The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1875-05-06

There is but little of interest in The
Beecher case of late. On Monday, Just
after Judge Nelson had come into court,
Mrs Tilton arose and called his attention
to a paper which She held in her hand,
addressed to the Court Judge N. took
the paper, remarking that he would con-
slider it. 1t was as follows
BROOKLYN. May 3, 1870 TO Judge Nelson:
| ask the privilege from you of few words in
my own behalf. | feel very deeply the injustice
of my position in the law and before the court
now sitting; and, while | have understood and
respected from the beginning Mr.. Evarts' prin-
ciple in the matter, vet, since your last decision,
| have been so sensible of the power of my en-
emies that my soul cries out before you and the
gentlemen of the Jury that they beware how,
by divided verdict, they consign to my chill
dren false and irredeemabe stain upon their
mother. For five years past l have been the
victim of circumstances most cruel and unfor-
tunate; struggling from time to time only for a
place to live hOnorably and truthfully. Relieved
for some months from will by whose power
unconscously L eliminated myself again and
again, / declare solemnly before you without
fear of man, and by faith in God, that am in
nocent of the crime charged against me. |
would like to tell my whole, sad story; truth
fully to acknowledge the frequent falsehoods
WrulS from me Dy cOnpHlslOn, lnougn at the
same time unwilling to reveal the secret of nv
married life which only the vital importance
of my position makes necessary. | assume the
entire responsibility OF this request, unknown
to friend or counsel of either side, and await
your Honor's honorable decision. With great
respect, ELIZABETH X. hilton.
Judge Nelson directed the clerk to re-
ply in brief note to Mrs Tilton that her
letter could not be read in court. and that
the calling of witnesses was a matter in
the control of counsel
LYNCH LAW. At Nashville, Tenn, n
negro bully named Joe Reed was beating
his wife, when policeman Frazier warned
him to desist, Thereupon the negro shot
and killed Frazier The rest of the affair
is told in a despatch, as follows
The excitement over the killing of police
officer Frazier by Joe Reed (colored) Yesterday
grew more and more intense, during the after
noon and evening, and eliminated at half past
eight last night in a large, excited crowd gath
| ering in front of the Jail and demanding the
| KEYS from the jailor who refused to give them
M. They then attacked the building, forced
| an entrance, and at 0:30 p. NJ, forcing open
| four heavy iron doors, succeeded in reaching
| the cell in which the negro was confined. The
| door was soon broken open. Reed was seized,
| a rope fastened around his neck and he was
hurried to the suspension bridge from which
| he was thrown with the intention of hanging /:
but the rope broke and he fell to the rocks be-
! Iowa distance of so feet, and thence into the
river He was shot once on the way to, and
again at the bridge. The body has not yet been
recovered. An alarm was given at the first in
dication of riot, and large police force was
sent to the Jail, but they were overpowered and
driven away by the rioters. The jailor and his
assistants did all in their power to protect their
prisoner,