The Portland daily press., 1894-03-31
MISS POLLARD EXCITED.


from o. S. Kepney, member of the
| Lexington bar. who received them from
| Mrs. Eagle, a sister of James G. Rodes."
| Did you ever see Mrs. DR.. Street in
| CINCINNATI"
81 never saw her to my knowledge. I
| did not call at her house in Cincinnati
as. she says to see her about the plain
tiff
| Mr.. Breckenridge said he had known
James G. Rodes. With reference to his
whereabouts in August, 1884, the de-
| PENDANT said he had been enabled by
| legal records to trace his whereabouts
nearly every day in that month. He was
| engaged principally in the case of Ollie
Brown, charged with murder and tried
| at Frankfort.
Miss Pollard testified that Col. Brock
inridge was in Cincinnati with her
| during the week in August following
| their meeting at Sarah Gess's. During
| the first two weeks in September he was
absent with his family on a trip North.
ness, that met the plaintiff in Licking
ton next in the first week in October"
when did you meet her next, i'm
properly mean?" Il
= + went with her to house in Cincin-
natl, cannot fix The date. | remember
it was in the month of October and on
the occasion of great Repu blican meet
1 Lug III 0luCIAudUl WdlCA OOhb n 1NOSSaA
| addressed. Renem bering this l can fix
| the date as October II, 1884. | met her
on the morning at the train in Cincin-
natl and we.went to the house of Mrs.
Rose"
That was the first time the witness
| had ever been to Mrs. Roses house with
| the plaintiff. Returning to Lexington
| from Cincinnati, Col. Breckenridge said
he was engaged until the election in
| November in making speeches in the
Presidential campaign and on his own
canvass for Congress travelling over
Kentucky and part of Indiana.
| Col. Breckenridge told of the plaintiff $
| telling him in 1887 of her illness in 1885
and added:
| From what she told me, understand
| that it was a legitimate miscarriage"
| did she indicate where that mis-
carriage took placer"
| From what she said, I understood
| that it took place under the care and
charge OF her mother, who exercised
secret care that no scandal should re-
| suit"
| Miss Pollard became red and white by
| turns VIII en- Col. Breckenridge mentioned
| her mother in this connection. She
trembled violently and made an effort to
rise, in her chair, her head shaking
with excitement and her hands clinched
as if ready to strike. 1t took the
1
Wilson to quiet her again.
do you remember if you had any
| improper relations with the plaintiff in
| the year of 1852"
I cannot recall having seen her. I have
| been uttery unable to recollect single
instance. in which ! saw the plaintiff
| during the entire year and know had
| no relations with her in 1885, l did
everything that I could to keep the
plaintiff from going to Washington and
To Prevent Open Scandal
This was in the summer of 1887. Just
about this time, she was thrown from
her horse and severed injured. Soon
after this, she came to my office to see
me. Out of this conversation grew re-
stump ton of our relations which had
been dropped for more than twenty
months. She afterwards came, on
here, but I did not furnish the
| money and she said she had borrowed
| it from Miss Hoyt,"
Estate whether you ever, at any time,
| stated to the plaintiff or gave her the
| impression that you would marry herr"
"There is not a scintilla of truth in
| the matter, and there never was CONVEX
| sation of that kind between the plaintiff
and myself. There is not thread of
truth in it at all. Under no circum-
stances and at no time nor place did the
plaintiff ever know from me the posi-
bility of such an occurrence ever hap
pening." - -
did you know she had given birth to
ehild?n
II never knew she had living child.
She never informed me of it and l never
believed word of it until Dr.. Parsons
| testified on the stand that she had given
birth to child.
Col. Breckenridge acknowledged that
he paid the bi1l..ssbrought him by DR..
Parsons for personal attendance to Miss
Pollard.
Col. Breckenridge testified further to
his endeavors to get Miss Pollard to keep
away from Washington. He said: Il
told her it would be no greater burden
for me co support her elsewhere than
| here. She was growing day by day less
disposed to do anything to break up Jour
relations or prevent them from becoming
known. She bad taste tor music and
wrote to the Cincinnati Conservatory of
Music. I.supposed shethad determined
to 90 to Cincinnati, but she declined to
90 because Of the propinquity of Cincin-
natl to Kentucky. Every one of my
arrangements TO prevent scandal was put
an end to BY her declaration that she
would not leave Washington. She did
90 to Cam bridge in accordance with our
agreement, but left Cambridge in dis
tinct violation of our agreement and
against my wishes. She went to the
Broad Loaf inn in Vermont under an
agreement with the gentleman who kept
it Joseph Battell to go on his paper in
Vermont. On these occasions thought
she was gone for good. When she went
away each time it was with a distinct
understanding that we should part. She
returned to Washington and would not
go away saying she intended to demand
of me the support I owed her and would
remain and make me support her. Some
of our interviews were pleasant and some
decidedly unpleasant. Sometimes l lost
my temper and said things a man. will
say when in the position I was in. i'm
pressed on her that only one thing could
result from our relations. and that was
open scandal. I tried to break the rela-
tions but could not. | refused to con-
tinue them longer, but she still came to
me holding over me the threat of eX-
posture. That was the reason | did not
break with her."
Col. Breckenridge denied that Miss
Pollard accompanied him to lectures or
revised the manuscript of his speeches.
On one occasion he was going to deliver
a lecture in Washington. Miss Pollard
and a young man with her were in the
street car. They were going to the
lecture and he went in with them. That