The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-03

nlamant of the BODY and tnat l. transcendental
adultery; noticing bus the swallows noles left;
moaning OF the earth esrthy tnere--an transcen-
dentallsm, according 10 IlliOn. You una her
/ husband says ne lhluks that Elizabeth had snned
/ Ia q trance-thlt she was not free agent.
The last lmpious suggestion tnai comes from
This Is Mr.. Iilton's mode or oyerthrowtng the
decdlogue and deiendlng adulsery, and he asks
you 70 become ans accomolices ln THIS iryollty:
IIlIon, when asked what he meant BY his
wife being pure all this adultery, replies,
'WelL sir, that IS a sad question. can answer
only IRON my own Judgment OF her behavior"
I'll on then goes on 10 recount the early age at
/ which he first met Mrs. lllton, and how ne nad
held her as his IDOL all taese years OF their mar
Tied lie. ''Otner people might blame her, but he
would pardon ner.n she had oeea LED away Dy
II respect Tor her spiritual adviser II thlnk she
slnned as one IN a tTance don't think she was
free agenI.n 50 my Idea OF her being taken IN her
sleep rom Livlngslo Oh street 10 ColumDln place
must be true, alter ALL 1ilion further says thar
she maintained her Innocence IN the presence OF
her mother by saying that she was to DO judged by
\ GOO, who would not have permitted her 10 enter
into these relations II they had been sln-
mi Hilton. sss sand, Neither my VI motneS nor
4 / had made IL the business OF our lives 70
naa aone was to eT n lowe ased ali
4 things; that IL made no difference what the man
ner Of expression Of love was" wen, that = III
TOMS mode OF overthrowing the decalogue OF mo-
raity. OF advocating free love. Mr. Eyarts con-
tnued TO define the absurdty or such character as
thar OF Mr.. Beecner, and sucn pure and Intellect
\ ual woman as drs. rilton TO commit sucn helnuus
/ offence in blindness and ignorance. lie urged the
jury 10 weigh the lact mat The intellect, the mo-
I raty and the instincts OF the parties must be con-
sdereu IN arriving at their verdict. From In
dianapohs down Mir Beecner has been the con-
demner OF all the wicked passions, OF all the
! grosser sius. HIS sermon TO young men against
the SIN or lncon unence mas done much TO save
young men against that deulement fhe great
and moral character winch the defendant mas
shown before the whole world must be taken into
considerasiun, even by the plaintiffs counsel,
BEEcHEh's INTERVIEW AT MouLroN'5 HOUSE
When Moulion hau brought MIR. Beecaer TO his
I (Moulton's) house, Mouron SAYS he said to him,
/ ..Theodore Tlron IS IN the front pallor waiting
1 Tor YOU Beecher SAID, ~ would rather you
/ WDul0
4 rather you wound see MIN alone" Moulton says
| tnar was not saia but these differences or stale
ments go Tor nothing, we go for the substance OF
the matter Mr.. Beecher says, swell. IlltOu
nnInted 10 n CHAR and asked me 10 SIT down,
I winch dld near the door. He then drew out VI
4 ms POCKET u letter and he said, have summoned
you 10 TINS interview on matters OF Importance,
de saio, 4 suppose you nave received u letter
from by Mr. Bowen demanding you 10 re;lre
from Plymouth church and quit brooklyn. wish
X YOU now to consider that letter not written. IL
was a great thing TO have written that letter ano
IL would have. been a great thing Il had mot
that Is TO be surel Ii he mad done 1t would nave
been grand, ana II he had not done 1t It would
have been grana. LaagnterJ
A, this point tue strains OIL hand organ which
| was being manipulated by vigorous ltalian on
the street IN front Of the Court House. broke IN
! upon t1e voice OF the speaker and disconnected
| the Judge, who. addressing one OF the court at
tendants sand :-.'0nicer. VIII you step down and
pay that musician 10 go away from here"
Mr. Evarts-I propose. If Your Honor please, that
the musician may be invited into the court room
Il 4 amuse hlul rs wei as US.
