The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-30

m alien, untutored in tho kings Ian.
Guago, dropped into tho circuit court
this afternoon ho might have received
tho impression that tho benevolent,
elderly-looking gentleman with ruddy
face and waves oil snowy hair and beard
who held the opCn-mouthod attention
Of two hundred men whilc he dis
coursod in o slow, mcllehuous tone, was
preaching sermon from tho gospel OF
peace. Tho mistake would have been
natural one, but it would have been q
mistake, for the elderly gentleman with
tho scriptural head was the silver
tongued orator OF KENTUCKY, congress.
man and colonel, W. G. P. Breckin-
ridge. and he was telling to twelve OF
his peers and incidentally to tho World
at large tho story OF his intrigue with
Madeline Pollard.
lie smiled occasionally as he spoke.
At first he was evidently a little tremu-
lous III his utterances, but he lost that
trace Of nervousness before no pro-
ceeded far with his story. AS for Made
line Pollard, she never took her eyes
from his face. When Colonel Breckin-
ridge was telling how he made her ac-
cep. ten-dollar bill after their first in
tervicw, sho shut her lips tightly, and
would have made q motion TO rise but
for the restraining words OF Attorney
Carlisle, who sat beside her.
Tho of fnr Moinlipn pNllort
began proceedings in tho great trial to-
day with request that the general
order OF the proceedings might be
varied by permitting two witnesses for
the plaintiff, who had been waiting in
the city for week and whose private
business demanded their attention at
home, TO testify ut once. The lawyers
retired for conference and on their
return announced that the request had
been agreed to. Both witnesses tcsti-
fed tina. they had lived on Third and
Upper streets in Lexington for many
years and that no woman named Lena
Singleton ever lived in that block. This
is the woman whom Kaufman and Brandt
said kept house ot III fame in which
they had met Miss Pollard.
The deposition of Mrs. VIM. J. Miller,
OF Memphis. Tenn, who claimed that
she and Miss Pollard had been inmates
Of Lena Singloton's establishment in
Lexington, occupied the court until
after tho recess.
BRECKISRIDGE on TIE STAND.
Then Mr.. Butterworth arose and said:
Colonel Breckinridgc, will take the
stand" and tho commotion which en-
sued required all tho efforts OF tho bail
III TO quiet tho noise.
Colonel Breckenridge declared that he
was born near Baltimore in 1887; that
his father, John c. Breckenridge, soon
afterwards removed to Jefferson, Pa, 10
accept the presidency OF the college, and
in 1917 TO Lexington to take the pastor
alto OF the Presbyterian church.
Colonel Breckenridge. then proceeded
to give an autobiographical sketch OF
his public career up to the time OF his
election to Congress. During tho recital
Miss Pollard entered tho court room.
He told OF his meeting Miss Pollard on
the train and Of her introducing herself
to him in "a perfectly proper manner"
"When did you next meet herr"
81 do not remember exactly. I re-
ceived letter from her. | have lost
that letter, but the substance OF it was
request that would call on her at the
college on some business OF great i'm
portance to her. The substance Of my
reply was that it would be inconvcnicnt
for me to call at the college, but ii l
could givo her any advice I would be
glad to do 80, and ii she was in Lcxiug-
ton she might call"
THE ALLEGED FORGERY.
"Did you receive another letter?"
II did"
"ls this the letter." asked Mr.. But.
terworth, handing up the black border
ed epistlc.
at would be uGcctation for me to ex.
anime that; l am familiar with it.
This provoked u tilt over the letter,
Mr.. Wilson contending that it had not
been proven 10 have come from the
plaintiff, and Mr.. Butterworth assert
ing that unless the supreme court was
in error it was. on several grounds, COM
potent evidence. Apart from this let
lot, Col. Breckenridge continued, he
could not relate the conversation con-
cerning it which ne had with the plain
iiG whom he called ut the school a few
days aiterward.
uo could not well give tho purport OF
the conversation concerning the letter
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