The Irish standard., 1894-04-21
WINS HER SUIT.
Madeline. Pollard Given q Verdict
Against Col Breckinridge.
The Jury Says He Must Pay Her 5000
lilo Will Seek New THial-Women
Want Him Expelled from
Congress.
MISS POLLARD WINS.

/
| Congress.
MISS POLLARD WINS.
|. WASHINGTON, April 16.-The Pollard
Breckenridge trial is epded at last and
Madeline Pollard has verdict for $15,.
600 against the silver. tongued congress.
man from the blue grass region. The
jury rendered its verdict Saturday after
having been out little over an hour.
| Wants a New Trial.
There was no expression of approval
or disapproval from the crowd. Col.
Breckenridge himself rose to make a
motion for new trial and the court
adjourned. There was nothing but ex-
pressions Of approval and regrets that
the amount was not larger among the
few senators in the senate chamber
when the bulletin was announced to
them and rapidly passed around the
chamber
| Action of sho Jury.
! The jury took fifteen ballots before
reaching q conclusion. The difference
was mainly over the amount of damages
| to be granted and there was but one man
| on the jury who favored the defendant
On the first ballot one juror voted for
! the defense and hung out tor time,
but his colleagues thought he did il
| more for the sake of argument than be-
cause he was strongly in favor of Col.
Breckenridge A number of ballots
were required to reach a compromise
on the amount Of damage to be award
ed. Two or three jurors wanted to
give the full amount of $4,000, while
the others thought that merely nomi-
nal damages would serve to express
their opinion that the congressman had
treated Miss Pollard shabbily.
Miss Pollard In q Hospital.
Col Breckinridge was very cool after
the verdict had been rendered. He de-
clined to speak at that time for publ
cation, as did his attorneys. Miss Pol
lard was somewhat excited, but not
hysterical, while awaiting the result
and broke into tears when she heard il.
She declined to be interviewed, and
her attorneys said that she was anxious
to efface herself from public sight as
far as possible, now that the case had
ended.
AS might have been expected with d
woman of her temperament, the long
strain Of the trial eliminated in nerv-
Gus collapse, and Miss Pollard lis sui
fering from nervous prostration. She
was taken Saturday night to Provi-
dence hospital Catholic institution in
a quiet part of the city on Capitol hill,
where she is attended by the sisters of
charity. The attending physicians do
not anticipate any serious effects from
her illness
Women Want Him Expelled.
Hardly had the verdict been rendered
when meeting of prominent WASH
ington women waa called to take &C.
ton regarding the case OF Col. Breck-
inridge. Representatives Of several
feminine organizations met at Will
lard's hotel Saturday night, and, after
an interesting conference, adopted res
olutions calling upon congress to con-
slider the qualifications of Representa-
tive Breckenridge for mem bership In
that body.
Some of the organizations whose rep
resentatives took part in the meeting
were the Woman's Suffrage association,
the yNoman's Christian Temperance
union and the Pro-Ra-NataA Mrs Sarah
La Fetre, the president of the local
Woman's Christian Temperance union.
and Mrs Ellen $. Mussey, the widow
of the late Gen. Mussey, who is herself
a practicing lawyer and is prominent
in NOV ements for the advancement OF
women, were among the leading spirits
of the meeting.
The Resolutions
The resolution adopted were:
''To the House Of Representatives, Washing
ton ID. c.: We representatives Of the women
Of Washington, aiming toward the establish
ment Of higher code OF morals and against tho
atrocious double standard which has cursed
society so long, declare that we do not believe
masculinity to be license for uncleanliness,
but that, holding the Same high standard for
Womanaood which men demand, one equally
high shall be required OF manhood, therefore
"Resolved. That we must have chastity for
chastity, under Que rule OF rights bearing as
rigtdly In it's application upon ono sex as upon
the other. From this standpoint We ask ool-
gress to consider the case OF w. @ p. Breoki1-
ridge. of Kentucky, regarding his conduct 50
unbecomtng a legislator Be 1t further
Resolved, that we daughters, wives and
mothers Of the commonwealth, express orr be-
lief that types OF the highest manhood are to be
found in congress: therefore, We ask in full
confidence that the house Of representatives
join in the sentiment now presented by as and
take some definite cotton to insure the high
character OF our country's administration, and
help the future national councils TO present
clean and unchallenged body Of legislators"
Robbed q Stage.
ANGELS CAMP, Cal, April 1.-THE
down stage from Angels Camp to MIL
ton was robbed Monday morning by q
masked highwayman at Sam Crossett's.
miles from town. WELSH argos iron