St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-14
GREATEST OF Them ALL.
JUDGE WiLS0ly SITS DUPifci7Y sH0
HYPOCRISY.
OF THE DEFENDANT.

Tables Turned Upon the Kentucky
Colonels and ohio Major-Elo-
Guence of Truth and Con.
scieuce-''Is There No Redress
for Wrongs?" the Searching
Duty of the Jury.
WASHINGTON, April 13.-The great
speech of Maj. BEN Butterworth in the
Pollard Breckenridge case was sur
passed today by the greater argument
of Judge Jere Wilson. who began the
final summary for the plaintiff He dis.
claimed all intention to deal in oratory,
and yet he was able to use Oratory of
tile most effectual kind. "'Fhe defense
of Adam" was what he called Col.
Breckiaridge's position; and to the
cr4ditaof humanity, he said. Adam had
always been deemed a coward and a
craven. He did not attempt to assert
that his client was free from fault, but
that just as far as she had strayed from
the path or wOmanly virtue she had
been led by the man. On two or three
important points he drew logical deduc.
tions, from the evidence which surprised
even the lawyers. He has long right
arm tipped with an accusing index
finger. which serves to drive his deduc-
tions home. That long. bony forefinger
was several times leyeled in denuncia-
ton at Col. Breckenridge, which made
the Kentuckian shift uneasily in his
chair. 1t was terrible arraignment to
which he was subjected, and he would
have been something more or less than
human had he not shown the effect of
it, as he did. Judge Wilson will con-
tinue for an indefinite time tomorrow,
and then Judge Bradley will deliver his
charge to the jury, and the trial will be
ended when a verdict is announced.
Mr.. Wilson's voice was low and i'm
pressive as he told the jury that it was
his duty to reply to all the defendant
had said as witness and through his
counsel.
A STARTLING THING
had been urged on his behalf, viz. that
this case with all its revelations should
never have been brought. He thinks.
began the attorney, speaking through
counsel. that this case should have never
been brought, that it is spreading pol
luton throughout the country. and / do
not wonder. l am sorry my friend Ben
Butterworth is not here. He said that
we are to blame for spreading this pol
luton through this country. Ii what
stand be true, is it possible that such
things are to be repressed? Is it possible
that in the sunlight of our civilization
there is no redress? You cannot tie a
milestone around his neck and sink him
in the sea for the fishes to feed uroa
him; you cannot shut him in a cage
and double lock it to keep him from
polluting the women of the country;
you cannot do that, but you can secure
have provided"
Maj. Butterworth had spoken of the
revulslon of feeling abroad against this
case. But he had forgotten that in:
Great Britain, when such things became
a stencil In the Anglo-Saxon nostrils,
peers and mobiles had had their black
skeletons dragged from their closets;
had been punished and banished; aye,
bright stars. as has been said, had been
dragged from the armament. "Even if
this were the first case," thundered Mr..
Wilson" II would be proud of my part in
condemning such conduct. My friend
Carlisle and take this responsibility,
and we tnke it willingly, even proudly.
l suppose my friend ButterWorth would
say that if the third count in this indlct-
ment be true, he would Danish the
woman. and send the man to congress.
stand here for higher womanhood. l
stand against such sentiments as this
defendant has uttered, that such base
ness Injuries the man, but destroys the
woman." Wonld the jury say that. this
defendant was to be admitted to their |
parlors and the outer gates locked and
barred against the woman? 1t had
pleased Mr.. Butterworth to declaim
that the womanhood of |
the land was arrayed in behalf of the
defendant.
NO, A THOUSAND TIMES NO!
BE had said that thee country mh girls of
the country did not need chaperones,
and he tMr. WILSON, had expected to
hear it said that the gfay-haired men OF |
iorty-seven neededIbody.guards.
Here Mr.. Wilson Produced sheet of
letter paper and said that he could ip-