Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-17
"B1LLLY" sEEmED VERY DEVOTED
Dr. Paxton Tells About the Marriage OF
Col. Breckenridge Co Mrs. Wing.

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Col. Breckinridge co Mrs. Wing.
PIrTsBURG, PA, March 16.-The
statement published in the New York
Ereniuq Post to-day that Colonel Breck-
inridgs and Mrs. Louise Wing had been
secretly married by Rev. DR.. Paxton on
April %, 1893, was confirmed by the
latter in an interview to-day.
DR.. Paxton has been stopping here
for several months with relatives and
apparently has fully recovered his
health.
He was at first unwilling to talk
about the Northumberland case,
and said he had nothing whatever to do
with il.
He stated that the marriage had
taken place on the date stated and be
had suppressed the fact to Obige Col
onel Breckinridge aud the bride. In
response TO freQueu5 telegrams be had
kept putting off recording, and only
did it az last 10 obviste journey TO the
Capital in the present unsatisfactory
state of his health as
A WITNESS IN THIS SCANDAL SUIT.
Moved, however, by an apparent de-
sire TO make the facts OF the marriage
as clear as possible, now that they had
come up. DR.. Paxton proceeded to ill
in the details of the story himself, as
follows:
ION the Goth Of last April my man,
Charlie, came 10 me in my study and
told me that a gentleman was down
stairs and wanted to see me. When l
went down Billy Breckinridge came
to me and asked me whether / would
marry him to Mrs. Wing. l said l
would, and shortly afterward Mrs.
Wing drove up TO the door 10 another
carriage. This was, / think, about
1880 in the evening. / TOOK them to the
study and called Mrs. PuXton aud
Eleanor n. Coling, who was stopping At
our house, to act as witnesses.
after the ceremony Colonel Breckln-
ridge asked me not to put the marriage
OF record. His children might raise a
great fuss, and, basides, it would So 10
highly improper when his wife was
dead only nine or ten months, forget
which. Mrs Wing added her sOlicita-
tions, as she desired to become ac-
Quainted with her husbands family
aud win their affections before the mar
riage was made known. 1 agreed, aud
they went away very happy Es be
seemed
VERY DEVOTED TO HEB.
"In this old Quaker State, l believe
YOU must have license to get married.
In New York you don't. A minister is
lust provided with blanks from the
health bureau which set forth full
history OF the parties as well as the
marriage, and go on public record.
simply did not return mine for this
marriage. I bad been q lifelong friend
of Billy and thought myself IL was best,
all things considered, not TO make 1t
public. had suppressed such reports
before, in affairs Of honor, you know,
and the like.
Everything was going along all
right. and I suppose Mrs. Wing was
making friends nicely with the family,
when up crops this Pollard scandal. /
don't know a thing about Miss Pollard,
and never heard her name before l saw
il in that connection.
Almost Immediately. in June, Col.
Breckenridge and Mrs. Wing were pub
lcly married in kentucky, without
consulting ne az all.
~ next received a telegram not TO
record the April marriage, az least tin
after the scandal bad blown over.
There is no special law in New York
that know of on the return OF mar
riages. There's nothing 70 make man
hurry up as soon as he has married a
couple aud get il recorded. / never
deserved any special time. "Since this
suit has begun I have just been followed
up by kilograms from Colonel Breckin-
ridge aud his attorney 50 come to Wash
ingtca as q witness. l would have been
willing 70 go
But FOR NY CONDITION.
I want that year aud a half rest and
am taking it. So just telegraphed 70
my man, Charlie, who takes charge Of
the house ia my absence. 70 go 10 my
study, get that marriage record and ME
il. I considered that was my share Of
the evidence. all I had TO DO With the
suit. That was done a couple Of days
ago By my man.
"I don't know whether By the sup
I preston I have rendered myself liable
70 the law. I don't know whether New
Tcrn has any law bearing ca such sup
preston. Perhaps I have Committed q
misdemeanor and may have 70 pay z
fue, IS the marriage was neatly a year