The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18

foundation of the case. He did not
care anything about the top, he said, if
there were no foundation for ii TO rest
upon After reading some of those
letters at length he came to the ones
which were dated in New Orleans and
which she had said were written in Gin
cinnati and sent TO her mother to mail
TO Rhodes. He laid great stress on these
transactions, declaring that there was a
great mystery surrounding the letters
and exclaimed: There is one human be-
ing alive and we'll who could clear up
the mystery Of these letters: that is the
mother who gave birth to this woman,
and she is not called. That woman is
alive and we'll in Kentucky and she is
not called They may ask why we did
enemy's camp for soldiers and ammuni-
ton
lie dealt particularly on Miss Ponard's
demands for money from Rhodes, and
when he came TO an allusion in one Of
the letters TO her great enjoyment at
reading Washington Irving, Mr.. Wilson
said: Give me that Washington Irv-
ing letter. please" In addition to read
ing the letters Mr.. Butterworth con-
sumed much time threshing over the
testimony of Miss Pollard from the
record and pointing out a few discrepan-
CieS on minor points.
He commented sharply upon the fail
ure of the sisters at Norwood convent to
identify Miss Pollard the failure to dis
cover that any such person as Louise
Wilson had ever been there and the in
formation that Mr.. Burgoyne had been
in the place years after Miss Pollard
claimed TO have been there
That Christmas Card.
In talking about the finding of the
Christmas card in the book he acquitted
Attorney Carlisle of the suspicion of
having been implicated in any chicanery.
He pointed out however. TO show the
fallibilty of human testimony that Mr..
Carlisle had sworn that nothing had
been said about the card until he found
it while Mr.. Johnson. his colleague. had
said that Miss Pollard suggested that it
was in the book before ii was found.
There was a little passage between
! the speaker and Mr.. Wilson when the
former expressed doubt whether the
Wilson suggested that since Mr.. Butter
worth would not have a chance TO reply
to him he might answer a question
which would be asked why Miss Hoyt
and Miss Ketchem had not been given a
chance TO identify the books This Mr.
ButterwOrth answered after the Yankee
fashion by another question, namely.
why Miss Pollard had not described the
books before they were unsealed and
why Miss Pollard had not gone before
the sisters for identification when she
was within the tinkling of a bell.
She was not there and neither was
Breckenridge. breckenridge did not
claim TO have been confined there" was
the reply, and this sally drew a laugh
which provoked Judge Bradley to
clear the court room.
The attorneys for the other side would
claim. Mr.. Butterworth resumed that the
woman was dominated by a stronger aim.
They say that she was a moral poten-
TALLY; a pawn on a moral chess board. .
According TO Miss Lowell. the capitol
typewriter and to Miss Pollard herself,
Col. Breckenridge had endeavored to con-
ceal his letters to her in 1886 by first
writing them in his own hand. taking
them to a woman to copy on house of
representative paper. ana then signing
bis name 10 them in lead pencil.
When noon came Mr. Butterworth was
Just working up to the coming of Made
line Pollard to Washington. She had
testified that Col. Breckenridge insisted
upon her coming
"Oh, they will say that he did it." ex-
claimed the lawyer, dramatically. THAT
is a cowardly surrender of womanly
qualities, a base betrayal of womanly
courage to say, that he did it."
Col. breckenridge Interrupts.
Soon afterward, as the lawyer was
speaking Of the child born in Washing
ton. Col. Breckenridge leaned forward
over the table and corrected him. You
are mistaken the colonel said. 81 did
not know she had living child until
Miss Pollard testified. 1 had heard she
had a miscarriage"
Then Mr. Butterworth portrayed the
opportunities to elevate herself here in
Washington which Miss Pollard had be-
fore her, if she had only been minded
to embrace them; how she should have
shrunk from continuing a life of shame
with a man with wife and family. Mr..
Butterworth argued that verdict
against his client in this case would be
only a f1grant instance of VicariouS
punishment. He drew a picture of Col.
Breckenridge 'crouching helpless at the
woman's feet" and went on to say how
horribly revolving was her story that
he could meet his mistress before the
mould had gathered on the grave
clothes of his buried wife, and that he
had taken her to a bawdy house for two
hours TO convey to her the tender mes
sage that she was to follow in the foot
steps of that wife. 1t implied that a
woman of corrupt life from choice, who
had doubtful relations with Rhodes,
who had Legitimate children at sundry
and divers places and miscarriages at
others. was to sit at his table in a union
that was the acme Of all that was
unholy and contemplate. That woman
who had lived ten years without earning
cent as the mistress of his life, wanted
money and nothing else. Mr.. Butter
worth firmly believed that the woman
knew of that secret marriage in New
York on the 10Th of April.
Col Breckenridge was too busy a man
to indulge in the constant association
which Miss Pollard had described. He
said Mrs Blackburn had been imposed
upon and in her natural indignation had
confused the things said to her. The ly-
ing which both plaintiff and defendant
had been guilty of in this connection was
justified and sanctihed, because it was
to rescue a home, TO rescue a woman, to
open to her better life.
Proceeding to the second scene in the
Office of the chief of police on the 18th.
the attorney declared that il the state
ment of Col. Breckenridge to the chief
that he had not seduced the woman,
that he had taken liberties with her the
first night and slept with her the second,
had not been true. she would have in
stantly resented it.
The Defendants Letters.
The letters which Col Breckenridge
had written to Miss Pollard after the al
legged engagement I'm 1893 were produced
by Mr.. Butterworth and afforded consid-
cradle fun. the colonel himself laughing
heartily
Mr.. Butterworth was unable to de-
cipher them and declared that man who
wrote such a hand should be punished
Attorney Stoll tackled them with the
same fruitless result. Col Breckenridge
had two or three times suggested bet
ter let me read them" and was finally
tn fn IL fu0 a