Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-03-12

to be wife to him in all that term implied
Beleher asked if the paper was in Mrs. Ill
tons handwriting. Tilton said it was
copy The original was in
MoULToN's HANDWRITING.
Belcher asked Tilton if Beecher had evel
read that letter. Tilton replied that he real
the original to Beecher at Moulton's house
Beecher denied the charge and said the wo
man must be crazy, and seemed himself tC
be confounded. Belcher went on to say
that 1llton said that Beecher slipped away
from his presence, went to his house, and
got retraction from Mrs. Tilton Belchel
stated that he saw no evidence in all that
Bowen had made charges and retracted
them. Mrs. TiltOn had made confession
and retracted it. These, he thinks. did NOT
connect. lie (Belcher)
WANTED BETTER EVIDENCE
| than that. Tilton then said Mrs. Til!on had
retracted the retraction. and had thereby
reaihrmed the original confession. Beecher
had also confessed and apologized. Becher
asked where the confession and apology
were, and TiltOn said the confession OF
Beecher was made in words to him, and
the apology was in writing, held by Moul-
ton with MIS-. TiltOn S retraction for Beech
or rejection. Belcher went on to state
tha which would be accepted as the true
story in the sense in which it has come to
be understood BY the public. The colloquy
lasted till nearly midnight In gong
Belcher asked if Elizabeth was guilty Til
ton raised his hands to heaven and said with
ciiusi0n,
ELIZABETH IS Is PURE AS AN ANGEL.
The Contamination showed Fullerton
I'M hi. oh, q. Of 81 =,
profession. lie treated the witness with the
utmost courtesy and good breeding, but he
never lost sight nor let the audience lose
sight OF the fact that the witness was an
/ hostile witness. and had to be strained like
Jelly. lie seemed rather to play with his
victim than to be in dead earnest, tangling
him m all sorts OF confusion and extracting
from him several startling admissions. The
SENSATION OF TN DAY
va Mr. Belcher'- statement that lie had
testified before the Investigating committee
but had purposely concealed from the COM
mIttee the gros-est charges against Mr.
Bcechar. made % him By Iilton. The rea-
sln ho gave for this was - his pastor needed
no vinticati0n from him" As the witness
gre" more and more confused. hungrier
and more NophiStOphelean .Waxed Fullerton.
Mr. 3oecacr, who regarded the contest with
% keen interest. at last laughed outright at
the hcWilIcrment Of his faithful deacon
raa caaNr SCANDAL TGIAL-n'NE1wAY on
THE STAND.
NV loEA. March l0.-Aiokeiaay was
on the witness stand to-day and proceeded
q i'i all u8 knew about the publication of
the true story. he document was
copied in the Etsle Office, Mr. Andrew Nc
: 60 l.
-alr. band holes OF IL. Mr. Fullerton
ego -cxamiloi the witues, and let him of
very easily. He admitted that he did not
know bow the sunday Press obtained its
cait. hu, hatardcd the supposition that Mr.
Jane Acpermott had something to do
wl:A u On the cros~-cxaminatiOn by ex-
Judge Fullerton, Mckelway said ne wa
pr2scu. id ihc Eagle office in Nov. =, when
Nou.tan ami B2ccher met there. The latter
subsequently lad an interview with Mr..
hlu-c.-a TINS testimony i IN eonhrma-
t.In ul Mvu.t1n story vi the visit OF Kim
sofia ana the writing Of the card By Mr..
bcc'Aer n which the defendant denied the
accusations against him.
OLIVER JOHNSON
Wa talu called. Tnton had told him chat
baten WISHED 10 MAKE his new departure
@lta bus paper with q new editor. also that
ta' contract was about being broken with
reference - the Brooklyn mon told Til
t.n that bowen had shown letter written
BY % lady, accusing Nlron OF having at
tempted hcr chastity; t1li him also that
Bowen BAD another story about hi conduct
~ " la-ttl, au- That in wprl Bowen .aid
A7 all helri
,HetL STONES Adult riLroN