Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-03-30

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s.Shs insisted that she could not many
him ana said. oh, we'll, hs Sili alusy.a
want u narfy ne, anyhow, 20 there 10 ma
use Of hurry. The conversation dfifted
te other thiDgs. She ssid shs had an ambi-
ton to be an authoress and thought she b ~
some talent in that direction. Mentor
wrs Eaalc of some concart where cornet-
ist was 70 play that niSht, ana she said abe
wouLl ike to 10. Iva 1t place 1t Vine
street hiil, and q / had never been up
there and wanted to zee the inclined rail-
way, l said ! would take her, and asked il
she could get permission.
She said she could, and asking me- to
bring cariisg', left the room, and min
ute later young man came in who said he
had met ne. He introduced himself ~
Mr.. Brown, son of the president Of the
college. He gave the required permission
and went away. That evening. after din
ncr. l left the hotel and going to . hack
stable picked out . carriage without any
care whatever, and went to the college. II
vas closed carriage. but did not get il
purposely. When l got to the college
.here was quite q little group on the
porch"
Msjor Butterworth asked; "Was any
thing said by you about throat affection,
as yaur reason for Bringing q closed car
risge:"
.sNot word" was the answer. "Noth.
ing was said to me to that effect"
Col. Breckinridge ssit MISS Pollard
asked him several times about when he
wolld return to Lexinton, and he told her.
He denied that they went to Lexington by
Encouragement and that he met Miss Pol
Ira the next day at the public library. Gin
cinnati; that he took her next day to the
assignxlion house of Mrs. Rose, or that be
sent bogus Telegram to Mics Pollard,
signed with he- mothers name, to secure
permission for her to 60 to Lexington. Miss
Pollard testified to all TO all these things.
"What had you to do with her going to
Sayre Institute, lexington"
"No,hiug. whatever. l knew nothing
about her beingat Sayre. until l met her in
the street 10 Lexington"
"How long Did that drive lasi?" refer
ing TO the carriage drive from Wesleyan
college.
"We got back about 10, l think. It is
my Impression that people were on the
steps of the college when We came back"
Col. Breckenridge denied that he had ever
mentioned the name of his first wife or
spoken of his dead little hoy or said any.
thing whatever about his past joys or sor-
rows on the ride to the concert, as Miss
Pollard claimed.
"D;d you make any protestations Of at
lection. or make any love to plaintiff on
that rider" asked Major Butterworth.
'.None whatever"
"Did you 60 to hear the concert that
night?"
HNo, we did not. When we had driven
little way we came to two roads that
diyerged anu the driver took the left hand
road at her order"
"What did the appearance of plaintiff
suggest to your mind?"
Nothing especial. She appeared to be
young woman and might have been 70,
81, %, perhaps 10 years old
"Was anything improper suggested by
her appearance or conversation"
"Nothing at all, except what she told
me-"
elbow did you come to take that left
hand road?''
"The night was pretty warm and had
headache. When we came to the diverg-
ing roads, she said perhaps would like to
drive out into the cool instead of going into
the hot gasls concert room. / said / cid
not know much about music and did not
care so When we came to the diverglng
,oada, she told the driver to turn to the
left
"Were the windows open or shut?'
"Open." -
Estate, Colonel. just what took piece in
that carriage idle"
~ cannot recollect exactly what was said.
After we turned TO the left and had ridden
some distance, should say 10 or 20 min
utes, may be little longer, she was talking
about her desire to become an authorizes,
and said something about George Eliot
During the conversation she took off her
hat and leaned forward to put it on the front
steat, and put my arm around her. There
were no protestation of love on my part, 80
far as can recollect. no offer of love, no
artifice, no nothing, except that put my
arm around her and drew her to me. What
occurred was that was a man with pas
sion. and she was woman with passion,
and took liberties with her person. This
was without any protestation of love on my
part, without any resistance or protestation
on her part, and without any seduction on
the part of either to the other. 1t was the
human passion of the man, and such it was,
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Madeline Pollard heard this story with
curl of scorn on her lips. Once she half
rose in her chair but was drawn back by
her attorney, Mr.. Carlisle.
allow long did you drive after these i'm
proper demonstrations"
every soon afterward we turned around
and drove back, and she got out of the car
rage"
What conversation did you have on
your return
'.Iardly word was spoken until we got
close to the city. was il the habit OF
carrying undirected stamped envelopes
when 1 was absent from hom'. took
out one of these envelopes. put my hard
in my pocket, put something INTO the en-
velope snd put it in her hand. She refused
to accep. it. | said. There are great
many little things you need. thiugyyou will
have to have She declined to accept it.
We got nearer to the to~n, and As ~ go.
out Of the carriage put it into her hand.
She took il and tnen opened the carriage
door. She got out. babe her good CHS.
She went up the steps. got into the car
risge. The carriage drove on
what was in the envelope
Al Il