New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-17
THE RREcKINRIDGE-WING CERTIFICATE
IT WAS FILED IL THE whEAr OF VITAL
STATISTICS Of WEnNESDAf-TliE 'hhH-

NONY APRIL - le"
The belief that Co.onol ". G. . Rre''''lT' 'Se,
81 Kentucky. and Mrs Wing had bon H'rriel
sscre.v previous to the public ceremony Na' iosi-
,iveiv confirmed Yesterday. when stir,h ~ the
records in the Bureau Of vital statistics showed
tina, Colonel Rrecklnrdge had air NY oe'n mar
reI two weeks to Mrs. Wing vh q. "n May l''
1885 he stated to the Superintendent ~ P'lr' IN
Washington that pc intended t. maize NJ io'-
lard his VIII" on May 81
on Wednesday a certificate Of 'tn n'rrlif" vas
received N the bureau. Il was ,han So ID tina, tae
marriage had taken place hpril -. l3& almost
eleven months ago. Under Section So Of the Con-
ISOLATION act the certificate should l"v' t@.n fled
within ten days after the marriage ur'"r yer atty
81 so for )mpliance. Tho t-rtia;a.e 81 owed
that William c. T.. breckenridge. of lexington
Ky nldower. nl,y-nv- years OH. was married
on Arril g. 1893 to Louise r. : Wing widow.
ais, OF Kentucky The marriage was 2t~,3~n"d
hy the Rev. Or. John r. Paxton. AT his home 40.
81 Yves, F)rty-sXth-st. The names of th" witnesses
are Mary l.. Paxton and Eleanor VI. Collier. The
entire certificate win the exception oi ih" ena-
lures 81 ~" bride and the clergyman. is IN the
handwriting II colonel Breckenridge. go Judge by
his signature Th~ envelope n which ;he c"rtid-
cate was iuc.ostI bore these words. II no. Ie-
,,v'r"l in two days: retufn 10 g. +. q, 49, 81
&C.. + r." is Charles + Butler the c,i,roi man
who b. caring ior br. PaNtons house. lie say,
Paxton asking Aim o. s.arch for thc certificate
and - mail IL ., tho Bureau OF vital Statistics,
Af'cr long sclch the paper was found and mailed
10 the Health Board.
Iailer ~ h. "a, his nitais upon the enyeope
In gNpiana,,n OF ID" de!ay in hns iae cgrthc9i~.
i'utl"r saii hat Or Paxton w1s taken lu a. Few
thc Presbyterian Hospital. whore an operation was
whsre he now IS Hutlcr said That the Brctkinriiee
marriage was the last one pr Paxton performed
delay vas 10 druDt due T. an oversight no reason
was gwen I'm the telegram fJr the filing OF the
According to Butler. colonel Erecknrdse made
arrangements win Or Paxton me night h"tore
t. have his intended mirrtag" Kept secret 1ne
ON fb vcnins of Npr - H. ami they were
married at o'clock. IN the front tnrof. There
were other persons present besides The minister
John T Nagic Registrar Of vital Statistics has
written TO Or Paxton. asking him % explain why
he dld not file the certificate al the proper time
and calling his attention To the penalty prescrben
by law.
Washington. March IG.-'rhe news from NewYorlS
that the marriage Of Colonel ". c. =. breckenridge
and Mrs Louise Wing had taken place secretly in
that city April -. last, according To TN" mar
rage certificate. three months before the public
ceremony. was spread about the courtroom where
the breach Of promise case was being tried this
afternoon. and created great interest. Counsel
however. were unable to see what bearing this mar
rage could have on the ease. for testimony has
been given that the engagement OF Colonel Breckin-
ridge and Miss Pollard existed nearly a month
prior 10 the date of the secret marriage as given
In the certificate which has just been filed In New
York. Mrs. Julia &. blackburn. the widow OF Gov
/ crnor Luke Blackburn. OF Kentucky, who testified
In the case on March g. said that on Good Friday
night in 1893 Colonel Brcckuridg" brought Miss
Pollard to her apartments at the Portland in this
city, and presented her as his future wife, asking
Mrs Blackburn to give the young woman her pro-
lection during the engagement. Good Friday IN
1893 March "a. while the secret marriage
/ Is recorded as having taken place April - OF that
year Miss Pollard testified on the witness stand
to-day that ION one OF the last days of August
In 1892 Colonel BrcckinriGge had asked her to
marry him. ami she had consented.
Colonel Breckenridge told by n United Press
reporter that the certificate OF the New-iork mar
ragc had been filed with the Bureau OF vital
Statistics and asked If he would say something
about 1t.
NO haven't anything to say" he said 1T
will all come out later. / must not talk of these
things now-you viii have to wait until go ON the
stand; then you'll hear the whole story. No.
really cant say anything about it
Mr. Soll. of Lexington. one of Colonel Breckn-
ridges counsel, said aughingly. pattng Colonel
Breckenridge on the back:
'Oh. you just wait until get this old fellow
on the stand and then you'll know the truth But
we're keeping quiet just now.
MIR. BRECKINRIDGE'S SECOND MARRIAGE.
Louisville. March lG.-Dr Preston Scott, brother