Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-07
BEECHER.
Greeted With Another Full
House.
A kissing Scene Described.
How and Where Beecher Met
Mrs. TiltOD.
An Explanation of the Nest.
Hiding Letter.
Another Grand Rush 20 the Brook.
IVn Civ COurt

Another Grand Rush 20 the Brook.
Ign City Court.
NEW YORK, April 6.-Judge Nelson's
last words in the TiltOn-B eecher trial yes
terday were addressed 10 the women, ad.
visIng them not to attend to-day, saying,
FRIDAY morning and this morning 1 re-
fused admission to great number of ladies
with regret. / think in some Ofthe weeks
to come there may be an opportunity, but
just at present l think the ladies who are
here, and who for one day have seen the
place, might as well be content" If the
women heard the address Of the Judge,
/ they certainly did not heed it, Tor this
morning the usual number, armed with
tickets Of admission, crowded into the
| court room, and as many were
turned away for want Of room as
on any previous day. Every seat
| in the court room was occupied long
before IL o'clock. Ms. Beeeher and her
daughter, MIS-. Scavelle, arrived before that
| hour, and we're soon followed by the de-
PENDANT, bat the plaintiff and all his coun-
sci were late for the first time. While
waiting for the plaintiff and eojinsel, Beech
ef topk his place in the witness chair and
/ glanced over his memorandum Of daies and
occurrences. Before court opened, Judge
! Nelson adInOnished the people in the gal
| lery that unless there was perfect order the
doors of the galleries would be closed, and
unless the people on the floor kept more
/ quiet the number of chairs would be les
sened. Among those present was Rev. DR..
| Henry NJ. Dexter, who took a prominent
| part in the deliberations Of the c0nq6ga-
| tiOnal council last spring.
/
Mr.. Beecher testified that when Mrs.
Tilton raised the question Of separation,
| besides telling her to ask Mrs. Beecher for
| advice, | applied b. Geo. Abel, member
| of the church and deacon, to take part. To
/ him l stated the facts and asked what had
| better be done? He said it was a case
which should not be meddled with. He
was earnest in cOuDseling with MoultOn
and myself with regard to how the stand
! ing ground could be got for TiltOn and his
family settled. He said TiltOn's house was
mortgaged for $1,000, and he suggested that
the mortgage be raised AMI the house set
/ tied on Ms. TiltOn. | said Wheh this was
going to be done to let me be counted in.
Bessie Turner's school Bills
! l remember the first school bill of Bessie
| Turner; think it was in the summer of
1871. MOultOu said he was paying great
many bills for TIltOn, and here was one /
ought to assist in paying, or something
| like that. paid this bill. Mrs. Morse
/ had made some allusiOn to Bessie's ab-
| sence, whether To- a visit or not, and / did
not know she was At school until | saw
| this account.
Kissing All Round.
In the interview Of the second week of
| February at TiltOn's house, can't say l
/ did not express regret, and | will not say
| l did not cry, as made no record on my
memory Of my tears. The last thing done
/ was to kiss each other ali around. aud I
/ did not burst into tears for that. At this
/ there was a sally OF laughter from the
| audience, and the witness was instructed
| not to utter expressions Of amplitude
which were not necessary in giving his tes-
| timOny.l
| Reeeher's Interview With Mrs. TiltOn.
THE witness then continued: / remem-
! Der the interview with Mrs. TIltOn in the
/ fall Of 1871. The witness was asked what
| took place az this interview, but counsel on
the other side argued this interview was a
| Y ar after the charges were made, and said
| evidence such as this could be manufac-
! tured.
Mr.. Evarts argued at some length for the
/ admission of this testimony, as il was the
| only interview that occurred between the
| parties after the interview of December,
and after the strife between the parties had
been published.
Judge Nelson suggested that the de-
PENDANT could state what occurred without
giving any conversation.
Mr.. Beach argued against this, taking
the ground that Mr. TiltOn was absent
! from the interview, and therefore thought
it was rot admissible.
Judge Nelson ruled that the witness
! could relate what occurred at the interview,
| but not conversations.
The witness testified:
l went into the parlOr and marked pas
sage in the Bible, rose, bowed aud walked
out. marked the 18th chapter of First
Corinthians, from the fourth to the seventh
verse. This closed the interview, with the
ordinary farewells. l do not remember
being in the house after that.
Meeting Mrs. TiItOn.
/ only recall two instances Of meeting
| MIS-. TiltOn afterwards; once at MOultOn's
house in November, 1872, and last sum-
! mer. L remember to have met her twice
on the street, but do not recollect other
meetings. We accosted one another and
cOnversed on the street. In one instance
walked with her a block around
Columbia Heights. On another occasion I
walked with her to her house, but did not
| 90 in. l don't remember meeting her at
| Sunday-schOOl. l did no. 60 there except
on rare occasions. At my Friday night
meetings don't recollect meeting her, but
L have faint impression I saw her there,
and l may have spoken to her. l don't re-
member meeting her at church on any Oc-
| casiOn. Mrs. TiltOn l never saw at my
house after December, 1870.
The Nest Hiding Letter.
The witness was handed letter. l gave
this letter to Moulton. II is from Mrs.
Tilton.
Mr.. Evarts read this, the "nest hiding'
letter, dated May 3.
| Witness said: never remember the
words nest hiding being used between Mrs.
TiltOn and myself. 1t was an uncommon
phrase. l understood it to mean the hiding
Of the troubles in her household.
The usual recess was then taken.
After recess, quite a number of letters
were shown Mr.. Beecher, and he was ques-
toned at great length as to the time and
circumstances under which they were
either written or received BY him. He was
also questioned very fully as to what Til
ton said 10 him in regard to his interview
with Mrs. Woodruff. And he also told Of
his own interview with that woman and
how it was brought about. But nothing
new was developed in this long examine
ton.