The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18
TALK OF \ DUEL.
Mai. ButterwOrth's Pacific Attitude
DispeIs the Clouds.


There was much talk of duel during
the noon recess. Mr.. Stoll went out of
court during the noon recess on the arm
of Maj Butterworth, who seemed to be
giving him pacific counsel. Afterward
Mr. StoI said to an Associated Press re-
porter:
Mai. Butterworth is senior counsel for
the case and has control of it until it is
finished. Under his advice l shall do
nothing. After the case l am my own
master. Then ] will have my innings
l do not care to say what / shall do"
AS the officers of the court entered by
the rear door for the afternoon session
they saw Mr.. Wilson and the pOrtly
Mai. ButterwOrth seated together in the
vestibule. Maj. ButterwOrth had in his
hand the stenOgrapher's report of Mr..
Wilson's remarks concerning Mr.. StOll
and was talking earnestly. 1t had been
reported that Desha Breckenridge, son
Of the defendant, had CARED a chal-
lenge from Mr.. Stoll to Mr.. Wilson.
but Mr.. Breckenridge when asked about
il, said: The code provides that a
gentleman may carry a challenge from
one gentleman to another, but 1 can not
do that, for Mr.. Wilson Is no gentleman"
Every one who knew Mr. Butterworth
knew that he could not be the bearer of
q challenge for duel and the natural
inference was that he was acting as
peacemaker. Perhaps the utterance
from Mr.. Wilson which followed as soon
as court had opened was the result of
the conference. The cadaverous attor-
ney rose beside the witness stand, and
in his usual calm tones began to speak.
I'm the heat Of this discussion, in the
presentation of facts" he said, counsel
may have conveyed impressions that
they did not intend. l had not thought
Of ipSfOlIattnP that Mr. GtOlI Ia foroad
that letter or had procured 1t. 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 / now come TO / shall have oc-
casion to mention Mr. Stoll's name again.
l shall mention il because it is part of
the case. When we become connected
with a case we can not be very we'll
disassociated from it in argument What
more can do as a lawyer and what less
would Mr.. Stoll, as a lawyer. have me
do?"
Mr.. Wilson Resumes.
Thereupon Mr.. Wilson dropped into
his argument. He did not mention the
name Of his opponent at once. but dis
cussed the part played by the volumes
Of Washington Irving in the case and
the probabilities that Miss Pollard had
given birth to child at the Norwood
convent near Cincinnati in 1885 Soon
Mr.. StOll had occasion to correct him
regarding a minor point in the testimony
and from the tone of the Kentuckian's
voice IL was apparent that the white
dove Of peace had returned.
II was learned that during the noon
recess Mr.. Wilson had said to Butter
worth that If 1t appeared from anything
he had said that he intended to impute
any imprope- conduct TO Mr.. Stoll he
would correct and retract it. Mr. Stoll
expressed himself to the Associated
Press as being satisfied with Mr. Will
sons explanation, saying that il was no
doubt intended TO be full and complete
When Mr.. Wilson, resuming his argu-
ment, came to the matter of the Christ
mas card. he said that he did not be-
lieve Mr.. Stoll, with all his constituencies
could object to what he was about to
say. When the sisters at the convent
had been questioned Mr.. Stoll said there
had been questions put and answers
given which left no other inference but
that Attorney Carlisle or Attorney
Johnson had put IL there.
Judge wilson," inquired Mr.. Stoll.
have not the counsel for the defendant
purposely denied any such Intention"
II know" responded Mr. Wilson. but
I say that there was such an inference
to be drawn from it
He proceeded to state that under such
circumstances when their honor was
sailed IL was but just and proper that
Attorneys Carlisle and Johnson should
have taken the witness stand to deny.
as they did, that there had been any
chica merry in the matter of the Christmas
card. The defense had harshly crit
icized Or. Mary Parsons for suppress
ing the record of the birth OF Miss Pol
lards second child. he continued. while
the defendant had admitted that he had
persuaded the Rev. DR.. Paxton to sup
press the record of the secret marriage,
a record which the law demanded should
be made public and was Of equal Inn
portance with the record of a birth. and
regarding that marriage certificate the
defendant had testified that he filled out
the BODY Of 1t while DR.. Paxton signed