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Of which she has endeavored to place upon
the defendant. These letters, he said, con-
tradicted a number of the statements made
by the plaintiff, more especially the one that
her mother was not aware that she was IN
Cincinnati. Her letters from there, she had
said, We're dictated to her by the defendant
and mailed by him on railroad trains and in
other places, in order that there might be
no definite postmdrkS upon them. Many of
these letters she said, were dated by Mr..
Breckinridge or dated ahead.
There is one person who is alive and
WELL" thundered Mr.. Butterworth, "the wo-
man who gave birth to the plaintiff in this
case, and she could have been brought for
ward to prove certainly that she was igno-
rant of her daughters wherea bouts. But
she was not brought. Others were VINO did
not know. This case briStleS with Just such
incidents this, and they imply a serious
reflection upon the lawyers for the plaintiff
in view of the tremendous consequences
that this case involves upon the parties and
the community. They will ask us why We
did not take this woman's testimony In
answer to this l will only say that we do
not go into the camp of the enemy for our
ammunition or for our soldiers
A number of Miss Pollard's letters written
from Cincinnati to Rodes in the summer of
80 were read to show that from their de-
mands upon him for money and from otter
inherent evidence ii was clear that they
were never written for blind, for the
purpose of deceiving the old farmer. This
showed that she had good hold upon HIM
and was working 1t for all it was worth. 1t
was impossible to harmoniZe her own state
ments with each other. just as it is impos-
sible to make them fit TO the ncontescibe
and undeniable facts in this case.
There is a certain sort of people," said Mr..
Butterworth, who, it is said, ought TO have
particularly good memories. Truth is al
ways consistent"
Mr.. Butterworth then went on to show
that there were number of sentiments in
these letters that could not be reconcled
with what the plaintiff had said upon the
stand. Upon the stand she had said that
she had told her mother that she had Sc
cured a position in Cincinnati.
The sisters Testimony.
when she answered as truth dictated she
at once said that her mother and Rodes did
know of her being in Cincinnati, as they un-
doubtedly did know. And now 1 am going
to contrast with her statements the state
ments of some honest women, who have no
interest in this case beyond the vindicaton
of the truth women who have devoted
themselves to good works and are bound by
spiritual ties to the Master and doing His
bdding-Sister Agnes, Sister Augustine and
Sister Cecelia-as to the alleged visit of the
plaintiff to the Norwood Founding Asy-
lum."
The plaintiff had said that she went to the
hospital as Miss Wilson, but when she found
that no such person had ever been there she
then quickly shifted around and said that it
was Bergwynne. She had had 50 many
names that ii was really very hard for her
TO keep them straight" But Sister Angus
tine said that she knew Mrs. Berswynne
we'll; that she then living in Ohio, and
that Miss Pollard was not that person.
Either this holy woman" said Mr.. But
terworth told a deliberate and conscious
lie else Miss Pollard never gave birth to
a baby at that institution. AS for me, | am
inclined to give credence to the story OF
Sister Augustine"
The matter of the Christmas card which
was found in the copy Of Washington lrV-
ing at the asylum was then taken up. Mr..
Butterworth said that there were even
number of Inconsistencies in the stories of
the finding of the card as told by Mr.. Car
Isle and by Mr. Johnson, not that either
one Intentionally misinterpreted events, but
ii simply showed the uncertainty OF human
testimony. None would ever think for
moment of claiming that Mr.. Carlisle put
the card in that book, but it was beyond
doubt put there only Il short time before IT
was found, by some one and in some way.
1t was curious that. the plaintiff should
forget important matters that occurred at
the hospital, events the memory of which
one would think would be burned into the
mind of a woman in letters of fire, while
she remembered forsoOth that she had left
a little veil in the book ten years ago and
rose pressed in the Christmas card. The
card showed no impress from the rose hor
any such stain as a rose would naturally
leave under the circumstances. The card
had on 1t the initials w. 5. ID. These, the
plaintiff said, were the initials of Wm. Sey
mour Davis, written there ten years ago.
But DR.. Schaeffer, an expert, testified that
the ink could not be ten years old, and was
probably only a few months old. Why was
not Davis himself produced? He could have
settled the point all right. But, as usual,
the plaintiff saw fit to bring witnesses who
did not know, in preference to with esses
who did know.
A Set-TO Between Lawyers.
At this point there was an interesting
set-to between the lawyers.
Mr.. Butterworth." said Mr.. Wilson, in
terrupting him, you will not have a chance
to answer me when l make my argument,
1 will give you a chance to answer a
question now, for it will play an important
part in my talk. Why is it that Mr.. Stol.
who had the possession of these books, did
not produce them in the presence of Mrs.
Ketcham and Miss Hoyt in order that they
might have ( chance to identify them as
the books which Miss Pollard had when
she was at their house?"
Because we did not have the books that
she had then. Do you mean to say that
producing something that they had neve.
seen would call to their minds something
that they had seen?'
You are rather getting away from the
question"
mo, l am simply getting it on TO you"
Later, Mr.. Butterworth was characteriZ-
Pollard was not present in Cincinnati when
some of the dispositions were being taken as
to her identity, and in Lexington, where
she was well known, when they were talk
ing the depoSitions of Brand, kaufman and
the others.
THAT shows how much you know about
it," interjected Mr.. Wilson.
why, do you claim that she was .here?"
"Of course not. Neither was Mr.. Breck-
inridge."
We'll, why should he have been? His
identity was not in question. No one claimed
that he was ever confined at the Norwood
Founding Asylum"
Mr.. Wilson smiled a smile that was full
of guile and took few notes, as though
he were loading up in order that he could
be ready when his turn came to answer
Mr.. ButterwOrth.
Mr. Eutterworth then went on with his
argument. He spoke of much OF Miss Pol
lardS testimony as ''inSufferable rot and
balderdaSh." on one occasion she had
stated that when she was IN Cincinnati
Mr. Breckenridge wrote a letter for her on
a typewriter to her mother Then they
brought Miss Louise Lowell to testify
as to her copying letter for Mr.. BreclI-
nridge to Miss Pollard. That was a most
curious way of securing secrecy, for a per-
son who was himself a typewriter to write
writer to copy on House of Representatives
PAPER and then sign his own name on it
with lead pencil.
That's q curious way of insuring Sc
crecy" said Mr.. ButterwOrth. why,