The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-13

been guilty of in this connection was tusti-
ned and sanctified. because IL was 10 rescue
3 home. TO rescue woman. to open TO ner
THE PERoRATIoN.
The letters which Colonel Breckenridge
had written to- Miss Pollard after the al
legged engagement In 1890 were produced by
AIr. ButterwOrth, and afforded considerable
fun. the Colonel himself laughing heartily.
Mr. Butterworth was unable to decipher
them, and declared that man who wrote
such hand should be punished. Attorney
Stoll tackled them with the same fruitless
result. Colonel Breckenridge had two or
them. and was finally permitted 10 DO so
de arose, faced the jury, and reread the
epistles in his effective, mellow tones
Beginning at his conclusion, Mr. Butter
worth told the jury that inherent proba-
oilities arising from the course OF human
than the statements OF witnesses. The ques-
ton was not whether William C. Z. Breck-
lnridge had violated any ordinance, human
or divine, had been guilty OF moral turpi-
tude, conduct which brings upon him con-
demnation, but whether those two parties
Fac agreed that he was to become her nus
DdHd ana she his wife. To awaken horror
before the public there had been a tale that
colonel Breckenridge had led astray a guilt
less little girl. and had led her down the
path of nine years Of immortality TO
rage contract ruthleSSly violated The jury
was to determine whether there had been
had not been a mature and knowing woman.
Inc Major denied that the woman came
20 court TO redress a great wrong. No
nad she wanted the balm OF money, for she
mas said there was none. Her motives did
n3 h rise TO the quality or revenge, nor even
leaven she knew to be vile, the influence of
which was measureless. For what motive
stageT' he asked. 'she deliberately turned
from everything that man or woman could
desire, ana proclaimed her shame. This is
VesuDule or a wider stage upon which
she desires to enter. Is IL the right of any
individual to corrupt public morals by the
excuse of seeking reparation for wrong?
but TO go home to her mothers f1reside, to
him who alone can grant reparation for
Miss PoIlards early life was not what it
should have been, he continued, but was
what her letters showed her to be. 1t
would be said, ''You, Mr. Butterworth, are
defending SIM but no. have a little fam
lily Of my own, one son who had TO fight
the battle Of life against fearful odds. No.
standard Of womanhood, the virtue OF city
ana or country girls. No man could say
tnat seduction was possible under the cir
cumstances which had been portrayed here.
He protested against such a standard being
raised for virtue. AS for his client. no one
knew through what mire that man had
, been dragged, and such was the penalty of
Sin. He did not want the jury carried
away by the whisper floating in the, air
ratification of his sin. He asked them
also not TO commend woman who had
eevste hef for th nad of 6 to
Such a verdict would mean TO the girls
that virtue was but cloak to be thrown
or or put on American womanhood should
be INDICATED by the standard to which
wives and mothers must be held.
At ten minutes after O'Clock Major But
terworth finished. There was some con-
eultation among the attorneys. and then
Mr.. Wilson, stating that he hoarse
asked the court to adjourn, so the crowd
dispersed and several gentlemen pressed
forward TO congratulate the lawyer.
VIII Run for Congress Again.
FRANKFORT, KY, April IA letter to
a personal friend in this city received
from Colonel Breckenridge yesterday. II
states positively that he will make the race
for Congress at all hazards The following
extract from the letter will show the tenor
Of the epistle: 81 see from the statements