Evening star., 1894-04-12

Su1er .VlcarlouS punishment for his sin
This woman exercised overwhelming
power over this man, and she used it to the
full. 1t was a case of Willie, come.
And Willie came" And yet they had
asked the jury to judge this woman as
woman ne'er was judged before. He was
not trying to lift the blame from the man
and place 1t upon the shoulders of the
woman. He was simply trying to picture
relations as they were.
They say that strong men do not Yield"
said Mr.. Butterworth, earnestly. oh
don't they? The most powerful of the
emperors of old Rome turned aside and
laid down his scepter to seek the smiles of
a woman. They say that good men do not
yield. oh, don't they? Burns, who thrilled
| the whole world with the sweetness and
| the purity of his song, had to ask for
giveness from his God for the violations of
His law"
As to Her Children.
Continuing, Mr.. Butterworth devoted con-
siderable attention to the PLAINTIFFS story
of the birth of child. He endeavored to
show number of Inconsistencies in the
| testimony of DR.. Parsons and the plaintiff
1t was most remarkable mother he said
who did not even care to know the burial
place OF her child. He had never heard of
such a mother. From Cincinnati TO WASH
lngton, and babies born all along the way,
ana buried in unknown or forgotten
places! Most unnaturali Was il not more
likely that there had been MISCARRIAGE in
Il. 2
The incident of the naming of the child
Dietz Downing, when she said she asked
that 1t be named Dietz CARLYLE went far to-
ward casting doubt on her whole story
The matron of the asylum had testified that
the baby said to be the plaintiffs was
brought to the asylum by large and very
black woman while Mary Mckenzie was a
small and light-colored woman And again
sne stated that she stood beside the coffin
or her little baby at the Undertaking estah
Ishment. and she had named the day and
date And this date was eighteen days after
Downing had died
AS to the sin that placed him in her
power, Mr. Butterworth said there were
not words strong enough to express his
condemnation. 1t is the God in each one
or us that revoltS at the violations of Gods
law But no soldier Is ever shot because
some other sentinel falls asleep at his post
OF uuty. There must be no vicarious nun
ishment in this case. This is not the Of
fense the jury are called upon to Judge They
are asked simply to decide the question
wRether or not this man made a promise
or marriage to this woman.
The Alleged OGcr of Marriore
In scathng terms he denounced the plain
tiff for her outrageous distortion of facts
in connection with what occurred in this
city. He discussed her story of the 3Ist
of August. when she said she met him at
the station and they went for a ride in a
hack into the country. 1t was on this oc-
casion that she said he told her that he
had something to say to. her that he fiat
tered himself might please her.
And he delayed until evening"" said Mr.
Butterworth sarcastically, before he made
the shocking statement that he wanted to
make her his wife. And where did he go
to tell her this-to ask her to take the
place of his sainted wife at his table and
in his family, before the world had set
tied upon the grave clothes of his dead
wife?
he eofl ehol, Ill
the face of Mr.. Wilson, that he took her
to a bawdy house,
That's exactly what he did," said Mr..
Wilson, quietly.
cuss the marriage that Miss Pollard had
sought. 1t would have been an unholy al
lance. and heaven would have forbidden
the banns. This woman was an idle butter
fly, who had lived for years without labor,
and she liked just that sort of an exist
ehce. She had had exactly what she
wanted He believed as surely as he could
believe anything that he did not know
that Miss Pollard knew of Mr. Breckin-
ridges secret marriage in New York at
the time that she was securing that city
and talking about his connection with
great capitalists and his prospective bust
ness trip to Samoa.
At this point in the argument a recess
was taken for luncheon.
After Recess.
After recess Mr.. Butterworth again took
up the thread of his discourse to the jury,
referring in the beginning to page 426 of
Miss Pollard's deposition, where she spoke
of her gong to Sarah Guests on the
strength of a forged telegram from her
mother to the school authorities There
was an incident right here. said the speak
er, which he thought would cast some light
on the characters of the two parties to
the suit. On crosS-eXaminaton he had
asked her if she was rot afraid to go to
Lexington with that man. She had an
swered that she not: that she had
twice resisted him and was sure she could
do it again.
1he fact that she waited at Sarahs for a
considerable length of time while he went
home and then came back is not consistent
with human nature if. as she claims, he
was viciously pursuing her and endeavor-
ing to overcome her scruples He had been
oes Cribed as lecherouS man. and If he
were actually pursuing her against her will
he would never have left her Until he
had consIlmmated his desires. He would
not have left her alone to think it over and
decide upon the results of what she was
going to do. On the contrary, all this went
to show that there was a mutual under
sta lding between them, and when they
found that Sarah Guest WbS not at home
he left he- there, going to his own home
knowing full well that he would find her
there when he came back.
Events That Took Place Here.
Then Mr. Butterworth came down once
more to the events that took place in this
city, to show that Miss Pollard deliberately
chose to keep to the life she was leading
If she had wished to follow the inclinatio
that seemed to take her to Breadloaf Inn
she might have buried her past and lived
an honest life. But she threw all that away
In the inscrutable plans of Providence
Mr.. Breckinridge's wife died and then 1t
occurred to her that she might force her
self into his life, to preside over his home.
According to her statement when she re-
turned to Washington on August 80 he met
her at the station and in the course of the
drive that ensued he asked her to marry
him.
He asked this woman, who he knew was
to marry him before the bells that rang al
his dead wifes funeral had ceased to echo
about the hill on which the Capitol stands
All this Mr.. Breckenridge denied. He de-
MED even that he was in Washington at
that time, and testified that the first time
he saw the plaintiff was when he met her
in New York.
Mr.. Butterworth then had Mr.. Stoll read
to the jury extracts from Mr. Breckin-
ridges testimony where he told about his
subsequent meetings with Miss Pollard, the
occasions on which they discussed the prop
osition that she should go to Berlin for a
couple of years of study. She refused to
go except as his affianced wife, and to this
he would not agree
After Mr. Stoll had finished Mr. Butter
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