Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-09

leaves of a tree" He urged that it
was Of consequence to the defense that
they should have a more particular de-
seription than merely four books which
the defendant has.
Judge Bradley's Remarks.
Judge Bradley said he thought the term
four books Of Washington Irving's works"
was more particular description than -four
leaves Of tree" II the objection was
merely that the books had not been particu-
larry described he did not believe that OBJ
lection was tenable
Mr.. Johnston said that the books had
been physically produced when the deposit
tons were taken and that Mr.. Stoll had
walked Oft with them under his arm. They
wanted the books produced here by order
OF the court. where they could not be spir-
Tied away by Congress. He suggested that
the books should be brought in and sealed
and placed under tine courts orders.
Mr.. stoll Says Something.
Mr.. Stoll said that at the founding asy
lum, Sister Augustin had produced these
books and he Cfr. StolD had asked If she
objected to his keeping them until after
this trial. and she had consented. Suisse
quently at another examination they had
been Identified by Sister Augustine and
marked by the examiner. He did not OBJ
Ject to delivering them to the court.
An Order for the Books.
books had been sufficiently Identified and
he ordered that they be delivered sealed to
the court.
The First Witness.
Mr.. Carlisle then called to the stand the
first witness for the plaintiff, Mrs. Julia c.
Blackburn, the widow of the late Gov. Luke
p. Blackburn. the lady to whom the de-
PENDANT took Miss Pollard to place her un-
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examined by Mr.. Carlisle. She was asked
when she first saw Col Breckenridge and
Miss Pollard together.
II saw them together she said, ION
Good Friday of 1898 They called together
at my apartments in the Portland Mrs.
Blackburn said she was fatisued. In reply
to her first message sent to the door that
she was was not in" and repetition or
that reply, she received another urgent mes
sage from Miss Pollard saying that she and
Col Breckenridge wanted to see her on par
ticular business. Then the witness went to
the drawing room and received them.
What MI. Breclsinridge Said.
Col Breckenridge rose and said: Il have
come to ask your kind offices for this young
lady. 1 shall marry Miss Pollard directly a
sufficient time has elapsed after my wife's
DEATH" The witness said the late Mrs.
Breckenridge died in July. 1892. She could
not remember the exact date. Col. Brock
dlteT making tnlS
said to witness: II suppose you think l am
doing an absurd thing marrying a woman
so much younger than myself. l am old
enough to be Miss Pollard's father. l am
between thirty and thirty-one years older
than Miss Pollard" Then after some fur
Their conversation they left.
The witness could not remember the exact
time OF her next conversation with Col.
breckenridge. Il cannot remember she
| said, the exact occasion. as it was a mat
ter never took a note Of"
Subsequent Explanation.
Col. Breckenridge came to see her again at
| the Portland and said:
when l announced my engagement 1
| saw you were very much shocked" Wit
ness replied that she had been and that she
thought it a poor return for so much devo-
! ton as he had received.
II will now tell you something" said Col
Breckinridge; something / never expected
| to pass my lips. l discovered, or thought
| did Miss Pollards feelings toward me, and
then being a man of honor l could do moth
| ing else but offer my hand" II then re-
Piled went on the witness: "You take a
very high view of your duty"
The only date of these interviews she
could remember was Good Friday the day
| OF the first one. She had never seen Col.
Breckenridge in any place here except in
her own apartments. On one occasion he
asked II they were going to Europe, and If
SO, would they take Miss Pollard with them.
but she declined. not wishing to be so
hampered, and had told him so. He thought
he would have Miss Pollard go to New York
and remain there, and she had approved it,
She had told him that she would decline the
honor of taking charge of Miss Pollard IL
he end Miss Pollard in any way compro-
missed themselves. AS she knew very little
OF MISS Pollard, except that she was a
Kentucky girl she had asked him on one
occasion who she was, and he lad told her
that she was not of a fashionable but from
good. Industrious stock
Asked Her to Allay Miss PoIlurd,s
Jealousy.
| On another occasion ne had called on her
and asked her to see Miss Pollard and try
to allay her jealousy; that she was making
his life miserable by absurd and groundless
| Jealousy. She had asked him If he had
given her cause for jealousy and he had re-
piled that he had not, on his honor as a
gentleman. She said he had no right as an
| engaged man to pay devoted attention to
another woman. She told him that Miss
Pollard had been to see her and told her of
| her Jealousy. He declared then, Il am not
| going to be married to Mrs. Wing" and
further that no word of love had ever passed
between himself and Mrs. Wing, who was
| relative of his. At that interview with
Miss Pollard referred to the witness had
| urged Miss Pollard to give up Col. Brock
lnridge. Then, at another interview, when
he was about to leave Washington, Miss
Pollard had asked Col Breckenridge to
name the day when they would be married
and he had said that he could not at that
time. but again declared his purpose to
marry her. He declared that he would
come back and arrange with witness the
day when they would be married The wit
ness told Miss Pollard that she thought
that was sufficient.
Met Them In New York.
In May, she thought it was, she met Col.
Breckenridge and Miss Pollard in New York
in a boarding house. Col. Breckenridge, it
seemed. had gone to New York 10 meet
Miss Pollard. She there said to him that
he had broken his promise to her in fol-
lowing and meeting Miss Pollard in New
York. He said ne would give her an ex-
PLANTATION in Washington. She said such
conduct compelled her to retire from the
affair altogether.
Would Have Nothing More to Do With
Her.
When he returned to Washington she
wrote him q note asking TO him. He
had not come at first, and when she saw
him she told him his conduct was such
that she could no longer have anything to
do with him and Miss Pollard. lie said
that, knowing the circumstances of their
engagement, she (witness) was very hard
on him, Miss Pollard, he had told her, was
one of the most magnetic women ne had
ever met: that she was quite different from
the rest of her family, who We're quite tame
people, satisfied with their humble lot.
Can you state what Col. eckin ridge
called the plaintiff in your presenter