The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-04-06

killing him. He admitted the secret mar
riage to Mrs Wing, but denied that he
promised, in the presence of Maj. Moore,
to marry Miss Pollard.
Washing ton. April ,. Congr, s>man
Breckenridge to-day continued the recital
of his version of the nine years intrigue
with Madeline Pollard and he consumed
the entire day in rounding out his story.
He will soon pass into the hands of eA
Judge .Jere NJ. Wilson for cross-eXamina
ton From this inauisition the followers
o. the trial are anticipating their choicest
entertainments for the jurist and ex-
congressman from Indiana has well
canned reputation as the mos. trying man
who could be selected from the local bar
to rake a witness. He is no respecter of
persons in the court room. following
faithfully the axiom that all men are
equal in the eyes Of the law. and he has
an unusual facility at planning traps for
witness, leading him along different
lines of inquiry which seem harmless,
considered singly, and then combining
conclusions therefrom in one question
which puts the victim on record III anoth-
er light. Miss Pollard and her lawyers
have busted themselves in taking notes
throughout the colonefs testimony from
which they expect 10 d1aw material for
cross-examination. There will be but lit
tie testimony for the defense after Col.
Breckenridge leaves the stand, and most
of that will be in the form of depositions.
The rebuttal for the plaintiff will come in
when Miss Pollard herself will probably
take the stand again and the old principal
of the Wesleyan college will be called to
refute the testimony Of Rankin Rossell,
to whom Miss Pollard was engaged III
1854. DIR. Brown will testify that Rus-
sell could not have called to see her two
or three times a week as he said, be cause
the rules of the school, which were strict
" enforced, permitted visitors Oily Fri
day nights, and then in the presence of
the teachers, and will deny that Miss
Pollard prepared to so with him to Chi
cago, as she was only permitted to kiss
him good by under the search light of a
teachers gaze The trial will probably
last two weeks longer.
Washington, April 3.-The usual crowd
was present at the Pollard d-Breckinridge
trial to-day, and the colonel went over a
Did you,' asked Mr.. Butterworth,
have any sexual relations with the
plaintiff after the Doth of April, 1897
That is the date on which the defend
ant was secretly married to Mrs Wing.
Mr.. Breckinridge-I did not after the
29th of April. 1893. / did not have any
sexual relations with the plaintiff what
ever. 1t is absolutely false. l never had
al infa ho Jo;n oft
| returned to Washington after the 31st
day of March, at any time or at any
place. | returned on the 31st of March
and had the conversation with Mrs.
Blackburn. Plaintiff and had no sexual
relations on that day or ever after that
day. The arrangements were made prior
to my going to Mrs. Blackburn as the
only reason l would go to Mrs. Black
burns was that our relations should
terminate; that she should leave the city
OF Washington, and that the relations be-
T. cen herself and Mrs. Blackburn should
be allowed to die out gradually and l
should support her until she should find
some honorable vocation.
Judge Jere NJ. Wilson took Col. Breck-
inridge in hand for cross-examnation af-
ter recess. The first questions were di-
rccted toward eliciting from the defend
ant admissions that in his early law
practice friends had been obliged to make
good sums d money improperly appro-
prlated from clients. Col Breckenridge
was obliged to explain his connection
with the Presby church, which had
been passive, rather than active. He
had lived in Lexington within. four
squares OF the house occupied by Sarah
Guess, and had known the character of
the place for twenty years. He also ad-
mitted that he had visited the house be-
fore he went there with Miss Pollard.
In telling that Miss Pollard had said
that she had given Rhodes higher proof
of her intention of marrying him. he said
ne would advise woman who had had
sexual intercourse with man to marry
him, but with man it was different, for
the knowledge of it by the public would