The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1894-03-31
mApeE Rssrs Her CASE.

MADSE HeSIS r1EH CASE.
Counsel For the Defense win Outline
Their Plan--Thcy VIII Claim That Col
Brcckinridgc Did Not Ruiz Tho Piaintin.
WASHINGTON, March Cool Brech-
nridge and Attorney Ben Butter worth,
we're late in arriving in the circuit
court, not appearing until after the
oil call of jurors and until after Miss
Pollard, with face very pale, but ap-
oarchtly composed, had waited several
minutes in her seat The two gray
heads of the defendant and his leading
lawyer were bent together in n brief
consultation as Miss Pollard walked
around to the witness stand.
Mr. Buttcrworth began by inquiring
If Miss Pollard had the contract with
James Rodes, to which she replied that
the contract had been given to Rodes.
There never had been settlement, but
in 1856 she had given him n note for
three times the amount he had ad-
vanced for her schooling. ~ had never
paid Mr. Rodes because Inever had any
money to pay anybody anything" she
said Their correspondence had contin-
ued after she came to Washington. Mrs.
DIR. Mary Logan had not recognized
her when they first met in Cincinnati,
| but had before they parted.
Miss Pollard was going on to explain
about that meeting when Mr.. Butter
worth cautioned her that she must not
wander from the subject, protesting
| that he was anxious to treat her with
perfect fairness.
II beg your pardon, Mr.. Butter.
| I, Se1, 1-rU
me fairly and l am very grateful
am so full of things want to tell you,
l can't keep them back"
There was short little tilt between
| Lawyers Butterworth and Wilson over
the answering of questions after this
which Judge Bradley answered by de-
claring that the witness was not
obliged to answer a question just in
the form desired by the examiner.
| Back to the autobiography in the
New York World, came Mr.. Butter
worth. Objection was made by Mr..
Wilson that it had been threshed over
to weariness and the same opinion was
held by the judge.
what was the fact about your
adopting the name of Breckinridge?"
asked Mr.. Butterworth.
"When ! first used the name Mr..
| Breckinridge and talked it over. He
said / might use the name, and l had
my card plate made with it in 1889 or
90" was the answer in explanation of
the statement in the newspaper arti-
Gle. II am very weary this morning,
and hardly able to go on"
Nevertheless the plaintiff continued
to be mistress of the situation, for
when she had been asked about the
trunk she had at DIR. Streets in Cincin-
natl during her first confinement, and
Mr.. Butterworth read from his manu-.
script, she insisted that she should give
her undivided attention before she
would continue. Great stress has been
laid by the defense upon the description
portant to their case.
''That's all, Miss Pollard" said Mr..
Butterworth, to the surprise of the
court. The plaintiff in black and Sister
Ellis disappeared through the side door,
her attorneys remarking that they had
no questions for her. Then said Mr..
| Carlisle: "The plaintiff rests her case
here"
The plaintiff had been under cross
fire for two days and over, during
which every phase of her case had been
reviewed from every light but her at.
torneys did not consider it necessary tc
strengthen or explain any of her state
ments by redirect examination. They
had in reserve other witnesses and aft.
davits, but these they did not use.
i In 1,o Ii,
ridge camp of conversation and docu.
ments, after which Attorney Butter.
worth asked for few moments for his
side for consultation and the defend
ant, his son Desha, and five attorneys
trooped out through the door by which
Miss Pollard had made her exit.
"The delegation from Kentucky re
tires for conference" remarked gen.
tleman, who has attended political con
ventions.
The Breckinridge forces We're in re
tirement twenty minutes. Then Col
John L. Shelby, the Lexington Q<y.,
law partner of Col. breckenridge, {
short, pale man with light mustache
partly bald head and spectacles, faced
the jury to outline the defense.
| WING Cilc CdSc Was tcCluiCdlly OH
or breach of promise, he said it in
luded wider scope.
II am authorized by the defendant
to say" he said, ''and it will be cor
roborated by his solemn oath, that III
did not seduce her; that it was never
made known to him that she had evel
had any children by him until the filing
of this suit last August, nor did he eve
under any circumstances make an,
promise of marriage to her."
The defense did not intend, he said
to condone whatever was wrong in tn,
relations of the two. and it was only b,
the truth that defendant wanted to b.
judged
Wrecked By Natural Gas.
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, March g.
News reaches here that Ed Clark's res
idence. six miles south of town, was de
stroyed by natural gas explosion
Wednesday morning. Clark's infan
child was burned SO that it died, an,
six others were seriously burned.
From Wcst Virginia.
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