Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-17
THE SCANDAL TRIAL.
Some Damaging Testimony.

MRS TILTON ON BEECHER's KNEE.
After our Geographic report of the TitOn-
Beecher trial closed yesterday the redirect
examination Of Theodore TiltOn was contin-
ued. The witness was asked as to what took
place before the investigating committee
after the relation of his wife'S confession.
Witness replied: made statement ofmy
charge against Beecher and his criminal con
ncctiOn with Mrs. TiltOn. / had stated 10
that committee in writing the confession
made 10 me by Mrs. TiltOn I'm July 1870 and
by Mr.. Beecher in December and January
following. had laid before them sworn
statement of the criminal intimacy between
Henry Ward Beocher and Mrs. Beecher and
MIS-. Hilton from the fall OF ls6H To the spring
of $50. This, said the witness, is a copy OF
the paper l produced before them.
Mr.. EvaTts objected to this sworn state
ment being put in evidence.
After arguments by counsel on the a1miS-
SibiIIty of TiltOn'S statement before the
committee. the judge decided to rule it ont,
and the prosecution then put on the stand Il
lady who gave her name as Kate Cary, and
said she came from Bellevue hospital. where
She mad been for eleven weeks under treat
ment.
WHAT Kate CARY SAW.
She testified: was in the service of Mr..
1jlton about six years ago. When / was
there Mrs. TiltOn went TO Monticello: | went
/ saw Mr.. Beechcr go into Mrs. Tilton's bel
room, shutting the door after him. When he
went in was in the next room, which was
separated by folding doors from il. This was
before she went to Monticello. i saw her i'm
the back rarlOT after her return, sitting on
Beecher's knee. II was in the evening, but
saw them distinctly. The folding doors were
open. | saw her hand on his shoulder, and
he said. chow do you feel, EliZabeth?'' and
she said, Dear father, / feel so sou | did
not see anything else; this was about three
weeks aiJer her return from Monticello:
the reason left was because of some words
had with Bessie Turner. Witness, on cross
examination by Mr.. Evarts, testified that
after leaving TiltOn's service she went To live
and board at several places in New York and
brooklyn. she said: | went TO TiltOn'S about
two weeks after the birth of a child: the
family then consisted of four children and
Mr.. and Mrs. TiltOn and SIX servants. inciud-
ing Bessie Turner; Mr.. TIltOn was there
usually until o'cloclI in the evening; ! never
saw Beecher before but was told II was him
| had often heard tell of him, however fol l.
ing doors separat tel Mrs. TiltOnS room from
mine, but seldom went into her room, al
though the doors were usually open; wacn
Mrs. TiltOn went to bed she closed the doors:
about two weeks after went TO service there
hrst saw Bcecher; | was in the other room
and saw hiII come in, and Jessie Burke
showed him up to this room; she told me af-
terWard that She opened the door to him:
Jessie came up first To see if Mrs. Tilton was
ready 10 receive Beecher, and Mrs. Tilton re-
piled she would be ready in q few minutes:
she was in bed when the message came up
but she closed the folding doors: never saw
Ececher there again, except when / was &C
cupEtng the iOiding-dOOr room; this was |
think, about four weeks after ner cOnfine-
ment; the family went TO Monticello in july.
but Tl.ton did not go there at all; We were
hNlnS IN Il private boarding house then:
was four months altogether in their employ:
] saw Beecher and Mrs. Tillon together down
stairs about three weeks after her return
from Monticello. | was ND stairs and
so was Mrs. TiltOn at The time when the
word OF his arrival was brought To her
she went down, and had to go down for Il
drink of ice water. Those rooms below ara
separated by folding doors and [ went on
thai occasion 10 the SidcbOaTd in the dining
room Tor my drink. | cannot fix the date Of
ms. bui IL was about three weeks after the
return nom Monticello. They were sitting
on large armchair in the corner, facing the
window. | saw Beecher in the chair and Mrs
Hilton on MS knee; saw this without putting
my head into the paTlor, as both doors were
opened. am a married woman. but NV
husband Is dead. Mrs. Tiiton then hal her
hand ON Beecher'S shoulder; the door of the
dining room was open when | went in and is
always left open; Bcecher paid Mrs. TiltOn
three Or four visits before She went to he
country, and sent her baskets OF elegant flow
erS TO keep around her bed; TiltOn saw these
f0WcrS- and all the servants knew where
they came from; last Friday | first told of
having seen these circumstances to Mrs
Lawrence, a benevolent lady who visits the
sick IN Bellevue hospital, and ii was through
her that became a witness: never had any
trouble with Mrs. Til ION or any person i'm fLe
house, except Bessie Turner.
FREE LOVE.
illness was allowed 10 Withdraw. TiItOn
then resumed the witness chair. He was
asked what he meant before the fnyeSti "a
Mrs. Hilton always maintained her limo
cence.
Mr. Evarts objected TO this, and another
WrahSle between counsel ensued.
Judge Nelson decided 10 allow the motion
ana witness replied that she always said she
loved God. and he would not have permitted
her 10 enter into these relations if they were
Slhlul she said neither her mother nor NV
self understood what was right or wrong
and that Beecher had told her over and over
again that IL was not sinful; that IL was OnIv
IN &c
conveyed It's meaning in shaking OF hands
"a Kiss OF lips, or sexual Intercourse
Mr.. EVafts asked that all this be stricken
out, bnt the court adjourned without the
Judge siNlng any decision ON The matter.
\ NEW MOTIVE PowER-Carboleum mr.
carDonic acid, under high pressure is said To
be the medium whereby fuel is to he saved in
the great manufacturing and transporting
interests Of the world. De Reins, of Switzer-
land, says that with saturated solution of
bicarbOnate of soda heated TO boiling point in
a bath of concentrated common salt carbonic
acid of three to five atmOspheres is obtaiue,t
ana The pressure increases regularly with the
temperature. CarbOleunl, il is claimed can
be made to supply mechanical power at COM
paratively small cost for the fuel required to
generate II. De Beins gives as the estimated
cost of fuel FOR large carboleum en- CINE from
obe-third to One-1ourth the cost of fuel for q
steam engine OF equivalent working power.
FOUR CHILDREN AT A BIRTH-Mrs Hoen,
living at No ll9 Low street, last night gave
DiIiIl 10 lotI cDllufen ali oil Cnefn nne.
healthy babies. The mother is doing as well
as could be expected under the circumstances
Br. Dausch, the family physician, Geeming
lhe case one in which he needed assistance,
called the services of Dr. Mansfield 10 his aid.
The father, who is quite a small man. was
greatly elatesl when made aware of the num-
Der OF new arrivals in his family, and tr 'ated
the MUSICIANS to cigars and a hearty shake
oi me hand.--Bdttl.101e Sai lsth.
JOHN MITCHELL. as stated in last even
ing's STAR, was yesterday elected TO the va
cant seat in the British Parliament Tor