Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-03
TELEGRAMS TO TIE STAR,
THE BEECHER TRIAL.
HRS. TILTGN TO THE JUDGE.
THE AUSTRIAN MINISTER RESIGNS
THE NEW RUSSIAN MINISTER,
THE NONTPELIER FIRE.
TFETOGBEECHER TRFaE.
PrQeeeljnx-S To-day


Proceedings To-day.
New YORK, May 3.-Mrs. Tilton, accom-
PANIED by Ers. Field, were the earliest A.
rivals at court this a. m. but were shortly
came into court with Beach and ex-Judge
Morris.
MRS. TILToN's NOTE
When the jury were called. Mrs. Tilton rose
mp, and addressing the court. Sai d:-"Judce
Nelson, l have communication which /
would beg your honor 10 read aloud before
opening OF proceedings"
Inc note was then passed 90 Mr.. Evarts
who handed II TO the judge, who. after rea l.
ing il, said that this matter would De consli-
cred. Mr.. Morris then
CALLED ALBERT BURGHooF,
who testified: l reside in HobOken, y. Z
am an artist, engaged on illustrated papers
was on Frank LeSiie's Weekly in 1871. and
saw the Rossel procession. ! saw different
sections OF the professions when they were
joined. ] saw the procession at Great Jones
street. Handed drawing OF the procession
ing of the procession. Pointing To figures ia
the drawing the witness recognized them "a
TENNIE CLAFLIS, MRS Woodruff AND
COLONEL BLOOD.
Witness continued: The two ladies were in
the rear Of the hand of the colOred soldiers.
Miss Ciafiin was accompanied by Stephen
Pearl Andrews and Colonel BlOoi. Several
women were behind them. This sketch req
resentS the center of attraction of the procps-
sion. and only represents portion it, Tn.
procession was about half "A mile long. AMI
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Triton was not in THAI part OF the procession
II he was in company OF the ladies 4 did not
see him. did not see him with Mrs. Wool
hull or Miss Claflin.
CrOSS-eNamined This picture was paiate
the week following the Occurrel nee
OF The event. which was Sunday. but
whether il was published that week or the
week after cannot say / made s5ctches
on paper on that Sunday, and afterwards
sketched il on wool FOR the c1gra yer. com
posed this picture on Monday from
sketches on The spot, and from these
drafted the picture. ! did not preserve
The original proofs OF sketches. / col
lected this material for the sketch before
the procession started, which occupied me
about an hour and half After taking the
sketches ! stationed myself AT Great Jones
street, and saw the procession start and that
each Of my sketches were correct. Such Illus
trations are taken on the spot, and not drawn
up before the events take place. did not
see Iilton at all, but have no knowledge
whether knew him then or not. 1 may have
known Gen. Ryan at this time. | made
drawing OF him. Witness was shown a small
bust of Gen. Ryan, from which he said IA
drew the picture.
HENRY OTIS FOX
was next called, and testitied.-I live in
Brooklyn. and am printer on the IrieDe 81
oH. have known Tilton for eight years.
also knew Gen. Ryan. lShown a small bust. !
This is, i think, a good representation of
Gen. Ryan. he was not so tall as Tilton.
saw the RoSsel procession until il broke up
at Union square. i saw all Of the procession
ard observed the cOlored troops / think
they were followed by lady with a com
munist banner. There were gentlemen
around her. / think the othe" ladIes I saw
were I'm carriage. Did not know Col. Blood
or Mrs. Woodruff then.
SAW TrLTON
walking arm and arm with gentleman dur
ing the Procession. He was not with any
Ladies. The gentleman with him wa
SwintOn. i saw Gen. Ryan riding in a car
fiage not far from the oolOret troops 1
think there were two ladies in the carriage
with him, but do not know who they were
Al no time during the day did see Tlltoh ina
The carriage. CTOSs-examined: | hal no
personal acquaintance with Gen. Ryan, but
saw him several times on the street.
Gen. Ryan was not as tail rs TIlfon.
but he mad dark hair and always
wore il very long. He was not
likely ever TO be mistaken for
Tiiton by persons who knew them both.
! took the route OF the procession and went
along with it sometimes on the curb aud al
others, when forced by the crowd, on the
street. keeping abreast of il. think Tilton
was about eight hundred feet I'M tire rear OF
the lady who carried the red flag. / could not
say how far he was ahead OF the extreme
rear. / saw, perhaps. three or four ladies
besides the one with the banner. l did not
know any of the ladies. / was told that the
lady who carried the rag was Miss Claim
and the one in the carriage with Ryan was
Ms. Woodruff. The other lady do not
know.
WILLIAM FORCE
was called and testified. / live in BROOKLYN
and am a conNctioner. Have known TiIion
by sight since he was "A boy. ] saw the R0s
sell procession, and recognized Tilton there
There were some ladies in the procession
but Jllton was considerable distance from
them.
Closs-examined-r we,,, over to NewYork
to see the procession. and Went over 10 see
what sort of parties they were who Iele
brated the event. was standing with two
men, who are since dead, looking al the pro-
CeSsion.
Lawrence S. Kane testified: I saw the Ro,-
sell process ION, and was sent 10 report IL for
he, SIN; | saw lad, ladies in NJ The proSees-
There were two ladies iii a carriage. and
was told il was Col. Blood who was with
them. knew Gen. Ryan. (ShOwn the bust
/ think that i a fair llKnesS OF him. He was
not so tall as myself Gen. Ryan wassin the
carriage with O'Donovan Rosa, and think
Miss Claim was followed by about y ladies
Miss Clafiin bore q re-. Gag IN her hand. 10
lot remember seeing TiltoD there.
Cross-eXamined:-1am reporter, and have
been attending the trial for about two weeks.
One of the ladies who followed Miss Claiiin
carried a baby. / think there were two car
riages, with four ladies in each of them. l
saw the whole procession. and went after il
the whole way. ] knew Gen. Ryan a long
time. do not remember mentioning Tii.ou
in.my report on the following day.
THEo. II. BANKS TESTIFIED:
i reside in New York, and was acquainted
with General Ryan. was grand marshal
oil the hOSSel procession. Inc rlSnt wing
formed on sth street. / knew Miss Cabin
and Mrs. Woodruff at that time. They were
in procession, after the Skidmore Guards.
There were about thirty women marching
after them. Miss Clafin carried banner
all the way through. stephen Pearl An
drews. Colonel Blood and Mr.. West were
there then, saw Tilton at the finish, ana
be was with Swinton. L think there were
about eight or ten carriages in the process
sion. Tilton was not in any of them. Gen.
Ryan was i'm a carriage with the vice presi- |
dent of the Cuban Jppta, AID another Cuban
The carriages were at or near end OF process |
sion. When procession disbanded i rode |
away in coach with Col. Blood, Mrs. Wood |
hull and Miss Clafiin. Tilton went away |
with Swinton and some other parties. / rode |
an the carriage up 4th avenue 10 10Th street, |
when left my party.
Cross-examined.-I was chief marshal of |
the procession and had eight deputies to as |
sist me. During the procession we were on |
loot, and Il reQuently walked and looked |
backward to Zee that the line was unbroken. 1
did not see Tilton or Swinton until finish. /
The flag borne by the ladies was small one; /
the nag pole was about seven or eight feet l
long Hiss Clafiin held the dag pole In her |
hand.
JAMES W. STILLwELI. TESTIFIED.
am a lawyer in New York; am personally |
acquainted with Tilton, and have been five |
or 81 years. did not know Gen. Ryan L |
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