The sun., 1894-03-15
Noses at the Breckinridxe Trial.

Noses at the Breckinridge Trial.
An awful object lesson In the modern art
OF descriptive reporting is presented by the
Cincinnati Eagsrer's daily account OF the
trial at Washington. In which Miss MAD
KLISE POLLARD is the plaintiff. and the
Hon. WILLIAM CAMPBELL PRESTON BREcK-
rSRIDGE. otherwise Col. BREcKISRIDGE Of
Kentucky, is the defendant.
The Enparer's correspondent makes q
speciality OF noses. Miss PoLLARDs nose
was dattish till toward the end. when il
went outward rather suddenly. Her mouth
rather fell inward" Again. "She has a
skin ike wax: a nose sharp and in
verted. q stir upper lip. and long
and warm full lips-" Col. BBEcKIS-
RIDGE, who wears n rag on his
left forefnger. as IL he had injured it" gets
nervous and laughs aloud through his
great white teeth. His Roman nose. with
its short bridge. is sagaciously held while
hearing his confidential letters TO a
Chief ~ Police read" We suppose the
Colonel's sagacious arrest OF his own
nose was TO prevent it from go
ing outward rather suddenly near tho
eud. like the nose Of the plaintiff. The in
terest OF the narrative centres in these two
principal noses in the court room. but not
even the nose of the young gest and least i'm
portant Of the junior counsel escapes the
correspondents fearless pen.
A few passages taken almost al random
from these amazing columns OF pictorial
description introduce other characters:
"c.LSE.os cIEr.r. Is naa Of fail medium hsisht
With . DARK rel AHA erspesd ds-k hair sAS bro N
re A. e hall an
ho-r ST. gave eeETGsivs soh not aeud bat ot dss?
issns and ain Sst at once arrested ste cid no;
when Mr. C.IListI Teid Of her tArss ekiidrsa she
svsars TO have sesa MS only"
Mr.. CARLIsLE's speech is commended by
the reporter as clean in tone as father
describing his daug hter misleading" Mrs.
JULIA {. BLACKBCBS is "a pretty and gray
haired woman. with rich black eyes on a
white skin. She was a strong witness, her
character. expressed in her speech, and the
occurrences which gave to her thoughts
upon the deceased wife a loftiness. raising
this trial from o mere intrigue to the family
tribunal" A description of an incident
during the trial shows both the reporters .
powers OF observation and his mastery Of
language. The italics are ours:
-Bsfsrs the sssrt opened th. pl.iaiiH catered. At
whom the twsnty psop.s in tEs 81 vIth
. b AnE mind ana faes she tame II with two iAdIs&
Of .Ood family app ATsAss raissa - TO her sorreuI
-Ins piaintIa IA EiEh she adhered IesEs tas wife.
IeoEs sAgs soEl. Yet EsaEiAs she hAd dArk arched
face aaa a IsaE asek tas shSsidsrs slsEinE do~a
from ksEIseEY nsek HsT fT.sai BESIDE her woEs .
green ~AsL Of vhish the far fell dOEa 10 the vast
IA sIEISrdiEATy scene happened tss niaEtss
arsr esfsEdAnI sreisA ~ IN ais aeaebAARt rssy.
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diyiesi him troE tie plAianH she AT
he a. the sorass dlagouaAy back hr BEIcENEipSE
hAd taken hts zEi FE' hs snail red bag bsArnz
his inAls Enesr th= taois sstoA A. ii ss'sf =
49, sissp stsE Hiss PoIlIEB s1.sSiy TUNED pat
her lsf ssov me IEGs o+hnd her tgrnsd her face
tu ns ITsas st rizA; &c 'ss JuaEs .sEI BE-
fore Gna Ezsst BEGcEsSEIDSE staA a s.sNs
- - = - s'rss-I asS ks-Fsa -sgHsL
"iEAt TEhE bsasnd ksT, Ana a. aTSt q act EhfsF-
Aaa Der lSsE Ithos sgIE she rssssa red sSns trsHds
farther thAa he sAI sac seemed 10 eal IAoss IN
sssA flsHGA 4s'ss old 1s 'sg=s - S-ss tEsa 'a~
BEEeEINEIBSI En.ls earsIssA esEtsnP;aOzs. TseSg-
niIiAE- RsraABs EsEi.s. bsE act estAHL smile he
shs locked the spectral ana iadsihE EPOa him
a. about =. that HSzsHg dis take hls fs shs
WAI fsArflIiy excited sac Looked til JEEE Wa.
/ tSN sPks EsE IlsR sas usnbied. TUNED,
erSSSsL AHa fnszz Tsaehsd forward u 70
sRtrsEi hs. P7ebaby R1s s=EEy lsrsoz1 \ ;as eslTS
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psFhAPG FSg sSus tials NJ BEgrEIEEiBsE Locked
H.. SATY aH4 e-slI4g liza lie Esd his Ee1Es E9slss.
bat "a saEs's N spite sf his PsiiosSPhy seemed "a
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| ever nCl.0n7
These remarkable dispatches bear the
| signature hsbituaEy employed by Ar.
GEORGE ALRRED TOwSsESD IN his news,
paper correspondents. We assume that
this accomplished and experienced reportoI
has a high moral and litsrsTy purpose in
| baTissquiRg the sloyenly English ana
/ sloppy observations of some u his young
/ friends Of the Western press.