, 1875-04-27
THE. TlLTON- N-DEEOHER TRIAL.


r,.z,,,toyy or eAMuE,, DWIGHT PARTRIDGE, EDWARD
,. WRIGHT. Mt,s ELlzAnE1n LII PIERRE rAtssEn,
Avn nrx,.x,yp y. TnAuy--rIrE MEMORANDUM Ac.
cowr..v,no 11,r cltEcK FOR St7,O00-MR. r1E~
ros,s COMMENTS 500. AFTER THE woopnufJ
PupLlcArtox--1ris REfarloHs TO sfnR. woopltufi
AT HER OFFICE AND At HER IIousE-nEstANHA-
pzE TESTIMONY Or n cr-,sHyoyAST--MH. IKAcY'a
EARLY CONNECTION WITH TIE cAsE
Tho Thooross.oxamiaation Of Samuel Dwight Partridge
vos 1nisl,o yesterday. The defense then callc'l aa
witnesses Edward J. Wright, Afrs Elizabeth In
rlerro pa1mor Of Montnorency. s. c., ahl Ben1a1hln
F. Tracy. bIrn pnlner testified In reference 10 Dir.
Iiltous relation. with Mrs. Woodruff in 1871, a'''l
tlo origin of tho Gol1c, Age. Tho Court adjourned
10 minutes hnforo the usual time at tlo request Of
Mr UoacI,, who will mt 10 prosont to-day. 1fr.
Dcaoh said that for personal reasons o had intended
to cros4-oxa,ntne htr. Tracy, and Il. hoped
rangcmont could he made to defer tho examination.
Mr. Tracy q examination will, however, 10 continued
to.lay, and tho oross-oxa.nnatiun will bo begun ns
soon as Mr. Beech returns.
AUDIENCE, CASHIER, AND MEMORANDUM.
Tho n,llioilco WIS small yesterday. LII tho foro-
noon tlss courtroom not full. Tho occupants Of
tho gallery fro4uoutly deserted their seats, Which
wtto taken by newcomers, and In This manner tho
etornonts Of tho au1;onco shifted during tho day.
After Mrs. raln,e- lad ta!teu tho stal,d tho news
low from mh.tll to mnuth that woman testi-
fytng and ln tie afternoon Tho np.,tor OF spectators
waa ]argcr tban before recess, Thero wero many
ladies' In tho cu1rt-ruom: there vers tbrco rows
of thonl to tho riclt Of tl,o lo(ou.1auEs coun-
sot Mr. anl Mrs Deccher arrived in their carriago
before IL oulock anu entered tho courthouse by
tho Liyinrstou.st cutruncc, Conrurutivcly fow
PERSONS Ind assembled h, stare ut tl1e,n In tho
cnur,.room Mr. 1ccrnrr sat IN ha ue,al nnce. most
of lila limo attending closc,v To til, nrcen1s. Mrs,
Depchcr lcant her head oil her l,,.,l and etuiic thu
cput,nuuccH Of fflose nrnuntI lor Tier install ox-
preston WIS that Of rrrat but pccauor.
al1y hor palo fnco woulfl light M with u s,nlo Mt
youo wity rcmnrk Of III. LAWYERS, Ino air was coao
and warm IN til. cnur.too,, mi, during tIo session
one man tainted and was carried nut,
Tho cross.cxa,uina.ton of Mr. Partridge by Mr.,
beach was opened with questions in reference 10 tho
yollow slip Of rapcr containing tho words; "spols
from now friends fur tho enrichment of oldD wlc],
accompanied tie t,,yta check Of deposit; for $7 600
In 1872, Tho wl4css >.cscribca tho drawer In
which Io hui: placed tho clock and tho sfiu of paner
liz saitl lo did not recocet wlcthor tia check md
tho sl;p Of panor Ind conu fastened together or uot
Aftor tho papcr had been in tho lrawur for aof,o
time ho took 1t out, folded It. and nut it
in his pocket-book, witbont tclliuY INV
member Of tho firm about n. An nn,nqno
Bceno occurred wlen Mr. Reach ns!r,1 Inn
witness to talse ont hs noc1ttboo and rcn1aca lin
nnnnr l., II Il, tho ,,,, rt,not ,,., Il fo1 ;o,,:.1
aftcr hoir, ,ol,on f,a,n ti,o 1r,wnr ~, t,n.t;11a
din mt rcco,1cct .vor tn,,;, n,, ,o,,1o- - .t" c,,
t1,ot s.,, r,,,.. ~, .s;', 49, ~. w. '.n'
coes until two or three weots aGo, when ho told
s''i"" 't"nn'soh apo"s IT, no haa showf' It u
' W." "', '''',e' a''' OH Ut TWO osief terAons
' a'tof '1o 1l,o'tealoh ol tne statehchts Ill fea-
''o, \" -, tlo scah''al LAST summon
hlr rhttriugo VIVA "lao Questioned about hts alleged
."'s''nAs!oa = Sltn r, Ao1l'"n' Waen ho iifnt took
aNo Hta ~ tno 'norhs, a' ea''l he aesrsa to cor
soes 40 'sa,e".,e WHICH ITO ha'le 'ast tr'a"y IN
..s" .'s" ~ wv t'an" ""cn tho conversation took
p'.o' ~ "as III io'1 'ns1eau ol 1917 u" mad iad
anosne' n' CONVERSATION win st: Monlton anoat tue
ss''vI apu". ."o ych'a oelofo no le1t tue h'm
~, ~ "u'aien or ,n7 ,r; hoplhh''' "h'sh was OH
@ n''' u, Aoa4' tno "1taeaa coa'u not swear
t,"s Franklin Nooalnn was hot present
VI '"o co'ossat'on III ~. nut tn"t was tho only
c"h'ersatoh Win alr ato1lton IN which tho mimi
ner or stlfltiasts Aaa beel mentioned. On the
to''toe1 examination OF As' lartfiigo 5iF' Evarts
alcw lfonl MN ''o ihot thas 10 haa been educated
4ot tno NV" 'oon "ttef"ar ITO askca tho witness
""ealo' W "ncu mo l'tter began 10 r2spoau III LIS
ous.oniaty Wa''ao'hg n,anner
"',l you stop, slev' exclaimed Mr. beaoh, and
tl1en nded Ironically "yon know yoa aro lawyer"
ought not to havo brought shat up uguiust me-
fepllca tho witness smiling