The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-22

nor uIu ut KNOW Wudb udtt U6COH1G u IL,
until it was produced in court.
AS to the Visit to New York.
during which Col. Breckenridge was
married, Major Shelby said that Col.
Breckenridge, on the Monday two days
after his marriage, went to the H Hoffman
house, where he had registered, to get
some clothes. He found that Miss
Pollard had registered at the hotel as his
daughter and secured room commune
eating with his. When he entered his
room. the plaintiff advanced from the
adjoining room with pistol in her hand
and attempted to shoot him. He saved
his life by shutting the door quickly.
Miss Pollard threatened to shoot through
the door and Col. Breckenridge told her
to lay the pistol down in the entry and
90 back into her room or he would have
her arrested. She went BACK into. her
room and he secured the pistol Major
Shelby said that he would show that
this was the same pistol with which
Miss Pollard threatened Col. Breckin-
ridges life in Washington. After telling
how penitent Miss Pollard was and of
her willingness to agree to Col. Breckln-
ridges proposition to 80 out of his life,
version of the incident told yesterday on
the stand by Miss Pollard, how she had
gone to the house of Mrs. Wing to see
Col. Breckenridge and Col. and Mrs.
breckenridge attempted to hide from
her behind some curtains. Major Shelby
said Miss Pollard forced herself into
Mrs. Wings house and demanded that
Col. Breck inridge come with her to att
tend to some important business. Major
Shelby admitted that Col. Breckenridge
had obeyed. He referred to the visit to
| the chief of police and the alleged at
| tempt of Miss Pollard on the DEFENDANTS
| life at the house OF Mrs. Thomas, when
Col. Breckenridge took the pistol from
| the frenzied young woman. Major Shell
by acknowledged that Col. Breckin ridge
went to DR.. Lincon's and asked him to
do what he could to make Miss Pollard
| comforta BILE. He trieu to do what he
could tor her comfort, under her claim
that he was responsible for her trouble.
If she had a.child, he intended to pro-
vide for the child. She went to New
York in accordance with her promise to
90 out of his life under the arrangement
proposed but came back to Washington
at this time. Col. Breckenridge wrote a
letter about sending her to a sanitarium
or some place where she might be COM
Portable for the summer.
At this time the desperate woman,
said Major Shelby. took furt her means
To Force Him to Marry Her
by causing the publication of the an
nouncem emit of their engagement. No
matter what sort of action the plaintiff
had instituted, the question of the
plaintiffs moral character should be
taken into consideration. She claimed
that she never had been intimate with
any one but the defendant, but it would
be shown that such was not the case.
nv :o1 Nka+ chn ,nt7t
| through the form of a mock marriage
with Aleck Julian, and she even wanted
| to go to Chicago with Mr.. Roselle.
| DISPOSITIONS from these persons would be
| introduced to show the contrary. 1t
| would also be shown that she visited
| designation houses with other persons
| than the defendant. She maintained
| some sort of intimate relations with Mr..
| Rodes, Mr.. Roselle and Prof. Obermeyer.
| It would be shown that she was not a
| young and innocent school girl of seven
| teen, but an experienced woman of
| twenty or twent-two. Major Shelby said
| the action was brought for no other
reason but the plaintiffs expressly an
| nounced purpose of breaking down this
man, Of destroying his character and of
| disgra cling his family, all because she
| had failed to force him into compliance
| with her scheme to make him marry her.
| Major Shelby maintain ell that mere
| words did not constitute d contract when
! the parties to it knew that there was to
| be no compliance W it'll the contract.
| This he claimed to be the case concern
| ing Col. Breckenridge and Miss Pollard.
| There was, in point of fact, no contract
| of marriage between them, but merely
| the sem blance of an engagement SO that
Miss Pollard could go away in time to
allow Mrs. Blackburn to have diverted
| her suspicious concerning the plaintiff
H. lafa mt
When Major Shelby sat down, Mr..
Stoll, for the defense, offered as the first
evidence, the deposition of Sister Agnes
Regina Brown of st. Joseph's Founding
| asylum, at Norwood, near Cincinnati
| Sister Agnes deposed that during April,
May and June, 1885, when Miss Pollard
| claims she was there, there were no
| patients whom she did not know, and
none of the patients wore wells all the
| time. as Miss Pollard testified she did.
| One woman was there. she said, who
yelled herself while in confinement to
/ keep from being recognized by the
doctor, but she was there in 1884.
Sister Agnes Deposed
that Miss Pollard came to the asylum
last year with Mr.. Carlisle and Mr..
johnson, attorneys, to get evidence.
Sister Agnes did not identify Miss Pol
| lard, nor did Miss Pollard recognize her,
| nor could she tell the name of the
superior (Sister Cecilia) at the time she
claims to have been there. nor could she
describe her appearance. "Miss Pollard
| said," the deposition continues, Per-
| haps you do not know me because have
| changed my hair and dress and said,
| I have not changed my dress nor my
| hair, and you do not know me- | asked
| her what name she went under at the
asylum, and she said Louise Wilson.
| Then said, There was no Louise Wilson
there at the time WE'LL she said, i
W ent under so many names / cannot re-
m EN- Der them all. Then asked if Miss
Burgoyne was one of her names and she
said. oh. yes; that's the name. The
| records show that Miss Burgoyne's baby
was born May 30, 1885. Yes she said,
That is the date She asked what be-
came of the baby and ! said it died In
the July following. Then she took on.
had mysteries and ran into the hall"
Sister Agnes told of further questions
asked Miss Pollard about the incidents
| in the asylum in 1885. Miss Pollard
could not give very good descriptions.
| Finally Miss Pollard was told by the
sister. you were never in this house at
ALL" Miss Pollard had told the sister
! that she had given some volumes of
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