
that she had told him the truth and that
DR.. Lincoln knew Of her condition. Miss
Pollard did go to New York. and Col.
Breckinridge began 70 carry out his agree.
ment to do what he could for her. To
further force him she had given an an
nouncement of the alleged engagement to
the papers, and had written him that he
must renew his promise TO the letter. to
which he had Of course paid no attention,
and then followed his public marriage to
Mrs. Wing In July.
In such case the character of the plain
tiff was necessarily an issue, and particu-
larly where she claimed that the defendant
had seduced her. No man was liable,
morally or legally, for doing . thing
which was morally impossible. When
Miss Pollard met Col. Breckenridge she
Was . mature woman. II years old. She
had denied the fact Of q mock marriage
with Alec Julian. and had explained the
nature of her attentions with Mr.. Roselie,
but afidavits from these men would Be
evidence that before she had met Col.
Breckenridge she had been seen at an
assignstion house.
At this point In the statement objection
was offered by Mr.. Wilson aud vas sus-
tanned by the court, that the statement
was drifting into an argument. Col.
Shelby. resuming, said the motive of the
plaintiff in bringing the suit must be con-
sidered; that. a. stated by the plaintiff. it
had not been for money nor to vindicate
her own character, which was necessarily
destroyed by the suit. but for revenge aud
10 destroy the power Of the defendant.
Again Mr.. Wilson renewed his objections
that the attorney was stating the law
incorrectly. Mr.. Shelby continued that
the parties both understood that the sem
blance Of a contract was created that Miss
Pollard might be able to terminate her re-
lations with the defendant, aud with this
statement closed.
Attorney Stoll then read long depos-
ton of Sister Agnes Brown. taken at Nor
wood convent i'm 1855. IL was TO the effect
that MISS Pollard. under the assumed
name of Burgoyne, had given birth 10 a
child. which died shortly afterwards. After
tho depositlon was finished court ad-
journsd.