Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-22

There was a rustling, in the Breckin-
ridge camp, OF conversation and docu-
ments, after which Attorney Butter
worth asked for a few moments for his
side for consultation aud the defendant,
his son Desha and five attorneys troop
ed out through the door by which Miss
Pollard had made her exit.
THE delegation from Kentucky re-
tires for conference, remarked gem
tleman who has attended political con-
ventiOns.
The Breckinridge forces were in re-
tirement for twenty minutes. Then
Col. John T. Shelby, the Lexington,
KY, Law partner Of Col. Breckenridge, a
short, pale man with light mustache,
partly bald head and speclacles faced
the jury
TO OUTLINE THE DEFENSE.
While the case was technically one
for breach OF promise, -he said IL IN
cluded a wide scope. II am authorized
by the defendant 10 say" he said, and
it will be cOrrobOrated by his solemn
oath, that be did not Seduce her, that IL
never was made known 70 him that she
had ever had any children By him until
the filing Of this suit last August, nor
did he ever under any circumstances
make any promise Of marriage TO her. y
The defense did not intend, ne said, TO
condone whatever was wrong in the re-
lations OF the two, and it was only oy
the truth that the defendant wanted TO
be judged.
Outlining what would be the defense,
be related that Miss Pollard had accost-
ed Col. Breckenridge on the train, be-
fore which time he mad never seen her;
that he had supposed be ought TO know
her (having reached that time Of life
when be was forgetful of faces; she in
troduced herself, said her father was a
great admlrer OF John e. Breckinridge
and had named her after him. Several
weeks aiterWard the letter asking ad-
vice as to her relations with Rhodes had
been received, he had answered it, tell
ing her the legal aspects Of the con-
tract, 70 which be had replied fully.
After that he received the letter, the
authenticity OF which Miss Pollard had
denied, but which would be fully proven,
asking him TO come 10 the seminary. be
had written that be could not come. She
had written another letter urging him
To come TO the Wesleyan college TO see
her, which he had declined 10 do. On
the FIRST OF August, s1SS4 friday, he
had been In Cincinnati on business. 1t
occurred to him that he had received
tho request to 90 TO the Wesleyan col
lege. Having nothing else to 40 he
went to the college that day and saw
her, saw
NOT AN IGNORANT GIRL,
With the ways Of the
world, for If there was One fa CT that
would be established it was that the
plaintiff was at least twenty or twenty
one years OF age, and i1 would be shown
bv the doctor who ofticiated at the
birth OF her next youngest sister in
1865, when the plaintiff was then little
girl OF two or three years Of age, run
ming about the house.
when the Colonel arrived at the in
stltutiOn, continued the attorney, "she
came into the parlOr and saw him, eG-
planned the contract with Mr.. Rhodes,
which was that in consideration OF his
paying for her schooling she was 10
marry him. She asked il he
could compel her to marry him,
a strange question for an innocent
school girl, and also told him that
she had submitted her person TO Mr..
Rhodes. lie told her that she was not
obliged TO carry out she contract. Then
she asked him 20 take her 10 an enter
tainment on Vine street and be consent
ed" That Col. Breckinridge had called
in a closed carriage that night was
denied. It was declared that Miss
Pollard had made the proposition that
they should ride instead of going 70 the
concert. and the lawyer said: "ln the
course OF the ride that night, and with
ont the use of seductive means, but in
that way which occurs when a woman
is not averse TO such things, an Illicit
relation was established, on the first
night be had been with her. She did
not make any prOteStations. The ride
was not prolonged; he did not take her
TO any asSignotiOn house in Cincinnati
the next day"
It was denied that Col. BreckinridVe
had sent-a telegram TO Miss Pollard In
the name of her mother TO go 70 Lex
ington, but when be boarded the train
that Friday night he found her on IL.
Without any articles being exercised
on his part q meeting had been ar
ranged and she herself had proposed
that they should go
To The HOUSE OF SARAH GUESS,
she explaining that she knew the house.
It was a matter OF mutual arrangement,
but instead Of going there Friday night,
Col. Breckinridge had been in Cincin-
natl Friday and had not met her there
until Saturday night 1t would De
shown that Mr.. Rhodes had fallen De-
hind in the payment Of Der bills,
being a man OF small means, and the
transfer from Wesleyan Institute TO
Savre Academy at Lexington had been
made by arrangement between herself
and Mr.. Rhodes unknown to Col. Breck-
inridge, until be met her one day on the
street in Lexington. The Illicit rela-
tions at Lexington continued, meetings
being arranged irregularly at Sarah's
and in February Of 1859, Miss Pollard
had left, unknown 70 him. The state
ment that he had written letters from
to her mother would De DO
MED. and the statement that she had
given birth 10 child in the founding
asylum near Cincinnati would be disap-
proved by the testimony Of DR.. Mary
Logan.
Mr.. Shelby said there had been no re-
pewal OF Illicit relations during the
eighteen months eading in July, lSSS.
although Miss Pollard had followed
him 20 Washington and perSecut ed him
with her attentions. This interruption
OF relations, Mr.. Shelby said, consti-
tuted a refutstion Of Miss Pollard's ale
nation that in February, lSSS, she was
delivered OF a child oy Colonel Breck-