The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-04-12
BRECKINRIDGE-POLLARD.
CARLISLE FINISHES AND PHIL
THOMPSON TAKES HOLD.
Carlisle Asks the Jury Not to Believe
Breckenridge, When.His Whole Life
Has Been Lie-Thompson
Takes the Hide Off.


entertained the jury in the Pollard
Breckiuridgs case today with pyro-
thenic speech, such as has rarely been
heard in this section. The Blue
Grass orator once had great reputa'
tion as stump speaker, and Wash
ington had chance to see on what
this fame is founded. Colonel ThOmp-
son is thick. set, chubby, red laced
man, with scant hair OH the top OF bis
head. He talks in a free and easy hut
exceedingly vigorous maoner. His
speech was sprinkled with anecdotes,
some of them too broad for repro
= ductiou, and his views regarding the
stability OF the Ten Commandments
will doub provoke responses from
the pulpit. Madeline Pollard did not
hear the terms in which her fellow
Kentuckian referred to her as an ad-
ventures and a shameless woman, be-
cause she left the court room as soon
as Mr., Carlisle had finished his plea
in her behalf. The speech of Colonel
Thompson will be concluded tomorr
row, and then Major Butterworth, an
other x-congressman, who ls u mild
spoken Quaker, will follow him.
There was something on foot in the
circuit court today of which the spec
tators did not receive the benefit
Judge Bradley had letter in his
hand when the court met in which he
seemed deeply interested. DE called
up to his desk the three OF the counsel,
Messrs. Carlisle, Wilson and Butter
worth, exhibited the letter to them and
the four put their heads together over
the document for 10 minutes Then
one of the jurors was called up
and the consultation was prolonged
for 1C minutes before Mr.. Carlisle re-
sumed his argument. 1t is thought
that the cause of the conference was
one of the famous letters which have
poured in by the bushels on all court
officers and every person interested III
the trial. The Judge receives dozens
of them every day making all sorts OF
suggestions.
Dark skies were overhead and a
drizzling rain made the day one OF the
most uncomfortable Of the trial, sc
that there were few people in the
courtroom. Among the first was Miss
Pollard, with the most becoming bon
net which she has worn of late, and
the Kentucky congressman, her an
tagonist, somewhat paler than usual,
his paleness noticeable because OF the
usual ruddy glow in his cheeks.
Attorney Calderon Carlisle took uE
his review of the testimony where il
had been dropped and devoted him
self for the first hour particularly to
discussion of Mrs. Governor Black
burns testimony. On commenting
on the testimony of Mr.. Claude De .ls
Roche Francis, cousin OF Ward NC
Allister and nephew of the Marquis
De la Rouue, chamberlain to the cope
Mr.. Carlisle evoked the smile which
for some reason always flies across thu
court room at the mention of tha
Young person. Mr.. Carlisle LAID stress
up1n the fact that in response to the
notice for the production of Miss Pol
lard's letters only two, which it woulC
be advantageous for the defense t.
rea / had been brought orward.
After recalling how murderer hat
once been convicted because in thu
furnace into which ne had thrust hi
victim he had failed to consume th'
victims false teeth, the lawye
brought forward the work baske
which had belonged 10 The late Mrs
Brsckinridge, which the colonel hat
given to Miss Pollard. He reminded
the Jury of the testimony OF Mar.
Yancey, the cOlored cook, who ha'
seen tho pair sitting on the sof
together with the work basket oe
tween them. :.
LFFrom the dramatic passage, II
Which he flashed the basket upon th'
iury, Mr.. Carlisle passed on to tn
time when Miss Pollard took COlone
Breckinride from the side of his law
full wife at the Port Jefferson place
with the quotation from Miss Pol
Iard's testimony, ~ said, come witt
me Willie, and he came He men
toned the taking of the young wo
man to place her in the hands OF tn
law, and where he had sworn, clasp
ing her hand, to marry her on tn
fist of May. The story of simila
cases did not show a more complet
chain of evidence, as Carlisle con
tended.
The defendant asked the jury to be
lieye on his single word, unsupporte
by shred OF corrobOrstive testmon
or conduct on his part, that the Ell
gagemen6 of marriage had been
Concerted subteriuge; to dis6eIleV
the testimony of Mrs. Blackburn, c
Major Moore, OF Francis, OF Mar
Yancey and many others, and agalns
all these take his own word for stor
altogether improbable, story Whlc
he had every possible in .ucement I
contrive and to stick to.
THAT defense stands wholly sli
solely upon his unsupported word
continued the speaker. ~ ask yo
to Judge of him only by what be hs
told you on this stand, standard b
which every witness can be judge
without complaint. A father OF
family, with eight children, devote
wife. he tells you for the nine yeal
he lived in calm, deliberate aduiter
with this woman, not giving away
sudden passion, not led by misgulo
ed love, but that lust and not love Wa
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