The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-03-22

Thn plaiutil, in black, and Slater
Ellis Disappeared through tho aldo door,
her attorneys rcmarking that they hnd
10 questions Tor her. Then said SIr.
Carlisle; "Tho plaintiff rests her case
hore."
Tho plaintiff had boon undor crosa
fire for two days mud over. during which
every phase OF her caso had been re.
viowcd from every light, but her uttor.
neys did not sonsider It necessary TO
strengthen or explain any OF her state
ments by redirect examination.
They had In rosorvo other witnesses
and atlidavits, but these thoy did not
use.
THE DEFENSE BEGINS.
There was u ruatling In tho Breckin-
ridge camp OF Convoraation and docu.
mcnts, utter which Attorney Butter
worth nskod for few moments for his
sido for consultation, and tho defendant,
his son DcshN, Andiivo attorneys trooped
out through the door by which Miss
Pollard had mado her exit. "Tho dole
CATION from Kentucky rotIIos for con-
ference" remarked gentleman who
has attended political conventions. The
BrCckinridgo forces werO in retirement
twenty minutes. Then Colonel John 4.
Shelby, tho Lexington. Ky., law partner
OF Colonel breckenridge, q short, palo
man with light mustache, partly bald
head and spoctacles, faced the jury to
outline the defense.
Whileihc case was technically one for
breach Of promise, ho sAid, it included
q wide scope. ~ am authorized By the
defendant TO say" no said, "and il will
be corroboratcd by his solemn oath, that
he did not scduce her, that it was never
made know to him that sho had ever
had any children by him until the filing
OF this suit last August, nor did ho over
under any circumstances make any
promise oi marriage to her." Tho de-
fenso did not intend, ho said, to con-
done whatever was wrong in the rela.
tions OF tho two, and it was only by tho
truth that the defendant wanted 10 be
judged.
Outlining what would DO tho defense,
he related that Miss Pollard had &C.
costod Colonel Breckinridge on tho
train, before which time ho had never
seen hor; that he had supposed he
ought to know her (having reached that
time Of life when no WAS forgetful OF
faces). Sho introduced herself. said her
fathcr whs great admiror OF John G.
Breckenridge and had named her after
him. Several weeks afterward tho lot
ter asking advice as to her relations
with Rhodes had been received, no had
answered it, telling her tho legal as
poets OF the contract, TO which he had
replied fully.
After that he received the lotter, tho
authenticity OF which Miss Pollard had
denied, but which would be fully
proven, asking him TO come to the sem-
mary. lie had written that he could
not come. She had written another let
ter urging him TO come to the Wesleyan
College to SEQ her, which he had de-
clined to do. On the lst OF August,
1851 friday, he had been in Cincin-
natl on business. II occurred to him
that he had received the request to 90
to the Wesleyan College. Having moth
ing elsc to do he went to tho college
that day and saw her, not IN ignorant
girl, unaCquainted with tho ways Of the
world, for il thoro was ono fact that
would be established twas that the
plaintiff was at least twenty or twenty
one years OF age. and it would be shown
BY the doctor who olIiciated at tho birth
OF her next youngest sister in 1865,
when tho plaintiff was thon little girl
two or thrce years OF ago running about
the house.
"When the colonel arrived at tho in
stitution," continued the attorney, "sho
came into the parlor and saw him, OK
planned the contract with Mr.. Rhodes,
which was that in consideration OF his
paying for her schooling she was to
marry him. She asked if ho cou!i COM
pei hor 10 marry him, 4 strange Ques-
ton tor m innocent school girl, and
also told him that she had submitted
her person to Mr.. Rhodes. lie told hcr
that she was not obliged to carry out
her contract. Then aho asked him to
tako her to m entertainment on Vine
street and he consented"
ALL DENIED.
That Colonel Breckinridge had called
in u closed carriage that night was do
nied. 1t was declared that Miss Pol
lard had made the proposition that they
ride instead OF going TO the concert and
tho lawyer snid: "In the course OF tho
ride that night and without tho use Of
seductive means, but in that way which
occurs when woman is not aTerso to
such things, an Illicit relation was ostab-
lished, on the first night he had been
with her. She did not mako any pro.
testationa. Tho ride was not prolong-
ed he did no: take her to any-assigna-
ton house in Cincinnati tho next day."
1t was denied that Colonel Breckn-
ridge had sent q telegram to Miss Pol
lard in the name OF hor mother to 90 TO
Lexington, but when he boarded the
train that Friday he found her on it.
Without any articles being exercised
on his part meeting had beon ar
ranged, and she herself had proposed
that they should GO to the house OF Sarah
Guess, she explaining that sho knew
the house. It was matter OF mutual
arrangement, but instead OF going there
Friday night, Colonel Breckenridge had
been III Cincinnati Friday and had not
met her there until Saturday night. 1t
would be shown that Mr.. Rhodes had
fallen behind in tho payment OF her
bills, being man OF small means, and
tho transfer from Wesleyan Institute 10
Sayre Academy at Lexington had been
mado by arrangement between herself
and Mr., Rhodes, unknown to Colonel
Breckinridge. until he met her one day
OIL tho street in Lexington. Tho Illicit
relations at Lexington continued,
meetings being arranged irrogularly at
Sarah's, aud in February OF 1885 Miss
Pollard had lett unknown TO him. lhe
statement that ho had written letters
from Cincinnati to her mother would
hn lnnind md tho stntnmnnt that Ahn