Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1894-03-29
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him, explained the contract with
Mr.. Rhodes, which was that, in con.
slderation of his paying for her
schooling, she was to marry him.
She asked if he could compel her to
marry him-a strange question for
an innocent school girl'-,and also
confessed that she had been too
friendly to Rhodes. He told her
that she was not obliged to carry
out the contract. Then she asked
him to take her to an entertainment
on Vine street and he consented"
That Colonel Breckinridge had
called a closed carriage that night
was denied. It was declared
that Miss Pollard had made the prop
osition that they ride instead of 60
ing to the concert and in the course
of the ride that night and without
the use of seductive means, but in
that way which occurs when a
woman is not ayerse to such things,
an illicit relation was established, on
the first night he had been with her.
He did not take her to any assigna-
ton house in Cincinnati the next
day.
1t was denied that Colonel Breck-
inridge had sent telegram to Miss
Pollard in the name of her mother
o go to Lexington, but when he
boarded the train that Friday he
found her On it. Without any articles
being exercised on bis part,a meet
ing had been arranged and she her.
self had proposed that they should
go to the house of Sarah Guess, she
Iexplaining that she knew that house.
1t was q matter of mutual agree
ment, but instead of going there
,, Friday night Colonel Breckenridge
had been in Cincinnati Friday and
| had net met her there until Saturday
night.
1t would be shown that Mr. Rhodes
had fallen behind in payment of her
bills, being man of small means,
and the transfer from Wesleyan in
stitute to Sayre academy at Lexing-
ton had been made by arrangement
between herself and Mr.. Rhodes un-
known to Colonel Brecklnridge until
he met her one day on the street in
Lexington. The relations at Lex
ington continued, meetings being
| arranged irregularly at Sarah's, and
in February of 1885 Miss Pollard
had left unknown to him. The
statement that he had written letters
from Cincinnati to her mother would
be denied and the statement thai she
had given birth to a child in the
foundling asylum, near Cincinnati,
would be disproved.
ALL BLAME LAID ON THE WOMAN.
Mr.. Shelby said that Breckenridge
had been compelled under fear and
threats of exposure to give Miss Pol
lard more money than he could spare
from his means, but still offered her
money if she would go away from
the city and fit herself for work.
Denial was made of the allegation
that in August, 1892, or at any other
thine, the defendant had promised
to marry Miss Pollard in March,
1898. The pressure brought to bear
upon Breckinridge by Miss Pollard
was enormous. She was known to
Mrs. Blackburn as a young and
agreeable woman from the same
state. There was talk as to why
Miss Pollard was seen so much with
Colonel Breckinridge. She told him
this, and that she had explained tc
Mrs. Blackburn that they were en-.
gagged. He told her that it was bis
purpose to tell Mrs. Blackburn
frankly the relations which had ex.
listed between them. She imploreG
him not to make known their rela
tions, not to expose her then, but te
, give her one more chance to make &
place for herself in the world protec
.. her so far as to admit the engage
! ment to Mrs. Blackburn, then sht
would go to New York and gradual,
: die out of his life. This he did
Though it was fatal error. At thi.
time, at Mr.. Thomas's house, 81
) Lafayette square, she had attempted
to shoot him and only by the meres
of accidents had he been able to dis
arm her. He went to Kentucky with
out acceding to her demands. Ac
eording to bis best recollection, ths
interview between himself, Mrs
: Blackburn and Miss Pollard occur
red the Sd or 4th Of April. She hae
made an attack on his life, and hele