Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-03


under which he had written them. ara
how he was travelling about during May
and June. He said he was opposed to her
going 10 "a sanitarlum. She suggested
santarium and the other plan OF making
herself comfortable somewhere outside o.
a Sanitarium The defendant thought IL
would bc best for her outside, as to 20
10 sanItarium would involve her remain
Ing there for six months or more. on
June !, 1893. he wrote from the Gait
House, at Nashville, stating that II was
his intention TO do the best he could for
her. and urging her not by her conduct
to make IT impossible for him TO do SO.
The next letter was written June 18th at
Lexington. 1t stated that IL haC been i'm
possible for him TO leave Lexington; that
ne thought II was best he should not be
In Washington, and that he was about
TO leave TO meet engagements In several
places. and could not be In Washington
Tor some days The next day he sent
dispatch stating that he would leave Lex
ington that night. There were other dis
patches, and on June 9th he wrote again
stating he had written a friend In Wash
lngton to 20 TO see her. and see what she
needed. and he had written that she had
gone from Washington for the summer.
In this he said IT was impossible for him
10 go 10 Charlottesville or for her TO
come 10 Lexington. and again urged her
not to make II impossible for him TO
carry out their agreement.
W bile In Louisville he said he had re-
ceived letter from his son. inclosing an
extract from a Cincinnati paper, an
houncing the engagement between himself
ana plaint0. lie went next day TO Lex
IhSton. and was met on the street by
some one, who asked him II the announce
ment was true. He said IL was not, and
1t was impossible that such relations could
exist between them.
DENIAL OF ENGAGEMENT
That denial was published in the Gazette
ana was largely copied In other papers.
she thereupon wrote him several letters
asking him If he had authorized this de-
mai and threatening to make publication
OF all their relations, and threatening to
come TO Lexington.
Inc defendant said that on June 22d
ne had written Major Moore. stating
mat she had been writing. making
threats sc There is no reason, he said
IN this letter why she should destroy
herself. He asked him (Major Moore to
see her and induce her to so act as TO
preserve her reputation. He asked Major
Moore 10 see her He nclosed in this
a briefcr note to show Miss Pollard.
Tho defendant said he had mean while
received several letters from the plaintiff,
one Of them proposing that she would
come 10 Lexington and see the defend
ants daughter tell her ALL and leave the
matter to her arbtrament. He wrote
again to Major Moore a letter similar 10
the first. Monday. the nth Of july, he
received, at Lexington. another letter
from her Of the same general character.
lie handed the letter to "A friend about
he 4 D. a 9
Major T. B. Johnson and w. Y. Nc
Chesney, Of Lexington. to come to Wash
ington and see Major Moore and the
plaintiff. lie had 10 knowledge then, he
said. that the plaintiff had suffered a
miscarriage. Whatever occurred. he
thought, did not relieve him from the
duty Of taking care OF the plaintiff, and
so he had sent the gentlemen named TO
Washing ton. and had given them Il letter
OF introduction 10 Major Moore, stating
that they could be trusted, and also say
ing il was their desire to avoid public
scandal. He placed in their hands n
check for 800, 10 be used by them in
providing for the comfort Of the plaintiff.
Tho check was returned To the defendant.
ana then hc did not do anything further.
lie came here the 9Th Of August. and
then learned from the suit she had filed
that she had suffered miscarriage and
this relieved him from further obligation
To- contribute to her support
The defendant was here asked by Mr..
ButterwOrth IL he had had improper re-
latiOns with the plaintiff after April 29th.
the date Of his marriage. The defendant
denied this with emphasis. 1T is abso-
lutely false" he said. He denied that he
had ever had such relations with the
plaintiff after he returned TO Washing
ton. March 3lst. lie had no such rCla-
tions with her on that day or even after.
The arrangement made prior 10 his going
10 Mrs BlaCkhurns g was that their rela-
tiOnS should terminate; nat she was 10
leave Washington; that her relations with
Mrs. blackburn should die out gradually,
and that he should support her Jntil she
could get some honorable employment"
The witness was then questioned as to
Miss Pollard's government employment.
and told of her employment in the Cen
sus Bureau. lie had. he said given her
the run Of the Congressional Library.
He had no recollection OF ever giving the
plaintiff any advice about her studies
before she came TO Washington. She was
sngularly deficient In rudimentary edu-
cation for a woman Of her somewhat re-
markedly extensive reading. lie had ad-
viscd her 10 give some attention TO these
studies. 10 arithmetic ana other rudi-
mentary branches. He did not know
he said what books she got from the
Congressional Library. she used to send
the list 10 him, and he would give II
to "a page, who would get the books, and
he would send them out TO her without
paying any particular attention 10 what
the books were.
At this point it was few minutes 10
Z O'Clock Mr. Butterworth said he
thought he was through with the eXami-
nation. but there might be two or three
more questions he would like To ask after
he had reviewed He asked. therefore,
that the recess be taken at that time,
as he thought ii would save time. So,
as Mr. Wilson assented. the court took a
recess until l2:46 o'clock
Miss Pollard became very much excited
during Colonel Breckinrige's recital. and
occasionally turned TO Mr.. Carlisle as If
appealing 10 him not to allow the state
ments Of the witness to go unchallenged.
She was very nervous all the morning.
and frequently on the verge Of tears
ONCE A NEWSPAPER-MAN.
After the recess. Judge Wilson began
his cross-examination OF Colonel Breckin-
ridge by asking rs to his early education
and social advantages This brought out
that defendant had edited newspaper
two years; that he had never been in
Volved In financial or other difficulties {;
that he was a Presbyterian to the extent
of being borne on the rolls of the church !,
and that he was nomnally member Of
the Board Of Directors of Sayre lnstiUt te
at Lexington while Miss Pollard attended
| that school
Major Butterworth interrupted the eX-
| animation to have Colonel Breckenridge
| correct his statement that a Miss Pollard
| had lived at the Academy Of the Vista
| ton in this city The witness said 1t
| was the Academy of the Holy Cross, on
Massachusetts, avenue.
ANOTHER DUBIOUS LETTER.
The trial of the case was adjourned
until tomorrow AT the most interesting
| involving an alleged letter addressed MY
| Dear Louise" which the plaintiffs coun-
| sci will try TO prove was written In 1886,
| at a time when, according to his testi-
mony, Colonel Breckenridge suspended his
relations with the plaintiff, and did not
| know hcr whereabouts
The interest in this second dubious
letter introduced in the case centres in
! the name Louise" Miss Pollard AYERS
| that she went TO Cincinnati in February.
| 1855. and in June of that year became Il
! mother at ST. Josephs Asylum. at
| Norwood, near Cincinnati, and that after
| leaving the asylum she went 10 the house
~ "A DhVsiciau under the assumed name