The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-10


claim that she was guilty Of any bad con-
duct with any other man than the de-
tendant from 1884 until this suit was
fled"
THE BLIND BARNABAs.
Alex Julien, Miss Pollard's "blind Bar
nabas," was hauled over the Goals by
Mr. Carlisle at length.
Brief reference was made to the story
Of Wood, the old carpenter, who swore
that the plaintiff had broken her engage
ment to him because he refused TO take
her 10 Europe, and Mr.. Carlisle asked
the Jury TO believe the statement of Miss
Pollard with regard to the story Of
Wood
This brings us up to 1884, when the de-
fendant met her." he said For nine
years the defendant was intimately ac-
quainted with this plaintiff, and yet with
all the knowledge gained by that inti-
macy, and with all his influence as
member of congress at his command, all
he is able to produce are the depositions
of such disreputable characteristics Brandt
and Kaufman, and Mollie Shinglebauer,
and Alex Julien, and Rankin Resell, and
old man Wood"
TURNED TBE TABLES.
The defense, said Mr. Carlisle, had
taken the depOsitions of Orrin Brown and
his sister, Mrs. Robertson, the children
of the president of Wesleyan college, but
they spoke well and so highly Of the
plaintiff that tho plaintiffs counsel had
read the depositions as part of their evi-
denoe
Mr. Carlisle handed to the jury several
tin types Of the plaintiff, taken just before
she met the defendant. where Miss Pol
lard is represented in short dresses and
the other marks of school girlishness.
Look at those pictures - he said, with
ring in his voice, and see If she appears
to be the woman of experience on whom
this defendant wishes to place more than
half the burden of their intimacy. Look
at that picture and then look at the de-
fendant-look at the defendant and re-
member what little difference there was
in his appearance then from now"
THE MEETING ON THE TRAIN.
Then Mr. Carlisle told of the meeting
between the plaintiff and the defendant
on the train in 1884 He passed over this
quickly, saying both parties said it was
mere trivial conversation, the only point
of difference being that she said he ac-
costed her; he said she accosted him.
"And no " before we go further said
Mr.. Carlisle. "let us see what manner of
man this was who had TO go through the
train to get his overcoat, and who found
a school girl in his path" The history of
complimentary language. 1t was told
how he had had q classical education
and every advantage, social and mental;
how he had gone TO the war
and how he had married twice. "And on
this stand, " he said, this defendant has
paid tribute in his voice and in his
manner, to his deceased wife and the
mother of his seven children
He confesses here on the witness stand
n
did than he had; that no words could
magnify the advantages which he had
that no words could paint the depth into
which he fell in this instance" Mr.. Car
lise said with feeling. "And this Is the
manner of man who met this school girl
on that train"
THE CONTRACT WITH RHODES.
The contract with Rhodes was taken
up and fully reviewed as a preface to the
call Of Col. Breckinringe at Wesleyan
college, when Miss Pollard wanted his
advice and assistance concerning the
threat of Rhodes that he would compel
her by law to marry him, or pay him back
the money he had paid for her education.
Mr.. Carlisle, in defending the
plaintiff for writing TO Col Breck-
inridge after she had met him
but once said that the defendant
had told her that he had known er
father, and she had said she knew him by
reputation. This brought up the subject
of the letter produced by Col. Breckin-
ridge,in which Miss Pollard is represented
as saying that she wanted Col. Breckin-
ridge to call on her at the college, and
MIR. Carlisle had just quoted Miss Pol
lard's statement that the letter was a
forgery when a recess was ordered.
Resuming his argument after the re-
cess, Mr.. Carlisle said that the knowledge
Of the expert witnesses called by the de-
fense to testify about the letter was not
an exact science ave did not bring ex-
pert witnesses" )" he said. "for you, gentle
men, are our experts" Handing the jury
a fac simile copy of the marriage GER
tihcate Of Col. Breckinridge and Mrs.
Wing, he asked them to look at
this copy which looked so much like the
original and see how easy 1t was TO pro-
duce it. "But do not intend to take
your time with this matter" he said.
'Just compare the letters / hand you
the letter Of July 20-and note the points
of difference between it and these other
letters which Miss Pollard admits she
wrote, and your opinion will be as good as
a barrel of expert testimony"
Mr. Carlisle read the letter of July 90
in which the writer tells Col Breckin-
ridge that what she has to say to him Is
worse than divorce case, and that she
lihFS IAo ldEG dllQ thinho BIG Will A4hb
him He said there was but little differ
ence in that letter and what the plaintiff
had stated, but the plaintiff had exam
ined the letter and pronounced il a
forgery, and out Of all the many letters
that had been written TO the defendant
by the plaintiff this and a little note writ
ten in 1887 were oil that he could produce.
THE CARRIAGE RIDE.
Speaking of the celebrated carnage
ride, MIR Carlisle said the fact that on
that hot August evening the defendant
brought closed carriage to take the
plaintiff to a concert hall demanded ex-
PLANTATION, but the defendant had not at
tempted to explain it. He had
merely Contented himself with
saying that he had picked
out the carriage without looking at what
sort Of a carriage it was. Reviewing the
events of that night from the statement
of the plaintiff and defendant and what
happened the next day, Mr. Carlisle said:
And from that time on until May, 1898,
she obeyed his every behest, and was
faithful TO him In every way"
Finally, reaching the time of the al
legged promise Of marriage Mr.. Carlisle
laid great stress on the testimony Of Mrs
Blac,. burn, which, he said, the defend
ant had refused TO deny. He had left
himself two modes OF escape and either
one OF them would bring him face 10 face
with a dilemma, on one horn of which he
must impale himself
uvu f,poag-px MIX ALTON