The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-03-22
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L. Shelby, the Lexington lawyer.
partner of Colonel Breckenridge, a
short, pale man with light moustache,
partly bald head and spectacles, faced
the jury to outline the defense. While
the case was technically one for breach
| OF promise, he said, 1t Included a
wider scope. II am authorized by the
defendant to say" he said, and it |
will be corroborated by his solemn
oath, that he did not seduce her. that
it was never made known to him that
she had ever had any children by him
until the filing of this suit last Aug
ust, nor did he ever under any circum>
stances make any promise of marriage
to her."
THE defense did not intend, he
said, to condone whatever was wrong
in the relations of the two and it was
only by the truth the defendant
wanted to be judged, outlining what
would be the defense. He related that
Miss Pollard had accosted Colonel
Breckenridge on the train, before
which time he had never seen hev.
that he had supposed he ought to
know her (having reached that time
of life when he was forgetful of faces,
she introduced herself, said her father
was a great admirer of John @. Brock
inridge, and had named her after him.
Several weeks afterward the letter
asking advice as to her relations with
| Rhodes had been received; he had ans
wered it, telling her the aspects of
the contract to which he replied
fully. After that he received the let
ter, the authenticity of which Miss
| ID all I'd had l1,,inI hI,t bioh Nun11lH
be fully proven, asking him to come to
he could not come. She had written
him another letter urging him to
come, which he declined TO do. On
the first of August, 1884, (Friday) he
had been in Cincinnati on business: it
occurred to him that he had received
the request to go to the Wesleyan col
lege. Having nothing else to do, he
went to the college that day and saw
her, saw not an ignorant girl, I'M
acquainted with the ways of the
world, for if there was one fact tn t
would be established, it was that the
plaintiff was at least 20 or 81 years of
age, and it would be shown by the
doctor who otficiated at the birth of
her next youngest sister in 1865, when
the plaintiff was then little girl of
two or three years of age, running
about the house.
"When the colonel arrived at the
institution" continued the attorney,
she came into the parlor and saw
MIN, explained the contract with Mr..
Rhodes, which was that in considera-
ton of his paying for her schooling
she was to marry him, She asked if
he could compel hel to marry him-a
strange question for an innocent school
girl-and also told him that she had
submitted her person to Mr.. Rhodes.
He told her that she was not obliged
to carry out the contract. Then she
asked him to take her to an entertain
ment on Vine street and he con-
sented."
That Colonel Breckenridge had
called in closed carriage that night
was denied. 1t is declared that Miss
Pollard had made the proposition that
they ride instead of going to the con.
cert, and the lawyer said: "In the
course of the ride that night and with.
out the use of seductive means, but in
that way which occurs when woman
is not averse to such things, an Illicit
relation was established on the first
night he had been with her. He did
not take her to any designation houses
in Cincinnati the next day. 1t was
denied that Colonel Breckenridge had
sent telegram to Miss Pollard, in the
name of her mother, to go to Licking
ton, but when he boarded the train
that Friday, he found her on it; with
! out any articles being exercised on
his part, meetings had been arranged
, and she herself had proposed that
: they should go TO the house of Sarah
: Guess, she explaining that she knew
the house. 1t was matter of mutua
: agreement, but instead of going there
Friday night, Colonel Breckenridge
had been in Cincinnati Friday and he
had not met her there until Saturday
uight.
1t would be shown that Mr.. Rhodes
had fallen behind in the payment o
her bills. being man of small means
r and the transfer from Wesleyan In
stitute to Sayre Academy at Licking
,, ton, had been made by arrangement
c between herself and Mr.. Rhodes, un
known to Mr.. Breckenridge until ht
met her on the street. The Illicit re
Iations at Lexington continued, meet
ings being arranged irregularly o.
;; Sarah's, and in February of 1855 Miss
Pollard had left, unknown to him
The statement that he had writer
letters from Cincinnati to her mothe
I, would be denied, and the statement
that she had given birth to child IL
the founding asylum near Cincinnati
would be disproved by the testi
! mony of DR.. Mary Logan. Mr.
l Shelby said there had been NJ
! renewal of Illicit relations during the
! 18 months ending in 1888, though Mis-
Pollard has followed him to Washing
ton and prosecuted him with her at
. tentions. This interruption of rela
. tions, Mr.. Selby said, constituted
. REPUTATION of Miss Pollard's alleg stion'
that in February, 1888, she was deliV'
cred of child by Colonel Breckln
= ridge.
o "rhe latter had bee compelled
q under fear and breath of exposure tt
9 give Miss Pollard more money thar
he could spare from his means, on
, still he offered her money if she would
90 away from the city and fit hersel
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