Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-03

sented it,"
"Well, then,
YOU DREW HER TO YOU
and how long were ycu in that POSI-
tion?''
sob, l cannot say"
"And what was talked about?"
Nothing was said" daughter and
rebuke from the judge.
Al want to know how long you held
her in your arms?"
1.-The transaction could not De stated
as 10 time. 1t was all one transaction.
I took her in my arms, drew her across
nv Ian. drew her to me. II was all one
action"
"Did you give her any friendly advice
on that occasiOn"
81 did not"
"You were a man OF AZ and she girl
OF l6 to PIP"
THAT was all true and much more.
No man in America had less excuse for
such action than l with the domestic
surroundings / then had. l have at
tempted to make no excuse for it, 1t
just happened So"
And the fact that she was a young
girl in school makes it all the worse?"
"You cannot frame woads too strong
to characterize it. have not attempted
10 Justify it or even defend it, and
ALI. THE HE'LL HAVE SUFFERED
since then have deserved
"Then l understand you to say that
the enormity OF the act cannot be over
estimated?"
There is but one punishment which
shave not deserved, and that is 10
marry the woman who was concerned
with me in the act"
"As a lawyer, since you claim you did
not seduce her, will you tell us what
you consider seduction"
~ mean to say that did not seduce
her by any protestatons OF love or re-
ward: that she did not come to me a
maiden.or virgin;that did not seduce
her in the physical sense that she came
10 me a maiden aud left her otherwise,
nor, in the lower sense, that l did offer
her money"
do you not know that q dumb man
can seduce a woman; that by taking her
in your arms and exciting her passion,
without opening your mouth or wink
ing your eye, yon can seduce|'
~ am not prepared TO attempt under
oath TO give a definition Of seduction. l
only know what happened in that car
rage that night was not seduction"
"Do YOU know that a married woman
can be seduced?"
81 suppose in moral sense that is
possible"
Now, YOU went there as her attor-
ney?" asked Judge Wilson, after going
over
THE GIVING OF THE TEN DOLLAR BILL
to Miss Pollard.
"Oh, no; there was no thought OF my
going in the capacity OF an attorney.
There is the letter, it speaks for Itself
expected no fee. l supposed she want
ed TO talk to me about some little child
ish trouble which she had gotten into
and which she greatly exaggerated
when she said it was worse than a d.
vorce suit"
you had never seen her but once be-
fore and you came at her reQuest|
The letter speaks for ITSELF"
When they met on the train 10 Lex
ington the next day, Colonel Breckin-
ridge said he mad not known that Miss
Pollard was TO be on the train, and sup
posed that she could not know he was
there. While this was being related
Miss Pollord and Miss Ellis rose and
threaded their way from the court room.
Describing the interview on the train
the Colonel said:
II suggested to her that il she STAYED
over in Lexington, wouldn't she meet
me and asked If there was any place she
could go. She said she could 90 to
Sarah Guess house. and with some sur
prise | asked: 'Whatdo you know about
Sarah Guess?' She said that Mr.. Rhodes
had once tried 10 get her TO go there
with him and she had gone as far as the
gate but refused TO go in"
Lexington was place OF 10000 in
habitants. There were such places.
But would not put such girl as l
supposed the plaintiff to be in the
power of such a woman as l supposed
Sarah Cess to be-"
Miss Pollard had known the way to
the house, the Colonel continued, and
then in response to questions as to his
going home to dinner and returning to
THE ASSOCIATION HOUSE,
he responded:
II did, did" with bowed head.
The next morning did you so to
church," Mr. Wilson persisted.
No"
ITO Sunday SCHOOL,"
"No."
40 Bible class?"
81 was not : member of any Bible
class" responded the Colonel, lifting his
head and tossing back his silvery uane.
The lawyer asked if Mr.. Breckenridge
had taken Miss Pollard 10 the house Of
Mrs. Rose, in Cincinnati, when they
went there. He replied:
y wans 20 be candid, and will say
frankly that l did not take her In the
sense Of going on the same train, but we
had made the arrangements to 60, in
Lexington.
Later, in speaking Of the visits 70
Sarah Guess, be said: Every arrange
ment as l remember il for US to meet,
was accidentally made"
From whom would
THE SOLICITATIONS TO MEET
there Gomez" MI Wilson asked, "irom
you or from the plaintiff"
There were no solicitations. We
would meet, walk along the street to-
gether and the matter would be ar
ranged"
do you know woman in Washing
ton by the name Louise Lowell?"
Colonel Breckenridge looked puzzled
and declared that he knew no such per-
son.
Then 10 Mr.. Wilson'S inquiry whether
he remembered typewriter whose ma