The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-01-22
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or defence also designed to drive Moult0n from
his covert OF "not remembering" He was
hard party to be amoushed, however,
though he answered too promptly at times,
the falling infection OF the question being
taken up without interval by his answer. Fuller.
ton reminded him that he answered too fast. Mr..
Ehearman was up ever and anon whispering into
Tracy's shirt bosom, to which his mouth reached
with dinnculty. An awful secrecy attaches to
6hearman-a sort OF Chaldean scholasticsm. he
looks to Dc brim 1ull OF acureness and to be lend
ing It out 10 Tracy Dy passwords.
THE TIN BOX.
witness conttnued-l do not remember the pa
per being out O. my possession that night; do
ing; put 1t that night in Q bureau drawer; do
not remember when saw 1T again; Go not re.
publication; when wanted 1t found IL IN tin
box; must have taken 1t from the bureau drawer
and put t IN the TIN box the tin box was kept In
the closet IN my front chamber; 1t was locked
with paddock; do not remember having the box
knew Mr. Tton haa copy was when IL
the ''Bacon letter. or the "true story;' do not
remember IN which II was do DO. not n,J reeoi
received it from Mr. .' seecher; to- the
best OF my recollection he did not; swear that
did not know he had a copy when put the orlQi-
nal in the bureau drawer; DO not recollect his
writing this letter down in shorthand at that
copy.
BEACH AND BvARTs.
At twelve O'Clock they all got into tho dumps.
Evsrts OBJECTED 10 Beach's interruption stood up
with his bands In his pocket and spared with
Beach and Morris. Tracy, hts hands behind his
back, wore his earnest, unytelding expression, a
little rufned. He suggests General Grant In
some respects, moving on the witness to break
HIM down "by the force of attrition. II IN other
way" Moulton's direct denial OF having let TIL.
ton copy the Beecner confession did not seem to
be satisfactory to the defence.
Witness contInued-l do not recolleot Mr.. I'll
TOMS having copy previous to the Bacon letter;
@ DO you mean to say now that you do not re-
member whether you gave him copy OF this let
Mr.. fulerton-That has been answered over
ana over again, Your Honor.
HIS HOnOr-He has answered that IL don't re-
member now he got the copy"
Mr. Tracy-Did you 1--WE him an opportunity to
81 f s1Sm to your Honor that the
witness has stated on the previous examination
that he may nave handed that letter to Mr.. TitOn,
and undoubtedly II T1lton had applied to HIM he
Mr. Tracy-That is tho reason. We want the
After few legal views from Mr.. Evarts, the
question was repeated, and the witness said:-l
tunity; was educated at the New York College S !;
the correspondence OF our nrm IL In the hands OF
Mr.. Woodruff and Mr.. Mcleod.
MOULToN's MoDEsTY
Shaken on on the subject OF the facts OF con-
IoSiOu, 1EdCy tOUA up MOultOu Ou Ms uI0TATy
merits, With the inteut to find inherent points OF
style and composition like the mind OF Moulton
and not the MUD OF Beecher Here Moulton's
business was very adroit. ado you compose well 9'
Ell don't think do SIR" after laughing a little
while. "That is the way I should answer such
question:" said the Judge. lnterrogated IS to
whether he commenced q new sentence after a
period with capital, Fullerton threw the court
room into roar by saying that II Tracy asked
for his own Information on punctuation there was
no objection. Evarts laughed loudly.
LETTER OF CoNTRITION.
witness continued-Mr. Beecher dictated the
letter sentence by sentences; wrote 1t as ne die
tated It; wrote every word he dictated; l was
~ was necessary Tor the purpose.
The original letter was then handed TO the wit
ness and he sad This IS my handwriting; 1t is
little more disrincJ tnan usual; 1t looks as II
wrote It with quill; think wrote It with
Mi. Tracy-Now desire to read this letter with
the punctuation and the writing.
Mr.. Shearman-l shall read 1t exactly asst Is
Mr.. Euilerton-of course you Will.
Mr.. Snearman-It has never been read so.
read exactly as 1t was written you didn't read
the punctuation.
puncsuated In the original and with the correc.
uons:-
THE LETTER OF CONTENTION"
= I'm trust with r. D. Moulton - -''-
MI DEAR FRIENp MoULroN.I ask through you, Theo.
him as do before my God He would have been Se,
ask nothing except that he Will mber all the other
esss TNu w Sse M but not for &
Twill die before any one but myself shall be mpli.
Gated. All my thoughts running toward ms friends
iewaId the poor child lying there and PRAYING with her
the transrression Of another Her forgiveness have
Jhave trusted this to Moullon in confidence.
II. W. BEECHER
THE NIMBLE sHEARAAN.
Tho attempt to read this letter-an ugly,
scrawled, nervous document, as Moulton writes
with his INST, being rheumatc-so as to alter It's
significance by dropping punctuation marks
wherever the amanuensis had done So brought
out the nimple Snearman, who read It pat. TO
this Morris Instantly responded that Shearman
was conveying false impression and altering the
facts 10 alter the sense. Mr.. Evarts rushed in to
protect Sherman. Fullerton also bounced him
and said that he would make it a serious thing for
him before he got done to be misleading and mis-
punctuaung things. The Judge rebuked both
Fullerton and Evarts for arguing about things
perfectly apparent ana undisputed. The Judge
ruled Fullerton out for the present, and
Sherman, who HAD been expecting to receive
shot-there being apparently more feeling
against him among plaintiffs counsel than against
anybody on the other side-sanK into q self COM
muDlcating smile. He smiles into himself with
great s1ability, and is . sweet boon to the re.
porters for q namelcss kind OF comedy in his move
ments. Alter half an hours cross-examination
on this letter 1t was abandoned. Moulton hedged
every answer ana stu kept the appearance OF
sincerity. He would make large annual income
by hiring out for witness on confidential matters.
MORE ABOUT THE LETTER.
After the lawyers had ventilated themselves as
above witness resumed-l wrote the words as
nav 20 INA Mr. nnnn ISnS lonn faiI
the first sentence he dictated; he dictated every
word; my recollection Is that the first sentence
VAST ask, through you, Theodore 11tOn's Ior-
g1venesS, anu humble myself before my God he
would have been better man In my circum-
stances IMAM nave been;'' that Is my recollec-
ton OF the first sentence ne dictated.
Mr. Fuierion-lt Is proper here that should
call attention to one TACT.
Mr. Tracy-f say u Is not.
Mr. MISUNDERSTANDING that objection
ask permission from the Court to call attention
TO tue polnt 10 connection with the reading OF
he etf