Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-03-17
THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL.
No Testimony OF Interest Yesterday
On7Dffs AbOuf the Trial.

Il - ANa~aAAOA-N "a AAANANaA AEaNENA8E
On7Dits AbOuf the Trial.
NEw YORK, March 16.-At the Tilton-
Beecher trial this morning, ex-Judge Full
| lertOn, one Of the counsel for the plaintiff,
was present, and expressed himself as fully
recovered from his recent indispOSitiOn.
Mr.. Sherman, counsel for the defend
ant, entered, accompanied by Bessie Tur-
ner and another woman. Beecher and
wife occupied their usual places. Mrs.
| TiltOn was absent.
Several witnesses were examined, and
testified that in 1872 MOultOn had ex
pressed to them his positive belief in
Beecher's innocence. Others told what
they knew about the close, and even i'm
proper, intimacy between Tilton and Mrs.
WO0dhulli which the defense are trying to
prove.
Gossip Abaut the Trial.
Senator Cole, of Orleans county, has in
troduced a oil which he says has been pre-
pared with the express view o. enabling
MTS. TiilOn to testify in the great scandal
suit. His constituents have made it a con-
ditiOn that he must pass this bill so that
they may hear Mrs. Tilton's side Of the
story, if he desires to be returned TO the
Senate, and the Senator says that he shall
rush it through within week if possible.
Chicago Tribune.
The sOmersault which the Brooklyn
scandal has taken may well lead the
thoughtful reader to imagine whether this
is the Beecher case OF the TiltOn case
which is on trial; whether Mr.. Beecher IS
on trsal for loving and kissing Mrs. Tiiton
ct al, OF Mr.. Tilton is on trial for loving
and kissing Mrs. WOOdhull ct al; or
whether anybody Is on trial for loving and
kissing anybody else: OF Whethet all
Plymouth Church is under arraigT ment
for turning the house Of the Lord into a
pavilion OF Cupids, or what is the matter.
This legal whirligig revOlves so rapidly and
presents so many new phases daily that it
has at last become the despair Of the earn
est seeker after the truth, who Wanders in
3 dazed condition among this crowd Of
saints, sinners, white souls, tree-l0yers, LO-
thariOs, spiritualists, helerOdOxists, dea-
cons, angels, mOthers-in-laW, Poets, report
ers, religious editors, children Of darkness
aud children Of light. It is a motley array.
a sad masquerade, a perfect cOnglOmeratiOn
Of the world, the flesh and the devil. But
where is the Beecher case2 What have the
cunning manipulation Of all these pretty
and amOrous puppets done with it?
New York Sun.
Mr.. Beecher's counsel have occupied days
and days in endeavOring 20 show, in order
to prove Mr.. Beecher'S innocence, that
Theodore Tilton had Of late years enter
tained religious opinions at variance with
strict orthodox belief and now they pro-
duce a witness for the defence who testifies
that he is the managing editor Of the Chris
tidH Union, Mr.. Beecher's own journal,
and that he is a believer in the doctrine Of
salvsiiOni What neKt?
New York Tribune.
Gen. Pryor, Of counsel for the plaintiff,
was asked By an inquisitiye acquaintance if
he expected the end IF the case would be
reeched before the summer months.
"Oh. yes" replied the lawyer we shall
probably have finished by the first Of
May
"As soon as that, think yOu?" was asked.
sob, without doHbt, . was The reply.
"What pity it would be" observed the |
''if something serious should /
happen to any Of the juTorsr
"Yes, responded Gen. Pryor, sit would |
be a very great misfortune indeed, but !
probably not so disastrous a one as yOu |
imagine. 1t would not, al least il ought |
not to. retErd this case. We should 20 on |
Ia that event to the end; we should finish |
II only three iurO's remained in the box