The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-15


The defendant was a lawyer, versed in
the ways of the law, but he had not
proved his defense. If it could be shown
that the defendant had not told the
whole story, if it could be shown that he
preNarlcated, that would impair his tes-
tlmony, and Judge Wilson promised to
show that every one of his material
statements had been fatty contradicted
and were not true. The testimony of
Sarah Guest was as worthy of credence
as ms. Had not this woman testified that
the defendant had come to her before the
trial began and tried to get her not to tes-
tlty against him2 Was it not proved by
Sarah Guest, who had not one particle of
interest IN the case, that the defend
ant had brought plaintiff to her house and
the woman had fatty contradicted his as
sertion that the plaintiff had been to her
house before that time2 Sarah Guest"
he said, was to lie believed infinitely
more than the defendant, who had every
interest at stake"
The concluding portion of Judge Will
sons argument was attended by several
sensational incidents. In the course of
his argument Judge Wilson said the de-
tendant not only denied that he had Sc
duced the plaintiff at the house of Sarah
Guest, but he admitted that he himself
had been seduced before that time at the
same place.
BRECKENRIDGE INTERRUPTS.
This caused a litter from the specta-
tors, and before it died away Col. Breck-
inridge half rose in his chair and said:
Now, if you honor please, that is a mis-
statement testified that | never was
at the house of Sarah Guest but once"
"Oh, don't TRY TO change it now" said
Judge Wilson. "You have finished your
testimony"
u am not testifying, please your honor.
but this is not the truth and l simply
desire to make this last statement" Col
breckenridge said, with some warmth.
Your statement was. Mr.. Breckin-
RIDGE said Judge Bradley, that you
were at the house of Sarah Guest before
you went there with the plaintiff"
yes, but that was ALL" Col. Breckin-
ridge replied.
There was some words between MIR.
Stoll and Judge Wilson over this inter
ruption, but the latter persisted that Col
Breckinridge had attempted to pass as
betrayed man. He would show, he said,
that the defense was "a tissue of obese
falsehood, manufactured to meet the ex-
igencies of the case, and l think I shall be
able to show it."
THE ENGAGEMENT.
The defendant had testified, said Judge
Wilson, that ne and the plaintiff had
agreed to die out Of each others lives, and
they had gone around atelling people
they were engaged. "Was that the way
people died out of each other lives ?"
mo Witness he said, chad been found
to support that bald-headed,
miserable, stupid, idiotic pretense
of the defense in this case. F"
1t may have been that
ded to marry the plaintiff, but it had to
be mutual agreement between the par
ties that there should be only d pretense
of an engagement to be any defense.
Here was a girl accepting his promises
before Mai. Moore under an agreement
that there should be no marriage. Can
you believe it? Unless you trample our
evidence under foot, he has not proved a
thing"
EXPERT TESTIMONY ATTACKED.
In connection with the alleged forged
letter, the expert testimony was taken
up by Judge Wilson and torn in tat
ters He said it was time that legisla-
tion put stop to this travesty on justice,
where experts got S25, $50 and 500 a day,
according to how hard they were willing
to swear The time would come, he said,
when the court, and not litigants in
case. would select the experts, and until
that was done there would be no justice
or decency IN expert testimony. The
Morey- Garfield forgery was cited as an
instance of the difference in expert tes-
tlmOny.
A SENSATIONAL SCENE.
A sensational scene was narrowly
averted a minute later when Judge Viii
son said the alleged forgery was based on
the letter that Madeline Pollard had writ
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The evidence in this case shows" be
said. that they got the letter from the
husband of Wessie Brown, Mr. Robinson.
The evidence shows that Mr.. Stoll car
ried that Wessie Brown letter around in
his pocket"
At this MIR. Stoll turned to Col, Breck-
inridge and said a few words.
Shall 1 say something, he asked.
Col Breckenridge nodded and Mr..
Stoll. his face very white, asked Judge
Wilson in a calm voice, DO you mean to
insinuate, Judge Wilson, that COM
mltted the forgery"
Il do mott said Judge Wilson, de-
family. Il mean to say that you carried
around the Wessie Brown letter in your
pocket"
"Do you mean to insinuate that was a
party to that forgery" MIR. Stoll per-
sisted, his face livid, but his words cool.
II mean to say that you had that Wes-
sic Brown letter in your pocket, and on
that letter this forgery was based" re-
piled Judge Wilson.
you had it in your pocket, did you
not?"
yes, sir"
"Well, that's all say. And I want to
say this, too, that these gentlemen are
not going to take me away from the dis
charge of my duty by their interruptions
in refuting these charges against my
client. That's what l mean"
TO MEET HIM IN ANOTHER COURT.
A minute later Judge Wilson had
handed the alleged forgery to the jury
men to examine. and while this was 60
ing on Judge Wilson, sitting quietly in
the witness box, waiting until the Jury
was through with its inspection, hap
pened to catch Mr.. Stolls eye. "Youll
hear from this later on" broke out the
slow but penetrating voice of Mr.. Stoll in
the stiffness of the big chamber. There
is another court in which that vile insinu-
alton shall be settled"
What do you mean?" sternly asked
Judge Wilson, "by the other courtl"
There was defiance in his voice and man
ner.
II mean, " said MIR. Stoll, quietly as be.
fore. that you insinuated that l had
something to do with forgery, which
denounce as vile and Infamous"
AN EXPLANATION DEMANDED.
"What do you mean by the other court;
what do you mean by the other court"