New-York tribune., 1894-04-14
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the plaintiff had ever been found bad, and In that
school. where she had been intimately associated
woman uyedrin the sIums or eisewhere~he or she
judged by his or her associa onS, ana there
had been nothing TO show that the associations oi
this Plaintiff not Of the best.
The defence had attempted to show that she had
their ca.cium light into all the highways and
byways of her life, from the time she an infant
immorality with Rodes. but said Judge Wilson,
as the signing of the south wind
PERJURY OPENLY CHARGED.
There has been no hesitation whatever to use
perjury to tarnish the reputation Of this plaintiff
and what has been done is putrid ana offensive TO
the nosrlls Of all The accusations made by this
Shngiebauer woman lie at the very bottom or ms
defence They want to prove that the plaintiff was
a matured woman before she met this defendant. ,
Judge Wilson held up 10 scorn the atlrmpl 3 GI
Major ButterwOrh to show vicious habits through
Miss Poilard's Schoolgirl. letters -
Continuns without sParng the WitnfSsg ang NE
the other witnesses who made oath to the pialntt
having visited the house OF Lena Singleton WhtH
that house at the time spoken OF had no existence,
ana said he knew Of nothing more worthy OF repro
baton than the putting before jury every peiJurel
statement that could be hunted up In the back
alleys and Stop barrels Of Lexington to blacken the
character Of this unfortunate girl
Breckinrige that on the day he called on Miss
Pollard at WESLEYAN College she tod him that she
had had wrongful relations with kodes TINS MISS
Pollard had denied Her word Is az good as ms.
said Judge Wilson. Her wOrI In this case - as
good as his, and this doctrine Of mprQ9ablty comes
here with crushing force against This dciendant
And" he continued was 1t probable that Rodrs
With the paintiff? The defendant was sharp enough
to say that Rodes had told him this not at
torney because he knew that If he said IT was told
him as an attorney the Court would not have al
lowed him 10 speak OF It.
that ever saw said Judge Wilson You might
fling him out Of the window but he'd Hight on his
feet
LIVING LIE FOR TEN YEARS
Then. with dramatic manner and deep voice of ac-
cusation. Judge Wilson made severe arragnment
Of Colonel Breckenridge.
1T pains TO say it, gentlemen" he said. "but
must say it-he has lived lie For ten years
his life has been that Of faithessness TO the most
sacred obligation OF life. He has lived a lfe OF
hypocrisy such life as he himself has said. you
can't find words to coin into phrases TO define the
height and length and depth OF my fault am So
filled with pity for this homeless. frcndess woman
that | can find II in my heart - say things that
would not otherwise have said. After he has told
eve | could find 40 foolish 10 believe him
now What has he not done? He has even falsi-
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he asks You believe In the same breath In which
he tells You Of all these decpons Of other people
How you know he Is not practising these things
you? 1t is simply impossible for you TO find
that Madeline Pollard told him any such story
about Rodes or that ROdes told this story about
himself. Whatever there IL OF slime upon her
comes from this defendant Every distorted muscle
and every broken bone in her character comes from
this defendant 1t is the trail OF SERPENT that
Judge Wilson painted a picture Of the plaintiff.
by the House Of Mercy. and he paid high compli-
ment to Miss Ellis. the elderly lady from The H9usr
TO the courthouse every day. When he had I'm
ished this line 1t was 32O O'Clock, and he asked
In asserting. Judge Bradley said the court would
sit tomorrow and the case should be finished then.