The evening world., 1894-03-30

broke forth sobbins. and exclaimed
That Is not true, why can't he tell the
truth abuot something p
Judse Brauicy auinonished her, III
you can't control yourself you Will have
TO leave the room"
No attention was paid by col. Brock
inridge to this interruption, hut he con-
tinued: 81 told her In the Spring OF 1879
that after what Rhodes had told me
1t would be impossible that n other
relation could ever exist between us
Then col. breckenridge passed on to
the Spring before the opening OF the Co
clincl to deliver the opcninE address,
and when at her request he had sent
hcr tickets to view the pdrade IN New
lo,k. His attention being called TO tne
returned to Washington from New YORK
at his request In August, 1898; mat ne
had met her at the depot, taken her rid
Ing and proposed marriage. he sald'
New York incidents Denied.
THE plaintiff was not here in Auwust,
so far as | know. | reached here on the
2eth from Lexington, where had opened
the campaign with a speech. did not
see the plaintiff. She was not here. Go
Ing to New York on Sept. z, saw her
that Summer ] DID not meet her AZ the
depot. aid not put my arms around ner
and kiss her, did not say that ! hau n
communication to make that ! was VAIN
enough t. believe she would he pleased
WITH
He did not recollect ever having seen
the letter regarding her proposed TRIP TO
Germany until II was shown on the Wit
ness stand by the plaintiff. although ne
remembered otherwise signed by a lady
purporting. to be the secretary OF Miss
between himself and Miss Pollard re-
gnrding the trip.
We want the witness TO- produce
IA va viNpp nptlNp IN have them nrD-
duced."
Il received them and destroyed them"
replied Col. RreckinridEe.- g,
"She me- Inc at the Hoffman House
he continued. and told me she had an
opportunity to go abroad to study with
young ladies' Of good family. and could
gagged TO be married to me in two years.
This was the first time the subject of
marriage had been preached.
81 said | had not enough money. but
would not let that stand in the way,
that under no circumstance would
consent to any representations Of a mar.
riage engagement. She said that She
could go abroad. study the modern Ian
to be my. wife. ! said that could never
be, that | was not open to negotiations
Of that sort"
Did Agree to Pay sI.. II Month,
Witness and Miss Pollard had looked
over his offers to deliver lectures. Sht
ilti NIdt llt NuSl "'Dll bt Nv
a month, but he had expressed his will
ingness to give her 1925 and her travel
ling expenses. The witness added He
iinal answer at our next meeting at III,
HOFFMAN House was that she woui,
rever go except as my atflanced. Sh,
would go back to Washington and b,
there when l arrived. We parted will
considerable acerbity, even enmity. a
our next meeting she said that she di,
not want to part in that way: that
: must not think her a devil or a fend
Y I mn hats tat n Aal en- tVt~r. sN~,, az
!; there can be no such thing as marriag
! between us, and this affair. If you per
l sist, can only end in public scandal tina
> NOW" interposed Mr.. Wilson, wv
I want those letters"
Il have destroyed them returned tn
ters have from her to my knowledge
= There were replies to those that sh
= may have"
r First Report Of Engagement.
when did you first near I hat tn
plaintiff claimed you had engaged your
= self to marry herr
q "ln a communication to that effect |
: the Washington Post, which | understan
was inspired by her, and thereafter re
= ceived several letters from her to tn
same effect"
Mr. Francis Disposed OF.
y Mr.. Butterworth asked h the wi
e ness knew of CLAUDE de la Roche Fraf
II els, and Col. Breckenridge replied thu
n he had met the gentleman a couple
times at Mrs. Thomas's., Mr., Butte
y worth asked about the alleged conNe
sation between the defendant and Mi
Pollard, which Mr.. Francis said he ha
overheard, In which mention was MAJ
% of the engagement between. the plant
andw itness. "Of course said &C
breckenridge, that did not occur b.
cause there was no such engagement b.
n tween the plaintiff and myself abol
" which such a conversation could hal
pen"
~ Then witness related n conversatio
when Miss Pollard had come to MIN
Va distress, because Mrs. Fillette and al
n other lady had been talking about ne
~ the witness saying, II told her that IN
was what / had always expected; I'M
M such affairs always must come 10 a
end, and urged her TO go a~.y, as 81
the scandal blow over. MY name va
,e not coupled with that, but ] said
as would be II the thing went On. MT
If Fillette had not mentioned my, nam
II was other parties. she SAID ,hat ;, !,
A. name; that she had a revolver; WI
which she had intended to Kill herse
ii II such stories ever came out. l mac
I, light of that.
n. Mrs. blackburn Brought In.
"She told me afterwards that she n
ID gone to Mrs. Blackburn. that NJ
III blackburn had talked with Mrs; f1liet
IN and found that the charges dld not 4
I'd was charged with being an adventures
70 that II was said she lived by her Wi
w had no known means Of support and d
,e not pay her debts: she insisted that
ar must go to Mrs. Blackburn and tell Nj
Blackburn thar the relations between
Id were such that Mrs. Blackburn mt
of stand by her.
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