New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-31

saws. broke her engagement with Rankin Resell lie
also denied statements made by sarah Cess siN
| Ing mat he ana Miss Pollard went 10 the Cess
womans house without ARRANGEMENT. sar e ST Geg
! at any time TO her testfyng in TINS SUIT
COZ GOOD MORAL CHARACTER"
Colonel Rreckinridge said he had indoraed the ap-
plications for the plaintiff for position in the C'VIi
! Service The plaintiff. without his knowledge hdd
procured a position as a teacher in the Academy on
observation-disclosures in 1890 ana late IN the year she
Ciyii Service which he indorsed 1t his impress
sion that she failed at that examination and as soon
| for her These applications were produced ana
! ienincd by the defendant Judge Wilson had Coo
fore a notary public as to Miss Pollards qualiica-
lions for office. Two OF the questions ana answers
f. Is the applicant a person of good moral char
acter and good repute?
80 Would you Yourself intrust the applicant with
the transaction of your business?
IN these applications the date Of Mis-; r2llqr r,
terworth asked how il wa h. came L. crr''lH ID
her age on that basis when he claims she Is mncs
older. Colonel Brecknridge said the statement OF
her age made no impression ON him at all ,,,r
Colonel BRECKENRIDGE then told OF cohF'isi u
| the election booth CHE day following the Non
day Miss Pollard and the detsnd1ni t n"i Rrcc
iarldge's office Mr. Rodes stated that h. had been
i'm bad eft he cy. and that Brecnrige hal
been there the day before to see hsr iie rchlarkeu
mat M ~, w m,Trv bGr Her edGcntom had cost him
| a good deal and he In debt. ana coud n'i
becoms very anxious as to whether she Intended
10 carry ont her part Of the arrangement; .,,ros.
an the course OF the conversations me witness
went on, which was a long one, ne san WIN en-
phasls tina, he ough, to marry herrhe not only
MARI her lie had known her people, and va
very much in love with her ana he did ln'ehi To-
Dd " Roles hat there was s a9y5ps MAIN m
bero sk.i Major ButferWDrin.
Il object 10 that" said Judge Wilson
~ e oil ne to l' thai. TO-" SAID Julgs Wilson who
Immediately and remarked That inns vim
could tell in such detail what Rodes said to nm ne
said TO the plaintiff.
OUGHT TO MARRY ROBES.
Colonel Breckenridge said he would be glad Ia
comply with this request. Il told the paintn fire.
quenty" he said, that she certainly was bound IN
gratitude and by a nearer tie to marry Mt hodeS
| and that she ought 10 marry him
Miss Pollard created a scene at this point. She
rose in her chair and tried shake off Mr. Carlisle
when he attempted to pun her DOWN y;c i Ig s ~
very loud. but loud enough to be heard 'nroas
out the courtroom, Il say he .., never dN lie
''s-h-h." said Mr.. Carlisle, ,..,,...
Keep quiet, Miss Pollard" said Judge Bradley
Colone; breckenridge watched the littig scene seen,
coolly and calmly. and when Miss Pollard mad s-tt.e
down he repeated what he testified he h4d S''4 ~
AS 10 the statement ABOUT bOIhS ~
! with the plaintiff 10 see the naval review in May
1888 Colonel Breckenridge said he had declined ~
and the request OF the paintin he had turned
| over to her the tickets he had received. ,.,
In answer to a question as 10 whether ne ma
! proposed marriage to the plaintiff in August lssz
| he said that there had been no meeting between
Colonel reckinriige told of the srrangeme4t, ne he
claims to haye maae for v ie Wo MSS Win pary
Of young ladies Of good family. which she toil nm
| he he
| to become my wife. ! again refused, ana the ma L
Hoffman House in Ncw-York. Win bundle Of
letters begging her To- g Berlin with the Willard
! month for her expenses exclusive OF what 1t would
cost 10 get her there she came BACK me mex.
| my afianced wife and refused TO listen To- any
such proposal. We parted win graf cIviLy IN
| tween US He SAID that few days later she
to my house in cab ana Dessed me e nTt 10
| her a fend or a devil We talked awhile, and then
| said You know marriage is an imPossibili'y De
| tween US She drove away in the cab
| existence of an engagement between the plainlit
aud himself I'm the Washington papers in May last
by reading from her at he time threatening
him with exposure unless he married her. WIN
| Francis that ne had overheard Colonel Breckin-
ridge tell Miss Pollard that he was sorry Mr. Fran
els knew Of their engagement the witness said:
| s.Of c1urse there was such conversation with
the plaintiff about our engagement for the reason
| that no Such engagement eAIS'tu.
| FORERINNERs OF THE SCANDAL.
The witness told Of one little incident in the
mttee room Of the Appropriations Committee Of
the House Of Representatives. Miss Pollard he said.
| had come 10 him late in the month of February.
, 1893 in a state Of great excitement and alarm.
| She said Mrs. Backburns sister Mrs. Zane. had
| been told by Mrs. Fillette something about the
plaintiff. the substance Of which was that Mrs.
| Fillette had told scandal about her which had
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! burn The defendant advised the plaintiff to bring
Mrs Blackburn and Mrs. Fillette face TO face or
to leave town until the scandal died out This
is just what / have always expected, | said.
and you had better 20 away. as YOU nave often
allow the scandal TO fall upon her alone she would
kill herself. and had provided pistol for the pur-
pose. made Hight Of that. and she under my
advice. went to see Mrs. Blackburn a second time.
| for the purpose Of inducing Mrs. Blackburn to go
day or two afterward that she and Mrs Black
burn had gone Mrs Fette. and that Mrs.
Fillette had stated that the charges she made did
not affect the chastity OF the plaintiff but that she
extremely imprudent. She had invited "A gen
ont her consent during her absence when only
The servants were in the h%nse and had stayed
further stated that she had imprudent, II not i'm
proper, associations and that nobody knew how she
lived saying, In connection with that that she.
was understood to be an adventures.
1.-The plSnn Wanted me to maxi such state
Blackburn In standing by her. which l refused. I
tiff and Mrs. Blackburn together. and positively
declined TO anything to Mrs. Blackburn. on
OF the last days In February, or perhaps the
first days OF March, the plaintiff asked me to 90
with her to Mrs. Thomas's and there she said that
she had intended to commit suicide. She went out
OF the room and came back I'm a few minutes and
with a threat of death presented at me pistol.
which. by qulckness. was enabled to take
away from her before she could shoot She
said she intended that. II l DID not marry her
night she came TO my house with young man. and
placed in my hands note expressing regret for
Colonel Breckenridge then told OF conversations
with the plaintiff 10 arrangements for Miss Pol
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