Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-17

had seen Mr. BrecEinriige every day,
and added. "He said that be had mar
ried bis second wife fourteen mouths
after the death OF his first wife, and
year after the death of bis second vile
would not be too soon TO marry me. i
told him we ought not 10 marry for two
years, and proposed 90 60 with Miss
willard on school "trip for young ladies'
in Europe he said I must not 90 and
leave him living DO rooms, thing he
bad not done for thirty years. He pat
it on the ground that
III WOULD BE SELFISH TO GO,
and did not"
A letter dated Gray Gables, Buzzard's s
Bay, Mass, in October, 1892, from Miss
Catherine Willard, and which referred
90 the proposal that Miss Pollard join
the European party, was read 10 the
jury.
COL Brecbiaridze had paid Jhs ex-
psnses Of Miss Pollard on her New York
visit iu the fall of 1892. When the
Colonel was iu Washington she saw him
every few days. The question OF mar
riags was resumed 40 this time, and al
though no date was fixed, the Colonel
aIway insisted year after the death OF
his wife, which would be ia the spring
o.. 1898, would be the time most suitable
TO him. Miss Pollard said that once on
a lecturing trip t0 New England she
had accompanied Mr. BreCkinridge.
During her STAY with Mrs. Thomas, at
ISIS III street. Washington, in
1892 and 1898. she had seen Col.
Brecknridge always once q day,
sometimes twice day and often In the
evening. She had spoken Of the en-
gazement 10 Mrs. Thomas and she re-
peated che circumstances related by
Witness Claude Del Roche Francis, pro-
nouncing the name Francis as did the
Young man. Co.0ne. Breckenridge had
expressed regret that she had met
Francis because he knew many Ken
tuckians and the enlargement would be
spread an over kentucky before they
we're ready 90 have it known. The visit
20 Mrs. Blackburn was also rehearsed
by Miss Pollard. who declared COL
Breckenridge had introduced her TO
Mrs. - ackburn with these words:
"I want to place this young lady
under your protection, for / intend 20
make her my wife. She is a great deal
90 me now, and viii be a great deal
more"
She repeated the circumstances OF
Col. Breckiuridge's visit 90 Mrs. Black
burn, when be bad explained TO her the
engagement, aud spoke also OF the in
stance when Col Breckinridge had
placed his arm around her, saying: "He
was most GGecJiOuate and most kind.
I asked Mr. Br8Ck,uridge then, as he
was talking of going 90 Chicago, 20
name the day when he would marry me.
THINK 7 ESELr DOWN
beside him and put one arm over his
shoulder, but Mrs. Blackburn objected.
This was Ou Sunday, Nay IA, 1892.
The proceeding day she had visited
Tie ONCE OF Dr. Lincoln with Colonel
BreckInridge and the same day went 20
The Office OF the chief Of police, Major
Moore, a visit which that official had
described on tla stand. The second
visit was May 10 90 Major Moore.
Then going back almost ten years to
the time OF her irst meeting, the de-
teniant in the case, Miss Pollard
to fed:
s.In April of 1854, was called TO see
my sister who was sick at Frankfort
Mr.. Rhodes had put nae 90 the car az
Lexington. Before the train had gone
Par gentleman came 20 me saying:
.Your face seems very familiar, don't
know YOU? IreD.ied: Ithink not, but
know you. You are Colonel Breckin-
ridge He asked II be could come and
see me. said. My mother and my
aunt will 0e very glad 90 see YOU
after short conversation he LETT me.
Miss P0uard's version of her relations
with James c. Rhodes did not vary es-
seuuaHy from Che accounts heretofore
published, and which are familiar 90
newspaper readers.
This brou-ht her up TO the point
where she mad sent FOR COL BrecSin-
ridge 90 advise her regarding Rhodes
threat 20 compel her 90 marry him, and
The manner iu which the COngressman
had out himself iu the position of rel
alive in the sight OF the school princl-
pal and others. She also related the
INCIDENTS or HIS EARLY VISITS
90 her at the school, and said that be
urged her Co 60 elsewhere with him 10
order that they might be able 20 consult
over the Rhodes matter more unreSerY-
edIv. The second time he came be took
her riding in @ closed carriage, saying
the night air affected his thr0sL She
went To the ST. James Hotel 10 Cincin.
natl in February, 1885. by Colonel
Breckiuridge's direction 90 consult with
female physicians. She was p rticularly
enfoined not to saw anything that would
connect Colonel Breckenridge with her
condition az that time
Io reply 90 questions by Mr. carlisle
Miss Pollard said COL Brec6iurldge FUR
nisbed the money 90 dsiray her expen'
SEES in Cincinnati and et the founding
asvInnl. and that Col Breckinridge was
the father of the child 90 which she
gave birth May go, 1855. She denied
with al. the emphasis of which she was
capable that size had ever, since she
met COL Breckinridge, had sexual in'
tercourse with any other man. Col
Breckinridgs had taken her TO the FL
semere In 1857 where she passed under
the name of Mrs. Foster, Col. Breckin-
ridge representing himself as Mr. Eos
ter. She left the Eisemere IN a few
davs because Col Sam Walter had re-
rorpized Col. Brecknridge and told peo-
pie TO the house that
HIS NAME WAS Not FOSTER.
Attorney Stol asked N she still had
a certain note from Colonel Breckin-
ridge. which was mentioned casually,
and Miss Pollard replied; II presume il
is DESTROYED. C0l0ne, BrecSinridge al-
WAYS told me Co destroy an his letters
and 7 obsyed until recently" Miss Pol
lard also testified concerning the birth
of her second child ia lSSS, and re-
counted the numerous fashionable