Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-03

shc was nervous ana hyster!ca because
she was 49, q delicate condition.
Tho defendant here took up the thread
Of the story where he dropped IL last
Friday Tie said he left the plaintiff In
what appeared 10 be "A fainung condition
IA Mrs ThomaSs parlor. The next morn
inr. before hc was dressed. he received
hon card at his hotel-thc Riggs House.
lie ,,cul down 60 see heY. and she was
pleasant ana amiablc. and expressed re-
gr.t for ali that had occurred the day
before she said she was entirely willing
&, lo whatever ne wanted. She gave him
"a schedule of the money she would need
to pay her hoard bul and other bills.
Sl. uforoscl hc should give her this
NANCY ON the day he Lett Washington.
lu thr mean time she wanted little
money Cor her personal expenses, and he
clIt q 90 her She made more protesta-
fi,ns Of regret for what had happened.
They parted ON good term, ne walking
with her part of the way. That even
inc. It;ie after dinner the boy came
q, his room again and said she wanted
T., SEQ hm He saw her and she seemed
4 I,fl, nervous and excited. she said she
wanted t1 spend the night at Mrs Black
irft.s aud wanted him 10 take her TO Mrs.
l.f.. >lgrn.s and he aid There was some
-t..-.-f talk there. and she remained
tt.rr Monday morning she came 10 nm
a..afn and gave him another schedule OF
,..n., eh, would need. on the next day
f. .Iv her 1T Mrs. Thomass. and she
t.3 Vhlt she would 90 in New YORK.
She WIS - put herself under the care
.f physician there. and perhaps stay
daring d.. warm weather At place on
ft, Hudson riscr. The next day tWed-
..4I,,l eh. .ime 10 see him again and
SAID She had .-cn unable to get of.
VISIT 70 MRS. BLACkBURN'S.
Defendant won't next day to Mrs. Black
l.rn's and saW lhc plaintiff there. Mrs.
blackburn thtn demarded the e&plana-
tom Of the Sew York incident ana de-
f.ulaut declined. saving he couid not
make any explanation then In that CON
,,rsauon the plaintiff sid she was ar
rir.l.. e. co 90 New York. on the next
d. the I'm. the plaintiff came to his
l.t,i about lunrh-time. and asked him 10
-.. Der at Mrs Thomt5's. and defendant
4I eo There the plaintiff expressed her
qualification that they had eKtncated
themselves from their relations with MIS-.
Blackburn. she could. she said. now go
o. Ncw York and gradually drop her re-
huous with Mrs. blackburn She said
ttar, was one thing She wanted To ask.
Th. defendant. she claimed. had left on
Major Noore's mind the impression that
She was an interruptions woman ana
SOM, sort Of improper character. she
wanted him 10 10 with her 10 sex Mayor
Moore The defendant urged that this
was unnecessary: that their secret was
safe with him. etc she wanted him L.
say to Major Moore that she was going
20 Sew York. ami when IL could be done
without scandal. they were TO be married.
The defendant while agreeing 10 the mar
riage story, declined 10 say 10 Major
Moore that be had wrongcd her In the
conversation she opened her Jacket and
disclosed "a pistol. The defendant said he
laughed and said they were too near. She
said that she did not intend to kill him,
lut herself She finally agreed that she
would 80. and that they would tell th1
story as he agreed.
They ,hercupon visited Major Moore
again. and hc related the story substan-
TALLY ia the form they had agreed. She
thereuyou besan making demands that
hc should promise 10 see her ~ certain
times and write 10 her The defendant
thought she was taking advantage Of
Major Moore's presence 70 enforce de-
ma ads upon him
Il turned TO her" continued the de
fendant. "aud saii. You know l never
wronged YOU. ! took Liberties with you
tho FIRST time ! ever saw you and the next
n,ght. with Your full ooasent. 30
To his she made no reply She, how
ever. took out her pistol. looked al Major
Moore and myself and then replaced il.
Witness suggested that she should give
the pistol 10 Major Moore. and she did 50.
The defendant left the office with her.
She had agreed 10 20 = New York the
next morning As they were on their way
from the office she said that the articles
she had ordered at Woodward 4 10th
rop'a would BE- there before she saw him
again. The defendant thereupon gave
h.r the money her schedule had called
D. y. ..l,f1 h.,Nt
eyer. she lid not want 90 reach New
York with any more money IN her pocket
than enough T. pay her weeks board,
as. she said, sh" was afraid she could
not resist the temptation to come back.
10 was understood that she should 50
to No Thirty first street and when che
needed money the defendant would remit
to her She was to make herself com
Portable and place herself under medical
care In the mean time she was 10 per-
fect herself in some study. Pie study she
had in mind was china painting or some
form OF painting
PLAN FOR THE SUMMER.
There was "A definite plan as 10 how
she was to spend the summer. The de-
PENDANT thcreupon left that night for
Lexington. Va He considered then that
the matter between himself and the
plaintiff was solved. The defendant said
he received at Lexington. Va. a dispatch
from the plaintiff dated at Jersey city.
The defendant WAS then handed the let
ters and dispatches he had sent the plain
tiff during the trip he made after he LEFT
WASHINGTON. These letters and kilograms
were produced while the plainuh was
on the stand The witness said he mad
gone To Lexington TO arrange some trOu-
bles into which his younger son. who was
a student there. had fallen. The defend
ant read the various letters and teie-
grams lie left Lexington Saturday night
and went 10 CoVington Va, where has
daughter and son-in-law were. He teie-
Praphel Miss Pollard. then AT New York,
NOT knowing that she had returned 10
Washington He left Covington on the
rL.ht train for his home. He had re-
ceived dispatches while at COvington,
SIGNED by Mrs. Thomas, asking If he were
az COVingtou. and where letters would
Ye7lch him lie answered that he was
Then al CovingtOn and about TO leave FOR
Lexington. He suspected that the dis
patches were sent by plaintin IN Mrs.
Thomas's name and afterwards dis
covered that that was SO. The next he
heard from the plaintiff was when he was
al Lexington. KY He was at his break
FAST when he received a dispatch from
he~ stating that she would leave on the
next train for Lexington. Then the de-
r.rlant wired her to wait for a letter
from him ON going to his office he
found there two or three letters from her
ono having been forwarded from Cow
iuctou The substance Of these letters
were that she could not get comfortable
quarters in New York. and that sn-
wanted 10 come to Kentucky and md
some place there where she could be com
Portable
These two letters and the dispatch he
referred 10 he received within an hour.
Thereupon he sat down land wrote 10
her the letter asking her to say where
there was any such sanitarium as she
suggested. and urging that she was more
comfortable where she was in Washington
than she possibly could be in Cincinnati.
stating that he was then too much en-
gagei 20 see her. and saying that after
what had happened before she went 10
NcW York and what she had promised
he had the right TO insist upon her re-
maiaing there.
The defendant was about gong on 10
state what the plaintiff had said In her
letter respecting the saniiarium III en-
ciunati when Mr.. Wilson objected. He
| asked the defendant II he had these let
| t,rs from the plaintiff, and the defend
aut said hc had destroyed them.
ThercIpon Mr.. Wilson said that hav-
| Ing destroyed this evidence, having pu'