Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-30

BENJAMIN BUTIERW ORTIZ.
the silver tongued orator of Kentucky
Congressman and Colonel w. C. =. Breck-
inridge-and he was telling to - of his
peers and incidentally to the world at
large the story of his intrigue with Made
line Pollard.
There is minor key of tenderness, of
exquisite pathos in the voice of Colonel
Breckenridge which has done most to win
for him his soubriquet of the Silver
TOngued." 1t is such tone as one would
have expected Antony to employ in re
hear~ing the virtues of dead Caesar.
The Coloners Easy Attitude.
The colonel stood in the little witness
box, his left elbow resting on Judge Brad
ley's desk with his left hand pillow for
his head and his right hand thrust care,
lessly into his trousers pocket He smiled
occasionally As he spoke. At first he was
evidently little tremulous in his utter
ances hut he lost that trace of nervous
ness before lac proceeded far with his
story. Once he glanced down at the slen-
der young woman in the first row of seats
before him That was when he was assur-
ing the court that her manner toward him
had been perfectly respectful and very
deferential, but for the most part he ad-
dressed himself 10 his attorney. Major Ben
Butttrworth. who did the questioning.
As for Madeline Pollard. she never took
her eyes from his face. Part of the time
She rested her head on her hand, and for
half an hour she vigorously welded a fan.
When Colonel Breckenridge was telling
how he made her accept $40 bill after
their first interview, she shut her lips tight
ly and would have made a motion to rise
but for the restraining words of Attorney
Carlisle, who sat beside her.
Elevated above the scene sat Judge Brad
ley, with his chair. turned away from the
defendant, his head tilted back, his eyes
closed and his features cast into an utterly
bored expression.
The Kentucky congressman got no fur
Their in his story then the first meeting
with Miss Pollard. He held that the young
woman had lured him to her: had met
him more than half way in their intimacy,
and the ground of his excuse is found in
his words: Il WAS man with passion; she
was woman with passion We We're hui
man.
Before the appearance of the defendant
there had been two witnesses introduced
out of order to testify for the plaintiff that
no such woman as Lena Singleton had
kept an designation house at the place
which Kaufman and Brandt had sworn
ton was read from a Memphis woman
who announced herself as a former prosti-
tutt and who SwOre that the character of
Madeline Pollard was bad in her early
girlhood.
Breckenridge Takes the stand.
Pressure for admission to court after the
noon recess was unusually great and was
occasioned by the expectation that the ora
tor-defendant would take the witness
stand. Colonel Breckenridge and Mr.. But
terworth. with their heads together. We're
the center of observation. First the redi-
rect examination of Mrs. Miller was read
by Attorney StOll.
This deposition was followed by Il three
COrnered conference in a whisper between
Judge Bradley and Attorneys Carlisle and
Stoll over some disputed points in the dep
osition by DIR. Green. Finally the disput
ed parts We're settled
Mr. Butterworth then arose and said
Colonel Bre :kinridge, will you take the
stand and the commotion which ensued
required all the lGO---- i he IIl-I to
o1Ict the Oo.sG
Colonel Brockinridse declared -hct h
was born near Baltimore in 1887; that his
father, John c. Breckenridge, soon after
ward moved to jefferson, Pa, to accept
the presidency of the college. and in 1S47
to Lexington to take the passionate of the
Presbyterian church. He had taken his
diploma at Center college He had prac-
ticed law only at Lexington, after study
ing in the office of Madison c. johnson
and in Louisville at the law school, diplo-
ma from which was Il license to practice.
When were you marriedr'
''On St. Patrick's day, 1859"
"How long did your wife Liver"
h.. I'd, ~ hf,Ah
of her first child"
Were you in the late war;
Il was"
He told OF his various services in the Con-
federate army under Kirby Smith; how he
had risen to the rank of colonel and sur
rendered his regiment of Kentucky cavalry
at the close of the war.
He was married the second time the
night the Federals occupied Lexington to
Miss Desha on Sept. 10, 1864. He had five
children, four living. One son and one
daughter were with him here.
Here Miss Pollard and Sister Ellis ell
tered, taking seats before the bar to the
right of the defendant amid quiet rus
Ting in the courtroom.
Colonel Breckenridge, continuing, said
that he hao practiced law with Attorney
b. +. Butler from 1874 to the time of the
appointment of the latter to the bench.
: AS matter of duty he had served OF
the local school board: had afterward beer
county prosecutor; was mem Der of board!
of trustees of several educational institu
lions, among them Center college, but had
never been teacher except in law school
to which he Iectured
do you know the PLAINTIFF"
81 do"
when did you first meet herr"
The Meeting the Train.
I'm the spring of 1884. 1t WAS a COO
morning and on a train between Lexing
ton and Frankfort. / had an overeoat OIL
the back seat of the car, and as passed
down the aisle to get it she accosted me in
perfectly proper way. / said, 4 suppose
l ought to know you, but young people
grow up so on us we forget their faces
She said, 4 am Madeline Breckinridgt
Pollard that her father admired my IA
Their; that If she had been boy he would
have named her John c. As it was, hs
gave her the middle name Of Breckinridge