The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-04

From whom
From the plaintiff"
When was that?"
About the third or fourth week in
August"
up to this time had there been a re-
sumption Of your improper relations?''
None whatever" was the reply, and
In answer to a question as TO whether
they met frequently. he said that he had
seen her occasionally in the sense of
meeting her on the street. Continuing.
he said:
After my return 70 Lexington from
Nicholasville our relations were resumed
and I met her at the same house as be-
fore in the latter part of July. 1887. 1t
was after the accident in which she was
thrown from her horse Soon afterwaTd
she came TO me and said she had made
up her mind to leave Lexington because
she could get no employment there and
she was pursued by gossip about her
relations with Rhodes. She said she had
consulted Senator Beck about coming to
Washington and that he had said it was
not a good plan for her to come TO
Washington: that II was the worst place
for young woman to come 1 protest.
ed against her coming. She said one
morning that IL was absolutely neces-
sary for me to see her and I met her
that night, when she said she feared she
was pregnant: that it was not at all a
matter of certainty. but that If she was
so there was nothing else left for her TO
do but go somewhere.
The Conversation Unpleasant.
stop there" interrupted Mr.. Butter
worth. Did she say the pregnancy was
by you?"
"Of course. The conversatio was ex-
ceSsively unpleasant. 1 refused to fur
nish the money. 1t was matter of
doubt. Only two months had passed
since our relations had been resumed.
told her that for her to come to Wash
ington might be disastrous 10 herself and
10 Inc. Afterward l repaid the money
which she borrowed to come TO Wash
ington. The conversations were excess
sively unpleasant. II was some time in
the month of September. 1887. that she
came. 1 reached here or the evening of
Nov. and returned 10 Lexington the
next day. / saw the plaintiff on the
street near Washington circle. She in
formed me that she was in catholic
institution at that end OF the town and
said there was no doubt OF her condi-
ton. / returned 10 Washington the
see the plaintiff for three months. The
plaintiff had moved to the Academy of
the visitation on Massachusetts-ave.. but
I saw her a the capitol"
Were these changes made in pursu-
ance Of your suggestions
They were not / received several
letters from the plaintiff saying that her
health was very bad. l sent her money
at the general delivery, whatever she
wanted. She controlled that"
Didn't Promise Marriage
''The plaintiff has said that on two oc-
casions after protestations Of love you
said you would marry her if it was pos
sible."
There is not a scintilla Of truth in
that statement-not shred. Under the
circumstances. at no time was there
such statement. The plaintiff never
alluded to the possibility of it. Before
the death Of my Wife there was not
solitary word that could be distorted into
such a thing"
The colonel was very deliberate and
emphatic, and continuing, declared that
she had never told him she gave birth
10 living child. nor did he believe it un-
I'll he heard the testimony Of DR.. Par
sons saying: "She said that that sec
ond time she had a miscarriage. resulting
from her poor health. If she had told
me she had borne living child it would
have given me an excuse to break off my
rela with her for considering the
time of those relations. il was impossible
that the child could have been my child"
I'm paying the expenses of the second
confinement Col. Breckenridge said a
first he had been represented as Miss
Pollard's guardian. When the physician,
DIT. Parsons, sent an additional bill, he
had said that she had better come directly
10 him, for If she was a reputable ply
stefan a professional secret would be
safe in her hands. and if she was at
tempting blackmail it would be best
10 face her at once. Miss Pollard had
Informed him that at the academy Of the
Visitation she had arranged with the
good sisters TO teach in return for her
board and she also would receive in
struction in some of the higher classics.
That seemed an eminently desirable ar
rangement for il afforded her protection
and quiet.
The Relations Continue.
During the two years that she was
there were there any improper relations
between you and the PLAINTIFF"
There was"
The plaintiff has said that there was
never any suggestion on your part that
your relations should be broken Off"
From November. 1885. 10 July, 1887,
there were no improper relations be-
tween us although I was supporting
her The ENHANCEMENT between Us re-
ally began when she came 10 Washing
ton against my will. 1 frequently said
the relations between US could only re-
suit in public scandal and perhaps de-
struction Of us both; that her character,
her lack Of self-control her temper were
such that some day there must come an
exposure. l urged her to go anywhere
where she could study. Offering to pay
her expenses and saying the burden
could be no greater on me than il was.
Several times I thought she had agreed
TO go, once 10 Cambridge. She was there
some time and left against my will.
Then she told me she had arranged to
go on the paper Of the proprietor Of
Bread Loaf. Joseph Batten. in Vermont.
Some Of our interviews were more ex-
cessively unpleasant than any words can
describe. She would come TO me at the
capitol in my committee room. declare
that she was not going TO leave; that
she was going TO have the support i
owed her. l suppose at times l became
excessively angry and said things that
were hard and bitter. 7 knew that the
only alternative was submission or the
destruction of the lives of those who de-
pended upon me and let il go on, hoping
that tomorrow would bring a solution
Of the problem. / would tell her in ev-
cry way, from gentle to the NOSE severe,
that she was becoming more and more
disinclined and unable to care for her
self. Her manner was oftentimes ex-
trenely disagreeable."
She Didn't Advise Him.
Col. Breckenridge testified that he had
never gone TO but one lecture with Miss
Pollard; had never submitted manuscript
OF his speeches, lectures or magazine