St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-03


out anger and on this understanding"
speaking or the reasons for leaving
Washington the last of May, Col. Brock
lnrldge said they were not connected
with the case, but were the most urgent
possible reasons, relating 10 his younger
son. who attended Washington and Lee
university and was in great difficulty.
He took the dispatches which lie had
sent Miss Pollard during the trip and
read them with great Evolutionary eff
feet. The burden OF most of them,
which have been already published. was
that she should make herself comfOrta-
BILE. That WAS just what meant" he
continued. THAT she should make her
self as comfortable as possible. Moth
| ing more. Nothing less"
Two dispatches received i'll CovingtOn.
signed by Mrs. Thomas. and inQuiring
if he was i'll COviugton. he said, he suS-
pected were from the plaintiff with the
name of her landiady a, a blind.
MISS POLLARD HAD GONE
to New York oil the 18th of May and re-
turned the 18th. After arriving in Lex
ingtOn he received a telegram 10 the eff
feet that Miss Pollard was coming there.
He returned a message, the principal
part of which was. wait. it will couie.
referring, he declared, to money. This
correspondence WAS reviewed al length.
An objection was offered by Mr.. VIII
son that if Col. Breckenridge had de-
StroYed the letters from Miss Pollard TO
which these kilograms were answers.
he could not testify regarding their con-
tents. 1t was replied 10 by Mr.. Butter
worth that the letters had not been de-
Str0yed with any view of cOncealing
evidence. but because they were not
good things TO preserve as family relics,
for If found they would compromise
both the recipient and The sender.
1T was my CUSTOM" explained MIR.
Breckenridge, ITO destroy my letters
from the plaintiff as soon as received
Judge Bradley overruled the Objec-
ton.
Referring to one telegram which sadi:
NV holly uncertain, possibly by any
train. Wholly certain June the 10th,
dated May ~ he said that lie could not
recollect 10 what this was reply, but
apprelendeu that it was sent in reply TO
one of many letters inquiring when he
would return To Washington. His name,
William e. p. Breckenridge, at the end
OF The kilograms, le lead with all i'm
presSive infection.
These dispatches had all been put in
evidence by Miss Poliard's attorneys,
and Col. Breckenridge was given eX-
plantations of them. although several he
read without comment. He seemed to
be- amused when he spoke of
A CINCINNATI PAPER
sent by his son containing IAN all
nouucement of the engagement between
the plaintiff and myself" Meeting
somebody OH the street in Lexington.
they spoke of it, lie went on, land ] de-
MED that such marriage was possible.
This was printed i'll the Gazette, and.
being seen by the plaintiff, she wrote
me two or three letters, inqniring If L
had made the denial, and threatening
to publish our relations entire IN the
papers and repubiiSh them at Lexing-
ton"
Did you" asked Mr.. Butterworth.
'have any improper relations with the
plaintiff after the 29th of April, 1S93?''
This is the date on which the defend.
art was secretly married to Mrs. Wing.
Mr.. Breckinrige-I did not. After
the 29th of April, 1898. | did not
have any Improper relations with the
plaintiff whatever. 1t is absolutely
false. | never had improper relations
with the plaintiff after l returned to
Washington after the 3lSt day Of
March. at any time or any place. | re-
turned ON the 3lst of March and had the
conversation with Mrs. Blackburn. The
Mrs. Biackburn'S, as condition to my
going to Mis-. BlackGurn's, as the only
reason | would 20 TO Mrs. Blackburn'S,
was that our relations should terminate:
that she should leave the city or Wash
ington, and that the relations between
herself anu Mrs. Blackburn be allowed
TO die out gradually. and | should sup
port her until she should find some
honorable vocation.
Speaking of the plaintiffs employ
ment in tie census office, Col. Breckin-
ridge said that she had lost II during
his absence, when he thought she was
hardly treated.
MISS POLLARD MADE
a remark expressing qualification at the
death of Gen. Sherman, as was pub
liShed at the time, although Mir. Brock
inridge did not mention 1t. He had
done everything i'll his power to assist
| her in obtaining reading matter, but
had never advised her about her
| studies, except TO endeavor 10 make
| her take up rudimentary studies, in
which she was peculiarly deficient for a
woman of her reading. He had assisted
her i'll getting books from the con.
greSSiOnal library, sending list by the
page; had never furnished her with a
translation of the odyssey"
1t was ten minutes before II when
| Mr.. ButterwOrth announced that The
| direct examination had finished, al
though there might be a Few more
| questions, and asked for recess to en-
| able him 10 look over his notes, So the
recess was announced earlier than
usual, until 12:45.