Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-03-09
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
$40 side Of tho FOllard-BroCGln-
ridge Case.
erruAy1,s SILVER COMMISSION.


WARRINGTON, March 0.-rho hear
Inc Of tho Pollard. Breokinridge suit
4as re,umed In the disttict court this
morning. Miss Pollard was ono Of the
an, to appear, accompanied by two
elderly ladies. Though subjected TO
constant scrutiny Of the throng which
allied the court room she seemed per-
,,e,ly a. enio. Colonel Bfockinfligo
came later, ffcah ami smiling.
abe case opened with statement OF
Lawyer Calicton Carlisle to the jury,
roeltlpg the contract and the lpositions
OF tho parties 10 tue suiii re-
bsafsei how Bfockinrldgo tooh ad'
vantage Of Miss Pollard's youth,
when she was school girl OF seven.
teen; that under promise Of marriage
amer tho death Of the then living wife,
made before creditAblo witnesses, he
bscame the father of her three ctil'
Jfep; now no failed 10 keep his promise
and married another women; how she
stdeavored 10 leave him then, but had
icon rrfsuadud 20 continue his mis-.
tft,t. because Of love for him.
During the address plaintiff flushed
crimson, trembled Violently, anu
fufled hor face In her handkerchief.
Btckinndre chAtted unconoernrdly
Win the attorneys.
Carlisle said his client did not olhim
10 DO devoid Of fault or blame, but
There Wa breach Of promise, which
vas the iifue. He then skctched her
NE. she was n brilliant girl o. com.
mon parontage and was anxious 10 rise.
AZ couuify girl she was unudu.
Gated. She met J. q. knOuet, al
mar Of moanF, though not Of high
station, who became cnnmJrcl OF her
snd promised 20 educate her ~ she
would marry him. She signed AZ
agreement 10 that effect. Afterwards
when hU was pressing her for fuiul.
mtnt NJ tho agreement, she asked
bfsklnfidge's counsel. lie came
advantage ~ her youth and
lack ~ knowledge o. tho word, nc.
clmplishing his purpose under pr.mis-
oimafriage after his wiic'a death, aui
hllluiftduced huTas his promised wife
Into ihr hrst families Of tie city.
Then Attorney Phil Thompson m.
ntunopi that tho defense would
reserve the opening statement
uli the conclusion OF plain.
in's testimony. Attorney Wilson
drmandod that certain books, one cou.
hiniug n Christmas card given ~
paiutn by tho defendant aud taken
BY counsel for the defense, be returned.
The defense a,keI that the 60oku bo
more accurately described. Tue court
held tue description sufficient.
During tho colioquy plaintiff broke |
Toto hyu,efical anu inat.iculAte a0bs |
aui txclamAli1ns.
Mt. julia &. Blackburn, widow Of |
The late Governor Blackburn, o! Ken. |
luckyiwas tho INST witness. She lrsii. |
hed that IN the spring OF 1898, In WASH. !
lng1on, Colonel Brockinridgu brought |
bliss Pollard 20 her, and asked her |
anu care and protection tor "A young |
laly, adding that as soon ~ sufficient |
llme had elapsed after the death Of his |
vile he Intended 10 marry her Ia |
spite Of the TACT that ho was old enough |
10 io her father, being thirty. one year,
her senior. Al another time ho told |
Mr. Blackburn, when she uhidpd him
10 forgetting his devotion to his
i9fmtr vile, that he had discovered
llaI Miss Pollard was In love with
MN aud ua n man OF honor
let bound 10 marry her. At
another tins he asked witness
70 allay Miss Pollhrd's Jealousy. Mira.
blackburn asked him II he had given
Der any cause and he declared on his
hynor that he had not. This was when
he was paying attention to Mrs. Wing,
OF Louisville, whom no subsequently
maTrod. Mt. Blackburn related now
Miss Pollard once In her prusence
urged Brecklutidge TO ia the
Jay, but he put her oil, saying ho
would nx II later.
On eTols-examinAtion Mrs. Black.
luTn said Miss Pollard on every occa.
ION bore herself as lady. Asto her
Ittollng toward Miss Pollard, shu said
me irll sorrow for any woman who
Aas compelled to fight her own
,,A'ue, adding, M she turned her
Mhlng eyes on Breckenridge: "Jusl
oIfow feel, being compelled TO AZ.
car here, when, n had the deleuso
~ husband, II would never have
been necessary