The morning call., 1894-03-22

merest accident had he been able to dis
arm her. He went to Kentucky without
aeceding to her demands.
Returning 10 the events in New York
following Colonel Breckinridge's mar
rage, MIR. Shelby asserted that Miss Pol
lard had come TO the Hoffman House,
1onnd that be was stopping there. secured
room next to him and registered as his
daughter. When Colonel Brecklnridg
entered on Monday, May II, she had al
tempted to shoot him standing in the
passageway. between the two rooms. He
bad slammed the door.
He had threatened TO have her arrested.
ringing for bellboy, but on her entreaty
had told her TO place the revolver close TO
her door and he would have the boy take
the revolver. He took the revolver, and
in the interview which followed sho had
made all sorts OF protestatlons and prom
ises TO leave him.
The next day. after they left the Hoff-
man H"nse, Mrs. Blackburn arrived in
New York, sent for him for consultation
about lawsuit she was interested in, and
inciden tally she asked for an explanation
of the presence OF himself and MISS Pol
lard in New York. to which he replied he
could not give an eXplanatio then.
The circumstance of Miss Pollard's
visit to the Jefferson-place house, where
Colonel Breckinridge's wife was with him.
was explained. 1t was declared that Mr..
and Mrs. Breckenridge were leaving the
room because she was in her wrapper.
When Miss Pollard told him that she
wanted to see him OF important business,
they went out together. Miss Pollard
again threatened his life on the street
The visit 10 Major Moore followed.
Colonel Breckenridge, said the attorney,
was then about to reveal all the circuuI-
stances of their connection, but she again
dissuaded him. Again at the house on La
fayetle square Miss Pollard attempted TO
shoot him, but was foiled, and, strange
though it might seem, even then Co onel
Breckinridge had been again induced, un-
der the renewed promises, to go to New
York, and to visit Mrs. Black burn and
Major Moore with her.
On the visit 10 DR.. Lincoln be had told
he doctor to do what he could 10 make
her comfortable, assuming, as she had told
him. that DR.. Lincoln knew of her condi-
tion, because the day alter that interview
Miss Pollard did do as she had agreed and
did go to New York.
Colonel Breckenridge began to carry out
his agreement TO do what he could Tor her.
He had written her letters telling her not
to do anything that would make it lmp1s-
sible for bim to do what was best for her.
10 further force him she had given an an
nouncement of the alleged engagement to
the papers; had written him that he must
renew his promise. to which he had, of
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his public marriage to Mrs. Wing in July.
In such a case the character of the
plaintiff was necessarily at issue. and par
ticuiariy where she claimed that the de-
fendant had ruined her. No man was liza
BILE, morally or legally, for not doing d
thing which was morally impossible.
When Miss Pollard met Colonel Breck-
nridge she was a matured woman. at least
q years old.
At this point in the statement the objec-
ton was offered by Mr.. Wilson and sus-
tanned by the court that the statement was
drifting into an argument.
Colonel Shelby. resuming, said the mo-
tive Of the plaintiff in bringing ihe suit
must be considered; that as stated by the
plaintiff. it bad not been for money nor to
vindicate her own character. which was
necessarily destroyed by the suit. but for
revenge and to destroy the power Of the
defendant.
Again Mr.. Wilson renewed his objection
that the attorney was not only attempting
to state the law instead of facts, but he
was stating the law incorrectly. Mere
form did not constitute a contest.
Mr.. Shelby continued: When the parties
both understood that the semblance of a
contract was created for some other pur-
pose there was merely the semblance of a
contract that Miss Pollard might be able
to terminate her relations with tie de-
fendant. With this the statement closed.
Attorney Sill started to read the depo-
sition of Sister Agnes Regina Brown, when
the plaintiffs attorneys interrupted him
and insisted upon the right to examine
the deposition before it was read. They
had no objection on casual glance.
The deposition had been taken at the
Norwood Convent, where the sister had
been since 1885. She had seen all the in
mates. Some of them were veiled when
they went on tie street, but none were
veiled from her. There was one who lad
been veiled from the physician who al
tended her, but this was in 1884. Depo-
nent did not know Madeline Pollard, but
had seen her first in December. 1892, in
the library next to the Office with Messrs.
Carlisle and johnson, when Miss Pollard
had asked if the sister knew her.
The deponent questioned her, but she
did not remember the sister nor who had
been the Mother Superior. Miss Pollard
had SAID that she went under the name of
Louise Wilson, but when the sister said no
Louise Wilson had been there, but that
girl named Burg"yne had been there at
that time, Miss Pollard said: "Oh, that
was the name went by. There were so
many of them l did not remember"
Miss Pollard had remem bered the death
of girl while she was there, but had for
gotten the death of a sister who died in a
room near by. TIE sister had said that
Miss Pollard had never been there, and
did not seem TO know much about the
house. Miss Pollard had spoken OF giving
the volumes OF Irving to the convent; the
sister said she thought the books were
given by girl who had heen there and
who thought she had not compensated
sufficiently for her board. They found
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