Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-13
The BFECHER TRIAL.
Sam. WilkeAOm CrONs-ExamineSl

was mentioned; ne asked me III had seen
his wife, ana i replied rot; he said would be
die apr oirted in her; that she was a small
woman, and not woman of culture that
he had n arried her young, he said he told me
this so that could appreciate the difference
between them both after / saw her; 1 know
oliver Johnson, and persuaded Mr.. Beecher
ttmploy him; twas not in consequence of
anythh Tilton said to me that Mr. John
ston was employed on the Christian Union:
i simply wal.tei good managing editor on
thai aper; This was the only mode by which
Mr.. Johnston came To be employed on that
PAPER The witness here identified a slip
which was taken from the columns of the
Christian Union as being written by him,
and Tot by Mr.. Beecher, and continued:
knew of The publication of the tripartite
aert en- ent so far as IL was published; am
the party who was instrumental in its publ
cation. and am rot aware that Mr.. Beecher
knew anything about il.
on CROss-EXAAINATIoN
witness testified thought The time woIld
come when Beecher aud his friends would
get tired of paying money to the Golden Age
newspaper TO suppress these scandals against
The greatest man and preacher of his age. i
knew that this pertinacity of charges OF i'm
proper proposal against Beecher would grow.
knew OF TiltOn's having come To me on the
morning OF April for money; he got the
money out of Bowen from me, because in.
itia.ed tie movement to obtain il; / do not
know of Beecher or his friends contributing
any moneJ for the Golden Age, nor do 1
ki Ow OF any solicitations of money from
him. 1 cannot recall the allegations ma lie
in the personal statement of Tilton regard
ing the relations between Mrs. TiltOI and
Bfecher. i think it only contained a rela-
tion of stories told by Bowen against Beecher
LETTER
dated January II, 1871, was handed TO wit
ness, and Identified as being written by him
to Triton, asking him not To publish that he
tWilkeson) knew he was in trouble. and
would speak TO Jay Cooke about him, and
have HIM lecture on the Y orthern Pacific
railroad. What / requested him not To pub-
lish in this letter was the charges he was
threatening TO make public about Beecher;
/ think TiltOn mentioned them about this
time 10 me. am member of the publish
ing house OF Ford * Co; married a 81 sUer Of
Mrs. Stanton; Mrs Stanton is "A lady of high
culture and refinement; l never said to her
that " these cha gees, if published, would
kLock the Life of Cnrist higher than n kite"
i will tell You what | said, if yOu will allow
me. Beach objected, and the witness con-
tined.
IN AN INTERVIEW WITH Triton
on the I'd of April, after the tfipar5ite agree
ment. told him Mrs. stanton hai told me
that BeechCr had committed adultery with
Mrs. TiltOn, and that Miss Anthony hal told
her Mrs. Tilton had confessed the adultery TO
her. Mr.. TIlton said that NJ SIS Anthony was
morbid old maid, and her mind was always
dwelling on morbid subjects. The letter of
April 2, 1872, from witness 10 Moulton, was
identified by him and read by Mr.. Beach. IL
calls for the destruction of Mr.. Baecher's let
ter OF apology which was in his possession.
The witness resumed: published this tri-
partite agreement in connection with my
partner, Edward l.. Ford. l did not confer
with any other person about it. am quite
sure did not converse with Mr.. Cleveland
about 1t. When / resolved to do IL and put
with any person about it. The only portions
of the covenant that think publish I'd were
those Of Bowen and TiltOn. l did not pub
lish Mr.. Beecher's portion or the personal
statement that followed. 1 am firm be-
lever in Beecher's innocence from the first,
and an ardent defender of him. ! had fire.
Quent discussions, in which win iicat ii him
when / had an opportunity. When I pre-
pared the tripartite agreement in the form in
which presented il, gave ii To Horace ID.
Clafiin. made one copy OF IL at the tim, OF
at the examination of Mr. Beecher before the
church committee.
THE "HIGHER THAN KITE" CoNvERsA-
Mr. Fvar,s asked ibe Witness a. n the con.
versation which led to the remark that the
publication of these charges wouli Iock
The Life of Christ" higher than kite.
Witness said: Mrs. Stanton and Others
were present in the room, and In reply To a
Inquiry from one OF the younger sisters, re-
piled, off these charges are true and are male
of course the Life of C.liisf will 81 higher
than a kite" [The witness here raised his
right arm and at the word kite snapped his
finger and thumb in me airl He then con-
tinued: / think made this gesture when ut
tering the remark; understood Mr. Tilton
when he said TO me that improper advances
had been made to his wife To mean improper
proposals; between the time of my planning
The publication of the agreement and its
actual publication think Mr.. Cleveland saw
me twice about il; he objected TO its publica-
tion; my object in publishing this agreement
was to stop the persecution OF this great and
good man and wanted to see the thing in the
courts, where il ought to be.
EDWARD EGGLESroN
was next called. He testified II am an au-
thor, clergyman and eiitor; reside in Brook
Ign; / was associated with Til.on rs elitor
of the independent, but retired from the
paper in July, 1o.1. In 1861 / became ac-
quaiDted with Tilton by sight; / met Mr..
Beecher ABOUT the same time, bat olly be-
came Intimately acquainted vii h i'm during
the past three or four years. In the fall OF
1865 or the spring of 1869 / was a guest at Mr..
TiltOn's house; | was talking to them about
Mr.. Beecher, and Mrs. Tlton asked me- if
knew him; said slightly, and she asked me
10 go to Pages studio with her and make his
acquaintance on the next day. Mr.. Tilton
objected, as he thought Mr.. Beecier would
not like to be disturbed. He told Mrs. Tilton
she had better go alone and, therefore, did
not so. On one occasion, at Tilton's house,
when L was present, certain lady was also
there, and Tilton's attentions to her were the
subject of remarks. | remember making
subsequent call at the house. Mrs. Tilton
was rot there. 1 saw the housekeeper, who
told me Mr. Tilton was absent. This was at
o'clock in the evening. i returned at g. and
he came in shortly after with the same lady
There was young lady there who said she
was relative of the other lady. Both
Of the ladies went away Afterwards. The
lady with Mr.. Tilton apol0gized to the
other lady for keeping her out until such a
late hour, as both their watches had stopped.
Ou tilc lcIIy DOdt Ont tlluc 1iJbOU anu nt1
conversation about the marriage relation.
This was in the summer of 1870. He asked
me what thought of it, or If there might be
more than one human love. / replied that
did not know. He asked in relation TO I'M
congenial love what my opinion was. told
him thought that If such people were uncon
genial they would in time come together, and
he replied they would go further apart.
Cross examined by Mr.. Beach AT the
time of Mr.. Tilton's attention to the unme.I-
tionable woman there were number of
people present, and this happened i'm the
back parlor. 1t was the occasion of a reunion
of the Brooklyn Women's Social Club, and
Mr. Eeecher was there. made no remarks
about their conduct in the house, nor did any
other person In there that night. 1 observed
it, however, and spoke of it to my wife. On
the occasion Of my talk with Mr.. Tilton on
the ferry boat, he appeared to be very much
agitated. On our way from the Office TO the
boat, Mr.. Tilton had ITS OF abstraction. I do
not remember anything else he talked about
that evening. i am q clergyman OF the
Methodist persuasion.
The court adjourned until Monday.
A FoRrY-PoUND TRoUr.-Mr. Charles
Moore received by express yesterday trout
weighing forty pounds and forty inches in
length The trout was caught in Lake HUI