St. Paul daily globe., 1894-04-05
The SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL.
a VERY SALAcI00S ACT IN THE WASH
WGTOH DRAMA.
WILLIE WAS ON THE GRIDIRoN

WILLIE WAS ON THE GRIDIRON
Sudge Wilson Fired Many Puz-
zling Questions at the Aged
Don Juan-;iis Exact Relations
With Madge Pollard Mrs.
Blackburn's Story Denied-He
Never Promised to Marry Her.
WASHINGTON, April 4.-The inQuisi-
sition suffered 10y Representative
Breckinridge at The hands of Judge
Jere Wilson regarding the testimony of
Mrs. Gov. Blackburn would be the talk
of the city tonight but for some remarks
from Judge Bradley which enlivened
the close of the days proceedings and
have obscured all other passing features
of the trial in their interest. For days
past, since the case reached the Ze-
NTH OF its sensatiC naliSm, crowds of
men, boys and women, many of them
well-dresSed and respectable in ap-
pearance, have thronged the court
mouse corridors, the sidewalks, even
the street.. in front of the offices of the
attorneys III the case at the hour of al
Journment, waiting for the principals to
appeal, elbOwlng for vantage points,
banGying personal comments, and max
ing things so generally disagreeable
that the objects OF their attention have
been driven to make their escape
through side doors, adopting various
maneuverS to avoid the unpleasant
notoriety. Judge Bradley has mean
time been smotheriug Il growing feeling
of disgust. Tonight his emotions
passed the safety gauge, and he gave
some of these people such pointed
tohgue-lashing as has rarely been heard
Ill court room. After contracting to
hold the
COURT ROOM SPECTATORS
In check until their prey could get
away, he held the usual attempted rush
at bay until he had told them that their
conduct was characterized by indecency,
that they reminded him of buzzards
around carriou. and other things not
pleasant for the record
Col. Breckenridge averred that Mrs.
Blackburn's description of nearly every
one of the material occurrences
when their paths were crossed
was wrong, but qualified his
denials by the statements that she
had confused times and places,
had put constructions not intended
upon his utterances, had attributed to
him things said by Madeline Pollard,
but inserted saving clause that she
had no doubt honestly endeavored to
give her recollection OF events. Tomor-
row the defense will close their case.
The plaintiff has several witnesses in
town for rebuttal. Mrs. Mcclellan
Brown, of Cincinnati. the wife of the
former principal of Wesleyan college,
registered at the Riggs house yesterday.
Other Kentucky witnesses who are
stopping at the same place are q. II.
keene and &. NJ. Kelly, of Lexington,
and II. E. Queen, of Covington. Be
sides these people, Mir. Wilson laid the
foundation for the appearance of sew
eral witnesses to impeach Col. Breckin-
ridge, one of them the colored cook at
Miss Pollard's swell Ii street boarding
house, another the landlady of the house
where she was confined in 1889 for the
birth of her second child.
COL. BRECKENRIDGE
looked extremely pale when he stepped
to the witness stand this morning. The
first question which Judge Wilson asked
him was whether lie mad ever been to
Goldsborough, to which he replied that
he had been i'll the little hamlet once
to make speech at barbecue. Which
he thought was in 1886 or 1855. He did
not remember the colored woman who
opened the door at 1919 Ii street the day
after he took luncheon there in April
as heretofore testified to-. nor having
complimented her on the luncheon.
Ibid YOU not say to her that when you
and Madeline went to keeping house
you wanted her to come and cook for
you?"
That is entirely fanciful. [ never
said anything of the sort to any coiored
woman
Did she not say that she had been in
service i'll that family long time and
did not want to leave?'
No such conversation could have
occurred"
Referring to the colonePs statement
that he had made no proteStations of
love to Miss Pollard on the occasion of
that momentous carriage ride. when
seduction is alleged to have occurred.
MIR. Wilson asked him when he had.
first begun to talk TO her affectlonately.
Il never did make protestations OF
love. L talked 10 her kindly, encourag-
ingly when she was depressed: endeav-
ored to get her TO do something to make
place in the world for herself. | spoke
solicitously to her, particularly when