Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-16
THE BEECHER TRIAL.
Eyarts Done with TiltOn.


After our telegraphic report of the Tilton-
Beecher trial closed Yesterday, the croSs-eN-
animation of Theodore Tilton was concluded.
He said: The writing of my letter to DIR.
Bacon was caused by the impression put out
that was "A knave and q dog, and that Mr..
Beecher was the most magflanimous of men;
in my letter 10 DR. Bacon / took care to speak
in complimentary terms OF my WIFE and at
the same time indicating her with myself: !
did not have any impression that ii cast
AN IMPUTATION ON MY wIFES HONOR
or that of my family. but it was written with
the object of self vindication; do not know
lf MI Beecher was responsible for the church
council gathering, but / think that many
things occurred In Plymouth church which
he might have governed; ! think i'm the letters
he sent TO the council of Plymouth church he
vindicated himself at my expense: IL was I
think. an unmanly action: DR. Bacon used 10
Hing it at me like an arrow al q mark; these
slurs on me could have been prevented by
him, but they were not one evening prior To
the council, / met Beecher; he told me that he
could control Plymouth church in its action;
that he held it in his hand and that its mem
bers would act in the matter as he desired:
wrote two letters to the council while il was
IN session; / was warned no. to produce let
tiers and papers before them. and as | was
WITHOUT counsel l would not submit them;
Mr.. Carpenter and Mr. Tracy, / think said
That ii would be safe TO produce them; this
was at my first appearance before them: |
then promised oprOduce them. and did so q (
the subsequent session; the proceedings OF
this committee, when was before them were
not secret; they were published in the Brook
lyn Eagle on the night of tho day when
MY SwOPN STATEMENT
submitted to them was published [ was at
DeimOnico's, New York; il was published by
Mr.. Augustus Maverick on his OwB rcSpOi-
S;hiIity. and without my knowledge. aeSir-
III to Obtain my indication in the eyes of
the public. Maverick was a particular friend
OF mine, and our friendship continued after
this publication. lie is row managing eli
tor Of the Brooklyn Argus, and was in that
position at the time of the publication; had
no interview before that publication with
any person as TO the correction of the copy
about TO be published; | did not receive any
notifica ion on the night before that it was
going to be published; 10 copy Of it ever bore
my signature except the original, which l
prepared. Mr.. Maverick had possession of
the draft. which also contained my sigma
ture; he obtained possession of the draft on
condition OF making copy for me to pre-
serve | do not know of MOultOn's cOnLribu-
ting anything towards the expense of this
suit. Since | left the Golden Age | have
been struggling to live in a city where Ply
mouth church had three thousand members
who were struggling 10 keep me down.
Mr. EvartS here stated that he had three
letters which he wished to real and put in
evidence; and with them his crOsS-eXamina-
ton would close.
Mr. Sherman then read
LETTERS FROM MIR. TILTOS TO MRS. TILTON,
dated "HudSOn River Depot. January %,
1865" declaring that she was all to him that
wife could be, and denouncing himself for
his conduct and suspicious of her as q white
sepulchTe" containing dead mems bones"
He thought that he had the sweetest family
that God ever gave to man. Another letter
was dated "PittSburg. January 30. 1853. =" re-
ferrng To letter from Mr.. Tlton that after
noon. explaining that he was more cheerful
and the knowledge of her love to him was
more TO him than the world could give or
than he deserved. Another sentence of the
same letter stated that his love went out in
% great stream to his children, and q great
portion Oft TO her.
Mr.. EvartS announced that this finished
the croSS-eXamination of the witness.
EN-Judge Fullerton then arose and opened
the redirect examination.
The witness replied that Mrs Tilton was
an extremely sympathetic woman; willing
to yield to the influence of others, and ready
10 take advice. When she came to her down
fall | found that she was wrapped I'D in her
religious belief, and
SINNED, WHEN IN A TRANCE,
AT her teachers bidding. Mr. Beecher'S part
I'm the wOman'S movement was very marked.
lie was one of the first men TO enter upon the
movement Mrs. TiltOn was also active in
the movement, and ii was she, in large de-
gree, who inspired me TO take the part did.
As TO the marriage, / hold it is a union of
ore man and one woman for life, for better or
worse; but hold, If man neglects or re-
fuses TO maintain his wife. she is entitled TO a
divorce. / think the civilization of man.
kind demands that our code of divorce should
be changed to the New England co1e-givin9
divorces for various and satisfactory reasons
never advocated the doctrine of free love.
or said that If a man found that he had an
affinity for another woman that was Suffi-
cient cause for divorce.
THE REMOVAL OF BEECHER'S PORTRAIT
nom my house was in consequence of threats
OF Mrs. Morse to cut it to pieces. Photographs
OF BeecheT and letters found in Mrs. Tiltou's
closet after she left, were shown to the Jury.
1IltOn deScri bed his early training in the
StricteSt Presbyterian faith and the pain his
changes Of religion cost him; some of his let
teTS to his wife Were written at periods of de-
preston caused by the mental SufferingS he
went through in consequence of these
changes, AID MOI the least OF his misery was
A. 10 -. a.
lie said lie believed in fire divinity of Christ
in a certain sense of the word divinity: but
uId rot rank the functions of Jesus Chris as
being equal 10 those OF God the Father.
a HUMAN FIEND.-The sad story of The
death by freezing of the family of Richard
Daniels. of Lynn, Conn, who was forced out
ia the cold by the burning OF a house a few
days ago. awakened universal sympathy
Inc sequel OF the story, by which il appears
That the father was the worst kind of fiend
In human shape, cannot but awaken uni
Nersal indignation. The father. il seems. is
a most brutal fellow, and the reason why
help was because he had denounced the most
terrible threats against them if they ever
called Tor assistance from the neighborS
lie made these threats anew when he G me
home on Saturday night, and found that
they had been forced TO beg. He had even
punished them for taking food from the
nelghbOrs. The girl, t. years old, found dead
and naked had a chemse on when she left
the house but ii had been torn of by the
Others To keep them warm. The boy found
on Mr.. Coul's steps had been there from mid
night until : in the morning. with nothing
on but shirt and pants. The most terrible
part of the story is that in the arms of one
OF the girls saved was her child. twelve
months old, and the girls father proves to be
II father. Daniels has cleared out, and The
officers are after him.
A SINGULARLY Fatal. OCCUPATION.
The statement has been made by Sheffield
{ England) physician that the rk-grinders'
employment is probably more fatal.to hui
man life than any other pursuit i'm England
According TO this authority, there are gene
rally from eight to ten individuals at work
IN the room in which this industry is carried
on, and the dust which is created, composed
OF fine particles of stone and metat-the