Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-31

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the matter. On several occasions,
the witness said, the plain
tiff had declared her intention to COM
NIT suicide. She had once said to the
witness that II he did not help her out
IN the matter she did rot intend to let
him live-that she did not intend TO
bear the disgrace alone. He had told
! her there would be no difficulty about
it. if she would leave Washington, as
she had so often promised, and that be
would paw her expenses wherever she
went. In one of these conversations,
when she had apparently consented,
she GOT I'D and went into the library
and came back shortly and pointed a
pistol at him, threatening TO XIII MIN.
By strategy be had taken 1t away from
her before she could do any harm. He
kept the pistol, and it was the same
weapon which she had taken from his
travelling bag, with which she attempt
ed his life in New York City. That
scene. he said, was followed by an al
most immediate revulsion on the part Of
the plaintiff She broke into food Of
bvsterical tears, and declared that she
had not really meant to Kill him.
He had taken the revolver away from
! Miss Pollard and that night she had
come TO his house
WITH A YOUNG NAN
and left a note expressing her regret at
what had occurred. When next be saw
her. two or three days afterward, she
had proposed again to leave the city,
and ne again offered to pay her ex-
in fot
| with Mrs. Blackburn regarding the
scandal against Miss Pollard, be said 1t
differed from Mrs. Blackburn's state
ment. He thought he had opened the
interview by saying he did not know
what Miss Pollard had wanted
him TO call for, asked Mrs.
! Blackburn to urge her to 60 away
which the lady had promised to do, and
/ he had spoken kindly Of the young wo-
man. He supposed when he left Wash
! inpton, March 10, 1898, that their rela-
tions had ended, that Miss Pollard was
| going away to study and lead an honor
able life while he provided for her.
Later in March he met her in Cncin-
natl in response to telegram from her.
/ She then had told him that she had been
obliged, under Mrs. Blackburn's cross
examination, TO represent that she was
engaged to him. He told her that he
would 90 right back and say to Mrs.
Blackburn that it was not true, but
under her opportunities promised to
keep his mouth shut il she would leave
the city. Returning TO Washington,
| March 3lst, he had received
! ACALL FROM MISS POLLARD
| before breakfast. He said: Il agreed
! then that if she would go away l would
| put myself in the power Of the plaintiff
/ and Mrs. Blackburn and pretend there
was an engagement. l said you have
put me where there is no alternative but
TO put myself in your power and trust
or TO submit TO a scene In the hotel Of
/ fee or street, perhaps have an attempt
made on my life on the street. SAID
there must be no misunderstanding be-
tween US" continued the Colonel, and
| reminded her that from the first l had
| said there could be no marriage, but
ANYTHING short Of that which could do
To save those who loved me ! would do.
She said that she could not trust me,
because, knowing the relations had had
with her while had such happy fam
lily, she would always suspect me OF hav-
ing similar relations with other women.
I reminded her that she had not come
to me a maiden, that had not seduced
her."
Colonel Breckenridge gave his version
! OF the visit to Mrs. Blackburn, which
occurred on Good Friday, according to
| Mrs. Blackburn, and several days later,
according to the witness, Miss Pollard
went up TO Mrs. Blackburn's apart
ments, and in short time he received
| a message from the elevator boy saying
! that Mrs. Blackburn had consented to
| see him.
He found Miss Pollard waiting on the
| landing outside Mrs. BIaCkburn's room,
! and she said that Mrs. Blackburn want
! ed a witness TO confirm what she Miss
! Polard) had just told her. Witness
! said TO Mrs. Blackburn that she had
been extremely kind, and that so long
as the plaintiff had her as friend she
needed nothing else, but in her distress
he had offered the
PROTECTION OF HIS NAME
ari that with Mrs. Blackburn's friend
ship aud the protection of his name, the
plaintiff could we'll afford to despise
what Mrs. Filette might do, and that
he was grateful to Mrs Blackburn for
what she had done. Mrs. Blackburn
said what she had done had been done
out of a spirit of friendship for an M
protected Kentucky girl. Mrs. Black
/ burn said that il had been a great. sur
prise 10 her and size could scarcely
! credit IT, and did not know whether she
should congratulate him or not. To
this he had responded nothing, simply
! acknowledging il with bow, and In a
| few minutes he arose. He and the
plaintiff left the house together and
walked with her 20 her house without a
VOID.
There was no misunderstanding be-
/ tween US the next ten days. We both
knew the character Of the representa-
! tions to Mrs. Blackburn. had at
! least two more interviews with Mrs.
/ Blackburn before l left for Kentucky.
Several ladies were stopping with her
and she asked me to arrange for Mrs.
/ Cleveland to receive them. l did call
] with them upon Mrs. Cleveland. In an
/ interview | urged Mrs. Blackburn TO
unite with me In urging the plaintiff TO
leave town. She promised TO, agreed
with me, and said that unless one or the
other OF US went there would be 9 scan
dal and
OUR FRIENDSHIP MUST CEASE.
Afterwards she told me she had spoken
10 the plaintiff and that the plaintiff
said so also. Mrs. Blackburn said the
plaintiff had spoken Of going abroad.
| Tho sacret marriage To Mrs Wing in
New York was skipped and Colonel
| breckenridge went on 10 tell Of his
meeting with Miss Pollard at the Hoff-