The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-11

He next referred to the testimony Of
William Wood, the Lexington carpenter,
who said Miss Pollard had broken her en-
gagement TO him because he would not
take her to Europe, and he made this the
text for these remarks; "She is a money
hunter and money getter. Talk about
love and affection-why she was
shown in every feature of this
case to be on a wild hunt after
this defendants money-thats what she
wanted She is not after love and affec-
tion-what she wants is the money, and
that's what these eminent counsel are as
sisting her to get--and she seems TO have
hypnotized somebody into giving her
money to carry on this case"
THE DISPUTED LETTER.
After further assailing the plaintiffs
character in most scathing terms. Col
Thompson brought up the subject of the
letter dated July co. 1884, which the
plaintiff said she did not write to Col.
Breckenridge. If she wrote that letter
(he said) her case is gone, and she can
have no credit before an intelligent
jury. She says in this letter: What l
have to tell you is worse than a divorce
case That's self-accusation of guilt
with Rhodes--thats why she tried to
keep out this letter-that's why she said
she did not write it. She did write it,,
and I'll stake this whole case on that let
ter
Here she was" said Col. Thompson
little later on, "robbing and deceiving
old man Rhodes. She admitted it on the
stand: Il am engaged to Rosen; I'm
Col. Breckinridges mistress and I'm
milking Rhodes for my tuition and my
schooling at one and the same
time" She was deceiving right
and left and bleeding an old hard
working, Industrious man Talk about
Mollie Shinglebauer after that. Why,
Mollie Shinglellauer never painted her
self as black as that. Now, this woman
this adventures, this money hunter
wantou and bawd comes here, with the
plea of being an innocent girl before she
met Col. Breckinridge.
CALLED DOWN BY THE JUDGE.
Here Col, Thompson, working himself
up to pitch of even greater excitement
than had marked his impassioned ad-
dress hitherto, exclaimed, My God, what
a spectaclew
Judge Bradley promptly interposed,
saying "Now, Mr. Thompson. you must
not make such expressions as that"
What's thatl" asked Col Thompson
On the court repeating the irrelavent re-
mark which had just fallen from his lips,
Col. Thompson apoloRiged, and promised
to keep within the bounds of decorum in
the future.
Col Thompson started his argument at
the afternoon session with the promise
that he would show that there was no
contract of marriage between the plain
tin and the defendant, and that even if
there had been contract the defendant
had the right to break it on account OF
the conduct of the plaintiff.
was ever man in the power of an un-
gQrTpulOI1G woman rsiddan en- YOufrb cbod
as Col. Breckinridge has been BY this
womanap Ft.se s>sr',erq - y r,er--j .l-
TESTIMONY OF THE SISTERS.
The discrepancies between the testi-
mony Of the plaintiff and the sisters of
charity at the Norwood founding asylum
were told of by Col. Thompson who said
he would be willing to rest this case on
the testimony of these sisters against that
of the woman who said she had dedicated
her life to the defendant. Unless
the the Jury believed these no,
their lives to God-ah, that was q dedica-
tion''--'then they must place Sister
Agnes Regina and Sister Augustine in the
same category Of perjury in which the
plaintiff had placed Rosell and Julian and
Brandt aud the rest. So, too, Sister Ce-
ella, who had been brought all the way
from Pueblo. COL, by the defense,
said she did not recognize the plaintiff as
woman who had been at Norwood.
"And there is DR.. Belle Buchanan and
that crowd said Col Thompson, refer
ring to the witness who said she had at.
tended Miss Pollard after confinement in
1885, II have not got very good opinion
of these female doctors"
Col Thompson said he had looked uu
the meaning of the word pollard" in
the dictionary and he found that ii
meant "a small counterfeit coinn and an
other definition was ''petty thief .
"Well, +" he added, 81 did not know how
in the world names should run so close in
connection with character"
Col. Thompson embellished his speech
with numerous Kentucky anecdotes and
did not minee words or phrases in his un
sparing denunciation of the plaintiffs
character, prostitute" being one of the
terms most frequently applied.
MRS. BLAcKBURN's TESTIMONY.
After making some ironical references
to Miss Pollard as this beautiful, amia
BILE and gentle plaintiff,' Col Thompson
came to the testimony of Mrs Blackburn
in which he said she had confused several
conversations, natural thing in an old
lady II like Mrs Blackburn, he said 81
have known the old lady long time She's
a lovely old character, but she's getting
was the youngest of the Blackburn
brothers, and old Gov. Luke blackburn,
he's been dead many years, and this ole
lady is bis widow She's no longer q
maiden gay. But she's got lots of spirit
tell you was little bit afraid when
came to examine her that she'd jumI
down my throat frizzes and all"
Then followed references TO King Solo
mon and his many wives, King DAVID
and Uriahs wives, Antony and Cleo
patra, and the first Napoleon and George
Washington and their love affairs.
Miss Pollard had been raised, not low.
cred, by her affair with Col Breckin
ridge, continued Col. Thompson. She
had said she would rather be his mistress
than the wife Of Rhodes-rather go with
the defendant into society, where she
could have intellectual enjoyment, than
be the wife of Rhodes, tending children
and milking cows and doing farm work
tAnd." said Col. Thompson "barring the
sin, don't blame her for feeling that
way"
AT 3:45 o'clock. IS minutes before ad.
iournment, Col Thompson took up the al
legged intention Of Miss Pollard to compe
the defendant TO marry her, and as this
was a new line Of argument he asked an
al