Evening star., 1894-04-14


| agreeable person. who would make man
| feel at home in his own parlOr'' more than
any other man he knew He referred to
| the testimony which had been brought up
in cross examination given by Mr. Hay in
| the Washburn case. He spoke of col"
| Hay as having entirely changed his opinion
| while under examination, but still, having
been so agreeable as to have made the COM
| mittee feel entirely at home all the time.
| He referred to the Morey letter controversy
also as throwing discredit expert testi-
| mony. ForgerieS, he said, were made for
a purpose. but the man who did a forgery
was apt to put little of his own hand
| writing in 1t that would show that it was a
| forgery. How did they get the Wessie
| Brown letter in order to make compari-
sons? The testimony showed that Mr. Stoll
had got that letter, and had carried it about
! with him in his pocket.
MIR. StoIPs Inquiries.
Mr.. Wilson," said Mr.. Ston. whose face
looked grim and white, do you mean to
insinuate that 1 forged that letter."
Il do not, SIR" said Mr.. Wilson. II do say
that some skilled penman forged the
letter"
DO you mean to say" said Mr. Stoll,
that was party to forgery"
Il say said Mr.. Wilson, that you had
| that letter.
DO you mean to say" persisted Mr..
Stoll, that l got 1t for that purpose?'
Il did not say that. 1 say that you had
the Wessie Brown letter. and you did have
| IL, went on MT. wilson.
| Il Cid,' saiu Mr.. Stoll.
| Turning to the jury, Mr.. Wilson said that
the defense had spent hours in traducing
| this plaintiff.
They are not" he said, "going to intimi-
| date me from the discharge of my duty, as
L understand it to be-" Mr.. Wilson claimed
| the right to present the facts to the Jury
as they appeared in testimony. He handed
| the letter which, it is claimed, was forged
| TO the jury, asking them to inspect it and
| compare certain words, and the jurors
| spent some minutes on the task
| Mr.. Wilson then resuming, said that he
| proposed to consider the aspect of the case
assuming that she wrote it, although he de-
MED utterly that she did write II.
One of the jurors here asked if he could
examine the letter in connection with one of
a later date
Mr.. Wilson said he had none in his hand,
but would be glad if they would make such
an examination.
Mr.. Breckenridge and Mr.. Stoll produced
a bundle OF letters which were handed to
the jury.
MIR. StoII Breaks Out.
Mr.. Stoll resumed his seat and. Mr. Will
son stood silently at his post in front of
the jury. Mr. Stoll was glaring at Mr.. Will
son, and very white. He was evidently
| deeply angered by what Mr.. Wilson had
said concerning himself in regard to the
forgery. Suddenly he spoke with great dis
tinctness and deliberatfon.
which the vile insinuation you have made
regarding me will be tried"
Mr. Wilson looked toward him and said:
AS you have made that statement publicly,
will you explain what you mean?'
Il mean" said Mr.. Stoll. that you in
sinuated that l had something to do with
that forgery. and that l denounce as vile
and infamous"
What do you mean" repeated Mr. VIII
son. 'by the other court?''
"Eh?' said Mr.. Stoll. who had not caught
the question
Judge Bradley here raped on the desk
and ended the colloquy, saying: Now, gem
tlemen. 1 think We have had enough OF
that"
Mr.. Wilson then went on with his argu-
Mr.. Stolrs remarks
He dissected the letter and maintained
that. even II genuine letter. it could not
materially affect the case. He referred to
the meeting of the defendant and the plain
tiff at the Wesleyan College.
The Defendant rs "a Preacher of Vir-
tue.
He spoke of the defendants position the
fact that he had preached virtue to young
girls the chosen instructor. But on this oc-
cason, with this young girl. who needed bis
advice, he preached no such virtue Ac-
cording to his statement there was no lro-
testation of love. He simply proceeded to
crafty his beastly appetite. 1t seemed to
be an idea this defense would have the jury
accept that there could be no such thing as
seduction unless one got beneath the lady's
window with lutte and sang love songs to
her He claimed that Mr.. Breckinridge had
not gone there accidentally and inadver1ent-
ly in a closed carriage that hot August
night. Every circumstance showed design
on his part
Mr.. Wilson proceeded. comparing the
plaintiffs and the defendants accounts of
the journey to LeXin gton, and the visit to
Sarah Guests. maintaining that probability
was all on the side of her testimony AS
to their subsequent relations. Mr. Wilson
said that the defendant had complete con-
troll of the plaintiffs 8 person; it did not mat
ter how often they met the relations be-
tween them were admitted by the defend
ant. AS to the birth of the child here in
1883. Mr.. Wilson said Mr.. Breckenridge had
acknowledged that he was the father of il
in many ways. and finally by paying the
bill of Dr. Parsons. Subsequently, when she
was at the Holy Cross Acade N.Y. he had
continued these relations and down to the
end he had been constant in his attentions
1t made no matter, he said, whether she
invited him to that school to see her or not;
ever since that hour he had been Der con-
stant attendant.
Was it probable that a woman who had
so lived for nine years. when the time came
when he could put her in proper position
was it probable that she would make such
an ag ceement as this defendant had testi-
fed to?
At this point the usual noon recess was
taken.
No Hostile Meeting.
There seemed to be an impression among
the spectators that a hostile meeting of
some kind would occur between Mr.. Wilson
and Mr.. Stoll when the court adjourned fer
recess. Neither of the gentlemen in ques-
tion, however, seemed either to avoid such
meeting or to seek it. Mr.. Stoll remained
sitting at the counsel table with Mr. Breck-
tnridge and Mr.. Butterworth for five min
uteS after the court had announced a re-
cess. Mr.. Wilson had, with his usual de-
liberation. collected his papers, placed them
in his bag and then passed out of the -ourt
room in company with Mr.. Carlisle. One or
two of his friends spoke to him as he passed
out, evidently offering their kindly services
in case of any difficulty, but Mr. Wilson did
not treat the matter seriously at all and
laughed them off
Flowers for Mr.. Wilson
During recess a basket of beautiful long
stemmed roses was brought to the court
house, on which was a card bearing the
name of Mr.. Wilson, the plaintiffs senior
counsel. The basket of flowers several
feet in height, was placed in the private
office of Marshal Wilson, the marshal not
deeming it best to place it anywhere else
Attached to the basket was a note and
also the cards of the following ladies': Mrs
Dan. Waugh of Indiana, Mary Desha, the
sister of the defendants late wife; Nettie
LOvica White, Miss Louise Lowell Mrs
Il. l.. White, Mrs Nelson Truser of In