The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-13

AHu tndts Nh"t makes your manly
nannood know II Is not true" retorted
MAJOR Butterwor'n' shaking both ciench-
ed fists in the opposing LAWYERS face.
Before the mould had gathered ON the
shroud of his dead wife. he asks ber
tenderly, with loving Kindness. II. marry
him: asked her 10 marry him. and con-
summate their years of debaucherv nv
| placing her at the mead of his table 10
| preside over his pure and loving family
to rule his home. and she saws when he
wanted 10 ask her that he took her "a
| q house OF ill-fame. II is NOT true-
said Major Buttefworth
LAID uFa PLANS TO TRAP p,x
Continuing on this subject after recess.
Major Butterworth said:
Madeline Pollard might have been a
good woman In The eyes OF the world
TODAY IL she had carried out her uart of
the contract with the defendant to leave
| Washington and die out Of his life. She
did go TO Bread Loaf Inn, VT, to work
on the paper Of Ail Battell. Hut through
some mysterious power the obstacle
which prevented her from breaking that
contract was removed in the death OF
the defendants wife. And then she laid
her plan TO trap f'n. She decided TO go
to him and say. Ou shall marry me or
else I'll drag you down in disgrace be-
fore the world she returned to Wash
ington, and now she claimed that on the
very day she returned after rot having
seen the defendant Tor a long time, and
when not line had been exchanged be-
tween them. the fendant asked her to
marry him. and this on the very day
she returned when the sound OF his dead
wife's footsteps had not died away from
his hearthstone IL was ridiculous"
said Major Butterworth. And then she
said she wanted 10 go TO Europe for
two years, and the defendant admitted
that. But at what price did she want to
go? She would not sail for Europe with
out going as his acknowledged fance."
THE CALLS Uroy MRS. BLACKBURN.
Major Butterworth took up the calls
on Mrs. Blackburn by the defendant and
plaintiff 10 tell her they were engaged
for the purpose OF setting right in Mrs
Blackburn's mind the statement Of Miss
Pollard that Colonel Breckinridge had
promised TO marry her He took occasion
10 picture Miss Pollard as an adven-
turess. The plaintiff came to the defen-
dant and said: I've told Mrs Black
burn that we are engaged. Now what
can / do TO set ms self right with her?"
And they agreed in order 10 keep this
woman from being condemned, to tell Mrs.
Blackburn they we're 10 get married.
There was no way 10 light except by
plunging through the darkness" said
Major ButterWOrth. Colonel Breckin-
ridge had done a noble act. lie had
gone TO Mrs. Blackburn to save a wo-
mans honor 10 keep her from being
disgraced as an adyeturess, and when
she could not force him into marriage
through that means she had spread this
terrible pestilence broadcast through
out the land. In telling Of the inter-
views with the chief Of police. and Of the
pistol farce, as he called the little scenes
between the defendant and the plaintiff.
Major ButterwOrth was interrupted a
number Of times by Colonel Breckinridge.
who set him straight in some of his
statements.
Major ButterwOrth taunted the plain
tits attorneys again for not calling as
witnesses the persons who knew all about
certain things brought forward by the de-
fence and denied by Miss Pollard. Major
ButterwOrth tried 70 read "A letter from
the defendant TO Mss Pollard. but gave
II up saying - rtln ought 20 be pun
ished for writing so bad hand" Then
Mr.. StOll tried 10 read II. but he too
failed. even with the assistance OF Col
onel Breckenridge. A typewriter copy
Of the letter was produced. but this. too.
proved Objectionable. and the matter was
finally settled by Colonel Breckenridge
reading the original
40 WRONG To EEDBEss
Stating that It was merely impossible
10 go into all the little details, Major
Butterworth continued: This case rests
with you, gentlemen Of the jury The
Court has authority over the law in il.
but you determine the facts. William c.
=. Breckenridge is not here for violating
a moral or any other law: that is not
the question. He IS here for you to de-
termine the question, Did he promise to
marry this plaintiff, and II so. did he
break that promise? lie has been accused
Of debauching a little school girl OF sew
enteen years and In dragging her down.
You are 20 determine whether he IS guilty
Of violating the law in his relatiol.~ with
the experienced woman Of twenty years.
whom she has been shown to be- She
says she comes here to redress a great
wrong. / deny IL. | deny II. She could
redress no great wrong by bringing suit
in this way. She wanted either money
as a balm for her feelings, or else she
wanted what does not rise TO the dig
nifty Of revenge-she wanted to scatter
abroad a leaven OF pestilence throughout
my country, sending it TO every hearth
stone. She deliberately turned from
every pathway, she turned her back upon
every good purpose and proclaimed TO
the world her shame. She has scattered
pestilence throughout the land on the
mere pretense Of wanting repara ton Call
her modest vengeance; call II fury; call
it what you will, when woman turns
her back on the pathway of opportunity
OF decency il proves that she was not
III 10 be the wife Of decent man; that
her early life was not what she would |
have US believe. ! am not saying any
thing in extenuation of his sin.
PENALTY OF A DEPARTURE FROM DUTY.
Il am defending the virtue Of my coun- |
trymen 1 am defending the virtue Of |
country girls, and any man that says |
that betrayal could be accomplished under |
the circumstances told OF by this woman |
knows nothing OF the subject, and I de- |
nounce that individual in the name Of the |
country girl and the city girl, as a meas |
ureiess prevaricator. Nobody knows |
through what a mire that man CBreckin- |
ridge has been dragged. Well, it's the |
penalty Of a departure from duty. Don't |
thlnk, gentlemen, that a verdict for the |
defendant is a ratification Of his sin. |
we ask not his exaltation; We ask not |
the exaltation OF any one who has vio-
lated the commands OF the decalogue
we ask for only what Is just. Z"
heartily join with my brother (Ir.
Carllsle) I'm asking you for a verdict |
In defence of American womanhood, but |
according TO the standard up TO which
our wives and mothers must be held"
Major ButterwOrth concluded at 4:lO |
O'Clock, having spoken eight hours and a
half since II O'Clock yesterday morning.
Judge Wilson said he preferred to be- |