New-York tribune., 1875-02-27
THE REAL WAY THE LETTER OF COyTRIION WAS
WRITTEN.

And now gentlemen, having brought you up to
the situation as conception, let leave II thus
for a moment Mr Beecher pouring forth an unceasing
torrent Of morbid seaccusaton and SORROW and Mouon
with unpracsed pen in the gathering darkness at his wit
ends TO make rapid selection and arrangement from the multi
tude Of significant expressions such should best answer the
end in view namely get Mr. Beecher paper the attitude
peniten criminal Let u.s. say turn from this Interest
ing situation and institute somewhat careful in
qury the genesis and nature OF the remarkable
paper which the product OF that rapid incubation
There is no doubt gentlemen that paper originally called
the Letter Of Apology" but recently the Letter Of
Conron was written by the mutual friend at this interview
of January Si but in regard every other fact concerning
s preparation the defendant and Mr. Mouon Will be IN con-
alc
The interview Januayist described by Noaton a. fol-
lows On his direct examination he says lreAdns from 4HE
TuBUSE's report:
90 State if You please what that interview was' A. told
Mr. Beecher mat aken the retruon to Mr Inton and
FOR h TO nave carried OF the morning into e1ecu
ton told that Mr. Tlton pleased with my having
procured the react0n and That Told M DeeChet 'AA' III
TtOn seemed 10 me TO DC -
Then he was interrupted. Then he proceeds againl
told him that thought that told him that Tton told
TO himself he would protect reputation Of
his wife all hazards Then Mr. BeecAer SAD y me h- ne
in misery on account Oh the CRIME lA, ne naH eo1e %
against Theodore Ton and ms wife and family ne said tat
he would be willing 10 make any rspaoL sa' & %a1 ~, h
been better under the circumstances IN whlch ne had
been placed than he had BEEN that ne Ie mat h Ad zone
gat wrong because ne Theodore tons friend he was
hs pastor his wes friend aud pastor and he vept
bitterly; and / said him, 'Mr. Beecher. why don't
YOU say that Mr. THtonF" lObserye gentlemen,
That the suggestion Of writing comes from honlton
in this interview "I said him, Mr. Beeeher,
why don't yon say that Mr. Tflton, why don't
yol express 10 him the grief you feel and ne conon io H.
You can do no more that, and think Know theodore
Triton well enough know that he would be satisfied win
that ior know he lis wife Mr. Beecher told me 10
e pen and paper and write al hs dctAon and dd "rie
at his dc,at0a Inc letter Of January ], ISL
o. What done after wrote that etterf A read tLe
letter 10 him and he read II, and then he signed-
q Never mind We VIII hho" thAt IN molehI LOU H4J
Won read il TO himi A. Yes, Sir.
O Did YOU read 1t as IL wasl A Yes SIR ana as IL L.
- md be take il and read iti A. Yes, Sir
O. DO you mean understood That you read TO him,
and M he read il afterward for hnseff A. Yes, certainly
So remarkable fact you observe, gentlemen, had attracted
M attention of the counsel and he wanted TO make sure II the
witness meant to understood that after he had read this letter
aloud carefully Mr. Deecher Mr. Beecher then took aud
read II over for himself "a very remarkable fact II 1t be
true as the newspapers say.
On cr,ss- e xamn alton he was asked:
% We'll. xhAt subjects did you and NJ 6seeas eoaVssss