The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-07-01
sCANDAL-sUIT SCENES.
The Invasion of the Plymouth Reservation
BY the Friends Of Theodore Tilton.

BY the Friends Of Theodore Tilton.
With the summing-uP for Theodore
Tilton came new order OF things in the
City Courtroom. The Plymouth seats
which have filled the main floor in the past
have been captured by the crowds OF Mr.
| Tilton's friends anxious TO hear Mr..
Beachs Grafton. The scene has been
changed, and now i Is Henry Ward Beech
er who meets no responsive smile in the
faces to the right, 10 the lett, to the fore
and rear OF him. Floormaster Cauldwell
still stands in his accustomed place and
/ does duty Tor the newcomers, seating them
wherever room can he found, but his man
ner Is not the cheerful, playful one Of old,
| but the hcaviness OF his heart is seen in
his eyes and noted in his spiritless tread {
There is nothing TO mark this change in
| the appearance of these new visitors, but
there Is no mistaking who they are and how
they feel when Mr.. Beach enters the room
and Is greeted with 4 cheer of welcome
that seems 10 have its source in every
throat. Theodore Tilton is himself sur
prised. He has not expected this, and lac
looks around him with 4 wondering, quer-
ulous expression on his face, and settles
back in his chair with 4 warmer. kindIier
light in his eyes.
Mr.. Beach, as he walks to his seat, is
singled out from among all the other coum-
sci, illustrious though they be. He greets
his friends, seats himself, and awaits the
calling of the iury-roll. When he rises
every eye is upon him, every whisper stilled
When he speaks every mind is impressed
by his eloquence. His powerful empha-
sized oratory, and his directness and plain
ness OF speech have all been analyzed and
described.
The attitudes Of the prominent persons
in his audience are worthy of note. Mr.. |
Beecher sits and listens to his own condem- |
nation with every appearance OF ease of |
mind and comfortable indifference. Some |
times he looks at the speaker, not unkindly |
and sometimes he looks out OF the window |
At the waving tree-tors and the clouds. |
When Mr.. Beach il witty, Mr.. Beecher |
shows his appreciation by hearty smile:
when he is holding Mr.. Evarts or Mr. Por-
ter up to reproof or ridicule MIR. Beecher |
looks at them with a show of Sympathy |
and an indication of deep amusement.
Mrs Beecher, with bonnet strings united. |
with dark-lined eyes and pale, thin face,
cannot conceal her feelings as her husband |
can. There is an expression of sneering
contempt on her face that almost reaches |
a CLEAN OF hate when she takes her ewes
from the speakers face, whether it be to
win smile from her husband or TO comfort |
him with one from her.
In the little group formed by Theodore
TIlton and Frank Monlton and the plain
lifts counsel there is but one express on-l
tina; OF hearty approval. Perhaps there is
an exception-ex-Judge Morris, who listens
with something more than approval-with
earnest admiration for the speaker
Among the other lawyers each face is
worthy of line. Mr.. Evarts listens very
atientively, and smiles at the strong points
As they are made. Once on FRIDAY he turn
ed TO ex7Judge Fullerton and directed to-
wards him smile of disbelief, bu; the gen.
ial cross-examiner was ardentlv following
his associate, and Mr.. Eyarts received no re-.
Spouse. Ex-Judge Porter listens attentive
ly. 1t is easy to see when he is pleased. for
Gus Beach and he were ''boys together,
al this very work, and the success of either
gladdens and interests the other.
There is cunning twinkle in Gen. Ira
cy's eyes, and his face reflects all the chang
IS shown in Mr.. Evarts, for General Tracy |
faces his senior associate and catches his
varying expressions.
Lawyer Sherman leans back in his
chair, thrusts OUT his legs and affects TO be
very tined and Indifferent. He is the only
man in the audience who is not on the alert
10 catch the speakers words.
John f. Abbott is hardly himself unless
he Is busy, and this accounts for his rest
lessness. He frequently shifts his chair,
readjusts his glasses, and moves about rest
lessly, but his eyes are never taken from
the speakers face.-G,apAic.