Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-31
WORSE AND MORE or IT.
Breckenridge Continues His Long Tale
Of Sin and Sham.
Madeline Pollard DOCS Not neiicvo
EVER thing ITO says aud 30
infuftns Min.

wAsuNGT5S, March Breckin.
ridge detailed the substance Of long
conversation ho hal with Rhodes, who
undertook to educate Miss Pollard on
condition that Hhe would marry him.
Alter stating these facts and declaring
ho was very much In love win her, he
told witness that lao (Rh0desl ought to
marry her; that things had occurred
between them wnicn made u neoys.
sary for him TO marry her, aud he In.
tended to 40 ~, though she seemed 10
have taken a dislike u him.
Miss Pollard bT0Lu iUfln, sobbIng,
and exclaimed; "rhat's moi true; why
cau'g ne tell tnu truth about some
thiuAl"
Bfccklnrldgo continued, saying he
told Miss Pollard Ot tuls talE with
Rhodes, declaring 10 her that after
RhOues's revelation % would b. liza.
pursiblu that any other relation could
ever eEi-t between Them.
In re.utatl0n OF Miss Pollatd's state
ment that at his request shu returned
from New York 10 Washington ln Au.
gust, 1898; thnt he met her az the depot,
Kissed hsf, took her IN q carriage anu
promised 10 MARY her, he declared hu
was not In Washington ut tuat time,
and sue was not there either NJ lar ~
hu knew. No such occurrence hap'
penod.
Al the afternoon session two appllcs.
lions by plaintiff Gra position IN the
civil service NJ Washington, indursrd
by Defendant, who vouChUd for her
good moral character anu reputation,
were identified ny witness.
He saw her in New York September
2Olh, for tho fiat time uufing the sum-
mer. She HhId rhu mad an opportunity
to 40 abroad And study win young
indies " good family u Bleclin.
ridge would represent that shu wac
engaged TO be- married to him In two
Year,.
"rhis WINS the frst time tho subject
of marriage nad been preached" He
continued: III faid hGd not ouOu y h
money, but would not let that stand Ia
the way; that under NO circumstances
would consent 10 any miareprusenla.
tious OF n marriage engagement. shr
said she could 10 abroad, study tho
modern languages, anu come back IN
two years fiited TO be- my wife. sall
that could never be, thut | was not
open TO negotiations Of that sort"
"Wu parted with considerable anger
Al our next meeting sue said she dii
not want % part Ia that way that /
must not think her devil or u hpud.
uut her into "A oab, Say log, 'fou know
there cqn he no Huun thing as marriage
between M, aud this ntlaiL u you per-
aist, eau only end In publicity, anu that
viii destroy ~ both.'"
"Mhen did you first hear that the
plaintiff claimed you had engaged
your,elt 10 marry hep"
"in u communication 10 that oloct
In tho Washington FOs!, whion un'
defstOoi was inspired by hcI aud
thereafter 1 received several lelterr
from her 10 the same rilcct.n
Then he related a conversation when
Miss Pollard htd como to MIN la die
tfess, because Mr.. Fllleltu nni another
lady had been talkiug about nor, the
Wltntsi saying; 81 told her that thls
WA Whist hal always expected; thu.
such Affairs al Gays must clmB 20 80
emf ana urged nor b go awy, as sh'
hud promised 40 many tlmo-, and lot
tho scandal blow over. My name was
not coupled with that
on several occasions, the wltuctt
SAIL. the plaintiff mad declared her i've
tonlinns OF committing suicide. SHE
! Ind once said 10 the witness tina. u ne
did not help her out iu the matter she
ditnot intend 10 allow him 20 live,
| He had told her there would ha no
difieulty about it II che would leayt
washing GU. Ia ne u these CONVEX
cations she got up and wenI into Tue