Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-30

made hot by the gaslights. So told the
! driver to turn to the left"
| Were the windows of the carriage
open or shul?"
"They were open," replied the
Colonel.
"After we had driven some distance, ;"
he said, 'and she was talking at some
length about her desire to 60 into
journalism, to be an authoress, and we
had spoken of George Eliot. she took
off her hat and put it on the front seat.
[ put my arm around her. There were
no protestations on my part no offer
OF love. What occurred, occurred in
the natural way. put my arm around
her and drew her to me. There was
no outcry by her; no resistance"
Gust case of illicit love-" broke in
Mr.. Butterworth.
"That was it, Butterworth. /, n
man, she woman; human, both of u.s."
Continuing "That was going out.
Going back there was hardly word
spoken until we got close to the city,"
Adjourn the court" shouted Judge
Bradley, who had sat through the mar
rative with his head averted and eyes
closed, and the court adjourned.
TO.DAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Congressman Breckenridge continued
his testimony 10 the Circuit Court to-
day. Maj. Butterworth started pro-
ceedings by showing the defendant the
little basket which the plaintiff claims
was given her by Col. Breckenridge
with the remark, Madeline, this was
Issy's (meaning his dead wife,, and ]
want you to have it,"
Col. Breckinridg said the basket was
given to his late wife by her sister,
Miss Desha. He denied that he gave
it to Miss Pollard. 81 did not know
she had the basket he said, 81 did not
take her to the train. l did not see
Miss Pollard that night. | do not know
how it came into Miss Pollard's posses
sion, only know it was not given TO
her;directly or indirectly by me"
Estate what took place on the 2nd Of
August, 1854, the day after the carriage
ride with the plaintiil,' said Maj. Bat
terworth.
II entered the car for Lexington and
found the plaintiff sitting in it. She
was not there by any Encouragement
with me. Our conversation resulted in
an arrangement to meet that evening
in Lexington. asked her if there was
any place in Lexington she would like
to 60 to. She said we could go to Sa-
rah Gess's. | Expressed surprise that she
knew Of this place, and she said she
| had gone there on one occasion with
Mr.. Rhodes" The witness told of 60
ing TO the designation house with the
plaintiff on their arrival in Lexington.
He said he left Miss Pollard at the
door, promising to come back. After
taking supper with his family he re-
turned TO the house OF Sarah Cess III
less that an hour. He had made no ar
engagements with Sarah Cess rs Miss
Pollard and Sarah testified. He re-
NAMED with the plaintiff until about
1890, and the plaintiff elected to spend
the night there instead Of going 10 Il
more respectable place. There were
no protestations of love and affection
on his part, said Col. Brcckinrdgo II
went back the next evening. She said
the first evening that she wanted to get
up early the next morning and take
the train for Frankfort SO as to be able
to see her mother there between the
arrival and the departure Of the two
trains. She appeared to be young
woman fully grown and matured and
understood matters pertaining to the
sexes that a young girl would moi
know, and there never had been any
claim on her part to me that she was a
maiden, or that | had physically or in
any sense seduced her, or betrayed her.
| had examined the papers in which |
endorsed her application for a position
under the civil service, in which she
put herself down as having been born
November so, 1866. | never had any
reason to doubt that she was maturcd
woman and nothing occurred to make
me think otherwise. There never was
in any conversation between us any
mention made as to when she was born
or as to the month";
Col. Breckenridge told how he learn
ed Miss Pollard was in Lexington pre-
pairing to enter Sayre Institute. As
t. Miss Hoyt and Mrs. Ketcham, the
witness said he never knew two women
more highly estimable. He denied the
statement of Miss Pollard that she re-
ceived him at night in her room at Miss
Hoyt's. "If she received any one in
her room," he said, sit was not l."
Major Butterworth-"Did you pay
the plaintiff anything when she was at
Sarah Gess's house,"
at can hardly be called paying her.
| paid her expenses at Sarah Cess
and gave her sufficient money to get
her safely back to Cincinnati. 1t was
not large sum. The Colonel denied
sending letters to Mr.. Rhodes through
Miss Pollard's mother while she was
in Cincinnati, to deceive Mr.. Rhodes.
He denied also seeing DR.. Street in Gin
cinnati. Col. Breckenridge testified
that he went with Miss Pollard to
house in Cincinnati in October, 1854
He met her at the train in Cincinnati
and went to the asslgnation house Of
Mrs. Rose, on George street He left
her there, returning after supper and
remaining several hours. He left her
there that night and went back to Lex
ington the next day. Miss Pollard did
not 60 back with him. This was the
first time he had ever been to Mrs
Roses house with the plaintiff. The
first time he learned from her that she
had been pregnant was in the summer
of 1887; and he never had any informa-
ton from anybody else about the mat
ter. The first time he learned that