The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-04-11

w. farnisAiag nonsy ~ ~ eda>skisaf
CoL 1hompson. ecntznuing. said Niw Pei
Isrd hs1 deliberately sssfsd thas So had
brouxhs this suis for rsvs1ee. vhersapon
Nr. WEieoE corrected him Judxs BrsGssy
sid: "Thsrs il No evidences 70 that effect
In the cas-" and Nr. BatssrwcrSh sid.
81 think she ala not say thax" Co..
Thompson sid be hopsd fha jasy veusd
correct him H he mads any missaksA He
ksd net trssd eass for Gftssa ysaxs. and
did mot pretsad 70 b up In isv. He tod
bow Miss Pollard had gone 70 the eonvsnt
last year not knowing hsr eAiid. born
several years ago, was deoA This wae
the fsst-boru cAiid Of . psEDes that Pre-
tsnds TO b . human bang" he said
AFTER eight or mice ysafs. vhen she hsd
never raised her inhuman voice. they tsil
you she went into hystsricA Oh, In
human woman, inhnman mcnstsri
she Isys Is on this man. We are appealed
TO ty this woman. using In stage play
tbs sacred name Of mother. trying 70 coin
crocodile tears over children whose death
she had forgottsa, 70 eosn money out Of
the pockets Of tie man With whom shs
had lived in equal disgraes." he referred
70 the life of Miss Pollard ~ Miss Hoyt's
HOUSE In Lsxinzton. when she played the
innocent schoolgiri on tbs landisdy. Then
he came 70 Mis- LEVEL. the typewriter st
the capitoi. and produced her msnoran-
dunn book TO show that IL ran it entire
contents from 1857 70 lsss. % that II
the transaction could hare occurred IL
had not been In 1883. The charges II the
book might hare been to Clifton Brsekin-
ridge. He (ThompsonD found his own
nams In the book, although hs did not ~
member having had any work done by
Miss Lowell, 20 whom he referred - '.ths
old lady" Col. Thompson eonssnded. In
his picturesque way. that it knocked the
siussn' ont Of the case" The plaintiff
suors that the name Of her iass baby was
.Diesx Carlisle, !" when the records of the
asylum showed the only baby brought
there at the time was named Diets Down
ing"
The other side had RAISED . great fuss
about che colonies signing her examina-
ton papers for the civil service. certify
ing that she had . moral character.
There Was not any fassiag. or sweating.
or kicking mp . dust along about that
time" he said. "Both wers puysuinR .
course Of immortality agreeable TO
each other. and were telling any
little lies that came along to help
each other out Every man In the
court has told lies about these lit
tie domestic matters. II there was
any who had not they better 60 out for
awhile. because they we're too sanctimoni-
ous for this place" But the attorneys on
the other side seemed to think this case
was like that Of the old Kentucky
preacher who xas tried for adultery with
one Of the sisters. The jury. al men. re-
turned . verdict finding the minister
guilty and acquitted the sister. Miss Pol
lard's testimony. from which he read,
showed that both had lied. In one In
stance she had called him out Of Chamber.
lain's 20 help her ous OF scrspe. and
Bully always came" he said.
Concerning Mrs Blackburn. Col.
Thompson said she was lovely old lady,
but she was getting pretty we'll along In
years. She would not tell anything that
was not 90 for the world. but the old lady
thought she had been imposed upon and
wanted 1t PIT to Col. Breckinridge - hard
a. she could. That IL only human nature.
don't blame her. / admire her spirit
Why. was afraid she would jump down
my throat, frixxss aud all. when began
to examine her."
The jury WAS not 70 punnh Col. Breck-
inr:dre for immortality. All the great men
Of the world had had their troubles with
women. When julius Cosar was not
making laws. he was making love 70 Cleo
patra. David had put Uriah in the front
Of battles because he had looked on the
man = wife and she was lovely. ''if there
had been great men who were not fond Of
women they were great hypocritss. the
colonel declared. There was Bonaparte,
Washington. all OF them who had
their affairs Of love. ~ well a.
OF war" and he added: 81 don't see why
this man. who Is no worse than the rest Of
them. only he has been discovered and We
have not, should be punished unless We
are 10 be hypocrites. II Breckinridgs had
been disposed to lie he might have kept
many things to his discredit ont Of the
case. only because he would not play the
part of hypocrits and pesjurer he was
condemned"
I'VE are looking at this a. men Of the
world and men Of common sense" he
said. going on to tell how the colonel had
provided for her. She had said she pre-
ferred being Col Breckinridge's mistress
10 being Mr. Rhodes wife, because a his
mistress she did not have to work, went
in good society snd had intellectual COM
panionship. She said: "Why, had
rather be tho mistress of a man
like Col. Rreckinridgc. good looking
and intellectual, than sleep all the
daxs of .av lsfo hexita an ushs,.
THAT vas her choice, and l think il
was good one" said the defendants
attorney. Coming down to the death Of
Col. Breekinridge's vile. the attorney
said. Then and there a new ambition
sprang up in her. She said: Here il the
cid man | have hung on 10 50 long. He
Is free. and nov Ill make him marry me- ;
Col. Bgsekinridge had never introduced
her to Mrs. Blackburn and tae other
ladies in whose parlors she had left her
slime. and vet il was demanded tha, he
should 10 there and admit his relations
with her. No man woald have done il.
He would have looked pretty. assuming
tho role Of the seraphim and cherubim
driving her cat Of the garden OF Eden
when she had got through.
This 10 Common thing. going on oil
the time, " said Col. Thompson, taking an.
other text, only he is exposed and most
@. them are net. Il is good thing. Bat
all of Us have these relations with women
that Is. all men. just 10 show that they
are men. There may be some good fell
loss. only have never met them. They
start in 20 have little fun with a woman
sad the first thing they knov they have
got into eternal he'll with her" The court