Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-03-31
POLAR DIR ECkINRlDGE TRIAL

The applications Of Miss Pollard for
position in the civil service were iden-
tilted by the defendant The first one
for the examination taken in Cincin-
natl, in lSS7-did not bear his endorse
ment, and, he said, was q surprise TO
him.
Mr.. Butterworth next referred to a
conversation between the defendant
and Mr.. Rhodes in regard to the plain
tiff, and asked the witness to relate the
facts and circumstances of the CONVEX
sation.
II met Mr.. Rhodes at an election
BOOTH" said Mr. Breckenridge, land
Mr.. Rhodes alluded to the plaintiff,
and said he would like to talk to me
about her, and we walked 10 my office.
| did not go to Sarah Cess, where the
plaintiff was. | did not notify the
plaintiff that had seen Rhodes. Mr..
Rhodes had been to Cincinnati on the
saturday afternoon, going down on the
north bound train, corresponding to the
south bound on which we were going
to Lexington, so that the trains passed
each other. When he reached Cincin-
natl he was informed that the plaintiff
had left Cincinnati, and that had
been to see her the day before. He
said to me that he was interested in the
plaintiff that he was engaged TO be
married 10 her, and that he had gone
down to Cincinnati 10 consult her in re-
gard 10 whether she would remain i'll
Cincinnati He said he had had an
agreement with her by which he was
to educate her-to support her during
this tme-and then she was to marry
him: hat in accordance with that
agreement he had spent a great deal OF
money on her-mcrc money than he
could afford TO spend-but that be had
become very anxious as to whether she
intended to marry him, and that he had
to some arrangement about taking her
away from Cincinnati because he was
very much behind, and was being very
much dunned. He said he was getting
old. and that if he was going to have a
married life it was about time for him
TO see about it. told him | had seen
her, and that she had told me substan-
italy Of the same agreement, and that
she had not expressed any particular
desire to marry him. but had spoken of
her gratitude for what he had done
aad of her respect for him. He said
that he wanted to marry her and in
tended to marry her, for he was very
much in love with her. During the
course of the conversation (Which was
quite long he said that he ought to
marry her-not only that he wanted to
marry her, bat that ne ought to do So
that things had happened which made
it necessary for him to marry her, and
that he intended to do SO, but that she
seemed to have taken dislike to him.
Much of his former statement was re-
peated by the defendant, and before he
had finished Miss Pollard broke forth
sobbing, and exclaimed:
THAT is not true. Why can't he tell
the truth about something's
No attention was paid by Col. Brock
nridge to this interruption, but he con
tinued:
~ told her in the spring of 1898 that,
after what Rhodes had told me of the
relations between them, it would be
impossible that any other relation
could ever exist between u.s." Then
Col. Breckenridge passed on to the
spring before the opening ofthe Colum-
bian Exposition, when he had declined
to deliver the opening address, and
when, at her request, he had sent her
tickets to view the parade in New
York. His attention being called to
the statement of Miss Pollard that she
had returned to Washington from New
York at his request in August, 1898;
that he had met her at the depot, taken
her riding and proposed marriage, he
said; "The plaintiff was not here in
August, so far as I know. | reached
here on the 29lh from Lexington. |
did not see the plaintiff: she was not
here No such occurrences happened.
Going TO New York on the 10th Of
September, saw her at the Hoffman
House for the first time that summer
! did not meet her at the depot: did
not put my arms around her and kiss
her: did not say that had a commune
cation 20 make that was vain enough
to believe she would be pleased with.
He did not recollect ever having seen
the letter regarding her proposed trip
to Germany until it was shown on the
witness stand, although he remembered
others signed by lady purporting to
be the secretary of Miss Willard There
had been correspondence between him
self and Miss Pollard regarding the
trip.
''She met me at the Hoffman House.
| he continued. land told me she had an
opportunity to 60 abroad to study with
young ladies of good family, and could
go if would represent that she was
engaged to be married to me in two
years. This was the first time the
subject of marriage had been preached.
said | had not enough money, but
would not let that stand in my way
that under no circumstances would |
consent to any representations of a
marriage engagement. She said that
she could go abroad, study the modern
languages and come back in two years
fitted to be my wife. said that could
never be; that | was not open to nego-
tiations of that sort.
Her answer at our next meeting at
the Hoffman House was that she would
never 60 except as my allianced wife.
She would 20 back to Washington,
and be there when | arrived. We
parted with considerable acerbity, even
cnmity. At our next meeting she said
that she did not want TO part in that
way; that must not think her devil
or liend. put her into cab, saying,
You know there can be no such thing