The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-02


TO obtain from Mrs. Tilton the paper which
he got, and Mr.. Tilton himself says that he
told his wife of bis troubles, whatever they
were, and he told her that he got the note
of the Goth from her to be used in an inter-
view between him and Mr. Beecher lie
says that his troubles and his difficulties
brought up the matter between him and
his wife. Mr.. Moulton says he doesn't re-
member that Mrs. Tilton was sick. Gen
tlemen, said Mr.. Evarts, what would you
think Of man who could not remember
going into the womans chamber, seeing
her lying in the bed, and could not remem-
Der if Mrs Titon was there, according to
Mrs. Mitchells testimony. Memory was
one of tue most important of the faculties
but it was also very good SER
want, as Mr.. Moulton knew. The
testimony Of these witnesses carried fresh
conviction when il was freshly put on and
the jury could see ii come aud 60, 305 things,
counsel wanted to know which have been
but dull Witnesses if they wanted any per-
the testimony given by these witnesses.
Suffice ii to say that on this testimony the
jury knew that Mr.. Tilton was ruined, and
he knew it, and his actions toward Mr..
Beccher were governed by that knowledge.
The charge at first was improper proposals,
continued up to the interview of Dec. Both.
So it remained, so far as outsiders knew,
after that interview up 10 the month of
July 1874. when il was changed into
charge of adultery. Bowen says he told
Tilton on the Goth of December that he
should sever his entire connection with the
Independent and the other newspaper.
The plaintiff had proved by his own wit
ness that on the Goth of December he knew
he was ruined, and that the axe had abso-
lutely fallen.
After recess Mr.. Evarts continued his
address. He said another element bearing
on the case grew out of the real gravity
weight and substance of the imputations
which had come TO Bowens knowledge
and guided Kim in his decision, growing
out of the interviews between Beecher aud
Tilton on December 30th. Mr.. Tilton has
no difficulty in brushing away the facts but
they returned again and threw discredt on
him and proved him 10 be deliberately and
consciously false. If witnesses were to be
believed in their own case by their own
confessions they must at least carry clear
tablet Of their testimony and not have 1t
covered with deliberations and double
texts If Tiltons character and conduct
was such as to justify or demand dismissal
from the contracts Bowen was justified by
law in dismissing him; that this was so
Mr.. Bowen knew and he acted ac-
cordingly in that belief, with regard
to this Winsted affair. Mr.. Tilton's con-
duct with young lady when on a lectur-
ing tour, was regarded as unseemly and
profligate. Tilton said when this was
brought to Mr.. Bowen that it was an old
affair and that the lady was school girl
placed in his charge by his wife, and in the
letter dated in 1860, instead of 1870, which
it should have been, the lady was repre-
sentcd as a little girl This was almost
showing that Bowen had had solid ground
in his opinion for the course he took with
Mr.. Tiltou. Tilton and Moulton always
said that Bowen had no defense against
paving the money and that he knew he had
no defense. This girl was about % years
of age, and weighed about 100 pounds,
Laughter). and was twice as
large as Mrs. Titon. The relations.
he held with this young lady were such
that the plaintiff held no shamefulness in
them, but if Mr.. Beecher had taken Mrs.
Tilton to Winsted and occupied the same
room together. and read Milton, how soon
the other side would have seized on the
chance that would have been offered to
them. Counsel declared that circumstan-
ces justified the rumors and their discredit
on Mr.. Titon in relation to the matter.
Counsel then passed to this Bowen-Tlton
interview, to which he asked the attention
o. the jury. In that interview Mr.. Tilton
tod Bowen of Mr.. Beechcrs horrible prof
legacy with his, Titon's wife, and that
in Bowen's estimation, related all the
other stories and then they decided on
writing the letter which was to drive
Beecher from Brooklyn. Now the missve
is forged and the messenger charged. and
if Bowen had not got Beecher he had got
Tilton, body and soul, and had got under
his (Tilton's) signature the bold blackmai
letter. Bowen seals the letter and hands
it to Beecher. who read it but did not fall
down dead, but said ''rhis Is sheer in
sanity. The man is mad" That was
enough for Bowen, he said TO himself
the charges were false, and if these charges
were true it would have brought some
confusion to the face, some tIemor to the
lips, and some perplexity TO the face if the
details were true. Then Bowen said thai
no matter what Mrs. Tilton told her hus
band or what he charged, there was nc
consciousness of the offense displayed ii
Mr.. Beechers countenance. All that hap
pened was that Beecher was aware o.
Mr.. Tilton's enmity towards him and how
Bowen must have rubbed the hands of his
understanding together when he heard OF
this. Mr.. Beecher asked Bowen if he came
there as friend according to the latter's
testimony, and Bowen answered that hi
was not hostile to him. If Deechcr hat
been present at the interview before this
between Tilton and Bowen at the latter''
paror, what would he have thought o.
Bowen's conduct? The conspirators, Til
ton, Bowen and Moulton, when they wer'
together thought that no eye saw, or nc
ear heard their Vaccinations. Ii nothing
had happened to Beecher from
that interview of December cJ, but
| q mood deal hannenel 10 Tilfnn and Bowen