Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-21

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young woman here under his protec.
ton, with no visible means OF support.
These things got 70 be almost q habit
in alter years"
"rhUn these dcceits or frauds were
practlced by you and Colonel BrecEin.
ridge 10 cover up your relatiout2p
"Yes, anu tnure was n great deal
more"
"You visited assignatlon houses to.
gelher In WashingtJn?n ave did ny
q May H. 1893, after the secret mar.
rlage, which In said 10 have taken
place On the s0th of April"
twas there any conversation be-
tween you regarding that mafriagtP
81 asked him u II was possible that he
was paying attentions TO Mfs. w ng.
l knew she was a worthy woman, AID
| knew she hal stopped with him
twelve days and nights. Then he
maligned her; malignod her In sucn
terms that 1 could not believe he In.
tended 10 marry her. He said he had
been engaged TO her When he was In
the army, but would never marry her"
"Dld you stop with Colonel Bteck.
lnrIdgo ~ the Hoffman house, Now
York, registering ~ his laughter"
81 did, on May l7ih."
"Dld you occupy a room next 10
/ his2p 1Yta.D
"Did you threaten 10 shoot him In
that roOm?" 81 dtd.D
Here Judge Wilson warmed up sud
faced Mi. Buuerwofth, putting - him
| question alter question, designed TO
bring out the fact Of Colonel Brock.
inrldge's marriage I'm New York.
/ This marriage was admitted by Mt.
Butlerwotth, who said II was not In
/ question.
The story Of the attempt 10 shoot
/ Colonel Bfenkiurldge In New YORK
was told by Miss Pollard "a follows;
| This was the day following hlB secret
mAfrlage.l "On Sunday night he
came 10 tell me, with n great Hush Of
/ triumph, that u company had been
/ formed, 10 includp Air. Whitney aud
/ Mi. Fairchild and nil the prominent
| capitalist, with n capital Of $50, 900, 900,
/ for sort u railroad scheme. He
/ was 10 represent them nud might have
10 10 TO Europe right away; he wont
/ out and came back next day near noon,
/ saying, Madeline, how sOou can you
/ get ready 10 marry mU2 | may have 10
/ leave tor Europe suddenly 1 said,
'Willio, I can marry you right away
/ After he had gone again / found a re-
volver In his travelling sack aud II
awakened my suspicious, because ho
mad told me 40 many lies. had telu.
| phoned 10 Mr.. Whitney anu Mt. Fair.
child, and found that they had not
seen MIN and did not expect to; had
found there was no private carriage
where he said there was one waiting
Tor him. He acted no queer, too"
MI. Butterworth-"Dld he sact M
though lao was In his right mind2"
Gas much NJ ~ he has every day
| since then"
Continuing-"H acted 70 queerly
that my suspicious were aroutei,
was pregnant then. | said, are you
| going To keep your solemn promise 10
marry me; n not 1 am golug To fhoot
/ you and myself with the revolver l
found IN your bag"
"He SAID; MY dprling | am going 90
marry you and that on the last OF this
month";
"Aiter that he wrote mo n solemn
letter, renewing mis- promise TO marry
me. Alter the letter was written, and
before tbs l7th Of May,n Miss Pollard
continued, "Breckintldge had sent her
Hover; had talked TO her Of their
future married life together" Speaking
OF the meeting, Hhe said, pointing her
finger ut the white haired congtoss.
man, sitting with his head bowed on
his breast anu the eyes OF the room full
OF men upon him, aud said: ~ think
| saw something near a look VI pity ON
| his face that day, more 80 than / had
ever known before. think he had
conscience that day, and was really
sorry for what he had dOne.D
"Did you AMI he ever have any
scenes before these unfortunate occur.
rences2" asked Mr. Butterworth.
Lille could not be- altogether pleas.
ant with anyone living with Colonel
Bteckinrldge, People had sent me hu.
Onymous letters telling OF his relations
with negro women" Laughter
Then Mr.. ButterwUun tufntu his
questions to a direction designed 10
snow Miss Pollard had held Colonel
Breckinridge under reign Of terror.
odd he not generally come when
you oslled?'' he asked.
She said, on the contrary, she had
alwayB Ubeyed his slighttet wish, be.
cause she had trusted him and loved
him dearly through thoso nine years.
Mr.. Bultetworth asked N Il had not
always been in her power TO ruin
Colonel BreckiGrldge, to which she
replied.
~ had that power, but never made
a threat TO him In my life. I never
pressed thumbscfew on him until he
had II In his power to keep his promise
and broke It,"
When she was asked the things Colo.
mel Northumberland said Of Mrs. Wing,
Miss Pollard refused to repeat them,
saying she would not talk that way OF
smother woman.
Again, when asked n no had not
suggested that they break their rela.
tions, she struck the witness box with
her open hand, exulAiming:
Ono never, never; there was never
such a word hintei ON his part" ana
she continued In voice ChOked with
hObs, 81 gave up my babies Tor him
because he Insisted on II. lie said
that II kept them they would surely
10 traced 10 him. A woman could
surely DO no more than give up her
children. l laid my baby In it, c0ilin
because II needed mothers care,
which l was not able 10 give II, because
no made ms put II away from me, l.
never - el-hlm-soe-mt-c
1T never -" the sentence was
not finished, for MadeliDe pOllaru's
head was bowed on her arms ON the
witness box, her Blender frame was
shaking with great eObs.