The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-16
DECEIVED MRS. WING.
Story that Mrs. Breckinridge Has a
Change of Heart.

Special TO the New York Press.
WASHINGTON, April 15.-Some weeks
ago it was stated that there was talk Of a
divorce suit on the part Of the present
wife of Col. W. G. =. Breckenridge as soon
as the notwithstanding trial ends.
There is now a renewal of the talk. The
relatives of Mr.. Breckinridge's wife are
said to have notified her that while they
would always be glad to see her they would
have nothing to do with her husband. The
brother of Mr.. Breckenridge, who lives in
Louisville, is said to have notified her that
as far as he is concerned breckenridge
is dead" 1t is now reported that Breckin-
ridge has got possession of all his wife's
property and is using ii to defend him
self against Miss Pollard, and that his
wife's property will be used to liquidate
the debt
The Washington News prints the following:
Mrs. Breckenridge, formerly Mrs. Wing,
the wife Of the defendant in the now fam
Gus Breckinridge-Pollard breach-of-promse
suit, is said TO be in a condition which is
causing her friends great uneasiness. From
an authoritative source il has been learned
that Just prior TO the commencement Of
the suit breckenridge assured his wife
the memory of his sainted mother that
the charges brought against him by Miss
Pollard were wholly false and that the
Upon the strength of this statement
Mrs. Brecknridge, who had, up to the
case, profound confidence in her husband
and his honor, made what might be
termed present to him Of all her earthly
Mr.. Wing, the first husband of Mrs
WINS, was at one time a man Of con-
siderable means. When he died he left
$1,000 worth of property, real estate, and
0ther Some of this fortune Mrs. Wing
GoIonai G6d areddy expended when she married
that when the suit was brought by Miss
Pollard Mrs. Breckenridge transferred her
on, her former husband's life, to the
Colonel, that he might properly present
When Colonel Breckenridge frankly
confessed on the witness stand the nature
of his relations with Miss Pollard it nearly
prostrated Mrs. Breckenridge. The fact
that Colonel Breckenridge, as he admitted
on the witness stand. was so closely as
sociated with Madeline Pollard within a
few days OF the time that he married his
present wife is said to have caused a feel
ing of revulsion in Mrs. Breckenridge S
mind.
when Colonel Breckenridge married
Mrs. Wing at the residence of DR.. Pax
ton, in New York. at the earnest sugges-
kept secret. Colonel Breckenridge said
when giving his testimony in relation to
this fact that his idea was to keep his
marriage secret in order that his wife
might have an opportunity to make
friends with his children before the mar
riage was publicly announced. Miss Pol
lard was in New York only a few days
previous to the ceremony, and the friends
| of Mrs. Breckenridge now assert with
some degree of confidence that the Colonel
! kept the marriage a secret 10 prevent any
| interference on the part Of Miss Pollard
Mrs. Breckinridge is now living at No.
| 1I25 q street, n. w, and, since the in
eliminating admissions of her husband. is
| a changed woman. She denies herself
| to callers except two or three very close
| friends who are in deep sympathy with her
| in her unfortunate position. She has been
rarely seen In public since the beginning
| of the suit. and never in company with
| Colonel Breckenridge"