St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-15

is finished. Under his advice, l shall
do nothing. After the case l am m,
own master. Then l will have my in.
nings.. =! do not care to say what
shall do" =
As the officers of the court entered b,
they saw Mr.. Wilson and the portiy
Maj. Butterworth seated together In tls
vestibule. Mai. Butterworth had in his
hand the stenOgrapher's report of MI
Wilson's remarks concerning Mir. StoH
and was talking earnestly. 1t had beei
reported that Desha Breckinridge, son
of the defendant, had carried a chal
lenge from Mr.. StOll to Mr.. Wilson, but
Mr.. Breckenridge, when asked about il.
said: E
1.-The code provides that gentlemdr
may carry challenge from one gentle.
man to another, but l cannot do that
for Mr.. Wilson is no gentleman"
Every one who knew Mr.. Butterworth
knew tnat he would not be the bearer oi
a challenge for duel, and the natural
Inference was that he was acting the
part Of a peacemaker. Perhaps the
utterance from Mr.. Wilson which fol
lowed as soon as court had opened was
the result of the conference. The
cadaverous attorney rose beside the
witness box, and in his usual calm tones
began to speak.
''ln the heat of this discussion, in the
presentation of facts" he said, "coun-
sci may have conveyed Impressions thai
they did not intend. | had 10 thought
of insinuating that Mr.. Stoll had forged
that letter or had procured it. | had
no intention to charge it upon him, or
to convey such an inSinuatiOn. wished
merely to show him how easy it is for
such things to appear. In the part of
the case l now come to Shall have oc-
casion to mention Mr.. Stoll's name
again. shall mention it because it is
part of the case. When we become
connected With case we cannot be
very well disassociated from it in
argument. What more can l do as a
lawyer, and what less would MIR. Stoll
as lawyer have Inc do?'
1t was learned that during the noon
recess Mr.. Wilson had SAID to Mr.. But.
terwOrth that if it appeared from any
thing he had said that he intended to
impute any improper conduct to NJ r.
Stoll he would correct and retract. Mr..
Stoll expressed himself to The Associ.
ted Press as being satisfied with Mr..
Wilson's explanation, saying that it
was no doubt intended to be full and
complete.
MIR. WILSON, RESUMING HIS ARGUMENT,
came TO the matter of the Christmas
card, be said that he did not believe MIR.
Stoll with all h is Sensitiveness could
object to what he was about to say.
When the sisters at the convent had
been questioned Mr.. StOll there had
been questions put and answers given
which left no other Inference but that
Attorney Carlisle or Attorney johnson
had put it there.
Judge Wilson," inquired Mr.. StolI,
''have not the counsel for the defendant
purposely denied any such Intentions"
II know" responded Mr.. Wilson.
''but l say that there was such an In
ference to be drawn from it,
He proceeded to state that under such
circumstances, when their honor was
assailed, it was but just and proper
that Attorneys Carlisle and johnson
should have taken the witness stand tC
deny, as they did, that there had been
any chicanery In the matter of the
Christmas card. The defense had
harshly criticised Dr.. Mary Parsons fol-
suppressing the record of the birth of
Miss Pollard's second child, he con.
tinued. while the defendant had admit
ted that he had persuaded Rev. DR.
Paxton to suppress the record OF the
SCClcl a lCCOio WllICIl lnC Id W
demanded should be made public
aud was Of equal importance
with the Irecord of BIRTH
and regarding that marriage certificate
the defendant had testified that he
filled out the body of it while DR.. Pax.
ton signed his (he minister's) name. He
(Mr. Wilson) would accept that explana
ton, ana yet, so much alike was the
signature and the handwriting of the
body of the letter that dozen experts
could be found who, at $50 day, would
swear that one had penned the whole
document. Mr.. Wilson came next to the
time OF the
CONTRACT OF MARRIAGE.
| and said how much was at stake fol
Madeline Pollard in such union. liz
argued that the woman had been less {
sinner than the man. Was there any
| thing like the love of woman for {
man? The story of the ''Scarlet Letter
] was recalled most effectively by Judg,
| Wilson. Hector Dimmesdale had no
put away the woman who wore tn,
scarlet letter. he said; he had con
science.
But" he went on. "this defendan
comes to jury 10 Witty. traduce an'
blacken the character of woman h,
had destroyed. Gentlemen, what ar,
you to do? We cannot have any NOR
Of those rspaYatleas Of Absolom to Am