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


the Washington Post, which / under
stood was
INSPIRED BY HER,
and thereafter received several letters
from her To the Same effect"
New" iHterposed MIR. Wilson, aris-
ing. I'VE want those letters"
Il have DESTROYED Them" retorted the
defendant. Il have procured all the
letters l have from her to my knowl-
edge. These were replies to those that
she may have"
The testimony then drifted into the
circumstances and conversations con-
corning the efforts of the defendant to
induce the plaintiff to leave the city to
prevent the scandal which would Ger
tainly come sooner Or later if Miss Pol
lard remained in the city. Then
ne related a conversation when
Miss Pollard had come to him
IN distress because Mrs. Fillette
aud another lady had been talking
about her, the witness saying: III told
her that this was what l had always ex-
pec1ed; that such affairs always must
come to an end. and urged her to go
away. as she had promised so many
times. and let the scandal blow over.
My name was not coupled with that.
but said it would be il the thing went
on. Mrs. Filiette had not mentioned
my name; it was other parties. She
said that she could not have such scan
DIAL against her name; that she had
revolver with which she intended to-
shoot herself ii such stories ever came
cut. l made light of that. She told me
afterwards that she had
GONE To MRS. BLACKBURN;
that Mrs. Blackburn had talked with
Mrs Fillette and found that the charges
did not Affect the chastity of the plant
III; that she was charged with being an
adventures; that it was said she lived
by her wits; had no known means of
support and did not pay her debts. She
insisted that 1 must go to Mrs. Black
burn and tell her that the relations be-
tween Us were such that MIR. Blackburn
must stand by her.
Col. Breckenridge said that he had re-
fused at this time to do so. He denied
also that lie had ever sent a message to
Mrs. Blackburn by the plaintiff, ana
asserted that OH this occasion he had
positively refused to have anything TO
say to Mrs. Blackburn in the matter
On Several occasions. the witness said,
the plaintiff had declared her intention
TO commit suicide, saying that she had
destroyed all her manuscripts Gnclud-
iEg the manuscript OF a novel she was
wrltlng3. and that she HAD given away
her clothes. She had once said to the
witness that it he did not help her out
III the matter she did not intend 10 allow
him TO iiye-that she did not intend to
bear the disgrace alone. He had told
her there would be no di fficuity about it
il she would leave Washington, as she
had so often promised, and that he
would pay her expenses wherever she
went. La one of these conversations,
when she had apparently consented,
she got up and went into the library,
and came back shortly and pointed a
pistol at him. threatening to kill him.
By strategy he aad been enabled to
take it away from her before she could
do any harm. He kept the pistol, and
1t was the same weapon she had taken
from his valise, with which she
ATTEMPTED HIS LIFE
in New York city. That scene, he said,
was followed by an almost Immediate
IeyulSion on the part of the plaintiff.
She broke into a flood of hysterical
tears. and declared that she had not
really meant to Kill him. He had taken
the revolver away from Miss Pollard,
aud that night she had come to his
house with young mau and left note
expressing her regret at what had oc-
Cured. When he next saw her. two or
three days afterwards, she had pro-
posed again to leave the city, and he
again offered to pay her expenses. Re-
ferring to his interview with Mrs.
Blackburn regarding the scandal
against Miss Pollard, he said it differed
{ from Mrs. Biackburu's. He thought
she had opened the interview by SAYING
she did not know what Miss Pollard had
wanted him 10 call for; for Mrs Black.
burn to urge her to go away, which that
tnsfx hD1 "A Il h.
spoken kindly of the young woman. He
supposed when he left Washington,
March Ii, 1893. that their relations had
+ ended; that Miss Pollard was going
| away to study and lead an honor
| able life, while he provided for
her. Later In March he had met
her in Cincinnati, in response
to telegram from her. She then had
told him that she had Deen obliged.
under Mrs. Biackburn's cross-eXamina-
ton, to represent that she was engaged
| to him. He told her that he would 20
right back and say to Mrs. Blackburn
| that it was not true, but, under
her opportunities, promised TO keep
his mouth shut if She would leave the
city. Returning to Washington OH
| March 81, he had received
A CALI. FROM MISS POLLARD
before breakfast. He SAID: Il agreed
| then that if she should 20 away l would
put myself in the power of the plaintiff
and Mrs. Blackburn, aud pretend that
there was encouragement. | said, You
have put me where there is no alter
native but to put myself in your power
and trust you, or submit to a scene in
| the hotel Office or Street-perhaps have
an attempt made on nay life on the
! street."
L ,,,ta ~ IT. 4
Mr.. Wilson, and he went on to say that
there had been no plea of coercion put
| in by the defense. The reply by Mr.
| ButterwOrth WAS that there had been no
| agreement. only the sembiance of one.
10 preserve what was of more value
| than life, under conpulSion as effect
ual as a loaded pistol. He did not care
what the dureSs or coercion was called.
The legal sparring became very
| warm.
Mr.. Wilson declared that they might
show, If they could. that an agreement
was made under duress.
! Il said that there must be an under
standing between u.s." continued the
| colonel. when the lawyers had SUBJ
/ sided, reminded Der that from the first
| had said there could be no marriage,
but anything short of that which L
| could do to save those who loved me |
would do; that she could not trust me.
! because knowing the relations l had
had with her while had such happy
| family she would always suspect me of
| having similar relations with other
women. L reminded her that she had
| not come to HE a maiden
| that L had not seduced her.
Col. Breckenridge gave his version of
the visit to Mrs. Blackburn, which oc-
Cured
ON GOOD FRIDAY,
| according to Mrs. Blackburn, and sew
eral days later according to the witness.
With the plaintiff he had gone to Mrs
! Biackburn'S hotel (the Portland), but
| Mrs. Blackburn refused to see them.
| Leaving him i'll the public parior, Miss
| Pollard had gone up to Mrs. Black
burns apartments, and i'll a short time
received message from the elevator
| boy saying that Mrs. Blackburn had
consented tU see him. He found Miss
Pollard waiting on the landing outside
! Mrs. Blackburn's room. and she said
tno Mrs RInn tod