The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-20


"The witnesses for the plaintiff should be
through by Monday night. The colohei :
evidence will all be in by the following
Wednesday night. Then there will be two
speeches ON each side and it is not inn
probable that the case will so to the jury
at the end Of next week It IS likely mat
the speeches on the colonels side will be
made by his Comrade, Colonel Thompson,
and his warm personal friend. Major Ben
Butterworth."
Brcci>inridGe VIII Not Speak.
''Will the colonel speak?'
''He says he expects TO make the effort
of his life which will consist in not speak
Sng, for, he says that i often lind that my
fest speech is that which is not spoken.
40 you object to stating to me in out
Xine the plan of deiense?'
Il suppose not. In the first place no man
under any circumstances can be expected
TO be required to marry Il woman who is
not chaste. OF course me defense viii sub
) nit evidence to impeach the 5000 character
of the plaintiff There Will be Il deposition
.trom Aleck Julian, a blind man in Zen.
.ucky, who sWore that he met the plaintiff
in 1882, two years before her meeting with
the defendant and who went through
mock marriage with her. He will say that
after the marriage the plaintiff asked him
if it was not customary for people When
married to go to their rooms and be alone.
and that they did repair TO room TO-
gether; plaintiff according to his disposition
'peing then under the influence oi lntoNi-
cants Evidence VIII be introduced pre-
sumptiVe of improper relations between
plaintiff and James G. Rodes. the man who
advanced her school money under promise
. of marriage. There will be a deposition
from K. r. Rozell. also stating that in 1894
he met this young woman, VINO, he alleges,
was deeply in love with him, and who i'm
, plored him as he was leaving her to take
her to Chicago with him. As has been
stated, the culonepS meeting with this
young woman took place in 1884. when she
the experiences | have mentioned behind
her IT will be proved by Dr.. L. V. Will
liams, the physician attendant upon the
birth of her sister that ~ the time Of the
birth of the youngest sister in 1865 the
pla.ntiff was two years old which would
NJ her age when he met her 1T twenty one
, instead of eighteen, she alleges. 1t will
be proved by John Brand, Hiram kaufman
and DIR. Green, of Lexington. KY, that in
1888 the plaintiff was a visitor to, asslSna-
others which will be introduced, will es-
tablish the unchastity of plaintiff but Will
be used rather to bolster up the defense
than as the main bUlWarll. This main bull
warl will consist in the fact that the de-
PENDANT has never at any time intended or
made Il contract to marry Miss Pollard and
that she knew at all times that ne would
never marry her.
About Mrs. BincIsburn's Testimony.
Glow, then, do you construe the c0nVer-
sation between the colonel and Mrs. Black
burn as testified to by her on the stand!
Did he not ask Mrs. Blackburn to protect
her on the ground that he was giving her
his name?"
Gle dld not w ny Snoulu Nolofiel pre-
inridge ask Mrs. blackburn to protect a
young woman with whom she had been
already on terms OF intimacy for two years
ana Who participated in her receptions?
The fact that she came under Mrs. Black
hurn's protection was one that antedatcs
the conversation you ititi ~ % ~ w." ~ -
nehlpPr, mo- ,l,' 49,, oafi,,, nv
thredieheu - " 1tl,ii" 1 81. 81. ~ t1,at crn-
less tue S9lUhFi i3 3' +b rondi+ion have
d!llon' w ny %"o0 Pi,ci,LTr,,e ,mindp Mrs.
arisen IN NUS. i'Il ~, !l,u' II ~ r. Hi11'I,,.n
FHette had peeh tTIiiIG i'j ~ ''r 40
stories about IN" pIa!Ilult, "H.tu ~ re
doubt weakened her m tht eSlIhiii1l on on, i, ~
Mrs. Blackbnrn. IN or0eT 10 AVON p"'!ir
scandal, if possible ana TO save me ElIt
the colonel took heroic measures ana what
he said to Mrs. Blackburn was FOR the puf-