St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-03-09

P. Breckenridge There were twenty
names on the Ianel, and each side was
allowed to strike off four by the rules of
the circuit court. L. was apparent that
counsel had posted themselves On the
Jurors, because the rejected eight in
cluded the five colored members of the
panel. Col. Thompson, for Mr.. Breck-
inridge, then asked the court to pass
the case till tomorrow on account of the
large
MASS OF TESTIMONY
which had just arrived and had mot
been examined, and because Mr.. But
terworth had Only been called into the
case the night before. Judge Bradley
assented, and the trial was continued
TIL this morning at 10 o'clock. Miss
Pollard was about to start for the court
house when the trial was adjourned.
She was accompanied by lady friend,
VINO has remained with her much of
late, but her lawyer had sent messen-
ger to meet her with the announcement
OF the adjournment, and she returned
nome. She will be present tomorrow
and throughout the trial
The dingy little white court house of
the District of Columbia, an old-fash-
Toned specimen of architecture, standing
IN Judiciary square, fronted by lmpos-
ing white marble pillars and overlook
Ing a statue of Abraham Lincoln, will
be the theater for weeks to come of the
most sensational piece of litigation
known to the passing generation of
ashingtonians. Congressman w. c.
T. Breckinridge, long titled the
silyer-tongued orator of Kentucky, son
of Presbyterian minister, veteran of
the confederate army, Il member of one
Of the most diStins suished families of his
state and heretofore conspicuous as a
politician and churchman, begins today
the role of defendant in suit of $4,000
damages for breach of promise and Sc
'duction brought by Miss Madeline Y.
Pollard, also a Kentuckian. Last
August the suit was filed, few days
after
THE SECOND MARRIAGE
of Col. Breckenridge. Since then both
parties to the snit have been engaged in
taking testimony il Kentucky and Gin
cinnati, the attorneys tor Miss Pollard
endavoring 10 substantiate her asser-
tioas that Mr.. Breckenridge seduced
her when girl in seminary at Cincin-
natl. was the father of her three chill
dren and had made repeated promises
to marry her, while the statements Sc
cured by Mr.. Brekinrilge tend to
biacken the character of the plaintiff.
Miss Pollard for year had a clerical
in h.
lngton, and has done much writing for
the newspapers, sometimes under the
name of Madeline Vinton Pollard and
occasionally as Madeline Breckinrfdge
.Poilard---D1Lring the months between
the filing Of the suit and its trial she
has lived in a house OF refuge of the
Episcopal church III Washington, and
her brother, who was editor Of a weekly
paper i'll Kentucky, has been in the city
as her adviser. Not few of the most
important criminal aHd civil cases or
past half-century have tranSpired under
the roof of the district court house.
Guiteau was convicted of the assassina-
tion,of President Gai field there, and last
across the hall the eloquence of Col. Rob-
q. Ingersoll lent interest to the long
drawn-out star route trials, while the
memory of the repartee OF Ben Butler
many of the lights of the bar who played
leading parts in their time are still
associated with the place In the or
binary course of events this trial would
have taken place i'll the city couIt room:
but the early pressure 70: admission de-
cided Marshal Wilson to transfer the
case to the room OF the criminal court,
the largest in the building.
JUDGE ANDREW c. BRADLEY,
who will Try the case. is member of
one OF the oldest families in Washing
ton, man in the prime OF life, of
athletic figure, with soldierly mus
Iache and strong, even features, noted
among the lawyers of the district bar
for his unhestating firmness and indie
pendence. He is Il leading member OF
The New York Avenue Presbyterian
church. of which Col. Breckinridge has
been a regular attendant during his
residence in Washington. Recent
ly Judge Bradley has come
into prominence through his decis-
ion.against Com mmissioner OF Pensions
Lochren, i'll the mandamus suit brought
by Judge Long, of Michigan. The per-
sonnel of the legal force arrayed in the
case is no less interesting. For Miss
Pollard appear two of the best-known
Washington attorneys, Judge Jere VI.
Wilson and Caderon Carlisle. The
former gained his title on the supreme
bench of Indiana, came to the capital as
member of congress from that state,
aud after the expiration OF his term
settled here In the practice of law, fig
uring in many criminal and civil cases
of local Importance. He is a tall, thin
man, bearing some resemblance to ex-
Senator Evarts, but for an iron gray
beard and goatee. He is most effective
pleader, and remarkably well versed IN
the technicalities of law. His colleague
is of an
ARISToCRATIC sPANIsHFAMILY
social leader in Washington, was one
of the counsel for Great Britain in tile |
test case over the first English ship |
seized for sealing in the Bering sea |
waters, contrary to United States laws, |
anu has valuable international prac- !
tice. Col. Breckenridge, it is under |
stood, will take leading part in his !
own defense. If he does so there can |
be no doubt of the ability with which it |
will be conducted. apart from the able |
assistance he will receive from Col. |
Phil Thompson, an ex-congressmau |
from Kentucky, who is a brilliant |
LAWYER. Col. Enoeh Totten, of coun- |
sci for the defense, is one of |
the strongest Washington attor- |
neys, a middle-aged man with white |
moustache. He is in Florida because of |
weak health and will not return until
the 18th. for which reason the defense
has unsucceSsfully endeayored to secure
a further postponement of the trial.
One of the most active workers in the |
of the defense is son of |
Col Breekinridge, who has been untir-
ing in his efforts in his fathers behalf. |
The issue of the charges against him is |
considered of the most vital Importance |
to the Kentuckian since his campaign |
for re- election to his seat will be con-
Quoted this summer. In Washington
society, and particularly Kentucky cir