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were engaged, but the defendant positively
declined.

Inc irst 10 SHOOT
About the last of February, and about
the time he was going to give up his rooms,
as the plaintiff had got into the habit of
coming there at all times, and making it
| intolerable for him to remain there, she
asked him to come to her at Mrs.
Thomas. and talk the matter over. He
went there and she told him that she had
contemplated suicide, and that if he did
not help her she would not let him live.
He told her then that she had won her
fight, Mrs Blackburn had continued to
receive her. He urged he- that it could not
stay won, and that this would be a good
time for her TO go away. Then she went
into the library, and, returning in a few
| minutes, presented to him pistol with a
threat. He was enabled by some ouickness
to seize the pistol and take it from her
He had kept the pistol. and it was the one
she afterwards took from his satchel in
New York, when she attempted to shoot
him at the Hoffman House.
Broke Down and Asked Forgiveness.
After he had taken the pistol she had
revulson of feeling, and broke into hysrer-
ical crying, and declared that she did not
have it in her heart to kill him; that if she
had killed him, she would have killed her
self afterwards. Defendant suggested to her
that he would prefer to have her reverse
| the order and kill herself first. She said
that she did not intend to bear the disgrace
she saw coming; that she would kill her
self first; that if defendant would marry
no one, if he would be content to marry no
one. and their relations continued, she
would be satisfied.
That night she came to his rooms and
left note for him, asking his forgiveness
and stating that she wanted to see him.
he saw her and she showed him letters
and catalogues she had from Cincinnati,
and expressed desire to go there to study
music. He offered then to pay her expenses
II she would go. The conversation they had
then was Very friendly and pleasant. She
expressed Willingness to do what he de-
sired
There was a period then of ten days or
more of entire friendliness. She brought
MN catalogues of various institutions. She
had In the meantime obtained money and
paid her debts, and she had exhibited the
receipts to Mrs. Blackburn She thought
she could go away without a stain on her
character. The defendant thought the prob
lem was solved, and that she would go
away and be comfortable At that time
she took lunch with defendant several
times.
His Call on Mrs. Blackburn
The plaintiff told him that Mrs. Black
burn wished him to call on her. The de-
PENDANT called and told Mrs. Blackburn
that he called because Miss Pollard said
Mrs. Blackburn desired him to, but he
did not know for what purpose Mrs
Blackburn told him what had been said nv
Mrs. Fllette and defendant asked her to
try to persuade the plaintiff to leave
washington, as she was a girl who might
commit imprudences here that would cause
her to be talked about and it would be
better for her If she would leave
The defendant then went away from
Washington and returned to Washington
about the 3lst of March. In the meantime
he had received a telegram from Miss Pol
lard asking him to meet her in Cincinnati
There they had a full conversation, and she
said she had told Mrs. Blackburn that they
were engaged. The defendant said he would
not submit to that and insisted that he
would go directly to Mrs. Blackburn and
tell her that it was not When he re-
turned TO Washington on the 31st of March,
as soon as he arrived ne received word
from her to call at Mrs. Thomas, and he
| called at once.
1t was at that time that he agreed, IL
| she would go away, keep the promises she
| had made, 90 away and break up the rela-
| lions between them, he would put himself
! in the power of Mrs Blackburn and herself,
| and pretend to Mrs. Blackburn that they
were engaged. He had only the choice, he
| told her, of a public scandal or of trusting
her.
Mr. Wilson said that there was no plea
| here that the defendant was coeTced into
;ln engagement. and he could not see on
what other grounds this testimony was
| competent.
| Mr. Butterworth said the purpose vas to
! show that there was no contract CT agree
ment to marriage at all