Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-04-11

simple one The presentation Of such
an article would have been strong evi-
dcnce Of his fondness for her and OF his
in,cnto on 60 make hfr his lawful wife
Mar Yaucy. coiored servant. how
ever. had ieen placed uron the stand.
She was AZ Mrs. Thomas last spring
and testified that The defendant had often
seen the basket there. and had. moreover,
stated that Mr. Breckinridse asked her
on one occasion to como and be the cook
for them when he and Miss Pollard should
go 10 housekeeping in tho following fall
Later Nieq Pollard went 30 the house on
jefferson plarc where Mr. Breckinridge
was hv Tho side of q woman who. he after
ward stated. was at that time his welded
wife. She said 10 him: willie, come
with M. | want 20 see YOU And ne
c,,,,c and they went together to Major
Nooro's office. There that most solemn
scene was enacted which Rad been testi-
0c1 to hv Major Moore. and the truth or
the testimony e Major Moore had never
been questioned. ON that occasion he
promised. o~ rather expressed his inten.
lion 10 marry the plaintiff N the last OF
the month Of May.
PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
All this. said Mr. Carlisle. as his speech
bcgau to draw toward Close was the
proof upon which he claimed the case had
hlcn proved. The statements made III the
opening address had all be more than
,,,ro ouI bv the testimony that had been
n,Cliuc.l II would be difficult 10 imagine
a cae, In (which "a promise Of marriage
co.ild Doe more clearly proved by the testi-
,nofy of outsiders as 10 statements made
I'm tr.ir rrcsence. The DEFENDANTS secret
marriage IN New York, so the Judge had
instructed them. was no defence, nor
could be take any advantage of his own
bad faith and the lack Of honesty that
marked his conduct The truth Of the
defendants story was not borne out by
opv Of his acts as testified to by himself
ard bv others. ana yet his defence In this
case rested solely upon his own unsup-
ported statements made upon the stand.
Mr. Carlisle then made some caustlc
comments upon the character OF the de-
fsnlant who had admitted that the bond
which held him to the plaintiff was one
not Of love and this. too, when he was
living an outward life Of honor and re-
srcctahility. ossiug presbytcries and
svuods. posing as a mor9iist and teacher.
His whole life was one long living lie
The defendant had admitted in the
presence of the jury that the statements
he made 10 Mrs Blackburn were false
and not true. and were made solely 10
meet the exigencies Of the occasion. With
out giving any criterion as TO when and
how they could believe he was telling the
truth AMI when a falsehood. he had asked
them 10 believe "a most remarkable story,
resting his entire defence upon that story.
The plaintiff did not come before them
as a woman without blame or spot, bus
the defendant had tried to make her out
worse than she really was. And yet
Notwithstanding the fact that the theatre
Of all these acts was in the defendants
own congressional district. all the testi-
Touy they could produce against her vas
that Of the Shindlehaucr woman, OF
Brand Kaufman. ani Of Rozell. They
had not brought forth one shadow of
oreditable proof 10 show that she had ever
committed a fault with any other man
than the defendant
CLAIM OF VERDICT.
They would claim verdict Mr. Car.
Isle said. on the third count Of the de-
claratiOn. on the ground that the plaintiff
had been wronged by the defendant. What
IS left of her life now? He has had it
an. He has had a chance to make suit
able rcpaTatiOn. but he has refused u
take advantage of it, In addition to tbs
damages Ia reparatiOn. the judge had in
strUctcd them that they might give puni.
tive damages. Ia closing Mr.. Carlisle
of N0,OoO in the name Of their mothers.
sisters. and daughters and in the name Ot
honor and deCcucy, and as a stigma upon
wrongdOing
MIR. THOMPSON.
Promptly at l1I5 o'clock Mr.. Carlisle
concluded his argument. and Mr.. PM
Thompson opened for the defence. He
spoke In an oratorical manner, with We,
hemence ana earnestness.
lie began by expressing his satisfaction
that the case was drawing TO a close.
But tine defence had not brought this in
decent matter and spread it out before
an audience Of 6j.WO0O Of people.
The responsibility rested with the plain
tlf. II was not case Of injured inno-
ctncc seeking some redress, but a self
admitted want0n looking for revenge
no ind "a verdict FOR the plaintiff would
le 10 openly encourage shame and the
Genizens in the section south OF Penn
cylVania avenue
No man. said Mr. Thompson. would go
farther than he in tho protection Of an
innocent grl, but he would not turn one
foot aside 10 aid a wantCn in her desire
for revenge There is an axiom at law
that when two parties are equally guilty
The defendant has the best Of ii. Mr..
Thomson secuted the idea that the plain
Mr. Breckinrdge. and that she was
wroneed by him. 1t had been conclu-
sivrlv shown that she was . years Of
age. and had. moreover led an evil life.
40 matter how long the plaintiff had
STAYED in PittsburC. II was evident that
she had been at Mrs. StOuts, and al
there met Molly Shndlebauer Mr.
Thompson said he could not see why such
an outcry had been raised over the name
Of this woman. What other sort of test
mony could they expect? If they wanted
to know what was occurring in the "dl-
vision" they would never think of sub
poenaing a minister. why should there
j.. s,,cb an outcrv over her Introduction?
As for him. n could not see but what
she was as good as the plaintiff. for she
ma reformed and MARI ed. while the
t'aintiff. who had started out in life to-
r.tber with her. was now in this court
suing for $4,000 damages.
BEEN THERE HIMSELF.
AZ for the mock marriage at Squire
,,irslav,s Mr. Thompson said IL was n
cl.lr case Of drunk" on the part OF the
,Jainbf "True." said the speaker "she
s,il She was sick. I have known lots OF
f.uoys to do the same sort or thing,
n9vbe | have done IL few times my
self but We never say we have been
DRINK. we always claim that w nave
been sick.
Mr. Thomson insisted that there was
cverv reason why they SHOULD put the
worst Interpretation upon that mock mar
ria,,e at 'Sduire Tinsiey's. If things real
~ were as the plaintiff h2d said, why
had they not brought out Miss Tinsley 70
support her story? They had had plenty
of money for such purposes. and he
thoucht the most natural thing for the
iury 10 do was 10 sit down and wOnd r
whence had come the money 10 support
them in their eXtraVagdnt ana unWaF-
rantcd expenditures.
Srcaking Of the incident OF Miss Pol
lard's meeting and subsequent engage
mcnt TO Mr. Woods, "A line Kentucky
gentleman" Mr.. Thompson said the mar
riace never came of FOR the simple rea-
son that he did not have money enough
TO suit her.
81 tell you, gentlemen, that all through
this case she appears as money seeker
and money getter. She has somehow got
BODY to put up enough money FOR
this case. and she is now seeking more
by the old Of these able lawyers.
MISS POLLARD'S MANlAS.
Another thing that is curious about
this girl Is that she was always wanting
TO go % j. .opc and when she found
that old Woods didn't have the 'spon-
dulles she broke of with him: and she
was all the time getting courted differ
gantly from any other girl | ever heard or