New-York tribune., 1875-01-22
THE LETTER OF CoNTmrI0y AyALYzED.

y.
Q, And he dictated It deliberately A. Yes. Sir
q And yOu Yroe it dehberateyi A. Wrote o, be do
ssted n.
Q. Did you write all that Mr. Boecher aldi A. Every vsyd
z, And you say that this letter written ksstfy and
rapidly you could ti A. It written rap.dy
as could write IT,
@ Was 1t written hastily 4 Written rapidly; dom
what you mean by kasiiy.
g Written rapidly; very well Was written by yOa IN bs
effort catch the N Beeoher speaking
A. As he uttered them FOR Downs fact AZ /, vas
necessary TO write for that purpose / wrote.
@ And you wrote after who dc;ltng rather ihaB
after who talking and shO-e you
seeking 10 catch he aked' A. Yes, sir; debating
Q lHandng paper vitHcs-.l k that your usaa hand
vnringi A. It i itte distinct than usual asaaiJ
write with q steel PEN This ooks though it written
with qul.
q Do you remember whether you wrote with seel pens
gold pen, qui' A. ! recollect. This oOss ~
though wrote with quill pen
q As Of recocc'or you recoiect What sort o,
pen you wrote with' A. cannot reoolec whether razA
quill pen q steel pen.
q one u A. Ny impression IL thai
quill pen.
Mr Eyars-You mean -'ec or gold pen'
Mr.. Fulleuon-No; ne means quill pen
Mr. Evarts-You mean qull steel or gold'
Mr. Fullerton lie say il impression be wrote VITA
quill pen.
M Tracy- desin letter With IA. puseiVs
ton and the writing Iwant rad A. Il j. Rniten
Mr. shcarman-I will read hi- eAlctly E. writes hsIs.
Mr Fuleron--Of course you will
NJ shearman-It never has been real - u i written.
Mr. Fuerton-I beg your pardon. sr has been
Mr Eyars- No sir not with The punctuation Ho
didnt read The puncfuaou.
M Fullerton -Iou sons Rad punctuation; you
NJ ShesunaI reading
In tust vii. D Mol.on.
& ~ foif ~ I 5r 3 r,'c' =, do 'a - 5 cS h. "a5
have been better man in crrnmanoee than have bn
heart. that would ach, IvH NOT l.,4d even R-h that
were dead p'hor- i've and -nfer will de before
1n.one out my,ef -- 9e ,n'a & All my M 'Ioash', AZ.
aad PRAYING win her folded hand- ,ie .ui'r-. sini.d
have huHby pray ,o God hal be- may put into te hsaft
q bcr husband tO forgive Iue
have trusted 'hs 20 houI,on JOB couG!cncc
The wtness--That j.
Mr. sherman have read his II written The soh
II cam is corrected by striking ort the "t~
words Will NOT plead .ubsluently Inserted ts
words for myself bu' OF ink is different whore
the t' s crossed aud here he for myseh
serted
Mr Beach Vow ~ question whether the ssRtemas
has read 1t according the punctuation.
Evarts-That viii be for 'he inry.
Fu,crtonIhe gentleman promised 70 read - ~ Vas.
and when through he confessed be read A.
Judge Neileon--I thought be resd il very we'll
NJ Fullerton ON, h. read % ,ery Acl.
ar Eylr--Hc read the on iDi ed ton bg,
Tot according 20 ihc revised ediuou
Mr Tracy You LAY NJ B.'cher dictated all lat fs
telce D. single -ent,ucn. do yuu
Mr. Fuleron-He ddui ~iy rhat
The Witness u laid be dictated e,erv word u h.
Nr Trsey-I You whether Nr Beccler
dictated cyeg down nc 6rst PERIOD marked m that
ietior. a single sentence
NJ Morr,-T1ere is point gour Honor please 10
sire word reference The counsel attempted
give impression reference this letter and spoke
about the din, colorod nix Now the who letter
I'M, rh, de iya-f freev and
par many of n, vorl sometimes The middle - word,
be pale. Fol instance, tine beginning - ha word
soor and tlc letters "g "h pale and The t
black showing Be- pen M no deliver roe INK regularly anil
uniformly
Mr. Eyarts-If yor p,a,c We object 20 az his Il quite
competent or earned f1and- comment The
SCRIPT does f-fy commeIs THAI thcy can make
Others
Mr. Beach,, doe. comments When thy ID
correct
Mr. Eyart.we call the witness. attention to g. and n's
NOy before tc l"ac- hc stand and intend 20
DO IT,
Judge Nelson impressions created yonr par
reference to The c.~ ina II thc letter this writing,
which perhaps sfs he counsel on The other eide making
roDask Oh rho subject
NJ TrcyI ak you whether W Bccchcr On that occasion
dictated everything thc ar,t period marked in 'l'
ttur q single ~rf.'uce.
NJ Beacl-Thc witness ha> said Ao such thing
Mr Tracy Aaov t.ai. and ,s' = ac reason a-k hsi
rrE TmBrsE s'eucgapher here directed hy he Costto
read tlc .a-l JUS oA 90 tho i'm. vhich be did
NJ Beach ", mistaken.
NJ Tuy ap s4d you aeSnovi.e ior once you are ms-
taken.
Nj B,acl-Yoa viii ind alv - ready TO acknov!eiss
ny mistakes III. are rep fc,Hcn' and common
Nj Fui,ron-You arc consuming srea, deal Of time We
want YOU 90 20 with the cise
The Wnes- What is the close of The sent'nce'
q Did MI Es.cbcr dictate ,he letter down 70 the Wod
been in thc auuas, have read single -enseDoei A.
Ifrr r..ft 4l l,se ia
plain
~ Tracy Answer my quesi.o first
The wimcss j cannot ye- without an eSpll
uation.
Jadrc Nelson To Mr. Tracy That your ,ue.uon
yes or
The wi,ne-s-T 10 explain that answer Il your Honor
will allow
Nj Tracy-No: you csnnO' answer thai question ths
all
The wness-very we'll
Judge Ncison-Pnt another question.
O. Can you remember tho sentence wac hat NJ
Beehe dictated A. Every word o TIE letter bs
dictated.
q ddr.. ,st Won that ak YOU Uhat the sr~t sentence
vas that he dcstedf wrote words jaSt a. they eano
from his lips and cannot you the hrst sentence hA' ."
dictated ,..,
Judge Nelson Did he dictate it in the order m NhsS
her,' A Yes SIR; that j. wha, ! wanted 70 eAl~in
Mr. Tr4cyYou cannot tell the ars ssnience that he sc-
,aed do YOU sly that' A. Inc "''ls ~ '"e NV N "
TIN. letter he dictated every wond Of
Won bay. laid that dictated h sentence by -eniesee,
and ,bat YOU wrote by sentence a. he dictated
No,v ak YOU n you tell ~ what ne nrst sentence vac
t he dictated and that y"u wrote s -ensncei
lean Tell yon what understand about il my understand
inc 4. tbe s sentence be dictated vas u AK through yon
Tbeodor Tions forgiveness and humble myself before
him a. DO before ms Cod lie would have been better
p nv Circumstance than have been. That my recolIN-
ton of The dr-t sentence he dictated.