Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-03-22

tiDct sensations were furnished today
in the Pollard breckenridge trial. The
foremost was the appearance of the
slender plaintiff on the stand az wit
ness in her own behalf, but the one
OF the greatest interest in legal circles
was the confederation of the rumor OF
Col. Breckinrldge's secret marriage to
Mrs. Louise Wing In New York last
April, three months before the public
ceremony.
When Col. Breckenridge was shown
the dispatch from New York he refused
to admit or contradict 1t. His counsel
and law partner, Col. Shelby, however,
confirmed the report NJ did Attorney
Stoll. The Inter said:
ut would not be proper to forecast
our case at this stage, but | will say
that Col. Breckenridge Is to take the
stand very soon, and II will all be
made known. Until then neither Col
Breckenridge nor his counsel would be
wise to discuss the defense"
In giving her testimony Miss Pollard
was decidedly nervous ut first, but not
withstlndlng the strain under which
she labored she was remarkably self
possessed and careful In her choice of
words. She looked directly towards
Col. Breckenridge, seldom lifting her
eyes from his face.
Her language and manner were those
Of n wcll-bred lady, and her answers
to tho REORGANIZATION Of Major But
terworth were often turned back upon
him keenly, making boomerangs of
his questions.
At the opening Of the trial this morn
Ing the plaintiff took the witness chair.
She testified that her father was II
saddlrr Ivy trade, dying In 1876, when
she was 10 years old, He left no
estate
Then the testimony jumped to her
life In Washington, emitting the earlier
stages of her acquaintance with the
defendant. lie endorsed all her papers
for Il position In the civil service hll-
renu In tho last days of August, 1892,
he met her ut the Baltimore Il Ohio de-
pot In WASHINGTON, put his arms
around her, Kissed her, took her to the
carriage, told her he had determined
to marry her, and she promise to
marry him.
Mr.. Brcckinrldge said he had married
his second wife fourteen months after
the death Of the first, and year after
the death of the second he would marrV
the plaintiff. She wanted him to wait
two years aud proposed to go no
Europe with Miss willard on her
school trip for young ladies. lie was
strcnuously opposed to being left
alone, saying such II dcscrtlon would
be selfish, and she gave 1t up.
A letter from Miss Catherine Willard,
dated Gray Gables, Buzz0rd's Bay,
Mass in October, 1892, referring to the
proposed European trip, WIS read.
Witness detailed ut length the CON,
slant attention paid her by Brcclin
ridge saying he visited her daily,
sometimes twice n day, and often In
the evening: how he paid her expenses
on Il visit To New York, and how she
accompanied him ON II lccturlng tour to
New England
In 1881" said Miss Pollard, 81 was
summoned from school In Cincinnati
to go to Frankfort, where my sister
was very i'll. Mr.. Rhodes put me on
the car A gentleman was In the car
and coming over to me- he said:
Your face Is familiar; don't | know
your | said: mo. but know who you
are. You're Col BreclIinridge.' He
nd I., n1I ,l, - bn niuIn n nj
asked me " he might come to sec me.
l said my aunt and my mother would
be very glad to see him at Frankfort.
That was all that was said" Then
came the story OF her relations tn
James G. Rhodes, who undertook to
educate her II she would marry him;
of her sending for breckenridge for
counsel as attorney; of the means
which he took to he alone with her
without chance OF Interruption: OF
their subsequent intimacy; OF the
birth Of her children In 1885 and 1883.
She produced letters and kilograms
from him containing words OF cndcar.
mcnt. and closed her testimony by do
daring that never since she knew him
hilN btt,h ihlllHttt WIN uhS bNh''
man.
The work basket which was ldcntl
Ned by the sister OF Col. Rrcckinridgcs
late wife az that lady's property was
next produced and OF Il Miss Pollard
said:
Col BRECKENRIDGE brought that to
me ms he was leaving Washington In
the spring of 1893 saying, 4 want YOU
to lave this. Madeline 1t was 1iEzle's
and she thought great deal OF IT,
What was your condition In the
spring Of 1892" Carlisle asked. After
a long hesitation the plaintiff replied:
II was pregnant"
What was the result of your
pregnancy"
Family, "MsMrriagc."
Did Col. Breckinridge ever admit Ia
anyone In your presence that he VII
responsible for your condition?
"Twicc to Major Moore and to DR.
Lincoln"
In January, 1884, Miss Pollard was