The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-04-13
THE PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.

Brecklnridge had met her at the railroad
station and told her he had something to
tell her that evening which he was vain
enough to think would please her. And
what did he do2 She says he took her to
a mouse OF Ill fame to ask her, with ten
der aHections, to be his wife"
Ihats what makes it all the worse"
said Judge Wilson. And that's what
makes yeur manly manhood know it is
not true" retorted Mai Butterworth,
shaking both clenched fists in the oppos-
ing lawyers face. Before the mould had
gathered on the shroud of his dead wife,
ne asks her, tenderly, with loving
kindness, to marry him Asked her to
marry him and consummate their years of
deoauchery by placing her at the head of
ms table to preside over his pure and
loving daughters, to rule his home, and
sne says when he wanted to ask her, that
ne took her to house of ill-fame. 1t is
not true" said Maj. Butterworth.
HER RETURN TO WASHINGTON.
Continuing on this subject after the re-
cess Maj Butterworth said: Madeline
Pollard might have been a good woman in
the eyes Of the world to-day if she had
carried olt her part in the contract with
the defendant to leave Washington and
die out of his life. She did 90 to Bread
Loaf Inn, VT, to work on
the paper of Mr.. BatteH, but,
through some mysterious power,
the obstacle which prevented her from
breaking that contract was removed in
the death of the defendants wife And
Then she laid her plans to trap him. She
decided to go to him and say: You shall
marry me, or else III drag you down in
disgrace before the world She returned
to Washington and now she claimed on
the very day she returned, after not hav-
ing seen the defendant for long time
and when not line had been exchanged
between them, the defendant asked
her to marry him, and this on
the very day she returned from the north,
when the sound of his dead wife's footsteps
had not died away from his hearthstone.
it was ridiculous" said Major Butter
worth "And then she said she wanted to
go to Europe for two years, and the de-
fendant admitted that. But at what
price did she want to go ?-she would not
sail for Europe without going as his ac-
knowledged fance."
THE CALLS ON MRS. BLACKBURN.
Maj Butterworth took up the calls on
Mrs. Blackburn by the defendant and the
plaintiff to tell her they were engaged
merely for the purpose of setting right in
Mrs. BlackDurn's mind the statement of
Miss Pollard that Col Breckenridge had
pr omised to marry her. He took occa-
ion to picture Miss Pollard as the
sadventuress, laying her plans to
entrap into marriage a man whom she
had in her power through their guilty re-
lations. The plaintiff came to the defend
ant and said: 1--WE told Mrs Blackburn
that we're engaged. Now, what can do
TO set myself right with her." And then
the two decided to go to Mrs. Blackburn
and he, to keep this woman from being
condemned, agreed. to say they were to be
mo cd o1,I =
out of it. There was no way
to do it except by plunging through the
darkness" said Maj. Butterworth, Col
Breckenridge had done noble act. He
had gone to Mrs. Blackburn to save a
woman's honor, to keep her from being
disgraced as an adventures, and when
she could not force him into marriage
through that means, she had spread this
terrible pestilence broadcast throughout
the land.
THE PISTOL PRACTICE.
In telling of the interview with the
chief of police and of the pistol practice.
as he called the little scenes between the
defendant and the plaintiff, Maj. Butter
worth was interrupted a number of times
by Col Breckinridge, who set him
straight in some Of his statements Mai.
Butterworth taunted the plaintiffs at
torneys again for not calling as witnesses
the persons who knew all about certain
things brought forward by the defence
and denied by Miss Pollard.
Maj. Butterworth tried to read letter
from the defendant to Miss Pollard, but
gave it up, saying, "a man ought to be
Then Mr.. Stoll tried to read it, but he,
too, failed, even with the assistance of
Col. Breckenridge. A typewritten
copy of the letter was produced, but this,
too, proved Objectionable and the matter
was finally settled by Col. Breckenridge
reading the original He also read all
the other letters and kilograms produced,
which were those sent by him to the
plaintiff in May, June and July Of last
year.
THE PERoRATIoN.
Stating that it was utterly impossible
to go into all the little details of the case,
Mai Butterworth continued. This case
rests with you, gentlemen, of the jury.
The court has authority over the law in
it: you determine the facts. William G.
p. Breckenridge is not here for violating
moral or any other law; that is not the
question. He is here for on to
determine the question, did he promise to
marry this plaintiff, and if so did he break
that promise! He has been accused of
debauching a little school girl of II years
and in dragging her down. You are to
determine whether he is guilty Of Vio-
lating the law in his relation with
the experienced woman of 20 years,
as she has been shown to be. She
says she comes here to redress a great
wrong. l deny it. She could redress no
great wrong by bringing suit in this way.
She wanted either money as a balm
for her feelings, or else she wanted what
does not rise TO the dignity of revenge,
she wanted to scatter abroad a
lot of pestilence throughout my
country, send it to every hearth
stone. She deliberately turned
from every pathway Of opportunity; she
turned her back upon every good purpose
and proclaimed to the world her
shame. She has scattered pesti-
lence throughout the land on the
mere pretense of wanting reparation.
Call her motive vengeance, call it
fury call it what you will when woman
turns her back on the pathway of oppor
tunity, of decency, it proves that she were
not ft to be the wife of q decent man, that
her early life was not what she would
have us believe. l am not saying any
thing in extenuation of his sin. ] am
the virtue of my countrymen; |
am defending the virtue Of country
girls, and any man that says that seduc-
Tion could be accomplished under the cir
told of by this woman, knows
of the subject, and denounce