St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-13

that secret marriage in New York oil
The Goth OF April. After the noon re-
cess Mr.. Butterworth argued that Col.
Breckenridge was too busy man to in
Iulge in the constant association whic.
Miss Pollard had described. He said
MRS. BLACKBURN
had been imposed OIL. and In her natnrai
Indignation had confused thingslsaisi tu
her. The lying which both plaintiif
and defendant had been guilty of in this
connection was Justified and sanctioned.
because it was to rescue home, AtO res
cue woman, to open to her a tettcr
life.
Proceeding to the second scenedh the
office of the chief OF police on the 1zli.
the attorney declared. had the statement
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 he. the second.
not been true, she would haveEein.
stanily resented it. The letters (which
Col. Brechinridge had written to, Miss
Pollard after the alleged engagement in
1898 were produced by MIR. ButtefWorth
anu afforded considerable fun. the col
Onel himself laughing heartily. Mr..
Butterw0rth was unable to decipher
them. and declared that man who
wrote such hand should be punished.
Attorney StoI tackled them with the
same fruitless result. Col. Breckin-
ridge had two or three times suggested:
Better let me read them" and'was
finally permitted to do SO. He rose
facing the jury, and reread the epiSties
in his effective mellow tones. Begin
ming his conclusion, Mr.. ButIerworth
told the jury that
THE NH ERENT PROBABILITIES
arising from the course of human
nature were to be considered more
deeply than the statements of wit
nesseS. The question was not whether
William g. p. Breckenridge had violated
any ordinance. human or divine, had
been guilty of moral turpitude, conduct
which should bring Oh him condemna-
ton, but whether those two parties had
agreed that he was to become her hus-
band and she his wife. 10 awaken
horror before the public. there had
been tale that Col Breckinridge had
led astray a guiltless little girl aud had
led her down the path of nine years of
immortality TO marriage contract ruth
leSsly violated. The jury was to deter
mine whether there had been and such
guiltless little girl. whether she had not
been mature and knowing woman.
He denied that the woman came to court
To redress a great wrong. No wrong
could be rpdreSsed in that way: Nor
had She wanted the balm OF money, for
she had said there was none. Her
motive did not rise 10 the quality of re-
venge, nor even hatred, but sent abroad
to every home leaven she knew to he
vile. the influence of which was meas
urelesS. For what motive does the
desperate woman walk on any stage?
She deliberately turned from every
thing that man or woman could desire
and proclaimed her shame. This is
yeStlDule of wider stage upon which
She desires to enter. Is it the right OF
any individual to corrupt public morals
by the excuse of seeking reparation for
wrong? What is there of reparation of
wrong, but to go home to her mothers
fireside to Him who alone can grant
reparatiOn for wrong?''
Her early life was not as it should
have been, he continued, but was what
her letters showed her to be. 1t would
he said. Butterworth, you are defend
lug SIN; but, no: he had little family
OF his OWn-One son who had to fight
the battle of life against fearful odds.
No. he was defending ~
TIE STANDARD OF WOMANHOOD.
the virtue of city and of countrylgIrlS
No man could say that seduction was
possible under the circumstances which
had oeeE portrayed here. He protested
against such standard being raised for
virtue. As for his client, no one knew
through what mire that man had.been
dragged, and such was the penalty of
sin. He did not want the jury carried
away by the whisper floating in the air
that verdict for the defendant would
be ratification of his sin. He asked
them also not 10 commend woman who
had borne herself as this plaintiff had,
not to elevate her tor the degradation of
him. Such verdict would meansio the
girls that virtue was but q cloak to be
thrown off or put on. American woman
hood should lie vindicaled by the stand
ard to which wives and mothers must
be held.
At len minutes after o'clock Maj.
Butterworth finished. There was some
consultation among the attorneys, and
then MIR. Wilson, stating that he was
iioarse, asked the court to adjourn, so
the crowd dispersed and several gentle
men pressed forward to congratulate