New-York tribune., 1875-01-12
MR.. TILTON'S CASE OPENED.
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forward and whispered to Francis d. MOulton. who
sat his elbow.
The counsel on both sides employed themselves
variously sometimes making memorandum, some
times exchanging whispers. but generally paying
close attention to the speaker Back of the lawyers
were the upturned faces Of the spectators The few
words which Judge Nelson had addressed to the
audience had insured good order and silence, and
even the pauses of the speaker as he referred
10 his notes before him were not signals
for the small, rustling movements whch
generally cause confusion in courtroom
Many members of Plymouth Church were present
Among those who occupied seats near MT beee"1'
were Augustus StOrrs. Horatio King Ed"si~ -
OyinCton, United States Assessor Freeianu' W.
Beecher. the Hon. John Oakley Moses 5. beacn ioi
RAYMOND, Alderman Whitney ana inc ie"uoi VI
Plymouth choir. Scattered throughout 'no 0o"E
.ooro xvara nrorinent residents including COL A. u
Davis Sheriff Williams Harvey Farr1ngtoh' Juoee
Moore ex-senator Jas. Pearce, COL keeney' ex-Sen-
stor John C. Perry. Judge Troy, Corporation COun-
sel Dewitt. and ex-Judge Garrison. At the inter
mission and at the close of the proceedings MI ana
Mrs Beecher were surrounded by their friends
MAIN POINTS OF THE ADDRESS.
After a quiet introduction, in which ex-Judge
Morris referred to the importance of the duty which
the Jury had to perform. and after reading extracs
from legal authorities to show that adultery was
crime of darkness and secrecy ex-Judge MOTIFS cS'
a glance down fhe vista Of the narrative un'l no
reached the point of Mrs. TiltOns alleged confession
TO her husband on July 8, 1870 After that tnle NIL
Tilton ceased TO attend Plymouth Church. There
was an arrow through his heart. but he
bore the wound in silence, rising 10 tne ieNo'
of higher Christian doctrine. On Dec oo, Io.o'
be confronted the man who had wronged him. MT
TIlton accused Mr.. Beecher of the crime Inc
charge was made and not denied, and Mr.. Beecher
returned after seeing Mrs. TltOn with these words
on his lips: This will kill mep The interviews
with Mr.. Moulton were described and the functions
of the" Mutual Friend" were next analyzed The
letter of apology was dissected and great stress was
laid on the fact that Mr Beeoher had made no denl-
als. Mr.. MoultOns mission was to conceal some
thing. He was in the possession OF secret that
could not be intrusted to any one else This ex-
planned why Mr.. Beecher went to Mr. Moultons
house every day to plan and plot. Take out the
word "adultery" and there is no sense in Mr. Moul-
tons connection with the case.
Here depression was made, and the explanations
offered by Mr.. Beecher in his statement were con-
sidered. There two elements. the defense
claimed the gref of the defendant and the honor of
Mrs. Tiltor. An analysis was here made OF the
grounds of defense that nudicious advice had been
given to Mrs TltOn. and that Mr.. Bowen had been
urged TO dismiss Mr.. TIltOn. The point made by
Mr. Tilton in his last statement, that the interview
at Mr. Moulton's house preceded the dismissal OF Mr.
Tlton here repeated and of the defense
were denounced as "juggle of words and phrases"
The letter of apology then taken up sentence by
sentence and it was urged that adultery furnished
the only possible explanation. The fact that Mr
Moulton, o comparative stranger, was the only one
with whom he could converse on the subject, and
that Mr. Beecher even held aloOf from his wife,
inexplioable under any other suppostioD. Above all
things il could not be said that Mr. Beecber did not
know the meaning of the words which he used.
The second meeting at Mr. Mouton's house after
the apology was written was next described. Bessy
Turner a servant, had been tattling about what she
had heard in Mr.. IiltOn's house, and she was sent
out of the way to oardngscbool in Ohio, and her
expenses were paid by Mr.. Beecher. This was proof
of his guilt. He mOrtgaged his house for 5000
and gave the money to Mr. MoultOn to aid The
Golden Age, without Mr.. Tiltons knowledge. This
could only be interpreted in one way-Mr Beecher
had wrouged Mr.. TiltOn. The letter from Mrs.
Morse to Mr.. Beecher, in which she refers to his
Cracking jokes in the pulpit Mr.. Beechers letters
TO Mr.. MoultOn and Mrs. Tlton, and other portions
of the scandal correspondence were reviewed at
great length, Mr.. Beechers language being analysed
closely. The sO-caled clandestine correspondence
between Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. TiltOn was finally
subjected to scrutiny and the address closed with
an appeal for a verdict in favor Of the man whose
home had been debauched and destroyed.