Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-22


her attorneys did not consider II ncccs-
safy 10 strengthen or explain any or
her attachments hy re-direct cxahiiun-
ton. They had In reserve other Wit
nnesscs and ailldavits. but these they
did not use.
There was a rustilng In the Brock
inriuge camp ~ conversation and doru.
mcnts, after which Attorney Butter.
worth asked Tor fow moments for
MIS- side for consultation. and The de-
PENDANT. HIS son Deshn and live at
torneys trpoped out through the door
exit
The delegation from Kentucky re.
ures for conference" remarked a gen.
Vcntions
The Ilrecklnridge forcns were In re.
ufement twenty minutes Then Col.
John T. Shelby. the Lexington. Ky,
law partner OF Col. Brccklnridge. a
short. pale man, with light moustaehe.
partly hald-honded and spectacled,
raced the jury to cntllae the defenae.
While the case was technically ono
for breach Of promise, he said n IN
eiuded a wider scope. II am author
lied By the defendant 60 saw" he said,
and II Will he corrohnratcd by his
solemn oath. that he ana not eeduoe
her, TINT Il never was made known to
him that she had ever had any chill.
dren by him until thci fllnE n this
~, - -. W ~
,,,,t NlNuinnta ~ i'''NN any
Tho defenne ala not intend he said
90 condone whatever was wrong IN the
relations Of the two and Il was only
by the truth the defendant wanted 10
be Judged.
'uVlnlng What Would pr me aeiellsr
nv rr.hHu tlN' MISS folNWu huu ne
eostca Vol. hrncklhrintq on the uuln'
peIore whieh uhe PC hha never tvsn
hrri thnI nc hhd supposen ne onsht
20 KNOW hcr thnNlns rehohtu tntt luNe
o, NE When ne was totsfliul 81 taV.el.
was a great adnirer Of John 9. preek.
inridEe anu hud nomhd hef after MIN
Several weeks nfterwnrd the letter nsk-
Ing advice as 10 her relations win
Rhodes had been received; nc had AM
swered H. telling nor ne hpeelr, ~
fully.
After that he recciYed the letter
the authenticity OF which Miss Pol
lard had denied, but which would be
mlly proved asking him 70 come 20
the seminary. lie bad written thhl
he could not come, She had wiltten
another letter urging him 10 o1far 20
the wesleyan college TO tef her' Wnlch
he had declined TO do. on the iat OF
August 1854 d'ridhN). he hnd been
IN Cincinnati on busineHa' Il oeonffod
to him that he had received thr re-
uuost TO 20 to the wesleyan eolloEe,
Having nothing else 20 do, he went
80 the college that dny and saw her'
saw NOT an Ignorant girl, unacquhint-
ed with the ways of the world for
n there was one fact thnt would be
established II was that the Ilainnm
wna al least 20 on 81 years Of age, ana
It would be shown by tho doctor who
OBLIGATED at the hirth 81 her next
niainttff v,ns then "a little girl Of or
4 wears OF age running about the
| ho,ise
"Wheu the colonel arrived At the
institution." continued the attorney,
''she came into the nal or and saw
him. explained the CONNECT with MI.
phodes when wis that 10 conaldern-
tion of his pnying for her schooling
she was tn mnrrv him SHE asked "
10 cn,,ld comp0l her to marry him. u
rtra,yc nupstlon FOR an innocent
| setnaigir ANA ntan told him that ahp
hsd snbmItteJ her person to MI
phaars lie told her that ahe waa
~, atiis,,d 10 carry out tho contract
nv, ~ 9siscd rim Va talte her to an
,,lrtatr,,,ont IN Vim, street, arid he
,.....,,ts,,3i
49, ~ ur,..l,ioridee had called IN
/ ,.ilsed ,arrioi,, fhnt night was denied.
| 4, 80 1cciared thot MIS- p0llnrd had
Md ,be nron,,siiion tint they ride in-
ma ma af .,ing "a tbc concort. aud the
1917 III. s.Tn tbc course Of no ride
NV Nh, and without iho use az 10
| ina, ~ hn,,,,,s a,,,t h. mai way which
Nut,,l M, i, ,,',,an NJ not aver4e ~
w, ,hi,,,,s a., iIti,ir r,laflan was ,.atab.
Isbel an Tue frst night he had been