The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-04-10
HISTORY OF THE DEFENDANT.

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Nr. carlisle. ''let us see what manner
OF man this defendant was who had to
| 20 through the train 10 get his overcodt
ana who found schoolgirl In his seat.
The history OF the Kentucky orator was
sketched In complimentary language II
was told how he had had a classical eau
cation and every advantage, social anu
mental; how he had gone TO the "ai'
and how he had married twice. And on
| this stand" he said. "this defendant mas
paid tribute in his voice and in Ms
manner TO his deceased wife ana 'he
mother Of his seven children.
He confesses here on the witness-staiu
| that no man had less excuse for what ne
! Gid than he had that no words couiu
magnify the advantages which he haa'
that no words could paint the depth 10
which he felt In this instance" Mr.. car
| Isle said with feeling. And this Is the
manner Of man who met this school siri
on that train
The contract with Rhodes was taken up
and fully reviewed as a preface 10 the
| call of Colonel Breckenridge at Wesley az
| College when Miss Pollard wanted ms
advice and assistance concerning ths
threat Of Rhodes that he would coiipV'
her by law to marry him or pay nm
back the money he had paid for her edu-
cation. Mr. Carlisle, In defending lhe
plaintiff for writing to Colonel Breckin-
ridge after she had met him but once,
said that the defendant had told her thdl
| he had known her father and she had
said she knew him by reputation. This
brought up the subject OF the letter pro-
duced by Colonel Breckenridge IN which
| Miss Pollard Is represented as saying tnat
she wanted Colonel Breckenridge to call
on her at the college. and Mr.. Carlisle
had lust quoted Miss Pollard's state
merit that the letter was a forgery when
recess was ordered.
THE HIPcDJAT LErTKE.
Resumine his argument after recess, Mr.
| Carlisle said that the knowledge Of the
exnert witnesses called by the defence 10
! testify about the letter was not exact
science. I'VE did not bring expert VII
nesses." he said. FOR you gentlemen are
our experts" Handing the jury a rae
smile copy Of the marriage certincate OF
Colonel Breckenridge and Mrs. wing, ne
| asked them to look at this copy, whicn
looked 80 much like the original, and see
how easy II WAS TO produce 1t. But l
! don't intend to take your time with TINS
matter" he said. Just compare the let
ters / hand yOu-the letter Of July nth
and note the points Of difference between
IL and these old letters which Miss Pol
lard admits she wrote. and your opinion
will be as good as q barrel OF expert
testimony 90,
Alr. Carlisle read the letter Of July 10Th,
in which the writer tells Mr. Breckin-
ridge that what she has TO say TO MN
is worse than divorce case, and that
she likes his face and thinks she VIII
like him He said there was but niue
difference i'm that letter and what the
plaintiff had stated but the plaintii1 hau
examined the letter and pronounced II
forgery. and out Of all the many letters
80. To - defendant
by the plaintiff, and this little note WITT
ten in 1857 were then produced.
Speaking of the celebrated carriage
ride Mr.. Carlisle said the fact that on
a hot August evening the defendant
brought "A closed carriage TO take the
plaintiff TO a concert hall demanded eN-
PLANTATION. but the defendant had not
attempted to explain 1t. He mad merely
contented himself with saying that he
had picked out the carriage without look
ing at what sort of u carriage 1t was.
Reviewing the event Of that night from
the statements of the plaintiff and the
defendant. and what happened the next
day. Mr.. Carlisle said: And from that
time on until May. 1893, she obeyed his
every behest. and was faithful to him
Ia every way"
MRS. BLAcKBURN's TESTIMONY.
Finally reaching the time OF the al
legged promise of marriage Mr.. carlisle
laid great stress on the testimony OF MIS-.
blackburn. which. he SAID the defen-
dant had refused to deny. He had left
himself two modes of escape, and either
one would bring him face to face with
a dilemma. on one horn Of which he must
impale himself.
He referred to the cross-examination Of
two DAYS and a half, to which Miss Pol
lard had been subjected. and said II was
one of the most difficult tests 10 Wnlcn
the human mind could be put. Ihere
were only two things that would enaDle
a person to stand the test Of such pro-
tracted cross-examination. one was
trained mind wonderful ability 10
think, knowledge Of lawyers ana their
ways: in fact all that was possesseu by
a clever lawyer the other was the truth.
His client had stood that test without
any Of the qualifications Of the hrst
instance and the fact that she had not
been made to change her direct state
ments on any subject showed that she
must have stood the test through the
second qualification.
Concerning the claifa Of the plainun
that she had given birth to child at
St. Josephs Founding Asylum, at Nor
wood near Cincinnati, Mr. Carlisle quoted
the testimony Of DR.. Street, who said
that she Ddu sent -hio III >" f---t -
St Joseph's and had visited her there;
and of DR.. Belle Buchanan who recog-
nized Miss Pollard as Louise wilson,
and DR.. Street said that Louise VIII
son" and Mrs Bergwynn' were the
same. There was nothing in the tesu'
mony." he said. ITO show that anybody
but this defendant was the father OF that
child and he was its father
THE RELATIONS CONTINUOUS.
The future relations of the plaintiff
and the defendant were reviewed from the
standpoint OF each. and Mr. Carlisle con-
tended that ii had been shown that the
guilty relations Of the pair were contin-
uous. despite the testimony OF the defen-
dant. that there had been long intervals
in those relations Then Mr.. Carlisle
took up the alleged promise OF mar
rage. which Miss Pollard says was made
I'm Washington on August 81, 1872. Colo
mel Breckenridge had testified that Miss
Pollard was not In town at that time. but
il had been proved by a clearinghouse
ledger that Miss Pollard returned on the
date named. AS TO the defence Of Colo
mel Breckenridge that he and Miss Pol
lard had merely pretended TO be engaged.
Mr.. Carlisle referred TO the very impor-
tant testimony Of Claude De La Roche
Francis. who told of his accidental caves
dropping lin Mrs Thomas when Colonel
Breckenridge said TO Miss Pollard that
he was sorry she had mentioned their
engagement TO the witness.
At this point Mr.. Carlisle asked Judge
Bradley's permission TO continue his adj
dress tomorrow. and as il was then