MIR. Eyarts, continuing his argument. said Til
ton cnaracterIzes the action oil Mi. Bowen as very
treacnerous. he charged Bowen had been con-
spring against him. and ne revlled aaalnst hlm
Mir. Beecner says, ~ was about 20 make some
explanation wnen he warned me to De silent,
aHd / silent, and ne said l had IN
his family under cover OF friendship wrousht
trouble; tnat had subjected hm
i direction of his household; that mis- wife eaned
to me rather than TO hin; that mad caused ncr
TO transfer Rer affections from MIN 10 me; tnat
mao suffered my wife ant her mother-ln-law 10
consp.re Tor the separ ton OF the family; that
i 10 deceive INN; that unuer my influence sac mad
wnicn had bound them had loosed them one from
\ the other; that not only had done this, but
II that naa MADE overtures 10 ner oil an Improper
character; he drew rom MS pocse = sup Of
4 Ter from his wife, tnar mr. Beecaer had solicited
her 10 become his vie tBeecner's) 10 ell tne IN
tents and purposes that were sign fed by that
term, or the substance Of that; that IA the July
before that she mad made statement 70 him OF
bis love Tor her ne let mat 20 on
without relating Il: be tore up The
now sad he. 4 wish you 10 go down and verify
THESE charges by seeing Elizabeth herself l
have made. ia writing, statement 50 untrue;
no SAID It's bnt ieWysreps from mere; go down
Mou. ton met Sir. geecheT at the foot or the
stairs aud asSed, Are You gong down 20 Mrs.
Mr. S s nu Ssu " vas gi ne W
are getting 10 the inteTyteI OF air. Beecner with
Mrs. IlIon. VII piing Jour attention to what
Tllton's ties umony has 10 with This last mat
ter. Tilton say, "At the close OF tile narrative
Beccner SAL on = caalr and tnoagnt he was about
10 speak. His ace and meek were blood red, and
feared an accident 10 him. lie Dnrst oot
THEODORE An - A DREAM.
Il win a classical reference. tries 70 cover win
srnls Is all u arcam.' BuL luton told Mouiton
thAt very night wnen Moultvn came back nom
i accompanyInr Mr. Beecner down to Mrs. TIlton's
house that what Beecner dld say was "rheoa0re,
tnis l. al u d.ealn.r Bat Tilton told anotaer
4
got thruuth VITA Inton'e narrative 10 aim, ana
marx now ii coucurs. Un January 2 ne gave TO Mr..
SrUrrs tue LarIatIve Oi how he seat Tor Mr.
Beecner TO come 10 MOuitun's house, tnat when
Reerner cane there he made this caarys Of I'M
proper proposals 10 his vile. aud ne tod siorTs
+ ''Beecaer seemed 10 &c astonished, ana SAID tnat
cousdn't be so; that E!izaoeih couldn't nave sald
so, because II was not true" Ana Two Gays AFTER
having said That night That all hr. beecAer said
was, .'IhIs Is all dream be told hs friend Sorrs
tnar ne said 10 BeOcher. Ell you don't
bcllsve H. 20 aud ask Elzabeth," aud Iilion said
e sl r. ahI mere NEVER had 5een any Improper
proposals rom EcecneT, and 81 was very angry
ana 50 was 80 u!iOn." he goes and asks her II
tn.s Il true that sLe had maze this cha re anu
brings BACK the evidence that the AusDdBu mas
forged through tue unwilling maud OF The VIE tue
false accusaU- u tnat Ess been Withdrawn oy ner.
80 lt that tttOu nnls that ne mas made nuthinx
more by tnat secoDd attempt 70 a.sassinate, and
he 10 very angri. lie toad Mr. BeiChcr IN 1877 tnat
he mad an interview with Mr.. Beecner az Moui-
TOMS and mat he read MIN MRS. iIton's let
ter ., Improper proposals, and be said Mr. Beecher
was confused, GstOn'saed ana conf, undeuin
aud that ne said tEat II was '.ialse aud
the woman mrss be crazy.n Ana now
from the nand OF me plalntn himself you have
the narrative In the ''Trus story.n lie says, II
must state that Ia tue sumner OF 1870 a few
months alter tooA cnaroe or the Brooklyn Union,
. Mrs. IlltOn mace a communication 10 me con-
corning Mr. Beecner.n Not statement. but a
communication, - have told you. ''Io use her
own wOfus. lest / sn0ald wrong him " using
niue, sac afIerward noted down N memOran-
dan, as folows.-'Gey. Henry ward Beecner, my
/ Irlend AMI PASTOR solicited me TO be . vile 70
hlm. together with al, mat nat imolies.'"
MI a4A ~ n
terylew vita Beecher, at me termln1tion OF which
Beccher said, So ms ls all q dream and affected
innocence and denied everything with royal
negative ] then salu O. aud ask Elizabeth fOr
yourself lie went and returned IN han IN hour.
ca not see him.
& Mr. Evarts ueadlng,--"After saying this Is al
drea ~, / SAID 0a are at liberty ~ go. and ne
ross ~ VI 70 90, and be asked ~ see EAzAbeth
q am ana ior tas last time. sad NO ana t1en
Yes aud cautioned nim not TO Shlde her Tor