Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-04-19

Il did," replied Mr.. Stoll bellger
emily, and for moment the air was
surcharged with belligerency.
II do not PROPOSE" said Judge VII
son, that you shall stand here aud ira
duce my client by the hour and intim
idate me from the discharge Of my
duty. Then he mumbled In Il knowing
way: II know some things"
The Wcsse Brown letter and the al
legged forgery were submitted TO the
jurors for comparison, while Mr.. vii
son rested In the chair Of the witness
box and the Breckenridge force con
| ferred Attorney Stoll dashed OFT a
note and handed 1t to the official stem
ographcr, who began to look over his
| notes.
There was silence In the room, and
when the jury had finished their exam.
ination, Mr.. Wilson, leaning against
the witness box, resumed his argument
In his usual deliberate tones.
One Of the Jurors asked to be shown
another Of Miss pollnrd's letters.
Meantime Maj. Butterworrh entered
and Col. Breckenridge said to him in
an undcrtone, laughing, "Wilson says
Charlie Stol forged that letter"
"He will hear from that again. re-
marked Mr. Stoll In louder tone. The
remark reached Mr. Wilson. who
stopped forward from his chair.
what was IT.? he asked.
There was much talk Of duel dur.
Ing the noon recess. Stoll left the
court with Butterworth, who seemed to
be counselng peace. Stoll said to the
Associated press that under Butter
worth's advice as senior counsel. he
should do nothing till after the case Is
ended Then he would bc his own
master and would have his own inn.
ings. He would not say what he
should do then.
1t was reported that Dcsha Breck-
inridgc had carried q challenge from
Mr. Stoll to Mr.. Wilson. When asked
about 1t young Breclunrldgc said:
"rhe code provides that one gentle
man may carry n challenge to another,
but | cannot do that for Wilson Is no
gentleman
As the court convened Mr. Butte
worth was seen In earnest eXpoStula-
ton with Mr. Wilson The result was
noon session when Mr.. Wilson stated
TINT he had no intention Of charging
Mr.. StOll with guilty knowledge of the
forgery. Thereafter 1t was evident the
white dove OF peace had returned.
Mr.. Wilson came next to the time Of
the contract Of marriage and said how
much was Mt stake for Madeline Pol
lard I'm such n union. He said
"rhls defendant comes before Il jury
to villlfy, trnduce and blackcn tho !
character of the woman he has de- |
stroyed. Gentlemen, what are You to
those PREPARATIONS of Absalom to Am
mon, with n lavclin. But this wrong
IL to he repaired. Before YOU the
woman comes rs the law says she
shall, and what will You do? ! invite
You as my last words to impalc him,
hold him aloft that the world may
be warned and justice will cry amen
md amen"
At 800 Judge Bradley began his
'hnrgc to the Jury. He spoke of the |
of the case He said II con
aimed few interesting legal points and I
hat II the parties had been obscure 1t
would have attracted but little attcn-
Ion. But because the PARTIES had been
n national prominence, and because,
10 feared, Of the character Of the de-
nils, 1t had attracted large and
sometimes u vulgar crowd. The court |
lclugM with letters containing sug.
sc@tlons to which the writer's had not |
The dccency to sigi their names. lIc
the Jury had followed the in.
junction to discuss the case with no
one.
II was inaccurate TO say that the com
munlty at large was n third party to
The case. Except to see that Justice
world Mt large had no interest In the
case. Public opinions should not
weigh n feather weight, abstract prin
clpcs were not to 1t VindicAted. nor
the country girl. the home and the
family. Personal opinions or wishes
based on the relations between the
parties or other facts are not to he
1t Is question as to whether n con
tract to marry existed and whether, If
broken, there was an excuse for break
Ing. Tho verdict was not To vindirntc
the character OF either party. Al
though much of the testimony was UNI
TIT to be reviewed II was to he said, TO
the credit Of the parties, that they had
handled mdclicatc details rs carefully
and deccntly as possible. Nearly all
of the counsel had observed the same
restraint and he regretted that this
could not be said Of all the counsel.
lIerc all eyes wer" turned to- Col, Phil
Thompson)
Any revolving standards of manhood
which had been set up were not to he
weighed rs evidence nor were collat-
eral details to be allowed to obscure
the main issue The crrdcnCc to be