The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-03

vost wexo Improper relations,
sna saad she vould rather live - Georrs
lion oid than ~ on buttons, ehu-n bat
yer ana live the life Of . woman ia some
.' ssfsifensd circumstances On . Ksn-
tucky farm"
fou mentioned George Eliot 10 pla,s
shs psasntin In the same category With her
sna 20 compare your relations With her 70
'noss Of Lssss with Gsorg Esios7"
On. no; my resasions with piairtsR
.sfs much more improper with her than
.aose Of Eliot and Lsves." very cooily.
~ the Course Of this examination Col.
hsscxinridge continued: From what I
FROG Of plaintiff and what know of
Burns do not think IL hurt plaintiff to
read Burma"
After the colonel had admitted that he
Vas Ia COED health on the night of h.s
hrst ride With Miss Pollard aud had no
throat trouble or chiiis, NJ. Wilson asked
whether IL VAS not . rather unusual pro-
eeeoing 10 select closed carriage for
drIvs on hot summer evening, 10 which
the colonel replied that he did not think
ii WAS.
When you put your arm around her.
nsd there been anything Of suggestive
natureg"
well. cannot answer that definitely.
There was no particular word or scs that
could lay my hand on. There vas Just
something Internally that moved me. II
sue had reproved me I could not have
SAID You encouraged me- and ret would
nave been surprised II she had re-
scented IL.
We'll, then. you drew her to you. and
how long were you In that position p
oh. cannot say"
And what vas talked abouts"
Nothing Was said" daughter and .
reonks from the judge
Il want to know how long you held her
In your arms."
The Transaction could not Be stated A
to time. IL was oil one transaction.
took her in my arms. drew her across my
lap. drew her 70 me. IL Vas all one &C.
tion."
did you give any friendly advics on
that occasionf"
II did not"
"You were . man Of q and she girl of
IL to IL"
That WAS all true and much more. No
man in America had less excuse for such
an action than / with the domestic sur
roundings then had. have attempted
to make no excuse for it. 1t just hap
pened so.'
And the fact that she was young girl
in school makes it ali the worse
you cannot frame words too strong TO
characterize It have not attem pied to
| justify or even defend 1t, and all the he'll
| have suffered since then / have de-
served"
Then I understand you to say the
enormity Of the act cannot be ovsresti-
mated7"
There 10 but one punishment which
have not deserved. and that Is TO marry
the woman who was concerned with me
| In the act.''
AS q lawyer. since you claim you did
not seducs her. will you tell US what you
consider seduction7"
II mean to say I did not seduce her by
any protsstations OF love or reward; that
she did not come to me - . maiden nor q
virgin; that did not seduce her in the
| physical sense that she came to me .
maiden and | left her other wise. nor in
the lower sense that ! did not offer her
| money"
| When they met on the train to Lexing-
ton the next day. Col. Breckenridge said,
he had not known Miss Pollard was 70 be
on the train. and supposed she could
not know he Was there. Describing
the interview on the train the colonel
said: II suggested to her that If she
| stayed over In Lexington would she not
| meet me. and I asked if there was any
place she could go. She said she could 60
| to Sarah Guess house, and with some
surprise. l asked: What do you know
| about Sarah Guess?' She said Mr.
Rhodes had once tried to get her TO GO
there with him. and she had gone as far
As the gate, but refused to so in.''
Nothing had been said about your
meeting the night befors?"
Nothing had been really said, only
| when We met there was some sort Of in
definite look. something more than for.
NAL recognition"
| ner and returning to the assignation
Miss Pollard had known tho way
| to the house." the colonel continued,
| and then. in response to questions
as 20 his going home To din
house, he responded. IL did. / did," with
bowed head.
| After going over to tho house Of Sarah
Guess on Sunday the lawyer asked If
| BrecEinridge had taken Miss Pollard to
| the house of Miss Rose jim Cincinnati W hen
they went there. he replying: II want to
| be candid and will say frankly did not
| take her there in the sense of going on
| the same train, but we had made
arrangements to go to Lexington" This
/ was in October. The colonel had known
Miss Rose in Louisville when she kept a
cigar store. but not In an improper way.
| and under circumstances involving an
other person. in his capacity as an attor-
| new. Il had met her on the street, We had
| shaken hands, and she knew | knew GER
tain things about her which had OBJ
tanned professionally. and she gave me her
| card"
About eighteen months before"
| "And YOU kept her card all that time :"
.'So. knew her name and looked IL up
| in the directory"
"How long were you there that dayf
perhaps half hour, maybe an hour"
"was tina. the only time you Two were
sheres"
81 guess not"
How many timssf'
Perhaps four or six times during the
| two years"
Later, in speaking OF his visits at Sarah
| Guess he said; Every arrangement, as
| | retnem her il, for us to meet was acct
| asntally made. When We went to Sarah
| Guess there Was never ANY agreement 10
| meet there az any future time. but We
| would meet on the streets and from these
| accidental meetings would come arrange
ments to visit Sarah Guess"
From whom would the solicitations to