The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-31

had gone or when she went I did not
| know. The statement OF the plaintiff
that she wrote TO me from ST. Josephs
rounding Asylum and addressed her
letters to Maragret Dillon. box AZ. Lex
| lnSton. KY, may be true but II was
entirely without my knowledge
Colonel Breckenridge denied all Of Miss
Ioliard's statement about his suggesting
me blind letters 20 Rhodes and said he
was never In New orleans IN his life
How did you get these letters OF the
| plaintiffs 10 Rhodes? p"
They came 20 me directly from my
partner Mr.. Shelby. who received them
ifom o. ). Kenny. a member of the
Lexington Bar, who received them from
Ars. Eagle. sister Of James c. Rhodes
Col Breckinridee denied ever having
seen DR.. Street 10 his knowledge. or that
he had ever called upon her. After the
visit 20 Sarah Cess house. his next meet
ing with Miss Pollard was on October
/ u, 1884, In Cincinnati. He fixed the date
by means Of political meeting that day
Miss Pollard met him at the Lexington
train and they went to a house.
when did you first learn Of Miss Pol
lard's condition"
In the summer Of 1887. and never had
| any information from anybody else about
IL had carried her to Cincinnati was in
the winter Of 1892. She asked me to help
/ her obtain a place in Washington for
lady. on the ground that she was the
sister OF the man who had been her ply
sician during her illness
Looked the Plaintiff ia the Face.
As Col. Brecknrdge said this he look
cd squarely at Miss Pollard and nodded
his head in her direction as II to empha-
size his words.
Did she I'm 1887. when she told you Of
her condition in 1889, tell you where she
was conhned?'
From what she said I understood that
It 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 Colonel Brecknridge men
toned her mother in this connection. She
trembied violently and made an effort 10
rise in her chair. her head shaking with
/ excitement and her hands chnched as
II ready to strike. 1t took the whispered
words of Miss Ellis. Mr.. Carlisle, and
Judge Wilson to quiet her agitation.
Witness could not recall having seen
the plaintiff during the year 1886 He
knew he had no relations with her in that
year. lie said Miss Pollard did not come
10 " arNliE Abi dL his SOIt4ldubls Oh TIC
contrary, he did all he could to dissuade
her. When he found she was determined
to come. ne did all he could to help her.
She visited him at his office in Lex
ington and their relations dropped for
twenty months were resumed. She af-
terwards came to Washington. but he did
not furnish her money for the trip. He
| saw her upon the street shortly after his
return TO Washington. but did not see
her again for three or four months, when
she visited him at the Capitol and told
him of her condition, and he advanced
her all the money she needed.
"Not a Scintilia of Truth in it,"
state whether you ever at any time
stated to the plaintiff, or gave her the i'm
preston that you would marry her"
There is not a scntilla OF truth in the
| matter. and there never was a converse
tion of that kind between the plaintiff
and myself. Under no circumstances and
| at no time or place did the plaintiff ever
know from me the possibility Of such an
occurrence ever happening.
"Did you know she had given birth TO
child?'
never knew that she had a living
/ child: she never informed me Of it, and
never believed a word Of it. until DR..
! Parsons testified On the stand that she
! had given birth to a child.
Colonel Breckenridge Acknowledged that
| he paid the bill brought him by Or.
] Parsons for professional attendance TO
Miss Pollard. 1t was $50. DIR. Parsons
brought It 10 him about a year after the
child was born. According to the testi-
mony of DR. Parsons the child was born
! February 3, 1855 Miss Pollard did not
apply for a position in the Government
service when she came TO Washington.
/ lff Oh Catholic ACADEMY
where she remained two years and six
months the defendant paying her expen-
ses. During part Of that time the i'm
proper relations between them were car
ricd on
Agreed to Leave Washington.
There were no relations between the
plaintiff and myself from the month Of
! July. 1885, TO the month of November. 1857
(said the defendant. There was an inter
| val when there were no improper acts
between the plaintiff and myslf. but dur
ing which l paid her expenses. In the
fan of 1890 there was an understanding
between the plaintiff and myself by
which she was 10 leave Washington.
When l returned from my campaign
service. ! found that she had changed
her mind, and had obtained place in
the Census Bureau.
did you do anything to help her 10
| raise hersefy'
The plaintiff ! knew TO be a woman of
| very considerable talent j felt entangled
| with her to some extent through my be-
lief i'm her statement that she had had
| unfortunate illness caused by me. and
| acain another and l did what / could
! ia holm her. In the fan Of 1890 | told
/ her that / thought we should separate
no good could come Of our wrongful re-
lations and only scandal and perhaps
destruction; and possibly mine would
result unless she left Washington; that
with her temper and her lack Of self
control: with her indispOsition To do any
| thing except as IL seemed to me- to
tratify herself the natural result of
| such relations would be an exposure I'm
| which she and / alike would have to
| suffer II she would go anyVherc-cnly
! leave Washington was what i desired-I
would furnish the money that was neCes-
saTy. | told her it would be no greater
burden for me TO support her elsewhere
than here and that she was growing day
/ by day less disposed 10 do anything 10
break up the relations or TO prevent them
from becoming known
Zach lime She Returned.
Every one Of my arrangements 10 pre-
vent scandal, said Colonel Breckinridge,
was put an end TO by her declaration
| that she would not leave Washington.
She went away several times, each time
with the understanding that the parting
between US was final, bat each time she
returned. saying she intended to demand