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| and dtd all could TO dtesuade her from II.
sests conSoS ] SN and ssr. ssaS was me nothing Ts
O5 Sboa eRs her coadonw go ssd
her to postpone her coming on here. she
not Furnish The money. 1 refused. absolutely
70 90 n. go 9Ss S later sitsrTsrd @ gaze her mGnsy me,
to msp. the e% ns% ffi.
,%Ss'hl,nTs9p, wa IL October: 1881 ! dd not sss
Der. and on the next night / left again, ioE
met her dunns hat PsIt nssq on WssEinsion
circle By appointment.. she informed me that
said there was now no doubt about her condI.
tton. Ny understanding was that she should
ment. / went back Co Kentucky. and ed
70 , ,Mashlngton, TIE DAY bei2re C9ngress met:
monihs @o' shs new was I stoppins then. her believe. at
~ tseademy on Msssaehusetts sSenaeIthe
told me that her condition then was delicate"
understood the plaintiff to say" said Mr..
AIMS Infant Asyium. and lett at your sugees-
tion to go to the house OF an old woman so that
"Thst is not SO Her various movings had
heen niade without my knowledge or suRges-
complaining Of delicate health and atating
wi Thst A. she % wanted n snd sent sent through the mall
state whethsr you at any time said to the
plaintiff or gave her the Impression that you
There Isn't scintilla Of truth in the mat
kind between us There isn't thread Of truth
time or place did the plaintiff over know from
me the possibility OF such an occurrence ever
protestation on mJ part Of any love or aifectlon
.,;I ~ PIisd, yOu know that she had given birth to
"T nevsr. knew that she had living child.
She never informed me Of 4. and never be-
HE'D, until Dr. Parsons testified TO It on the
stand. The plain!ifr stated to me that Dr.
she % secured cur Mrs bliss She said % that I her her
child had not heen born alive. II had known
date ixed by Dr. Parsons Feb. 3. 1885. it would
have given me an opportunity TO break my re-
child born % at that time In y to have BEEN my ehiIds
DIR. Parsons has stated that you paid the |
S.,S q the sSd BORN Feb j. fssS How " s
In the interview with DR.. Psrson. had not
nT q the plsinti 70 SEND % d. % fsrsens 81 70 % me. as
charges were exorbitant amounting almost to |
blackmaiL pr: Parsons came to me year
Pollard had sent her to me as her guardian to
collect the bill. The bill was $50 I told Or.
about L before paying hes siterWatd paid
Did Miss Pollard apply for position in the
S.on IN ss wnen sho came 70 wash
sh. did not. sh. went to the Catholic
remained two years and six months. During
part of that time the improper relations were
the period she. was there and she supported
herself by teaching At the academy and by q
tine ssfo sSs d .ne
=, How long an interval was there between
snd tSsr su in m
The plsintifr p and myself from the month ef
proper act. between the, plaintiff and my
So M q ssfs wss Dsa !. n'u
between us that she was 10 leave Washington.
tSat sGs Saa %
mind and had obtained u place in the Census
Did you help her get her. position in the
had nothing to do with that 1t was after
not have hesitatsd to help her. but she SS-
aimed the place through other persons"
Did you do anything to help her raise her
Col. Breckinrldge placed himself in an
ind the story he did tell was very interesting.
The plstntid knsE to hes woman OF very
lied with her % to some extent through 9y sS'n ne-
ioi in her statement that she had had an un-
.Ttons,s ~ ,o ssIS age hrough me- In The
wrongful relations. and only scandal and her
iSiess she ist %asSinSton that with SS her tsm
,er, aud her lack OF self-control with her
ss%S& to mo- ' anst srssiy eaSesSJ asr as the
,.toral result 81 sppeh relations would be an
o suffer. II she would, 20 anywhere. only
cave Washington. was what desired and
S'f her with
vould be no greater burden for me to support ,
.er elsewhere than here; and that she was
6 to prevent. them from beeomins Known.
observatory Of Mus.s In uincinnatS sup up
'ossd she had determined to go there but she
to KontucET Every eiN' one OF my ar. r.
angem onts TO prevent scandal was put an end
to hsp @Gaa that aGa She sIxs S
2 Cam bridge MASS. TO study and at another
@s In to Nsw nSrs where she said che would
here never was time when was not more
han ready to carry out any q these arrange
agton. Some of these interviews were pleas :
atsd with good feeling with the Understanding
hat the arrangement made should be carried
nth the Ag reement, but soon returned against /.
~ protest At another time she went to Ver- q
Of the Bread raa nn SmasS Snd 81. enc
way that time with the understanding that e
ur relations were at an end. but At The time |
my wife's death she returned to New York. | i
believe II IL had not been Tor my wife's death 9
nat would have been the end OF our relations" 4
You said some OF these Interviews were | I
miable Were any OF them I'M pleasant" | Il
Yes. At otner times our Interviews were ex- | /,
'emsly unpleasant. She said she would not i
ave Washington that owed II to her to care :
y her She dem1nded money, and said she
10 TO repeat all that passed between Us In all
10 six years after she came to Washington.
ometimes lost my temper and said things a
AN will say when IN the position was in. I g
npressed on her that only one result could :
>me out of our rsfAlons. and that was an
pen scandal. and 1t might be Tomorrow or y
mother to-morrow or the following to-mor- y
,M but Il would surely come II We did not y y
art. l. refused to continue our relations "
niger, but she still came TO me, holding over .
- threat OF exposure. That Was the reason =
did not break with her"
" Did Miss PoIlArd ever attend lectures in 2
Our company y asked Major ButteTworth. = =
col. BreckinTidEe answered that she had =
ever accompanied him TO lecture or revised q
10 manuscript OF any OF his speeches, AS she y
ad claimed He did meet her and a young i
an in \ street car one night going to hear y
m lecture. and they went into tho hall to- .
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