Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-07

( Of her aunt. He had asked her repeated
~ to marry him. and she had said she
would not marry him. Finally her aunt
! and others persuaded her To consent TO
/ marry him. So. when he came again, she
/ told him she would marry him. He
/ brought her "A ring; she did not let him
yut IL on When he came again she told
him. not in an angry way. because he
had done nothing To make her angry.
that she did not love him, and could not
marry him. She had the ring In the
| palm Of her hand. and gave it back 10
I him. She said that as sh- had stated 10
Mr. Butterworth she was no more 70
/ bamo for that engagement than Mr.
! ButterWDIth WIS. At this point the usual
recess was taken.
The plaintiff preceded her counsel in the
afternoon. rcsuming the witness stand
several minutes before they entered th"
courtroom. The defendant. however. pre-
coded both the court and tho plaintiff.
busying himself with examining the great
mass If testimony taken IN tn case.
While waiting for her counsel she sat
back in her chair. dropping her eyes he
fore the almost uncoasiug gaze Of th"
| throng who facet her The defendant
however. was one who did not glance to-
ward her
In answer to questions from Mr. car
Isle. Miss Pollard said that she iii not
know Mr. owen Tus.cy. "a urother ~
squire Tinslcy. between whom ana her
self q mock mariiacr is alleged 10 have
taken place. Sna was asked as -
whether such ceremony had taken place.
and the ou.efi,u was objected 10. am
argued ~ length bv Mr. Carlisle ana
Mr. shelby. Mr Carlisle said that the
original denial was as 10 Alex. Julian
Tnslev
Miss Pollard denied that there had been
a mock marriage. and sic denied ON
phatfcailv aU the statements mad. IN a
d.r,.ifi.u Lv Julian ae to ~. "details II
that occasion. when ehc il said % have
,.,r. iu.-t4fre with T.n-l.v
As o. tr,. defendants denial that H., had
had any communication with hrr in l,sf 20
question that was allowed notWith.taul-
inc Mr.. Shelbv's objection. sho said that
iu that year. whom Sac. was in LrNiref1u
ana ha was away. D.. wrote 70 her con-
stauflv. and his letters were love letters
c0uch,d in tn most cnl.ariug terms
They were such as 10 MAKE her believe
that y. cared for her more than any ON.
else I'm the world As 10 his statement
that when he returned - Lexington iu
I,S7 the relations We're not resumed that
spring Miss Pollard stated that n was
at Miss IIoyts for the purpose Of main
tanning such relations and that th,y werc
kept up without interruption. Sh" also
denied that he WAS ignorant ~ her c1u-
dillon IN the summer OF l"' until after
h'' I''' Ii"'n "''''' ~ H' ''0''l"''
pENIAIS As To THREATS.
Tho Witness denied that sb. over threat
oneI the If.. If the defendant prior o.
March a. 1893. and also denied his story
a. IL. 81 D.. To-.
Thomas's in the last Of February or tho
first of March. and she fatty coutradict,I
a number Of Mr.. Rrcckinrilge's state
lu,uts as to what occurred on that occa-
sion. She also said that his statement
that She expressed her intention Of com
hitting suicide was true. ana that f. oc-
CURED in February on the occasion ~ the
electoral count. She was asked "a u his
going with her - the express Office t.
get out the box In which she had sent
away some Of her belongings bat an
objection 10 the question was sustained
on The ground mat such evidence Woui'
oe p"' 'o -I'', 1T. To-. NJ DIT,
%, t,',..,..a,', -. md,
i''' JUS % 10, - W. IN
ness as 10 many u'ii'Ie"t Sld'''li'iI'S' d"
OF "illch shr s'l' '''H., IN,
was cared TOT by h'r h"'nct III ''"-
dItlon' ana never toI' nm" ''d' S"e mn
been. ne drlehi"ht never "'' S'"''
To her AFTER july d. l9'-' tndt Il ma i'd-'
between thtm was liHp's7Ipl'' anu II''I
70 March 81 4N' 'h''u va 10 "I'-
standing between thrh thal 'heie s"ou''
be no mairlas'- lHr| 'Hl mon 10 l" MI
blackburn Win lhv uH'ei tanning lH"'
what he was 10 say as 10 thelf marriage
should be false ana noi true. She iuI-
Their stated most rnphducaiIY' thdt al.
that was said on mat occasion Was s"''
In good latin, ana thtt sh' HiiI'Iy De-
lievvd IT, There was ho dsi"tHi'nt thdl
there was 10 he no marriage although
there was 20 be such statement made ~
Mrs. Blackburn There was Ho agree
ment made on such lines before the\
went To the office Of Major Moore. lis
statement that hr never saw thu work
basket in her possession until be- saw it
in the courtroom she characterized a.
false. lie saw 1t often when NJ was win
her ana she was sewing.
QUESTIONS by MIR. SHELBY.
M. ,.;,,,.... NOS ,b.r turned n,.r To-
,iT.f'nc. ana o,,.stion.J by Nir shell,,
Sh,. saiI mat If sh. had called Nj. Julian
=, fri,nd she oupht not to have done SO.
though She had always considered him as
such mill his deposition WAS read In
conn, sha could rot understand why he
h.,I c.as.1 +, H.. a friend Of hers simply
n'','..,,.' tl,o, bad moi seen ,aeh other
-. t. 10, L-.ptuctv Mr. Shail,. road
extracts from .JuIian's testimony as o.
the alleged mock marriage al squire Tins
ley's on Christmas-Day, ls52 and she de-
MED them all In the most cmpha tic man
ncr possible, and said that there had
never been such an occurrence as the
mock marriage She drank small glass
Of ecenog and was made very sick, but
She did not drink 10 excess. She was
not accustomed TO drinking even a tea
spoonful OF whiskcy.
In answer 10 questions from Mr.. Shelby
the witness said that Mr.. Rhodes and MIR.
Wood went throuph the same form Of
nroposiug for her hand-tbey both asked
ber aunt During the suriue Of lSS7. when
both she and Mr.. B-ecklnridce were al
Miss Hovt's. she spent a great deal OF
time in Mr.. Breckinriige's room. and she
exnlained the route she would Lake in
going from her room to his.
on. ot,..,,.., si,,,,,,.,t ,h. dor .,
nv. I,nov," sba said ...ro nr.vrnt mis-.
* ne always slammed II trica tn,
,,.o,,i1 go, 80 u.llr m ,;,l lin ,,ho,,,
She sIspn "tbat I was NOT snre ahour
tho last lesson and would o., IA AFR
I,r...l,ir ,id,a,s room,