The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-03-21


was the day following his secret mar
riage. On Sunday night he came to tell
me with a great flush Of triumph that
company had been formed to include
Mr.. Whitney and Mr.. Fairchild and all
the prominent capitalists with CAPT
tai of $50 900, 900 for some sort of
railroad scheme. He was to represent
them and might have to go to Europe
right away; he went out and came
back next day near noon, saying
! Madeline, how soon can you get ready
to marry me? 1 may have to leave
for Europe suddenly. l said Willie,
can marry you right away
After he had gone again, I found
| revolver in his travelling sack and it
awakened my suspicious because he
had told me so many lies. l had tele-
phoned to Mr.. Whitney and Mr.. Fair
child and found that they had not seen
him and did not expect to; l had found
| there was no private carriage where
he said there was one waiting for him.
He acted so queer, too"
Mr.. Butterworth-Did he act as
though he was in his right mind?"
''As much so as he has every day
since then" Naughter). "He acted
so queerly my suspicious were aroused.
| am not surprised now, considering
the position he was in. l was preg
nant then. / said, Are you going to
keep your solemn promise to marry me;
if not I am going to shoot you and
myself with the revolver I found in
your bag He said: My darling, I
am going to marry you and that on the
last of this month. "
With the ViIest, ViIest Lie.
"After that he wrote me a solemn
| letter renewing his promise to marry
me-
Br Butterworth, interrupting, 'Have
you that letter?'
! Miss Pollard raised her arm impress
sively, while every man in court leaned
! forward to catch her reply.
/ He took it away from me" she
said, ION the 18th day of May, with the
vilest, vilest lie"
After the letter was written and be-
fore the 18th day Of May, Miss Pollard
continued, Colonel Breckenridge had
sent her flowers; had talked to her of
their future married life together.
Speaking of this meeting. she said,
pointing her finger directly at the
White-haired congressman sitting with
his head bowed on his breast and the
eyes Of the room full of men upon
him:
Il think 1 saw something near look
of pity on his face that day, more So,
than [ had ever seen before. l think
he had a, conscience that day, and was
did you and he ever have any
scenes before these unfortunate occur
renceS?". asked Mr.. ButterWorth.
Life could not be altogether pleas
ant with any one living with Colonel
Breckenridge. People had sent me an
anonymous letters telling of his relations
with negro women" Naughter).
Willie, why Tell All These Things
i Mr.. Butterworth then veered around
his cross questioning to the visits of
Miss Pollard and Colonel Breckenridge
to the office of the Washington chief
of police. Miss Pollard's story of these
visits differ in minor details from the
tale of Major Moore and was in great
er elaboration. She had gone to the
house in Jefferson place where Mr.
Breckenridge was stopping with Mrs
Wing. She strobe into the room where
they We're and both of them covered
behind the door. Reproducing the i'm
perative tone in which she had spoken
Miss Pollard continued:
Il said to him. Come with me, will
you? and he came"
This recital evoked a shout Of laugh
ter.
Colonel Breckinridge had seated him
self in a chair in Major Moore's office
removed his hat, and hopping his
, brow. preached the major with this in
PRODUCTION: Major, this is one of the
tragedies Of life" Then he proceeded
| to announce: There is a probability
this young woman will shoot me. She
, threatens to take my life
Major Moore demonstrated that i
could not be so bad, as Colonel Breck
inridge had told him then that he hat
, been intimate with her, and that she
had borne him two children.
She had demonstrated with him, say
: ing: Willie, why is it necessary t
tell all these things?" He had step
ped over to her to put his arm around
, and quiet her and had then repeated
his remark to the chief,
? Major, this is one of the Tragedies
of life
This characteristic remark reproduc
ed in the original manner raised anoth
er laugh.
After their second visit Colone
, Breckenridge had discovered the revol
yer she carried. He had suggested tina
, the major give it to her as a Weddin.
: present. She thought her recollection
of these points should be more accu
> rate than his because the interview hat
= been of much greater Importance t
her.
Z Loved Him for Nine Years.
r Then Mr.. Butterworth turned hi.
: questions to a direction designed t
. SHOW MISS tOltdTQ ucu DSlO COlOne
s Breckenridge under d reign of terror
r did he not generally come whel
you called?" he asked.
e She said, on the contrary, she hac
: always obeyed his slightest wish be
cause she had trusted him and love;
i him dearly through those nine years.
Had not Colonel Breckenridge cftel
q endeavored to break off the relation
with her? Mr.. Butterworth asked, an,
e had he not promised to get $125 pe