The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-21
THE SCANDAL TRIAL.
Review Of the Weeks Pro-
ceedings.
THE DEFENCE WELL SUSTAINED.

The forthcoming week Will witness a new phase
In the Titon. Beecher trial. MIR. Beecher will be q
witness probably on Wednesday morning. The
tagrag and bobtail OF Witnesses are nearly ex-
hausted. Bessie Turner, the pending witness for
the defence, Will have to undergo sharp cross
examination. 1t is estimated 10y the people
who manage the trial that enough OF ground
VIII be cleared away by the middle OF the
week to make room for Mr.. Beecher
to appear and testify. Mr. Beecher as
Q wIlness Is looked forward to with intense
curiosity. He Will eithe, make or unmake the
case. His testimony win be The pivotal point that
all the world Will walt for aud decide the merits
OF the trial for good or Ill. the majority OF people
trust that Mr.. Beecher will acquit himself that he
will explain his remarkable letters in way that
will win him the gratuatory sympathies or
whole nation when he descends from the witness
stand.
So far, unfortunately for the defence. the wit.
nesses have not been as positively iorcbe on tho
side they testified for as the previous witnesses
summoned by the plaintiff proved In their capa-
city. The management OF the trial undoubtedly
proves superior ability on the plaintiffs side.
There may be superior lawyers In America to
Messrs. Fullerton and Beach, but no two men
could have done one whit more than they have
done to drive forward q case to con-
viction and triumph. Perhaps no two men
In the whole history or legal practice
have worked IN such copjoint strength toward
one end Beach supplies what Fullerton omits,
and while the one excels in crOss-eXamination
the other towers upward IN the wOndrous clear
ness OF his interdependent arguments. Fullerton
Is an amazing crosse hammer. Beach is a strik.
tngy vigorous loglcan, Fullerton, In cross-exam-
lining the assistant pastor, Halliday, showed his
genius most effectively. People in the court room
were disposed TO listen to assistant pastor
Halliday with good-natured patience. They saw
In him an old man, deputed to fill the Plymouth
church pulpit in the absence Of
THE GREAT PASTOR,
an old man with a good deal OF fuss and preten-
Sion, harmless and vain, trine suggestive OF PO-
lonius, who would insist upon advising the Danish
Prince, and was run through the body for his
pains. Under the crosse Examination this Old man
0ver.eloquent, in place OF being as the mind was
led to think from the easy, simple flow
OF his direct examinations witness OF
Impressive bearing-proved to be man
N tough veracity, who contradicted himself aud
revealed business character that contrasted
strangely with his reputation an assistant pas
tor to Mr.. Beecher. Still the week was favorable
one Tor the defence.
ONE STRONG WITNESS,
Tom Cooke, the newspaper correspondent, made
! strong point against the plaintiff IN testilyng
write for the Golden Age and the woodruff q
Cl0tin paper and work up the scandal
great point in the plaintiffs statement was
that Tilton did his best TO suppress the scandal ;
that he laDored day in and day out to keep the
world ignorant OF MIR. Bee cher's alleged inlamy.
Cookies evidence shows that however inclined
Hilton may have been TO pursue this policy, SO Tar
as he (filtOn) was concerned, he was wiling
enough to give the details 10 the world, provided
1t coula be done through the medium OF
fin. hn bali xynd
Cooke to be. Tilton, of course. was not
to be known in the matter. Cooke
would take all the responsibility upon himself.
This evidence went lurther 1t invited the lnler-
ence that the famous Woodruff scandal pubica-
1Ilton himself. The most important witness Of
tle week was certainly Cooke. lie proved that
Tiilon ana Woodruff were IN COLLISION. and that
Tllton, instead OF seeking to suppress the scandal
sought every means to give 1T TO the world
through some other hands than mis- own.
BESSIE TURNER.
Bessie Turner IS relied on by the defence 20
show condition OF relations between TlitOn and
his wife that would justify either In gong out
from the common household and practising free
lVve. The weakness OF an argument that AIMS TO
impeacn Tiltons virtue or that OF his vie to
excupate Beecher is apparent but IL is impossible
TO conceal the effect on the jury. The jury VIII he
called on to render verdict OF 100000 IN iavor
to show that the one principal In the action Is no
better than the other. and there is PROOF that the
himself, then, indeed, the damages may be calcu-
lated IN dinercnt lleht. Miss Bessie Turner gave
ing this question OF damages. The glst OF
Der evidence Is embraced IN the following
into her BEDROOM one ngSs IN his n an
cotnes and she says "he (Tliton) placed his nand
on my neck; took his hand OF; he sald, why,
Bessie, my dear, now painfully modest you are;
be sald, those caresses are all rigGt; there are
people in the best society who do ali these tnlGgs;
It Is perfectly proper and IT Is only people OF I'M
pure minds wno peiieve that things like that are
not rght;' replied that could not help wnat
was the custom the best classes OF society; that
! had my own ideas OF prOpriety and mo esty; that
was going to carry them out; tnat did not be-
iieve II was proper Tor MIN 70 put his hand on my
neck, and that would not permit him TO do 1t;
he then laid down and asked me II would not
like to be married.; asked him. What IN the
world put that IN your head p he replied that
was a nice and anectIonate girl, that ought to be
married aud tnat ought to nave good husband;
the right man presented himself perhaps l
would get married, but that | had not
not troubled me and that did not regard this as
the chief end IN lie; said that II dld get mar
RED was sure would not have Il literary man
for my husband; he then asked me II did not
think people mad ainnit,es for each other; asked
him what he meant by atiinitles, and he SAID the
meaning OF IL was That when man saw woman
he loved she should he Dis aInnlty; that they
should live together as man and wllc he sad
That he loved me; that 1t was right and proper
he should caress me. and that no harm should
come TO me, dissented rom all this; ne said
was strange child and mad some singular ideas;
In the summer OF 1865, when Horace Greeley was
making them u visit, was there Oh visit; |
had gone to bed, ana was awakened by seeing u
tall man standing over me; nau gone to bed IN
my OWN ROOM and found myself in Mr..
Tllt0n's room; l SAID, 'What have you been
dDngr l SAID he Should not nave taken
the liberty with me In the absence OF his vile; he
SAID, Il found myself lonely and wanted you to
love me : got up and lett the rOO;E went to my
ow Il room ana locked the door. (Sensat,on.) Next
morning. alter breakfast, left the house and
went to another house,
Bessie Turner's evidence, at the utmost. VIII
go TO snow That the palntlf TO TINS action does
not come into court with clean hands. That Is all.
Now 1t remains or Mr.. Bcccner 10 prove ms own
innocence, and when he does that the w0rld will
be satisfied and reJoiced