Mexico weekly ledger., 1894-03-22

years.. In the Oh years ne nau no
opponents, the vote having been on
ly six or seven thousand all told.
This being an off year there will be
no opposition except in his own
party, and that only to his renomi-
nation.
"Thus far there has been only
one primary in which adherence to
him has been tested. This was held
on the 9th day of March, at Frank
fort, when three distinctly and per-
sonally Breckenridge men were NOM
mated.
The Colonel's evidence will be all
in by Wednesday night. Then there
will be two speeches on each side,
and it is not improbable that the
case will go to the jury at the end of
this week. 1t is likely that the
speeches on the Colonel's side will
be made by his comrade, Colonel
Thompson, and his warm personal
friend, Maj. Ben Butterworth."
"Will the Colonel speak,"
she says he expects to make the
effort of his life, which will consist
in not speaking; 'for,' says he, Il
often find that my best speech is
that which is not spoken"
"Do you object to stating to me in
outline the plan of defense7"
81 suppose not. In the first
place, no man under any eircum.
stances can be expected or required
to marry a woman who is not chaste.
OF course, the defense will submit
evidence to impeach the good char
acter of the plaintiff.
There will be a deposition from
Alec Julian, a blind man in Ken.
lucky, who swore that he met the
plaintiff in 1882. two years before
her meeting with the defendant, and
who went through a mock marriage
with her. He will say that after the
marriage the plaintiff askedi if it was
not customary for people, when
married, to go to their DON and be
alone, and that they did repair to a
room together, the plaintiff, accord
ing to his deposition, being then
under the influence of intoxicants.
Evidence will be introduced pre-
sumptive of improper relations be-
tween plaintiff and James C. Rhodes,
the man Who advanced her school
money under promise of marriage.
There will be a deposition from r.
R. Roswell, also stating that in 1884,
he met this young woman, who, he
alleges, was deeply in love with him
and who implored him, as he was
leaving her, to take her to Chicago
with him.
"As has been stated, the Colonel's
meeting with this young woman
took place in 1884, when she claimed
to be a shy girl of Is, with the ex-
periences / have mentioned, behind
her. 1t will be proved by DR.. V. H.
Williams, the physician attendant
upon the birth of her sister, that at
the time of the birth of the youngest
sister in 1865, the plaintiff was two
years old, which would put her age
when he met her at 81 instead of IS,
as she alleges.
at will be proved by John Brand,
Hiram Kaufman and DR.. Green, OF
Lexington, KY, that in 1888 the
plaintiff was a visitor to designation
houses.
"These facts, together with others
which will be introduced, will estab.
lish the u~nchastity of the plaintiff,
but will be used rather to bolster up
the defense than as the main bull.
wark. This main bulwark will
consist in the fact that the defendant
has never at sny time intended OF
made a contract to marry Miss Pol
lard, and that she knew at all times
that he would never marry her,"
POLITICAL PERSECUTION.
LEXINGTON, KY, March 10
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