The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-14
THE BEECHER TRIAL.
The Defendant Continues.
The Direct Examination Con-
cluded.
Mr.. Fullerton Commences.

Mr.. Fullerton Commences.
New YORK, April l4.-The Brooklyn
court room wos crowded, as usual to-day.
Mr. Beecher testified rs follows:
Mrs. Bowen, who spoke to me ot zen
eral Butler, is member OF the family OF
Mr. Edward Bowen, once of my congre-
CATION; MOulton never told me that Til
ton was willing to make statement be-
fore the Investigating Committee, which
would exclude the charge of adultery |
told Oliver johnson | had done some
thing for Tilton and was willing to do
more; | had already advanced him S5,OOo.
The witnesses attention was called to
Il card published in the Brooklyn Union
in 1873. He was asked how it came to
be printed? He said it was printed at
the suggestion of Mr.. Cleveland on ac-
count Of the publication in the New
York S,M of visit of Mr.. Clat1in and
Mr.. Bowen to Moodhulls i'll search OF
the documents. never asked MouIton,
if Tilton would produce any documents
nor did he say he would not; | sever
said to Tilton that the publication of the
true story would kill me; l said | could
not bear il; after the publication of the
tripartite agreement, never SAID II III
ton published his letter, it would be my
death; | said it was
A Charge no Gle Syman Could stand
up Under.
Muulton did not tell me Tilton was angry
about II and had threatened 10 shoot me
if il was published. (Shown letter. l
think this is Mrs. WOodhulIs fourth
letter to me; EvartS read the letter dated
February 7th, -; witness said l have no
recollection of any other letter OF Mrs.
Woodhulrs sent Mr.. Moulton; Moulton
told me he had tried to mislead Baxter
and others in the matter; he never SAID
to me he had lied for me, or in statements
he had made for me had spoken falsely;
never received or asked any improper
fuvors from Mrs. Tilton from December
lst. 20 until November, II, and l never
had any sexual intercourse with her dur
ing that period; Mr.. Moulton never said to
me, or in my presence used any language
that there had been criminal relations be-
tween )lrS. Tilton and myself; | never
said to Tilton that the blame lay only
with myself, nor that | WAS the gnilIy
one and should suffer. This concluded
the direct examination, and
The Cross-ExaminatiOn Began
by Mr. Fullerton.
Witness said have II custom OF TAX
ing an oath with upilted hand; IN
January, 1871 Mrs. Beecher may have
been gone: | rccollect that Mrs. MOulton
spoke to my wife and myself of meeting
Mrs. Beecher in Florida; | think she re-
turned in May; during the absence Of
my wife Mrs Perkins, my sister, kept
house for me; In 1860 l heard OF Thco-
dore Tilton becoming loose in his
religious notions; juCglng from what
| heard of hi, teachings on the
public mind should not have
said that thought him to be safe
teacher of doctrinal matters; | first heard
of Tilton wife complaining of his reli-
gious views in 1865 or 1866. Mr. Fuller.
ton read from the witnesses published
statement with regard to the storm OF
Indignation called forth in the views eX-
pressed by Tilton in the Independent.
Witness continued | remember this and
il is the time ! dscaimed any connec-
tion with the articles; | did not investi-
gate Tilton's teaching of it with regard
to marriage and divorce; | believe he
had enlarged the causes OF divorce and
made them SO loose a. to be mlscheviouS.
THton's Unntness.
| believe he was unfit to conduct II
large paper; took Mrs. Tilton out on
two occasions to ride in buggy; went to
the Park; | do not remember OF taking
her when one or the other of the children
accompanied Us; in 1868 | do not remem-
Der of taking her out in II close carriage,
or of her entering or leaving 1t at any
other one place than at her own house;
visited the photograph gallery with
her; | received notes from her ut Pecks.
kill; | have not the note that she said in
il that she was sick | went to see her; !
SAW Mrs. Tilton that day lying on Il
lounge in the second story room; have
searched my house for letters from Mrs.
Tilton, but found none; on the second
dav a scrap of paper WIS sent down to
me from Mrs. Tilton, but did not
keep it.
The court here took the usual recess.
After Recess.
Fullcrton-I come now, Mr. Beecher,
to your visit to Mrs Tllton in December,
1870.
Q-By whom We're you requested t.
make that visit? A-By Mr.. Tilton.
Q-Was the visit to Mr. Titon's in
December lst, 1870? A-Oh, | beg your
pardon, didn't recall the visit you had
reference too, sir; was requested to
come by Mrs. Morse, through Bessie
Turner.
Q Where did Bessie Turner find YOU
AT my house.
Q-And what did Bessie Turner say
when she called on you? A-She said
She had called at Mrs. Morse's request !
am not using her language who wished
ru, t.. come to her house and see her, that
Mr, Tilton was there, and that he had
left ncr husband.
Q-Ts that all you recollect she said
A-No. that was the call. | then eX'
pressed my astonishment at such stat,
of affairs. She said in very strong, pos
>itiy. language, that she justified Mrs
Titou'in doing it.
Q-What did she say? A-She SAID
,b,,r Mrs TiltOn had been so treated Rt
home that she thought she ought to have
taken some such steps or was justified ii
taking some such step; this was the sub
stance of the representation-Mr. Tiltor
had struck her-BesSie Turner describing
the position in which we often felt.
Q-I want the words, Mr.. Beecher,
Al can give YOU the words.
/ Q-The substance? Al am giving
Won the substance