The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-04-05

to his wife, ard his manner was most
impressive.
All the persons of the drama were
back in their seats after the noon re-
cess, when Mr. Butterworth quoted
the testimony of Miss Pollard that Colo
mel Breckenridge was concealed in the
room when she broke her engagement
with Resell. Colonel Breckenridge de.
MED this, explaining that he had never
been in Miss Hoyt's house during the
spring in question, nor had he known OF
the existence of Resell until he saw the
Wessie Brown letter. Much of the tes-
timony regarding the visit to Sarah
Guess house, he declared absolutely
false, and the person who had fabri-
Gated the conversation between Sarah
Guess and himself in regard to his try
ing to dissuade Sarah Guess from tes-
tifying in the case, was probably un-
aware that he was then in Washington
in the discharge of his duties. The
applications OF Miss Pollard for posi-
tions in the civil service were identified
by the defendant. The first one of the
examinations in Cincinnati in 1887 did
not bear his endorsement, and he said
it was a surprise to him. There was
another application in December, 1888,
and third in November, 1890, both
endorsed by him. The second en- e
dorsement said that she had been
well acquainted with the applicant
for several years; that she was of good
moral character and reputation, and
that she had been a resident Of Fay
cite county since he knew her. Her
birth was given on the papers as 1866,
but Colonel Breckenridge said that
entry had made mo particular i'm
preston upon him. He concluded:
my Judgment was that if she could
pass the examination it would be Of
great benefit to her. If she could not,
as l unprecedented. it would impress
upon her her deficiency in certain ru-
dimentary branches and spur her to
study as had advised her to do
Mr.. Butterworth next referred to q
conversation between the defendant
and Mr.. Rhodes in regard to the
plaintiff, and asked the witness to re-
late the facts and circumstances of the
conversation. II met Mr.. Rhodes at
an election booth" said Mr.. Breckin
ridge, and Mr.. Rhodes alluded to the
plaintiff, saying he would like to talk
with me about her, and we walked to
my office. | did not 90 to Sarah
Guess with him where the plaintiff
was. | did not notify the plaintiff
that | had seen Rhodes. Mr.. Rhodes
had beeen to Cincinnati on the Satur-
day afternoon, going on the train corr
responding to the south bound train,
on which we were going to Lexington;
the trains passed each other. When
he reached Cincinnati he was informed
that the plaintiff had left Cincinnati,
and that | had been to see her the day
before. He said to me that
he was interested In the plaintiff,
that he was engaged TO be married to
her, and that he had gone down to
Cincinnati to consult her in regard to
whether she should remain in Cincin.
natl. Rhodes said that he had had
an agreement with her by which he
was to educate her, to support her
during this time, and then she was to
marry him; that in accordance with
her agreement he had spent a great
deal of money on her money
than he could afford to spend-but
that he had become very anxious as to
whether she intended to marry him,
and that he hal to make some ar
about taking her away
froW Cincinnati, because he was very
much behind and was being
persistently dunned. He said
he was getting old and that if he was
going to have married life it was time
TO see about it. | told him | had seen
her and she had told lue of substan-
hn
that she had not expressed any
particular desire to marry him but
had spoken of her gratitude for what
he had done and of her respect for him.
He said that he wanted to marry her
and intended to marry her for he was
very much in love with her. During
the course of conversation which was
quite long, he said that he ought to
marry her-not only that he wanted
to marry her-but that he
ought to do so; that things had
happened which made it necessary
for him to marry her, and that he in.
tended to do so, but that she seemed
to have taken a dislike to him. He
wanted me to tell him what he should
do to bring about the marriage. In
answering he denied he had related
this conversation to Miss Pollard at
the time, but said he subsequently did
so.
Did Mr.. Rhodes say what it was
that made it necessary tor him to
marry herr
Mr.. Wilson objected, that it had rot
been shown that the conversation had
been repeated, contending that if he
could tell with such particularly
what Rhodes said to him he must tell
what he repeated to the plaintiff.
Much CT his former statements was
repeated by the defendant, and before
he had finished Miss Pollard broke
forth sobbing, and exclaimed, That
is not true. Why can't he tell the
truth about something?'
Judge Bradley admonished her:
IF YOU can not control yourself you
will have to leave the ROOM"
No attention was paid by Colonel
Breckenridge to this interruption, but
he continued: Il told her in the spring
of 1898 that after Mr.. Rhodes told me
of the relations between them it would
be impossible that any other relation
could exist between US"
Then Colonel Breckenridge passed
on to the spring before the opening OF
the Columbian exposition, when he
had declined to deliver the opening
address, and when at her request he