New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-14

q viii Won state tho date of the latest visit that you
remembert A. No. Sir; could not give any date' carry
or late. .
O. Can you say that she visited Mrs Beeeher IN tho
| year 1870 ut any timei A. cannot.
| @. Or In 1S60t A. I cannot.
O. Can you that she visited her At any tie s"oo
auent TO those ycarst A. cannot, Sir Ihsve no s'Soc
alton with time.
| O. Can you state that Mrs. Triton had visited MIS-
within three prior to this interview ~ w"
| h0uset No, Sir / cannot state, Br
O. Mr. Beecher, you had some conversation with Mrs
Tton had you, at the house at that tmes A. ics o"'
O. Don't you recocct OF giving her counsel ~ 10 pear
ing and continuing PATIENT A. recoect saying 10 her
that thought that with the blessing Of God she would DO
! able TO see light yet She very Respondent
O. didn't ask that question, Mr.. Beeoher A. undor
| stood you 10 ask mo what counsel had given
| O. Yes hut didn't ask about her dependency A. IL
| was the foundation which gave my counsel.
O. did not ask you for tho foundation Of your counsel
| A. Pardon me will take 1t back
| O. Twill forgive you, Sir. 1 want to know whaty you
sad TO Mrs Titon II you please A. cannot tell you
O. Did you say to her. "Le patience have her perfect
| workp A. I don't remember that did
Did YOU not 80 state upon your direct examination
| A. Howl
O. Did you not state upon your direct examiha'oh ~
this case A. Not any such language have never Sad
that gave the language
| @. wen let me read.
Mr.. Evarts-DO you read from tho direct examha''"'
Mr.. FullertOn-Ycs, Sir.
b Mr.. Evarts-What passaget
| the matter.
Mr. Evarts-we have found It,
Mr. Fullerton-[ ReadingI
have recollection Of only one single thing 'na'
said y I, %h Mrs.; a T1ton' A. When alone.
FLOW il it," said. that have been 80 long Win you
your p aud said that seLher general
answer cannot give the woris-was that she soug
Then ked to her in respect to the relations
rocolect giving her some advice ~ 70 rrec anu
and Joined with her in prayer the most Oh the ''i"
| that / was with her was praying with her.
| A. That Is true Sir.
| O, You did advise, them patiencei A. advised pa
| tence yes, Sir
| @. And forbearance that after You had heard
what Mrs. Morse had to say A That was after; was
on the second day
O. 1t was after you heard all that Mrs Morse and Mrs
TiltOn had to with reference 10 crucity' a. All '"
they had to say to me.
O. Vest A. had not heard what they said to my
wife.
O. You have told Us that your wife did not tell YOU
A. She did not in detail she gave me some general
O. And yet notwithstanding that advice that you gave
there patience and fOrbcarance y0 the next uay ao
vised the separation, did yOuf A. did
MRS. MORSES LETTER TO MIR. BEECHER.
| @. | call your attention now to Exhibit NO.
the letter of Mrs to yOursefand to this clause
| OF it
The witness-wii you he kind enough to pass me my
little satche there, Mr. Abbotti That was in tho year
| 1871, was 1t mott
Mr. FullertOn-Yes, Sir.
| Mr. Shearman-January p, Sir.
Mr. Fullerton Reading:I
did not think for moment when asked Mrs b. as
call there, suppOsing she knew OF H. vi COURSE 10
she said you would not go there without her
Do you know what call Mrs Morse referred 70 In mat
passagei IA pause; no answer:I
Mr. Fullerton [contiuuing]-I read still further: 81
innocent Of making any misunderstanding Ii tnero
any"
A. I don't recall what it meant, Sir.
O. Do YOU understand that Mrs b." there refers to
Mrs Beechera A. don't know Of anybody else pre-
sumo it does
O. What does Mrs. Morse mean as you understand
by saying: 81 was innocent OF making any misunder-
standing if there was any you say keep quiet A. do
not recall, Sir.
O. Had YOU directed Mrs. Morse to keep quiet with
regard to any call of yours on Mrs. Toni A. Not that
/ recollect.
O. Do you recolect you did ask her to keep quiet
about such CALI A never asked her 10 keep quiet
about any call Of mine. Sir.
O. Can you explain the language Of this letter writ
| ten to yOul A. cannot, Sir.
O. DO you know what call you had made upon Mrs.
Tilton to which Mrs Morse referred in that letter. A.
de not.
O. You don't understand it as referring to the call
made i'm pursuance OF the invitation of Mrs. Morse
through Bessie Turner, do yOui A. don't understand
it, at all.
O. DO YOU understand to refer tho call Of the fol-
lowing day when you and Mrs. Beecher went therei A.
do not understand to interpret Mrs. Morses letter.
O. You read this letter when you received ti A.
presume did
O. Don't you know that you did A. don't recolect
il.
O. Don't you recollect taking that letter to Francis d.
| l.st., Isran ole
d. Moulton
O. Did you answer this letterl A. did at the time,
without doubt and doubt understood it at the time.
O. But you don't understand 1t nowf A. don't recall
| the circumstances.
O. Did you call Mrs Tilton at any other time about
that period other than when you called at the socita
ton OF Bessie Turner, and when you went with your
wife the day following A. don't recolect that did.
O. Would not you be very apt to remember any such
call A. do not remember.
O. Will you swear that you did mott A. will not
swear that did not make any will say that do not
| remember to have made any.
O. I think your answer was that this letter OF Mrs.
Morse got to Mr.. Moulton Z A That it got to him
O. Yes A. don't know. sent the letter carried
| 1t to him
| O. Are YOU enabled from your Endorsement. men,
orandum upon say when it sent, when it was
received by you A. Well, can't tell whether that Is
my handwriting Sir, there is so little OF it.
O. You mean there il little of il therel A. SO little
of the writing
@. Therei A. Yes Sir. That pencil-wrng is nothing
but the date
O. Can't you tell whether that memorandum is in your
handwriting not I A. No. Sir, cannot recognize it
part OF it Mr.. Moutons and part Of il is mne and
they both look bad enough
O. Now Mr. Beecher, understand you to say that you
now recollect no reason why Mrs Morse should say:
did not think for a moment when asked Mr. b. as to
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