The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-10

thing marrying a woman so much younger
than myself | am old enough TO De MISS
Pollard's father. I am between thlrty anu
thirty-one years older than Miss Pollard
| Then. after some further conVersauon'
they left
| The witness could not remember tne l
| exact time OF her next conversation WIN
| colonel Breckenridge. Il cannot rcmem-
| ber." she said. "the exact occasion as u
was a matter ! never took a note OIL
A Subsequent Explanation.
| Colonel Breckenridge came to see hef
| again az the Portland and said:
when 1 announced my engagement J.
saw you were very much shocked. VIZ
! ness replied that she had been. and tha'
ahe thought II a poor return FOR 50 lnueH
| devotion as he had received.
Il will now tell you something. salu
| Colonel Breckenridge; something ! never
expected 70 pass my lire ! discoVel co.
or thought did, Miss Polards teeili5s
toward me, and then, being a man ol
honor. I could do nothing else but on''
my hand" Il then replied. went On ule
witness. you take very high we" OF
your duty"
,rbe only date Of these interviews shc
co,1a remember was Good Friday, inc
dav Of the first one. She had never s'cn
colonel Rreckinrldge I'm any place here
except In her own apartments on one
occasion he asked IL they were going 10
Europe. and II so. would they take Aihs
| pollard with them, but she declined. not
! vishjn, 10 be so hampercd, and had told
him SO. lie thought he would have Miss
| Pollard go 20 New York and remain
there. and she had approved IT, she had
! told him that she would decline the
honor Of taking charge Of Miss Pollard
II ne and Miss Pollard in any way COM
promised themselves. AS she knew very
little Of Miss Pollard. except that she
was q Kentucky girl. she had asked nm
on one occasion who she was and ne
had told her that she was not RASH
ionable, but from good, industrious stock
To Aiiay Iiss Polard's Jealousy.
ON another occasion he had called on
| her and asked her 10 see Miss Pollard
and Try to alay her jealousy that she
was making his life miserable by absurd
and proundless iealously She had asked
him If he had given her cause for lea-
lousy and ne had replied that he had
not. on his honor as r gentleman She
said he had no right as an engaged man
20 pav devoted attention 90 another wo-
| man. She told him that Miss Pollard had
been 20 see her and told her Of her
iealously He declared then, Il am not
going 10 be married 20 Mrs. Wing and
further that no word Of love had ever
PASSED between himself and Mrs. Wing,
who was a relative of his. AT that In
terview with Miss Pollard referred to
| the witness had urged Miss Pollard tc
| give up Colonel Breckinrdge Then. al
| another interview. when be was about tc
leave Washington. Miss Pollard had asked
| colonel Breckenridge to name the day
| when they would be married. ana he hao
said that he could not al that time. but
again declared his purpose to marry her
He declared that he would come back
and arrange with witness the day wher
they would be married. The witness
told Miss Pollard that she thought thai
, was sufficient.
, Met Them In New York.
, I'm May. she thought II was she met
Colonel Brecknridgo and Miss Pollard IN
New York in a boarding house. Colone
r Breckinridge il seemed had gone TO New
York 10 meet Miss Pollard. She there
| said to him that he had broken his
promise TO her i'm following and meeting
Miss Pollard in New York. He said hi
would give her an explanation in Wash
incton She said such conduct compelled
her To retire from the affair altogether
When he returned TO Washington she
wrote him n note asking 10 see him. H'
| had not come at drst. ard when sa'
b. saw him she told him his conduct was
such that she could no longer have any
thing TO do with him ana Miss Pollard
: lie said that. knowing the circumstance
Of their engagement. she (witness) wa
very hard on him. Miss Pollard. he IN,
q told her. was one OF the most magnetic
women he had ever met, that She wa
= quite different from the rest of her fam
Uv. who were quite tame people. salts
, fled with their humble lot
u "Can YOU state what Colonel Brcckn
D. ridge called the plaintiff in your pres
.. ence?'
"Madalinc" said the witness.
. The witness said she went TO New Yorl
" after Miss Pollard did in response 20
. telegram.
? The witness here identified two tele
p grams dated May I. 1888.
The defence wanted TO see the tel,
g grams but Mr. Carlisle objected. sayn
they had not been offered in evidence
= This seemed TO perturb Colonel Brcch
n inrldge considerably.
a The witness said Miss Pollard ha
u gone to New York with witness nice,
y She could not recoliect the number @
n street where the house was. but coul
II ascertain il, if it was required.
a Gross. Examined bv Mr.. Thompson
he Mrs. Blackburn was cross-examined :
Mr. THOMPSON. and when ne asked h
if she was not the widow of eX Go
.ts | ernor Blackburn she replied that
~. know that well enough. She said she fir
nv. met the plaintiff three or four winte
~ ago. when a MIS-. Fillette presented he
"a Their relations were never close or ini
M mate. Miss pollard she found 10 be
80. most lady-like and agreeable YOU
,,o woman. Mrs. Blackburn said that fin
"a. ing her an unprotected girl she gave b
I that protection which she would gi
~ any such girl from Kentucky If MI
t Pollard had a nickname Tor her, Nh
'r blackburn said she did not know
pr A. Upon one occasion Miss Pollard a
1S sisted at a reception given by wiine.
- Mrs. Blackburn explained that Whatey
oh relation existed between them WAS q
' TO the fact that Miss Pollard was
at be the defendants wife. The witnt
ns said that Miss Pollard did have q
SCI name for her. that OF Duchess
'us the winter OF 1880 Mr.. Brcckinridge fl
ca spoke to her Of Miss Pollard
Mt when was that? What month"
nst january or February, perhaps. Hut
To Mr. Breckinridge called on his own bu
me ness he can give YOU the exact date
,cr Miss Pollard's Character.
ce Mrs. blackburn said that MIR. Bre,
FIR jnridgc at that time explained that
nm character OF Miss Pollard had been
.ch nocted unon. but that he knew that
nv was a good. pure. girl. she had resic
40, | in a convent and he explained that
woman who resided in such an insti
tion could not be other than pure
referred to the dangers women in Wa