Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-14
KILOGRAMS TO THE STAR,
BEECHER'S TESTIMONY.
THE CR0SS-ExAMINATlON. TO-DAY.
THE MINERS WAR.
TWO ZEN SHOT BY THE TROOPS.
FOUR FIRES.
POLITICAL NOTES,
THE CRoss-ExAMINATlON. TO-DAY.
THE MINERS WAR.
TWO ZEN SHOT BY THE TROOPS.
FOUR FIRES.
POLITICAL NOTES.
TEE TFLTONREECHE TRIAL.
(rGsS-ENaninatiOn of the Pastor

TICKETS tilr0HSeu tlle cOrfluOrS ana were
able TO gain admission TO the room. Judge
Nelson was accompanied TO the bench BY
Judge Howe, of Wisconsin, Robert Lincoln
and several other persons: Mr.. Beechor
mounted the stand at ten minutes after the
usual hour. MIR. Fullerton called attention
to the absence of Mr.. Beach. but said he
would go on without him. Witness
CORRECTED A PORTION OF HIS TESrI-
given yesterday. with regard TO letters from
Mrs. Tilton. lie said:-They were given by
my wife 10 the investigating committee last
summer. Witness then continued his cross
examination as fOllOwS:-Whea l went TO
Moulton's house on the G0th OF December,
1870, with him, ne locked the door. He did
not say anything t. me then, but lie spoke to
me afterwards. | was
NOT SURPRISED AT HIS LOCKING THE
DOOR.
There was no excitement manifested by Mr..
MOultOn except in his general manner. IL
raised no alarm in me. After locking the
door he took the key from ii. | asked hun
to be present at the interview. SuppOSing
Mr.. TiltOn and l were going 10 discuss bust
ness. lie said 10 was better that j should
see Mr.. Tilton alone, l had no business re-
lations with Mr.. Tilton then, nor had since
1sG4 or 1860. I supposed the letter OF Decem-
Der Goth wOuld be brought up by Tilton, and
so wished Moulton to be present. This in
terView lasted about from half an hour to an
hour. / did not see any person there except
MoultOn and TiltOn. | said in conversation
''THIS Is \ DREAM.
/ cannot believe that Elizabeth would say
such an untruthful thing" The charges
made by TiltOn were those Of improper adj
vances To his wife, and this was all. 1 said
in reply was indignant AT this charge and
all its cOncOmitantS. When he charged me
with alternating the affections OF his wife 1t
caused me regret and soreness. II was when
he charged me with giving rise to stories
about him / said felt nothing but contempt
for him, as hc was
ATTEMPTING TO BULLY NE.
| do not recollect that he gave me any rea-
Sons for seeking that interview. He did not
tell me that the letter 10 Bowen on the 26th
would cause a revelation of the stories about
his wife. He did recall his letter, bat gave
me no distinct reason other than a general
statement. The reason did not ask him for
one was j thought he was going to give it
me. He tore up the paper and threw the
fragments away. He said he tore up his
| wife's paper so that there should be no record
NO DEMAND FOR MONEY,
| nor did he ask me to see Bowen. Do not
| know that he gave any reason for seeking
| for this interview, nor did / ask him for any.
| After he made the charges / went away.
| When he made the charges against me l
| kept silent, because ne was talking, ami in
Dictated to me that he did not want TO be in
| terrupted by his whole manner and a kind of
| gesture / was silent under the intimatiOn
| OF Tilton that he wished 10 tell the whole
J story. Before leaving the house that night
1 did not believe any of them.
| THE CHARGES OF IMPROPER SOLICITATION
| or asking Mrs. Tilt6u 10 become a wife to
me, were false / thought that he believed
| them true. but | did not think his
| wife had told him So / left tina {
| room in divided and perplexed state of
1 mind. ! left Moultons and went TO TiltOn'S
| house; Moulton accompanied ME. ] never
| asked him on the way II he had seen Eliza
| beth's confession. nor do / think he spoke of
| the interview with TiltOn. On the way to
| Moulton's il was evident to me that TiltOn
| and MOultOn had conferred about the matter
| but il was not my way To ask him III he knew
| 1t was not at my desire or request that MOul-
| ton should accompany me TO Tilton's. /
| thought it was an act of courtesy
| FOUND MRS. TILToN IN BED
4 liza - from m or
| OF the charges her husband made against me.
| She was dressed Iii white do not know
| was i'll, and l suppose had retired for the
| night, being confined To her bed. | said
| had just come from an interview with her
| husband, and he had made serious charges
| against me. When | said he charged me
| with alternating her affections from him she
| showed respOnsivcnesS-She shed tears which
fell down her checks, and b" the movement
| OF her hands. also said he Charged me with
| creating distress and discOrd in his family,
| end asked her was this so. She made no re-
sponSe ] said he told me you had trans
| ltrred your wifely affections to me- She
| made no response, and the tears continued
| falling down her cheeks. When
TOLD HER OF THE i4f t ADVANCES
| bowed her head. / cxpostulated with her,
| and said you know this is not true. | piled
! her Oh these charges, and asked her new she
1 could have done such a thing. She said: II
| could not help II; / was tired out With his
| persistence; he importuned and persuaded
me-" She then spoke OF an Interview in July
| she had with Tilton, when he said if she
| confessed her alien lovers to him and he con-
| iessed his, they would get along better. and
all would be again harmony. She asked me
! what she could do / said she ought to write
| retraction of those charges. She said il
| MIGHT BE USED AGAINST HER HUSBAND,
| and 1 said il cOald not; that would only use
| I for my Justification If this charge should
| be used against me in the church, or If there
was any trouble about il there. Afser
| making me promise not to use ii in injuring
rl hold
| ink and paper, and she wrote. After some
| conversation not pertaining to this matter
| left. When went in she appeared as one
dead did not place the clothes around her
| She indieated oDts.ccTe ne note paper was in
/ her secretary Handed the letter. This is
in her handwriting, but not written i'm her
| ordinary way. She generally Writes with
| bold free hand. was not aware that the
| attendant physician had ceased to visit her
| that day, because she was convalescent
| j DICTATED NONE OF THAT LETTER
| except in a general way. i do not think l
| read the passages of it as they were written,
nor did read it before the supplementary
portion of 1t was written. win swear posi-
| lively did not dictate any part OF that let
| ter. [Handed Exhibit No. IL This was
shown to me by Moulton ON the evening of
| the 3lss December.
| Judge Fullerton read the letter, which was
| to MOultOn from Mrs. TiltOn, asking him TO
obtain both the letter of confession and the
letter Of retraction for her, as they ought
both to be destroyed.
Witness then continued II do not
letter that Of to to r shSw
nor did 1 show it tohim that night. On the
| next day she told me that she had been
| wearied with opportunities, but did not
know what to think of these charges. had
| no other desire than to vindicate myself
from these charges ! did not have any in
| terview with Tilton the next day. nor did
| seek one. ! am not positive that said to
her that the retractiOn should be i'm writing
as the charges were in writing. Before
| writing this letter she admitted the charges
| were not true. Up to the time of the charges
| IN MOultOns house was never aware of Nv
| UNDUE AFFECTION FROM MRS. Triton To-
| WARDS ME.
| Tilton WAS the only person that recall WHO
| made this charge; and Mrs. Tilton denied IL
orally and in writing to me.
| Another Murder by the James
| Brothers.
NEW YORK, April H.-A Kearney, Mo-,
dispatch says the dead body of Daniel
| Askew, with three bullet holes In his head,
| has trati found near the rpQidapco Of tho