The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-05

monh OF such relation, which was car
ried out not eoldy or bru,ally."
There were no expressions OF love OF
her partY'
~ would not say that. shc was Al
times very dcmOnBtrasiye, at tlmel
otherwise"
Your relations were those Of lus
rather than lover
81 would not say that, for we mo
often at times when Illicit inter
course was I'm possible. She was young
woman OF collo9uial talents, sprl2htly
and interesting"
Again Mr.. Wilson led the Colonel tc
repeat the distinction he drcw between
tho injury to tho young man and thu
obstruction OF q young woman from
Illicit relations.
"And do you think" no asked, "tha'
man is under obligations to prevent
the destruction OF young woman? 2"
Most assuredly do. and II he doel
not he should be punished. / have had
my punishment and am trying TO take
iiwithout complaint"
THAT sENBLAScE OF A CONTRACT.
Then Mr.. Wilson got his affirmative
. answers 10 the questions that Miss Pol!
lard did associate with the best iamiic.
OF Kentucky in the city, had lived in
houses OF the highest responsibility and
was brilliant young woman.
Your relations were carefully con-
lAI nff hn,
there were no impediments in that d.
rection?"
Eve had .endeavorcd 10 conceal them,
but they were given 10 several people. u
There was never from yon any pro.
posal Of marriageY
Never under any circumstances
most emphatically."
Then 1t was understood that you
3 were to carry out the semblance OF n
marriage contract which you both I'm.
derstood was never to be fulilicd?"
There was Il semblancc Of contrac.
TO DO cartiep out before only one living
person and that person was Mira. Gov
ernos Blackburn" After more fencing
the colonel stated that the contract be.
fore Mrs. Blackburn had been made to
enable Miss Pollard to die out Of his
life aud separate from Mrs blackburn.
And with view to enabling her to
die gu. OF your lie and Mrs. Black
burns you took her to Mrs. Blackburn
AID said you would place her under
Mrs. Blackburn's care?"
81 did not, Ny recollection and the
recollection OF Mrs. Blackburn upon
s,lt lInr -, -
my words" He denied that he had
caressed Miss Pollard in Mrs. Black.
burns presence.
In further cro7s-examination Mr..
Wilson brought out the fact that in
filling out the certificate of marriage Of
Mrs. Wing to Colonel Breckenridge il
was made TO appear that the marriage
was the coloners second, whereas it was
really his third.
OF DELICATE GROUND.
aIr. Wilson then read the direct tea,i
mony Of the colonel regarding the frs,
interview with Mrs. Blackburn, upor
which the colonel commented that he
had told the whole truth about it
Z Then Mrs. Blackburn's testimony was
read, and Mr.. Wilson asked him il il
had occurred, to which the colonel re
piled that she had recollected different
Z ly from the way he had said it that she
had construed his expressions OF graft
tude for what she had done in tho pas
into requests for her protection in the
future.
'.Do you deny?" asked Mr.Wilson
shat you said to Mrs. Blackburn 1 in
tend to marry this young woman when
sufficient time las elapsed after the
death OF my wife?"
MY recollection is that nothing va:
said about my wife in that interview
Mrs. Blackburn seems to have confused
( that with subsequent interview"
All OF Mrs. Blackburn's statements
being read to him categoricaliv, the
colonel said that Mrs. Blackburn's recol
lection differed on all those points from
his own.
Z Il am sure have no recollection O
4 that" he said, when confronted with
Mrs. Blackburn's statement that he was
giving poor return Tor all the devotion
7 OF his wife.
II deny that that occurred in thai
way and in that connection" was hi:
answer when Mr.. Wilson pinned him
down to z direct statement regarding
his story to Mrs. Blackburn, that, be
ing man OF honor, he had been
obliged to propose marriage to Mis-:
Pollard on discovering her feelings to
i ward him.