Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-16
THE BROOKLYN MYSTERY.
Beecher Uasier Fire.

yesterday. There were no seats taspSre. hUi
very mar We're In demand. Two or three
thousand rcspe"is bile looking pei',ie ocru-
pied tke LONG, dark corridor, thou.h the court
room WAS - full as 10 cuuld hold. and vet
hey stayed There patiently an day hong.
despite The bright sun and bslmy breath o(
sTrinc called eloQueutly on them 10 come out
'nto the oren air and he happy.
TlLroN's HEAD HIGH.
Illfon held bic head high. and mis- eve was
rf.ehtr, his bearing prouder. his color clearer
iisan ever before. Some proplelic spirit had
.sth whispering In his ear the day az atone
Yesterday was big with meaning and win
rortents dire. M B,echar casle into conrt
with less of the oil brave front that marked
his former bearing Guess. rv al hiS tbon,-bfs
As one might Judge by his looks. Mr. Res,her
was not wholly confident az himself Tue
experience of the prev iouS day waS not a.
surfing nor was n fruitful OF :o-pi results s,,.
The defeRcc. sitting In the witness clair
with the morning light falling full on hts
lace the large egeiidS seemed IN draop. fh.
heavy cheekS 10 hang, and the general eN-
pression 10 indicate great and uncommon
trouble and perturbation oi soul.
IN EARNEST.
Fullerton dropped the gentle Suavr voice
of the prev iuuS ,iay. and pGShel tho method
81 his cros' e Ntmtaatson Ia the vera verge ~
rGdencss- 'Dit Won say you humbiat your
self before Theodore Tilion a. Won tiii before
your GOd."' a>ilrt the counsel. The witness
demurred ard gave different version. a
gr'at deal OF hadycring 10y counsel followed
as To the opinion Beec,isr hal of rilto,'S
character Then. Evarts came yallantly 10
me rescue 81 iilS witness. vino Was iahpring
falhiullN Ia inc ip'l>. and was proper 90
leci ofpity. Fullerton was ahominahlv az
gfcSSiNc and bollIgeuaHt. PREPARED ID a shf a
legion of the DEFENDANTS lawyers To fhroTtle
Evarts ami lay him ON his back ana pi:rlt
sherman. Tracy aud Hill out the winlou
The court room was ringing with biS Noc..
question afier question. In a tone 81
TREMENDOUS ENERGY
and passion wcr" hurled az the witness 20
bring oUt his eNI laraf.ou Of the letter OF con
Triton. The witness for "a moment reused
Nsaf.s tTfF rlnl Of Ha.a -
hurting back the question aS q his writing
the letter with the response that the letter
was not his. he placed trembling hand
upon his brow, thn perSpiration oOZal from
his temples and tho veins stool form prom
insEtly. IL was twenty minutes past three.
and the witness threw an anxious look at the
clock rs III De wished the day were done and
The agony az am end.
Another View
From ne \. 4. \ ur. Bf,ct"r', Drygp
Throughout the cross -CNami natioa Judge
Fullerton at times put GA his most suaVe
manner and InSiEuatlng tones. ana al others
Lndulged in sarcastic and caustic remarks
Neither appeared 10 affect the witness, who
replied 10 the oneor the other with the strict
est sang 5rOiF and the most perfect ease that
can toe imagined. His style OF delivery, reaii-
ness of answer, willingness To help the couu-
sci out of a difficulty that he hal uucOn>ci-
ously stumbled into, and evident d,Si- thar
all the truth should be told. marked his ts>-
umony from beginning 10 end. HIS state
ment of the surrender of the retractipB was a
splendid lllu>tra lion Of what the trIly hon
orahle man would 90, but one wnich would
L. deemed ldiOtic by Tie non believers IA the
honor OF honesty of mankind. The days
work was Withai "A keen contest OF mind.
both questluuer aud anSwcrer being men
whose sharp mental conflicts with tIe world
fUT years has made them couTcrSalt with
every art and cNelN tactic Of offence aud de
fence bar Ine close of the day. conflict sim
lcit tie truth triumphant and unSCa he'd.
while the agErcSSoT left the field. for the
time. apparently well satisfied. 20 have the
lew hours respite for recuperation.
