The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1894-04-05

A"iANSo ohueo Ills leotimony 10 uay a1Ger
having been on tho stand almost con
tinuously since Thursday. To morrow
the defense may submit somo additional
testimony, but it is more likely tina. the
rebuttsl Of the plaintiffs evidence will
begin, and there is every indication
that all the evidence will be before the
jury when the court adjourns over on
Friday until Monday. The day was not
sensational.
Colonel Breckenridge took the stand
as soon as the court met and assumed
his familiar position OF ease-the right
hand in the trousers pocket, the head
resting on the left hand, the elbow rest
ing on Judge Bra iley's desx Judge
Wilson b. gan mis- ex.niuatiun by ask
ing if Colonel breckenridge rem EN- bered
saying to the servant woman at Mrs.
Thomas, the day after he had taken
lunch there with Miss Pollard: Mary,
that was very nice lunch, and when
Madeline and 1 go to housekeeping |
want you to come with u.s."
"Oh, that's not true; that's merely
fancy SKETCH" said Colonel Breckin-
ridge, with g laugh. There's not
word of truth in it."
Judge Wilson was particularly de-
sirous OF knowing whether Colonel
Breckenridge had ever made expressions
of love and affection to the plaintiff,
and the defendant said he had not use
such expressions to Miss Pollard.
Il did, however," he said, "use ex.
pressions OF kindness, and was partic
ularly careful to be good and kind to
her when she was pregnant l tried to
make her take up some occnpa ton and
to keep her mind busy"
Colonel breckenridge said he had
used expressions that might be fairly
construed as expressions OF affection
towards Miss Pollard, although he never
used expressions of love. 'They were
merely expressions that man would
use towards q woman for whose condi-
ton he felt partly Responsible" said
Colonel Bre ckinridge.
Then the expressions you used were
such as to give the plaintiff the idea
that you had love and affection for her?"
mo, there was never anything to
give her the idea that loved her I am
not prepared TO say what idea she had
about the matter"
Then you never did anything to give
her the idea that you loved herr"
"Well, took her in my arms and
naturally resulted from our relation
ship Everything was done kindly, but
there WAS no love "
"You merely took her in your arms
then to assist in the qualification of
tn use relations you main tained?"
mo, hardly that"
"Your expressions of affection and
your relations were those of lust then,
and not of affection?"
"Oh, hardly that; they were the
natural result of what our relations
were"
Judge Wilson asked Col. Breckin-
ridge with reference to his statement
on Monday that the publication of
scandal destroys woman while it
sometimes only Injuries man.
do you think. :" he asked, that there
is any moral obligation on man to
keep woman from that destruction?"
''Undoubtedly," said Col. Breckin-
ridge, II have not denied that have
been guilty in degree and am stand
ing my punishment without complaint
or an attempt to fec from the conse-
quences.
In answer to Judge Wilson the de.
fendant said that no had told the
plaiatif many times that a marriage
between them was impossible. az told
her, he said, that she could not expect
me to marry her after her Illicit rela-
tiOns with Rhodes; and that after she
had bled Mr.. Rhodes for three years and
then thrown him away like a sucker |
could not contemplate marriage with
her or look upon her as wife whom |
could trust or whom could take into
my family"
After Judge Wilson had made Colonel
breckenridge say that Miss Pollard
went in this best society in Washington;
that She lived at the most respectable
houses, and that her social standing
was OF the best, Colonel Breckenridge
explaint in great detail the nature OF
the agreement to throw Mrs. Black burn
OIL the scent as to their relations, which
included the semblance Of an engage
mont, 30 that Miss Pollard might drop
out OF the defendants life respectfully
After questioning the witness about
his trip TO New York in April, 1893,
when he WAS married, and his meeting
with the plaintiff at the Hoffman House,
Judge Wilson handed Col. Breckenridge
paper and asked him il that was a
fac smile of his marriage certificate.
Col. Breckenridge said 1t looked like
the original, but he saw 1t was no.
when you put down on this certih.
cate that you had been married once,
was that true?"
III started to write in the answer to
the question as to how many times I
had been married, and asked DR.. Pax
ton IL 1t were necessary to state that
this was my third marriage. and he said
1T was not necessary, so l thoughtlessly
put in once instead OF twice"
You filed in the cer,ificrte then?"
II did. DR. Paxton was suffering
from nervous headache, and he asked
mo TO do tho writing, to which | at irst