The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-02
MISS POLLARD LIED
Dramatic Incident at the
Breckenridge Trial
Today.
THE COLONEL'S POSITIVE DENIAL
Had No Intimate Relations With
the Plaintiff After His Mar
rage to Mrs. Wing.

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Breckenridge took the stand and began his
| third days testimony concerning the illicit
relations between Madeline Pollard and HIM
self. As usual he was one of the earliest
comers-in in fact he appeared before Miss Pol
lard or her counsel or any of his own counsel
entered the court room. When he took
the stand and leaned somewhat for
lornly on Judge Bradley's desk,
Major Butterworth began by quoting the
testimony of Miss Pollard with reference to
the alleged proposal of marriage in August,
1892, which the plaintiff claims took place in
a carriage in this city Colonel BreckinriGge
denied all these statements of the plaintiff
concerning the alleged conversation during
the ride He said he did not see the plaintiff
in August, 1892, and did not know she was
in Washington at the time.
DENIES MISS POLLARD'S STATEMENTS.
Major Butterworth made reference to
Miss Pollard's statements that the defendant
had made her give up her child, and that
he had talked with her about his deceased
wife
81 never in any way mentioned to her the
name Of my wife" he said, in answer to
Major Butterworth's question whether this
was true. II never knew she had given
birth to a living child, and never asked her
to give it up"
Colonel Breckenridge also denied Miss Pol
lard's statements concerning their meetings
at the Hoffman House in New York 81 did
not see the plaintiff at the Hoffman House
because | was not there spent
the evening after dusk in my
Wife apartments, I did not tell her, as
she states, that had an engagement with
Mr. William G. Whitney or Mr.. Charles E.
Fairchild, and that they were to seud me
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way scheme. did not tell her on April
80, that was going to spend the night in a
private car. None of her statements are
true"
HIS PROMISE TO MARRY.
"What took place on your first visit to
Major Moore IN reference to your promise to
to marry the plaintiff. and what was said at
that time9" asked Major Butterworth.
My recollection is that the conversation
didn't cover at the outside over ten or fifteen
minutes. 1t was rapid and very earnest
conversation. think my opening sentence
was: 1 have come to deliver. this young
woman naGr,9 or myself 1ay in into ,,ys your custody;
and that | desired that he should hear what
/ had to say, and arrest either me or her.
She threw up her hands and said she had not
threatened to take my life; that her hands
were her only weapons. She said TO me dur
ing our talk that she would not kill me if I
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will marry you on the last day of the month
if God does not interpose.' then said / was
going to tell the whole matter.
Then she said:-Is it necessary to
tell everythingY l answered that
intended to tell everything that had hap
pened to me. She placed her hand on my
shoulder and demonstrated about my telling
asked her if she would do what wanted If
did not tell She said she would turned
to Major Moore and said, I think we can
settle this matter between u.s. / took her
there for the purpose of delivering her over
to the police, and if she had not made her
promise to me to do as 1 asked would have
done it.
''There was no request to Major Moore
that he should preserve the secret. I told
her that the matters would probably be in
the newspapers; that we had probably been
seen going in the Office of the Chief of
Police, and that public scandal would re-
suit. told her she could not get another
dollar out of me-not dollar more for her
support. She then began to cry and told me
that her nervous manner and her excite
ment resulted from her delicate condition"
SHE TAINTED.
s'Now, tell what happened after you took
the pistol away from her in the house Of
Mrs. Thomas, after she had attempted to
take your life"
81 left her. She tainted or pretended or
simulated fainting The next morning, be-
fore had gone to breakfast, she sent up her
card to my room at the Riggs 81 ouse, and I
went down to see her in the parlor. She was
full of protestations of regret over the
scene she had created at Mrs. Thomas, and
we had an amiable interview. She
told me she was willing to keep her agree
ment about going away from Washington
and she submitted to me a schedule of things
she needed money for-her board at Mrs.
Thomas, railroad expenses, and number OF
other things. She also asked for
small additional sum of money to
pay some expenses here, before 60
ing away. We parted with ex-
pressions Of regret-regret on her part
that we were obliged to part, and that she
had acted so badly-regret on mine that she
was pregnant by me. This was on Sunday,
the 14th of May. The next night ! was in
my rooms at the Riggs House entertaining
some Kentucky friends when she came again
and seemed very nervous and excited. She
said she was going to spend the night at Mrs.
Blackburn's and | took her there"
MRS. BLACKBURN OFFENDED.
Colonel Breckinridge told of converse
tion with Mrs. Blackburn the same week in
which Mrs. Blackburn demanded the ex-
PLANTATION which Colonel Breckenridge had
failed to give in New York, of how Miss
Pollard and the witness came to be stopping
at the Hoffman House together. Colonel
Breckenridge said he declined to give any ex-
PLANTATION, saying it was not for him to explain,
and Mrs Blackburn said she. washed her
hands of the whole business and did
not want anything to do with the people
who behaved so badly and abused her conf
dence in such way. Miss Pollard after
wards said to witness she was glad it had
ended that way, that they had nothing more
to fear from Mrs. Blackburn and
she would go to New York and
drop out Of his life without ex-
planation to anybody. Arrangements
to send the plaintiff to New York and to be
cared for during her confinement by physi-
clan who had been an intimate friend of the
defendant in the Confederate army, were
also told of. Colonel Breckenridge related
in great detail long conversation which re-
suited in an agreement, between Miss Pollard
and himself, to go to see Major Moore
again in reference to their first interview
with him. During this talk Colonel Breckin-
ridge said Miss Pollard displayed pistol
which she had in her breast Il said to her"
said the witness, You are too near to use
that She said she did not intend to use it;
if she used it at all it would be on herself
WOULDN'T ADMIT.
Concerning ether statements at the in
terview with Major Moore, Colonel Breckin-
ridge said Miss Pollard was anxious for him
to tell Majer Moore that no other man had
had any improper relations with her, but he
would not do so, and said :-sYou know that
the first night met you took liberties with
your person, and slept with you the next
night with your full consent
Reference to other matters which hap
pened about this time and which were
covered In Col Breckinridge's testimony of
Friday, were told over again
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