The Wituess Somewhat Confused.
From ice y. J. Iftb I.i,, pro Beccicr.
II will be generally felt by the readers of
the report that tiip tactics OF the croSS-eNatni-
nation somewhat confused the witness. Still
there l. no rpa ~on to suppose that they have
yet succeeded In doing much. n anything.
toward impairing the weight OF his test
mOny,
The Cpe~s-ENamiuation.
From me AlTitgfie,d Rept,jii-0i.
The exposure OF the essential weakness OF
Mr. Boecher'S defense by Mr.. Fullerton
began, yesterday. Al the moment OF dictat-
ing the letter, or. as he now calls 10, the
memorandum Of contritiOn 10 MOulton,
Beecher must have supposed, on his own
theory. either that Iliton had procured from
his wife an accusation which lac knew 20 be
false, or that TiltOn had been deceived by his
wife and really believed Mr.. Beecher guilty
with her For Mr. Beecher 10 confess 10 hav-
ing entertained either of these suggestions
was equally perilous ID his ease, yet ne must
confess to one. Under the efforts of his Cross
examiner. Yesterday. he confessed 10 the
latter. that Is. that he at that time. sup
POSED Tilton fo Doe honest i'm his charges
against him. How was IL, then, that i'm that
long conference with MOulton. he made no
suggestion 10 him as To diSabusing Tilton's
mind OF that fearful charge, and that no syl-
liable OF proteStation of innocence or OF self
viDdicatlon entered into the memorandum?
IL is extraordinary. indeed, how suddenly
the confident denials of the minutest details
Of affairs which were ELECTED from the wit
ness by his own lawyers change % cautions
refusaiS to swear or TO impotency of memory
under the CROSSE IA minatiOn. After all the
ingenuity OF Mr.. EVarts 10 cover every r.,.rf
the defendants f-don' t-knOws and tt-uol' Z re
members promise TO rival IN humber Mr.
Moul;On's.
II it were all denying, Mr. Beecher's task
would he easy, tut il is the explaining of the
undeniable which is quicksand Those who
threw up their hats during his first dramatic
outbuTSt OF denial, as though he were q saved
man, and who seemed TO have been greatly
relieved that he did not confess guilt at once.
can scarcely maintain the same ecstasy of
assurance through the trying epoch of the eN-
plantations. In them Beecher is obliged TO
meet Beechef, and the Interview Is em5ar-
RAISING. TO say the least. The public, tossed
10 and lrO by successive reVulSiOnS. will fol-
low the case from this point with a solicitude
only second 10 the desperation with which IL
is fought by the respective litigantS aud their
attorneys. Ii IL is impossible toavoid bases
II i at least Lot impossible TO respect them,
and 10 that courtesy We solicit our readers
and obligate ourselves.
DISCOVERY OF A CAvEIS HAGERSrowS
Late yesterday afternoon a cave was diScOV-
ercd IN the neighborhood OF Franklin street
bN MI. George Walters, who was blasting
our q clStern on the premises Of Mr.. benjamin.
BECK, West Franklin street. Mr. Beck has
been engaged At this work for some months
biasung through solid rock. His first aim
was a ciStern. but latter has been blasting for
wen. He had almost despaired. when yes
lerday afternoon be was rewarded for his
TABOR alter getting 10 the depth OF over twenty
ieet. The final blast opened mp a scene OF
wonder which had never mingled with Mr..
u. Widest dreams. The mouth of a cave
was brought 10 view, and upon investigation
was found TO b. OF considerable size. IL has
as yet been partly explored, and there is
scarcely any conjecture as 20 how far or i'm
what direction il extends. Last night, being
provided with candles and a ladder. we, i'm
company with Mr. Beck and Mr.. John Davis,
entered the cave. Weexplored il about sixty
feet southwark, when further progress was
lmpeded 10y a spring OF clear. pure water.
The spring Is about four feet i'm depth. Here
the cave curves 10 the left, and evidently
passes under Franklin street. SO far as we
went we could walk erect. and the natural
arch over our heads was as symmetrical as
n made by human hands. We took a cup
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