“At no time in the course of the examinations”: “Madeline Pollard Again Visits Cincinnati,” LMT, Feb. 11, 1894.
“already absorbing interest”: “Mud, Slathers of It Thrown,” CE, Feb. 24, 1894.
“claim he attempted to take advantage of her”: “Charges of Conspiracy,” CE, Feb. 19, 1894.
“The character of the Immaculate Son of God”: “Another Name of National Note,” CE, Feb. 22, 1894.
“your friend and admirer”: Squire M. Tinsely to WCPB, n.d., 1893 folder, BFP.
“unmitigated, contemptible lie”: “Mock Marriage,” LCJ, Feb. 21, 1894.
“one of the most sober”: “Dead Involved,” LCJ, Feb. 20, 1894.
“aroused a storm of indignation”: “Another Name of National Note,” CE, Feb. 22, 1894.
December 10: “A Mistake That Col. Swope Story,” CE, Feb. 25, 1894.
“I can not find anybody”: “His Brother’s Honor,” LCJ, Feb. 16, 1894.
“she was on illicit relations”: WCPB memo to file, n.d., BFP.
“was heartbroken”: “Madeline Pollard Accompanied by Her Attorney,” LMT, Feb. 13, 1894.
“such a fall would have”: Desha Breckinridge to WCPB, Feb. 23, 1894, BFP.
“approached right”: WCPB to John Shelby, Feb. 12, 1894, BFP.
“he couldn’t prove anything”: Charles Stoll to WCPB, Feb. 24, 1894, BFP.
“was in her room at the Elsmere”: WCPB to JAT, March 2, 1894, BFP.
“You don’t know how discouraged”: JAT to Charles Stoll, Feb. 24, 1894, BFP.
“delicate and difficult undertaking”: WCPB to JAT, Feb. 26, 1894, BFP.
“sinking ship”: WCPB to JAT, March 2, 1894, BFP.
“unnatural state of mind”: WCPB to SPB, March 7, 1894, BFP.
12. MISS POLLARD’S RUIN IN LEXINGTON
“mired in outdated doctrine”: Williams, Years of Decision, 84.
“reincarnated spirit of Andrew Jackson”: “Coxey’s Army Soon to March,” NYT, March 24, 1894.
“Everywhere”: Williams, Years of Decision, 78.
“wonder has been all along”: “The Trial Begun,” LCJ, March 9, 1894.
Old Criminal Court: See “Historic Courthouse/Old City Hall,” https://www.dccourts.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-forms/HistoricCourthouse_CityHall.pdf.
“pulpit like”: “Started; Opening of the Great Trial,” CE, March 9, 1894.
“a man who had slept well”: “Breckinridge on Hand,” WP, March 9, 1894.
“shrewd and roguish”: “Started; Opening of the Great Trial,” CE, March 9, 1894.
disaster as a diplomat: Jett, American Ambassadors, 19.
“from the drab existence”: Chalkley, Magic Casements, 75–76.
“I am in such a mood”: Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, Feb. 20, 1893, BFP.
“a time of new delight”: Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, March 2, 1893, BFP.
“pining”: Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, March 7, 1893, BFP.
“I have no leisure moments”: WCPB to SPB, March 10, 1893, BFP.
“no other woman had ever claimed”: “Mrs. Breckinridge Remains Loyal,” LCJ, March 20, 1894.
“disturbed her peace of mind”: Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, March 20, 1893, BFP.
“like a cyclone”: Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, April 16, 1893, BFP.
“weaker instead of stronger”: WCPB to Desha Breckinridge, March 1, 1894, BFP.
“had aroused comment”: “The Women of Breckinridge’s District,” CE, March 3, 1894.
“a full statement to my wife”: Statement to Washington News from W.C.P. Breckinridge, April 15, 1894, BFP.
“nervous affliction”: SPB Autobiography, SBP.
“clear”: Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, May 5, 1894, BFP.
“crowds before the box office”: “Date Was Fixed,” LCJ, March 10, 1894.
“She is of the style”: “A Smile Played on the Features of Col. Breckinridge,” CE, March 10, 1894.
“a man of family”: “The Date Was Fixed,” LCJ, March 10, 1894.
“careless, contemptuous, recognizing”: “A Smile Played on the Features,” CE, March 10, 1894.
“There are three credible witnesses”: “Miss Pollard’s Side,” WP, March 10, 1894.
“trembled violently”: “Madeline in Tears,” WES, March 9, 1894.
“I shall make her Mrs. Breckinridge”: “If I Had My Husband,” NYW, March 10, 1894.
