The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-22

to shield her; that she was an impru-
dent girl. During this time, at Mrs.
Thomas house, 25 Lafayette Square,
she had attempted to shoot him, ana
only by the mereSt accident had he
been able to disarm her. He went to
kentucky without acceding to her de-
mands''
Resuning his statement after the
nool recess, Colonel Shelby declared
Miss Pollard had claimed that her first
confinement had resulted in a miscar-
riage and that she never intimated to
him that she had a child by him. The
basket which had belonged to the
coloneTs first wife had never been
given TO Miss Pollard, but had been
taken by her from his rooms.
Returning to the events in New York
following Colonel Breckinridge's mar
riage. Mr.. Shelby asserted Miss Pol
lard had come to the Hoffman house;
found that he was stopping there; Sc
! cured a room next to him and regis
! tered as his daughter. When Colonel
Breckenridge entered on Monday, May
II. she had attempted to shoot him,
standing in the passageway between
the two rooms. He had slammed the
door. He had threatened to have her
arrested, ringing for bell boy, but on
her entrance had told her to place the
revolver against his door, close to her
door. and he would have the boy take
| the revolver. He took the revolver and
| in the interview which followed she had
made all sorts of protestations and
promises to leave him.
He Couldn't Explain,
The next day they left the Hoffman
| house. Mrs Blackburn had arrived in
New York, and sent for him for consul
ltation about lawsuit she was interested
in, and incidentally she asked for an
/ ,I,z, = .f l,aY Nf al
and Miss Pollard in New York, to
| which he replied he could not give an
explanation then.
The circumstance of Miss Pollard's
| visit to the Jefferson Place house,
| where Colonel Breckinridge's wife was
with him, was explained. 1t was de-
| clared that Mr.. and Mrs. Breckenridge
were leaving the room because she was
in her wrapper. When Miss Pollard
told him she wanted to see him on
| important business, they went out to-
gether. Miss Pollard again threatened
his life on the street. The visit to
| Major Moore followed. Colonel Brock
inridge, said the attorney, was then
about to reveal all the circumstances
OF their connection, but she again dis
suaded him. Again at the house on
Lafayette square, Miss Pollard at
tempted to shoot him, but was fooled
and strange, though it might seem,
even then Colonel Breckenridge had
been again induced, under her re-
newed promises, to go to New York,
and TO visit Mrs. Blackburn and Major
Moore with her.
On the visit to DR.. Lincoln he had
told the doctor to do what he could to
make her comfortable assuming that
she had told him, that DR.. Lincoln
knew of her condition.
Because the day after that interview
Miss Pollard did do as she had agreed
land did go to New York, Colonel Brock
: inridge began to carry out his agree
lment to do what he could for her; haC
written her letters telling her not to DE-
what would make it impossible for hin
to do what was best for her. To fur
Their force him, she had given an an
/ nouncement of the alleged enga gemen
to the papers; had written him that ht
, Unjust renew his promise, a letter tt
which he had, of course, paid no atten
] ltion and then followed his public mar
: riage to Mrs. Wing in July. In such {
2 lease the character of the plaintiff wa
2 necessarily an issue, and particular!
where she claimed that the defendan
HAD seduced her No man was liable
morally or legally, for not doing
= thing which was morally impossible
D When Miss Pollard met Colonel Breck
! linridge she was a matured woman, a
least 81 years old. She had denied tn
fact of a mock marriage with Ale
Julian, had explained the nature of at
i itentions with Mr. Roselle, but affidavit
Il from these men would be evidence tina
S before she met Colonel Breckenridge
e she had been seen at an assignatio
house. The ''Wessie" Brown lette
[ showed that she had been in some scr
Y lof relations with Roselle and others.
Says it Is Revenge.
:, At this point in the statement, tn
: lobiection was offered by Mr. Wilso
: and sustained by the court, that tn
statement was drifting into argument
Colonel Shelby, resuming, said tn
motive of the plaintiff in bringing tn
isuit must be considered; that, as state
!, by the plaintiff, it had not been 70
) lmoney nor to Vindicate her own char
y lacter, which was necessarily destroye
: by the suit but for revenge and to de
{ Istroy the power of the defendant.
: Again, Mr.. Wilson renewed his objeC
:, ton that the attorney was not only a.
q tempting to state the law instead {
: facts, but was stating he law incol
! lrectly. Mere form did not constitute
. contract.
Mr.. Shelby continued, that when til
e parties both understand that the sen
. blance of a contract was created fC
i some other purpose, there was merel
the semblance Of a contract that Mis-
Pollard might be able to terminate r,
~ lations with the defendant and wit
\ this the statement closed.
"a Mr.. Wilson attempted to reply
- the statement that it would be show
s Miss Pollard had visited house of a
= signation with others than the defend
, liant, but was not permitted to do So
Thereupon Attorney Stoll, who hf
= been compared to Bill Nye in faci
contour, started to read the depositic
e of Sister Agnes Regina Brown, whe
- the plaintiffs attorneys interrupted hi
- and insisted upon the right to examil
- the deposition before it was read.
They had no objections on casu
e glance.
20 The deposition had been taken at Il
., Norwood convent, where the sister he
~ been in 1885. She had seen all the i
- mates. Some of them were yelled wht
"a they went on the street, but none we
!, ~ yelled from her. There was one wi
q had been yelled from the physician wi
!, attended her, but this was in 1884 d
= ponent did not know Madeline Polar
y, but had seen her first in Decembe
~ 1892, in the library next to the off1c
.n'II with Messrs. Carlisle and johnson, h
~ attorneys, when Miss Pollard had as
- ed if the sister knew her. Depone
- questioned her, but she did not remel
e Der the sister nor who had been t
- lmother superior. Miss Pollard h;
=. lsaid she went under the name of Loui
~ Wilson, but when the sister said
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