The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-15

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destroyed. Judge Wilson said this vas not
the fsrst time he had been seduced. Said
Wilson. lsvesing his forennger a, the Ken.
lucky colonies. "For he tells ron be knew
the house Of Sarah Goss, had been shere
before. With some other siren. before my
client had seduced him"
Col Breckinr;dge interposed q remon-
strapce. mo. your honor" he said, lean
ing forward, sthere 10 not the slightest
statement of that before the Jury, not the
slightest evidence Of that l merely said
! had been there"
II believe you are correct" said Judge
Bradley. shat 10 all ron said"
'ion would better have denied II on the
stand If you wanted to-" SAID Mr.. Wilson
to defendant.
Il was not asked. ;" replied Col. Brscxin-
ridge.
We'll. yon cant testify now"
This Is the last chance. and ! want tes-
timony quoted correctly. Iwant to set
your errors right
II am merely arguing on the prohahils-
ties Of the case" declared Mr.. Wilson,
drawing rational deductions from the
evidence. II had asked you who you
went with to Sarah Goss' before, there
would have been half dozen lawyers on
their feet"
''But you did not ask II, rstorssd Col.
Breekinridge.
"But he knew MrA Rose in Louisville. /"
said Mr.. Wilson.
Attorney Stoll-There II no evidence
that sne kept an improper house then.
Mr.. Wiison-Ah, but he met her on the
Sha him hap 80 xl ina no
her business. He knew her well enough
10 take my client there.
''Gentlemen. there were written on stone
the Commandment" said Mr.. Wilson,
picking up the thread of his argument,
''one of which. Thou shalt not commit
adultery this defendant admits that over
and over again he has violated. On the
same stone was written. Thou shalt not
bear false Witness and If man shall
violate one of these commandments and
is brought in the tolls Of the Law, is 1t not
possible that under such straits he might
violate the other?"
Judge Wilson described defendants
claim OF IN understanding that the CON-
tract OF marriage was not to be carried ont,
rs clean, unshaven. bald-headed false
hood. and called attention to the improba-
bility of . woman about TO become q
mother consenting to such an arrange
ment. Then the attorney drew q pathetic
picture of the fatherless girls life. Then
he pronounced the letter submitted by the
defense forgery, severely arraigning ex-
pert testimony on the writing, ana offer
Ing an opinion Of court upon the value Of
such testimony. which Was passed up to
Judge Bradley.
Then came statement which caused
excitement. Wilson stated that the
Wessie Brown letter. from which thu let
ter in question had been forged, had been
procured by the defense ana carried in
Mr.. Stoll's pocket. After q heated pas
sage between Stoll and wilson the former
acknowledged having the Wessie Brown
letter. The two letters were then shown
to the jury for comparison. During in
tense excitement in tho court room Viii
son resumed his address, when Butter
worth entered. saying: Wilson says
Charles Stoil forged that letter."
"He will hear from that again." re-
marked Mr.. StolL.
The remark reached Judge Wilson, and
he stepped forward from his chair. saying:
"What was that you asked?"
There is another court than this one. +"
answered Mr.. Stoll.
"What do.you mean :" asked the tall and
cadaverous gray-haired Indianian.
81 mean," responded Mr.. Sto,l, most
deliberately, shat you state that / forged
the letter. which ! denounce as vile and
infamous"
"What do you mean by another court ?"
demanded Mr.. Wilson fiercely. "What do
you mean by another court7'
Here Judge Bradley interposed: "Now,
gentlemen" he said. II think you had
better not proceed with this"
There was a moment Of pause. Then
Wilson cooily resumed his argument,
handing the jurors tin-type of Miss Pol
lard, taken with Wessie Brown in the sum-
mer of 1851, and dweit npon the closed
carriage incident. Stormclouds seemed to
hover over the court room. and Judge
Bradley evidently waited for the atmos-
phere to cool. for he let the usual time for
the noon recess to pass by several min
utes, and did not adjourn until Wilson
called attention to the time.
A stenographer brought Mr. S.oll q
transcript OF Mr.. Wilson's remarks. There
was much talk Of duel during the noon
recess. Mr.. Sto,l went out of court during
the recess on tho arm of Maj. Butter
worth, who seemed to be giving him
pacific counsel. Afterward Mr.. Stoll said
to an Associated Press reporter: "Maj.
Butterwcrth Is senior CO unset of the case
and has control Of it until finished. Under
his advice shalt do nothing. After the
case am my own master. Then ! will
have my inning" Ii was rumored that
Breckinridge's son sent . challenge to
Wilson tor Stoli, but Breckinridge stated
tina. the code provides that a gentle
man may carry challenge from one
gentleman 10 another, "but l cannot do
that. for Wilson is not gentleman" At
all events a conference was held, which
probablv accounted for Wilson'S remarks
after recess. when he said: I'm the heat
Of this discussion in the presentation of
facts counsel may have conveyed an inn
preston they did not intend. I had no
thought of insinuating that Mr.. S.oil
forged that letter or had procured ii. I
had no intention to charge IL upon him or
convey such an insinuatlon." Wilson had
merely intended to show how easy IL was
for such a thing TO appear. Daring the
recess Wilson said to Buttervo.th that il
he had appeared to say anything reject
ing on Stoil he woud retract 1t, and the
latter expressed himself as being satisfied.
Mr.. Wilson concluded his address At 2 80.
In his charge to the jury Judge Bradley
spoke firs; of the poilui of the case. He
said the case contained few interesting
legal points, and If the parties had been
obscure il would have attracted bat little
attention. The cour, and some jurors had
received letters conveying suggestions 10
which the writers had not the decency 10
sign their names He thought IL mac
...-.,. % say that the community nj large