The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-02
An Abb to be Proven.

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Gentlemen, in all this, the int"rposition
of Divine Providence il most singularly
manifested that on the morning OF June
End, 1873, Beecher was detained at his
own house in conversation with n gen
tlemeu; it is well known to you all, and
at the same time at which, according to
Mrs. Moulton, she was tucking him up
on sofa and encouraging him to con-
fess, he was seated by the side of his
wife speeding his way to Pcekskill.
This we shall prove to you so concIuSlveiy
that feel with confidence able to predict
that you will see Mrs, Moulton again on
this witness stand, testiiying here that
her June 2nd was Monday, May 3lst
that by Monday she means
Saturday and by foIr hours she
meant half an hour that there was no
sofa. that . o'clock in the morning was
o'clock in the evening, and that Beecher's
card in the Eagle was not spoken OF nor
thought of.
Mr.. Tracy still further reviewed the
evidence of Mrs. Moulton and others,
and said there were no persons 50
much exposed to charge of this kind as
clergyman, one against whom 1t was 50
easy to level arrows and darts of malice
and hatred. 1t was such II charge that
wa. brought against John Wesley, who
more than any other man resembIcd the
Apostle Paul, in discharge OF any duty.
| have laid before you as much 01 our
case rs is in my power. What was the
use of the noble life if it was not proof
against attacks and charges like these?
Al Eloquent Conclusion.
Good friends and neighbors have stood
around the pastor in this trial, because
thew have known him for years, and
many of them have looked into his blue
eyes for at least thirty years and iound.
them truthful. You will lnterposc
like rock between this man and MS
scandal. You will tell the American
people that when charges Of malice or
SANDER attacks II person, 1t Will meet
with rigid investigation at the hands OF
an American jury. This man, VINO mas
guided hundreds in these courts, ana ls
looked ur to and revered by thousands,
is dragged into a court of justice to an
swer charge of adultery. This man Will
live and be perpetuated in each man 5
memory when the remembrance oi MS
prosecutors will have passed into oblivion.
Perhaps, when years have passed away
your children or your children chi
dren will come to look at the seats oi the
Jury who returned the name Of Henry
Ward Beecher to tho world without
stain, and centuries will roll away before
this trial will be forgotten.
Here Mr.. Tracy concluded his open
ing for the defense, and the court ad-
journed.
Trai. = Delay cd by sIeet and "o".
CINCISNArI, March IA ""z''Sr
Fort Wayne special says: "A Hieet ana
snow storm has prevailed all night ana
to-day, delaying the railroad trains con,
siderably. Reports from above Fort
Wayne give accounts OLA snow ,torm
averaging two feet in depth. The "F"nd
River, Lansing and Saginaw roads nave
been unable to start trains, and the f"r'
Wavne and jackson road has. with ditii-
Guilty got mail trains over the road, max
ins no attempt to run others. The express
train each way tonight have been
abandoned, and unless the storm ceases
they will probably get nothing through
tomorrow