“If Mr. Breckinridge wishes to act”: Ibid.
“You know that as well”: “Madeline in Tears,” WES, March 9, 1894.
“When I asked the Colonel”: “If I Had My Husband,” NYW, March 10, 1894.
“I extended to Miss Pollard”: Ibid.
“I have told you everything”: Ibid.
“Yes … she used it”: Ibid.
“No cross-examination”: “Miss Pollard’s Side,” WP, March 10, 1894.
“the lady had threatened him”: “If I Had My Husband,” NYW, March 10, 1894.
“very excited and insisted”: “Madeline in Tears,” WES, March 9, 1894.
“if Providence in its wisdom”: “If I Had My Husband,” NYW, March 10, 1894.
ripple went through: “Madeline in Tears,” WES, March 9, 1894.
“No, no—it is not so”: Ibid.
“intended to make it alright”: Ibid.
“who volunteers to become the chief witness”: Tucker, TRMP, 133.
“The opening does not look”: JAT to Mary Tucker, March 10, 1894, TFP.
“she evidently likes her punch”: Tucker, TRMP, 136–38.
“obvious reasons, the impression”: “Women Excluded,” WES, March 12, 1894.
“laws regulating … marriage and divorce”: Anthony, “Social Purity,” in The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony, 1009.
“Mr. Marshal, I wish you”: “Women Excluded,” WES, March 12, 1894.
“Col. Breckinridge was holding Miss Pollard’s hand”: Ibid.
“good and distinguished men”: Ibid.
“brought about by artificial means”: Ibid.
“a sensible looking woman”: “Upper Cuts, Not of the Legal Caste,” CE, March 13, 1894.
“an undertaker’s”: “Gave Way to Emotion,” WP, March 13, 1894.
“chicanery” and “insolence”: “Upper Cuts, Not of the Legal Caste,” CE, March 13, 1894.
“You have used language”: “Bad Blood and Blows,” WP, March 13, 1894.
“I shall always cherish”: Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, March 9, 1894, BFP.
“revived much of the gossip”: “Miss Pollard’s Attorneys,” Kentucky Leader, Aug. 17, 1893.
“impatiently”: Telegram from Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, April 24, 1894, BFP.
“Preston very unhappy”: Telegram from Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, April 28, 1894, BFP.
“every day without fail”: Telegram from Preston Wing to WCPB, May 1, 1894, BFP.
“That I should love and wish”: WCPB to Preston Wing, May 14, 1894, Green Family Papers, Western Kentucky University.
“manly letter”: Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, n.d., 1893, BFP.
“want of sleep”: Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, May 18, 1893, BFP.
“Can’t endure this alone”: Telegram from Louise Wing Breckinridge to WCPB, June 1, 1893, BFP.
“the solemnization of a secret marriage”: “Miss Pollard’s Petition,” Celebrated Trial, 12.
“exhausted”: Telegram from Louise Wing Breckinridge to Preston Scott, June 9, 1893, BFP.
“I pay the penalty”: “If I Had My Husband,” NYW, March 10, 1894.
“Too weak [to] return home alone”: Telegram from Louise Wing Breckinridge to Preston Scott, June 9, 1893, BFP.
“until I happened to meet him”: “Colonel Breckinridge and Wife Visited Cincinnati Before Their Public Marriage,” CE, March 24, 1894.
“nervous manner”: “Mrs. Breckinridge Remains Loyal,” LCJ, March 20, 1894.
“entirely reprehensibl
e”: “Sister Celia Proves a Stumbling Block,” CE, March 14, 1894.
“poor unfortunate girl from Kentucky”: “Tilts Over Testimony,” WP, March 15, 1894.
“She had on a dress”: “Miss Pollard’s Witness,” New York Herald, March 16, 1894.
“undressed and in bed”: Ibid.
“about fifty times”: “Tilts Over Testimony,” WP, March 15, 1894.
“loved him and trusted him”: Ibid.
“Yes, sir”: Ibid.
“the negress reproved to his face”: “Shifts the Scene to Lexington,” CE, March 16, 1894.
“hear her sing and play”: “Miss Pollard’s Witness,” New York Herald, March 16, 1894.
“mass of testimony”: WCPB to Dr. J. J. O’Mahoney, March 15, 1894, BFP.
“irregularity, insufficiency and inadequacy”: WCPB to Desha Breckinridge, March 1, 1894, BFP.
“general duplicity of his character”: “Sister Celia Proves a Stumbling Block,” CE, March 14, 1894.
“collected certain moneys”: “The Women of Breckinridge’s District,” CE, March 3, 1894.
