The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-01-15
Tilton-Beecher Trial.
Special telegram to the Commercial.

BROOKLYN, January 12.-The second
day of Mr.. Morris opening speech for
the prosecution was up at 4 o'clock this
afternoon, but he has promised its ter
mination tomorrow, which will be the
third day lof it.
At the hour Of opening Court Mr.
Beecher made his appearance. accom-
panied by his wife, he looking as hearty
and she as venerable as Yesterday. A
few moments afterward Mr.. Tilton en-
tered, accompanied by Moulton, brushed
past Beecher and took a chair a short
distance to the front of him. Then came
the new sensation of the day, which was
the appearance of Tilton's wife, who en-
tered in company with her adopted fa-
ther and a lady, friend. She took a seat
fanked by her two companions, a short
distance away from Beecher and Tilton,
so that the three constituted triangle
she placed at the apex, while the right
time ended in Beecher, and the left in
her husband. From where she sat the
profile of the two men were equally Wis
ible to her, and on taking her place she
glanced toward Tilton, who did not look
at her, and toward Beecher, who gave
her kindly bow.
The Judge announced his readiness
for business, and Morris at once resumed
the speech, the first part of which occu-
pied the whole of yesterday Every eye
was fixed on Mrs. Tilton, and passed
from her to the two celebrated men who
are here on her account. She looks
much better than she did when last | saw
her, three years ago. Mrs. Tilton is a
very petite and fragile figure, with de-
mure face, that at first looks common
place, but becomes meaningful when
gazed upon. She is of brunette complex
Ion, with dark hair, large eyes, full lips,
and weak nose and chin. Her general
outlines and expression are indicative
of highly emotional nature, and any
man who has made extensive observa-
tions of the working of the masculine
ASdQ III llG pESSGICG OI IHc OlllST sex,
would easily credit the power she can
exercise through her affectionate quail
ties. Though demure, and unassuming,
she did not seem in the least embarrass-
ed or troubled by her position, her sur
roundings, or the circumstances of her
appearance. When the prosecuting
oou1ral bacop che 1oolzaJ o+ b;D, ,too Il;
ly, and listened to him attentively, but
now and then she turned her eyes toward
Beecher or toward Tilton, both Of whom
she always saw in profile. Once or twice
Beecher looked over at Tilton, and sew
eral reporters saw Tilton take a furtive
glance at his wife more than once
Many people had expected there would
be an emotional scene of some sort when
Theodore and Elizabeth came within
range of each other in the Courtroom,
but the day passed without this expert
ence.
When Judge Morris made reference
to her in his speech, she merely looked
at him as usual; and even when he
turned round to her at one time and
coarsely spoke of her as "debauched and
an outcast," there was no change of her
steady EXPRESSION. She never finched
under such attack, nor even averted her
eyes during his personal invective.
When the Court announced a recess,
the venerable Mrs Beecher left her
place, passed over to Mrs. Tilton, cordi-
ally shook hands with her, and inter-
changed few words smilingly.
When Mrs. Tilton returned to Court
after the recess she was veiled, and all
afternoon wore the veil, which, though
it did not conceal her face, prevented
spectators from discerning the play of
her features. At times she spoke viva
ciously with her lady compani on, who
turned out to be Mrs. Field, a we'll known
female suffragist of Brooklyn; but as the
afternoon passed she often gazed at the
phiz of Theodore.
Beecher looked perfectly placid all day
while listening to the tedious TRADE of
Morris, but he frequently gave the i'm
preston that he was awfully bored. lie
made notes in a note book, looked
through a phamphlet containing the
published "stat. ments," looked at the au-
dience, and only now and then turned his
eyes upon the declaiming prosecutor
When Morris roared out, accompanying
his words with violent gesticulation. "He
is a coward-the cowardice of conscious
guilt" Beeoher kept reading till his at
tention was arrested by slight applause
in the gallery. At the delivery of GER
tain ferocious passages Beecher whisper
ed to one or another person beside him,