Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-31

Collier. of Pittsburg. He had married,
he said. bis kinswoman, The daughter
of r. w. Scott, of Kentucky. widow OF
Chauncey Wing, of Kentucky, who
died abroad some time ago.
The Colonel then took up the Black
burn thread of the story. Mrs. Black
burn said that there was matter OF
great importance: that he had told her
that he was engaged to Miss Pollard,
and asked her to keep the secret, and
that witness and plaintiff had been to-
gether in a hotel in New York. He
had replied that he could not give her
a full explanation then, but would Ia
ter on in Washington. Mrs. Blackburn
had said that, unless he could explain
satisfactorily, their friendship must end.
He said he supposed he must submit TO
her decision, whatever it was.
Col. Breckenridge then related the
circumstances attending the visit to
Major Moore, the chief of police, giving
the following narratives
Il and my wife formerly Mrs. Wing
were in the dining-room of the house,
when the plaintiff walked in, and said {:
Excuse me, Mrs. Wing, want to see
Mr.. Breckenridge alone on matter Of
great importance / turned to my
wife. and said that | thought had bet
ter 90 with her. As / walked out by
Lafayette Park. She said I intend
to end this matter. intend to
kill you said All right :
and she went on Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, this is your last chance Her
statement that said anything deroga-
tory Of my wife, is an absolute fabrica-
ton, without shadow OF truth on
which to hang it. Not q word was
said about my wife. She said she in
tended to end this thing By killing me,
aud, as we walked along, she said it
would be 4 good thing to end it by that
kind of Il scandal, and she was going to
kill herself too. She did most Of the
talking. There had been no effort on
my part to calm her fears no protesta-
ton Of love; nothing about her being a
nervous, cXcitable child When we
got to Major Moorc's Office | asked il
he was in, and being told ne was, |
went in, AMI the plaintiff followed me.
| said TO Major Moore: 81 need the
protection of the law. This lady
threatens to Kill me. ! will tell you
how came in this position, and want
YOU 10 put her or me under arrest.
lie said he hoped it was not as bad a.
that. He went over to her. and she
held up her hands and said i have no
weapon but these, and tncn | said TO
Major Moore that wanted to relate all
the circumstances, so that he might de-
eide whether TO arrest her or me. Then
she broke out into food Of hysJericai
tears, and said: Oh, don't tell him
is it necessary ? said intended 70
tell him everything, when she put her
hand on my SHOULDER and begged me
not to tell him. took her hand O.
and turned to her and said VIII yol
do exactly what l demand Il ! 90 no.
tell him 2 She said she would, and |
turned TO Major Moore ard said =
think we can settle this ourselves.
Col. Breckenridge said OF this side re-
mark in the scene before Major Moore
that he thought he had made 1t loud
enough for the major to hear that he
certainly intended to; but it seemed
from the majors testimony that he had
not heard what he (Breckinridge) had
said.
After leaving the Office with Miss
Pollard he had told her that there
could be no more terms between them
that she would have to look to some
one else for support, and that he did
not intend 10 give her another dollar;
for as they had gone to Major Moore, it
probably would all come out in the
papers. They had talked together OF
the child that was to be born. "She
said she wanted TO be rid of the child
he related, 'but said, No, if it is my
child, have the greatest interest in it,
and when ii is born | can tell whether
it is mine. or whether it is not. "
Then the witness told of Miss Pol
lard's last attempt to shoot him, when
he had gone TO see her at the house OF
Mrs. Thomas, in Lafayette Square,
few DAYS after the scene in the office of
the chief of police He had suspected
her intentions, and as he stepped INFO
the room he threw his arms around her,
her tightly around the
slipped his arms down until
ne could grasp her hands, and can ght
the weapon. This episode the colonel
narrated graphically, stopping to
loosely, land | have the pistol
in my possession now; one of the nc
mentoes of my engagement to marry
the plaintiff at that time"
When he loosencd his arms, he con-
tinued, she had tainted, or pretended O
faint. so he laid her on q divan, put the
pistol in his pocket, closed the door
and walked out
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