The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-11

The Great Scandal Trial.
| New YORK. February 10Th,
Bccchcr trial attracted the usual crowd
/ Mrs. Tilton was seated between Mrs
/ Field and lady new 10 the court room
/ General Tracey was present, and during
the greater portion of the morning sc,
sion kept up an animated convcrSatio'
with cx.Judge Porter Mrs Bccchcr ac
companird by her son was seated bchiuC
! the counsel for her husband who WA, ab
sent. The hccross-cNuminatiun or Mr.. TIlt"I
wa, continued by Mr.. Evarts who shove,
him the letter of january 9, 1869; wit
ness in referring to his memorandum
book, stated that the year was in error
it should BE- 1870
Mr.. Evart, read the letter which wa,
written by Tilton TO Il friend in CUnnrc
ticut, explaining the charge OF stopping
at II hotel in Wnstcd with lady. III
said in explanation of this occurrence
that thi. lady WAS II rrotcge OF his witc'S
who had attended IL lecture of his there
and was staying ut the same house; but
there being no fire in her room and 4;
stove in his, she had come into his room
to share the heat, and sat
by the fire reading to him
while he lay on the bed
had among my personal acquaintance,
ut that time, the Rev. Gilbert Hovcn
now Bishop of the NJ. +. Church; he ha,
been al my house perhaps hundred
times, but | cannot recall his being
there at any particular date but before
and after he became bishop he had
made many visits to my house; on the
morning of Mrs. Tilton's return she came
to my house; she went to see her mother
afterwards, and came back to my house
when she told me of the conversation she
had had with her mother, in which the lat
ter urged her to go there and live
about week; after she left and went to
her mothers where she remained about
week; | sent for her one time from the
office of the Brooklyn Union and she
came IL me; she had our infant child with
her when she left the house; ! do not re-.
member sending for the child; during
her absence the child was brought to my
house however, but who brought it there
do not know, nor do ] know that the
child was taken in her absence; she then
returned to my house but | do not know
whether she considered it her home. \
letter was shown to witness; Judge thi,
to be the letter | sent home.
The letter was read by Mr.. Fvarts n
follows:
"ELLEN:-Wrap the baby up careful.
" and bring him to my house I'M
medately. THEo. TILToS.'
At G:l5 T.. VI. the witness resumed
The Ellen to whom the letter is address.
ed is Miss Ellen Dennis, my housckccpcr;
| do not remember il | was at home
when the child was brought there; the
child was born in June 1869, and wa
then nearly eighteen months old.
The witness was then read the qu",.
tions asked him, and the answers given
( by him, before the Investigation Com
mttcc of Plymouth Church, and asked il
he remembered them. He replied that
| he did not, but he rccollccted some of the
answers, and others were incorrectly
! given in the volumes of testimony.
/ The witness continued studied
photography when n boy. but have not
/ followed it professionally.
/ Mr.. Evarts insisted on knowing If wit.
ness vas an expert photographer, ans
! the following colloquy cnsucd.
Mr.. Eyarts-I ask you, SIR, if You ar,
an expert photographer?
Witncss-Solomon says let another
praise thee not thine own lips. Laugh
ter.
4 Mr.. Evarts-W That on earth has Solo
mon got to do with your case. increased
/ laughter.
The Court rcbulcd the audience, and
. witness ans ,wcrcd- made brief notes Oi
the papers in Moultons possession;
made copy of Bccchcr> letter of contri
ton. .Januaryl, 1871; also made copy
OF the letter of February, from Brrchri
to Mrs. Tilton, and the letters to MouL
ton on February :, which ! showed
to Mrs. TiIton; | made copy
I of parts of letters Of June 1T, 1874, anc
/ February 9TH, 1872, these ragged edge
! letters were both from Bccchrr; All
quite sure didn't copy all Of these lat
ter letters, but only took Il copy ot iraS
mcnts out of them. There was multltU
dinous corrc,pondcncce of four years, OF
which | copied very little, because | saw
very small portions of them. ! Icarnco
/ PiltmanS photography when WAS
boy at school. never destroyed any L"
Bccchcr's letters from Dec. -. 1870 L
the present time nor any Of Mou.t"n
during the same period, nor yet have
DESTROYED any of my own; nave no
destroyed any of the papers relating Il
the subject. Bessie Turner WAS ahs"n
from my house in 1865 or 1861 at An IN
stitution and in 1870, she was away witt
Mrs. Tilton in the west. The court toot
the usual recess.
Three boy, while coastinG on South
street below Fourth in Cincinnati, las
night. ran into heavily loaded express
wagon at the Third street crossing, ant
Barney Johnson, aged Il WAS dashed
against the wagon wheel ana lnstantI!
Killed. The two others on the s1cd were
considerably though not dangerously III
jured.
The c. p. Kinball Cordage Compan!
suspended with liabilities Of SlUoOoo, II
consequence of the failure OF their Boston
selling agent.
The President has nominated kX.Sen
ator John NJ. Thsyer, Of Nebraska to o'
Governor of Wyoming in tie place o
John A. Campbell, who Is nominated