The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-04-17

leSsCu promise Oh marriage, winch MISS IOl-
lard says was made in Washington on Au-
gust 81, 1892. Colonel Brechlnrdge had tes-
titled that Miss Pollard was not in town at
tfat time, but it had been proved by an en-
try in Mrs. Minears's boarding house ledger
that Miss Pollard returned on the date nam
ed. AS to the defense of Colonel Breckin-
ridge, that he and Miss Pollard had merely
pretended to be engaged, Mr.. Carlisle re-
ferred to the very important testimony of
Claude De Roche Francis. who told of his
accidental eavesdropping in Mrs Thomas's
where Colonel Breckenridge said to Miss
Pollard that he was sorry she had mention
ed their engagement to the witness. At
ley's permission to continue his address to-
morrow and as it was near the hour OF ad-
journment, the court adjourned.
MIR Carlisle Concludes tits speech.
Washington, April 10.-NIr Carlisle con-
tinued his argument for the plaintiff in the
Pollard-Breckinridge suit to a very small
audience today. In addition to those whose
business compelled them to be there, not
more than twenty persons were in the
courtroom. including the plaintiff and de-
lendant. The day was very stormy ana
i'll his narrative-for it was more Of Il mar
rative than an argument-Mr. Carlisle came
Mrs. Blackburn. MIR. Carlisle quoted MRS.
Blackburn's account of the first interview
on Good Friday night. 1893, when, accord
asked her to take charge of Miss Pollard
as his future wife.
He has not spoken one word in CONTRA
dction of Mrs. Blackburn's statement,
said MIR. Carlisle. He tells you her tes-
tmony is true
Mr., Carlisle also referred to the letters
that had been written by the parties in the
case. Colonel Breckenridge sWore that no
letters had been exchanged between Miss
Pollard and himself in 1856 and yet Il type
writer testified that she had addressed en-
velopes to Miss Pollard for the defendant
during that year and the plaintiff had said
that she received many letters from him.
Mr.. Carlisle laid great stress on the lit
tie decorated basket which belonged to me
fed that it had been given to her by the
defendant with the remark, Madeline, this
was poor Issa's and | want you to have
it." Colonel Breckenridge denied this, and
limited that it had been stolen from his
apartments by Miss Pollard Sometimes
a little thing like this proves to be the most
important item in a case said Mr.. Car
Isle. "A witness has told you that it was
on Miss Pollard's lap while Colonel iiI eek
been shown that he saw it many times and
that fact proves that there was a degree of
affectionate intimacy between the defend
ant and the plaintiff that presaged mar
riage
Mir. Carlisle proceeded to score the defend
ant for hypocrisy. lie had been man of
great standing in the church. said the law
yer; had been leader IN the Sunday school
and had addressed religious gatherings-and
yet he came into court ana admitted that
IN telling Mrs. blackburn and Ma ior Moore
Of his engagement to the plaintiff. hehad
lied. and that both he and the plaintiff had
agreed 10 lie about the whole matter. He
came here gentlemen" said Mr.. Carlisle.
asking YOU to believe his unsupported
word that there was no contract of mar
riage between them-hiS unsupported word
against that of a reputable witness and of
the plaintiff He asks YOU to believe his
word after he has confessed that he ar
ranged and acted lies concerning that en-
gagement"
Asking for the Full Amount.
In conclusion, Mr.. Carlisle said: ut has
been shown that this man OF power and
influence and distinction, social and politi-
cal, did acquire power and influence over
this plaintiff: that he did have an influence
over her life; and did promise to repair tie
injury he had done. Ii you think this gen
tlemen, you are authorized the court
tells you in its instructions, not only to
give compromising damages, taking into
consideration the previous relations of the
parties and what the social advancement of
such marriage would have been TO this
plaintiff; but you are also authorized to give
exemplary damages. You allowed to
give punitive damages. to punish the defend
ant as an offender against the rights OF
man, and in doing this, there is only one
limit to your action, and that is the full
amount claimed in the declaration-$50,0 900
This | ask You to give gentlemen, in the
name of right and justice. reason and pur-
ity; in the name OF our mothers; of our
amount should be given you will have done
your part to put a stigma on such conduct
ana to effect the only PREPARATION that can
be asked Tor by his injured plaintiff
Maid Madeline Escapes.
When Mr.. Carlisle sat down, Colonel Phil
Thompson began his opening argument
Tor the defense lie was impa asioned
from the beginning, and spoke IN
a manner entirely differtAt from
the colloquial, matter-oI-fact way
IN which AIR. Carlisle addressed che
jury. Just before he began to speak, Miss
Pollard and Miss Ellis left the courtroom
Colonel Thompson said he did not extenu-
ate the fault of any man who had been
guilty OF seduc'ng d young girl. but he DID
not think that a man should be held re-
Sponsible in a suit OF this kind for having
been intimate with woman who was Of
il-repute. Speaking in his high keen voice.
with his pronounced southern accent he
appealed to the jury to regard the ;)laintiff
as Il leWd and Wanton woman. and not To
encourage such to bring their suits in court
and make stencil in the nostrils of decent
people.
After referring to Miss Pollard as "a self
acknowledged prostitute and saying that
every decent man knew the defendant was
right IN refusing to put her at the head Of
his table with his daughters" Colonel
Thompson took up the testimony of Mo!le
ShinSiebauer, Brant and Kaufman, and
cOntended that it was not shown that the
plaintiff had not gone to Lexington at night
during the whole of the time she was liy-
ing near that town.
lie next referred to the testimony of VII
liam Wood, the Lexington carpenter, Who
said Miss Pollard had broken her engage
ment to him because he would not take her
to Europe and he made this the text for
these remarks:
She is d money hunter and a money get
ter. Talk about love and affection! Why
she has shown in every feature of this
case TO be on wild hunt after thus de-
ltIiitlll > HlcteN-tIdI what she wants.
she is not after love and affection; what
she wants is the money, and that's what
these eminent counsel are assisting her to
Eet-and she seems 10 have hYpnotized some
body into giving her money to carry on this
case
After further assailing the plaintil1's char
acter III most SCathng terms, Colonel
Thompson brought up the subject of he let
ter dated July 20, 1884, which the plaintiff
said she did not write to Colonel Brec!lin-
ridge.
IF she wrote that letter." he said her
case Is gone and she can have no credit
before an intelligent jury. She says II his
letter: What | have to ten you, is worse
than q divorce case! That's q self-accusa-
ton of guilt with Rhodes-that's
why she tried to keep out
she did not write it. She did not write it.
and I'll stake this whole case on that let
ter
Here she was" said Colonel Thompson
a little later on, ''robbng and deceiving
old man Rodes. She admitted on the starIG:
! am engaged to Rozen; I'm Colonel
Breckinridge's mistress and I'm milking
Rodes for my tuition and my schooling at
one ana the same time She was deceiyinay
riaht and left, and bleeding an old hard
working, industrious man. Talk about Mol
lie ShinEehauer after that. Why, Mollie
ShinSlebaIler never painted herself as black
as that. Now, this woman, this adven-
turess, this money hunter wanton and
baWd, comes here, with the plea of being
Breckenridge"
was ever a man in the power of an I'M