The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-04-02
Probable That 1t win Last Fully
Two eelsa Longer.

Probable That it win Last Fully
Two w eelsa Longer.
DEFENDANTS T''SSCROSSTEXAMINATl0N.
Expected to Eurnish Entortalnnon
for tho Spectators Miss Pollard to
Go on tho Stand 70 Testify In lsebut.
I tal-Dr. Brown, Of Wesleyan COL
iogc, VIII Knock Roascll's Evidence
Into smlthcreo ons-Tho Arguments
by Counsel May not Como Until
Next Wcelr-Tho Intercat in the
Case. 81 4 u h y I " t
WAsiTIvo7os, D. o. April 1.-Al.
though the Pollard. Bteckinridce scan,
dal has dragged through the circuit
court for three wookstto tho exclusion
Of other casea which nre equally i'm
portant from q financial standpoint, 1t
promises to hold the boards for two
weeks more. Judge Bradley has length.
ened tho daily session Of tho court ono
hour, by sitting until "A o'clock in tho
afternoon, thus breaking the time-hon.
ored custom under, which the local
courts have always finished work at 8
p. m. But despite thisaddltlonal hour,
which means q gain OF one day in a
week, the lawyers do not expect to be
able to deliver their yaledicteries to the
jury before the last Of next week.
Congressman Breckenridge will con-
tinue on Monday tho recital Of his yer.
sion OF the nine years intrigue with
Madeline Pollard, and he may. consume
the entire day in rounding OUT his story.
after which ho will paBa into the hands
of ox.Judge Jere NJ. Wilson for cross
examination. From this inquiaition the
followers oil: the trial aro anticipating
their choicest entertainment, for the
jurist and ex-congressman from Indiana
has well earned reputation as tho
most trying man who could be selected
from the local bar to rake a witness.
Miss Pollard and her lawyers have
busted themselves in taking notes
throughout the colonepa Testimony,
from which they expert to draw ma.
terial for cross-ex animation.
81 KESrucxIANs EXCITED.
Tho kentucky colony here has been
keyed up to afrenzy Of anticipation re-
garding tho course that Colonel Breck-
inringe would take in attempting to re-
fute the testimony Of Mrs. Blackburn.
Had he accused tho widow Of the
governor OF Kentucky OF misatating
facts, trouble would have been likely to
follow, for that lady has friends of her
own family and state who were expected
to resent any reflections upon her yer-
acity, by other than legal methods. No
such complications have arisen so far
and no provocation has appeared for a
breach OF the peace. In the most part
Colonel Breckinridge's account OF the
episodes to which Mrs. Blackburn was
a witnesi, has agreed with hor state
monts, only he bus declared that the
representation OF an engagement were
part Of preconeerted plan between
himaelf and Miss Pollard whereby the
young woman might preserve her repu-
tation. OF those passages OF the inter-
views Of which he has given an account
differing from Mrs. Blackburn'a he has
said automatically that his recollec.
tion differed from hers. .sii
No trouble is expected by tho Breckiu-
ridge forces from tho writ signed by
Speaker Crisp, summoning him to ap-
pear at the house to help make a
quorum for the oy.O'Neill election con.
test. A formal statement 10 the house
Of tho exceedingly important business
which demands his presence elsewhere,
will probably lead the house to make
an exception in his case from tho ordor
revoklng all leaves OF absence which
was passed last week. Y ~ - ~,
THE REBuTrAL. i45{
Z Therc will he but little testimony for
tho defense after Colonel Breckenridge
leavea tho stand and most OF that will
be in tho form Of dispositions. Then
tho rehuttal for the plaintiff will come,
in which Miss Pollard hersolf will pro-
badly take tho stand again. and the old
principal of tho Wesleyan college will
be callod to refute the testimony OF Ram
kin Rossell, to whom Miss Pollard was
engaged in 1884. DR.. Brown will testify
that lsosseli could not have called to SEQ
her two or three timea week as he said,
because tho rules OF the school, which
were scrictly enforced, permitted visitors
only Friday nighta and then in tho
presence Of teachers, and will deny that
Miaa Pollard prepared to 20 with him to
Chicago, as she was only permitted to
kiss him goodbye under the search
light OF a teacher 9 gaze. After the re-
buttal there may be witnesses for sur
rebuttal and finally will come the clos
ing arguments Of tho attorneys from
whom tho city is expecting great efforts
at pleading. as tho regulations Of tho
gentlomon and tho material In tho case
justifles. 5.S1.. y
Since tho bolligcront outbreak near
tho beginning OF tho trial, the personal.
relations between aome OF the attorneys
hnvo been visibly strained, although
they have for tho most purt observed
scrupulously tho conrtcsics OF tho court
room. Mr.. Shelby, tho law partner of
Congressman Brcckinridgu, Mt whose
expense the papers were disposed to
make fun because Of his bclligorcnce.
has shown himself to DO one Of tho
most mild hammered and guntlomRuly
attorneys in tho case. Although ho
has not expressed rogrot Mt his carly
action ho has frequently deplored tho
necessity Tor 1t, which, under tho code
OF honor which prevails In this section,
made imperative upon him 10 resent
the remarks Of Mr.. johnson. f