The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-14
WILSON'S FIRE OF WORDS.
BTeCkinTidse Sits UnmOyed Under the
BOmbardmelt.

and the Defendant to Mary and the
Lamb-He Offsets the PLAINTIFFS Evil
demos Against That of the De-
fendant-The Jury to Be Allowed to
Bring in a Sealed Verdict.
Washington, April ID. Tomorrow the
Pollard -Breckinridge case will be given
to the jury to decide whether William c.
p. Breckenridge contracted 10 marry Mad
cline Pollard, and If so. what damages
shall be awarded her for his breach of
that contract. Judge Bradley said this
afternoon that IL the jury did not reach
an agreement before he left the court
house tomorrow he would instruct them
to render a sealed verdict, to be opened
Monday morning. How long he will re-
main in the court house may depend on
what time the case goes to the Jury.
The beginning Of the end was marked
this morning when Judge jeremiah NJ.
Wilson began his closing arguments for
the plaintiff, Judge Wilson's voice is
keen and penetrating, and as he rose in
accusation against the defendant, who
sat unmo we'd beneath the terrible fire of
words, it was particularly effective He
throughout the day. He raised a laugh
by remarking that the plaintiff and de-
fendant were like Mary and the lamb,
wherever Madeline went "the lamb was
sure to 60"
VALUE OF THE TESTIMONY.
Toward the close of the day he Offset
the plaintiffs evidence against that of
the defendant and asked the Jury as a
climax which they would rather believe,
the plaintiff or this man who acknowl-
edged that he had lived a lie for ten
years and had lied to keep other people
from that knowledge, and who had falsi-
fed even his marriage certi cate. Judge
Wilson did not conclude his argument,
but he will do so tomorrow morning and
Judge Bradley will then charge the jury.
PICTURE OF WILSON
Judge Wilson is a tall, spare man with
narrow shoulders, very thin face ac-
centuated by a prominent Roman nose,
and hardly looks to have the power he
possesses in an argument before Jury
Starting quietly, in tones so low that
they could scarcely be heard, Judge Will
son gradually allowed his powerful voice
full sway, hurting accusation after accu-
sation at the white-haired Kentuckian.
The plaintiff was not present. Neither
was Maj. Butterworth at the opening
but he came in with Desha Breckenridge
just as Judge Wilson was regretting his
absence that he could not ask him what
he would do with the Wuman and the
man who injured her. II suppose said
Judge Wilson. she would say, 4 would
turn the woman out and I'd send the man
to congress-
STANDS FOR woMANHooD.
''I stand here for womanhood," Judge
Wilson said, This defendant proclaimed
from the stand that while affairs of this
kind only injured the man they des-
troyed the woman. l am here to insist
that the social law shall be equally dis
tributed. Istand here to protest against
allowing this man to enter my parlor and
your parlor while the basement door and
gate In the back alley are bolted against
the woman. I'd condemn him, If could,
so that the condemnation would ring
round the world.
1T has pleased Maj. Butterworth to
declaim pyrotechnically thatEthe woman
hood OF the land was arrayed iu behalf Of
the defendant. No; thousand times no.
He had said that the country girls Of the
country did not need chaperones, and he
(Wilson) had expected to hear it said that
the gray-haired men of AZ needed body
guards.
AN IMAGINARY LETTER.
Here Judge Wilson produced piece of
letter paper and said he could imagine
the mothers Of the land sitting up writ
ing such letters as the imaginary one he
would read. OF course it was simply
imaginary, he said, but every one could
see the feminine handwriting as the
Judge held it up, and every one knew
that it was one letter from the corre-
spondence he had received during
the trial 1t was, in part, as follows
"Plead for the dear young girls. /
can't but feel how urgent it is for every
one to watch and pray for them con-
stantly. / was left in the world Young
to care for myself, and 1 can remem Der
how men have tried to rob me of all that
was worth living for. / have lived a
pure life, because ] early took the Lord
for my guide, and if l had not chung closely
to him the way would have been very
hard"
HEMADE HER WHAT SHE IS.
Col Thompsons sneer about female
doctors was made for the defense of the
advancement of the higher education of
women Col Thompson had told the
! Jury that the plaintiff was wanton
| woman, "but,r said Judge Wilson, ''call
| her what YOU will, will show yol that
whatever she is that defendant land he
pointed an accusing finger at Col. Breck-
inridge) is responsible for her. condition.
! w nat is Ile argument Oh OOl. thompson
| and Mai. Butterworth2 1t is not that
] this 17-year-old girl was not seduced by
I this 47-year-old man, but that she
seduced him; that's their argument. If
! it was not 80 serious il would be ludi-
crous. How could that defendant sit
there and allow the utterance of such
sentiments If he were not a craven and a
coward2 He says the woman did it >
that's his defense 1t is the same old
story of the garden Of Eden. That's
what Adam said when brought before
the king OF meu-she did 1t? and gen
| tlemen, Adam has not been IN good
grace from that time TO this
''Mr Butterworth has told the Jury
nothing whatever about the casen said
| Judge Wilson when he started in Ia
do so, he found that he was getting into
| muddy water. So he said, 'I'll Just
stand on the bank and shoot off the fire,
works.
Judge Wilson's remarks caused occa
sional laughter and some shufles Of ap-
proval, which Judge Bradley rebuked.
TREATED HER AS HIs EQUAL.
Judge Wilson, in speaking Of the init
macy Of the defendant and the plaintiff
as showing that Col. Breckinrldge con
sidered Miss Pollard his equal, aud
therefore, good enough TO be- his wife
| said that Col Breckinridge had taken hel
! TO the Ebbitt house to see his Kentucky
friends.
Col. Breckenridge shook his head al
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