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

these things would rot affect your honor
but l want to show what things inflU-
ence mems minds.
He then told the jury that the case
was for recovery Tor specific act and a
verdict for Col Breckinridee would not
mean that they condemn his conduct
After this he spent an hour reading Miss
Pollards early letters and discussing
| the testimony 10 snow that when sic
met the Kentucky congressman sic was
not the unsophis-icatad country girl she
had represented herselr to be.
incidentally. Mr.. ButterwCrth paid a
tribute to Mary Anderson as Kentucky
girl who under the most adverse cir
cumstances had acquired the greatest
prominence. Madeline Pollard he SAIL
had twined her hands about a star and
was trying 10 pull IL down, the sta- be-
! ing W. c. .. Breckenridge. What hal
taken place between them had ccCurred
many times before ana would many
| times again. although il was TO he re-
GREETED. Either that pivotal letter (the
letter Miss Pollard alleges is forgery
had been written by Madeline Pollard
or W. c. =. BreckinridSe, the worthy
successor OF the Gays. the Becks, the
Blackburns, save for ore lapse. was d
forgery. The chilling atmosphere which
surrounds pure woman was painted
with aPostrophes to mothers. sisters
sweethearts and wives, and then the oc-
cuTences in that first carriage ride were
rehearsed.
The instinct of virtuous woman
would have led her to say: Get
out. you eper,' Mr.. Butterworth
shouted rushing down the aisle toward
his client fiercely. But she had ar
ranged to meet him the next day. He
pounded one of the jurors on the knee,
as he reproduced with mixed metaphor
the still small voiSe crying loudly in the
name of her mother, 10 shrink back from
this man. The next day the colonel had
taken her 70 an designation house
Think of it," the lawyer shouted.
Il have thought of it," Judge Wilson
remarked to him.
Then Mr. Butterworth slapped three
jurors on the knee in succession as he
rehearsed Miss POIlard's description of
the colOnefs fiattery. You leper.' he
shouted to the colonel, why did not she
fly away and leave you2'
He told how Miss Pollord. after resist
ing the colonel in the carriage and the
Cincinnati designation house, had felt
ready to tackle him again at Sarah
Ciuess's to gravel ninety miles with him
to resist him. She did not want 10
marry him. She knew of his wife and
children. She knew that il would ruin
her and might ruin him and his daugh-
tiers.
Mr.. Butterworth said that he was will
ing 10 give Miss Pollard credit for being
great genius in certain lines, but the
ndfuf'SL pare OF nfE SlOlN 10 DelleNe Wd-
that part of it which stated that in that
half hour alone in the hovel Of Sarah
Guess, while the defendant had gone
n me To his dinner, she had thought
over the whole matter, had given up
life. honor. friends and future and had
decided To enter into Col. Breckenridge 5
life. And Mr.. Wilson would tell that
to the jury as though he believed it,
The speaker told some funny stories
about his boyish escapades, and went
on to compare the plaintiff to Delilah,
who had got her hand i'm the hair Of a
Sampson and then had been willing to
pull down the temple over herself 10
accomplish his ruin.
Further on he declared that there was
no memento of all those years of alleged
affection. save that little willow basket
so lately handled by the fingers of his
dead wife. brought into the case for no
other purpose than to make his fault
seem more abhOrrent. W. G. r. BTeCk-
inridge had never given to his mistress
the possessions of his wife before her
grave clothes crumbled. Il can forgive
him for anything else said the lawyer
to the jury. but that he talked to his
mistress of his dead wife. Everybody i'm
Washington knew what happy home
he had in spite of those faults. which
Cmeaning the reference to Col. Brec kin
ridges dead wife) brought by this wom-
an who had forgotten her own chill
dTen after they had been laid in her
arms. The only way 10 make "A woman
forget her children was to take them
away from her. After she had once
cl2sped them in her arms. she would
follow them through the gates of hell.
Ri. Butterworth asked the court f..
an adjournment shortly before 4 O'Clock.
as he was greatly exhausted. Judge
Bradley acceded to the request, and re-
no. I'll r--- IL I, -
crowd outside the door. suggested that
Col. Breckenridge might go out before
the spectators. which the colonel seemed
glad TO do.
WASHINGTON, April 12.-The defense
Of Col. Breckenridge which Gen. Butter
worth made today is conceded even by
his opponents to have been one Of the
greatest speeches ever made in a Wash
ingtOn court. 1t was effective as "A mas
terpiece of oratOry and was made such
largely by the winning personality Of the
orator. Mr.. ButterWorth was persuasive
was dramatic, was friendly, cOnciliatory
and artful. For nearly nine hours Mai
Butterworth carried the speaking part
in the great case. He cOnjured by the
name of mother. the Preside and Ameri-
can wOmanhOOd most effectively, making
it appear that all of these forces were en-
listed on the side of his client. Through
all the speaking the white-haired mem
Der Of congress from Kentucky sat fac
ing the jury, much of the time with his
face shaded by his hand. and OCCASION
ally holding assent TO the points scored
by the speaker. The slender plaintiff
has heard none of the denunciatiOn OF
herself. and her attorneys have sat smil.
ing throughout the onset of the opposi.
ton.
Judge Jere Wilson will commence to-
morrow his argument for the plaintif
and will consume the greater part Of two
days.
Maj. Butterworth had the floor again
when the Observation-Disclosures case was
| resumed today. He began with con-
sideration of Miss Pollard's letters to
James Rhodes. which he said were the