The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-04

Blackburn to unite with me in urging
the plaintiff to leave town. She prom
ised TO and agreed with me-. and said
that unless one or the other of us went
there would be scandal and her friend
ship would cease. Afterward she told
me she had spoken to the plaintiff and
that the plaintiff said so also Mrs
Blackburn said the plaintiff had spoken
of going abroad said she was going her.
self. and the conversation drifted toward
the plaintiff going with Mrs. Blackburn.
/ told her the plaintiffs temper was such
that she ought not TO travel with people
that she could not be controlled by; that
she ought to go away and study. Mrs.
Blackburn said one or the other should
leave or there would be a scandal.
said knew that the plaintiff would come
to my rooms when 1 was away; that 1t
was perfectly proper; that there was
nothing wrong about it. but there We're
Kentuckians around. and they would
talk about It
The Last Meeting.
After speaking of visiting Philadelphia
as the guest Of George w. Childs, the
secret marriage TO Mrs. Wing in New
York was skipped and Col. Breckinrfdge
went on to tell Of his meeting with Miss
Pollard at the Hoffman house May l.
He was surprised on entering his room to
find the door of the adjoining room open,
and walking in. found Miss Pollard
there. and but partly dressed He said
"She demanded to know where I had
been the past two days and said she had
been looking all over New York for me-
! responded, with little more rudeness
than | should. that it was nothing to her
Then went back to my room through
the short entry between the two. heard
a noise, and when / turned around she
stood in the door with a pistol pointed
at me. I shut the door quickly turned
down the catch and touched the electric
button. I said 1 had sent for the police
and was going to have her put in the
Tombs. She said she was going to shoot
through the door.
Il said: Shoot away and you will
only give me more justification for hav-
ing you put in the Tombs' She was
rafting the door and begged me not TO
have her put in the Tombs. 1 said You
put the pistol down, go in and fasten
your door and I will see what l ought to
do When the bell-bOy knocked opened
the door. Whether he saw that 1 was
excited don't know, but 1 said to him
TO bring a pitcher of ice water. 1 don't
know whether L was as cool as 1 might
have been
The Secret Marriage.
This was said so curious1y that every
body laughed. In answer to a question
as to the circumstances attending his
last marriage Col. Breckenridge said he
had been married at Ill w. Forty-fifth-
st. about o'clock in the evening Of
Saturday. April 20, by the Rev. John r.
Paxton, and the marriage was witnessed
by Mrs. Paxton and Mrs. Collier Of
Pittsburg. He had married, he said, his
kinswoman. the daughter of Il. w.
Scott Of Kentucky, widow of Chauncey
Wing of Kentucky, who died abroad
some time ago.
The colonel then took up the Black
burn thread of the story. He went into
a long story about some difficulty Mrs.
Blackburn had with a tailor over some
dresses. in which the tailor had been
arrested, and threatened to sue her for
false Imprisonment. He had said the
tailor was bluffing and they had better
call his bluff Then Mrs. Blackburn
had said that there was another matter
Of greater Importance. He had told her
that he was engaged to Miss Pollard
and asked her to keep the secrat and
that witness and plaintiff had been to-
gether in hotel in New York. He had
replied that he could not give her a full
explanation then. but would later on in
Washington. Mrs. Blackburn had said
that unless he could reply satisfactorily
their friendship must end. He had said
that he supposed he must submit to her
decision, whatever it was.
The Visit 40 the Chief.
Col. Breckenridge then related the cir
cumstances attending the visit to Mai
Moore, the chief of police, giving the
following narrative:
Il and my wife formerly Mrs. Wing)
We're in the dining-room of the house
when the plaintiff walked in and said:
Excuse me, Mrs. Wing, I want to see
Mr.. Breckenridge alone on a matter Of
great Importance I turned to my wife
and said that l thought I had better go
with her. AS | walked out by Lafayette
park she said: = intend to end this
matter; / intend to kill you
II said: All right and she went on:
Mr.. Breckenridge. this is your last
chance The statement that said any
thing derogatory to my wife is an abso-
Lutte fabrication, without a shadow Of
truth on which to. hang it. Not word
was said about my wife. She said she
intended to end this thing by killing me,
and as we walked along she said IL
would be a good thing to end it by that
kind of a scandal, and she was going 10
kill herself too. She did most of the
talking. There had been no effort on
my part to calm her fears; no prOtesta-
ton of love; nothing about her being a
nervous, eXcitable child.
When we got to Maj. Moore's office
/ asked if ne was in, and being told he
was l went in and the plaintiff followed
me. l said to Maj Moore: L need the
protection of the law. This lady threat
ems to kill me. I will tell you how I
came to be in this position, but I want
you to put her or me under arrest
He said he hoped it was not as bad
as that He went over TO her and she
held up her hands and said: L have
no weapon but these; and then 1 said
to Mai. Moore that l wanted to relate
all the circumstances so that he might
decide whether TO arrest her or me-
Then she broke out into a flood Of hys-
terical tears and said: oh, don't tell
him; is il necessary said j intended
to tell him everything, when she put her
hand on my shoulder and begged me not
to tell him. I took her hand off and
turned to her and said: VIII you do
exactly what ! demand If l do not tell
him? She said she would and ] turned
TO Maj. Moore and said: I think we can
settle this ourselves
Col. Breckenridge said Of his side re-
mark in the scene before Maj. Moore
that he thought he had said it loud
enought for Mai Moore to hear, that he
certainly intended him to hear it, but
it appeared from the majors testimony
that he had not heard what he (Breclxin-
ridge had said. After leaving the Of
flee with Miss Pollard he had told her
that there could be no more terms be-
tween Them that she would have to look
to someone else for support, and that
he did not intend to give her another
dollar. They had talked together Of the
child that was to be born. He said she
wanted to get rid Of the child, but
said no; IF it is my child 1 have the
greatest interest in IT. and when IL Is