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


could not rise up 10 confront him.
Then he denied it, Then turning TO
another point in the testimony. as show
ing the credibiiity of the defendant,
Judge Wilson melted an angry passage
of words.
This was not the first time he had
been seduced," he said. leveling that
bony forefnger OF his at the Kentucky
colonel, ''for lie tells you that he knew
the house of Sarah Guess; he had been
there before with sUme other siren be-
fore my client had ssduced him."
Col Breckinridge interposed a re-
monstrance.
Now. Your honor" he said. leaning
forward. ''there is net the slightest
statement OF that before the jury, not
the slightest evidence of that. l mere
ly said that l had been there before"
Il believe you are correct" said
Judge Bradley: ''that is ali you said"
You had better have denied it on the
stand if you wanted to. ''said Mr. Wilson
to the defendant.
Il was not asked to-" replied Col.
Breckenridge.
well, you can't testify now"
This is the last chance. ana | want
the testimony quoted correctly. | want
TO set your errors right"
81 am merely arguing on the prob
abilities of the case" declared Mr..
Wilson, drawing the natural deduc-
tionS from the evidence. Ii had asked
who you went with to Sarah Guess
before, there would have been half
dozen lawyers on their feet"
But you did not ask it," retoTted the
colonel.
but he knew Mrs. Rose in Louis
ville," said Mr.. Wilson.
Attorney Stoll-There is no evidence
that she kept an improper house there.
Mr.. WilSon-Ah. but he met her on
the street. She gave him her card. in
dicating her business. He knew her so
we'll that he knew how TO take my client
there.
''Gentlemen. there were written on
stone the commandments" said Mr..
Wilson, picking up the thread of his
argument. lone of which was Thou
fendant admits over and over again that
he has violated that one. On the same
stone is written Thou shalt not bear
! false Witness and if a man shall yio-
| late one of these commandments and
| be caught in the tolls Of the law. is it
not possible that under such straits
| he may violate the other?"
Every other point of the defense hav-
! ing been disposed of. Mr.. Wilson said
J there remained but the statement of the
! defendant that there was mutual un-
! derstanding that the contract to marry
| should not be carried out, and that he
! characterized picturesquely as "a clean
| Shaven, bald-head obese falseho0d." :"
manufactured TO fit the exigencies of
| the case. He discussed the probability
/ of a woman about to give birth to a
! child consenting to such an arrange
! ment, and reviewed the testimony of
| Mrs. Blackburn to show that Col. Breck-
| inridge had taken the aggressive in
proclaiming to Mrs. Blackburn their
engagement, and declaring that he
never intended to marry any one but
Madeline Pollard. and that her jealo usy
! OF MIS-. w ing was absurd.
THE ATTORNEY ASKED:
"Who is my cIient?" and called upon
the jury to witness that the defence had
| not spared denunciationS of her. The
defendant himself had told Mrs. Black
! burn that abe was of humble but re-
! spectacle origin and of natural talents.
He pictured the desoiation of her home
win for of for IfNr
penniless. three Of the children going
to the Odd Fellows home, her mother
going to the house of one relative and
she to an aunt in Pittsburg. Mr.. But
terworth had told of her ambition, her
talents, and had also paid tribute to
Mary Anderson. In her own way, If
her life had been permitted to take its
! natural course, the plaintiff might have
attained as great distinction as Mary
Anderson, and this made the crimes OF
the defendant in perverting her life al
the blaeker. In her childhood she had
been like bird i'll a cage, beating
against the bars of environments.
Discussing the circumstances of hel
childhood. lie referred to the disputed
letter. declaring it to be of no conse
quence; but he would brand it as a for.
gerry manufactured for the purpose OF
the third plea. adding, land this is not
the only piece Of rascaIitV manufactured
for this defense" 1t was a common
thing for papers to be forged for the
purposes of the case. Expert evidence
was balderdash. sham and pretense.
and it was most remarkable that of al
the years of correspondence this was
the only letter produced. Hereupon
Mr.. Wilson wanted TO read to the Judge,
as he said, an opinion of the courts
upon the value of expert testimony.
lift is proper for me to read thi:
now." he said, II will do so. If not /
will pass it up to your honor"
''Is there any objection?" asked Judge
Bradley. and Mr. StolI said:
II think he had better hand Ii up. If
we had time we could produce dozen
authorities on the other side"
Mr.. Wilson, having made his point
upon the jury. passed up the book to
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