Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1894-04-02
STILL ON THE STAND.
Breckinridge Continues to
 Give His Testimony.
MAKES MANY FLAT DENIALs.

WASHINGTON, April 2.-Colonel Breckinridge in concluding his testi- mony Friday stated the letters from Miss Pollard to Rhodes which were read in court he had procured from the sister of Rhodes, through Attorney Tenny of Lexington. He had never seen Dr. Mary Street of Cincinnati, now Mrs Logan. and referring to her description Of him as small man he said: T was no more of q pigmy then than I am now" He described in a general way his movements in the year 1883. when he met Miss Pollard in Au- gust or September. asserting that he had no knowledge of where she had been or reason for her absence. In his boyheod he had been acquainted with Rhodes Instead of being in Cincin- natl on Saturday, Aug. II, 1884, when Miss Pollard had testified they met at the iul lie library and afterwards wis., ited a questionable house, he had been engaged ia court at Winchester in the trial of Ollie Brown for murder. The next week and all that month he had been greatly engaged.
 After this, MT. Butterworth began to question the witness upon the out liEe of evidence he had given. Nearly the entire proceedings were gone over.
 Then Colonel Breckinridge resumed his statement and said that he had never gone to but one lecture with Miss Pollard, had never submitted the manuscript of his speeches, lectures or magazine articles to her, or advised with her on the tenor of them.
 Mir. Butterworth quoted the testi- mony of Miss Pollard that Colonel Breckinridge was concealed in her room when she broke her engagement with Rossell. Colonel Breckinridge denied this. explaining that he had never been in Miss Hoyt's house during the spring i'll question, nor had he known of the existence of Rossell un- til he saw the Wessie Brown letter. Much of the testimony regarding the visit to Sarah Guess house, he de- clared, WAS an absolute fabrication, and the person who had fabricated the conversation between Sarah Guess and witness Ill September last was trying to dissuade Sarah Guess and witness in that month from testifying in the case, and was ronably unaware that he WAS then in Washington in the dis charge of his official duties.
 Colonel Breckinridge then related his meeting with Mir Rhodes and his ad- vice in the matter between Mr. Rhodes and Miss Pollard Colonel Breekin- ridge statei that Mr. Rhodes said that he wanted to marry her and intended to marry her. for he was very much in love with her. During the course of the conversation, which was quite long. he said that he ought to marry her. not only that he wanted to marry her, but that he onght to do so, that things had happened which made it necessary for him to marry her and that he intended to do SD. but that she seemed to have taken dislike to him. He wanted me to tell him what he should do to bring about that marriage.
 In answer to a question from his counsel the witness denied that he had related this conversation to Miss Pollard at the time, bur that he subsequently, did SO.
 Did Mir. Rhodes say what it was that nude it necessary for him to marry herr
 Mr. Wilson objected that it had not been shown that the conversation had been repeated, contending that if he could t-li with such particularly what Rio les said to him he must tell what he repeated to tue plaintiff
 Much of his former statement was repeated by the defendant and before he had finished Miss Pollard broke forth. sobbing. and exclaimed: That is not truei Why can't he tell the truth about sometMng?'
 Judge Bradley admonished her: "If you can't control yourself you will have to leave the room"
 No attention was paid by Colonel Breckinridge to this interruption, but he continued, telling about his refusing to deliver the opening address at the Colum bian exposition.
 He denied in toto that he ever prom ised to marry Miss Pollard and that she knew he couli never do such a l thing.
 After telling the conversation he and Miss Pollard had with Mrs Black burn. he told of Miss Pollard's last attempt to shoot him. He had been to see her at 1 the house of Mrs Thomas, in Lafayette square, few days after the scene in the office of the chief of police He had suspect q her intentions, and as he stepped into tie room he threw both arms around her. clasping her tightly | around the shoulders. slipped his arms until he could grasp her hands and caught the weapon
 This episode the colonel gave graph | ically. stopping to remark jocosely, | ''and l have the pistol in my possession | now. one of he memen oes of the en. gagement to marry the plaintiff" /" When he lcosened her arms, he con tinuei, sine hai faiAted or retended to faint. so he laid her on il divan put the pistol in his pocket, closed the door and walked out.
 This seemed gooi climax to end the chapter. and so conrt adjourned til | t edsy
 Four Hundred EmpIoycs Walk Out.
 ANDERSON. Iad., April9 The 400 of the Lippincoft Lamp Chimney factory tt Al xandria walked ont because the canlpanv refused to