St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-04-12

days of his prosperity, he will not turn
his back on inbadversity
This statement was followed by an
outbreak of applause from spectators.
CLEARED THE COURT.
Judge Rssaa;ey leaned forward and
Raped his desk:
snow you may clear the court room,"
he sail to the balliffs. ave have enough
of Outrages in this court roOm."
No one stirred, and then Judge Brad.
ley said:
Every one who is not member of
the bar will leave the court ROOM"
Several men got up and started out,
when one elderly spectator inquired:
''Does that apply to members of the
bar from away? am lawyer from
New York."
II take it for granted that no attorney
would disgrace court by such demon
STATIONS. All lawyers from outside the
city are welcome here, Dus there are
others sitting here that are not MEM
bers of the bar to my knowledge"
More men were ushered out by the
baiIiirs, but more than half of the spec
tatorS remained.
BRADLEY CAUTIONS BEN.
Then Mr.. Butterworth proceeded 70
review the childhood of Miss Pollard,
as described 10y himself. MIR. Butter
worth said he had himself as much 1t
stake as the honored counsel for the
plaintiff. lie had daughter and a
wife. He could not afford that justice
should not be done. He was not there
to eXtenuate the conduct of Col. Brock
inridge; if he did he knew that the col
onel would discharge him from the case.
The country had been solicitOus about
a siXteen-year-old school girl. but there
was no such person in the case. If she
had been but sixteen, why had not her
mother been called to prove it? If she
had been but sixteen, she was as much
skilled In lovemaking as any woman he
had ever known. The other side had
talked about the fascination of silver
tongue. That was stale. Mai. Butter
worth said. He paid tribute to the
bravery of Col. Breckenridge, and de-
clared that the jury knew that such
going on to describe how. if Col. Brock
inridge smiled, people said lie was
monster; if he looked grave they said
he was shamed, but if Miss Pollard
laughed they said behold the smiles
even through veil of tears" when
Judge Bradley interposed. saying:
Mr.. BGtterworth, don't you think
you had better con6ne yourself to the
evidence in the case? This is all what
you have heard outside. and has no con-
necton with the case"
NOT AT ALL NoNPLUssED,
the attorney replied: "Of course, as a
judicial officer. these things would not
affect your honor, but ! want to show
what things influence mems minds"
He then told the jury that the case
was for recovery for specific act, and
a verdict for Col. Breckinridge would
not E.ean that they condoned his con-
duct. After this he spent an hour
reading Miss Pollard's early letters.
and discussing the testimony to show
that when she met the Kentucky con-
gresham she was not the unSophiStl-
Gated country girl she had represented
worth paid tribute To Mary Anderson,
as a Kentucky girl who under the most
adverse circumstances had acquired the
greatest prominence. Madeline Pol
lard, he said, had twined her hands
about a star and was trying to pull it
down, the star being w. &. L. Breckin-
ridge. What had taken place between
them had occurred many mes before,
and would many times again, although
it was to be regretted. Either that
pivotal letter-the letter Miss Pollard
alleges is a forgery-had been written
10y Madeline Pollard, or William G. p.
Breckinrldge. the worthy successor of
| the Gays, the Becks, the Blackburns.
Save for one lapse, it was a forgery.
| The chilling atmosphere which sur
| rounds pure woman was painted with
an ap0StrOphe to mothers, sisters,
sweethoartS and wives; and then the Oc-
currenceS in that first carriage ride
were rchearsed. Butterworth said that
| lie was willing to give Miss Pollard
! credit for
BEING A GREAT GENIUS
| in certain lines, but the hardest part of
| her story to believe was that part of it
| which stated that in that half hour
alone IN the hoveI of Sarah Guess,
| while the defendant had gone home to
| lIs dinner, she had thought over the
| whole matter. had given up life, honor,
| friends and future. and had decided to
| enter into Mr. Breckinridge's life; and
MIR. Wilson would tell that to the jury
as though ne believed it. The speaker
told some funny stories about his boyish
| eScapades, and went on to compare the
| plaintiff 10 Deliah. who had got her
hands in the hair OF a Samson, and then
had been willing TO pull down the tenn
| pie over herself TO accomplish his ruin.
| Fun .her Oh. he declared that there was
| no mementO of all
| THESE YEARS OF AFFECTION,
save that little willow basket 80 lately
handled by the fingers OF his dead wife,
brought into the case for no other pur.
pose than to make his fault seem more
! abhorrent. W. Z. p. Breckinridge had
never given to his mistress lie posses
sions of his wife before her grave
clothes had crumbled. II can forgive
you for anything else" said the lawyer
to the jury; ''hut that he talked to his
mistress of his dead Wife" Everybody
| in Washington knew what a happy
home he had in spite of those faults,
which his ramlly knew. Yet such were
the charges (meaning the reference to
| Col. Breckinridge's dead wife) brought
/ by this woman who had forgotten her
| own children after they had been laid
in her arms. The only way To make a