St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-14

been asked concerning the character of
Madeline Pollard had said that she was
from girlhOOd
A WOMAN OF THE GREATEST REFINE.
MENT.
OF the best associates, and, apparently,
the highest character. 1t had been said
in defense that this bright, scintlllating,
efferyeSc!ng defendant could not afford
to associate with character surrounded
by such an atmosphere.
Three innocent schoolgirl letters
written in the confidence of youthful
friendship had been raked up. Ben
Butterworth had read them, had pointed
toward her, and said there was some.
thing mysterious about them. Mr..
| Wilson did not know how those letters
| had been procured by the defense. It
| might have been trickery, but if Owen
Robertson had given them up knowing
I the use to which they were to be put.
"he Is whelp." Mr.. Wilson declared.
After the noon recess Mr.. Wilson
averred that he wished 10 apologize for
what he had said regarding Owen Rob-
| ertson, because that person had made
deposition for the defense which had
! not been read to the jury. Attorney Stoil
| interposed that it had been read, and
then striking the paper on the desk.
| Mr.. Wilson replied: IF you suy it has
1 been read, then > / will read it, and
/ proceeded to quote from RobertSon's
4 testimony that when these. letters had
| been written he had not been old
! enough to judge of Madeline PollarCl's
| character as it concerned her relations
| with men. The deposition of Molie
| Shlngiebauer was considered next. aud
| III that connection MIR. Wilson charged
| that the defense had reSorted to delib-
crate perjury. it was known that
| Madeline Pollard was in Pittsburg all
the time that the Shingiebauer woman
had testified she knew her. The re-
pentant Shinglebauer woman, as she
had been called. had not talked of
Madeline Pollard. however, but of
"Mamie' Pollard, and it was in evil
| dence that the plaintiff had a sister
named Mamie, respectable woman
older than himself. and married to
Methodist clergyman. In this cOnnec-
ton Mr. Wilson
DEVELOPED A NEW POINT
which seemed to impress the audience,
and he went on TO say that MOllie
Shinglebauer had been principally
called to prove that in 1887 Madeline
Pollard had been mature woman, and
1t was conceded that Mamie Pollard, of
whom She spoke, was matured then.
he declared that there was no hint of
improper relations. The relations of
Madeline Pollard and Rhodes were dis
cuSSed next, and Mr.. Wilson Emphasized
the fact that there was no testimony
but that OF the defendant to the effect
that the dead man, who could not speak
for himself, had sustained improper re-
latlons with the plaintiff. Rhodes, how
ever, was a man who, unlike the de-
fendant. kept his letters. Those letters
had been raked up, and throughout
proper relations between the parties
to the correspondence. The de-
Tense, however, accused the dead
man OF even greater perfdy than
was charged against the de-
fendant. Discussing the testimony of
Hiram Kaufman and John Brandt, the
speaker said that some good wadsr had
waded through the filth of the back
alleys of Lexington to bring forth this
known perjurer, which had a greater
significance, because it showed the
character of the defense. Mr.. Wilson
went on to speak of the testimony of
Rankin Rossell. He might, he said,
have passed by that testimony as did
famous lawyer who handled "a most
unique liar'' by simply dismssing him
with MAY God have mercy on your
SOUL" lie then characterized Ros-
sells testimony as "black, a damnable
lie; lie nailed to the counter to be
written up in letters Of deepest black
against this defense"
Then Mr.. Wilson proceeded to attack
the credibility of the defendant fiercely.
'He has been equally guilty with nv
client. declared the lawyer, "even more
so, for he had taken a solemn VOW to
heaven. and she had not He had broken
that VOW by his own confession before
he ever met Madeline Pollard. He has
admitted that he knew Sarah Guess:
knew the character of her house, and
had been there before he went with
Madeline Pollard. He has lived lie
for ten years; his life has been that of
ralthlessness to the most sacred obliga-
tions OF life. He has lived
LIFE OF DUPLICITY,
Of hypocrisy, such as you can't coin
words to express the length and breadth
of. He tells you that he went to Mrs.
Blackburn intentionally to deceive her:
he tells you that ne went to Moore TO
tell him lie. When he attempts to
blacken the testimony of my client l
want to measure his testimony by the
rules OF law. How do you know that he
Is not telling this story to deceive you?
The probability is that he is doing 1t, for
iio 10 III" III eilc toilS: he IS Drought to
bay, and in his extremity he asks you
to believe such story on his unsup-
ported word-this man. stepped and
soaked in
DEPRAVITY AND ORIGINAL SIN.
81 want the world to know that what
ever of slime is on her comes from this
defendant. 1t is the trail of the serpent |
over her life. wish all the mothers OF |
the land could see this woman in her |
true light. They would open their |
hearts to this woman, their sympathes |
would well up for her. She would be, |
if not excused, understood as not being |
the seducer of this unprotected man, |
but as injured by his machinations