The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-13
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
c,osr, ms SPEECH IN BEHALF
- or cor. RRECKINRID9E

=. yyIIsor Will Gsks tse Stestss
ssss..s for Miss Poilsrs To-day, $50 TIE
~. win GO 10 the Jury On SATURDAY.,
r,,u,Scrox April 1.-THE Pollsrd-Brsck-
.-.,s,s case will go to the jury on Saturday.
verdict will probably be rendered that
- ,or iurymen have no liking for being
80 no over sunday. as the jury in this case
1S.ioubtsdly will be IL Its members fail to come
-. ,onclusion before midnight. Tomorrow
sa,nIns jeremiah N. Wilson viii begin the
w.. .reument for the plaintiff. which will
s.,hs last argument in the case. He viii con-
~. All d.y and end bis speech some time on
saturday. when Judge Bradley will charge the
rrr, ,,...,b ooro,,a.d nj. .,oun.,t
81 Brsckinridge this afternoon. and the
p. or, han adjourned until tomorrow. There
absence in his speech Of the dramatic
...ass Of Yesterday. when he would rush at
=. So,.nd.nt and tell him he was guilty Of
~. ,ouisst crimes II Miss Pollard spoke the
...,h To-day he was mlldsr. although at
-, be approached the sensational In his
,l.sn.o. and gestures The plaintiff was not
s....nt but she will probably be In her usual
80. tomorrow to hear her counsel, Judge
gu.on reverse the portrait Major Butter
worth painted.
Tn, relations Of Miss Pollard with James @
p.A.. vsre the subject to which Major But
,.,vor,h nrst devoted himself. He read the
,.s.rs from the plaintiff to Rodss begging and
l.m,ndipg money from him. Then he read
-. lsttsrs which Miss Pollard called wooden
.,spmmr letters" These letters we're dated
,rom New Orleans. Jacksonville. and other
rl.c.s in the South. and Miss Pollard says
~, we're written In Cincinnati. some OF them
,ttbe dictation OF tho defendant and sent to
pod,, through her m other at Towlesboro. Ky.
advert suspicion. Miss Pollard testified that
h.r mother knew nothing about her trouble.
and taxing up this point Major Buttsrworth
aid:
There 10 only one person In the world who
Fan tell whether these letters are genuine or
not: there Is but one person living who can
clear up this mystery. That person is the
mother Of Madeline Pollard. and she has not
bssu called. Why has she not been called
People may say: Why don't you call herp
and | will say to that. that We are not going
into the camp OF the enemy for our provisions
or our powder either"
he laid great stress on the statement OF Miss
Pollard that Bodss had been told that she had
splaee in Cincinnati whom she went away to
prepare for her frst confinement. and her Sec
ond statement that Rodes thought she was .
uAVelllnR COuphulou ~ thnN tiiuo. thveo NJ
tsrly inconsistent statements. said Major But
tsrworth. were the result OF the attempt Of
Mss Pollard to square her story.
Major Butterworth dwelt on the testimony
Of Sister Agnes and Sister Augustine OF St.
Joseph's Founding Asylum. near Cincinnati
These Sisters. he said. were emphatic In their
declaration that Madeline Pollard had never
been at the asylum. a. she claimed. and moro
positive that she was not Mrs. Burgoyne.
Either these holy women are guilty Of deep
fslsshood," cried Major Butterworth. or
Madeline Pollard never gave birth to baby
ct St Joseph's asylum"
Major Butterworth laid great emphasis on
the frequent use Of tho expression In Miss Pol
lard's letter to Rodes. Come early and We will
20 to SEQ mamma" He said: What docs Il
msan2 don't know-perhaps Judge Wilson
Does" said Major Butterworth. But II he did
not know. he conysyed q very clear impression
% the minds OF his hearers that he meant that
the expression used SO frequently was merely
Q code phrase for going out for some wrongful
or secret purpose.
q pawn ON an immoral chess board, moved
s: S.Ssi ., wis ihas
y would not let her. Here Msior Butterworth
''ld NIT ls's t si:r tn. o,h. day and he said
Ben. why didn't Brsckinridge break OF with
the womanT I said to him: Do. you remem-
s ssi afu man, rips IN Years. and sxpsrisncs
With q loving family about him. got yoman's
hand IN 81: rsI. GGs hoS he B:
sveated blood before the world But why
ga he get IN TT somebody asks oh, yes.
when L am to be- offered up for .yicsfiess
s,onsment for a crime never committed. We
know that man who will court death, who
s iss Ike an aspen leaf In the prsssncs Of such
Asituation as this;
:, .Thi. plaintiff" said Major ButteEworth.
isndant during the whole period Of their rels-
tOns She tells us that not for the shortest
B essS 81 s si t SsTs .eS os *.
jury will ask him self: Woman did you never
d; down a minute and contemplate the happy
wants to say to that Our relations were NO. dis
continued long enough 20 enable me to think
s s6 things, be wV Ss not 10 d fs 1ss s
to extsnusts the FAULT of his client;
but. he said, the men who have framed
Jour laws your great se generals. strong a. they
were. have tremb BLEED and given way to this
temptation to which this man was sublected.
hand; She could com N and, not demand. And
get she never contemplated q better life. She
kept him there cronchlng at her feet"
% Has 81 iss A Msica ButtsIs s drsv
picture OF what deprayity was shown II her
story were true He had met her at the rail-
road station and told her he had something to
tell her that evening which he was vain enough
TO think would please her. And what did he
DO. hhe says he took her to house OF ILL
lame; to ask her with tender affection to be his
That's what makes 1t all the worse" said
Ard that's what makes your manly man
hood know II isn't true" rrtorted Major But
trTorth. shaking both eleuchsd fats In the
opposing lawyers face. Before the mould
pad gathered on the shroud OF his dead wife
ne asks her tendsrly. with loving kindness, to
marry him; asked her to marry him and con-
sammats their years of de bAuchsry by placing
hsr At the head Of his table. to preside over
hs pure and loving daughters. to rule his
homs and she SAYS when he wanted to ask
r.. thAt he took her to a house OF ill-fame. IL
Madeline Pollard might have been a good
nomAn 10 the eyes OF the world to-day. said
haior bgttsrworth, II sha had carried out her
kat q the contract with the defendant 10
s saFs Washington and die out Of his life. She
PAPER OF Mr. bAttelL But, through some mys;;
Der from bresking that contract was removed
S SSs d.s 81. laid her plan TO trSD him
marry me, or elss III drag you down in dls-
graee before the World.h she returned TO
Darlington. and now she claimed that ON the
usfJ day she returned. after not having seen
ne defendant for long time, and when not q
nhe had been AXehAnRAd bat WaAn than the