Asheville daily citizen., 1894-04-04
BRECKENRIDGE EXAMINED
MARRIAGE WITH THE PLAIN.
TIFF IMPOSSIBLE
He Accused Her OF Being Over
Intimate with Rhodes, And
Said That Therefore He Could
Not Take Her Up-The Marriage.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Judge Wilson
began the cross-examination of Breck.
inridge this morning with reference to
the village of Goldsborough, KY, and
asked him il he delivered speech
there in 1885. The defendant thought
not. Then Judge Wilson asked if he re-
membcrcd saying to servant woman at
Mrs. Thomas the day after he had taken
lunch there with Miss Pollard: "Mary,
that was a very nice lunch. and when
Madeline and l go to housekeeping l
want you to come with u.s."
"Oh that's not true, that's merely a
fancy SKETCH" said Breckenridge with a
laugh. "There's not a word of truth
in it,"
Wilson was particularly desirous OF
knowing whether Breckenridge had ever
made expressions of love and effcction to
the plaintiff, and the defendant said he
had never used such expressions to Miss
Pollard ~ did, however," he said, "use
expressions Of kindness. was particu.
larly careful to be good and kind to her
when she was in delicate condition.
tried to make her take up some occupa-
tion and to keep her mind busy"
In answer to Judge Wilson, the defend
ant said he had told the plaintiff many
times that marriage between them was
impossible. 81 told her." he SAID, "that
she could not expect me to marry her
after her illicit relations with Rhodes,
and that after she had bled him for three
years, and then thrown him away like
sucked orange Icould not contemplate
marriage with her or look upon her as
wife whom could trust, or whom
could take into my family"
After questioning the witness about
his trip to New York in April, 1898,
when he was married, and his meeting
with the plaintiff at the Hoffman house,
Judge Wilson handed Brckinridee a
paper and asked him if that was fac
simile of his marriage certificate. Breck-
inridge said it looked like the original,
but he saw it was not.
when you put down on this ccrti.
cate that You had been married once,
was that true?'
II started to write, in answer to the
question as to how many times | had
been married, and asked DR.. Paxton il
1t were necessary to state that this was
my third marriage, and he said it was
not necessary. So tloughtlcssly put il
at once instead OF twice"
Breckenridge said lie filled in the certiii-
cate because DR.. Paxton was suffering
from nervous headache. He told Paxton
to keep 1t secret. In answer to ques-
tion he said he and wife on tie night oil
their marriage went to Hotel LlGreenc,
10th and Broadway, and registered
under the name OF VIM. ]. Campbell and
wife.
Yesterday afternoon Miss Pollard
took the stand and testified that Col. |
Bteckinridge frequently sent her letters
while she was in Lexington and he in
Washington. They were all typewriter,
she said, and in them she was-addrrssed
various titles, such as my dear Spit |
fire." and my dear Louise"
Col. Breckenridge denied that Mrs.
Lowell had ever copied for him any such
letter as that she described or that she |
addressed envelopes for him with the |
name of Miss Pollard, although he ac- |
knowledged that Mrs Lowell had writ |
ten letters for him. Most of the day was
taken up in this testimony, aud in argu-
ment. There was nothing sensational.