The Washington times., 1894-04-05

| at that time an engagement Of marriage?"
/ "Because she afixed that condition toher
promise to go away the next morning"
"Ihe demonstration OF hand-clasping was an
| entirely unexpected addition to the agreement
| ne continued, ITO which l offered no objection.
She reached out and took my hand, and my inn
| preston is that my hand was resting on him II
was probably impressive to him; scene which
presume he had never witnessed before and
] hope never will again. The clasping of hands
| was a comparatively unimportant thing IL not
accompanied by the declaration"
''Col. Moore says you called upon him to wit
| ness it?"
~ have forgotten how 1t was introduced OF
course. there had to be some excuse for the sec
| ond VISIT at which the reputation of the young
woman was to be dealt with tenderiy."
.'You We're mutually trying to separate'"
~ was trying TO separate. She wanted to
marry me if she could, to continue our relations
| at all eyepts."
| "She had been circulating in good society.
| She was anxious to maintain the reputation she
| had borne. You desired to push her out into
| the world?"
'No; wanted to do everything l could for
her, to see that she was educated l desired to
| separate from her
"You desired TO put her out of your life and
.She said So"
"Shc never pushed you for money settlement
of this matter?'
.she did not She wanted to continue our re-
lations and said could not give her more tAan
had while our relations were continuing; that
she wanted to continue these relations She had
said that our separation was not a matter OF
money negotiations, but / understood that on
two or three occasions she had accepted my
terms; thought so when she went to Cambridge
and when She went to Bread Loaf Inn
The colonel knew man in Lexington by
the name of Aleck Lavigne, who was con-
nected with the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
road, for which he had formerly been the at
| torney He knew no reason why the gentle
| mans deposition had not been read, except
that his statements had been proved by other
witnesses. None of the threats made against
him by the plaintiff had been in the presence
of other parties. Her determination to COM
| NIT suicide was first communicated to him the
last OF February. 1898, after the stories of Mrs.
| Fillette had come to her. He did not know
that she bad sent some of her clothing to
friends in Lexington, but she had written the
story of her life and relations with him and
| had burnt her novel. She had told OF that
''rather gruesome morning" one day when
she was in gay humor.
"Did she make this communication 10 you at
| the Capitol"
THE first one was at the Capitol / took my
hat and we walked out"
"Did you not hire a cab and drive to the ex-
press Office TO get back the package of clothes
she had sent to lexington"
~ think not / may have gone some time to
the office TO send box for her or to get one she
had sent i don't remember it; but If did, 1
did not know it had any connection with her
suicide"
In this connection he said: .eIhs was by no
means the first time she had spoken of suicide.
She had talked OF that perhaps dozen or twenty
times before"
Don't you remember that she spoke to you
regarding your relations with colored women"
Judge Wilson continued
II never heard of that until she spoke Of ii on
the stand"
"Did you on any occasion visit the plaintiff at
Mary Ackendie's on Second street. in this city,"
~ did not never did" with great empha-
sis)
ION January, February or March, 1sss?'
fu shA
place the plaintiff and Dr. Parsons have located
as the house where the child was born. / know
there is a woman OF that name who will be
called upon to swear that was there. ! know
that certain persons have been sent there to
train her as to what she will testify ] never
was there. II is false"
You say certain persons have been there to
train her. Has any one been there on your be-
halt?'
~ sent my son there, because had heard she
to be called TO testify, and that she had
been seen by another witness in this case"
Ibid you communicate with the plnintin there
by advertisements in the Evening Star, and did
you arrange to have typewriter letters pre-
: spated for your communication with her with
some person in this city."
The colonel was repeated and strenuous in
his denials. No such arrangement had been
made by him or for him to his knowledge,
and any such advertisements. II published,
would not convey any information to his mind.
With this reply Judge Wilson quietly re-
turned the defendant to his own attorney for
redirect examination. Mr.. Butterworth drew
out the colonel upon the conversations be-
tween himself and Miss Pollard regarding
their marriage She had told him. he said.
that she had no friends; that her only inti-
mate girl friend had gone insane: his wife
was dead, and there was nothing to prevent
him from marrying her. He replied to this
with some anger. and she had said that if he
would change his tone she would retire from
society. give up trying TO go in society, and
be his mistress. take care of his room, and
do his typewriting. He had told her that
under the circumstances she was the last per-
son who could do his typewriting. She had
insisted that she would not leave him, but
would go wherever he went.
Then they had walked together to house
on H street which they had been accustomed
to visit. His anger had cooled. He sat
down She sat on the floor with her arm on
mis- knee and they talked far into the night.
she saying that she did not care if there was
a scene there. He had told her that after
their relations he could not marry her; that
no man could be expected to marry woman
with whom he had had intercourse unless he
had seduced her.
"'You know 1 have not seduced you.'
said" and Col. Breckenridge continued: ''She
urged me to marry her on account of those
very relations. I said: i can't afford to put
Jim Rhodes mistress and my mistress at the
head of my table, She threw up the window
and said she would scream. Just then some
one raped at the door; said We were making
great deal of noise; that my voice was pc
culiar. and there was another member of Con-
gress in the house who might recognize it."
lLaughter.l Col. Breckenridge smiled and
continued: II did not care TO know who he
was"
This narrative was objected to by Mr.. Will
son, anG Judge Bradley said he knew no rea-
son for repeating it. The defense contended