Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-22

Denial was made Of the allegation
that IN August, 1892, OF at auy other
time, the deien ianJ had promised 30
marry Miss Pollard, us he absolutely
refused her "a sgesll1n IN 1902, that she
70 to Miss Wiilafl's school in Berlin,
aud upon her return he should marry
hers
Ia March, 1893, pressuro was brought
TO bear upon Bfcckiurldge by Miss
Pollard. She was known Intimately
TO Mfs. Blackburn ns an agreeable
young woman from the same state.
There was talk as 20 why Miss = Hard
vac seen 90 much with Colonel Bre0k-
infldge She told him this ana
that she had explained 10 Mfs.
blackburn tnai they were en-.
gagged. He told her u was
his purpose 10 tell Mis-. Blackburn
frankly the relations which had existed
between thom. She implored him 10
not make known their relations, not
10 expose her then, but give her one
more chance TO make place Tor her'
self In the wotli; TO protect her 10 LAT
A. 10 admit OF the engagement 10 MIS-
blackburn, then she would 70 TO New
YORK aud gradually die out Of his liie'
By the aid VI the admission, In that way
she could got out VI his life, out OF MIS-
Biaokburn's life, aud Out Of washing
ton.
"It seems a. though any man might
have seen the danger OF such an ar
faugcment," the lawyer said.
Rpumiug his statement alter tho
noon rocess, Colonel Shelby declared
Miss Pollard hni claimed that her ilf4t
confinement had resulted In a inis.
carriage, and that she never intim.
ated " him that she had n child by
him.
Returning TO the events In Now York
following Colonel Brrokinridgo's mar
rlhge, Mr.. Shelby asserted Miss Pollard
had come TO the Hoffman house, found
that he was stopping there, secured
room next 10 him, aud registered No his
daughter. when Colonel Bfeckinrldge
entered on Monday, May l7th, she had
attempted to shoot him, standing m the
pass gcway between tue two rooms. He
mad slammed the uocr, lilo had threat
onel to have her arrested, ringing f0t n
bell boy, hut on her entrance he had
told her 10 place tue revolver against
his door, close 10 her door, aud he
would have thu boy take tho revolver,
anu In the interview which followed
she had made all sorts % prolesiatlons
AMI promises 20 leave him.
The next day they Lett the Hoffman
| House, Mrs. Blackburn arrived m
New York aud sent for him for con.
sultAliOn about "a lawsuit she was inter.
osloi In, nud incidentally she WAS
asked for Au explanation % tue pres
ence OF himself aud Aii's Pollard In
New YofK, 10 which lac replied he
/ could not give an explanation then.
The circumstances Of Miss P0llafj's
visit 10 the Jefferson Place house,
/ where Colonel Bteckinfiugo's wife was
with him, was explained. 10 was dc.
clafrj that Mr.. ana Mre. Breckenridge
were leaving the loom, because shn
was IN her wrapper When Mics Pol
lars t0iu him she wanted TO eue him
on important business, they went on
.ogelner. Mas Pollard again threat
eugd his lilU on the street Tbs ylsit
10 Major Moore followed.
| Because the day after that interview
| Miss Pollard did DO as shB had agreed,
/ anu did 10 10 Now i1TK, Colonel
| Brockintld Q began TO carry out the
| agreement 10 do what he could Tor hci;
had written her Letters, telling her not
| to 10 what would make Il impossible
| Tor him 10 do what was best for her.
| 10 further force him, she had given
an announcement oil the alleged en-
/ gHgemeut 10 the papeu; had written
MIN that he must renew nis promise In
"A letter, 10 which ho had, OF COURSE,
paid no attention, aud then followed
his public marriage To Mrs. Wing, IN
July.
In such case the character Of the
/ plailtltf was necessarily an issue aud
/ particularly where shu claimed that
| the uUionuant had HeIucbd her. No
man was liable, morally Or legally, for
not doing thing which was moral )
/ impossible. when Miss Pollard m6t
/ Colonel Bfuckinridge rhu was ma.
turUd woman, ut lcst u years old, She
| had denied tue fact OF mock marriage
/ with Alec Julian; hal explained tho
nature OF her attentions with Mt, KO-
| ee.lc, but AiildAvits from these men
wound DO IN evidence that before she
| met Colonel Bfucklnridgo sue had been
seen ht an hHsiguntiOn house. Toe
"Wefsie" Brown letter showed that
| size hEd been ia some sort OF relations
with RO5ello aud others.
Colonel Shelby said tho motive OF
the plaintiil IN bringing the huit must
be considered; that, M stated by the
| plaintiff, it had not teen for money,
nor TO vindlcate her character, when
was necessarily destroyed by the suit,
but for revenge aud ~ destroy the pow.
or Of the defendant.
Again the objection was made that
the attorney was not only attempting
10 state the law, instead OF facts,
hut was stating the law incorrectly.
Mere form did not constitute con.
test.
Mr.. Shelby continued that the sem.
blsnce OF contract was created for
some other purpose. There was merely
tho sembiauce OF n contract; that Miss
Pollard might DO able TO terminate the
relations with the defendant, and with
this the statement closed.
Attorney Stoll, who has been com.
pared 10 Bill Nye In facial contour,
started TO read the deposition Of Slater
Agnes Regina Brown, The deposition
had been taken at the Norwood con-
won't, where the sister had been 10 1856.
She mad seen all the inmates. Some Of
them were veiled when they went on
the street, but mono were yelled from
her. There was one who had been
yelled from the phyticlan who attended
her, but this was In 1854, DepOuent
did not know Madeline Pollard, but
had seen her iiut Ia December 1892,
IN the library next 10 the office, with
Metsrs. Carlisle and Johnson, her at.
torneye, when Miss Pollard hal asked
n tho sister know her. DppJnent
questioned her, but she did not re-.