The Portland daily press., 1875-04-10

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vision of that interview was so vlvid, anu sa'
down and wrote what is called the.
Day of Judgment Letter.
and sent it to Mrs. Moulton.
Subsequently Judge Morris, Mr.. Evarts, anu
Mr.. Sherman INDUCED in passage OF WORDS;
all about an exhibit which Mr.. Morris refnse9
to give the counsel for the defense, a SdIn
cations and ''innuendoes' were freely thrown
abont by Mr.. Shearman, and some allusion
made to the fright arm" of the plaihIll,
while Mr. Evarts sought result by more
gentle methods. Mr.. Norris however, was
obstreperous and refused all suggestions AT
the end of the bout the recess was taken.
1t was twenty minutes after recess when the
examination of Beecher was resumed.
Hr. Beechcr Resumes.
The witness was handed paper and be SAID
that was the card shown him, aud on the fol-
lowing Monday the card was actually publish
ed, which was prepared by him and Knsella,
at his house; their interview lasted about an
hour
The card of Monday evening" June I'd, as
printed in the newspaper, was identihed Dy
the witness as the one agreed on by him ana
Kinsella. The witness was generally familiar
with the hours of the first edition OF the Brook-
Ign Union.
A manuscript and newspaper were handed to
the witness and he was asked to point out any
omission in print. He said he refused to sign
the clause in the card as proposed to him I'll.
toms course to me has been that of man OF
honor aud integrity The card published IT ad
that he was unwilling the public should regard
Tilton as the author of the ISLANDERS published
against him; the card proposed had "or any
other SANDERS and he refused to. put his pen
to that in reference to the draft of his propos-
ed resignation which the witness read to
Moulton, he said he did not know what became
of it.
The proposed contents given in evidence by
Moulton being handed him, the witness said 1T
was not the correct statement; 1T read, Il here
with tender my resignation OF PlVmouth
church. which was not correct; it was SUBJ
stantialy the card; it should read, "endeavor-
ing to save a certain family" instead of ''striv-
ing"
Beecher's Intended Resignation.
Odd you intend to resign if that publica-
ton was made by rilton?
Lord lives.
Fullerton objected to giving other reasons
| than those alleged in the card in order to save
the family disgrace and so on.
The question was allowed.
The witness-The publication of that card
| would conn pei the immediate consideration of
| the whole circumstances by my church, and
| lead to my trial by the church, aud any defence
l could make l could better make as private
man than standing hampered as pastor OF that
| church.
| His Movements ON June 2 and a.
The witness resuming, said: My ordinary
| lunch hour is - o'clock; when visiting Peeks-
| kill with my wife, we usually allowed two
| hours to get to the 42d street depot; the p. M
train was not unusually the one. when L
wished to spend peaceful day, TOOK the a.
m. train when 1 wished to spend the forenoon
| in Brooklyn, 1 took the 2 p. m. train; Cleve-
| land was the business manager OF The CHRISTIAN
| Union, the Mechanical Institution, and SO on,
1 but no editorship; l was in his company
| quarter of an hour or so on Monday, June 2,
| he offioa. I W MOultOQ S
| house that forenoon. nor on my return IN tue
| evening; | did not see Mr.. or Mrs Moulton
that Tuesday or Monday night, neither OF
| them Il returned on the 18th from Peekskill; L
| don't recoect how soon after had an inter-
view with either Day or Kinsella; remember
| / sent telegram and my wife took 1t; 1T take s
| about three -feurths of an hour to go from my
| house to the office of the Christian Union; on
| the morning of June 4th left my house about
| 6. 80, and was in NewtOnville until my return;
| [ went to deliver a sermon before the Society of
Inquiry in the Harvard House, on invitation OF
| the students.
| At MouIton's.
| June was Sunday left note for Mrs.
| MoultCn, but had no interview with her, on the
evening of the 31st; had a brief interview with
her in the morning at Moulton's while waiting
| for Moulton to come in. l was there about an
| bonr and left at 10 a. M, about fifteen min
utes of that hour was spent in Mrs Moulton's
| company. | did nearly all the talking, and
| spent my Time largely III ueuOuHCiup IHtOu,
| my interview with Moulton was about TIton's
| proposed card which said would be the finale
| if published, and he rebuked me as he often
did before for my Encouragement, and said he
| wonld manage Tilton as he often did before
| there was nothing very particular in my inter-
| view with Mrs Moalton; walked up and
| down the room.
