The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-31

It would DO OF great benefit to hcr. II
sho could not, US ! approhcnded, It
would impross upon hor her deficiency
In certain rudimentary branches and
spur her to study rs had advised hor
to d." Nl''NA az ~ lRsa4
4 Mr.. Buttorworth noxt referred to a
conversation betweeh tho defendant
and Mr.. Rhodes In regard to tho plain
tili and asked tho witness to relate tho
facts aud circumstances Of tho conversa.
ton. ~ .iH
II mot MI. Rhodes at mn election
BOOTH" said Mr.. Ereckinridgc. "and
Mr.. Rhodes alluded to the plaintiff and
said ho would lilo TO talk with mo about
her, and walked to my office. I did
not go 10 Sarah Guess, where the
plaintiff was. ! did not notify tho
plaintiff that 1 had seen Mr.. Rhodes.
Mr.. Rhodes had been to Cincinnati on
on tho Saturday afternoon going down
on tho north 6onnd train. 9 .
Mr., Breckenridge then rotated that
Rhodes had told him that ho Rhodcs)
ought 10 marry Miss Pollard.
"Dld Mr.. Rhodes say what 1t was that
mado It necessary for him to marry
her" Mr.. Buttcrwortll asked. 81.
AN INTERRUPTION.
Much Of his former statement was re.
peatod by tho defendant, and before no
had finished Miss Pollard broke forth,
sobbing. aud exclaimed: SiS
THAT is not,true. Why can't ho toll
tho truth about something"
Judge Bradley adnionishod her:
III you can't control yourself you
will have to leave tho room."'
No attention was paid by Colonel
Breckinridge to this interruption, but
ho continued: lf.i55iI
~ told her in tho spring OF 1893 that
after what Rhodes hnd told mo OF the
relations between them it was impossi-
bic tina: any other relation could ever
exist between Us"
His attention being callcd to the state.
ment OF Miss Pollard that she had re-
turned to Washington from New York
at his request in August, 1892, that no
had mot her at tho depot, taken her
riding and proposed marriage. he do
MED that nny such thing had taken
place.
There had beon correspondence be.
tween himso and Miss Pollard regard
ing hcr trip to Germany, but tho letters
had bean destroyed. l.'f
The Colonel then stated that shc had
wanted him 10 send her to Germany to
finish her education but she refused to
go unless 1t was as his betrothed wife.
This he refused to agree to, and she did
not 20. lie always declined to enter-
tain her propositions of marriage and
never was engaged to her in fact.
Tho testimony then drii,ed into the
circumstances and conversations con-
cerniug the effort, Of the defendant to
induce tho plaintiff TO leave the city to
prevent the scandal which would ccr-
tainly como sooner or later if Miss
Pollard remained in tho city.
Then he related q conversation when
Miss Pollard had come to him in dis
trees because Mrs. Fillette and another
lady had beon talking about her, tho
witness saying: II told her that this
was what l had always expected; that
such offenders always must come to an
end, and urged her to go away as che
had promised so many times and TO let
tho scandal blow over. She insisted
that / must go to Mrs. Blackburn and
toll Mrs. Blackburn that the relations
between us were such that Mrs. Black
burn must stand by her" lg.
Colonel Breckinridge said that he
had refused at this time to do so.
On several occasions, tho witness
said. tho plaintiff had declared hor in
tention to commit suicide. She had
once said that II ho did not help her
ont in the matter she didlnos intend to
let him livs-thas she did not intend 10
bear the disgrace alone In one OF these
conversations, when che had apparent
ly consented, che got up and went into
the library and came back shortly and
pointed pistol at him, threatening to
kill him. by strategy he had been On.
abled to take it away from her before
ahe could do any harm.
THE VISIT TO MRS. BLACKBURN.
Referring to his interview with Mrs.
Blackburn regarding tho scandalasainst
Miss Pollard, no said it differed from
Mrs. Backburn's. He thought lie had
opened tho interview by saying ho did
not know what Mias Pollard had wanted
him to call for; asked Mrs. Blackburn
to urge her to go away, which that lady
had promised 10 do, and no had spokcn
kindly OF the young woman. He sup.
posed when he loft Washington, March
l3, 1S0S that their relations had ended;
that Miss Pollard was going away to
study and lead IN honorable llie while
he provided for her. Later in March
he had met her in Cincinnati in re.
sponse to telegram from her.
She then had told him that
sho had been obliged, under
Mrs. Blackburn's cross.examinat,on,
to represent that she was engaged to
him. lie told her that he would GO
right back aud say 10 Mrs. Blackburn
that it was not true, but under her
opportunities promised TO keep his
mouth shut If she would leave tho city.
Returning to Washington March 3lst,
ho had received call from Miss Pol
lard before breakfast. Hc said: ~
agreed thon that ii she would 20 away
| would put myself in tho power Of tho
plaintiff ana Mrs. Blackburn and pre-.
tend there was an engagement. said:
You havo put mo whore there is no
alternative, but to put myself in your
power and trust you. or TO submit TO
acone In tho hotel Office or street, per.
haps have an attempt mado on my liie
on the street," 'IE.
II said TINT tloro must DO no misun.
dcrstnnding bctwenn u.s. continued tho
colonel, "and reminded her that from
the first had said thore could DO no