Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-31
THE COLONEL STILL ON
Breckenridge Tells the Second
Chapter In the Story.
PROMISE OF MARRIAGE DENIED.
All Day Long In Ever Recurring Variations
the Defendant In the Famous Suit Pro-
tested That He Gave No such Promise
Story of High and Low Life.

the Defendant In the Famous Suit Pro-
tested That He Gave No such Promise.
Story of High and Low Life.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-Chapter two of
the story of Colonel w. c. p. Breckenridge
was told. 1t consumed the whole session
of the court. and still the narrative re.
mains Incomplete
The case is practically narrowed down
to Il question of veracity between the plain
tiff and several of her supporting witnesses
and the defendant. Their stories coincide
on many points, but it is noticeable how
differently the same events appear when
viewed from the standpoints of Colonel
BRECKENRIDGE and Miss Pollard. Only on
n few points was he obliged to take issue
with the testimony of anybody but the
plaintiff. Sometimes he and Mrs. Black
burn differed. and the story of Claude de
In Roche Francis that he had overheard Il
conversation between the pair which re
lated to their engagement, he said, could
not be true, for no such conversation had
occurred.
The witness devoted the forenoon princi-
pally to a recital of his intimacy with Miss
Pollard After the noon recess Mr.. But
terwOrth quoted some of Miss Pollard s
testimony, which Breckenridge denied, in
cluulDS nef statement lIldI the cOlOnel was
concealed in the room when she broke her
engagement with Rossell.
The Meeting With Rhodes.
Mr. Butterworth next referred to con
versation between the defendant and Mr.
Rhodes in regard to the plaintiff and asked
the witness TO relate the facts and circum-
stances of the conversation.
Il met Mr.. Rhodes at an election booth, -
said Mr.. Breckenridge. and Mr.. Rhodes
alluded to the plaintiff and said he would
like to talk with me about her, and we
walked To my office. | did not go to Sarah
Guess. where the plaintiff was. ! did not
notify the plaintiff that had seen Rhodes.
Mr.. Rhodes had been to Cincinnati on that
Saturday afternoon, going down on the
north bound train corresponding to the
south bound train on which we We're going
to Lexington. that the trains passed
each other. When he reached Cincinnati.
he was informed that the plaintiff had left
Cincinnati and that | had been to see her
the day before.
He said to me that he was interested in
the plaintiff: that he was engaged to be
married to her and that he had gone to
Cincinnati to consult her in regard to
whether she should remain in Cincinnati.
He said he had had an agreement with her
by which he was to educate her and to
support her during this time, and then she
waste marry him: that in accordance with
that agreement he had spent great deal
of money on her-more money than he
could afford to spend-but that he had be
come very anxious rs to whether she in
tended to marry him, and that he had to
make some arrangement about taking hel
away from Cincinnati because he was then
behind and was being very much dunned.
He said he was getting old, and that If he
vas going to have a married life 1t was
time for him to see about it. told him
had seen her and that she had told me
substantially of the same agreement, and
that she had not expressed any particular
desire to marry him, but had spoken OF
her gratitude for what he had done and OF
her respect for him. He said that he want
ed to marry her and intended to marry
her, for he was very much in love with
her.
During the course'of the conversation,
which was quite long. he said that he ought
to marry her-not only that he wanted to
marry her, but that he ought to do So that
things had happened which made it neces-
sary for him to marry her, and that he in
tended to do so, but that she seemed to
have taken dislike Is him. He wanted
me to tell him what he should do to bring
about that MARRIAGE
In answer to IL question from his counsel
the witness denied that he had related this
conversation to Miss Pollard at the time,
but said that he subsequently did so,
Did Mr. Rhodes say what it was that
made it necessary for him to marry her?''
Mr. ButterwOrth asked.
Mr.. Wilson objected that it had not been
shown that Se.e conversation had been re
peated, contrnding that if he could tell
with such particularly what Rhodes said
to him he must tell what he repeated to
the plaintiff.