“did not hesitate to publish”: WCPB to “Bean,” March 3, 1894, BFP.
“have been hauling me around”: WCPB to Dr. J. J. O’Mahoney, March 15, 1894, BFP.
13. SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER
“gusty spirit of Saint Patrick”: “Miss Pollard a Wonder,” NYW, March 17, 1894.
“struggled with the bailiffs”: “Told Her Sad Story,” WP, March 17, 1894.
“not because I wanted to”: “Miss Pollard a Wonder,” NYW, March 17, 1894.
“the rising and falling of her plaintive voice”: “Told Her Sad Story,” WP, March 17, 1894.
“stagy … as if every word”: “Miss Pollard a Wonder,” NYW, March 17, 1894.
“he had thought it over”: “Madeline Tells Her Own Story,” CE, March 17, 1894.
“told him we ought to wait”: “Miss Pollard a Wonder,” NYW, March 17, 1894.
“I don’t like to state”: Ibid.
“one bit afraid”: Tucker, TRMP, 149.
“People do not know”: Ibid., 151–52.
“asked her forty thousand questions”: “Miss Pollard a Wonder,” NYW, March 17, 1894.
“My father taught me some history”: “Madeline Tells Her Own Story,” CE, March 17, 1894.
“I believe you spoke to him”: “Madeline’s Story,” WES, March 16, 1894.
“now sitting well back”: Ibid.
“You can expect fire-works”: JAT to Mary Tucker, March 17, 1894, TFP.
“I suppose Jane will come home”: Mary Tucker to Maude Tucker, n.d., March 1894, TFP.
“as bad as I had feared”: Tucker, TRMP, 167.
“as a poem of Miss Pollard’s”: Ibid., 169.
“eminence of being the most sensational”: “Madeline’s Story,” WES, March 19, 1894.
“How long did they continue?”: “Madeline’s Story,” WES, March 19, 1894.
“Once an Episcopalian”: “More About Her Life,” WP, March 20, 1894.
“The question of whether”: “Madeline’s Story,” WES, March 19, 1894.
“made love”: “More About Her Life,” WP, March 20, 1894.
“very unmaidenly bit of conduct”: “Madeline’s Story,” WES, March 19, 1894.
“I could have never written that letter”: Ibid.
“He said he came to see me”: “More About Her Life,” WP, March 20, 1894.
“taken off her hat”: “An Outcast, in Tear-Broken Tones,” CE, March 20, 1894.
“Oh, come, come, come”: Ibid.
“I never heard that word before”: “More About Her Life,” WP, March 20, 1894.
“Then you were not misled”: “Miss Pollard at Bay,” NYW, March 20, 1894.
“You of course appreciated”: “An Outcast, in Tear-Broken Tones,” CE, March 20, 1894.
“Since he has made it”: “Miss Pollard at Bay,” NYW, March 20, 1894.
“She said to me”: Ibid.
“I believe these men”: Ibid.
“Had you no thought”: Ibid.
“Miss Pollard is probably”: “Madeline’s Story,” WES, March 19, 1894.
“More than once she turned”: “More About Her Life,” WP, March 20, 1894.
“sat still in silent surprise”: “An Outcast, in Tear-Broken Tones,” CE, March 20, 1894.
“the same old story”: “Life of Shame,” LCJ, March 17, 1894.
“Yes. As bad as it sounds”: “More About Her Life,” WP, March 20, 1894.
“very proper letters”: “Deluded Mr. Rhodes,” WES, March 20, 1894.
“Please, dear, do let me”: “An Abrupt Question,” WP, March 21, 1894.
“Even her own lawyers”: “Tears, Smiles and Tears Again,” CE, March 21, 1894.
“He said Mr. William C. Whitney”: Ibid.
“talked about going to Havana”: Ibid.
“worthy woman”: Ibid.
“telling of his conduct”: Ibid.
“the colonel does not draw”: Lexington, The Celebrated Case, 38.
“revelations of the defendant’s conduct”: “Tears, Smiles and Tears Again,” CE, March 21, 1894.
“Come Willie”: “Whole Court in Tears,” NYW, March 21, 1894.
“I should have liked the court”: “Tears, Smiles and Tears Again,” CE, March 21, 1894.
“If there was a man among the curious”: “Whole Court in Tears,” NYW, March 21, 1894.
“head bent in a dejected way”: “Tears, Smiles and Tears Again,” CE, March 21, 1894.
14. A MAN OF PASSION
“The delegation from Kentucky”: “Scenes Shift in the Famous Case,” CE, March 22, 1894.
