Evening journal., 1894-04-10

tucky from 1876 60 1850.
The dispositions Of Hiram Kaufman aud
John Brandt might have been discredited
on the same grounds of their own admls
sions concerning their character when
they pretended TO say that the plaintiff
had been guilty of certain acts of miscon
duct In the house of am alleged Lena Sin
gleton in 1883, but this was not necessary.
Not only had Miss pollard's cousins de
scribed the manner of her life in these
years, but two reputable witnesses from
Lexington had told that no such woman
or such house was at that part of Upper
street. Doubtless the jury had formed an
opinion Of the character of Rankin Ros.
sell, who made the last attack upon Miss
Pollard-a man who had testified that in
the open parlors OF female seminary he
had held on his lap for an hour and a half
the plaintiff who was engaged TO him at
that time.
An illustrated Point.
Then Attorney Carlisle drew from his
pocket tintype, saying. Gentlemen. here
is the picture brought here by Mrs. Brown
of the plaintiff, taken with her daughter
in that summero OK lssi-a girl with dresses
up TO the tops of her shoes. girl in mourn.
/ ing for her sister. That is the girl upon
/ whom the defendant would place more
| than half the blame for this affair"
The jury took the tintype and were ex-
amining IL closely while Mr.. Carlisle con
| tinued, Look at that girl, and then look
at the plaintiff, remembering how little
| the testimony says she has changed since
| them
| The white haired Kentucky congressman
sat facing the jury, so they had no trouble
in seeing him as they lifted their faces as
though pulled by one string. Taking up
that meeting in the train where first the
lives Of the two came together, and where
their testimony began to differ, as they
said, the lawyer remarked: "He has told
you that there was nothing improper then
in her conduct-nothing 20 alarm him.
"Ile had borne, AS he has phrased IL, the
burden Of local offices; had been a lawyer
% years, and an experienced lawyer: had
been tried by the fires of war; had such an
experience in what he had seen and known
as few men have who have arrived at the
age of AZ. As he tells you he had happy
home and was beloved by his wife and
children, he Confesses that no man ever
had less excuse for what he did that nc
man has had greater advantages; that nc
words could point the depth to which n,
fell. This was the gentleman who met
| the schoolgirl on the train"
From this point Mr.. Carlisle turned bach
to James Rhodes, who was dead, he said
and who could not be called. The letter.
from Madeline Pollard to him had beer
read and disclosed no hint Of the relations
which Mr.. Breckinridge had attempted Z,
charge existed between them. Moreover
the description given by Mrs. Brown Of bis
character and Of his Difference toward thu
I 1.
extraordinary that she should feel alarm
ed if Rhodes attempted TO compel her t.
carry out one alternative of her contrac
and marry him.
The lawyer laid stress upon the selection
Of closed carriage for the ride from tn
seminary; compared the story of the colo
nel-that without any preliminary encour
agement he had become intimate with he
with her story Of having repulsed his ad
vances; spoke of his aattery and Of 9Th
tongue which had been accustomed t
sway large audiences, confined TO an aud
{ | ence Of one girl IN a Cincinnati hack"
Carlisle Scores the Colonel.
r The mere fact of Colonel Breckinridg
/. the congressman, coming to take Madelin
, | Pollard, the daughter Of a Kentucky sa,
dler TO ride was a compliment and flatter
to her. From the testimony Of Mrs. Blacl
{ burn, Mr.. Carlisle said, proceeding to tina
aspect in the case there were but two av,
nues of escape for Colonel Breckinridge-
to say that he had not told the truth q
that she had not-and as the lesser horn {
the dilemma he had said that he misrepr,
sented facts to her To show that the te.
r | timony of Colonel Breckinridge was nc
D | worthy of credence the attorney referre
TO his statement that his relations to Mis-
| Pollard continued through nine years; ha
y been entirely without love or fascination
= "a relation so low that / would hay
I | thought he would have been afraid to a,
nit it on the stand.
2 Taking his own statement that th
{ woman was merely the plaything of III
s passions, it does not add to his credibilit
y that he should have taken such a woman
as he claims this plaintiff TO be, TO such
woman as Mrs. Blackburn had shown he
self to be-a woman of such characte
= such standing, such surroundings"
y Considering the colonelis own statemeI
Of how he had deceived Mrs. Blackburn
s "a woman of the highest standing froi
r his own state" the attorney appealed
d the jury to think whether they could tru
l. him under circumstances carrying sue
u weighty inducements for him to missta
the facts.
ia Mr.. Carlisle called attention TO the a
pearance of Miss Pollard on the witne
II stand when after two hours Of direct e
h animation she had been subjected to Nv
Is days and half of cross examination wit
= out being shaken on a material point.
would be easy for the defense TO talk
n her extraordinary acuteness but only OF
N of two conditions-a mind trained in q
IT courts, experienced as a witness, or an a
10 solute adherence to the truth-could en-
BILE a person to do this, and it was doul
!, full if the former qualifications could ava
- in such an ordeal if one was not telliI
n the truth.
Mr.. Carlisle had not finished at adjour
ment.
S. Case Against O'Brien Settled.