Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-03-17
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told me- afterwards" was the answer.
and Il took tho crier nearly = minute 10
stop the laughter. -.
.on,et,mes witty. and kept pace with the
S.s.n-mindei Major Butterworth.
Nf,.. nollard sketched her life at Crab
orchard and how she left It to go to
her aunt's in Pittsburg, where she re-
,,a,ned till August. 1ssO. when she re-
,rrnad to her mothers, In Frankfort
Nearly ALI her answers began with Now,
Mr.. Butterworth-
Wr Butterwortf's cross-examination
hrougbt an acknowledgment from Miss
Pollard that besides her CONTRACT as
she called IT. with Rhodes to marry him
or ref,,nd the money he expended upon
H. s.,ncatIon. she engaged herself to a
,,an named Roselle while at the Wes-
Ieyan College, Cincinnati.
"DId YOU tell Of this engagement 10
Rhodes?'
"No. SIR"
.nId you break or with Rozelle?'
.eyas while Mr.. Breckinridgc was con-
coaIed In n sitting-room adjoining, and
heard me break my engagement Win
''g1ere' Tnare was one sally that crea,ed roar.
A. pu,terworth asked Miss Pollard IL
Colonel Breckinridge had recognized her
on the train at their frs. meeting ana
>t,sa pollard said: "He crossed the aisle
a,d asked II he did not recognize me
and by the way. that Is common trick
of his recognizing people he does not
know" .,,o,. o,as-
-. said she had seen MANY things IN
,.nsi,,rridge during their nine wears as
s,.,,a,, mat she did not like. lncludlng
81 .r,cL ~ recognizing, but sh- had not
found him out then.
ioa a. at5 the court a'journed I'LL to MGR
row. on,y c,prrErc ATE.
rr,,o ra,vs from New York that the
- -r,aee Of Colonel breckenridge ana
n,r'. wing had taken place secretly
g. ,ho+ c,tv on April 18th last, accorulns
80 ,he marriage certificate three months
49, ,be nublic ceremony. was spread
-, tho courtroom, and created great
,,orsst Counsel. however, were unapie
a. GO What bearing this marriage couid
80 on the case, for testimony has been
oiven that the engagement or Coioh"i
prackInridge and Miss Pollard exlsten
nearly month prior to the uale oi ,iIe
secret marriage. as given IN tne
80, r.hich has Just been filed In New
York. -,,ou, .,
c"uorror Luke Blackburn. OF Kentucky,
,,.ho ,est,f,ed I'm the case March 9Th, said
that ON Good Friday night in 1888. Col
o,,I preckInridge brought Miss Pollard
o. har anartments at the Portland, In this
IT,, ond presented her as his future
Y,,fe asking Mrs Blackburn to give the
voune woman her protection during the
engagement. Good Friday In 1888 came on
N,arcb n while the secret marriage Is
recorded as having taken place April 18th
OF that year. .
,Iiss Pollard testified on the witness
s,ord to-day that "on one OF the last days
~ August" in 1892. Colonel Breckinridge
had asked her to marry him, and she
had consented.
WHAT BRECKINRIDGE SAYS.
Colonel Breckinrldge was told by re-
nor,er that the certificate of the New
York marriage had been filed with the
bureau OF Vital Statistics. and asked IL
h,, would say something about 1t. mo,
I have not anything to say" he said.
.It will all come out later l must not
talk of these things now. You Will have
TO wait until / go on the stand. Then
you'll hear the whole story. No, l really
cannot say anything about it,
r. III.
Breckinridge's counsel, said, laughingly,
batting Colonel Breckinridge on the back:
"Oh. you Just wait until we get this old
fellow on the stand, and then you'll know
the truth. But we're keeping Quiet just
now"
NOT ACCORDING TO LAW.
NEW YORK. March 16.-Although Con-
gresham Breckinridge was married to
Mrs. Louise S. Wing IN this city on April
o. 1893, the marriage certificate was not
filed at the Bureau Of Vital Statistics here
until to-day. The ceremony was per-
formed By the Rev DR.. John Il. Paxton,
at that time pastor of the West Presby-
terian church. at his residence. 81 west
Forty-sixth street. The certificate. which
came by mail, contains these details rela-
tive to the contracting parties:
Groom-Willism c. p. Breckenridge.
aged So: residence, Lexington, Ky; born
in Baltimore, widower. second marriage.
Bride-Louisc X. S. Wing. born in Ken
lucky; widow; second marriage; maiden
name, Scott.
The witnesses TO the marriage were
Mary l.. Paxton and Leander NJ. Collier.
The certificate was mailed to the Bu-
reau OF Vital Statistics by Charles +.
Butler. colored man in charge Cf DR..
Paxtons residence, upon DIR. Paxton's
t.slegraphc order.
The bureau has notified DR.. Paxton that
the certificate fails TO comply with the
laws requirements. 1t omits to state the
age Of the bride, and the official station
and residence Of the person by whom mar
ried.
The law requires a report Of the mar
riage within ten days. The Doctor is
asked to explain his failure to comply
.4.... A
a penalty Of $40 dollars.
WHAT DIR. PAXTON SAYS
PITrSBURG. PA. March l6.-Dr. j.
Il. Paxton. in an interview relative to the
Breckinridge- Wing marriage. said: II
married Colonel Breckenridge and Mrs.
Wing on April 20. 1888. in my study. be-
fore two witnesses. of whom Mrs. Paxton
was one.
Colonel Breckenridge requested me not
to report the marriage officially for some
time, as his wife had been dead only
about nine months. Mrs Wing seconded
the request. | agreed.
I'm June their public marriage in Ken
lucky took place, and he wired me to
suppress the return Of the first marriage.
II again agreed, as he was an old
friend and schoolmate Of mine. but lately
he has repeatedly wired me to come to
Washington as q witness.
II would II my health permitted. In
stead, / wired the man in charge of my
house to put the marriage entry on re-
cord. That was done a few days ago. l
don't know Of any law that I broke"
MRS. BRECKINRIDGE'S BROTHER.
LOUISVILLE. KY. March 16.-Dr.
Preston Scott, brother of Colonel Breck-
inridge's wife, refused to-day to answer
the question If the statement was true
that he had compelled Breckenridge TO
marry his sister Immediately after the
death OF the Coonels first wife His
face flushed as he said that the matter
only concerned the members OF the two
families
Or. Scott visited the newspaper offices
of this city the day before the Breckin-
ridge Wing wedding here and insisted ON
the publication Of the fact that the mar
riage would take place then. in spite OF the
fact that Colonel Breckenridge had previ-
ously denied statement TO that effect.
IL is not known here IL Dr. Scott or his
sister will testify in the Pollard-Breckin-
ridge case In Washington.
aW--
Lee Camps Weekly Meeting.
Lee Camp held its regular meeting last
night Colonel r. Leslie Spence preslding)
which was largely attended, there being