The Portland daily press., 1875-04-02

as they arrived Mrs Field was in her usual
place and with her six lady friends, but neither
Mrs Titon or Bessie Turner were in the
court Beecher's sons and his sisters, MISS
Catherine Beecher and Mrs. Perkins, were in
the court room since 10 o'clock. There were
altogether nearly fifteen ladies in court by far
the largest number since the trial commenced.
At ten minutes TO eleven loud rap OF the
bench announced the judges arrival and the
roar of conversation aud wrangling for chairs
and camp stools was hushed The judge sur
yeyed the court to ascertain whether his man.
date forbidding standing room had been car
ried out by the officers. Not only the court but
the adjoining room. called the chambers, and
which connects with the court by side door,
were literally packed full, so full that Evarts,
Porter and some of the jurors who arrived SO
unusually early as ten minutes before eleven,
could with difficulty make their way to. their
places. Precisely at II O'clock Mr.. Beecher
walked in by the front door. After him walk
ed Mrs Beecher, Theodore o. q. Billiard, his
brother-in-law, and then three lady friends.
Beecher's Appearance.
Beecher's appearance denotes no trace OF eX-
element, his usual every day demeanor being
apparent, and with rosy face and smiles anu
words to his acquaintance he slowly maae hls
way through the seated crowd. a Duzz OF
conversation instantly arose and lasted until
the first witness was called to the witness
chair. -
Immediately behind Beecher and his friends
came Tilton and his counsel Beach. In the
crush Beecher and Beach were brought face TO
face and they bowed and shook hands.
The Personnel of the Court Room.
Amongst the prominent gentlemen present
were Judge Reynolds, Rev. q. E. Everett OF
the Church of Puritans, Rev. Geo. w. Wool
ruff D. d., Secretary of the last Methodist
Conference He is a. guess of sSpperYsQr
French, who was also present. Thomas az sAG
ton formerly police oomm P Ess,onge q e CIV
Charles Gayler the playwright, Prof. kosslter
w. Raymond and Henry w. Gage.
James sedpafh Recalled.
The Jury answered to their names at twelve
minutes after clever. Fullerton, then ad-
dressing the court said he wished to recall Jas:
Redpath, and that witness accordingly resumed
the chair He was shown letters and asked II
he had an interview with Mr.. Beecher before
it was written. He replied: did on the eVe'
ming before This was in July, 1874. L saw
him at Peekskill on Monday. told Mr..
Beecher | had spent Sunday with Theodore,
Elizabeth and Frank, and went to see !heo-
dore in the morning. L described the inter-
view to him and told Mr.. Beecher that Theo-
dore was going to charge him with having
commtten adultery with Elizabeth extending
through two or three years. 'Tilton told MIN he
was glad to see me- and asked me how ne
should fight the battle. In the afternoon or
Sunday, Mouton. came to Titon's, l told Mr..
Beecher. and said to Theodore, "ReGpathis go
ing up to see Beecher tomorrow. Mouiton
asked what was going for and witness SAID he
was going to arrange dates, and I1lton SAID,
''Tel Mr. Beecher that he was going to charge
him with adultery Moulton walked up and
down the room and spoke of his love for both
Tlton and Mr. Beecher. He told me to tell
this to Mr. Beecher, which l refused at the
time, but did tell Mr.. Beecher of it. After
told this to Mr. Beecher he said be supposed l.
knew all that Theodore had to say on the sub
iect, I said, L did, and had read the True Story.
Beeaher did not deny he had given T1ton cause
of offence. He said something about card
Moulton wanted him to write, and that he put
the whole matter in the hands of men of such
character that he was sure they would render
just verdict; that if they acquitted blm he
would 90 on, and if there was the slightest cen
sure he would resign in twenty -four hours. lie
said he should not again be party dependent
on the good faith, honor or magnamlnlty OF
Tilton, shat he was a scoundrel, and that when
the scandal had become quiet he had endeav-
ored to stir it up. -
Mr.. Beecher said he had tried to live in har-
mony with every person ADD spoke OF the num-
Der of kind and sympathetic letters lie had re-
ceiyed from all parts Of the country. Mr.
