The herald., 1894-04-15

sons remarks after recess. de said
I'm the heat Of this discussion, in the
presentation of facts eounsel might con-
vey Impressions they did not intend
| had no thought OF an insinustion thai
Mr.. Stoll forged that letter or had pro-
cured it. | had no intention to charge
il upon him OF TO convey such an inein-
uation." He said that he had merely
intended to show how easy it was for
such things to 30 appear.
During recess Wilson said to Butter
worth that ii he had appeared to say
anything rejecting on Ssoll be would
retrsct it. The latter expressed himself
as being satisfied.
Mr.. Wilson concluded his address at
2 80, and 1T IL Judge Bradley finished
his charge and gave the case to the ju ry
In his charge to the jury, Judge Brad
lev spoke irst of the pollution Of the
case. He said it contained few interest
/ ing legal points. and if the parties had
been obscure it would have attracted
but little attention. The court and
some Jurors had received letters convey
ing suggestions, to which the writ
ers had not had the decency to sign
their names. He thought it inaccurate
to say that the community at large was
third party to the case. The question
was whether a contract to marry ex-
listed, and whether, il broken, there was
an excuse for breaking il. lie thought
the delicate details had been handled as
decently as possible by both parties.
| Nearly all OF the counsel had observed
the came restraint and he regretted that
this could not be said of all the counsel.
| There, all eyes were turned toward
Phil Thompson. The credit to be placed
upon tho testimony Of the pTinci pale,
where contradictory, must he measured
By tue characters aud lives OF the tive,
and other Circumstance.
The Judge said that If the defendant
had any knowledge OF improper conduct
On ths part of the plaintiff, when he
promised to mary her, II he did his &C
tions condoned those 0ffenses. Further,
that the defendant could not be excused
from failure to perform a marriage con-
tract because OF his legal inability. To
sum it all up, il no contract was made,
or If it WIS agreed to with the under
standing that it was not to be carried
out. the verdict should be for the de-
fendaBt. II contract had been broken,
they we're to find for the plaintiff, award
ing such damages as they saw fit.
At 20 minutes before O'Clock there
was q rush toward the court room.
Judge Bradley and the jury entered at
one door, Colonel Breckinridge and his
son and Col. Phil Thompson at the
other. There was soms delay in wait
ing for the other parties. Everyone
knew the Jurors had not come in TO ask
for instructions, because they had on
their coats and hats. The jury had been
out only l hour and % minutes. There
was intense silence during the interval;
the jurors looking as solemn as the
proveTbial iudgea, while Colonel Thomp-
son and the gray-hRired defendant con-
vereed in whispers. Five minutes
passed before Attorney Carlisle, repre-
senting Miss Pollard, entered. Judge
Bradley requested the people to refrain
of $4,000 for the plaintiff was an
nounced. There was no expression OF
approval or disapproval from the crowd.
Colonel Breckenridge arose himself to
make q motion for a new trial, and the
court adjourned.
There was nothing but expressions OF
approval, and regrets that the amount
Was not larger.
The jury took Is ballots before reach
ing their conclusion. The difference
was mainly over tine amount of dam
ages to be granted, and there was but
one man on the jury who favored the
defendant. On the first ballot one
Juror voted for the defense aad hung
out for a time. but his colleagues thought
he did SO more for the cake OF argument
than because he was strongly In favor
OF Colonel Breckinridge. Two or three
Jurors wanted to give the full amount of
$50, 600, while the others thought that
merely nominal damages v ould serve to
express their opinion that the congress-
man had treated Miss Pollard shabbily.
Formal notice of q motion fer a new
trial was given by the defense. Colonel
Breckinridge was very cool alter the yer.
dict had been rendered. He walked
away with his counsel, talking with
them, but declined to speak at the time
for publication, az did his attorneys.
Mics Pollard was somewhat excited,
but not hystsrically so, while waiting
for the verdict, and, as a woman always
does; broke into tears when che heard
it. She declined to be intervie we'd, and
the attorneys eRid che was anxious to
effsce herself from public sight as far as
possible now that the case was ended.
THE PRESS SCORED.
LOUISVILLE, April 14.-The Courier
Journal GAYS: the jury in the Pollard.
Breckinridge case has brought in its
verdict. The trial, which has for weeks
crowded the court room with the NOR
bid and the puerile and which haa
poured such vapors of pollution through
out the land. is over. Now let it pass
the public mind. The press has done
more than its legitimate duty in report
ing the proceedings.
New York newspapers have seized upon
the opportunity to psnder to the de-
praved and the vicious bv adding to the
functionsgof the journalist those of the
scayenger. 1t is to be hoped now that
even this element of the press, which
has done 30 much to discredit self
respecting Journalistic, will find it no
longer profitable to pursue this foul
matter. Let it be left to the court
records and let US trust to the whole
some sunshine OF American manhood to
drive out the poisonous germs with which
the moral atmosphere has been con-
taminated.
THE VERDICT JUST.
FRANKFORT, KY, April 14-The peo.
! pie OF this section have watched with
interest the trial of the Breckenridge
Pollard case and waited with impatience
for the verdict. The Daily Capitol ap.
peared in An extra Issue a few minutes
after the news was received from Wash
ington, and in half an hour every man
and woman in the city had heard OF and