The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-06
THE BEECHER TRIAL.
The Usual Large Crowd.
The Defendant Continues.

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to-day. The court room was full. Judge
Nelson was prompt in attendance, and
beside him on the bench were David
Dudley Field and Judge Reynolds. Mr..
Beecher resumed the stand. The witness
handed Il paper and said that at the III
terview with Moulton in his (Bcecher ; }
study, when this paper WAS drawn up, |
believed MoultOns story with regard to
| Tilton's innocence was true. The wit
ness was asked if that paper was his, and
he answered, ig no sense of the word was
it his, or did he dictate it.
The foregoing was objected to BY Mr.
Fullerton. but Judge Nelson decided to
take the answer.
Witness continued words ~ wish
that We're dead &c, are lot my
phraseology, and | did not use the word.
II will die before any one; | did ex-
press myself strongly that would sooner
die than have caused such trouble; very
likely | used the words, "she is guiltlesS
and bore the sins of another II have
humbly prayed God that he may put it
in the heart Of her husband to forgive
me-" are not words of my dictatIon;
NAV have said that had done Elizabeth
wrong, but not that she had forgiven me
Mr.. Evarts showed witness letter of
June lst, '73, written by him to Moulton,
in which he referred to letter through
NoultOn, and asked Mr. Beecher TO what
it referred. Witness said it referred to
this letter of mine that | hold in my
hand. In my interview with Tilton on
Both December, don't recollect making
any reference to Dantc's Inferno; he did
not accuse me of adultery with his wife;
there was nothing but u memorandum read
about improper solicitations; Jan 3D., he
was interviewed with Moulton and my
self, Moulton he was in bed from sickness; ;
while was there Tilton came in; there
was no salutation between us Moulton be-
gan referring to conversations between
him and me, and was proceeding 10 tell
Tilton something | said to him; | had
been telling MoutoH of Tilton and his
hard position and circumstances; alter
MoultOn told him this turned to Titon
and told him how sorry | was at being
connected in any way with mis- misfor-
tunes; | said ! would do all in my power
to help him; Moulton said this was
my apology; he said Theodore
You ousnt 10 Accept IL.
| Tilton then accepted the apology, and
we shook hands and Tilton withdrew;
did not say | would bow my head and 90
out of public life, or ask whetherit would
! be better TO sell Plymouth church;
made no statement with regard to suIcid-
ing or going on Il voyage; said on that
occasion that my age and experience
ought To have led me To avoid this; | did
not say that the relations between myself
and Elizabeth was not always marked by
sexual intercourse; | did not say
that my sexual intercourse had
been for love and nNt for
lust; didn't use the expression about ii
man sitting on the brink, nor say that
was like man sitting on tho edge of
hell; Moulton asked me if the stories
Bowen told Tilton were true and if was
afraid of them; | said no, was not afraid
of them, and defed them before the
whole world; Moulton exhausted his
language in the intensity of his cOndem-
nation Of Bowcu's course; he said Bowen
was mean, treacherouS, &c, and that
Bowen meant to use Tilton to destroy
me. and he would destroy Tilton; he
meant that we should destroy each other
and leave the track clear for him;
gave him an account of the reConcilia-
ton between Bowen and Moulton; said
at some one of the interviews about that
time that Bowen said | had confessed
adultery to him; | laughed and denied i;
Moulton spoke of Tilton's reinstatement
as inevitable; Moulton didn't say he would
not carry Tilton's case into the Courts if
he thought it would rip up the relations
between TiIton and me; Moulton want
ed me to hunt up the memorandum
prints between BecCner ard me and bring
them to him and did so; it was at this
time ! put all my documents into his
hands, and this was among them; the
paper was in Bowen's hand writing; MI
Evarts read copy of heads of interviews
between Bowen and witness; Moulton
said Titon and | mustn't stand together
for sake of his restoration and justice
done; | think at this interview Moulton
said