Wore Angry than Sorry.
said this thing was intolerable, that Tilton
| was keeping it as grievance settled and never
settled, and that for my part had borne it
| about as long as | proposed to, and that 1t
| would be better for man to be dead than to
have that kind of thing going on, and that
| Tilton kept it for annoyance, arranged an d
never arranged, and l wasn't going to stand it.
The Judgment Day Letter.
| A card was handed to the witness.
never saw that extract from what is called
| the apology until [ saw it in theeBacon letter.
| Mr. Evarts here read the letter of Peecher to
morning is as tranquil as BELTS one whose
| worldly life is about ended. He will publish
statement that will bear the light Of the iudg-
| ment day. There is no salvation with such a
| man as Theodore TiltoD. no use ia further try
| ing. have feeling that L am spending my
last Sunday and preaching my last sermon
| 1t concludes with the expression OF hope
| that he will meet his beloved Frank in the
other life.
The witness: was carried out By excite
| ment very high and seemed to touch Heaven
| on Sabbath, especially on Sunday; L see look
| ing over the bay and Orange hills, am lifted
| up sometimes as ,f was there; L referred to
| myself as on or about finishing this world of
| life l felt so for the hundredth time during
that trouble; it has not the slightest reference
| to any purpose of taking my life, not the
| slightest.
Imp srfant Explanation.
| Mr.. Evarts here asked the meaning of the
| words ''our devices referred to.
Mr. Fullerton objected to far-reaching
| question that would enable the witness to get
| off to the Orange hills before he stopped.
| They were six weeks finding out what the de-
| vices were and the meaning was plaza; they
| did not want an extraordinary poetic descrip-
| ton of the meaning of the words, after SIX
| weeks spent in showing what the devices were,
| and who the parties to them.
The Judge-Repeat the question.
| O.. What did you mean by the devices by
| which we saved ourselves?
| The WitneSS-the devices were those by
| which we were trying to recuperate and help
| Tilton to become man again.
| The Judge-But the term "save ourselves?'
| A. We were in partnership both of us; he
wanted to save his family and wanted to save
myself.
| O. What did you refer to by Theodore Gen.
| doned his wife's fault and enjoined on me with
the utmost earnestness not to betrayl his wife
| or leave his children to blght?'
| Mr.. Fullerton objected that TiltOnS language
| The question was allowed.
| Wtness-I understood his wife had transfer
| red her affections to me; that was fault /
understood that in consequence she had led to
a separation between her and her husband and
almost breaking up the household; that [ I'M
| derstood to be her fault, as far as she was con-
| cerned, and which he had condoned. The next
| words refer to an Interview of cordial cbarac-
ter had with Tilton in his house, in which he
cleared himself of all charges of impudicity
and drunkenness, and enjoined me that the
| charge against Mrs. Tiltou should not get out
| The statement that will bear the light to the
| Judgment day, most certainly referred to the
| purpose had to write; 81 am spending my last
| Sunday" had reference to nothing whatever
| but that felt SO, not at that time alone, but
| otter.
Fits of Deep Depression.
have no statement about myself, but that
was how felt; have the best spirits, but
much work and exhaustion brings me down to
| extreme depression; did bring me to hypochroE-
| dia in my boyhood; my father had it, and my
ancestors had; | had no purpose of suicide and
| never expressed such purpose; | expressed a
| sense of nearness of the end of life as senti-
| ment, but not as purpose or design.
The witness denied that after the publication