The Washington times., 1894-04-03
PUTTING HIN ON The RACK
Continued from First Page.

"Aro you o member of the masonic fratsr-
~ am
.You knew that Miss Pollard's father was .
Mason?
II did not knew he was an Odd Fellow"
'Are there any obligations to the widow or
daughters Of membe growing out OF member
ship In those organizations?"
Phil Thompson objected to this Question, and
the objection was sustained
"You are q wide feader2'
without vanity, think may say yes.
'sYou are familiar with the history Of Louis
XIII and XIV, Henry VIII and George W"
In a general way i am as well acquainted
with them as most men Of our profession"
BE had read Thackeray and Dickens, SO
Mr. Wilson found on cross-examination; was
not so we'll acquainted with Addison as he
wished he had been, because bread-winning
prevented; had read all of Fielding and Smol-
lett, but not Zola and Dumas, because the
war broke in on his French. Considered
George Eliot the greatest literary woman
with the exception OF Mrs. Browning; was
not custodian Of the mails, but had never
heard that George Eiiots works were ex-
cluded from the mails.
II assume" explained Mr. Wilson, ''that
when Mr.. Butterworth asked you about
George Eliot he had some object in view. l
want to know what it was"
.'Well. the plaintiff said,'' continued Col.
Breckinridge, that she considered the life of
George Eliot with Mr.. Lewes protest against
mawkish sentimentality concerning what were
often considered improper relations, and said
that she would rather live as George Eliot
did than to sew on buttons. churn butter.
and live the life OF woman in somewhat
Strengthened circumstances on q Kentucky
farm"
"And when did the plaintiff first broach the
subject of the life OF George Elliott"
Il temember that distinctly. 1t was on the
lst day OF August 1SSi She said that George
Eliot was the authoress after whom she intended
to pattern in speaking of her aspirations"
"You mentioned George Eliot TO place the
plaintiff in the same category with her and 10
compare your relations with her to those OF
LeweS with George Elliott"
''oh, no. My relations with the plaintiff were
much r13o, IN more Improper per with her than those Of
"Mr Butterworth was very careful to ask the
plaintiff whether she had read Byron Now,
have You read ByronT
have not honestly endeavored to read don't
recall it,"
"Childe Harold, Don Juan, etcg'
Eyes; but l don't pronounce It in that way" I"
lLaughterl
''Do you know of any reason why ladies should
not read ByronN
"Oh, suppose there is a great deal OF Byron
the purest girl sould read"
Col. Phil Thompson objected to this line Of
examination, and after the same train had
been followed concerning Burns, objected
again, and Judge Bradley said it was imma-
terial. In the course of this examination Col.
Breckinridge said. From what know Of the
plaintiff and of Burns don't think it would
hurt the plaintiff to read Burns"
Col. Breckinridge again declared, referring
to his father, Il cannot overestimate the great
advantages / had when a young man by
constant contact with one Of the greatest
minds ever knew
"And when you met the plaintiff" continued
Mr Wilson, "she was a young school girl with
none of those advantages" :
~ did not know that was the reply. 81
knew her father, and rememb Der him because Of
some peculiarities. He was a fine Shakespearean
scholar, and was understood TO have q better
mind than most men of his general vocation
Attorney Wilson tripped Breckinridge
badly when, after apparently immaterial ques-
tions as to his family, be inquired If he had
not had a typewriter make copies in 1886 (the
time when Miss Pollard was confined in Gin
cinnati). addressed to MY dear sister Louise. :"
Breckinridge denied absolutely writing
such letter, and pronounced any such for
gerry after he and his attorneys had objected
to the question. Wilson said the original and
copies were returned, but he would produce
Louise Lowell, tine typewriter who wrote them.
Alter Col. Breckinridge had admitted that
he was in good health on the night Of his first
ride with Miss Pollard and had no throat trou-
bic nor chills Gas Mr.. Wilson jocosely asked,
he WIS dshtu WItLItT hGs uOt Il EdlHtf I'LL
usual proceeding to select a closed carriage
for q drive ON hot summer evening. TO
which the colonel replied: "Oh, no. don't
think 1t was" and the audience laughed. OF
the conversation or the ride he could only re-
member that Miss Pollard had done most of
the talking.
"You were not inclined TO talk?' Mr.. Wilson
commented.
..oh, that depends on the company am in"
replied the colonel Continuing. he described
how Miss Pollard had talked OF her aspirations
to be an authoress and Low he had encouraged
her. telling her that other women had been. but
that 1t was matter OF work, like any other voca-
tion.
when you put your arm around her had
there been anything of a suggestive nature"
.'Well, cannot answer that definitely. There
was no particular word or act that could lay my
hand on. There wes Just something internally
that moved me to- II she had reproved me,
could not have said you have encouraged me,
and yet would have been surprised If she had
resented il.
well, then, you drew her to you, and how
long were you in that position?"
"Uh, cannot say"
"And what was talking about2"
Nothing was said
daughter and rebuke from the judge)
II want to know how long You held her in your
arms"
THE transaction could not be stated as to
time 1t was all one transaction took her in
my arms drew her across my lap, drew her to
me. 1t was all one action
"pld you give ner any Irlendly auSlce on tnat
occasion?" f
II did not"
"You were a man Of forty-seven and she
girl of seventeen TO twenty-one?'
'"That wes all true and much more No man
in America had less excuse for such an action
than with the domestic surroundings / then
had have attempted to make no excuse for
IL: it Just happened So
.And the fact that she was young girl in
school makes ii all the worse'"
'You cannot frame words too strong to char
acterize it ! have not attempted TO Justify it
or even to defend It, and all the hell have suf-
fered since then have deserved"
Then / understand you to say that the
of the act cannot be overestimatedi"
There Is but one punishment which have
not deserved, and that is to marry the woman
who was concerned with me in the act"
As n lawyer, since you claim you did not
duce her, will you tell US what you consider Sc
duction?
~ mean to say did not seduce her by any
OF love or reward; that she did not
come to me a maiden or n virgin; that did not
ssduce her in a physical sense, that she came to
l:,e a maiden and left her otherwise. Now, in
the lower sense, that did not offer her money"
do you not know that dumb man can Sc
duce a woman; that by taking her in your arms
and exciting her passion, without opening your
mouth or winking your eye. you can seduce?
al am not prepared to attempt under oath to
give a definition Of seduction. / only know that