St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-31

explaining that he had never been in
Miss HoytS house during the spring in
question, nor had he EEowa Of the ex-
istehce of Rossell until he saw the
Wessie Brown letter. Much of the
testimony regarding Tire visit to Sarah
Guess house. he declared, was as aesO-
lutte fabrication. and the person who
had fabricated the conversation be-
tween Sarah Guess and unless in Sept
ember last, trying to dissuatte
Sarah Guess from tetsifying IN
the case. was probably unaware that he /
was then in Washington in the dis
charge of his official duties.
The application of Miss Pollard for
positions in the civil service were
identified by the defendant. The first
one for the examination taken III CHI
cinnati, 1857. did not bear his endorse
ment, and he said it was surprise to
him. There was another application IN
December, 1888, and third ill N0yetif- I
Der. 1899, both Endorsed by him. The
second Endorsement said that he had I
been well acquainted with the applicant ]
for seven years; that she was OF good
moral character and reputation. ana
that she had been a resident of Fayette
county since he knew her. Her birth
was given on the papers as 1865, but !
COL. BRECKENRIDGE SAID
that entry had made mo particular i'm 4
preston on him."
He continued: My Judgment was
that il she could pass the examination.
it would be of great benefit to her. Ii
She could not. as l apDrehendeu, 1t
would impress upon her her deficiency
in certain rudinentary branches and
spur her to study, as l had advised her
to do"
Mir. Butterworth ne xt referred to
conversation between the defendant
and Mr.. Rhodes in regard TO The plant
III, and asked the witness to relate the
facts and circumstances of the CONVEX
sation:
Il met Mr.. Rhodes at an election
BOOTH" said Mr.. Breckenridge. land
Mr.. Rhodes alluded to the plaintiff. aud
said he would like to talk with HE about
her, and We Walked to my office. l did
not go to Sarah Guess where the plant
if was. l did pot notify the plaintiff
that l had seen Rhodes. Mr.. Rhodes
had been to Cincinnati Oh the Saturday
afternoon train, corresponding to tue
sonth-bound train which we were going
to Lexington on, SO that the trains
passed each other. When he reached
Cincinnati he was informed that the
plaintiff had left Cincinnati, and that l
had seen her the day before. He said
to me- that he was interested in the
plaintiff: that he was engaged to be
married to her, and that he had gone TO
Cincinnati to consult her in regard to
whether she should remain in CIncin-
natl. Rhodes said he had had an agree
n1eht with her by which he was to edu-
cate her-to support her during this
tlme-and then she was to marry him;
that i'll accordance with that agreement
he had spent great deal of money on
her-nore money than he could afford
to Spend-but that he had become very
anxious as to whether she intended to
marry hin, and that he had to make
SOME arrangement about taking her
away from Cincinnati, because he was
very much behind. and was
BEING MUCH DUNNED.
HE said that he was getting old, and
that if he was going to have married
life il WAS time for him 10 see about it.
l told him had seen her and that she
told NE substantially of the same agree
ment. and that she had not expressed
any particular desire to marry him. but
had spoken of her gratitude for what he
had done and of her respect for him.
He said that he wanted to marry her.
and intended 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 not only that he wanted TO
marry. but that he ought to do so-that
things had happened that made it nee
essary for him to marry, and that he lib
tended to do so. but that she seemed to
have taken a dislike to him. He wanted
NE to tell him what he should do to
bring about that marriage"
In answer to a question from his
counsel. the witness denied that he had
related this conversation to Miss Pollard
at the time. but said that he SubSe-
auently did so.
Ibid Mr.. Rhodes say what it was that
made it necessary for him to marry
her?" g
Mr.. Wilson objected that it had not
been shown that the conversation had
been repeated. contendiHg that il he
could tell with such particularly what
Rhodes said to him. he must tell what
he repeated to the plaintiff. Much of
his former statement was repeated by
the defendant. and. before he had fill
ished, Miss Pollard broke forth Sobbiug,
and exclaimed:
That's not true. Why can't he tell
the truth about something?"
Judge Bradley adiuonished her: "If
you can't control yourself, you will have
to leave the ROOM"
No attention was paid by Col. Breck-
inridge TO this interruption, but he COIL
tinued:
II 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 of the Co.
lumbar exposition. when he had de-
ciined 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. 1892;
that he had met her at the depot. taken
her riding and proposed marriage. he
said:
The plaintiff was not here in Au-
gust, so far as | know of. l reached
here on the 29th from Lexington, where
had opened the campaign with a
speech. l did not see the plaintiff; she
was not here. No such occurrence
happened. Going to New York on the
20th of September, l saw her at the
Hoffman house for the first time that
summer. L did not meet her at the
depot: did not put my arms around her
l.
communication TO make; that was vain
enough TO believe she would be pleased
with me-"
be did not recollect ever having seen
the letter regarding her proposed trip
to Germany until it was shown on
the witness stand, although he re-
membered others signed by lady
purportlng to be the secretary OF Miss
Willard. There had been some CORE
spondence between himself and Miss
Pollard regarding the trip.
I'VE want the witness to produce
these letters" said Mr.. Wilson. I'VE
have given notice to have them pro-
duced." ~
'.lreceived them and destroyed them"
replied Col. Breckenridge. "She met
me at the Hoffman house." he COM
timed, land told me she had all oppor-
tuuity to ~
GO ABROAD TO STUDY
with young LADIES of good family, and
cOuid 90 if / would renrnSapt that Che