The Portland daily press., 1894-04-03

OF scandal about a man and woman
would have on each before the world and
the defendant answered: 81 would say
the publication of such matter would
destroy the girl and only iniure the man.
1t hurts him but does not destroy him.
Ii he is q young or unmarried man it is
only an injury and may not be serious.
The advice I would give young woman
or young man would be based entirely
| upon circumstances.
| You would not give the same advice
to the man that you would to the
| woman?'
''That would depend, l say, upon cir
cumstances. If a young man came to
me under some circumstances, I would
| say that death and hell would be better
| than living with that kind of a woman" !"
Your advice to man would depend
on the peculiar circumstances and sur
roundings of the case"
''It would"
| The August day that he and Miss Pol
lard took the carriage ride, said Colapel
Breckenridge, was warm. He did not
have any affection of the throat, as Miss
Pollard said he had told her.
| Don't you think it quite unnatural
that man should get closed carriage
on hot August evening for drive with
lady?''
II don't know that it was. have no
recollection now of what sort of a car
| riage | selected. 1t MAY have been some
thing in the drivers appearance that at
tracted me. did not consider whether
it was open or closed.''
| The witness said ''Her whole talk
was of her ambition to become an au-
| thoress. She held George Eliot up as an
| mi of oil oh hxa3
Colonel Breckenridge said he had had
| immoral relations with women during
his married life. After Judge Wilson
had made statement of what such
Conduct on the Part of Married Man
meant, Colonel Breckenridge said: ''That
is all true, and more than you said. There
never lived a man who had less excuse
for doing what I did, than / had. No
form in which you could put the ques-
ton could make me wish to palliate, in
the slightest degree, the conditions sur
rounding me at that time. | have no de-
fence to make for it, but that it happen
ed that way" a&
Much of the examination that followed
was unsuitable for general publication.
1t related to the seduction part of the
plaintiff s petition, and the defendant
gave categorical denial of that part ypf
the case in all its phases. He continued: !:
THAT act happened in the circumstances
I have narrated and the punishment I
have received for it is the punishment /
shall have to submit to. There was but
one possible thing that did not deserve
for my punishment, and which did
most positively refuse to accept, and
that was to marry the woman with
4, r u hot +,,ov oots
Miss Pollard left the court room at
this point.
The witness was asked if he knew
person who did typewriting in the COR
ridors of the Capitol whose name was
given, He said he might know her if
he saw her, but did not remember her
by name.
Judge Wilson asked the witness if he
had sister in Louisville.
Col. Breckenridge said he had a sister
Mary there.
"Have you a sister Louise?'' asked
Judge Wilson. o
81 have not"
j Ibid you ever take a letter to a type
writer in the Capitol for copying ad-
dressed My dear sister Louise?' -
Il don't recollect sending such a let
ter. I have a sister-in-law whose name
is Louise. I call her LOU
1t was the belief of those who have
followed the course of the trial that
Judge Wilson wanted to prove that my
dear sister Louise meant Louise Will
son." the name which Miss Pollard says
she assumed in Cincinnati after her con-
tinement in 1885. The defense tried to
prove that Miss Pollard did not give
birth to child in Cincinnati, and that
she heard girl named Louise Wilson
was at the st. Joseph's founding asy-
lum and had pretended it was her as
sumed name. ~
I'm that letter." asked Judge Wilson,
''did you not say you were looking for
ward to the time when you would get
home, and that you anticipated with
pleasure meeting this correspondent you
described as My dear sister Louise?'
II have not the slightest recollection of
ever having written such a letter. If you
can produce the letter SO / can refresh
er wrote it. 1t does not sound like my
correspondence. 1 don'5 believe any
such letter was ever in existence"
There were many objections to Judge
Wilson's questions by the defense. Col.
Thompson said the questions were not
proper unless the letter was produced.
Judge Wilson said this particular man
usclpt was returned to the defendant
and its existence would be proved.
eff such letter exists, 1.-the defendant
said, "it's forgery if it be producedf
and perjury if it be sworn to-"
Major Butterworth and Major Shelby
bitterly opposed any more examination
about a. letter, that did not exist so far
as proof was concerned.
Judge Wilson said the defendant denied
that he had any correspondence with the
plaintiff for year, including the period
during which this letter was written
The plaintiff wanted to show that such
a,letter existed and it was necessary to
ask questions to test the defendants
memory about it.
Judge Bradley said he understood that |
the letter was not in the possession of
the plaintiff and could not be produced.
He did not think the. questions should |
extend beyond trying to ascertain from |
the witness whether he remembered the |
letter and the things connected with it.
Judge Wilson said he believed the let
Ter was in existence but could not |
produce it now. He asked; "Did you in
the fall of 1886 take to Miss Louise |
Lowell (the typewriter whose name was |
previously mentioned) envelopes to be |
addressed Miss Madeline Pollard, Sc |
Upper street, Lexington, Kentucky?"
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