Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1875-03-25
The aeecher-TiIton Trial.


arts and Mr.. Beecher are not in cour
to-day, but are in consultation at Mr.
| Beecher's house. The cross-examina
ton continued as follows: When Til
ton took me to the upstairs room, after
leaving the parlor, / was there some
time, until nearly dark, think about
two or three hours; 1 could not say
whether it was three or four hours, but
it was a long time. Witness was further
I pressed for a fixed time. She looked
| at the clock in the room, and smiled at
every repetition, but she reiterated her
expression that it was about two or three
hours She continued He then spoke
to me of the term ''sexnal intercourse -
he did not tell me that Mrs. Tilton had
| confessed TO him her adultery with
Beecher; if l said so before the commit
tee it must have been through seeing il
in the papers, and ] must have been mis-
taken; l have talked about the case
since was here yesterday; no person
! suggested how to explain my having
stated to the committee that Mrs. Tilton
had confessed to Tilton I have talked
with Mrs. Ovington, Mrs. Sherman,
Mrs. Tilton and Mr.. Shearman about it /;
l am stopping at Mrs. OYington's now /;
saw those reports in the papers about
the confession, think, when / was at
Beaver after was before the commit
tee thought over all I had told them,
| but did not recall my mistake then; 1
remember the occasion when Tilton
called for Mrs. Tilton at Mrs. Morse's :;
| was on the stairs and saw Tilton par
TALLY kneeling; one knee was on the
floor and the other was raised; If was
a man could show you the position he
was in; l could not distinguish any
words he was saying, but could see
both of them might have heard what
he said if he had spoken louder; remem-
Der speaking to the committee about
this, but do not recollect what l told
them. Witness was asked if she stated
before the committee that TIltcn vowed
he loved her, and asked her to come
back to his house, to which she replied :
1 may have said this, but do not recol-
| lect.
Finally the cross-examination of Miss
| Turner was concluded without develop
ing any marked discrepancies between
what was elected from her on direct
examination when traversing the same
gIound and what she said to-day.
John c. Southwick, partner of Jack
son s. Schultz was called l have Known
Franklin Woodruff about Is years, and
Tilton about 90 years. Ia the early
part of 1871 he applied to me 10 help
him in the Golden Age enterprise. Mr..
Woodruff was with him when he came,
snd Mr.. Woodruff said, John, wish
you to help Tilton and loan him 81 500.
/ said that l would loan the money if
Mr.. Schultz would. Tilton made out
plan for carrying on the paper. At
second interview Mr.. Schultz said he
would loan the money if l would, and
Mr.. Woodruff said that we would lend
double the amount if we knew how be
had been treated by Bowen. Tilton
asked If Clafliu would help. | said /
did not think he would. TiltoD said
that if Beecher would advise Claflin to,
he would assist the paper. Clafiin had
talk with Beecher and he advised Mr..
Claiiin not to put any money in the
Golden Age. This conversation occur
red before the Golden Age was issued.
The first came out in March IA,
1871. | met Tilton after the publica-
ton of the Woodruff biography, and
spoke to him about it. He said he had
known Mrs. Woodruff for long time,
and that she was pure woman. He
glorled in having written her life, he
said, and asked me what MIR. schultz,
Mr.. Woodruff or myself knew
about her remember the publication
of the Woodruff scandal. I met Tilton
after it. He said he could not deny it,
it was wheel within a wheel. I asked
him if there was word of truth in the
story that Beecher had committed adul-
terry with his wife, and he sad there
was not a word of truth In 1t. He also
denied that Moulton had put a pistol TO
Beeehers head I saw Tilton on Jan
uary list. 1878, at Moultons house L
was speaking of Beecher's speech
at the New England society and Tllton
came in and stated that he understood
that my partner had called him black
mailer He said that Beecher would |
write Mr.. Schultz a letter and he would |
retract this expression. said thought |
not, for Schultz would not call any per-
son by that name without proof for it.
Fhe terms of our loan Were that Tilton |
was to be loaned $15, 900 at Z per cent
interest. fpaid the first part of my |
subscription, $50, on September 18th, /
1871. All the subscribers paid their 1
half OF what they agreed A change
vas made in the Golden Age contracts
Ifter this. We were to give the security /
If the money we had paid to be released /
rom any further payments. The wit
less further stated that Mr.. Woodruff
lad spoken to him about it. He was
ssked what representations Mr.. Wood
pf made to him when he proposed to
DIM (Southwick) to surrender his secur-
ty Mr. Woodruff said that ever since;
Elton had siandered a gentleman in
Brooklyn he could not trust him after
Yards. Mr.. Woodruff told me to give
Ip these notes, make a present of them ]
nd release myself from the obligation.
We had a conversation some weeks af-
which led to the surrender of
he notes Beach said they did not de-
ire to cross-examiHe the witness. Adj |
ourned. ~. /
claims for Lobby Service not |.
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81 e.s. WASHINGTON, March "a.
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