The Washington times., 1894-03-31
WOOd,HarrnOn&CO.
No. SIS 18th St. N. w.

proper; that there was nothing wrong about IL;
but there were Kentuckians around and they
would talk about it,"
After speaking of visiting Philadelphia as the
guest of George W. Childs, the secret marriage
to Mrs. Wing in New York was skipped, and Col
Breckinridge went on TO tell of his meeting with
Miss Pollard at the Hoffman house May ]. He
was surprised on entering his room to find the
door to the adjoining room open, and, walking
in, found Miss Pollard there and but partly
dressed He said: "She demanded to know
where had been the past two days; said she had
been looking all over New York for me. re-
sponded, probably with a little more rudeness
than should, that ii was nothing to her"
"Then went back to my room through the
short entry between the two. / heard a noise,
and when turned around she stood in the door
with a pistol pointed at me. / shut the door
quickly, turned down the catch, anG touched the
electric button. said had sent for the police,
and was going to have her put in the Toombs-
She said she was going to shoot through the door.
said shoot away, and you will only give me one
more justification for having you put in the
Toombs- She was rattling the door and begged
me not TO have her put in the Toombs. said:
You put the pistol down; go in and fasten your
door, and will see what ought 10 do When
the bell boy knocked l opened the dooy.
but said TO bring a pitcher Of ice water /
don't know whether / was as cool as might
have been" This was said SO cariously that
everybody laughed.
The scene had been ended by calling a cab in
which Miss Pollard was sent away.
Referring to the kilograms alleged to have
did not recall whether he had sent the dispatches
to Mrs. Blackburn; he did not think he had.
In answer to a question as to the circumstances
attending his last marriage Col Breckinridge
said he had been married at No Il West Forty
fifth street, about z o'clock in the evening of
Saturday, April 29, by the Rev. John X. Paxton,
and the marriage was witnessed by Mrs. Paxton
and Mrs. Collier, of Pittsburg. He had married,
he said, his kinswoman, the daughter of K. W.
Scott, of Kentucky, and widow of Chauncey
Wing, Of Kentucky, who died abroad some time
ago.
The colonel then took up the Blackburn thread
Of the story He went into a long story about
some difficulty Mrs Blackburn had with tailor
over some dresses, in which the tailor had been
arrested and had threatened TO sue her for false
Imprisonment he had said that the tailor was
blufhng and they had better call his bluff. Then
Mrs. Blackburn had said that there was another
matter of greater Importance; that he had told
her that he was engaged TO Miss Pollard and asked
her TO keep the secret, and that witness and
plaintiff had been together in a hotel in New
York. He had replied that he could not give her
n full explanation then, but would, later on, in
Washington. Mrs Blackburn had said that un-
less he could explain satisfactorily their friend
ship must end. He said that he supposed he
must submit to her decision, whatever it was
Col Breckinridge then related the circum-
stances attending the visit of Major Moore, the
Chief Of Police, giving the following narrative :
~ and my wife formerly Mrs Wing were in the
dining room of the house when the plaintiff
walked in and said: Excuse me Mrs. Wing.
want TO see Mr.. Breckinridge alone on a matter
of great importance. ! turned to my wife and
said, that thought had better go with her.
As walked out by Lafayette park she said,
II intend to end this matter. l intend TO kill
you" said .Al right" and she went on, '.Mr.
Breckinridge, this is your last chance" Her
statement that said anything derogatory to my
wife is an absolute fabrication without shadow
of truth on which to hang it Not a word was
said about my wife.
.'She said she intended TO end this thing by
killing me, and as we walked along she said IL
would be good thing to end it by that kind Of
a scandal and she was going to kill herself, too.
She did most of the talking. There had been no
effort on my part to calm her fears; no protesta-
tion Of love: nothing about her being nervous,
excitable child
When we got to Major Moores office asked
II he was in, and, being told he was. went in
and the plaintiff followed me. said to Major
Moore: Il need the protection of the law. This
lady threatens TO kill me. l will tell you how
came TO be in this position, and want you to
put her or me under arrest
HE said he hoped il was not as bad as that
He went over to her and she held up her hands
and said: Il have no weapons but these and
then said TO Major Moore that wanted to re-
late all the circumstances SO that he might de-
eide whether to arrest her or me.
Then she broke out into a flood of hysterical