Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1874-09-16

F. u. Moulton published Friday i'll tn.
Gr1phic hi thrr, statement. the logic OF
y ich is very evidently from the pen @:
Il. +. Batter. The statement i I iu~tltict-
tion of his cause and brings forward >omr
more testimony a> to the main question 4.
issue. Nh Bccchcr> guilt.
Muultun shows how he worked in the
interest of Bcrchrr TIL we'll into July to
keep the scandal down. and how Brcc!lcr
Il listed him to lhat time He tells in detail
the confession nude hv Bctchrr to him u;
tie nature Of his crime. He also tells of
thc confession 10y B,rchcr t. him of an
other crime committed years before. of the
same nature. with another Wumtn. He
prints letters to show that Bcrchrr and
Mr.. Tilton communicate! after the out
break in january, ISL. Some Of the>r
letters We think Mr.. Mouii"n puts a con
>truction upon that is hardly justified 10y
them, and the weak point of his whole
statement is the amount of argument in
proportion to the SIC of til" facts. The
facts are ba enough. and we think he
hurts their force by enlravoring to torture
them into Il value their face is not good
for. His documents. while uncXpl lin die
ON the theory of Bcecher's innocence, are
not rs nasty rs he cpnStruc> them.
We give Il portion of his statement
that relating to two charges against HIM
self. and his explanation, Mr.. 'cc}Icr,
unless the trial in court shall bring ont
new flc.s for him and overthrow what
now appear as facts for the other i L., will
have left few believers in his Innocence,
outside his own personal and church fol-
lowing. The following are extracts from
Moulton's statement:
Let me give Il single other instance in
his cross examination. Mr.. Beechcr an
swerS to II question as follows
The TIT rer all tn; places
rtrrrei tn ts II lad been lett t" 'an tb
matter simply nysglf, should haye SAID yes or
stead OF rha nat TG %a aaxT Ven the Ht %h It 'n
AID MH1ltn i man that l,trs ntriE"s in such
behind and d. 1t 10y device
Let us see if this is is true. certainly
did not manage the ",cvice' of rettin"
the rctraclion from Mrs. Tilton of Dec. 80.
1870. did not manage the "dcvice of
the reconciliation with Bowen in 1870.
did not manage the "device' of the triplr-
tite covenant. did not suggest his pro-
posed letter to Cl,tflin and of his sending
me to him to ascertain whether he had
learned the very bottom facts" | did
not suggest the devicr'' of putting the
card in the Brooklyn Etgle denying the
ftcts-I only made it more Ineligible. |
did not suggest the " device" of attempt
ing to stop the mouth of Mrs. Hooker. for
| could know nothing about it till Bccchcr
came to me with it. did not suggest the
"device of his proposed card to Tilton,
by which he should rtpudiate the Wood
hull statement. did not manage or sug-
ge>t the "device of the two letters of
February Z, 1871. that / should be made
priest at the altar of reconciliation, be-
cause, it appears from the letters them
selves, | was then on a sick bed. did
not suggest the . device - as to his letters
to Mrs. Woodruff. for he wrote them and
then sent them to me for my approval.
did not suggest the devices" of silence,
or of writing to Shearman to send letters of
explain ,tion to Mr.. Tilton, nor the letter
o Mr.. Cleveland, Of which he sent me ::
copy, nor Of sending Cleveland with his
horse and buggy to hunt Carpenter in
order to shut up his mouth lest his state
ment should appear Ito have come from