The herald., 1894-04-05
BUZZARDS AND CARBON.
Disgusting Features of the
Breckenridge Case.
Judge Bradley Expresses His
Indignation.
He Gives the Spectators in Court q
Tongue-Lashing.
Brecksnridge's l. rqulsltion at tho Hands
of Jere Wilson Concluded Mrs.
Blackburnss Statements Are
Mildly Contradictod,
By the Associated Press.


Mildly ContradIctod,
By the Associated Press
WAsHINaToN. April 4.-The inquisition
suffered by Representative Breckinridge
at the hands of Judge Jere Wilson, re.
garding the testimony OF Mrs. Governor
Blackburn, would be the talk Of the
city tonight but for some remarks
from Judge Bradley which enlivened
the close of the days proceedings and
have obscured all other features of the
Gaze.
For days past. since the case reached
the zenith of its sensationalism, crowds
OF men, boys and women, many of them
we'll dressed and respectable of appear
ance, have thronged the court house
corridors, the sidewalks even the street
in front of the Offices of the ATTORNEYS
In the case, at the hour of adjournment.
waiting for the principals to appear;
elbowing for vantage points, bandyinR
personal comment and making things
so generally disagreeable that the OBJ
jects OF their attention have been driven
TO make their escape through side doors,
adopting various maneuvers to avoid the
unpleasant notoriety. Judge Bradley
has meantime been smothering a grow
ing feeling of disgust. Tonight hia
emotions passed the safety gauge and
he gave some of these people such q
pointed tongue lsshing as has rarely
been heard in court room. After con-
tracing to hold the court room specta-
tors in check until their prey could get
away, he held the usual crush at bay
until he told them their conduct was
characterized by indecency; that they
reminded him OF buzzards around car
rion, and other things not pleasant for
the crowd.
MRS. BLACKBURN's MEMORY.
Colonel Breckinridge averred that
Mrs. Blackburn's description OF nearly
every one of the material occurrences
when their paths crossed was wrong,
but qualified his denials by the state
ment that she had confused dates and
places; had put constructions not in
tended upon his utterances; had sttrib-
uted to him things said by Madeline
Pollard, but asserted as saving clause
that she had no doubt honestly endeav-
ored to give her recollection of events.
Tomorrow the defense will close their
case.
MORE NEW WITNESSES.
The plaintiff has several new witnesses
in town for rebuttal. Mrs. Mcclellan
Brown OF Cincinnati, the wife OF the
former principal of the Wesleyan insti.
tute, registered at the Riggs house yes
terday. Other Kentucky witnesses who
are stopping at the same place are q.
Il. keenan, and q. M. Kelly of Lexing.
ton, and H. E. Queen OF Covington.
Besides these people, Mr.. Wilson has
laid the foundation for the appearance OF
several witnesses to impeach Colonel
Breckinridge's testimony, one ef them
the colored cook at Miss Pollard swell
H-street boarding house, another the
lady of the house where she was confined
in 1889 for the birth OF her second child.
YESTERDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Breckinridge was extremely pale this
morning. He denied asking a colored
woman at GoldsborouRh to cook for him
after be married the plaintiff. He
never professed affection for the plain
tiff, but was solicitious when he knew
she was about to become a mother
through him. He went with her TO Ger.
tain places for understood purposes. He
placed bis arms about her and kissed
her but both understood perfectly their
relations.
Plaintiff frat mentioned marriage to
him in September, 1892 He told her
the disparity between their ages and her
relations with Rhodes made marriage
impossible. He made sembance of a
marriage contract before Mrs. Blackburn
only.
Wilson asked him concerning his
opinion about illicit relations between q
man and woman. He replied that q
man was under obligations to prevent
tine destruction OF @ young woman. If
he did not he should be punished. He
was trying to take his punishment un-
complaininely. He acknowledged the
respectability of the complsinsnt's as
sociates and her brillisncy.
MRS. BLACKBURN CoNTRADIcTED.
He denied having placed plaintiff in
care of Mrs. Blackburn. His recollso
ton differed from Mrs. Blackpurn's.
The demonstration before Mrs. Black
burn was intended to deceive her.
Further cross-examination brought
out the fact that the certificate OF mar
riage to Mrs. Wing was made to appear
that the marriage was the coonel's Sec
ond. 1t was really his third. He had
asked DR.. Paxton not to make the mar
risge public, and that after the mar
riage he and Mrs. Wing stopped at the
Hotel Logeran, New York, registering
as William ]. Campbell and wife.
Defendant denied saying he intended
to marry the plaintiff at his first call at
Mrs. Backburn's. He thought Mrs.
Blackburn confused the first interview
with others. and was confused about
some matters.
When Mrs. Blackbdrn's statements
were read to the effect that on his sec-
ond visit she told him she was shocked
at the engagement, and that it was
poor return for all his dead wife's devo-
ton, he said he failed to remember the
| expression.
He denied having told Mrs Black
burn that he never paid attention to
Mrs. Wing, but had the report OF his
| engagement to her spread to familiar