Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-10
HARD WORDS USED
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mitted a fault with any other man tina
the defendant.

They would claim verdict, Mr.. Car
Isle said, on the third count of the declara-
ton, on the ground that the plaintiff had
been seduced by the defendant. What is
left of ner life now? He has had it all
He has had a chance to make suitable
reparation. but he had refused to take adj
vantage of it, In addition to the damages
in reparation the judge had instructed them
that they might give punitive damages.
In closing Mr.. Carlisle asked that they
give her full verdict of $4,000 in the
name of their mothers sisters and daugh-
ters and in the name of honor and decency
ana as stigma upon wrong doing.
Mr.. Thompson Opens.
Promptly at IL 10 o'clock Mr. Carlisle con-
Guided his argument and Mr.. Phil Thomp-
son opened for the defense. He spoke in an
oratorical manner, with vehemence and
earnestness.
lie began by expressing his satisfaction
that the case was drawing to a close. But
the defense had not brought this indecent
matter and spread it out before an aud
renee OF sixty-five millions of people. The
responsibility rested with the plaintiff 1t
was not a case of injured innocence seek
ing some redress, but a self-admitted wan
ton looking for revenge. To find a verdict
lor me plaintiff would be to openly en-
courage shame and the denizens in the
section south of Pennsylvania avenue 1t
Woui1 encourage every strumpet to push
her little mass of filth into court
NO man, said Mr.. Thompson would go
farther than he in the protection of an in
hocent girl, but he would not turn one foot
ASIDE 10 AID a wanton in her desire for re-
vehse. There Is an axiom at law that when
bao p par are equally guilty the defendant
mas the best of it. Mr.. Thompson secuted
the Idea that the plaintiff was a girl of
seventeen when she first met Mr.. Breck-
LnridSe' ana that she was seduced by him.
IL had been conclusively shown that she
was twenty-one years OF age and had
moreover, led an evil life. No matter how
long the plaintiff had stayed in Pittsburg
II was evident that she had been at Mrs
STOUT S, and had there met Molly Shindle-
bauer Mr. Thompson said he could not
see why such an outcry had been raised
over the name of this woman. What other
sort of testimony could they expect? If
they wanted to know what was occurring
IN the division" they would never think
CT subpoenaing minister. Why should
there be such an cutlery over the introduce
ton of prostitute? AS for him. he could
rot see but what she was as good as the
plaintiff. for she had reformed and married
While the plaintiff, who had started out in
NE together with her. was now in this
court, suing for $4,000 damages.
Been There Himself.
AS for the mock marriage at Squire Tins
ley's, Mr.. Thompson said it was a clear
case of drunk" on the part of the plaintiff
True" said the speaker "she said she was
sick. 1 have known lots of fellows to do
the same sort of thing; maybe l have done
1t few times myself. but we never say we
nave been drunk. We always claim that
we have been sick"
Mr.. Thompson insisted that there was
every reason why they should put the worst
Interpretation upon that mock marriage at
Squire Tinsley's. If things really were as
the plaintiff had said, why had they not
| brought out Miss Tinsley to support her
story? They had had plenty of money for
such purposes, and he thought the most
natural thing for the jury to do was to sit
down and wonder whence had come the
money to support them in their extra VACANT
and unwarranted expenditures.
Speaking of the incident of Miss Pollard's
meeting and subsequent engagement to Mr.
| Woods, "a fine Kentucky gentleman" Mr.
| Thompson said, the marriage never came off
| for the simple reason that he did not have
| money enough to suit her
Il tell you, gentlemen, that all through
this case she appears as a money seeker
and money getter. She has somehow got
somebody TO put up enough money for this
case and she Is now seeking more by the
aid or these able lawyers
Miss PoIlard's Manias.
Another thing that is curious about this
girl is that she was always wanting to go
to Europe, and when she found that old
Woods didn't have the 'spondulics' she
broke off with him; and she was all the time
getting courted different from any other
girl 1 ever heard of. Instead of being
courted off on one side. as you or | would
court girl We wanted to make our wife.
she was always getting courted before
other people. so that she had plenty of wit
nesses to all that happened
And have you noticed how she's all the
time wanting to go somewhere to school?
She seems to have had a regular fever for
going to school, She wanted to go to school
a year and half ago Why, gentle men?
L suppose the next time she comes into
court to ask for damages from some man
she will have short dresses and her hair
Anrr
clusively in this case that she is over
thirty"
As to the theory that the plaintiff had
been seduced by the defendant, Mr.. Thomp-
son said 1t was proposition that not only
could not be sustained. but that il had been
overthrow completely The testimony as
to her early relations with Rodes showed
that she had lived criminal life p-iOr to
her meeting with the defendant This was
proved beyond doubt by the testimony of
John Brand and Hiram Kaufman These
TWO men NJ. Thompson characterized as
respectable gentlemen of Lexington whose
testimony was unimpeached and unim-
peachable. The fact that they freouente1
a bawdy house did not mean at all thai
they could not tell the truth If their tes-
timony could have been overthrow. the
plalntin would have been only too Glad
to do 1t, and her lawyers had every oppo-
tunlty and plenty of financial resources
All they could do was to bring two bows 10
try to establish an alibi. and il was tho
weakest sort of an alibi, the poorest so-t
of evidence. -'
The Disputed Letter.
AS to the alleged forged letter from the
plaintiff while at the Wesleyan College
Mr.. Thompson said he was willing to stake
his whole case on that letter. for it showed
the character of the woman on the face
of it.
Mr.. Thompson then tried his hand as
chirography sharp" and taking the letter
In his hand he called the attention of rho
jury to the fact that the figures IS" in the
letter must have been written by the Same
person who wrote the WeSsie Brown let
ter. The statement of the PLAINTIFF under
oath that she never wrote that letter show
ed cOncIuSively to what an extent she
would resort in making out her case The
letter itself was an incrimina ting docu-
ment of the worst sort, for it showed that
she was holding out a promise to an elderly
man TO come as she sure she would
like him better on further acquaintance
Mr.. Thompson said that Molly Shinde-
bauer had never painted herself in such
dark colors as had the plaintiff on the Wit
ness stand when she said that at one time
she was the mistress of the defendant en-
gagged to Rozell and being supported by
Rodes, who was educating her TO marry
her
An Expression Withheld
IF that woman said Mr. Thomson with
great effect 'Shnuld eyer outUr,y- -.