Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-31


her. and she could scarcely credit II.
and did not know whether she could
| congfatulnte him or not 10 this he
ad responded nothing. simply ac-
knowledging Il with a bow. and IN a
few minutes he arose, and he and the
plaintiff had left the house together
and walked to her house without n
and said: You must leave Washing
ton I had two more interviews with
Mrs. Blackburn before l left for Ken
lucky. Several ladies were stopping
with her and she asked me to ar
range for Mrs Cleveland. In an in
tervlew / 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
one or the other OF MS went there
would be a scandal. and her friend
ship must cease.
Afterwards 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 herself, and
the conversation drifted toward the
plaintiff going with Mrs. Blackburn.
Il told her the plaintiffs temper was
such that she ought not to travel with
people; that she could not be CON
trolled, but that she ought to go away
and study. Mrs. Blackburn said one
or the other should leave or there
would be scandal. | said ] knew
that the pla'ntlff would come to my
rooms when was away; that IL was
perfectly proper; that there was moth
ing wrong about It. but there were
talk about IT,"
Col. Breckenridge went on TO tell OF
MS meeting with Miss Pollard at the
thurman house May last He was sur
prised on entering his room 10 find
the door to the adjoining room open
and walking in found Miss Pollard
there and but partly dressed.
He sald "She demanded TO know
where | had been the past two days;
said she had been looking all over
lew York for me. / responded with n
little more rudeness than I should that
Il was nothing to her. Then I went
bnck to my room through short en-
try between the two. ] heard a noise
and when | turned around she stood In
the doorway with pistol pointed at
me. shut the door quickly turned the
latch and touched the electric button
l said 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. I said shoot. and
you will only give more justification
for having you put In the tombs She
was rafting at the door and begged
] said; You put the pistol down, go
In and fasten your door and | will see
what is best to do. When the bell
boy knocked | opened the door.
Whether he saw that I was excited
/ don't know. but / said to him TO
bring a pitcher of ice water I don't
whether was as cool as / might have
BEEN"
The colonel took up the Blackburn
story He went into long story about
some difficulty Mrs Blackburn had
with a tailor over some dresses in
which the tailor had been arrested and
had threatened to sue her for false
imprisonment, He had said the tailor
was bluiling and they had better call
his bluff Then Mrs. Blackburn had
said that this was another matter Of
greater Importance; that he had told
that he was engaged to Miss Pollard
and asked her to Keep the secret and
that witness and plaintiff had been to-
gether In hotel in New York.
He replied that he could not give
her a full explanation then, but would
later on In Washington. Mrs Black
burn had said that unless he could re-
ply satisfactorily their friendship must
end. He said that he supposed he must
submit TO her decision, whatever 1t was.
Col. Breckinrdge then stated the cir
cumstances attending the visit to Mai,
Moore. the chief OF police giving a
narrative ttnHlueTaply ullttItul from
Mai Moore's story.
Then the witness told of Miss Pol
lards last attempt to shoot him. He
had been TO see her at the house of
Mrs. Thomas. I'm Lafayette square. a
few days after the scene In the Office
Of the chief OF police. He had suspected
her intentions, and as he stepped Into
the room he threw both arms around,
clasping her tightly around the shout
ders, suipped his arms until he could
grasp her hands and caught the
weapon.
~ episode the colonel graphically
described, stopping 10 remark loosely:
fAnd | have the pistol In my posses-
sion now; one OF the mementoes Of
the engagement to marry the plaintiff"
When he loosened her arms he contin-
ued, she had tainted. or pretended 10
faint so he laid her on a dtvan.
put the pistol In his pocket. closed
the door and walked out. This seemed
a good climax to end the chapter. and
so court adjourned until Monday.