The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-19
MISS %POLLARD'S BILLS
Who ia Bearing tho Expense of Her
Breach of Promise Case.
VARIOUS THEORIES OF THE GOSSlP5.
Ono of Them Connects DIR. Briggs
Followers With tho Financial End
oitho Casc-Pr0bablllty Thut Brcck-
inridgc's Opponent for the Con.
grOssIonal Nomination Is Furnish.
lug the Cash.

WAsnISGToS, March lS.-According
to tlc goasips who are intontIy watch.
Ing tho progress OF tho Pollard Brock
inridgo trial, it is now asserted that tho
final chapter Is likely to be- divorce
suit. Tho secret marriage Of Congress-
mOu Breckenridge and Mrs. Wing took
place in New York on April % last, US
shown by tho certificate filed only u
couple OF days ago by tho officiating
minister.
1t was not until tho following July
that tho public marriage was celebrated
in Louisville. 1t was after tho Now
York ceremony hat Mr.. BrcCkinridgc
promised in tho presence OF Chief Of
Police Moore to marry Miss Pollard.
According TO tho testimony, Colonel
Breckenridge continued his relations
with Miss Pollard until May II, Or
three weeks after no waB married to
Mrs. Wing, his present wife.
This revelation OF uniaithfulness and
dupiicity on tho part OF Colonel Brcck-
inridee, it il suid, has kcenly affected
his present wife, and it Is now reported
that whom the pending trial Is concluded
4 suit Tor divorce will follow.
WHO BEARS rHE EXPENSES?
Another feature OF the case which is
causing the Gosaips no end of worry is
who bears Miss Pollard's expenses. The
cnst OF the preparation OF tho plaintiffs
bill before tho trial began, it ia said,
was $500, and siuCo the trial Miss Pol
lard has brought Il number oil witnesses
from distances whose expenses are con.
siderable. Her attorneys arc among
the ablest at the District bar, and they
have devoted much time to tho case
and had Travelled extensively prior 10
tue trial taking dispositions. It is csti-
mated that the cost OF tho case, OK
elusive OF counsel fees, up to date is not
less than $500.
And yet Miss Pollard, as she heraelf
ndmits, has no money nor has she any
relatives who are able to stand such un
expense. Tho latest speculation ae to
who pays Miss Pollard's expenses in the
pending suit is contained in the follow
ing irom Il local afternoon paper, which
is ut least interesting ii it DO not true:
THE birds which make their nests
in the caves and inches OF the court
building are telling each other some
strange stories about Miss Pollard's
suddenly acquired wealth. Some Of the
feathered youngsters arc whistling
down tho wind n yarn about Colonel
BreCkinridge and DR.. Briggs well cal
culated to make the leaves rustlo-if
there wero any ont yet.
ANOTHER RUMon.
"Whon DR.. Briggs was tried before
the Presbyterian General Assembly in
tho Now York Avenue Presbyterian
church Colonel Breckenridge, it will be
remembered, brought all his orthodox
and eIoquenCe to bear against DR..
Briggs. There are many straightlaced
Presby,erians to-day who believe that
Colonel Breckinridge. by his assistance
and briiliance alone, secured tho defeat
OF DR.. Briggs. The doctor has still,
however, Il numerous and wealthy fol-
lowing and the tale the sparrows arc
chirpinS is that the Briggs people are
not allowing Miss Pollard to want for
wealth.
Mrs. Grundy in another corner OF
the court house Ia telling the sensation
mongers that the birds are ali wrong
Candidate Owens. down in Kentucky,
who is trying TO win Colonel Breclin-
ridges scat in Congress, Is the man who
Is furnishing Miss Pollard with the
necessary whosewithal to make mince
meat OF tho 'Silvcr-tonsued Lothario.'"
Many reports have said that all OF
Colonel Brcckinrldgs's lawyers except
MIR. Mckenney, OF Washington, and
possibly Colonel Phil Thompson, who
has not lived in Kentucky for several
years, are political friends who are Civ
ing their services because OF their loyal
ty to him personally or politically.
This Is net true go Jar as Attorney Stoll,
who has played n conspicuous part in
tho defense, is concerned, for SIr. Stoll
IS a Republican OF the most pronounced
stamp.