The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-15


traduce my client by the hour and lntiIl-
ldate me from a discharge of my duty.
some @ II things % " The + NSE Wessfe "BT Brown letter
and the alleged forgery were submitted 10
the jurors for comparison, while Mr.. VIII
and the Breckinridge forces conferred. at
torney Stoll dashed off note and handed
1t to the official stenographer, who began
silence in the room, and when the jury had
finished their examination Mr.. Wilson,
his argument in his usual deliberate torres.
One OF the jurors asked TO be shown an
other of Miss Pollard's letters.
A KENTUCKY THREAT.
Meantime Major Buttarworth entered and
Colonel Breckenridge said 20 him ia an un-
dertone. laughing: Wilson says that
Charlie Stoll forged that letter.
"He will hear from that again."
marked Mr.. Stoll, in a louder tone.
The remark reached Judge Wilson. and he
stepped forward from his chair. What
was it?' he asked.
There is another court than this" an
swered the tall, thin, smooth-faced. spec
What do YOU mean?' asked the tall,
cadaverous, gray-haired eX-Indanian.
81 mean," responded Mr.. Stoll, most
deliberately, that you state that l forged
a letter.. which L denounce as vile and IN
What do you mean by another court?'
demanded Mr. Wilson fercely. What do
you mean by the other court?
Here Judge Bradley interpOSed. Now,
gentlemen" he said. II think you had bet
ter not proceed with this
There was a moments pauses NO one
had more to say. and Mr.. Wilson proceeded
coolly with his argument He handed 10
the jury a tintype picture of Madeline Pol
mer of @ WIN here IS s he met
day." he said Now look on this picture
and then on that" and for the second second
Breckinridge What an opportunity" he
said, that carriage offered for the COlonels
purpose Mr.. Breckinridge seemed to think
that to seduce a girl it was not necessary
to stand under window with a lutte and
sing low songs to her: Did not his selection
of a closed carriage for that warm August
night indicate purpose beyond the ordi-
nary purposes OF drive?"
Storm clouds seemed to hover over the
court room. Judge Bradley evidently
wanted the atmosphere TO cool, for he let
the usual time for the recess pass by sew
until Mr.. Wilson called his attention TO
the time.
The stenographer brought to Mr.. Stoll
transcript of Mr. Wilson's remarks. Mr..
Stoll sat in his chair surrounded by his
colleagues and gave the report of Mr.. VIII
sons remarks to Mr.. Butterworth TO read.
noon recess. Mr.. Stoll went out of court on
the arm of Major Butterworth, who seemed
to be giving him pacific counsel After
ward Mr.. Stoil said to reporter: Major
Butterworth is senior counsel in the case
and has control of il until it is finished.
Under his advice / shall do nothing. After
the case / am my own master Then
will have my innings. l do not care to say
what shall do"
MIR. WILSON mo GENTLEMAN"
AS the officers of the court entered by the
rear door for the afternoon session they
saw Mr.. Wilson and the portly Major But
terworth seated together in the vestibule.
Major Butterworth had in his hand the
marks concerning Mr.. Stoll and was talk
ing earnestly. II had been reported that
Desha Breckenridge. son of the defendant,
had carried a challenge from Mr.. Stoll to
Mr. Wilson. but Mr.. Breckenridge when
asked about it said: "The code provides
that a gentleman may carry a challenge
from one gentleman TO another, but 1 can
not do that, for Mr.. Wilson is no gen6e-
man."
Everyone who knew Mr. Butterworth
knew that he would not be the bearer of
challenge for duel. and the natural in
ference was that he acting peace
maker. Perhaps the utterance from Mr..
Wilson which followed as soon as the court
had opened the result OF the con-
ference. The cadaverous attorney arose
beside the witness stand and i'm his usual
calm tones began to speak. In the heat
facts" he said. counsel may have con-
veyed impressions that they did not in
tend. had not thought of insinuating that
Mr. Stoll had forged that letter or had pro-
cured it. l had intention to charge it
upon him or to convey such an insinua-
tion. L wished merely to show him how
easy it is for such things to appear In
the part OF the case l now come TO l shall
have occasion to mention Mr. StolPs name
again Shau mention 1t because ii is a
part of the case. When we become con-
nected with a case we cannot be very well
disassociated from 1T in argument. What
I-2a-e can / do as a lawyer and what less
would Mr. Stoll a lawyer have me do?''
Thereupon Mr.. Wilson dropped into his
% a Ion fl1n
Of his opponent at once, but discussed the
part played by the volumes of Washington
Irving in the case and the probabilities
that Miss Pollard had given birth to a
child at the Norwood convent near Gin
cinnati, in 1885. soon Mr.. Stoli had occa-
in the testimony, and from the tone Of the
Kentuckian's voice it was apparent that
the white dove of peace had returned. 1t
was learned that during the noon recess
Mr. Wilson had said TO Mr.. ButterwOrth
that If it appeared from anything he had
proper conduct TO Mr.. StOll he would cor
rect and retract it. Mr.. Stoll expressed
with Mr.. Wilson's explanation, saying that
il was no doubt intended to be full and
complete.
MIR. WILSON'S CONCLUSION.
When Mr.. Wilson, resuming his argu-
ment, came to the matter of the Christmas
card. he said that he did not believe Mr..
Ston. with ali his sensitiveness. could ob-
the sisters at the convent had been ques-
toned by Mr.. Stoll there had been ques-
tions put and answers given which left
other inference but that attorney Car
Isle or attorney Johnson had put it there"
Judge Wilson," inquired Mr.. Stoll, have
not the counsel for the Defendant purpose
ly denied any such intention|
II know responded Mr.. Wilson, but
L say that there was such an inference to
be drawn from it," He proceeded TO state
that under such circumstances, when their
honor was assailed, IL was but just and
proper that attorneys Carlisle and Johnson
should have taken the witness stand to
deny, as they did, that there had been any
chicanery in the matter or the Christmas
card. The defense had harshly criticised
DR.. Mary Parsons for suppressing the rec
ord of the birth of Miss Pollard's second
child, he continued, while the defendant
had admitted that he had persuaded Rev
DR.. Paxton 10 suppress the record OF the
secret marriage, a record which the law
demanded should be made public, and was
of equal importance with the record of
birth, and, regarding that marriage certifi-
cate, the defendant had testified that he
filled out the body of it, while DR.. Paxton
signed his Che minister's) name. He (Mr.
Wilson, would accept that explanation, and
yet so much alike was the signature and
the handwriting Of the body of the letter
that dozen experts could be found who, at
$50 a day, would swear that one hand
penned the whole document.
Mr.. Wilson came next TO the time of the
contract of marriage and told how much
was at stake for Madeline Pollard in such
union He argued that the woman had