The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-23

Mr.. Bowen had no justifisble cause for dis
missing me from his employment. JIG was
on my own prompting that / saw Mr.
owen with relation to the stories against
me on December %. The commune
came TO an end after very short time IL
was hnished long time before this process
SION IN which took part. The young lady
who went 10 Winsted with me was mere
school girl about l6 or Il years of age. she
was friend and companion Of nv daughter
Florence. She was fair sized girl, neither
large visited noF small Nail When said said
her husband was present; by her husband,
L meant Col. Blood. In the closet where Mr..
beecher's photographs were found there
were no portraits Of any other person.
never sent any portraits 10 my wife after
she left that belonged to her. never saw
any photographs of the Rev. DIR. Taylor, the
rev: Dr. Storrs or Mr.. Greeley in her pos
session: L never gave these photographs
OF Mr.. Beecher to Mrs. TiIton. L never had
any considerable number of
PHOTOGRAPHS OF MR.. BEEcHER
which delivered to other persons. L do
not know how long the things were in the
closet, which found there. do not know
OF Mr. Beecher's giving Mrs. Tilton any
DOCKS, except Life Thoughts" and 'sNor-
wood" The pile of books / found
there were inscribed bv Mr.. Reecber
and were copies OF bis publica-
! lions. WIS not aware that
! Mr.. Beecher was in the habit of distributing
! MS DOCKS among the parishioners. am not
aware that he showed such courteses to
them, az he seldom visited them or attended
their funerals. l am not aware that these
books lay on ne table until thew Were mt
into the closet when my wife was making
arrangements to take boarders. I never re-
ceived the key of this closet from NV wife
time of my illness. L WIS usually around
the house. We had always flowers in the
house, sometimes ordered by me or Mrs.
Illton. knew of Mr.. Beecher's bringing
some flowers there. 1 do not recall any
gentl mems calling on my wlie while she
was i'll and being in her room never
heard of Mr.. Beecher's being in nv wife's
bed room when she was i'll until heard il
testified to yesterday. have no recollection
OF Mr.. Bsles's being in my wife's room on the
zIth OF June, when she was recovering from
her confinement. or of his being there on
the following SUNDAY, ana of going with
him to Coney Island in the evening. Mr..
Sherman here read two letters from Mrs.
T1ltoD to her husband, dated Aug. 18Th,
1869, and Sept. 4th, 1870, respectively.
The witness continued. 1 do not
remember how soon after writing
this letter Mrs. Tilton returned to Brooklyn.
Mr.. Evarts stated that his re-cross-examina-
ton would close here. One of the Jurors
was ODSerVeu 70 De falnt and sick az this
point. The windows of the court were
thrown open, aud ne was given a glass OF
water. The hour of adjournment having
arrived, he was sent home in charge of two
court officers, and the proceedings for the
day were brought to close.
SUMMARY OF THE DAYS WORK.
The lawyers that mainly filed the public
eye to-day we're Messrs. Fullerton and Ev-
arts. Mr.. Fullerton tried to put questions
to Mr.. Tilton, and the latter lawyer fought
every question step by step. The LAWYERS
call Mr.. Evarts's present duty fielding.
As a fielder, Mr.. Evsrts is one
of the most agile and accomplished
lawyers on record. He does not ask the
chief justice to exclude all of Mr.. Tilton's
testimony In bulk, but he is expec' ed to do
so at the close of the witnesses testimony.
because he is certainly Directing to every
question as IL is put in. At % minutes to II
Tilton had hardly answered a question.
Fullerton and Evarts had been, up to that
time, contesting the admissibility
to learn from Tilton what Bessie
Turner overheard between Mr.. Tflton and
Mrs. TIlton. Evarts objected because the
matter which Bessie Turner overheard was
not uttered for her ear but was meant TO be
private between husband and wife and WIS
excluded under the confidential re-
striction OF the court. The way in which
the matter originally came out was this:
Mr.. Evarts, on the cross-examinatiOn, asked
Upon Resembling, Mr.. Howe resumed.
Tilton to what persons he told the story on
the basis of improper proposals, and to
what persons he told the story OF adultery
being the offense. Mr.. Tilton recited to
what persons he had told the improper pro-
posals, and to what persons he had told
the adultery story. After be had
said that he had told the
adultery story to about three or four per
sons, Mr.. Tilton said: "Perhaps / ought
to add that Bessie Turner overheard the
whole story in conversation between my
wife and myself" Fullerton to day asked:
"What was the story which Bessie Turner
overheard?" This question was fought iuch
by inch. The following was one of the letters
read to-day:
July 4, 1871.
MY DEAR THEoDoRE:-I had expected
you all day yesterday, but now your letter
is put in my hand instead. feel the bitter
est disappointment. but we are both in Gods
hands, and while now here, may say of my
hearts intense yearning, return to the love
of thy youth. Oh, my dear husband, may
you not need the further discipline of being
misled by good woman as have been by
good man. rejoicein your happy face and
peaceful mind, though l am not in any wise
the cause. 1t will be Gods gift alone if
your face illumines or heart throbs with
thoughts OF me. AS for me will wait on
the Lord. thank you for the sufferings of
the past year. You have been my deliverer.
Destroy my letters, nor show them to our
mutual friend. / fear this will prevent me
from writing you from my Utmost SELF
ann, very truly, ELIZABETH.
A New York correspondent thus speaks
of the dramatic doings and sayings of