The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1894-04-18

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and man. / stand against such senti-
ments as this defendant has uttered.
that such basenesS Injuries the man, but
destroys the woman. Would the jury
say that this defendant was to be adj
mitted to their parlors and the outer
gates locked and barred against the
woman?'
1t had pleased MIR. Butterworth to de-
claim pyrotechnically that the woman
hood of the land was arrayed in behalf
OF the defendant. No, a thousand times
no
He had said that tho girls of the coun-
try did not need chaperons and he (Air.
Wilson, had expected TO hear it said that
gray-haired men of forty-seven need
body guards.
Here Mr.. Wilson produced a sheet of
letter paper and said that he could i'm
agine the mothers of the land sitting up
writing such letters as the lima ginary
one he would read. OF course it was
simply imaginary. he said. but every one
could see the feminine handwriting as
the judge held it up and every one knew
mat 1t was one letter from the cor
respondence he has received during the
trlal. 1t was in-part as follows:
Plead for the dear young girls /
cannot but feel how urgent it is for
every one to watch and pray for them
young to care for myself and l can re-
member how men have tried to rob me
OF all that was worth living for. have
lived pure life because I early took the
Lord for my guide. and If had not chung
close to Him the way would have been
very hard
Replies TO Thompson.
Mr. Wilson said that the jury had
heard most remarkable argument from
one of the defendants chosen friends
Col. Phil Thompson. 1t was, in sub
stance, that as all men were bad, as that
all men were laying snares. why should
the defendant be condemned? He was
no worse than the rest. Solomon and
David had been held up as parallels of
the defendant 1t had been said that
David was a man of great education (;
he may not have practiced law all his
life, but he had been educated in the
best schools of his land. he had a sill
very tongue, he was a man of passion,
but Israel had come from his loins, and
he had not been condemned and there
fore why should the defendant be con-
demned2 One story had been overlooked
IN his biblical researches. That was the
story of Tamir. who was a country girl,
and of Ammon. who ii man of pas
sion. That episode had ended in a
tragedy There were no juries in those
days. but since then the Prince of Peace
mad come. There were methods of peace
and juries provided. and those methods
were being followed by the plaintiff. But
when juries failed to do their duty more
violent methods were resorted to by out
ragged people, the first old barbarous
| methods.
a Tribute TO Woman.
There were some things which showed
the character of the defendant in this
suit. and Mr.. Wilson spoke Of the high
character Of Mrs. Blackburn and of how
Col. Thompson had slurred her. He
next referred to the filings of Col.
Thompson at the female doctors. There
! had been a time when women were
merely the drudges of men, but they
were fast working to the front and the
higher they came the better for the
world.
Mr.. Wilson said that the denunciation
of the plaintiff as a woman of bad char
acter bordered upon the ludicrous when
it was recollected that what she was
was due to the defendant Adams poor
plea, after the fall, had not saved him
from being through all ages a man Of
bad repute. There was a slight clash
colonel had taken Miss Pollard from the
| house of Mrs. Thomas to visit his Ken
lucky friends. At this statement the
heads of the Breckenridge contingent be-
gan to shake in negation.
IF there is to be any shaking of heads
over this, said Mr.. Wilson. Il will call
your attention TO the testimony of Mr..
Francis and will remind you that when
l asked the defendant about it he did
not deny it
breckenridge Breaks In.
"Oh, but did deny it," spoke up the
defendant and his counsel seconded him.
Thereupon Judge Bradley raped with
his pencil on the desk SAYING:
IF there is any correction to be made
here it should be made by counsel"
Then / withdraw it all. 1 don't care
snap about it," said Mr.. Wilson, mis-
taking the intention of the Judge.
Il referred to the correction by Mr..
Breckenridge" the court explained.
Mr.. Breckenridge leaned forward and
inquired: Does your honor say that 1
cannot correct errors?'
You are represented by counsel whose
duty it istto DO that" responded the
Judge
But it is my constitutional right to
represent myself" protested the de-
PENDANT. Does your honor rule on
that?"
Judge Bradley kept on writing and
made no response.
Mr.. Wilson held that the secret mar
riage was no defense against the
promises made after it; the secret mar
riage constituted in itself a breach Of
the contract Had the scene in Mai
Moore's office occurred in the state Of
New York it would have made the plain
tiff the wife of the defendant.
Mr. Wilson commented on the circum-
stances that witnesses had been
brought from Kentucky TO testify re-
garding the general character Of Col
Breckenridge as a man who kept his
contracts and vas chaste. On the other
hand everyone from Kentucky or Wash
ington who had been asked concerning
the character of Madeline Pollard had
said that she vas a woman, from girl
hood, Of the greatest refinement, of the
best associates and apparently the high
est character. 1t had been said in de-
Tense that this bright, scintillating
effverscent defendant could not afford to
associate with a character surrounded
by such atmosphere. Three innocent
schoolgirl letters. written in confidence
Of youthful friendship, had been raked
up. Ben Butterworth had read them
had pointed to a word here and there
and had said there was something of
mystery about them.
Mr.. Wilson did not know how those
letters had been procured by the de-
Tense: il might have been by trickery
but if Owen Robertson had given them
up knowing the use to which they were
to be put "he is a whelp," Mr.. Wilson