The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-22
from him and in continuing their rela-

continuance of the relations between Miss
Pollard and his client until the winter of
lS50-9l, when, he contended, Miss Pollard,
through her power over him, tried to
make him introduce her into the houses
of people she wanted to know, and to give
her money which he could iil-atford to
give. He did not introduce her to private
houses. She made his life a burden for
him, and he tried to get her to go away,
to take advantage of opportunities for the
development of her talents, and he offered
TO pay her expenses for such education, as
little as he could afford to do so. This
state of affairs continued until Mrs
Breckinridge died in 1892.
WANTED TO PASS AS HIS WIFE.
The plaintiff in the fall of that year met
the defendant while he was on business
trip in New York, and proposed to him
that She should go abroad TO Berlin with
Mrs, Willard and stay two years at Mrs.
Wizards school, on condition that she
went as his atianCed wife. This PROPOSE
ton Col Breckenridge refused. He would
not listen TO anything concerning mar
rage, but through consideration for his
family in the event of a scandal, he
proposed that she go abroad and that
he would allow her 1928 month,
which no man in Washington could
less afford to do at that time
than Col. Breckenridge. This Ofer.
said Mai. Shelby was refused by the
plaintiff because she could not go with
his permission to tell Mrs. Willard that
she was Col Breckinridges atianced
wife. After this time the improper rela-
tions were resumed. MAJ. Shelby then
told, of what he cOntended, was the cir
cums'ances in the case last spring, when
the alleged engagement existed He had
previously denied Miss Pollard's state
ment that Col. Breckenridge had asked
her TO be his wife in August, 1892.
MISS POLLARD AND MRS. BLACKBURN
Miss Pollard Meanwhile had become ac-
quainted with Mrs l.. Blackburn, Gov.
BlackbuTn's widow; had been to her
house, and had assisted at one of her re
CeptiOus Mrs. blackburn began to sus-
pect something about the relations be
tween Col. Breckinridge and Miss Pol
lard, and had asked Miss Pollard about it.
Miss Pollard told Col Breckenridge that
when Mrs. Blackburn had questioned her
about the matter she had herself told Mrs.
Blackburn that she and Col BrCckiurdge
We're engaged. The defendant was angry
and said he would go to Mrs. Blackburn
TO make frank avoWal of the Illicit re
latiOns between them and deny the en-
gagoment. The plaintiff begged him not
to so expose her" said Mai. Shelby. "She
begged him to give her another chance.
He finally suggested as way out of the
difficulty that she should 90 to New York.
or somewhere, and gradually drop out Of
his life, he paying her eX-
penses, ana that in time what
she had told Mrs. Blackburn would
be forgotten. There was nothing done
about what Mrs Blackburn had been
been told so he dallied with the matter.
Then Miss Pollard told him that Mrs.
Blackburn wanted to see him, and he
went to see her. He told her that Miss
Pollard was a foolish girl, given to making
foolish statements and 10 doing foolish
things. Soon after that Miss Pollard
tried to shoot him in Mrs. Thomas house,
but being stronger he Gisarmed her.
HIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS oFAN ENGAGEMENT.
Concerning the visit to Mrs. Blackburn,
in which the defendant acknowledged
that he was engaged to Miss Pollard.
Mai. Shelby said the plaintiff had induced
him, by that influence which such women
have over men, to fall into her plan and
to go TO Mrs Blackburn and acknowledge
that they We're engaged. She held n ter
rorizing influence over him. She had
once attempted to kill him but worse than
that, she had it in her power to ruin him
completely by an exposition of their reIa-
tiOns, and, like many another good man,
he was weak enough to fall into the trap.
Between March 81, when Miss Pollard
and Col. Breckenridge called OF Mrs.
Blackburn together, and April j, 1893,
when Col Breckinridge went to Ken
tucky, he saw Mrs Blackburn twice on
private business, and not in connection
with Miss Pollard.
HIS ENGAGEMENT TO MRS. VINO.
He remained away until April 27, and
during that time Col Breckenridge be-
came engaged to his cousin, Mrs. Wing,
for whom he had an admira tion and afTec-
tion, and whom he had known for many
years. And | want to say here" said
Mai Shelby, that the intimation that
Col Breckiuridge sustained improper re-
lations with the plaintiff after the time
he became engaged to Mrs Wing is abso-
lutely false, and is piece
of barbarity that should not be in
troduced here. 1t is an unnecessary. a
wantOn attack on pure and defenseless
lady Mai. Shelby told the reason that
induced Col Breckinridge to marry Mrs.
Wing on April 80 the date Of the secret
marriage in New York. She was going
east he was going west. These were the
reasons that induced them to wish to coA-
sUmmate their engagement in marriage at
this time. She had been i'll and he wished
TO make her nearer to him before
they parted. 1t was mistake to keep it
a secret. but Col. Breckenridge wanted
ms Wlte 10 get IN LnG dnecJlOn OF his chill
dren before they knew that he had mar
ried her They were married then by DR..
Paxton and the fact of the marriage was
TO three intimate friends
Of Mrs. Wing,
HIS PAYMENT TO DIR. PARSONS.
Mai. Shelby denied that Col BrecAin-
ridge. when he paid DR.. Parsons for at
tending Miss Pollard, knew that the
plaintiff had been delivered of child.
but had supposed there was u miscar-
riage. The plaintiff, he said, was in the
habit Of annoying Col. Breckenridge in
various ways coming to his rooms when
he was there and when he was not. She
looked over his private papers and
looked into private rcCeptacles and took
things away that did not belong TO her.
AS to the little basket owned by the late
Mrs Brccknridge which Miss Pollard
testified Col Breckenridge had given her,
Maj. Shelby said that basket was taken
from his rooms and he had not seen it,
lor did he know what had become of it
until it was produced in court,
THE HOFFMAN, HOUSE INCIDENT
AS to the visit to New York, during
which Col Breckenridge was married.
Mai Shelby said that Col Breckinridge
IN the Monday two days after his mar
'iage went TO the Hoffman house, where
ne had registered to get some clothes.
He found on arriving there that Miss
Pollard had registered at the hotel as his
laughter, and had secured a room COM
with his. When he entered