New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-09
THE TILTON-BEECHER TRIAL.


THE DEFENDANT AND HIS FRIENDs-RAPr IN
rEREsr IN THE JURY AND AUDIENcE-rHE SEES
zion OF rHE COURT PROLONGED TO ENABLE MR.
xvARrs TO FINIsH-DIsAGREEMENT AMONG JURY
MEN AS TO THE COURSE PROPER TO BE PURSUED
CONCERNING THE CONCLUSION OF THE SUMMING
Up-PoNTs IN THE LAST DAYS ARGUMENT OF
MR. EvARrs-soME OF MR.. BEECHER's MOST
FAMOUS LETTERS scRUrINIZED-THE VALUE OF
MRS. MoULroN's TESTIMONY wEIGHED-MR
BEEeHER's ALIBI On JUNE 2-MR MoULroNs
FINANCIAL RELATIONS WITH THE PLAINTIFF
sIFrEp-GENKRAL FEATURES OF THE CASE RE-
VIEWED.
William M. Evarts concluded his argument IN
summing up for Henry Ward Beechcr yesterday,
and the defendants case, in the great trial, was
finally left in the hands Of the jury The principal
points touched npon by the orator yesterday were
Gen. Tracy's pledge" Mr.. Moultons financial rela-
tons with the plaintiff some of Mr. Beechers let
ters the abb of June 2, Mrs. Moulton's testimony,
and some of the general features of the case The
peroraton was long and eloquent, lasting until $50
p m. Judge Dikeman. Judge Benedict, the Hon.
George D. Beers of Ithaca n. Y, Thomas Cooper
Campbell, Douglass Smith, William Watson, W. II.
Tiffany Earl Warner r., of New-London, Conn.,, and
the Hon. James Stevens of Rome. n. " occupied
seats on the bench with Judge Nelson. Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stowe Mrs. Perkins, Miss Catharne
Beecher, Mrs. Fl. W. Sage, Mrs. Judge Reynolds,
Mrs. Judge Nelson, Mrs. Horatio King, Mrs. F. w.
Gunn. H. Wheeler, the Rev. J. Hyatt Smith, the
Rev. l. W. K. Handy, D. D. of Augusta, Va, the
Rev. F. B. Carter, the Hon. A. ". Tenney and wife,
w c. Dunton. and s. g. Hamilton. editor of The
Schenectady Daily Union, were in the audience.
THE SESSION PROLONGED FOR MR. EvARTS's
CONCLUSION.
The close of the defendants case was reached at
last Yesterday, and the result of the great suit
against Henry Ward Beecher left, on the side OF
the defendant by his counsel to the Judgment Of
the twelve urymen, who for nearly half year, have
patiently listened TO the developments Of this extra
ordinary trial There were unusual circumstances
connected with the close of the long argument Of
the senior counsel for the defendant. An immense
audience assembled to hear it, the orator exhibited
power of reasoning and an eloquence that stirred
the greatest enthusiasm among his hearers and the
session of the court protracted far beyond the
complete his peroration.
The conclusion of the summing up was anxiously
looked for and as the hour of o'clock approached
the audience watched expectantly for the end. Mr.
Evarts said he should have to trespass somewhat
upon the time of the jurymen, and when the usual
hour of adjournment came he was still In the midst
of arguments which showed no indications of being
the closing ones. After speaking until half past 4
o'clock, Mr.. Evarts suggested that it might be
better for tire Court to give him an hour in the
morning to finish his address. Judge Nelson was
in favor of having the orator complete his argument
before adjournment and he suggested that the jury
men might take short recess If they chose. The
foreman said that he should prefer to wait until
o'clock, but that some of his associates wanted to
retire for few minutes. One of them, Mr.. Thayer,
jumped up excitedly and said TO MIR. Carpenter !:
If you prefer sit until o'clock, why didn't you
20 on on Saturday. We adjourned on Saturday to
accommodate you. Go on If it takes all night.
think I've got you tight enough"
Mr. Morris strenuously insisted on the arguments
being finished before adjournment. because, he SAID
Mr. Beach, who went away about o'clock, under
stood that it would positively be finished last night
20 that he could begin the first thing this morning
Judge Nelson finally said that Mr.. Evarts's address
must be finished before adjournment and offered to
let the jurymen go out and take the ali
that they might take walk around the
block The jurymen hestated, some starting to CO.
and some crying Go on,n "go on to Mr.. Evarts
FINALLY. amid scene of uproar and confusion, some
of them went out and remained for few minutes
while Others retained their seats. 1t was about
o'clock before order again restored, and the
iurymen having answered TO their names for the
third time during the day, Mr.. Evarts resumed his
areument. which he did not conclude until nearly
half past o'clock.
THE ORATORS INFLUENCE OVER HIS
HEARERS.
Mr. Evarts exercised the power over his
audience Yesterday which he showed during the
first few DAYS of his argument. Near the close he
excited an interest which held the auditors In the
perfect silence of unbroken attention, while his
words were full of thrilling earnestness and bus
manner solemn and deliberate. The jurors attended
to the orators words even more closely than the
audience did. Mr.. TiltOn looked thoughtful, and
Mr. Beecher and his friends who sat near him wore
looks of rapt attention. Once or twice. when the
orator spoke in praise of Mr.. Beecher, nuffied
sound of applause broke out, which could not be I'M
mediately suppressed by the court officers. Tears
sometimes came into the eyes OF Mr.. Beeecher and
his wife as well of many persons IN the audience
The final sketch Of the career of Mr.. TltOn was
given with solemnity rather than severity, and 1T
contained no violent denunciation of the plaintiff
and none of the keen thrusts of sarcasm which dis
tnguished some of the earlier parts of the address
The alleged egotism of the plaintiff was dweat upon
at considerable length and pointed out as the source
of all his troubles The parable of the houses built
one on the rock and the other on the sand was APP
piled with all the skill in analogy for which Mr.
Evarts's address has been remarkable. to the con-
trasted character. of Mr.. Beecher and Mr.. TiltOn.
Into his inal words Mr. Eyarts seemed to throw
all the earnest feeling Of his nature. He spoke N