The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-11


THAT did not happen in that form and
in that connection" he said, and his
answer was substantially the same re-
garding his (Breckinridge's) requests
that Mrs. Blackburn should go to New
York with the plaintiff until they were
married.
II was urging her so far as I could
without exciting her suspicion to get
the young woman out of town. I en-
deavored to leave the impression on her
mind always that we were engaged If
] may use such word / was honestly
endeaVOring to carry out the contract
with Miss Pollard To deceive her, and
| do not blame Mrs. Blackburn for feel
ing a little acerbity."
'Do YOU deny that?' Mr. Wilson de-
manded after reading Mrs. Blackburn's
testimony regarding his description Of
the interest he felt i'm Miss Pollard and
of the standing of her family.
Il have no recollection of that and my
recollection is that it happened i'm a diff
ferent way was the final answer and
later the witness said: Mrs. Blackburn
puts her own construction on my words. ="
in commenting on this part of his testi-
mony.
Reading to him the testimony Of Mrs.
Blackburn that he had told her that he
had never paid the slightest attention
TO Mrs. Wing. but to have ii repeated
that he was engaged to her would
familiarize his family with the idea of
his remarriage and when congress adj
iourned he was going to make arrange
ments for his marriage. MIR. Wilson
asked for the witness recollection on
that point.
Part of that was never said by me
according to my recollection. and part
of it was never said at ALL" was the
answer
Congress had already adjourned. so
hot -.-lrN rrr ron
fuses these conversations. although she
honestly endeavors to repeat them.
An Emphatic Denial.
do you deny that you told Mrs.
Blackburn you were not to marry Mrs.
Wing?"
Il do most emphatically deny that
ever said that. Mrs. Blackburn gets the
different converse lions commingled
cannot remember myself the exact
words of conversations after a few
weeks"
The colonel was sure that Mrs. Black
burn had not told him that she had told
Miss Pollard that if his attention to
Mrs. Wing were as she had represented
he was a villain.
II am sure Mrs. Blackburn did not
use such an offensive word i'm her own
parlor to a visitor. Mrs. Blackburn was
a /
hostess she would not have said such a
thing"
Mr.. Wilson endeavored to pin dowr
the colonel TO a denial of the statement
that he had told Mrs. Blackburn he hac
no love for any other woman than Miss
Pollard and finally secured the answer
81 am sure that no such conversation
occurred"
You do not remember it," said Mr.
Wilson.
We'll I will say that do not recol
lect that such a conversation happened.
Regarding the scene when Miss Pol
lard had asked him to name the day
called him Willie and he had strokeC
her hand affectionately and he said
mo demonstrations before Mrs. Black
burn" He said such a scene did happier
and it was a superb piece of acting.
Further on in the cross-examinatioI
Mr. Wilson asked: Don't you remem
Der that she spoke to you regarding you
relations with colored women?"
I never heard of that until she spok'
of II on the stand
Did you on any occasion visit TIL
plaintiff at Mary McKondie's on Second
ST i'm this city?"
mo. 1 did not never did" will
great emphasis
I'm January. February or March
1882"
II never did. know that that is tn,
place the plaintiff and DR. Parsons hav,
located as the house where the child wa!
born. l know there is woman of tina
name who will be called upon to swea
that 1 was there. ] know that certain
persons have been sent there to train
her as to what she will testify. / neve
was there. 1t is false"
You say certain persons have beer
there to train her. Has anyone beer
there in your behalf?"
my ho,
heard she was 10 be called to testify ant
that she had b,en seen by another wit
ness in this case regarding her test1
mony.'
Did you communicate with the plain
tiff there by advertisements in the Even
ing Star, and did you arrange to hav,
typewriter letters prepared for you
communication with her with some per
son in this city?"
The colonel was strenuous in his de
malls. No such arrangement had beel
made by him or for him to his knowl
edge. and such advertisement, If pub
lished would not convey any information
to his mind.
The Redirect Examination.
With this reply Judge Wilson quietl,
returned the defendant to his own attor
neys for redirect examination.
Mr. Butterworth drew out the colone
on the conversation between himself anC
Miss Pollard regarding their marriage
She had told him, he said, that she haC
no friends that her only intimate cir
friend had gone insane, his wife wa.
dead and there was nothing to proven
him from marrying her. He replied t.
this with some anger, and she had sale
that if he would change his tone sh,
would retire from society, give up tryinl
to go in society and be his mistress, TAX,
care of his room and do his type-writing
He had told her that under the circum
stances she was the last person whC
could do his typewriting. She had in
sisted that she would not leave him
but would go wherever he went Their
they had walked together to a house OF
HIST, which they had been accustomed
to visit. His anger had cooled. He sa
down. She sat on the floor with he
arm on his knee and they talked IA
into the night, she saying that she die
not care If there was a scene there. H,
had told her that after their relation!
he could not marry her: that no mar
could be expected to marry a woman
with whom he had had intercourse un
less he had seduced her.
you know 1 have not seduced you,
and Col. Breckenridge continued: Ssh,
urged me to marry her on account O
those very relations. l said, L can
afford to put Jim Rhodes's mistress
the head of my table She threw III
the window and said she would scream
Just then some one raped at the door
said we were making a great deal o
noise; that my voice was peculiar, anC
there was another member of congress
in the house who might recognize il
naughter. Col. Breckenridge smiled
and continued: II did not care to know
who he was.
This narrative was objected to by Mr.