Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-31
.DHIPIER NUMBER TWO.
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.A properly on aSelgnlLlolt asked NE,
Butterworth
son the llth Of October I met her 10
house in Cincinnati. She came from
lhe western part Of the State and from
she east I met her at she Grand Cen
tral depot TO the morning and we
WENT TO MRS. ROSES HOUSE
where we were some time. went out
0n business ana returning after supper
remained several hours. L returned %
Lexington the next morning and she
went there by another train"
"Did you present her any money"
'l paid the expenses whatever they
we're"
The Congressman was able 20 FIX that
date because there was a great Repu0-
lican meeting that night at which John
A. Logan spoke.
'You did not have the advantage Of
attending the Republican meeting?'
said Mr.. Butterworth.
cit might have been an advantage 20
me 20 attend a Republican meeting. /
saw the plaintiff occasionally, but not
frequently" continued the colonel.
During the months OF November and
December, 1854, and January, 1855.
saw her TO- both senses, on the street
aud 90 the house have spoken Of. After
the 4th OF March i was Ia Washington
several days 90 introduce 90 the Presi-
dent some gentlemen who we're willing
90 serve their country. Ny wiie's
mother was 10 poor health and i return
ed on her account She died on the
oath of March. The first time I ever
had any information from the plaintiff
that she had been pregnant was in the
summer Of 1857. The first time / ever
heard that her pregnancy had carried
her 60 Cincinnati was in the fall OF
1892, when she desired me 20 obtain an
office for a lady on the ground that her
brother had been her physician on that
occasion.
"When did you learn that she was
pregnant on that occasion by yOu?'
That was in the summer or 1887,
when she first told me OF her preg-
nancy"
"Did she tell you the result Of ito"
''Her Information 20 me was that 70
had been
A LEGITIMATE MISCARRIAGE,
not an improper miscarriage; thatlt had
occurred with her mothers knowledge,
under her mothers supervision; that it
was through her mother that loss Of
character had been avoided and secrecy
secured"
During this passage Miss Poilard's
friends had great trouble in preventing
her from making an outcrY.
Mr.. ButterWorJh continued: Chow
often did you see the plaintiff in the
fall of 1ss5?'
Occasionally, but not often. How
often cannot say
Describing his movements In 1855,
Col. Breckenridge spoke OF his COnneC-
tion with the Morrison bin in Congress.
q barbecue sven him by his cOnstit-
uents, and his attendance upon Con-
federate reunions. 'I am unable 20 re-
call siRgle instance when saw the
plaintiff in the year 1856, " be continued,
and then telling how be had happened
90 stop at Miss HOyt's in Lexington,
where Miss Pollard boarded, be said
tFsf the noise at the Phoenix Hotel
liant him awake az night, and that a
friend had recommended that boarding
house to him as quiet place. The fact
that Miss Pollard was stopping there
had nothing whatever" 90 do with the
change. he was receiving large mail
OF daily papers with some books, part
OF which be turned over to the esJim-
able old ladies, 20 Miss Pollard aud %
another young lady there. lie did not
advise her concerning her reading.
During that time were there any .m-
proper relations between you?'
None whatever. We met just az
met the other ladies. There was no
suggestion by word or syllable that inn
proper relations had ever existed be-
tween us"
"The plaintiff has said that it was on
account Of your opportunities she came
30 Washington. How is that?'
81 did everything I could do 20 pre-
vent her" said the Colonel impressively,
and 20
PREVENT AN OPEN BREACH
and scandal"
"Where did you first learn OF her pur-
nose OF coming 90 Washington Mr..
ButterWorth inquired.
'In Lexington" replied the witness.
"FrOm WhOm?"
''From the plaintiff
"When was that?"
"About the third or fourth week In
August"
cup 70 this time had there been re-
sumption OF your improper relations
asked Mr.. Butterworth.
"None whatever" was the reply, and
in answer 90 a question as 60 whether
thev met frequently, he said that be
had seen her occasionally in the sense
OF meeting her on the street COnt.nu-
fng. COL Breckenridge said: after my
return TO Lexington from NichOlasville,
cur relations we're resumed and / met
her at the same house as before to the
latter part Of July, 1SSS It was after
the accident Co which she was thrown
from her horse. Soon aiterward she
came 10 me and said she had made up
her mind TO leave Lexington, because
she could get no employment there aud
because she was pursued by gossip
about her relations with Rhodes. She
said she had consulted Senator Beck
about coming to Washington and that
he had said that 10 was not good plan 90
come % Washington; 10 was the worst
place for a young woman 90 come.
protested against her coming. She said
one morning that 10 was absolutely nee
essary for me 20 see her and ] met her
that night when she said she feared she
was pregnant; that 10 was not az all
matter Of certainty, but ~ she was so
there was nothing else left for her 20 do
but 20 somewhere.
"StoD there, interrupted Mr. Butter
worth "Did she say the pregnancy was
By yOu?"
"Of course. The conversation
WAS EXCEEDINGLY UNPLEASANT.