Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-12
MAJ. BUTTERWO
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,hrough life. You and ! know, Judge
xv,i.or that those giris-those simple
ccvrtrv wirls-were honest and virtuous
~sr,. virtue Is not from outside. 1t Is
from, the heart. IL cannot be brought to
PASS by joint resolution OF Congress.
IL Is Of the cottage as Wen as " .ne
! na,sce All. but we have heard that those
girls did not meet the whes Vi "'' '"
very -tongued orator" -, ,,,
Yes" said Judge Wilson. "and we'li
speak OF II again." a., ,....
worth. "for that's the best you nave:
Continuing, Mr. Butterworth made
truly eloquent address, In the course %
which he criticised the platinum at'or'
neys for their efforts to buiio up ,me ue
fen,iaut as lecturer before religious
had,ss 40 n man of outward morality.
reaching n form Of ethics which makes
men better while he himself was all inc
time struggling against MS own ,eihp.a-
ton: all this for the sake OF making MS
fall the worse.
In the course OF his speech Mr. Butter
worth spoke OF the way the DEFENDANT
VAS talked about III he smiled the peo-
nile said he was careless. II he laughed
they said ne was heartless, soulless. III
he looked grave they said he was over
/ come with remorse. He really did not
know what way of bearing himself was
left for the defendant
"While. as for the plaintiff" said MIR.
Butterworth, III she should chance TO
smile they all say she Is smiling through
veil Of tears"
Now. MIR. Butterworth. said Judge
BRADLEY interrupting him, don't you
think you had better conhne yourself to
the subiect-matter OF the case. There
is nothing of that sort in evidence"
Mr.. Butterworth seemed to think that
that line OF argument was quite proper.
and started to argue the point with the
Court Judge Bradley insisted, however
| that IL there had been any such talk II
had taken place outside or the court. and
In the newspapers. and was something OF
which the jury were not supposed to
have any cognizance. Mr.. Butterworth
might comment upon the bearing and ap-
| pearance OF the parties in court, and not
upon comments.
THE PLAINTIFFS AGE.
Mr.. Butterworth yielded gracefully, and
leaving that sort OF argument, went on
with his speech Neglecting generalities
for the time being. he went back To the
! details of the case, beginning with the
matter of the plaintiffs age. She had
tried to make herrelf out younger than
| she really was, and this he regarded as
very significant fact He pointed out
that in 1852. when she must, according to
her own statement. have been only four
teen years OF age, she was engaged to be
married. Then he read letter from her
at that date to owen Robinson, in evil
dence In this case. to show that in reality
she was matured young woman know
| ing all that she should have known OF
| life. This. he thought. put quite another
phase upon the whole matter, and the
question narrowed down TO this: Was the
woman the defendant took out to drive
| that night in a hack weak, tnexperi-
| enced girl. or did she really know what
| she was doing? 1t looked as though she
! did when she spoke of love for n white
| haired married man, and even went so
far as to think of marrying him herself
when his wife should die. The plaintln
| was not nearly as bashful and retiring
as she would have people to think, even
as far back as 1852, as was proved by
| this letter TO owen Robinson
This letter Mr.. Butterworth spoke Of as
beyond doubt love letter. and then
he read another. for he said he did not
intend to leave the plaintiff until he had
| shown what manner OF woman she was.
! This second letter referred to the good
times she had with Owen Robinson in
| the summer of 1880. This looked as
| though she had been rather precocious
| for girl OF her years. Rather. 1t cast
a strong light on her statements that she
had lived a rather friendess youth. free
from all love passages and close intima-
| cies, and was innocent, guileless girl
when she met Mr.. Breckenridge and be
came 10 him as clay In the hands OF the
| potter"
The next incident in her life. the lawyer
! said, that cast a light upon the character
| of the girl was her meeting with jim
| Rodes Her statements all along had been
that her chief desire at this time was for
an education that she might have a
| chance in life. She had before her a
| woman who has made n success In life.
starting out with little to aid her but
| her own efforts. He referred to Mary
| Anderson. to whom he paid the highest
| sort Of tribute as a woman and a genius.
But Miss Pollard met Jim Rodes at this
| time. and the result was the making OF a
| contract, the like of which was never
| heard OF before in free republic nor
| ever will be again. In point Of fact, no
| such contract ever was made. II II had
| been the mother OF the plaintiff. who. It
| Is claimed. was party to the contract.
| would have known OF il. and should have
| been brought a witness In this case.
| 1t was strange that this had not been
| done. But somehow the lawyers for the
| plaintiff had curious propensity for
summoning witnesses who were remark
able chiefly for the amount they did not
| know, and Of proving their material
| points by witnesses who don't know any
| thing about the case. They could not
| say that for the plaintiffs association
with Colonel Breckinridge her mother
| had cast her OFF. There was not line
| of testimony TO support such n state
ment, and they had not made II. They
| IL
| forgets a wayfard child. though the father
may. A mothers heart never grows cold
The plaintiff had been convicted OF In
| tudicious, careless conduct. to put II
| mildly. This was proved beyond n
shadow OF doubt by the testimony of
Molly Shindlebauer. The plaintiffs law
yers had attempted TO disprove or, at
least. to discount this testimony. but
without avail They had asked the Jury
| to ignore and dssbelieve her statements
the statements OF a woman, who, II Is
| true had strayed from the straight and
narrow path-but she had honestly re-
pented herself OF her sin. She was a
| penitent Magdalen. and had lived an
honest hfe since. as the wife Of an honest
man. And In preference to the testimony
of that woman they asked the Jury to
believe the statements OF woman who
had chosen a life OF sin and chose TO
cling to 1t rather than to turn aside. II
| the plaintiff was the innocent girl they
had attempted to show. why had they
not brought witnesses from over In Ken
lucky, where she was well known and
where she had lived that simple. ideal
| life. In reality. the plaintiff had built
| her case upon foundation Of sand.
At this point in the argument the court
| took the usual noon recess.
AFTER RECESS.
Mr. Butterworth took up his speech
again after recess, devoting his attention
| to the plaintiff at the time of her life In
| Cincinnati, after leaving Notre Dame
| Convent AS to the motives that led 10
| her going to Cincinnati. Mr. Butterworth
said that it had pleased Providence to
leave earmarks here and there in her
story, so that they might discriminate be-
tween what was true and what was false
| Throughout all this time he begged to
| call their attention to a condition Of mind
| on the part Of the plaintiff as far as pos
| sible from what she claimed II was. She
was, In fact, an altogether different
| woman from what she had tried TO make
herself out, judged by the standards by
| which we must all be Judged here and In
hy ha Haad In