The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-14
A GREAT SPEECH.
Continued from Eirs pnr..1

lNUHlHlueI JTOW FtFN fn1t. WI.
every ono to watch and pray for ,hem
constantly. | was left In the world
young, to caro- for myself, aud | can rp.
melnbor how mon have tried 10 rob mo
Of oil that was worth living for. | have
lived n pure lie. because | carly took
tue Lord for my guide. and II | had not
chung close to Him the way would have
been very hard"
PHIL THOMPSON SCORED.
Mr.. Wilson said that tho jury had
heard n most remarkable argument
from one Of tho d~olcndants chosen
friends. Colonel Phil Thompson. 1t was
In substance that as all mon were bnd,
that as all mon were lying BnGros, why
should tho defendant DO condemnedP
He was no worse than tho rest. Solo.
mon and David had becn held up "a
parallels Of tho defendant. It had boon
said that David wa a man Of great edu.
cation. lie may not have practiccd law
AL HIS liio. but ho Ind been educated in
mo best schools Of his land; he had u
sllvory tongue; he was n man OF pas
sion; but Israel had como from his
loins and he had not been condemned,
and, therefore, why should the defend.
ant be condemned? Ono story had
been overlooked in his biblical re-.
searches. That was the story Of lamar,
who wna n country girl. and OF Ammon,
who was n man OF passion. That Cpl.
sodo had ended in n tragedy. Thore
were no jurios in those daya. But since
then tho Prince OF Peace had como.
There were methods OF peace aud jurics
provided, and those methods wore being
followed by tho plaintiff. But when
lurics failed to do their duty moro yio-
lent methods were resorted 10 by out
ragged people, tho first old barbarous
methods.
There werc some things which showed
tho character OF tho defendant in this
suit, and Mr.. Wilson spoke OF the high
character OF Mrs. Blackburn and how
Col. Thompson had slurrcd her. He
next referred to tho filings Of Col.
Thompson at the female doctors. There
had been n time when women were the
drudges OF men, but they were fast
working to the front and tho higher
thoy came the better for tho world.
MIR. Wilson said that tho denuncia.
ton OF the plaintiff ~ q woman OF bad
character bordered upon tho lndicrous
when it was recollccted that what she
was ia due to tho defendant. Adams
poor plea after tho fall had not saved
him from being through all ayes u man Of
bad repute.
A CLASH.
There was n slight clash when Mr..
Wilson asserted that the colonel had
taken Miss Pollard from the house OF
Mrs. Thomas to visit his Kentucky
friends. At this statement the heads OF
tho Breckenridge contingent began to
shnke in negation.
III there is 10 bo n shaking OF
heads V this" said Mr.. Wilson, ~
will call your attention TO the testimony
OF Francis and will remind you that
when I asked the defendant abou. it he
did not deny it"
"Oh. but l did deny it," spoke up the
defendant, and his counsel seconded
him. Thereupon Judge Bradley raped
with his pencil on the desk, saying:t.:Ii
there Is any correction to DO made here
it should be made by counsel"
'"Then I Withdraw it all. l don't care
a snap about it." said Mr.. Wilson, mis-.
taking the intention Of the Judge.
II referred to tho correction OF Mr..
Breckenridge" the court explained.
Mr.. Breckenridge leaned forward and
inquired: Does you honor say tina. I
cannot correct errora2"
you are represented by counsel
whose duty it is TO do that" responded
tho Judge.
Mr.. Wilson held that the secret mar
riaGe was no defense against the
promises alter it. The secret marriage
constituted in itaelf n breach o. tho
contract. Had the scene in Major
Moore's office occurred in tho state OF
New York it would have made the
plaintiff the wife OF tho defendant.