Omaha daily bee., 1894-04-03
STILL GIVING HER THE LIE
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been there before. you went there with thu
plaintiff" IA
Each Of these statements are true
"You have received a great many letters
from Miss Pollard2"
II have"
and you are onay able to produce of al
of them this wooden or dummy letter.
II do not admit that II was a dummy
letter. After the relations which grew vi
between the plaintiff and myself on the
first OF August, 1884. | did not want to pre-
serve the letters, because of many refer
ences in them IUH
you have received many kilograms from
the PLANTING
81 never was in the habit of preserving
kilograms"
80 that Of all your correspondence
with the plaintiff, extending over nine years,
you have only this letter."
at seems So"
THEIR FIRST PRIVATE TALK.
Replying to a question as to what con-
versation passed between himself and Miss
Pollard at the seminary during their first
meeting, Colonel Breckenridge said: There
is an impression on my memory, although
| cannot remember her language after ten
years, that she said she had given Rhodes
even a higher proof of her intention to
marry him. Then | told her that she
could not afford not to marry him.
And that same rule would apply to a
man, under the same circumstances"
well, that is a question of casuistry
or sociology | would not care to answer.
II you ask me If I would advise a young
woman who had sexual intercourse with a
man to marry him | would say yes; but
with a man it would be different, for the
knowledge of it by the public would destroy
the woman and would only inJure the man."
Would it not hurt the mani"
oh, it would not injure him so much
as the woman. Society looks upon these
things differently. If a young man should
come to me under certain circumstances I
would advise him to marry a woman;
under other circumstances / would say to
him better death or hell. 1 am not talk
ing OF the Justice"
"oh, no. interrupted Mr.. Wilson with a
contemptuous air, Il was not asking you
about justice. Are you a member OF the
Christian Endeavor society,""
mo, sir"
Did you take the Christian Endeavor
PLEDGE"
Never. To be candid, / will say that l
was twice invited to deliver an address at
the annual meetings in New York and
Montreal, on The Possibilities Of the Pres
ent Age wanted very much to deliver
that, but was prevented"
BY further questioning Mr.. Wilson elected
the information that the colonel last June
had delivered a speech to a woman's society
in Nashville and had been presented with a
basket of lowers. He denied that he had
said he had no wife to present them to, and,
in his response. was anxious to explain what
he had said, but Mr.. Wilson would not per-
nit 1t.
Are you a member of the Masonic fra
ternity?"
81 am"
"You Knew Miss Pollard's father was a
Mason"
81 did not; l knew that he was an Odd
Fellow"
Are there any obligations to protect the
widow or daughters of members growing out
of membership in those orders?'
Phil Thompson objected to this question
and 1t was sustained. !
The cross-examinatiou then took a turn on
the various authors which Colonel breckin-
ridge had read. and he asked what
object Mr.. Butterworth had in view when
he asked the colonel about George Elliott.
COMPARED TO, GEORGE ELLIOTT.
"Well, the plaintiff said" continued Colonel
breckenridge, that she considered the life
George Elliott with Mr.. Lewes a protest
against mawkish isentiHientality concerning
what were often considered improper rela-
tons. and she had rather live as George
Elliott did than to sew on buttons, churn
what strained circumstances on any farm"
you mentioned George Elliott to place the
in the same category with her and
to compare your relations with her to those
Of Lewes with George Elliott?"
''Oh, no; my relations with the plaintiff
were much more improper than those of
Elliott and Lewes." Very coolly.)
In the course of this examination, Colonel
Breckenridge said:
From what l know of the plaintiff and
Of Burns, I don't think it would hurt the
plaintiff to read Burns"
After Colonel Breckenridge had admitted
hat he was in good health at the time of
ais ride with Miss Pollard and had no throat
.rouble or chills, Mr.. Wilson asked whether
t was not a rather unusual proceeding to
select a closed carriage for a drive on a hot
summer evening, to which the colonel re-
,lied: oh, | don't think it was" and the
audience laughed.
When you put your arm around her, had
here been anything done of a suggestive |
We'll, / canno answer that definitely.
There was no particular word or act that
'ould lay my hand on. There was something
that moved me to 1t. IL she had
'eproved me I could not have said, You
nave encouraged me- and yet I would have
'een surprised If she had resented it,"
We'll, when you drew her to you how
ong were you in that position?"
oh, | cannot say"
And was it talked about?"
Nothing was said" daughter and a re-
luke from the judge.
II want to know how long you held her
n your arms?"
The transaction could not be stated as
o tsme; 1t was all one transaction. | took
Ter in my arms, drew her across my lap,
rev her to me. 1t was all one action"
Did you give her any friendly advice on
hat occasion2 -
II did not"
"You were a man of At, and she a girl of
I to PIP"
That was all true. No man in America
ad less excuse for such an action than /,
nth the domestic surroundings | then had.
have attempted to make no excuse
And the fact that she was a young girl
\ school makes IL all the WOrse2h
is PENITENT NOW.
81 cannot frame words too strong to char
cterize it. / have not attempted ID justify
r even defend 1t. and all the hell | have
Uttered since then | have deserved"
Then | understand you to say that the
normity of the act cannot be oveIesti-
lated?"
There is but one punishment which |
ave not deserved, and that is to marry the
oman who was concerned in the act"
''As a lawyer, since you claim you did not
her, will you tell us what you CON
der seduction
~ mean to say j did not seduce her by
of lova o~r5reward; that she did
ut come to me a maiden nor a virgin; that
did not seduce her in the physical sense
lat she came to me a maiden and | left her
herwise, nor in the lower sense that | did
1T offer her money
When they met aeR the train enroute to
exington the next day, Colonel Breckenridge
IN -ha had mt kna1nFMiss Pollard was 10