Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-13

else. Mr.. Butterworth firmly believed
that the woman knew OF that secret
marriage in New York on the twenty
ninth OF April.
After the noon recess Major Butter
worth sought to point out the incon-
sistency OF Miss PollaTd's testimony,
that believing she could resist the de-
fendant's wiles as she said she had
twice done, she waited for him at the
house az Sarah Guess. The plaintiffs
counsel had artfully pushed TO the
front
SOME EsTINIABLE CHARACTERS
in order to obscure the dark back
ground. Mr.. Blackburn had been in-
posed upon by the plaintiff, the de-
fendant was helpless in the premises.
BE and the plaintiff were in the busi-
ness OF lying at that time, and were
justified in it, because the purpose was
ITO secure a home, 70 rescue woman,
20 open 20 her better life.'
Mrs. Blackburn was rlghteously In
dignant that she has been imposed upon
In the matter, and ii was natural that
she should visit her wrath upon Col.
Breckinridge. She was, however, con-
fused In her recOilections Of converse
tions.
Proceeding On the second scene In the
Office OF the Chief OF Police, on the 18th,
the attorney declared that il the state
nent Of Colonel Breckinridge TO the
Chief, that be had not seduced the
woman, that be had taken liberties with
her the first night and slept with her
the second, bad not been true she would
have instantly resented t.
The letters which Colonel BrecSin-
ridge had written % Miss Pollard after
the alleged engagement in 1898 Were
PRODUCED BY MR.. BUTTERwoRrH
and afforded considerable fun, the Colo
nei himself laughing heartily. Mr..
ButterwOrth was unable 10 decipher
them, and declared that 3 nan who
wrote such hand should be pushed.
Attorney Stoll tackled them with the
same fruitless result. Colonel BrecSin-
ridge had two or three times suggested
''better let me read them" and was
finally permitted TO do so. He arose,
facing the jury, and re-read the epiStles
in his effective, mellow tones.
BEGINNING his conclusion, Mr.. But
terWorth told the jury that the inner
ent probabilities arising from the course
of human nature were to be considered
more deeply than the statements OF wit
ness. The question was not whether
William c. 2. Breckinridge had viO-
lated any ordinance, human or divine,
had been guilty OF moral turpltude,
conduct which brings upon him con-
demnation, but whether those two par
ties had agreed that he was to become
her husband and she his wife. To
awaken horror before the public there
had been tale that Colonel
Breckenridge had led astray guiltiess
little girl aud had led her down the path
of nine years OF immortality % ; mar
riaSe contract ruthlessly violated. The
Jury was 70 determine whether there
had been any such guiltless little girl,
whether she had not been a mature and
knowing woman. He denied that the
woman came 20 court 20 redress great
wrong. No wrong could be redressed
in that way. Nor had she wanted the
balm Of money, FOR she had said there
was none. Her motive did not ri4 10
the quality OF revenge, nor even Of hate,
but sent abroad 70 every home
A LEAvEN SHE KNEW TO BE VILE,
the influence Of which was measure
less.
For what motive does the desperate
woman walk on any stage. She delib-
erately turned from everything that
man or woman could desire, and pro-
claimed her shame. This is vestibule
of wider stage upon which she deslres
to enter. IL is the right Of any indi-
vidual TO corrupt public morals by the
excuse Of seeking reparatiOn Tor wrong.
What is there Of reparation for wrong
but TO 20 home TO her mothers dreside,
70 him who alone can grant reparation
for wrObg.
Her early life was not what 1t should
have been, he continued, but what her
letters showed her TO be. 1t could De
said. "ButterwOrth, you are defending
sim" but no; he had little family Of
his own; one son who had to light the
battle Of life against fearful odds. No,
he was defending the standard Of wo-
manhood, the virtues OF city aud OF
country girls. No man could say that
seduction was possible under the cir
cumstances which had been portrayed
here. He protested against such a
standard being raised for virtue. As for
his client, no man knew through what
mire that man had been dragged, and
such was the penalty Of sin. He did not
want the jury carried away by the
whisper floating in the air that a YER
dict for the.defendant would be a rsti-
6cation OF his sin. He asked them also
not TO commend a woman who had
borne herself as the plaintiff had, not 10
elevate her TO the degradation OF him.
Such a verdict would mean 70 the girls
that virtue was but as q clO~k TO be
thrown otT or put on.
AMERICAN WOMANHOOD
should be vindicated by the standard to
which wives ard mothers must be held.
At ten minutes after three o'clock
Major Bntterworth finished. There
was some consultation among the attor-
neys, and then Mr. Wilson, stating that
he was hoarse, asked the court to ad-
iourn, so the crowd dispersed, and sew
eral gentlemen pressed forward to con-
gratulate the lawyer.
VIII Surely be a Candidate.
FRANKFORT, KY, April IA letter
to a personal friend in this city was re-
ceived from COL BrecSinridge yester-
day. 1t states positively that he will
make the race for Congress at sll haz-
ards. The following extract from the
letter will show the tenor Of the epistle:
81 see from statements going around