St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-31
BILLYS STORY OF SHAME.
HIS RELATIONS WITH MADELINE DE-
Sc4LBED IN DETAIL.
NEVER PROMISED TO WED HER

Col. Breckinridge Tells of Their
, Eariy Intimacy and the Many
Places OF Meeeing-Her Violent
| Temper and Her Attempt TO
| Shoot Him in New York
Hotel-Some Racy Testimony.
WASHINGTON. March 30.-Chapter 2
OF the story of Col. Breckinridge was
told today. 1t consumed the whole ses-
sion of the court, and still the narrative
remains Incomplete. From the second
meeting at the Lexington house of as
slgnatlon, kept by Sarah Guess, IN 1884.
down to the late spring of 1898. tile re-
cltal wound its way along path stormy
with pistols. clandestine interviews and
| secret marriage. more of intrigue than
| one would suppose could be contained
| III the life OF such mld-looking elderly
man as the one who leaned over the
witness box and told 1t all in a matter
ot-fact way, occasionally dropping into
- JN~N' ONAOAN ann osAt WOilIdD WHO Is
willing to emulate Samson by dragging
herself down with the temple. She was
| the only disturbing factor in the scene.
She persisted III becoming agitated, and
once she made an Outcry, demanding to
KNOW why the defendant could not tell
the truth; but Judge Bradley warned
her firmly and kindly that she must
eXeTpIGp
There is wealth of detail in the
defendants story. He binds it about
MIN with many eXtraneous matters, and
throws an atmosphere of high life over
1t weaving In with his meeting with
Miss Pollard alluSions to the many
political events i'll which he has taken
part, the schools he has ADDRESSED, the
Confederate reunions ne has attended.
the banquetS to which he has been
called as an honored guest, the ladies
he had taken to call on Mrs. Cleveland.
even the dinner of the Reform club in
New York, at which Mr. Butterworth
observed: Speaker Crisp did not
speak,"
THE STORY IN DETAIL.
There was an audience awaiting the
second appearance of Col. Breckinridge
on the " itness stand today whose in-
terest in him and what ne would have
to say was more intense than that of
any of the audiences he had ever faced
before.
Foremost in it sat the plaintiff and
her elderly companion,I Mrs. Ellis; back
OF them. in double rows. the lawyers in
the nj Hacha
theSson to whom the defendant mad re-
ferred in affectioDate terms, while de-
failing the members of his family yes
terday. Further beyond were two
long rows OF newspaper men and
sketchers waiting to transfer to paper
the different attitudes of the congress
man witness. and then the ranks OF
spectators, most of them members of
the bar.
No time was lost in sending the wit
ness TO the stand, and then Mr.. B utter
| worth handed up the work basket which
had belonged to his second wife, and
which Miss Pollard said he had given
her with atfectionate words. He recog-
nized it.
My wife was Miss Desba; she died
III July, LcJS, he Sdlu.
IL last saw the basket in my rooms on
H street. ! have no recollection when.
The statement made by the plaintiff
was that when l left Washington, after
the session of congress. went with her
in herdic to the train, that gave her
the basket then
WITH AFFECTIONATE WORDS.
II did not go to Miss Pollard's house
that night: did not ride with her in a
herdic to the depot: did not give her
the basket under any circumstances
The voice of Col. Breckenridge as he
| made this denial was soft, cool and
| measured as carefully rs it had been
throughout his testimony the day before.
| Miss Pollard was sitting very straight in
her chair, with her eyes fixed sharply
upon him, but he directed his replies
! entirely TO his questioner, who sat be-
! tween Miss Pollard and the jury.
| Mr.. Butterworth then asked:
| "When did you first learn that the
! basket was in the possession of the
| PLAINTIFF"
Col. Breckinridge-I learned day or
| two before the trial that basket was in
! her possession. What basket it was |
| did not know, nor did [ have any knowl-
| edge where the basket was until it was
/ produced at the trial.
Have you any knowledge how this
| basket got into her possession?'
| Il cannot say from personal knowi-
| edge how the basket came into her
| possession, nor did she recaive it with
| any knowledge or consent or con-
! niyance on my part"
Mr.. ButterWorth then left the ques-
| tiOn of the basket. and directed his
| questions to the details of the meeting
between the witness and Miss Pollard,
| and the circumstances of the visit to
| the house of Sarah Guess.
81 wish you would give an account,
colonel" said Mr.. Butterworth, ..of
| your trip to Lexington on the after
| noon OF Aug. 2, of which you spoke yes-
terday, when the plaintiff was on the
| train"
II found the plaintiff in the car when
| l got into it. found
THE CAR WAS CROWDED,
and found the plaintiff sitting near
| the door at which | entered. | spoke to
her. and the conversation resulted in
an arrangement by which we were to
meet that evening in Lexington"
In answer to another question. he
| stated ian arrangement was made that
| we should meet at the house of Sarah
/ Guess. The arrangement was carried
out by going in the street car.''
y. State what took place between you
and the plaintiff then?
A. The statement in the New York
World vas substantially correct. We
| Knocked at the door several times.
When TO one responded, little talk
| took place between the plaintiff and
| myself as to what 10 DO. One sugges-
tion was that she should go to the door
| of a friend where she expected to spend
the night. Another suggestion was
| that she should wait little while, it
being. Saturday night, and it being the
custom to do little marketing that
\ night. The conclusion was that she
should wait, and L. should 90 to nv
| home. and if Sarah Guess returned in
a reasonable time, I would fnd her
Ethere.
-TT-~sFST had simmer with NV family that