St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-31
BlLLYS STORY OF SHAME.
Continued From First Page.

books. a part of which was turned over
to the estimable old lady. to Miss Pol
lard and TO another young lady there.
He did not advise her concerning her
reading.
During that time were there any
Improper relations between you?'
''None whatever. We met just as l
met other ladies'. There was no sug-
gestloH by word or syllable that i'm.
proper relations had ever existed be-
tween us.
1.-The plaintiff mas said that it was on
account of your opportunities she came
to Washington. How was that?"
Il did everything | could 10 prevent
her." said the colonel. Impressively,
land to prevent an open breach and
scandal"
Where did you first learn of her
purpose of coming to Westinghouse
Mr.. Butterworth inquired.
"ln Lexington replied the witness.
From whom"
From the plaintiff"
when was that%'
About the third or fourth week in
August"
up to this time had there been re-.
sumption of your improper relatiOns?"
None whatever" was the reply; and
in answer to whether they met fire.
quently, he said that he had seen her
| occasionally in the sense of meeting her
on the street. Continuing, the colonel
said:
After my return to Lexington from
NicholaSyllle, our relations were re-
sumed. and | met her at the San.e house
as before in the latter prrt of July, 1887.
1t was after the accident in which she
was thrown from her horse. Soon after
ward She came to me and said she had
made up her mind TO leave Lexington,
because she could get no employment
there. and because she was pursued by
gossip about
HER RELATIONS WITH RHODES.
"She said SHE had consulted Senator
Beck about coming to Washington, and
that he had said that it was not good
| plan for her to come ia Washington;
that 1t was the worst place for young
| woman to come. | protested against
her coming. She said one morning that
| II was absolutely necessary for me to
| see Her, and | met her that night. She
| said she feared she was in trouble; that
| it was not at all a matter of certainty,
! but that if she was. there was nothing
left for her TO do but to go some.
| where
Stop, there" interrupted Mr.. Butter
worth. did she say you were the
ause of it?''
"Of course, the conversation was ex-
! cesslyely unpleasant. | refuse to fur
| niSh the money. 1t was a matter of
doubt. Only two months mad passed
| since our relations had been, resumed.
| L told her that for her to come to Wash
| lngton might be disastrous to herself
and to me. Afterwards paid the money
| which she borrowed to come to Wash
| lngtoH. The conversations were excess
lively unpleasant. 1t was some time i'll
| the month of September, 1887. that she
| came. L reached here on the evening
OF Nov. 5, and returned to Lexington
the next day. l saw the plaintiff Oh the
| street near Washington circle. She in
| formed me that she was in Catholic
| institution at that end of the TOWN., and
| said there was no doubt of her cOndi-
! ton. l returned to Washington again
rhe first Sunday i'll Dece mber, but did
not see the plaintitf for three months.
| The plainIif had moved to the Acad
envy Of the Visitation on Massachusetts
avenue, but | saw her at the capitol"
"Were these changes made In pursu-
ance to your suggeStionS?
"They were not. l received several
| letters from the plaintiff stating that
| her health was very bad. / sent her
| money at the general delivery, whatever
| she wanted. She controlled that"
The plaintiff has said that on two
| occasions, after proteStationS of love,
you said you
WOULD MARRY HER
| if it was possible
There is not a Scintilla of truth in
| that Statement-not shred. Under no
| circumstances, at no time, was there
such statement. The plaintiff never
alluded to the possibility of it. Before
NV w m
solitary word that could be distorted
into such thing"
The colonel was very deliberate and
emphatic, and, continuing, declared
| that she had never told him she gave
birth 10 living child, nor did he be-
! lieve it until he heard the testimony of
DIR. Parsons, saying she said the second
time she had miscarriage, resulting
from her poor health.
IF she had told me she had borne a
| living child it wonld have given me an
excuse to break off my relations with
her; for. considering the time Of those
relations, it was impossible that the
child could have been mine"
In paying the expenses of the second
| confinement, Col. Breckenridge had
been represented as Miss Pollard's
| guardian. When the physician, DR..
! Parsons, sent an additional bill, he had
said that she had better come directly
to him, for. if she was a reputable ply
stefan, professional secret would be
safe in her hands, and, if she was at
tempting blackmail, it would be best to
| face her at once.
Miss Pollard had informed him that
at the Academy of the Visitation she
had arranged with the good sisters to
teach in return for her board, and she
would also receive instruction in some
of the higher classics. That seemed
emineutly desirable, for 1t afforded her
protection anu quiet.
During the three years that she was
there, were there any improper reia-
| tons between you and the PLAINTIFF"
There were"
1.-The plaintiff has said that there was
never any suggestion On your part that
your relations should be broken OFF,
From November, 1885, to July, 1887
there were EnO improper relations be-
tween US. although
WAS SUPPORTING HER.
The ENHANCEMENT between US really
began when she came to Washington
against my will. l frequently said to
her as earnestly as | knew how that the
relations between US could only result
in public scandal, and perhaps destruc
ton of us both; that her character, heI
lack of self-control, her temper. were
such that some day there must come AL
exposure. l urged her to go anywhere
where she could study, Offering 10 pay
her expenses, and saying the burden
could be no greater on me than it was
Several times l thought she had
agreed to 90, once to Cambridge. She
was there some time, and left against
my will. Then she told me she had ar
ranged to go On the paper OF the pro-
prietor of Bread Loaf Inn, Joseph
Battell, in Vermont. Some of our in
terviews were more excessively I'M
pleasant than any words can describe
She would come to me at the capitol, in
my committee room, declare that she
was not going to leave; that she was
going to have the support owing to her
| suppose at times l, being excessively
angry, said things that were hard AND
bitter. | knew that the only alternative
was submission or the destruction OF
the lives of those dependent upon me-