St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-31
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did not go. There was no misunder
standing between US the next ten days;
we both knew the character of the rep
reservations to Mrs. Blackburn, and /
lett washington OH the 18th of April
with the same confidence in her had
held when left OH tile 18th of March.
had at least two more interviews with
Mrs. Blackburn before l left for Ken
tucky. Several ladies were stopping
with her, and she asked me to arrange
for Mrs. Cleveland To receive them. l did
call with them upon Mrs. Cleveland.
La an interview l urged Mrs. Blackburn
to unite with me in urging the plaintiff
to leave town. She promised to, and
agreed with me, and said that unless
ene or the other of us went there would
be scandal. and her friendship must
cease. Afterward she told HE 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 herself, and
tue conversation drifted toward the
plaintiff going with Mrs. Blackburn. |
told her that the plaintiffs temper was
such that she ought not to travel with
people that she could not De controlled
by; that she ought to go away and stay.
Mrs. Blackburn said one or the other
should leave town. said that l knew
shot INC ptdlutih WOuaQ CufIiG 10 lily
rooms when ! was away; that it was
perfectly proper: that there was
nothing wrong about it, but there were
Kentuckiens around, and they would
talk about It,"
After speaking of visiting Phila-
delphia as the guest of George w.
ChildS,
THE SECRET MARRIAGE
to Mrs. Wing i'll New York was skipped,
and Col. Breckenridge went on to tell of
his meeting with Miss Pollard at the
Hoffman house in May. He was sur
prisel Oh entering his room, to find the
door 10 the adjoining room open, and.
walking in. found Miss Pollard there
and but partly dressed. lie said:
'She demande ed to know where L had
been the past two days; said she had
been looking all over New York for me.
l responded, probably with little more
rudenesS than | should, that it was
nothing to her. Then | went back 70
my room through the short entry Je-
tween the two. l hearo a noise and
when l turned around she stood
in the door with pistol
pointed at me. [ shut the door
quickly; turned down the catch
and touched the electric button. / said
l had sent for the police, and was going
to have her put i'll the rombs. She said
she was going to shoot through the door.
l said: Shoot away, and You will only
give me more justification for having
You put in the Tombs.' She was rat
thing the door. and begged ME not to
have her put i'll the TombS. [ said:
You put the pistol down; 20 in and
fasten your door. and l will see what |
ought to do When the bell boy knocked
| | opened the door. Whether he saw
that was excited l don't know. b 1T
said 10 him To bring me pitcher of ice
water. l don't know whether l was as
cool as l might have BEEN"
| This was said So curiouSiy that every
body laughed. In answer to question
| a. to the circumstances attending his
| last marriage, Col. Breckenridge said he
| had been married at I'll West Forty
fifth street about O'Clock in the even
ing of Saturday, April 90. by the Rev.
| John L. Paxton, and the marriage was
| witnessed by Mrs. Paxton and Mrs.
| Collier, of Pittsburg. He had married,
he said, his kinswoman. the daughter
OF K. W. Scott, of Kentucky, widow or
| Chauncey Wing. of Kentucky. WHO died
| abroad some time ago. The colonel
then took up the Blackburn thread of
| the story He went into a loug story
| about some difficulty
MRS. BLACKBURN
| had with tailor over sumo dresses, in
which the tailor had been arrested, and
| had threatened to sue her for false i'm
| prisonment. 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; that he had told her that
| he WIS engaged TO Miss Pollard, and
asked her TO keep the secret, and that
/ witness and plaintiff had been together,
/ a hnfai in Naxu YORK la had
/ piled that he could not give her full
| explanation then, but would later Oh 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 Col.
| Breckenridge then related the circum-
| stances attending the visit to Maj.
Moore. the chief of police, giving the
1 following narrative:
| Il and my wife formerly Mrs. Wing
were In the dining room of the house
when the plaintiff walked in and said:
Excuse me, Mrs. Wing, want to see
Mr.. Breckenridge alone on matter OF
| great Importance turned To my wife
aud said that l thought | had better go
with her. As l walked out by La
| fayette park. she said: i intend TO end
this matter. l intend to kill YOU
| said. All right and she went on: MIR.
| Breckinridge, this is your last chance
| The statement that said anything de-
| rogatory to my wife is an absolute fabri-
| cation, without 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 it would be a
good thing to end it by that kind Of a
| scandal, and she was going to
| KILL HERSELF TOO.
| ''She did most OF the talking There
| had been no effort on my part to calm
| her fears; no proteStation of love; moth
ing about her being nervous, eXcitable
| child.
| when we got to Mai. Moore's office
| l asked if he was in. snd. being told
| that he was. went IN, and the plaintiff
| followed me. / said to Mai. Moore: L
! need the protection of the law. This
lady threatens to kill NE. | will tell
| you how l came to be in this position,
and want you to put either her OF me
! under arrest
He said he hoped it was not as bad
as that. He went over 10 her. and she
| held up her hands and said: i have no
| weapons but these and then said to
| Maj. Moore that l wanted to relate all
the circumstances, SO that he might de-
| eide whether to arrest her or me. Then
| she broke into flood of hvsterical tears
| and said: oh, don't tell him; is it nee
essary" l said | intended to tell him
| everything, when she put her hand OH
my shoulder and beggei me not to tell
him. took her hand off and turned to
| her and Said: Will you do exactly what
| L demand if do not tell hiiuY She said
| she would, and l turned to Mai. Moore
and said: L think we eau settle this
| ourselyes.''
Col. Breckenridge said of his side re-
mark IN the scene before Major Moore
| that he thought he had made il loud
enough for
| MAI. MOORE TO HEAR;
| that he certainly intended him 10 hear
| it.; but it appeared from the majors
| testimony that he had not heard what
| he (Breckinridge) had said. After leav-
| ing the Office with Miss Pollard. he had
| told her that there could be no more