Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-04-07
SECOND EDITION.
Yesterdays Reechor Trial.

WHAT He TESTIFIED To-acENEs AND INCIDENTS
LARGE ATTENDANCE or LADIES.
Mr.. Beecher's testimony yesterday continued
to be in the nature of denials or explanations.
He contradicted many of the circumstances al
legged by Mouton and Tilton to have toccurred,
and put very different Interpretation upon
some of the remarkable phrases and express
sons he used, and which have puzzled great
many people who were sincerely dearoua to be-
lieve i'll his innocence. &c
AMONG THE INQUIRIES
addressed him was one as to the occasion Of Mr.
Moulton's first suggestions to Mr.. Beecher that
he should lend aid in money to MIR. Tilton. Mr..
Beecher replied that it was among the first sug-
gestions made by MIR. Mouton after the storm of
January, 1871, had passed-within that month,
in fact. Mr.. Moulton told him that there was a
mortgage of $1,000 on Mr.. Tiltons house, and
that it ought to be paid. Mr.. Mouton's next
demand for money was made in the Summer of
1871 for the amount of Miss Bessie Turner's
school bills lie represented that he was paying
out
LARGE SUMS OF MONEY
for Mr.. Tilton, and that lie thought Mr.. Beecher
ought to help Without any formality or ar
rangelnent as to paving other bills, Mr.. Beecher
paid the sum asked for, and when other bills
were sent to him he paid them without ques-
ton or account Of tile expenditures. The only
positive " Beechefism of the day was uttered
at thiH point, when the witness declared that he
did not thihk lie " had ever kept an account or a
memorandum of any money on the earth"
part of Mr.. Tilton's testimony was read rola-
tive to the scene at which he alleged tie.
PAHENrAGE OF THE CHILD
Ralph was talked over and MIR. Beechers at
tenton called to tue statement that at
the close of that interview, Mr.. Beech
er burst into tears and expressed great
grief and misery. Mr.. Beocher not only
denied that the conversation in any way re-
ferred to the child but also asserted that it was
pleasant. hopeful interview, and at its close
the @ last thing that was done was to kiss each
other, all three around, and" he added, i" did
not burst into tears for that"
Mr. Beecher presented the samc
sERrSE, rATIiNr AFFECT
on the stand. To his nosegay of wild violets he
had added tea rose bud. The "twin plain
tiffs, as one of Mr.. Beecher's admirers has jo-
cosely designated Mr.. Tilton and Mr.. Moulton
on the ground that the cause Of one lis the cause
of the other, sat side by ride i'll their accustom-
ed places. Mrs. Beecher was surrounded by
children and friends. Mrs. Field, with Mrs.
Putnam and her sister, occupied the seats re-
served for them when formerly they accompanied
Mis-. 1iton to court. The latter has not been in
court since Mr.. Beeeher took the stand.
JUDGE NEuLeoNs WARNING.
on Monday that ladies' should not attend court
next day was utterly disregardea. Indeed it had
the natural effect of increasing their interest
and swelling the number in attendance yester-
day morning. Probably twenty ladies' were i'll
the Plymouth delegation and the group Of spec
tators to tho right of that body. Several of them
are ladies who have been in attendance from the
first, but most of the faces were new to the
courtroom. 1t is not improbable that larger
attendance of ladies' would be more conductive
to coed order; at any rate, the ladies' do not
form the unruly element OF the audience.