The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-15
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the court room Judge bradley and the
jury entered at one door. Coz. Rreckin-
ridge and his son and Col. Phil Thompson
AZ the other There was sonae delay in
waiting Tor the other parties. Every one
knew the iurors had not come in 10 ask
Tor inssruessona. because they had on their
coass aud hatA The jury he'd been out
only one hour and tvsnty-sight minutes.
Ihsre Was intense silence during the In
servai- The jurors sat looking as solemn
as the proverbial judges, whiss Col.
thompson and the gray -hairsd defendant
conferred In whispers- Five minutes pas-
sed when Attorney Carlisle. representing
Mss Pollard. entered. Judge Bradley re-
quested the people to refrain from demon
straiiona.
Then the verdict Of $50 for the plain.
TIT vas announced. There vas no express
sion Of approval or disapprovai from the
crowd Col. BreckinridEe arose himself
to make motion tor . new trial. and the
eours adjourned. There was nothing but
expressions OF approval and regrets that
the amount was not larger.
The jury took fifteen ballots before reach.
ing Its conclusion The difference was
mainly over the amount Of damages to b
granted. and there was bat one man on
the jury who favored the defendant On
the rrst ballot one juror voted for the de-
Tense and hung out Tor . time, but his col
leagues thought he did 90 more for the
sake Of argument than because he was
strongly in favor Of Col. Brscki nridrs.
Two or three jurors wanted TO give the
full amount of 5000, while the others
thought that merely nominal damages
- a.
the congressman had treated Miss Pollard
stability.
Col. Breckinridgs was verv cool after the
verdict Was rendered. He walked away
with his counsel. talking with them. but
declined 70 speak at this time for puhlica-
ton. as did his attorneys.
Miss Pollard was some y hat excited, and
Historically % white waiting for the YER
dict, and. a. . woman does, broke into
tears when she heard it. She declined to
be interviewed, and her attorneys said she
was an xious to sffacs herself from public
sight as far ~ possible. now that the case
was ended.
Col. Breckenridge said tonight: "If the
motion for . new trial 10 denied I
will prosecute an appeal and exhaust
every possible legal remedy. The YER
dict has not weakened the ties that bind
my wife and children to me, nor impaired
the friendship felt for me by my friends"
He remains . candidate for reelection to
congress.
FRANKroRr. Ky. April 1.-THE people
of this section have watched with interest
the Breckenridge trial and have waited
with impatiencs for tho verdict The
Daily Capitol appeared in an extra issue
alter the verdict WAS announced. In half
an hour every man and nearly every
woman in the city had heard Of and
were discussing the verdict. But
one person in the whole town has not been
heard to say that the plaintiff should not
have received anything. Breckinridge's
friends are doing very little taking. The
concensuseof opinion among the many who
openly express any opinion on the YER
dict, il that II II just one. and that IL
will be folly for him to even think of APP
pearing in this district as a candidate.
LOUISVILLE. April 1.-THE Commercial
says: Tho verdict I'm the Pollard Brcckin-
ridge case was not surprising. What con-
tinues to be subject OF astonishment il
that Col. Breckenridge did not allow the
case to go by default. The verdict proba-
bly, indicates the jury's disapproval OF Col.
Breckinridge's conduct and Of Mr.. Thomp-
sons cynical speech more than It does
sympathy with Miss Pollard or tho value
they put on . contract Of marriage be-
tween persons in such relations to each
other as the plaintiff and defendant sus-
tanned