Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-08-04
THE BEECHER UNPLEAsANrNE~s
The live CATION Drawing 20 Close.
NOULroS roUsD.


The leading feature OF the news concerning
the little unplessSntness in which Mr. Beecher
and Mr. Tilton are involved IL that Mr. Noul-
AZ Gloucester, Mas, In close communion with
Gen. Butler. The call % Mr.. Moulton wall be
renewed, and IL be refuses again, Mr.. Beecher's
testimony viii end The examination, and the
verdict OF the committee will be sent 20 the es-
aiming committee OF the church. Mr.. Tuoon's
friends say positively that Mr.. MoaltOn will not
testify before Mr.. Beecher. he win be willing
10 testify after that gentleman has been exam
ined. " He viii keep away three months" said
an intimate friend OF Mr.. Triton. rather than
testify before MIR. Beecher OF send his docu-
ments 20 the committee"
THE INVESTIGATED COMMITTEES
continued their session last evening". Tue 500
sions are siill conducted m private. sly W.T.
nesses were examined, four gentlemen and two
ladies. Two OF the witnesses were under q nd
70 be Mr.. snd Mrs. Reach. friends OF Mr..
Beecber, whose residence sdjOlns has farm AZ
Peekskiu. The other lady Was closely yelled,
and could not be identified. Arer leaving the
house she WAS accompanied BY Mr.. Oeington 20
The residence of Mr.. BcecAer, on Columbia
Heights. The other witnesses names could not
be sscertained. Itwss stated Mr. Beecher or
Mr.. houlton would testify before the commit
tee this evening.
The BROOKLYN Eagle yesterd AZ afternoon pub
hshed the foiiOwing card from n. ". Sage,
chairman OF the investigating committee a. the
The Plymouth investigating Comrait tee ear
nestly request that al persons who have been
invited 70 testify before them on the matter
Low under examination, 90 appear before them
to morrow Tuesday evening, NJ O'Clock, a.
that will probably be thelsst meeting OF the
committee for the reception Of testimony.
MES. TILToN's TEsrINoEV.
The New York Tribune OF yesterday says:
"The examination of Mrs. Triton before the
Plymouth Church investigating Committee
was exceedingly thorough. She dcuiOd tue spe-
citc chsrRes OF improperly In the bedroom AMI
library scenes, a. well a. the general charge ct
improper intimacy with Mr.. Boecher. She adj
mitted that she had told Miss AnthOng that her
husband bad charged her with criminal IN
timacy with MIR. Beecher, hut claimed that Sue
asserted her innocence throughout Her tcsti-
m0ny L. somew hat st variance with that of Mr..
Carpenter, but she admits that she copied,
under the pressure OF her husbands appeals,
the paper which Was shown 20 DIR. Storrs. A
month before the Congregational conference
she informed Dr. Storrs that the charge OF i'm
propriety against Mr.. Beecher over her sigma
ture was false. She testified that her husband
had often been violent In word and deed, ana
had charged her with improper intimacy with
others besides MIR. Beecher. The Sch0harie
county letter was fully explained"
The Tribune publishes three or four columns
as . summary OF the examination OF Mrs TlltOn,
from which we make the following extract.
DENIAL oP THE SPECIFIC IMPRofRIsrIks AL
LBGED.
In the course OF Mrs. Tilton's examination
the two incidents Of improprlety In MT. Beech
ers behavior toward Mrs. Triton, which Mr..
Jilton had alleged had taken place In his pres
ence, were entered upon. The statement that
Nr. Beecher gave Mrs. TiltOn an improper
caress by touching her ankle, when both were
on the floor looking AT engraving was denied
by her in particular, besides her general denial
that there had been any improper intimacy. az
the other incident, the 80 allied bedroom scene
OF which Mr.. Tilton tried 20 make 20 much AZ
the hrst, Mrs. Tilton ssid she remembered
nothing more than this; She was sitting with
her husband and Mr.. Beecher one day in the
bedroom, which is connected by folding doors
with the common sitting room in the home OF
the Tiltons. Mr.. Tilton went AWAY for a short
time, and when he returned found Mrs. riiton
and Mr.. Beecher in the same place where he
had left them, in the bedroom.
TILToN's "MENTAL ALTERATION"
The New York Sun of yesterday says:
Mr.. Tilton was in his residence in the morn
ing. An afternoos paper deliberately gave his
genealogy on Saturday afternoon, With argu-
ments a. TO his insanity. His friends pie sssntly
joked him on his mental alteration yesterday.