River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-01-29
NEr. Beecher as am Actor.
From the New York Sun.


The following story of what occurred
in the city court room at Brooklyn dur
ing an intermission on Wednesday is told
in all the papers to substantially the same
purport, but we have reproduced the YER
sion of the Tribune
'Mr. Beecher, with a good.natured
smile and his usual genial manner, left
his own counsel and stepped across the
room TO the table at which Mr.. Tilton' S
counsel sat, and reaching across it, sa-
luted Mr.. Beach, and then shook his
hand. Mr.. TiltOn, with stern express
ion on his face, stood at this moment
within two feet of the clergyman, but did
not look in his direction, although he
must have heard every word that was
uttered.
"lf, said Mr.. Beecher to Judge Beach,
laughingly, if get out from between the
paws OF two such lions as you and Fuller
ton. I'll believe am innocent, and that is
what | came here to find out
"'You forget, said Mr.. Beach. point
ing to Mr.. Evarts, the Daniel standing
among the lions, and closing their
mouths.
"Mr. Beecher placed one hand on Mr.
Shearman's shoulder and the other on
Mr.. Evarts', and remarked in a jocular
way, my lions are very harmless ami
mails Then turning to Mr.. Morris, he
said:
LET me present myself to you, Judge
Morris.
"The ex-Judge very coldly replied, Mr..
Beecher.
1.-The pastor Of Plymouth church was
not to be repnlsed in this way, and con-
tinued:
"'I notice that you lawyers, like
preachers, know how to deliver long SER
mons.
"There was slight tinge Of sarcasm
in Mr.. Morris's tones as he retorted,
"Yes, sir; had long story to tell
"Mr. Evarts joined in the converse
tion at this moment, and playful said
"'Mr. Morris, noticed that you ex-
patated only on those things which were
against our side.
"Mr. Morris answered in the same
pleasant manner:
"I thought you could attend to the
other things much better than L.
D1 luis llulc lllG NOuISel WCIG sur
rounded by large crowd of curious lis
teners, among the number Mrs. Beecher
and several members of Plymouth chur ch
Mr.. Morris was on the point of leaving
when Mr.. Beecher again addressed him:
Judge Morris, you should have come
to me for point or two. | could have
put you up to some things which would
have made your speech appear very differ
ent.'
"Mr. Morris made no reply, and Mr..
Tilton for the first time shot quick
glance, in which mingled hate and scorn
were expressed, at the speaker"
Here were three men, his antagonists
counsel, who were all intensely engaged
in the work of proving Henry Ward
Beecher a seducer, an adulterer, thous-
ard fold liar aud periurer, a false friend.
and forsworn, hypocritical minister,
and to this end all were busy in heaping
up against him and bringing home to him
the evidence Of crimes which must crush
him in this world and expose him TO dam.
nation in the world to come, and yet he
coolly goes up to them, attempts to joke
with them, compels the most unwilling of
them to speak 20 him, and plays through
his little comedy with them as Jauntily as
though he thought their accusation was
a trifle, and the trial in which he is the
defendant only pleasing sort OF farce.