“It is evident that his attorneys”: “Madeline’s Story,” WES, March 19, 1894.
“the testimony will be overwhelming”: WCPB to A. W. Hardin, Jan. 9, 1894, BFP.
“my own comparatively straitened”: WCPB to Dr. L. B. Woolfolk, March 23, 1894.
“I am authorized to say”: “Scenes Shift in the Famous Case,” CE, March 22, 1894.
“She would come to the door”: “The Other Side,” WES, March 21, 1894.
“fell in with”: “Says She Led Him On,” WP, March 22, 1894.
“life was made an intolerable burden”: “The Other Side,” WES, March 21, 1894.
“on the tiptoe of expectation”: “A Lull in the Pollard Trial,” CE, March 23, 1894.
“severely criticized”: “Attacking Her Story,” WP, March 23, 1894.
“What has this to do with”: “A Lull in the Pollard Trial,” CE, March 23, 1894.
“My finances are”: JAT to William Worthington, March 9, 1894, BFP.
“the great topic everywhere”: JAT to Mary Tucker, March 22, 1894, TFP.
“Practically, I have won”: WCPB to “Lucas,” March 22, 1894, BFP.
“succeeds in blackening”: “Madeline’s Story,” WES, March 19, 1894.
“politically dead”: “Kentucky Men Are Agitated,” New York Herald, March 24, 1894.
“as game as a game cock”: WCPB to “Lucas,” March 23, 1894, BFP.
“defensive canvas”: WCPB to J.D. Lillard, Jan. 9, 1894, BFP.
“acting”: WCPB to “Ben,” March 23, 1894, BFP.
“for I have no secret”: WCPB to “Myall,” March 23, 1894, BFP.
“introduced herself and congratulated him”: G. M. Miller to WCPB, March 5, 1894, BFP.
“Now you have my sympathy”: John M. Allen to WCPB, March 28, 1894, BFP.
“endeavored to make an assignation”: “A Meeting Which Miss Pollard Tried to Make with a Member of the President’s Cabinet,” CE, Jan. 1, 1894.
“couched in such terms”: “Queer Are the Latest Stories,” CE, March 27, 1894.
“I can easily believe it”: H. S. Sutton to WCPB, n.d., BFP.
“considered him a likely successor”: Williams, Years of Decision, 73.
“this case must not come to a trial”: A man named Williams wrote to Breckinridge asking for his help in getting an
appointment and reminded him of the note he delivered from Carlisle “last August … in regard to the scandal” and repeating its contents. E. L. Williams to WCPB, Dec. 23, 1893, BFP.
“I need not say”: WCPB to John G. Carlisle, March 24, 1894, BFP.
reported that Breckinridge was promising: “Queer Are the Latest Stories,” CE, March 27, 1894.
“Breckinridge forced him to testify”: “He Sounds Public Sentiment Regarding the Status of Col. Breckinridge,” LMT, April 19, 1894.
“on the grounds they were”: “When She Was Young,” WP, March 27, 1894.
“I am glad you told me”: “The Disputed Letter,” WP, March 28, 1894.
“under the promise”: Ibid.
“didn’t like the way”: “Romeo Rossell Was Coy,” NYW, March 29, 1894.
“unwholesome smell”: “Denials from the Silver-Tongued,” CE, March 30, 1894.
“fresh, new Bible”: Ibid.
“minor key of tenderness and pathos”: “Breckinridge Testifies,” NYW, March 30, 1894.
“When did you first meet”: Ibid.
“much worse than a real marriage”: Ibid.
“no reason for any excuse”: Ibid.
“There were no protestations”: “Denials from the Silver-Tongued,” CE, March 30, 1894.
“Just a case of illicit love?”: Ibid.
“their conversation resulted”: “His Story in Detail,” WP, March 31, 1894.
“young woman of twenty”: “Breckinridge Testifies,” NYW, March 30, 1894.
“ought to marry her”: “His Story in Detail,” WP, March 31, 1894.
“scandal and destruction”: Ibid.
“in distinct violation”: Ibid.
“She would come to the Capitol”: “That Is Not True,” NYW, March 31, 1894.
“before she would allow the scandal”: “His Story in Detail,” WP, March 31, 1894.
“If it is my child”: Ibid.
“silvery and soft-spoken”: “Smoothly the Silver Tongue Wagged,” CE, March 31, 1894.
“One is true”: “More of His Story,” WES, March 30, 1894.
“He was, to hear him talk”: “Denials from the Silver-Tongued,” CE, March 30, 1894.
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