The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-31
Ing danger Of scandaI, In viss a her tem-
per aad Disposition. He continued:

Some Of cur interviews were exres-
ssyeiy unpieaszus. rsore than any words
can describe. She would come 80 me ~
the capitol in mr. COMMITTEES room aud
declare she was mot going 70 leave. Shs
was not going 20 have support owing 20
her. suppose that af tirHes became sx-
cessfveiy angry. saying things hard and
bitter. | knew my only alternative Vas
Submission or the destruction Of the hap
pIness Of those whose lives depended on
me. aud let IL 70 on. hoping tomorrow
woEld bring ISOLATION OF the pronsesn-
would tell her In every vay. from gentle
20 the most severe, that she was becoming
more and naors dissnclined aad unable 10
care for hersslf. and that her manner Was
ofisntimss extremely disagreeable. I"
AZ the afternoon session Brcckin-idzs
denied that he vas concealed Ia the room
while Miss Pollard broke her engagement
with Rosesie. Two applications by .ns
plaintiff for position In the civil service
at Washington City, Endorsed By the de-
fenda,t. who vouched for her good moral
character and reputation. we're identified
by witness. Breckinridgs then detailed
the substance OF . long conversation he
had with old man Rhodes. who undertook
% educate Miss Pollard on condition that
she would marry him. After stating these
facts and declaring he Vas very much In
love with her, he told witness that he
fRhodesi ought 70 marry her: that things
had occurred between them which made II
Necessary for him TO marry her. and he
intended to do 20. though she seemed 10
have taken dislike TO him.
Miss Pollard broke forth. sobbing and
exclagmina: That's not true. Why
can't he tell the truth about something7"
n s~fA
Miss Pollard Of this talk vith Rhodes de-
ciaring to her after Rhodes revelations il
would be impossible that any other reia-
tons could ever exist between them. In
RECITATION Of Miss Poilard's statement that
nj his request she returned from New
York to Washington City in August,
1893, and that he met her at the depot.
kissed her. took her in . carriage and
promised TO marry her. he declared he was
not IN Washington City ut that time. and
she Was not there either. as far a. be knew.
No sneh occurrence happened. He saw
her In New York September 20 for the FIRST
time during the summer. They met Ut
the Hoffman house. She said she had an
opportunity to 60 abroad and study
with . young lady Of good fam
lily II Breckenridge would rep
resent that. she was engaged
to be married 20 him in two years. This
was the first time the subject Of marriage
had been broached. He continued: az
said had not enough money, but would
not let that stand in the way; that under
no circumstances would consent TO any
representations OF a marriage engagement.
She said she could go abroad. study mod
ern languages. and come back in two years
fitted to be nv wife. said that could
never be; that was not open to negotia-
tons of that sort"
The witness and Miss Pollard had looked
over houses together. She had figured
that the cost would be $f00 month, but
he had expressed his willingness to give
her si25 and her travelling expenses. Wit
ness added:
"Her final answer at our next meeting
at the same house was that she would
never 60 except ~ my afiianced. She
would go back to Washington City and be
there when | arrived. We parted with
considerable anger. At our next meeting
she said she did not want to part In that
WAY; tina, mus, not shink her devil or
fend. put her into a car saying, You
know there can be no such thing a. mar
riage between US. and this affair. II you
persist. can only end in publicity. and
that viii destroy US BOTH"
when did you first hear that the plain
till claimed you had engaged yourself to
marry herr
'In communication to that effect in
the Washington City Post, which under
stood was inspired by her. and thereafter
l received several letters from her to the
same effect"
Now" intcrposed Mr.. Wilson, arising,
Eve want those letters
II have destroyed them" retorted the
defendant. 81 have procured all the let
tiers have from her to my knowledge"
The testimony thea driftcd into the
circumstances and conversations concern
ing the efforts Of the defendant to induce
the plaintiff to leave the city TO prevent q
scandal which would certainly come
sooner or later IL Miss Pollard remained
in the city. Then he related o converse
ton when Miss Pollard had come to him
in distress because Mrs. Fillette and an
other lady had been talking about her. the
witness saying:
ways expected: that such affairs always
must come 20 80 end. and urged her To go
away. as she had promised so many times,
and let the scandal blow over. Nv name
was not coupled with IL, but I said il
would be II the thing went on. Mrs. FIJI
lette had not mentioned my name. SO il
was other PARTIES She said that she
could not have such scandal against her
name; that she had revolver, with which
she had intended TO shoot herself IL
snch stories ever came out. j made light
OF them. she told me afterward that she
had gone To- Mrs. blackburn that Mrs
blackburn had talked with Mrs. Filiette
and found that the charges did not affect
the chastity OF plaintiff: that she was
charged wnh beng an adventures: that
10 Was said she lived by her wits; had no
known means OF support. and did not pay
her debts She insisted that | must go TO
Mrs. blackburn aud tell her that the reia-
iions between Us acre such that Mrs
Blackburn must stand by her."
Col. Breckenridge said he had refused a,
this time to do SC. On several occasions.
witness said, plaintiff had declared her
| intention OF committing suicide, saying
she had destroyed all her manuscripts. in
Guiding the nlanuscrip; o. novel she was
writing. and that She had given away her
clothes. She had once said to witness that
if he did not help her out Ia the matter
she did not intend TO allow him TO
! live: tina, she did not intend to bear the
disgrace alone. lie had told her tners
would be no difficulty about it If she
woald leave Washington City SIS she had
promised, ana tha, he would pas her ex-
pensrs wherever she went. In one Of thess
conversations. when she WAS apparently
eonsosed. she gos up and went iato the
library and came back shortly and pointed
pistol at him, threatening to kill him.
BY strategy he had been enabled to
take IL away from her before she
r0ulI do Anw harm Hn kaps 49,