New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-14
A WARNING AGAINST GUNS.
JUDGE BRADLEY's REMARKS TO COUNSEL
IN THE BREcKINRIDGE CASE.
4 SEQUEL TO TIE FAcE-sLAppING INCIDENT
FURTHER PROCEEDINGS IN TIE BREACH
OF PROMISE CAsE-DEPosITloN OF
MRS IoGAN-sIsTER CECILIA
rOt'HT
IN COURT.

OF PROMISE CAsE-DEPosITloN OF
MRS LoGAN-sIsTER CECILIA
WASHINGTON March l3.-The crowd that surseu
about the Circuit Cour; room this morning Tor nan
an hour prior the beginning Of to-days SESSION
of the Pollard Breckenridge trial was greater '
on any day since the trial began. This increase III
spec saiors was due principally 10 desire 10 aScei
tain the action OF Judge Bradley on the face-s'ap-
ping episode Of yesterday Taere were other reasons
too for the expectancy OF sensaiohai Session
The report that Coonel Brecknrdge would MAKE
the defence that he had been married to Mrs. WING
previous TO the date Miss Pollard alleges he became
engaged to her and the sensational exit OF MISS
Pollard Yesterday whetted the appetites OF the pup
lie and made the courtroom more attractive Una"
the Houses OF Congress.
Under Judge Bradleys order only members OF
the bar witnesses and working newspaper men were
admitted TO he courtroom Mr.. She.oy was 'le
centre of attraction. He is a small man. sign'iy
ps,e. apparently about forty-1ve years oId' ana
wears glasses He looked serious. but did not Snow
any signs OF nervousness Mss Pollard was not
present when the court called to order MI
johnson came in few minutes ai'eT 'uuee D'"''
took his seat
Immediately after the court was called to order
Judge Bradley referred to the face-s'applng Incl
dent. and said:
The Court has received information that some OF
INFO the courtroom armed Whether TINS Is ,Tue, d :.
TO say that, if any information is received at any
tine whc MS Is na bd ce r ny would deem it to be
lis due. whoever the party may De, TO see 9n n
acc,,safion sinpy make this statement based upon
representation made 10 NE which may DE mis'aNen'
and | trust they are
Major Rut,erworth arose and said he thought it
propor for each of the defendants counsel to make
dsc!a Amer Of his guilt in this respect. There was
silence for minute. and then Mr.. Shelby rose ana
said he had gone armed In MS ire ana would
not treat the Cour; in disrespectiul manner az
to appear in its presence with deadly weapon on
his nerson Mr. Mckinney, who lives in Washing-
ION entered the same disclaimer Mr.. Stol or
Lexington KY. said he had never entered the pres
ence Of any Court armed.
The explanations were becoming amusing by this
time and there laugh when Coroner fl'ii
Thompson whose references to Miss Pollard gu"
showed his familiarity with that weapon addressed
the Court He said merely:
.1f II pease the Court as / am the only one eft,
I enter my disclaimer a!so.'
The incident was ended by a statement from
Judge Bradley, at the request OF Mr.. carlisle oil
plaintiffs counsel that the information about coun-
col on the other side going armed had not come
70 him from counsel for the plaintiff
The DAVIS proceedings began with a little victory
for the defence in the controversy over the admis-
sion of dispositions taken in Lexington the day be-
fore the trial began and which led TO the trouble
between counse. yesterday Mr.. Carlisle then asked
that the deposition of Mary s Logan, of Cincin-
natl formerly DR.. Mary l.. Sweet. be admitted, but
Mr. Bu,terworih objected, and another legal con-
troversy began.
After the arguments had proceeded for more
than an hour Judge Bradley overruei the objee-
tons Of the defence and admitted the deposition of
Mrs Logan as evidence. Mr. Carlisle then read
the deposition. in which Mrs Logan said she at
tended young womah Who gave her name as Mrs
Logan was Or; Sweet. a practicng physician n of
fiOO WAS he
that. while there were some things about Miss
not identity her The young woman sald she was
about to become mother. saying her husband
family reasons why the matter should be kept
The young woman called twice at her office and
later the deponcnt called to see her There was
Sn as nf GOS at her. n begin to recognize
said the deponent at this point The deponent said
house kept by Catholic Sisters on the Reading road
near Cincinnati to be confined Mrs Burgoyne had
she did not look older than that. After being con-
perez e pS S0s Where 10 sb took
name. which the witness did remember. Mrs.
ing about herself One day willie the deponent was
calling on patient, an elderly gentleman came to
Burgoyne Mrs Logan said she did not remember
what the man looked like. except that he was
Have you ever seen Mrs. Burgoyne snce?" was
Never except that may be this is the lady. Yet
they seem very different; her hair was different
ana tnlS duy is L inc OtHel ieby
Miss Pollard does not wear glasses.
One OF Mrs Logan's statements was that when
the elderly gentleman called on her he looked like
spyggmy standing below her at the foot of stair
DO / look like ,pygmy?" asked Colonel Breckin-
Major Butterworth read the tpe-written state
ment Of the deporent's DISCRIMINATION
resumed. Two black -b0nncted. black-rObod. kindly
faced Sisters, who seemed to be out Of place in
the couf trooIn. entered. and of them took the
stand She said she was Sister Cecilia. Of Pueblo.
of the Norwood Founding Asylum. near Cincln-
% s did who hot wn efs he while Ri n she
there. She, did remember, Dr. Mary Street. who
visited the asylum twice to see patient
defence tried so hard to have Excluded from the
trial. shown TO Sister Cecilia and In answer
been presented to her BY female patient at the
asylum. When the witness went TO Pueblo she
IN answer to other questions by Mr.. Carlisle. the
witness said she lfse w @
sher person through he Since rnmns
to Washington and had once received a letter from
her Mr. Carlisle asked II in this letter and in con
the founding asylum. but Major Butterworth OBJ
asked merely to ascertain whether certain things
existing in the asylum in 1885 had been correctly
Before the argument proceeded further Judge
Bradley said i was o'clock. and ordered an ad-
cineinnati March is:Advices received by The
Tribune" from Louisville and Lexington deny the
rumor that Colonel Breckinridge was married TO his
present wife formerly Mrs Wing. at New,York'
three weeks prior TO the marriage at Louisville.
The family OF Mrs. Wing is prominent one in
Kentucky and last night member OF Ii gave OFT
T. denial Of the At Lexington Colonel
Brecknrdges friends will not discuss the subject
His political 0 ,Ss Sso there Know nothing iur
TIE CONTROLLER AND uP. MART AT ODDS
Controller Fitch and President Hart Of the