The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-24
WHO PAYS THE COSTS2
STORY OF A MATRIMONIAL CON-
sfTRAGTI.
College Students Who Determined
to Marry and Who Are Now Help
ing One Of the Band.
MISS POLLARD TIE ONLY ONE LEFT A
sPIEsTBR.
Tbs Plaintiff Authority for the statement
That wsshingtoa Society Has Msds Up a
Large Fund for Her Benefit

Washington March IA new story or
where Mas Pollard secures the money.
with which 20 prosecute her case comes
from Cincinnati. II tells OF decp-iaid
conspiracy among girls who wIhhed to
marry and to secure men who are above
the average In money or IN brains Most
of the facts are said TO be known 10
lsreckinridge's lawyers and It is said that
the defense Win use them for all they are
worth
The story as given out here lie as fol-
lows.
The Breckenridge case IS simply the
last chapter In conspiracy, tncticnlly
lolmeu, ana up 10 the beginning OF the
nrfe,sen. lltisnuon az Waaninston iactis
" girls brought together by cisS{T,-
stances ~ this city tclnelnnato Ia 1881
prominent gentleman Who Is familiar Win
hil the circumstances. but uoss NOT wish
20 nuve ms name mentioned IN connection
with tie matter all bright pretty. COM
panionNbe girls. who had no means 81
support ami who resolved among fhenl.4
sseiNes ,to marry, and marry Wen. Only
Those men who posseHsed such attrfbutee
"a wealth ana social standing We're ELI
draw Ia her net All the others hnvs
been successful, but the last ana tie
So9nSess Or the party has failed. at least
50 far Still. Notwithstanding the fact fhnt
she has endnngered The position 81 hs:
%lsuer oonspiratorS they are loyal to her
me names Of some Of the conspIrnioss
~, known, hut are not given because Of
tneir standing here aud the uselessness
OF exposure NJ present.
q. Meny Of The citizens OF this city remenl-
bel senntlon INIT arose Ia n eertnin
medical College which. al the time 1871
ADMITTED female students. Three OF these
conSpHMtots were studying medicine NJ
this college ~ the time mentioned ff,,sn
We're girls earning qhplr own living ii
4ailons ways and the third was tlio
uuuEiiter Of a prominent physician who
thongh not Interested IN l;e movements
or The girls Of their purpose individuaiiiv
y ~ alleged further thai when the dine
came FOR the closing 81 tho exaninatlons
tiicii professor gave certain students ifie
questions beforehand Tho feeultv
learned Of this and ref,iseu Ia iaei,f d(
plunaa 70 them, hut suit was eniefSd IL
Sratilipel ihe faculty 70 issue the rfipinmas
renee WAS The means OF leading the fa..in.
~ - tetNrr 40 admit amy more lad \ ssff,
tiie nte e z, ~ isihhal also % reappout
y wns about thla time thai the tn,,-
r ri'in,',y q the iadies, soma Of whom had
not reaehed the graduation vsnr rioes,,.5
inl9 plan of execution. tso 81 ihe
i,a ,' c opened an office on CARRIED place.
hoase which was used aa fhe haafleiuia,s.@,ss
o. me eoasplraiots. Ii was u quiet. me
visstut5syuh piHpe. ana i was there tint
choice. " tnei
One Of these ladies WINS .Iosephlne
known here. During tie time ~ ne M WI WI
sutton IN the mcdicnl college, she yns
p PLY. hg,eretafy e 2 well known and
The physician did. she niiod aitnntin,n,
81 similar character Tor ~ i . Harnar 81
re Fidelity bank Shortly after tie III
deity failure, Josephine fiolmes ieft for
Washington. where through The lnfitIenre
of other fellow conspratofa who hnd s,,e
seeaea a mnIrSipg nien Of Mace and
power. she secured a government dttia-
ton. u was moi long after she arrivedin
Waahington that she became engaaed 10
quently ahv married him ana Is now Ii
4 was Just after The sensation IN tho
inn1e her apDeafAnct lh thlh cltv SHE
had been acquainted with the lady who
Kept The house an ile Garfeld place and
tered during her stay h CincIn-
natl Miss Pollard WAS ycging and iii.
y was IN this house that she was treated
by those. who had received diplomas from
The medical college, II was IN thl6 city
that she met the Mrs. Buohanafi who Is
now. IN Washington With hor. Mrs
buchanan 81 conducting the patenf incdi-
cine hueinesH Of the prominent DhysIcinn
mentioned above, nov deccnead, she s.
ton The gentleman who does not
wish 70 hilge lliE name connected
WIN the ngplr mentioned al the
heal Of The article. says ne remembers
Miss Pollard and her heifig here under me
ceiirctimstances we'll During The visit 10
Louise Wilson, She and Nlsp llnin4s
we're friends a. tbe Cine Another of he
fair conapira tors opeyed up M cTlcH ona
eral months, She vel oaD fhtl h. ,so,,f,s..
man who wqa q thpt time and y now
e eh O. ihe brst aii2rHess ~ ths city
the members OF tho clique