The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-05
THE OLD MAN is PALE.
Cross Examination Telling on
Col Breckenridge.
HE Proseeatioe Lets the Crater &c,
and VIII IstPeds nee Witnesses
TO Prove HE Perjury.

WAsHryGros CrrY. April A-The inqulsi.
zion suffered BY Representative Breckin.
ridge &C the hands Of Judge yere Wilson
:sgsrdins the testimony of Ara Gov.
Blackburn would be the talk Of the city to-
sight, bu. for some remarks Of Judge
Bradley which enlivensd the close of the
days proceedings and have obscursd oil
ether features Of the case. For days past,
since the case reached the xenifh Of sensa-
t;onalism. crowds Of men, boys and women,
many OF them we'll dressed and respectable
Of appearances. have thronged the court
house corridors, the sidewalks. even the
street in front Of the offices Of
The attorneys Of the case at the
hour of adjournment. waiting for the
principals TO appear. eibowing for vantage
points, bandying personal comment and
making things 20 generally disagreeabis
tina, the objects of their attention have
been driven 20 make their escape through
side doors. adopting various mansuvsrs
20 avoid unpleasant notoristy.
Judge Bradley has meantime bssn
smothering growing feeling Of disgust
Tonight his emotion passed the safety
gauge. snd he gave some OF these people
such pointed tongue flashing ~ has
rarely been heard in . court room. After
contracting to hold the court room spec
tators In check until their prey had got
avay, he held the usual crush at bay until
he told them that their conduct wss
Characterised by indscsncy; that they re-
minded him OF buxzards around carrion
and other things not pleasant to hear.
Il Col. Breckenridge confradicted Mrs.
Blackburn's description OF nearly every
one Of the material occurrences. but quail
lied his deniais by the statement that she
had confused dates and places, mad put
constructions not intended upon his ut-
terances, and had attributed TO him things
said by Miss Pollard, but asserted rs .
saving clause thai she had no doubt hon.
estiy endeavored to give her recollection
Of the events.
Tomorrow the defense will close their
case. The plaintiff has several witnesses
in town for the rcbuttal. Mrs. Mcclellan
Brown. Of Cincinnati, wife Of the former
principal Of Wesleyan institute. registered
st the Riggs house yesterday. Other Ken
lucky witnesses who are stopping at the
same place are @. II. keenan, and G.. NJ.
Kelly, Of Lexington, and II. Il. Queen. of
Covington. Beside these people Mr.. VIII
son laid the foundation for the appearance
OF several witnesses 20 impeach Col.
Breckenridge, one Of them the colorei
cook at Miss PoIiard's swell II street
boarding house, and another the lady of
the house where she was confined In 1859
for the birth Of her second child.
When he took the stand this morning
Breckenridge was extremely pale. lie
denied asking . colored woman at Colds
boro TO cook for him after he married
plaintiff. He never professed any affec-
ton for plaintiff. but was solicitous when
he knew that she was about to become .
mother through him. He went with her
10 certain places for understood purposes.
He placed his arms around her and kissed
her. but both understood perfectly that IL
meant nothing deep. Plaintiff frat men
toned marriage to him In September, 1852.
lie told her that the disparity in their
ages and her relations with Rhodes made
marriage impossible. There was the
semblancs of a marriage contract before
Mrs. Blackburn only.
Wilson asked him concerning the dis
tinction between man and woman i'm
Illicit relations. He replied that n man
Is under obligations to prevent the de-
struction OF young woman. II he did
not he should be punished. He was try
ing to take his punishment uncomplain-
ingly. lie acknowledged the respectable.
ity of the compartments associates and
her hrilliancy. He denied having placed
L plaintiff under the care Of Mrs. Blackburn.
HIS recollection differed from Mrs. Black
burns. The demonstration before Mrs.
Blackburn was intended to deceive her.
Farther cross-examination brought ont
the fact that in the certificate of marriage
TO Mrs. Wing IL was made TO appear that
49,, L..
had asked DR.. Paxton not to make the
marriage public, and after the marriage
70 Mrs. Wing they stopped at Hotel Log
eFat, New York. registering as VIM. J.
Campbell and wife. Defendant denied
saying that he intended TO marry the
rlainiff at the first call on Mrs. Black
burn. He thought Mrs. Blackburn con-
fused the first interview with others, and
was also confused about some other mat
tefs. When Mrs Blackburn's statements
we're read. 10 the effect that, on the second
visit. she told him she was shocked at his
engagement. and tina. IL was poor return
Of his wife's devotion. he said he failed TO
rene mber the expressions. Breckinridge
denied having told Mrs Blackburn that
he never paid any attention 10 Mrs. Wing.
i hut had reported tho engagement 10 have
hspSead IN order to famitarlxe bis family
with the idea of his marriage. and when
congress adjourned he was going home TO
| arrange for the marriage. He said that
congress had already adjourned at the
tine Of ihis conversation. Defendant MAS
safe tha, Mrs Blackburn never told him
that II his attentions 10 Mrs. Wing were
represented, ne Was villain.
Further on in the cross-exafnin atics. Mr..
Wilson asked: Don't you remember she
spoke To YOU regarding your relations
xith coiored womenr''
Il never heard Of that until she spoke it
| On the witness stand.
Odd you on any occasion visit the
Plaintiff at Mary Mckondie's ON Second
/ st'vei, IN this city
Il did not; never did" with great
saAhasis'l
Ia January. February. or March. OF
iSSSp'
: never did. | know that Is the place
lie plaintiff and DR.. Parsons have located
sihs house where the child vas born.
kaos there = womsn OF that name. Who
w r. called upon to swear Was there.
| tkaoS certain persons have been sent
sssTe ~ train her as TO what she viii tes-
ny. never was there. Ii Is fslse."
You say certain persons have been
'aerv 10 tram her. Has one been iaere on
geer hehalift
4 i sen, nv son there, because I had
beard she sss TO be called TO testify. ana
we asd baea seen hy another IN THIS case
4 sessrd Z Z her testimony"
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