The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-03-21
April 81. I next saw Col. Breckinridge

"Yes, sir.
Judge Wilson asked if the defense ad-
mitted the mar iage of April 80. and
Major Butterworth made the first formal
announcement of the ceremony. Judge
Wilson then made point that since the
marriage of the defendant April 30, was
admitted, anything that happened sub
sequent to that date was not competent
evidence. Judge Wilson limited some
thing uncomplimentary to the defendant,
saying it did not matter whether Miss
Pollard shot him or cut off his ears II
this happened subsequent to April ~.
Judge Bradley overrdled Judge Will
sons point, on the ground that the mat
ter was brought in on direct examlna-
ton.
you went to the Hoffman house and
Major Butterworth, resuming the cross
examination.
"Yes, sir"
aYou got room adjoining Col.
Breckinridge's?
"Yes, SIR"
when he entered his room you ad-
vanced from your room with pistol to- IN
your hand, intending to shoot hlm!"
sit wasn't that way
did he not prevent you from shoot
ing him by shutting the door,"
"Oh, no. I didn't have pistol 10 my
hand while he was there. l had it in my
hand before that. When he came told
him I had the pistol and he took it out
of my travelling bag"
Did he not tell you to put, the pistol
down at the door and he would ring for
the bell boy, and when the bell boy
came you would ="
why, no,n broke in Miss Pollard, sit
wasn't that way at all. 1t wasn't that
way, oh no."
Mr.. Breckenridge, she said, Joined her
the Sunday night after his marriage, at
have to go away. He said big. COM
pany had been formed by Mr.. Whitney
and Mr.. Fairchild, and other rich men
with capital OF $780, 900, 900, and they
abroad. NHe wanted to know, said
Miss Pollard, "if l would marry and go
abroad with him. I said Willie, [ will
go with you at a minutes notice. He
went out asking me to put some OF ms
clothes together. ! looked over his
telescope bag
And Found Revolver,
in it. 1 became suspicious at this for he
had been acting very oddly. He said he
had gone out to see Mr.. Whitney and Mr..
Fairchild. / telephoned them and they
have to go away that night in private
car. There was no private car for him
to 60 on, for wrote the general manager
at the Grand Central station, and he
said there was no private. car there. l
told him I did not believe what he said
and he talked of going to Samoa, to
Europe and to other places. | was sus-
picious and asked him IT he intended
to keep his solemn promise to marry me.
He said, Madeline, never loved an
other woman as | love you. My darling,
1 have never thought oLanother woman,
never thought but of you has been in
my minde'."
Miss Pollard's imitation of Col. Breck-
inridge's tone of voice was very good
and caused laugh.
"I told him if he did not marry me
would kill both him and myself He
swore he would marry me and remove
my suspicious. / thought the man
ould do harm to himself he acted so
oueerly. When he went out that night
he put the revolver in his pocket"
Miss Pollard went on rapidly, saying
that Col. Breckenridge had sworn eternal
love by her and malignedi Mrs. Wing, his
wife. One night in Wash gton she had
gone to the house on Jefferson place,
where Mrs. Wing lived. Col. Breckin-
ridge and Mrs. Wing ran when she
entered, She saw them crouching down
behind a curtain. She said,
"Willie Come Out of that.
Come with me-"
"He came" she added, "and we
walked to DR.. Lincoln's. On the way he
maligned Mrs. Wing, who was then his
wife, although 1 did not suspect it.. He
said all sorts of horrid things about
her."
Miss Pollard admitted frankly that
she bought pistol to kill the defendant
and herself She bought a pistol in
FEBRUARY, 1898, to kill herself alone. She
had not believed all he told her. She
began to doubt him and begged him to
marry her. He had said he would keep
his solemn promise. All this was after
he married Mrs. Wing. She received
anonymous letters about his relations
with a negro woman after their engage
menG was announced, but she paid no
attention to them.
"I never made threat to him, never,
untiI that time" she said. "He acted
as though he did not want to keep the
solemn promise he made me-"
The scene during all this examination
was tragic and exciting.A Miss Pollard
leaned forward in the witness box and
LOGGED souarely al Col. Breckenridge as
she delivered her charges against him.
Recurring TO the scene in the Hoffman
house on the night Col. Breckenridge said
he might have to 20 to Europe, Miss
Pollard said: He told me all sorts of
unusual lies, for which there was no
reason. When l found out what he told
me wasruntrue, he denied the stories.
always have believed what he said, be-
cause he had such a persuasive way and
power over me. told him if he broke
his promise to marry me,
IL Would Kill Him and Myself.
I said 4 have the pistol which l took
out of your travelling bag in your
bureau drawer Now tell me- said l
are you going to keep your solemn