Beecher said he should make clean breast OF
IL taking all the blame. The witness was asked
if in ali his conversations with him Mr.. Beech
er had denied the commission OF adultery. . +
Mr.. Evarts objected and was supported by
Mr. Porter, who argued that the witness had
told all that occurred in these conversations,
and it was for the jury to determine and not
the witness whether it was an admission or a
depial of the commission.
The question was allowed and the witness
replied: did not ask him about it.
To Mr.. Shearman-I went up to see MT.
Beecher at Peekskill with reference to a lee
ture contract with him in the tall. Redpath
here left the stand.
MIR. Beecher Called.
Then there was an earnest whispered eops1l-
tation between the defendants counsel for a
fe,y minutes. EvartS stood DIP and said: MIR,
Beecher. will yeabe sworn?" The clerk was
in the act OF administering the oath in the
usual form, Mr.. Beecher standing with uplft-
ed baud instead of holding the bible, Beach
objected, unless the witness stated he had con /
scentious scruples against the swearing on the
bible. Beecher said he bad, and then he was
sworn by 1.-The Ever Living God IN the New
England fashion
His Early Life.
He testified in answer to Evarts: l was
borniu Litchfield, CT, in 1913. My father
Rev. Lyman Beecher, died in 1913, aged 20.
My mother died when was three years o.u.
thirteen years DID, and went to Boston, MY
father settled in Litchfield. [ was licensed to
preach in 1887. was beneficiary under the
care of the American Home Missionary Socie-
ty. L had a congregation OF nineteen. was
next settled in Indianapolis. was supported
by the congregation. From there came to be
nsstor of Plymouth church. was called to il
by the gentleman that purchased the property.
told them they had no auth orty. Then they
formed church and ! was called again.
The plumber of communicates in Plymoath
church is low about 2500 and it has been over
1000 for twelve years or more. For serious OF
wears | have conducted Wednesday lectures,
Friday night meetings and social circles in the
parlor of the church, but have reunited the
social meeting to the young people, go
His Newspaper Work.
have been connected with the New York
INDEPENDENT as a contributor, having column
of NV own and furnishing it for every issue.
I'm 1860 [ became connected with the lndepen-
dant and wasa contributor all the time until
1866. After that a movement was set on fooC,
but was dropped, declining to take any posi-
ton that would seem to put me in antagonlSn
with the Independent. The Christian Union
was originally the Churchman, and 1T passed
into the hands of friends of mine and circum-
stances forced me to take the edltorshp in
1870. 1t had only about 1000 bona fide paying
subscribers The Christian Union had increas-
ed to over 10000 in the first year.
Other Literary Labors.
1 have other liter ary labors. L have lect-
nred very extensively from the second year of
nv settling here. Here an interruption took
place and Mr.. Evarts said, 4 have lost your
answer Mr.. Beecher.") =.
Witness-:'And | have lost your answer"
Examination continued: My vacation extend
ed from the first of August to the middle OF
September. L have had a summer residence "a
Peekskl about fourteen years and usually
spend my vacations there, but in the last Jour
wears have gone to the White Mountains. I
have been set free by vote in 1886 to go and
lecture on politics. i have been very youmi-
| nous author of about thirty.five volumes in
| my name now. The Life of Christ was under
| taken in December, 1867, and the first volume
| was issued in September, 1871. The prepare
ton of this work appeared in the Ledger in
| 1867 and in book form in 1868.
| His ;Rfarriagc,-- 4s-%s
Twas married in 1887 and had been engaged
seven wears. / was % when married and my
wife was % also. l was engaged when l6 or
IL. l have four children living and four wait
ing for me- | have grand children of late
years My wife has had occasion to visit the
South since 1870 or 1871. While was in In
danapolis my wife went to her home IN Mas
sachusetts through sickness and that was the
only break in our living together. From an
early period [ delegated to her my secular af-
fairs SO that until two years ago l never even
drew my own salary. She had poor health,
but strength of purpose that gave her the
strength of ten women, and this lasted until an
accident happened to her. She has opened
my letters for many years.
Pastoral Visits.
In my earlier years / attempted great deal
of visiting Subsequent to that found it i'm
possible to receive multitudnous calls. In
general of late do not visit frequently. L was
cautioned against having intimacy with the