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The Scandal Trial
Mr.. BEECHER CONTINUES


NEW YORK, April lI.-After si7 recess
General Pryor, of counsel for pla intitf, an,
General Tracy, of the defence. VIZ presen:
A few minutes alter o'clock Mr.. Beeche
resumed his place in the witness chair ant
testified
After got this retraction from Mrs. Til
ton ! showed it TO no person before [ CAV,
it to Mr.. Moulton, nor did | show it to an,
person.
Mr.. Fullcrron read portion of the di
res, testimony in regard to this interview
III y hich Moulton took off his oyercoat anC
exposed a pistol. which he took out. anC
laid it on the bureau Witness said
THE PISTOL SCENE.
This is the interview as | now remember
it. | saw the pistol when be took it on,
/ and laid it on the bureau but before that
saw the hilt Of it. He laid his overcoat on
the bed and talked with me possibly five
minutes. did not think it extraordinary
that he should take off his overcoat, or pull
out his pistol lie did not make any
threat. did not think he took it out for
intimidation; nor do | think so now. | did
not regard the presentation of the pistol in
any hostile light by his manner. When |
made my published statement did not
mean to infer that he made
ANY THREATS AGAINST ME.
| do not remember then that | intended
that such an inference might be drawn from
Il. intended in mentioning the postol
scene IN my statement to present the spec
tace as | saw it. This was on Saturday
night and there was some arrangement that
| should see MOultOn the next day. | do
not rPeal ,Niisf nbia.t tro,. bo 4,
ed by the meeting next day. think he was
to call in the aiternoon-lhls was Sunday
1t was not in connection with any religious
exercise.
MoULroN FRIENDLY CONFERENCE.
lie came but for friendly conference. Ii
may have been that Mouton was to reuort
to me how Tit0n received the letter OF re-
traction, but DO not recollect. The inter
view took place at three o'clock in the
afternoon OF Sunday. the first of January
in the third story back room. After the
usua. courteSies, Moulton said the wisdom
OF hls suggestions of the night before mad
been shown by the manner in which Tllton
received the letter OF Ietraction. The con-
versltion turned on 1ilton's position and
the way he was suffering all around: of his
relations 70 Bowen and also of my relations
TO Bowen. told him of my conversation
with Bowen on the 26,h inst lie then said
that
BOWEN HAD BEEN s TRAITOR
TO both sides and that neither in regard
to lntemperance or chastity was Tiiton
guilty, and that he (Mouton) had known
him from boyhood He said Mr.. Tilton
was now without occupation or subsistence.
anu then went into the troubles of his
family. lie then referred to the personal
stories about Elton chastity and said they
were false. | regretted having believed
these stories told me by Bowen and Bessie
Turner, and told him had been prepared
Tor these statements by what Bessie Turner
had told me. ! told him of Bessie Turner's
stories to me and let my feelingsout to him.
l had lent my ear to Mr.. B0wen's stories
and sad TO him that Tllt0n was tainted
man and it would not be wise 10 keen him
on the independent Ny advise 70 Bowen
with regard t. employment OF Iilton on
the BrOohlyn Union was partly predicatei
on what Mr.. Bowen told me
HorLr5S's STRONG DErENcr of rmrox.
Mr.. M3ulton convinced me. in SO far A.
rea-su7anccs were moral that Tilton was a
ht and and proper man to be on the In
dependent ana Brooklyn Union. thought
Bessie Turner had told an untrue story. and
wa satisfied that She had been mistaken.
That there was some foundation for il
Moulin did not deny. lie said there was
something OF that kind but that Mrs
Morse had led Bessie to think more of il
than If she had been left to her own IN.
cllnation. ~ regards Tilt0n's abusing his
wife be (Nl9ulton) said something about
iilton genius, and that there never was
kinder hearted man in the world that
If his wife would take the right way with
him She could
LEAD rtLT0N Win THREsD
| did not enter into comparison between
what Noult0n told me and what Mrs
Morse and Mrs. lilt0n said TO me. but |
certainty took his word at that time against
all others. | denied the charges OF impro-
per proposals - Moult0n that day. The
general conversation took that drift and
brought out a denial The charges we're
lmproprlctlcs towards Mrs. Til.on. but what
term was used | cannot say. There was
something put IN writing near the end of
this conversation. made regrets and he
said II Iilton could hear this. all the mis-
chief would be brought to an end. lie said
why don you put something in writing
and show Iilton your disposition. | aid
why don't You make memorandum of
them. lie took pen and sat down and
made memOrendI. ! was waking 70 and
iro, and and he would ask me questions
DO you say 50 and 50. and would reply.
did not say in the commencement that
gave it to him