The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-04-05
nurnose of coming to Washlngtong'

From the DlalnIlu,
when was thaty'
About the third or fourth week 10
August?"
"Up to this time had there been a
resumption of your improper re!a'
tions?n
None whatever" was the reply, and
in answer to a question as to whether
they net frequently he said that he
had seen her occasionally in the sense
of meeting her on the street. Continu
ing. Colonel Breckenridge said: Al
ter my return to Lexington from Men.
olasville, our relations were resumed
and met her at the same house as
before in the latter part OF July, 1851.
1t was after the accident in which she
was thrown from her horse. Soon al
forwards she came to me and said she
had made up her mind to leave Lex
ington because she could get no ELI
ployment there and that she was pur
sued by gossip that her relations
were sure to hear She consulted
him about coming to Washington,
and he had tried TO keep her from
coming. He protested against her
coming. She said one morning that 1t
was necessary for me to see her, and l
met her one night when she feared she
was pregnant, and there was nothing
else for her to do but to 60 somewhere.
STOP there" interrupted Mr.. Butter
worth, did she say the pregnancy was
by your"
"Of course. The conversation YVES
excessively unpleasant. refused to
furnish the money. 1t was matter
of DOUBT. Only two months had
passed since our relations had been re-
sumed. l told her that for her 10
come to Washington might be disass
trous to herself and to me. After
wards repaid the money which she
borrowed to come to Washington.
The conversations were excessively
unpleasant. 1t was some time
in the month of September,
1887, that she came. l reached
here on the evening of Nov. s
and returned to Lexington the next
day. saw the plaintiff on the street
near Washington circle. She in
formed me that she was in Catholic
institution at that end of the town
and said there was no doubt Of her
CONDITION.. L I6Iuibcu w W deulbSlOI
the first Sunday in December, but did
not see the plaintiff for three months.
The plaintiff had moved to the acad-
envy of Visitation on Massachusetts
avenua, but ! saw her at the capitol.
Were the changes III pursuance Of
your suggestiOns?'
They were not. | received several
letters from the plaintiff saying that
her health was very bad. | sent her
money at the general delivery when
ever she wanted it. She controlled
that
THE plaintiff has said that on two
after prOtestatious of love,
you said you would marry her if it
was pussible?"
There is not a scintilla Of truth in
that statement, not a shred. Under
the circumstances at no time was there
such an agreement, and the plaintiff
never alluded 90 the possibility Of it.
Before the death Of my wife there was
not a solitary word that could be dis
torted into such thing The colonel
was very deliberate and emphatic, and
declared that she had
Dever told him she gave birth toa liv-
ing child, nor did he believe it until
he heard the testimony of DR.. Parsons.
"If she had told me she had borne a
living child it would have given me an
excuse to break off my relations with
her, for, considering the time of these
relations, it was impossible that the
child could have been my child"
In paying the expense for the second
Colonel Breckenridge sal IL
at first he was represented as Miss Pol
lard's guardian When the physician,
DR.. Parsons, sent an additional bill,
he said she had better come directly
TO him, for if she was reputable ply
stefan a professional secret would be
safe in her hands, and if she was at
blackmail it would be best
to face her at once. Miss Pollard had
informed him that at the Academy of
the Visitation she had arranged with
the good sisters to teach in return for
her board, and she also would receive
instruction in some of the higher elias
sizes. That thing would be immedi-
ately desirable, tor it afforded her pro-
lection and quiet.
During the two years that she was
there was there any improper relations
between You and the plaiutitTT
There was
THE plaintiff said that there never
was any suggestion on your part that
your relations should be broken off"
From November, 1885, there were
no improper relations between us, al
though | was supporting her. The
ENHANCEMENT between us really began
when she came to Washington against
my will. frequently said to her as
earnestly as knew how, that the re e.
lations between us would only result
in scandal and perhaps destruction of
us both: that her character her lack of
self control, her temper WAS such that
some day there must come an expos
ure. | urged her to go anywhere,
where she could study, offering to pay
her expenses and saying the burden
could be no greater than it was. Sew
eral times thought she had agreed to
go. Then she told me she had arranged
to go on the paper of the proprietor of
Broadleaf, Joseph Battelle, inVermont.
Some of our interviews were more
excessively unpleasant than any words
can describe. She would come to me
at the capitol in my committe room,
declaring that she was not going to
leave, that she was going to have the
support | owed her | suppose at
times | became excessively angry and
said things tuat were hard and bitter.
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