Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-03-31

This was said so curiousiy that every
body laughed.
II answer to a question as to the cir
cumstances attending his last marriage
Colonel Breckenridge said be had been
married at No. I'll West FOrty-ffth
street, about seven o'clock in the eve
ming Of Saturday, April %, By the Rev.
John R. Paxton and the marriage was
witnessed by Mrs. Paxton and Mrs. Col
lier, OF Pittsburg. he had married, he
said, his kinswoman, the daughter OF
P. w. Scott, Of Kentucky, widow OF
Chauncey Wing, Of Kentucky, who died
abroad some time ago.
Colonel Breckenridge then related the
circumstances attending the visit to
Major Moore, the Chief Of Police, Civ
ing the following narrative:
II and my wife formerly Mrs. Wing6
were in the dining room OF the house
when the plaintiff walked In and said:
Excuse me, Mrs. Wing, ] want 10 see
Mr.. Breckenridge alone on matter of
great Importance l turned to my wife
and said that / thought l had better
to go with her. As ] walked out
by Lafayette Park she sain, i intend TO
end this matter; I intend TO kill you.
said, all right, and she went on:
Mr.. Breckenridge, this is your last
chance The statement that said any
thing derOgatory OF my wife is an a6SO-
lutte Justification, without a shadow OF
truth on which to hang il. Not word
was said about my wife. She said she
intended to end this thing by killing
me, and as we walked along she said It
would be a good thing to end it by
THAT KIND OF A SCANDAL,
and she was going to shoot herself too.
She did most of the talking. There had
been no effort on my part to calm her
fears; no protestation OF love; nothing
about her being a nervous, eXcitable
child. When we got to Major Moore's
office I asked II be was in, and being
told he was I went in and the plaintiff
followed me. l said 10 MAJOR Moore:
1 need the protection OF the law. This
lady threatens TO kill me. l will tell
you how I came 10 be ia this position,
and want you to put her or ME under
arrest He said he hoped it
was not as bad as that. He went
over to her and she held up her hands
and said: 1 have no weapons but
these and then l said to Major Moore
that I wanted to relaJe all the circum-
stances, so that he might decide
whether to arrest her or me. Then she
broke out into a flood OF hysterical
tears and said: oh, don't tell him; is
it necessary?' l said intended
to tell him everything, when she put her
hand on my shoulder and begged me
not to tell him. l took her hand of
and turned to her and said, VIII you
do exactly what l demand il / do not
tell him. She said she would and
turned 10 Major Moore and said think
we can settle this ourselves"
COL. BRECKINRIDoE SAID
of his side remark In the scene before
Major Moore, that he thought he had
made it loud for Major Moore to hear;
that be certainly intended him to hear
it; but it appeared from the Majors tes-
timony that ne had not heard what he
(Brecknridge) had said. After leaving
the office with Miss Pollard he had told
her that there could be no more
terms between them that she would
have TO look to some ono else FOR sup
port and that he did not intend to give
her another dollar. They had talked
together OF the child that was TO be
born. He said she wanted TO get rid Of
the child, tout sa d no; it Is my child
/ have the greatest interest IN IL, and
when II is born 1 can tell whether II Is
mine or whether it is noI?'
Then witness told of Miss Pollard's
last attempt to shoot him. He had been
to see her at the house OF Mrs. Thomas,
in Lafayette Square, few days after
the scene in the Office of the chief OF
police. He had suspected her inten-
tions and as he stepped into the room
he threw both arms around her, clasp
ing her tightly around the shoulders,
slipped his arms down until he could
grasp her hands
AND CAUGHT THE WEAPON.
This episode, the Colonel narrated
graphically, stopping TO remark jocose-
ly, land have the pistol in my posses
sion now; one Of the mementoes OF my
engagement to marry the plaintiff"
When be loosened his arms, he con-
tinued, she had tainted, or pretended to
faint, so he laid her on a divan, put the
pistol 10 bis pocket, closed the door and
walked out.
This seemed a good climax TO end the
chapter and so court adjourned until
Monday.
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