Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-10
rHE TTLrON-REECHER TRIAL,
To-dny-s Pro<eesffurx

To-day,s ProceefiuSx
NEW YORK. MAY ia dense crowd 81
room this morning. Mr. aud MrS. BaeSaer
came i'm early AM TOOK their usual places IN
front Of the Plymouth throag. Tiltna.
stephen Pearl Andrews and Kate Mcdonald
sat with PLAINTIFF lawyers. After the coart
opened
THE FIRST WITNESS REcALLED BY PLAIN
TIFF's COUNSEL
was Geo. A. Bell. He testified have no re-
membrance ~ the West charges. hut remem-
her the proposed dsacons' meeting after Tire
woodruff charges were made. lShearman
objected TO this evidence ON the ground that
the matter had been fully gone into on direct
examination. Fullerton said ne believed
Inns was -. and passed TO another subject
witness continued; l remember an inter
view with Beecher in the middle Of Decem-
her. 1850. about Tilton'S domestic "a fsicultieS
Beecher saw me In his own house where I
opinion about visiting Mrs. Morse. n
stated to me he hal been
SENT FOR m MRS. rIT.r0N
20 consult with regard To domestic Affairs in
her household. aud that She was at her
mothers house and had len her husband
tie said Tiltonns coldGct with regard -
RIGHTEOUSNESS was very low. That he Ia
teen called on 10y Young girl Ia NJ Til
ton : household who told him Of Mr. filtpu'S
conduct towasls her. He proposed - haGt
The matieroNeT 10 Mrs. Beecher, who was -
40 and see Mr.. Tntoa neat day. The qu.s-
ton came up about permanent separation.
aud he asked me what thought ahoai Is. 4
7
me II the advice Of the ladies' OF the rhurch
should be called TO-. and 1 said no. that 10
could be manaSei 10y few better rhan a
large number. AID 70 was better ~ ms AIT
Mrs. BecchcrS han Is. A hal au tnfeyvisv
next day with Il rocher. have the letter AZ
home calling Tor this interview. and think
lbe date j. IN d.. Witness was not cross
examined.
TItr MKT WITNESS
was Lewis :. James. n t-Stinei. ! saw NJ.
BecchcT on the "a of June. t,s2. on the car
riage roadway at Wall street ferry. arriving
from the direction Of Columbia heights. and
he was going nm the direction Of Remsen
street This was about o'clock IA the
morning OF the ~ OF June. II h tn anniver-
Sary Of my marriage, and l. "A very pleasant
day with me. AZ / always make IL a special
holiday. Beecher's face wore "a down
cast expression. ana he did no. recognize
me. Cross-eXaminei by Evarts-I had been
married then abOut fOlr years. / think he hal
q gloomy lace and wore LONG OyercOat.
The weather was warm. my recollection ~
that 10 was day 10 dispense with OVercoats
/ could not recollect what kind OF hat he
wore nor how long before this l hat seen
him. i went over as habit every day by
Wall-Street ferry. When first saw Beecher
he was I'm Montague terrace. think. ON the
side of the Bridge, toward Columbia heights.
The bridge il over the roadway leading 10
the ferry. / was walking down Montague
street. and he was coming at right angles 10
my course. he crossed before me and had a
cast on the ground
HIS BROW WAS COREUG ArFn.
/ was on the lett hand side OF Montague
street. going towards the ferry. and Bceruer
was directing his course towards Rem~cn
street. / saw Beecher turn into RemSen
street After seeing Becchcr ! went TO my
Office for short time and then went home
little earlier than usual. Last SatuFiay
was applied tO to be a witness In the ease
on The 2d OF June, las. did not SJOpas usual
al my BrOONiyn Office. RemSen street II no.
a very long block from Montague street.
This concluded the witnesses testimony.
JEREMIAH T. ROBINSON WAS RECALLED,
anu Iestinet.-I know Emma X. MoaltOn;
she l. neice OF mine. probably saw ber
IN the month OF June, 1873. WStaeSS was
asked II he remembered a conversation in
June, %. with Mrs Mouton, in which she
related TO hlm her interview with Beccher
on the ID of that month. To this Mr.. EVarts
objected. and General Pryor argued on behal
OF its admission, on the ground that this con-
NersauOn between the Witde>S and Mrs.
Moulton took place before 10 was advanced
10y the other side that the interview OF June
I'd, ls,S, was fabrication. Counsel quoted
from Tay Tor on Evidence and Greenleaf on
Evidence, and other legal authorities, az
some length, in support OF the admi ssiOn Oh
witness testimony.
GEN. PRYOR HAS AN ATTACK or VERTIGO.
While the speaker was in the height Of his
argument he stopped suddenly. and said -
'Will your honor pardon me moment, /
have an attack OF vertigo" and then sank
down in his chair The windows were thrown
open, and ia "A few minutes Mr.. Pryor had
recovered, and rising, said he thought he had
made clear case, and was about 10 con-
sit down. 1t was suggested that the recess
should be taken half an hour before the usual
time. but To This Gen. Pryor demurret. and
rose again and quoted from Gen. Tracy's ad
dress i'm regard To Mrs MOulton's appear
ance i'm the case when IL was imputed that
she appeared a. a witness under the infiu-
eDce OF her husband. Counsel also quoted
from Beecher's testimony when be said that
Mrs. MoultOn had not made the statement
against him OF her own accord. He Offered
TO prove that Mrs. MOultOa of her own Volt
tion told this same story long before she told
il 10 this court and jury, and closed suddenly
by saying that he was unable 10 continue the
argument. General Pryor left the court-roOm
TO seek the fresh and purer atmosphere out
side
Mr.. EvartS replied TO the arguments OF
Gen. Pryor. and spoke against admission OF
the testimony offered by the plaintiffs couu-
sci I'm a long discourse on the admiSSability
of hearSay evidence. Counsel quoted from
the case of King against Parker In the 81 OF
Douglass and RObb against Heckley in the
sd of Wendell, which latter case counsel
was reading when he was interrupted by sle
usual recess.