Evening star., 1894-04-04


| The Marriage Certificate.
Mr.. Wilson then asked if, so far as that
! was concerned, there was any impediment
this was only the small dust in the bal
ance. There never was, he repeated, in
answer to a question, any contract OF mar
| riage or engagement between them.
The Arrangement Between Them.
Mr.. Wilson then asked what the arrange
ment was between them. He said that
there was no understanding that they
should have the semblance of an engage
ment, or an appearance of an engagement,
except to one person, and that was Mrs.
Blackburn. On the 18th of May there was
an agreement that they should go to Maj.
Moore and make a certain statement agreed
upon. The agreement as to a semblance of
an engagement related to Mrs. Blackburn.
The agreement in going to Maj. Moore was
only that he should make certain state
ment, and not that they should assume
there a semblance of an engagement AS
to Maj. Moore, the agreement respecting
Maj. Moore, there was nothing as to their
dying out of each others lives. for the rea-
son that he had been informed by her on
the 18th of May of her condition. and he
had determined to take care of her and of
the child, if IL was born at the proper time.
The witness said they went to Mrs. Black
burn not solely for the purpose of deceiving
Mrs Blackburn. Their purpose was to sep
arate this woman and Mrs. Blackburn and
to get this woman out of Washington. In
order to do that he had agreed to this de-
ception. He denied that he had asked Mrs.
Blackb burn to take this woman under her
charge for the summer. He said his recol-
lection and Mrs. Blackburn though both
were probably honestly trying to testify
correctly according to their memories, disa-
greed.
He said he had seen Mrs. Blackburn after
that, he thought, two or three times and had
spoken to her of the matter. The agreement
L. -sNl, H.
to go to New York and the relations be-
tween them were to be permanently sus
pended. The defendant went to New York
April 20. He understood plaintiff arrived
there the night after, went to the Hoffman
House and represented herself as his daugh-
ter. The Doth of April was the night lie was
married.
His Marriage Certificate.
Here Mr.. Wilson handed the defendant
paper which he said was a marriage certifi-
cate. The witness said he filled out the GER
tifcate There were signatures on it and
dates that were not in his handwriting.
These signatures were those of DR.. Paxton,
his present wife and the witnesses of the
marriage. The defendant said he had been
married twice before that.
Then" asked Mr.. Wilson, "why do you
write in this that 1t was your second mar
riage?"
When 1 started to write that" said Mr..
Breckenridge, II asked If I should write
there all my family history, and DR.. Pax
ton asked If had been married before. and
upon my saying yes he said to write
then that this was my second marriage
| The witness, going on. described the co l.
versation further, stating that he told DIR.
Paxton that this was his Cousins second
| marriage and his third.
did you make any request of DR.. Paxton
to keep this marriage secret?'
"I did
Did you request him not to put this GER
| tificate on record2"
Il cannot recollect about that 1 asked
him If he would not keep this quiet until
| fall"
"WheH did your public marriage take
place."
"The 18th of July, following"
did You not then telegraph to DR..
Paxton to suppress this record?"
Il did not said Mr.. Breckinridgc "I
think 1 wrote to DR.. Paxton and asked him
to suspend the announcement of the
marriage for the reasons 1 had given him
at the time of the marriage"
Il believe you gave those reasons" said
Mr.. Wilson, in your examination in chief"
Il did not" said the witness Mr.
Wilson, however did not ask for the
went after the marriage.
we went" said Mr.. Breckenridge, "to
hotel on the European plan, at 18th and
Broadway-the Logerot-"
Registered Under n False Name.
Did you register there under your right
name?'
I'VE registered" said Mr.. Breckinridge
under the name of VIM. Campbell and
wife"
! And where did VIM. Campbell purport
TO come from?" asked Mr.. Wilson.
Il do not now recall. The name of VIM.
Campbell was one of my middle names"
| MI Wilson then returned to the defend
| ants account of the first interview ne had
/ with Mrs. Blackburn in Miss Pollard q
presence, when the engagement was an
nnrlnRh6 a nd NTr r;,,-
/ in his direct examination, given the SUBJ
/ stance. so far as he could recollect, of all
/ that was said between them about his re-
/ lations with Miss Pollard
/ Mr.. Wilson then quoted from Mrs
| Blackburn's account of the interview.
I Mr. BrecktnridSe said that the form in
which he put 1t was that he had decided
I to give the plaintiff the protection of his
/ name, and what he said about Mrs Black
/ burns protection had reference to the
| past, and was an expression of gratitude
| for what Mrs. Blackburn had done. He
| had no recollection whatever of saying in
| substance that he would marry the plaintiff
! as soon as a sufficient time had ELAPSED
! after his wife's death.
burn.
| He did intend to COZ vey the idea that he
was engaged, and to leave her under that
/ impress ion, but he could not recall any
reference made by him to his former wife
He thought Mrs. Blackburn had confused
this conversation with one held by him
self with Mrs. Blackburn by the defendant
on subsequent occasion. The defendant
did not recall having in that conversation
asked Mrs. Blackburn if she did not think
he was doing an absurd thing, on account
OF the disparity in their ages. AS to this
matter also, 1t his belief that Mrs
/ Blackburn had got a subsequent interview
confused with this. As to Mrs. Blackburn S
statement that defendant said that he was
between thirty and thirty-one years older
| than the PLAINTIFF. the defendant said that
his impression was that in this matter Mrs
Black burn had confused with his some