The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-04-14

WASHINGTON, April 13-The great
speech of Major Ben Butterworth, IN The
Pollard Breckinri6ge case, was surpassed
by the greater argument of Judge Jere NJ
Wilson, who began the final summary fol
the plaintiff.
1.-THE defense of ADAM" was what he
called Colonel Breckinridge's position, and
TO the credit of humanity. he added, Adam
had always been deemed a coward and q
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 oil
womanly virtue, she had been led by this
man. On two or three important points
he drew logical deductions from the evl-
dence which surprised the lawyers. He
has long right arm tipped with an accus-
ing index finger which serves to drive his
deductions home. That long bony fore
finger was several times leveiled
in denuDciation at Colonel Breck-
inridge, which made the Kentucky
orator shift restlessly in his chair.
1t was terrible arraignment to which he
was subjected, and be would have been
something more or less than human should
be not have shown the effect of 1t as he
did. Judge Wilson will continue for an
indefinite time tomorrow and then Judge
Bradley will deliver his charge to the jury
and the trial will be ended when me YER
dict is announced.
Mr. Wilson commented on the circum-
stances that no witnesses had been sum-
moDed from Kentucky TO testify regard
ing the general character OF the defendant,
as a man who kept his coBtracts and was
chaste On the other hand every witness
from Kentucky or Washington who had
been asked concerning the character OF
Madeline Pollard bad said she was a
woman. from girlhood, of the greatest re-
finemsnt of the best associates, and APP
parently of the highest character. 1t had
been said in defense that this bright,
sciptillating, effervescing defendant could
not afford TO associate with character
surrounded by such an atmosphere.
The innocent school girl letters, written
IN the confidence of youthful friendship,
had been raked up. Mr.. Bdtterworth had
there, and said there was something mystic
rious about them. Mr.. Wilson did not
know how those letters had been secured
by the defense; it might have been by
Irickery; but if Owen Robertson had
given them up, knowing the use to which
they were TO be put, The was wheIp,"
Mr.. Wilson declared.
After the noon recess Mr.. Wilson averred
that he wished TO apologize for what he
had said regarding Owen Robertson, be-
cause that person had made deposition
for the defense which had not been read to
the jury.
Attorney Stoll interposed that it had
been read, and then striking the paper on
the desk Mr.. Wilson replied ''if you say it
has been read, then will read it," and he
proceeded to quote from Robertson's testi-
mopy that when these letters had been
written, be had not been old enough to
Judge of Madeline Pollards character as it
concerned her relations with men. The
deposition Of Molly Shinglebauer was con-
sidered next, and in that connection Mr.,
Wilson charged that the defense had
was known tlat Madeline Pol
lard was in Pittsburg all the
time. the Shinglebauer woman had testi-
fled she knew her. The repentant Single
bauer woman, as she had been called, bad
not talked of Madeline Pollard, however,
but of Mamie Pollard. and it was in evil
dencs that the plaintiff had q sister named
Mamie, respectable woman, older than
herself and married to a Methodist clergy
man. In this connection Mr.. Wilson de-
veloped new point, which seemed to i'm
press the audience, and he went on to say
that Mollie Shinglebauer mad been princi-
pally called TO prove that in 1857 Madeline
Pollard had been mature woman, and it
was conceded that Mamie Pollard, of
whom she spoke, was matured then.
Concerning the engagement to Woods,
he declared there was no hint of improper
relations. The relations of Madeline Pol
lard and Rhodes were discussed next and
Mr.. Wilson emphasized the fact that the
dead man, who could not speak for HIM
self. had sustained improper relations
with the plaintiff. Rhodes, however, was
a man who, unlike the defendant, kept his
letters These letters had been raked up
and ttrnnUhant thRnl M ar
hint of improper relations between the
parties TO the correspondence.
Discussing the testimony of Hiram
kaufman and John Brandt, the speaker
said some good wader had waded through
the filth of the back alleys of Lexington to
bring forward this known perjury. which
had greater significance, because 1t
showed the character of the defense.
Mr.. Wilson went on to speak of the tes-
tiruony of Rankin Roselle He might he
said. have passed by that testimony as did
famous lawyer who handled "a most
unique liar" by simply dismissing him
with may God have mercy on your soul +"
He then characterized Roselle's testi-
mony as biack-a damnable Liza lie
nailed TO the counter TO be written up in
letters of deepest black against this de-
Tense.
Mr. Wilson proceeded to attack the
credibility of the defendant fiercely.
He has been equally guilty with my
Client" declared the lawyer, ''even more
so; for he had taken a solemn VOW to
heaven and she had not; he had broken
that VOW by his own comics.
sion before he ever met Madeline Pol
lerd; he had lived lie for ten years:
his life has been that of faithlessness TO
the most sacred obligations of life He
had lived n life OF duplicity, OF hypocrisy,
such as yoU can't coin in words to express
the length and breadth of. He tells you
he went to Mrs. Blackburn Intentionally
10 deceive her; he tells you he went TO
Moore TO tell him lie.
"W hen be attempts TO blacken the testi-
mony of my client, | want TO measure his
testimony by the rules of law How do
you know he is not telling this story to
deceive you? The probability is that he
is doing 1t, for he is now in the tolls:
be is brought TO bay and in his ex-
tremity be asks you TO believe such a
story on his unsupported word This
man, stepped in depravity and original
sin! want the world to know that W hat