The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-03-31


ing the blind letter 10 Rhodes and said
/ he was never in New Orleans in his life.
How did you get these letters Of the
PLAINTIFFS to RhO1es'"
They came 10 me directly from my
7 partner. Mr.. Shelby, who received them
from O. s. kenney member Of the Lex
inCtOu bar who received Them from Mrs
Eagle. d sister Of James c. Rhodes
Col. Breckiuridge denied having ever
seen DR. Street to his knowledge, or that
he had ever called upon hcr after the visit
to Sarah Guests house. His next meeting
( with Miss Pollard was on October ~,
{ 1854, in Cincinnati He fixed the date by
means Of political meeting on that day.
Miss Pollard met him al the Lexington
I train and they went TO an designation
/ house
When did rou first learn that she had
( been pregnant"
The first time ! learned from her that
she Lad been pregnant was in the summer
1 of 1887: and I never had any information
( from anybody else about the matter.
/ The first time I learned that her preg-
nancy had carried her to Cincinnati was
{ in the winter of 1892 She asked me 10
/ help her obtain place in Washington for
n lady, on the ground that she was the
! sister Of the man who had been her ply
| slcian during her pregnancy
/ As Col Breckenridge said this he
! looked squarely az Miss Pollard, and
/ nodded his head in her direction as if 10
! emphasize his words.
WHERE SHE WAS CONFINED.
Did she in 1857. when she told YOU of
/ her pregnancy in 1888, tell you where she
/ was confined ,'
From what she told me | understood
| that it was a legitimate miscarriage
Did she indicate where that miscar-
/ rlage took place.
From what she said understood that
| il took place under the care and charge of
! her mother, who exercised great care
that no scandal should result"
Miss Pollard became red and white by
turns when. Col Bre ,kinridge mentioned
her mother in this connection. She trem-
blCd violently and made an effort to rise
in her chair, her head shaking with cx-
element and her hands clinched as if
ready to strike. 1t took the whispered
words of Miss Ellis, MIR Carlisle and
Judge Wilson 10 quiet her agitation.
DIDN'T SEE HER IN 1856.
The witness could not recall having
seen the plaintiff during the year 1856
he knew he had no relations with her in
that year He said Miss Pollard did not
come to Washington at his solicitation,
on the contrary he did all he could to dis
oGdut htI- Nueu he lOGuu SIlG was Oe-
| termined TO come he did ali he could to
help her. She visited him at his
ONCE in Lexington, and their re-
latiOns, dropped for twenty months
were resumed She afterwards came
to Washington, but he did not furnish her
money for the "trip. He saw her upon the
street shortly after his return TO Wash
ingtOn, but did not see her again for three
or four months. when she visited him at
fl... tN.f., a L.
nant, and he advanced her all the money
she needed.
NEVER PROMISED TO MARRY HER.
estate whether you ever at any time
stated to the plaintiff or gave her the i'm
preston that you would marry herr"
There is not a scintilla of truth in the
matter, and there never was a converse
tion of that kind between the plaintiff
and myself There is not a thread of
truth in it at all Under no onsideration
and at no time or place did the plaintiff
ever know from me the possibility of such
an occurrence ever happening
THE BIRTH OF HER CHILD
Did you know she had given birth to a
child o''
Il never knew that she had living
child; shenever informed me of it, and [
never believed word of it until DR. Par
sons testified on the stand that she had
given birth to a child"
Col. Breckenridge acknowledged that
he paid the bill brought him by DR. Par
sons for professional attendance to Miss
Pollard. 1t was $50. DR. Parsons
| brought it to him about a year after the
child was born. According to the testi-
mony of Dir Parsons the child was born
Feb 3. 1855
Miss Pollard did not apply for a posi-
ton III the government service when she
came to Washington, but went to the
! Catholic Academy, where she remained
two years and six months, the defendant
paying her expenses. During part of
that time, the improper relations be-
! tween them were carried on
There were no relations between the
! plaintiff and myself from the month Of
| July, 1855, to the month of November.
| 1857 said the defendant "There was
an interval when there were no improper
| acts between the plaintiff aud myself,
| but during which l paid her expenses
| In the fall of 1890 there was an under
! standing between the plaintiff and myself
| by which she was to leave Washington
! When l returned from my campaign
! service | found that she had changed her
mind and had obtained place in the cen
/ sus bureau"
Did you do anything to help her raise
! herself"
The plaintiff, knew to he a woman of
| very considerable talent. 7 felt entangled
with her to sons extent, through my be-
/ lief in her statement that she had had an
unfortunate miscarriage, caused by NE,
! and again another miscarriage. and | did
| what l could to help her. In the fall of
| 1880 told her that | thought we should
| separate-uo good could come out
Of our wrongful rela,i ions, and only
scandal and her destruction aud
| possibly mine would result, unless
temper and her lack of self control
with her indispositlon to do anything ex-
| cept, as it seemed to me, to CRAFTY her
self, the natural result of such relations
would be an exposure, in which she and
alike would have to suffer. If she would
go anywhere, only leave Washington, was
what / desired, and | told her
| would furnish her with the money
that was necessary / told her il
/ would be no greater burden for me
TO support her elsewhere than here. and
she was growing day by day less dis
posed to do anything to break up the re
lations or TO prevent them from becoming
known.
Every one of my arrangements to pre-
vent scandal" said Col Breckenridge
continuing, was put an end TO by hcl
declaration that she would not leave
| Washington
PARTED REPEATEDLY.
"She went away several times. each
! time with the un3prstap dino tbat n,