The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-05

! timonv was begun on behalf Of the plain
| tiff. The visit to Major Moore's Office on
May nth was taken up. and the defen-
dant was asked as to whether the state
ment was true that was made by Major
Moore as 10 what was said by the de-
fendant about their coming marriage and
the impressive scene when all three
clasped hands. Mr.. Breckinridge said that
this was about the gist Of what had oc-
CURED on that occasion. Major Moore.
! he said had nado no attempt to be ac-
| curate as to every word spoken, but his
testimony. as read from the record by
Mr. wilson. Mr. Breckinridge character
ized as a boiled-down report OF what he
had said during the visit.
There was nothing In the conversations
about her dying cut Of hts life. for ths
agreement then vas that he was TO take
care ~ the child that might be born, and
| OF rhe mother for an indefinite period
| fTis ,rrrose was 70 carry out an under
| s,ardiog between them that these state
ments should be made for the sake of
removtne from Major Moores mind the
| idea that Miss Pollard was a suitable
person 10 turn Ger TO the police. The
| visit was made Tor the sake of placing
her in n better light with Major Moore,
and not because they reared he was ike
~ to make pubic what he knew. The
Necessity for saylgS' that they were going
! IA he married Nr. Breckinridge said,
| arose from the ,act that 1t was the only
| condition tuOn which she would go 10
| Major Noore's office. He had agreed to
make precisely the statement that he
| did make.
There was no agreement about the
claeping Of hands. and 1t came about
through the plaintiff taking defendant s
| hand. This was an Interpolation, ne said
attt Lafn nd .r
/ taneoua he could not say; but II was not
done bv any prearrangement with him.
He agreed with Major Moore that the
scene must have been an impressive one.
"It was" said Mr.. Breckenridge. IAN
occurrence that Major Moore had proba-
blv never seen before. and / trust will
never see again. My purpose throughout
was. If / NAV use The phrase, TO rehabili-
tate the plaintiff in the estimation OF
Major Moore
The Desire ie separate Not siutual.
Continuing Mr. Breckenridge said that
the desire 10 SEPARATE was not mutual.
He was anxious 20 bring about sspara-
tion and TO break up the relations that
existed between them. but Miss Pollard
was not WILLING. she wanted TO marry,
and If he refused in that she wanted
to keep up the same relations that had
existed for nine years. with the under
standing that he was not 20 marry any
one else. Mr.. ecl.nrdge again stated
that at times she seamd anxious TO keep
the relations secret, but at other times
he was not so sure OF her wishing it.
"Then you wanted to push her out
into the world. iu the sense OF breaking
off with her2' asked Mr. Wilson.
Most ~mphaticaiy, yes" answered
Mr.. Brecknridee.
The defendant in cucxrpr fo f,trthor
questions stated that the plaintiff always
refused to settle her claims against him
by the payment Of a certain sum by
him. on the condition that they separate
'She realized" he said, that she had
me capitalized for n good, steady in
come"
\ mode Of settling was discussed at
various times and the understanding was
that he was TO supply her with funds
as she needed them.
Ms Polla-d I9diensrt.
These answers OF Colonel Brecknrdge
undoubtedly angerea Miss Pollard. for
her face flushed q deep crimson and her
eyes fashed with x.rfisual hrliliancy as
sac siancei indignantly at the defendant
For moment she was about TO rise in
her seat. but she did not. and she soon
recovered her composure.
Mr.. Breckenridge vas asked IL he knew
OF man in Lexington by the name of
Alex. Levescue. and said that he did
Asked why they had not taken his deposi-
ton, notice OF which they had given the
plaintiff. he said that so far as he
knew, ii was merely because the fact
that what they had expected TO prove
by MN had substantially been proven By
MISS Hoyt II was with reference 10 GER
tam dates and matters OF that sort
-
back 10 the occasion upon which N,ss
Pollard had threatened to take her life
The plaintiff had given away some of her
belongings. destroyed the manuscript of
a novel she had written and which had
been rejected. Miss Pollard. he said. had
also written out story Of her life and
her relations with him as an explanation
Of her suicide
Mr.. Breckenridge was asked II he had
not gone with Miss Pollard i'm a cab after
the conversation in which she told OF her
intention to commit suicide. and driven to
an express office 10 set out the box I'm
which she had sent her clothes off to a
friend lie said he had no recollection Of
any such performance.
Mr.. Brecknrdge denied that he ever
visited the plaintiff at Mary McKenzie's |
house on Second street, nor had he ever |
been i'm the house. He did know, though, |
where the house Is said TO be, but he did |
not visit her there in 1883. nor did he know |
Of his own knowledge that child had |
been born there under the care OF DR.. |
Parsons.
but | do mean to say" continued Mr.. |
Breckinridge that / understand there Is /
such person. | am given to understand |
that persons connected with this case have
been 10 see her. 10 train her as TO testi-
monv she Is 10 give in this trial. | am in
formed that she is going to testify that l
visited her house. but IL she does swear
to that she will swear to faisehood,
Has anyone been 10 see Mary Mcken-
zie on your behalf!
Yes; my SON.
How OftenY
"Once I heard that there was such
nerson in this case, and | sent a person
10 her in whom / have every confidence
and whose LOYALTY 10 me is unques-
questioned"
..Dia Won not have an arrangement by
which no,icas nrlnted in The Washington
Star wound olive YOU information as TO the
condition Of the plaintiff while she was
at Mary McKenzies' ,.,,,
II did not" answered Mr. Brecklnridge.
..Did Won moi " continued Mr.. Wilson.
'haye written typewriter letters, In
which vou outlined a plan by which veiled
notices printed in the star would give you
information of Miss Pollard's conoition,
the birth of a child and the conditioh Oh
the child, If one was porh;
Il most certainly did hot' ana IL any
such notices had ever appeal'u III
press they would have conveyed no mean
ing 10 me-"
"That is all" said Mr.. Wilson, and then
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