The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-20

p.fuy paid BY Col Breckinrsdee. bat be
coaid not give her very much because /,
.ouic hare awakened the .u,r..r.oa. "a
Mr.. Rhodes.
vo NJ. :. susssrvor.a-fou tD.. .h.. i.
mean d.sgrace 10 both Of your
ss,s fosiard-Yoa knoH IL.
then 7n SS"a issssons "asn MN,
90. l AID my part aud he did h:s.~
ga MI. Rhodes pay your board 20
Io1 oont think even NJ Brecksr.
n.sd 80 a. bad - thatr Mr.. RHODES
vaessf ms were asked regarding the iocs-
s'on OF MISS Poiiard's room at her boars
ink paaee With two other ladies While she
attended the sayre institute in Lexington
ssidenfy With the intention Of showing
,nas she might have received visitors IN
Anosn 70 the rest Of the househhld.
Did Mr. Rhodes know Of your relations
20 M. BFeckInrid-e ?" vas asked.
indeed he did nos. or Mr.. Breckinridgs
"ou.d not have been living today"
inen you we're under . sort Of contract
70 marry Mr.. Rhodes in return for the
money for your schooling. Mr.. Breckiu-
mage va. keeping you. and ron we're en-
gagged TO Mr.. Rbodes?''
Yes" deliberately bad as Ii sounds
snd 10 knew 1t aii," referring to Mr..
Breckinridse.
Speaking of her life la Cincinnati when
her hrss child was born. Mss Pollard said
she had told all sorts Of mysterious stories
20 keep people from suspecting her iden-
dity. II took the little room opposite the
mattress factory because il was inex-
psnsive, and he could not afford TO pay
much money for me-" she said. Please
remember the state OF my mind when that
article vas written. was almost insane,
she said, referring 70 minor discrepancy
between her testimony and the article
pnrporting TO DO hers recently published
In the New York World.
Al the Norwood convent she had worn q
ven. % that no one but Sister Cecilia had
seen her face. She had visited the con.
vent after the suit WAS filed. Sister Agnes
had not At first recognized her. but before
she LEFT her said: "Shs has undoubtedly
been here"
did she not tell you You were An i'm
moral woman :" asked Mr.. Butterworth.
''She did not. She attempted to give me
. sort Of lecture. She asked me Why
wanted to ruin that old nan in bis old
age. replied, why did he attemp. to
ruin me in my YOUTH She said opgh:
to think OF his daughters. and said he
did not have pity on me when l WAS some
body's daughter. nor on my daughter and
bis, that he made me give away"
did you not tell her this suit Was
brought for rsvenge7"
That 10 a. false ~ ords can be framed.
told her / wanted him to bear his share
OF responsibility in this matter. and that
would 60 through the world carrying my
own share, and that / would not bear all
that burden he had placed on me. be-
lievs there is principle behind this matter.
believe that Justice will Do done, and be-
lieve that these men turning to the jury)
will help me TO see IL done"
When Mr.. Butterworth asked some
questions about money matters Miss
Pollard said that the only effort was at the
time referred TO. A. il always had been
tried to conceal her relations with Mr..
Breckinridge.
Mr. Butterworth-You have not done
anything ~ q free and independent agent
since you passed under his control.
Shaking her head. she replied: II don't
believe ever have"
Mr.. Butterworth was asking Miss Pollard
about her ambitions for the future in those
early years, when she added: 81 knew I
was to always be in Mr.. Brsckinridge's
life, because the night before I left for the
Norwood asylum he made me promise to
give my baby away. He said that IL he
was ever able to marry me he would. ana
that If he could not marry me he would
keep mo in his life always"
"Did you have any woman before you ~
an idealf" Mr.. Butterworth asked, and
as Miss Pollard was answering: mo.
sir: / hope to make n name by living"
hers lawyers objected and the jud &c sus-
tanned the objection.
Miss Pollard. replying to further oues-
tions, said that on her return to Washing
ton City in the fall OF ls92. when Mr.
Breckenridge frsr formally proposed to
marry her, he had met her. "Was IL in .
proper place." interrupted Mr.. Butter
worth 1T was not. 1t was in house of
assignation on A street He said to me,
Madeline. this is no place TO talk of these
things so we went out on the street to-
ge,ner. lie told me about his children.
his prospects and affairs
his wife wss livlug7"
"very rarely"
But you did talk of IT,"
ave did" Here the court adjourned.
with the cross-examina;ion still uniin-
finished.
LOUISVILLE. March 10 If Mrs Breckin-
ridge intends instituting divorce proceed
ing against her husband, the defendant in
Miss Poliard's breach of promise case, the
fact is unknown 10 her relatives in this
city. A reporter visited the home of DIR.
Scott last night. and his inquiries elected
the information that the family had
known nothing about Mrs. Brecsinridge's
intentions 70 sue for divorce.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 10 w. G. r.
Breckinridge delivered lecture at the
Gospel tabernacle in this city in June last
for the benefit of local charitable insti;u-
ton. Al the conclusion of his speech Col.
Breckenridge Was presented with q very
large and beautiful bouquet of flowers. In
return for this compliment he made a
touching speech. taking occasion 60 say.
In a pathetic manner. that he hsd no wife
10 whom he could give them. The circum-
stance vividly recalls the fact that Mr..
Breckenridge Was secretly married to Mrs.
Wing more than 8 month before the time
Of this apparently unnecessary decIara-
ton.
An Amateur ia ebaii League.
There will be meeting in ArmoSy hall
Sunday afternoon, April l. at ? 80 o'cIocs
| fer the purpose of recognizing the Puget
sound Amateur Baseball League. The
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