The Portland daily press., 1875-02-27
THE SCANDAL.
Continuation of Tracy,s Opening.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The assembage of
spectators in the Brooklyn city court room was
not so large as on former occasions. Judge
Nelson was early on the bench. Theodore
Titon, who was absent on the previous two
days of Mr.. Tracy's opening made his APP pear
ance with Mr.. Beach, one OF his counsel The
defendant and his wife occupied their usual
places, while Mrs. Tilton and her friends were
absent
Mr.. Tracy continued his statement where he
left off yesterday, at the interview in which
Moulton obtained the letter of retractiou from
Mr.. Beecher. Counsel SAID that this interview
was followed by another which was sought as a
pretext for fixing the accusation made by Til
ton. Mr. Tracy then reviewed very fully the
famous interview between Moulton and Beech
er, at which the latter's letter of apoog was
written. His version of the affair was mainly
the same as given by Mr.. Beecher in his state
ment to the investigating committee, but he
pictured Beechers peculiar position in o much
more forcible light, laying particular stress on
the consideration, prompted by the most deli
cate feelings of gentlemen, which debarred
him from pleading innocence of intention in
leading Mrs TiltOn to entertain for him an un
due affection, which had been the foundation
of the domestic unhappiness
Another point, said the counsel, come to the
alleged confession of his guilt that the defend
ant is charged with, being made to Mr. Moulton
aud his wife. At the church committee inves-
tigation Mr.. Tilton said that his evidence
against Henry Ward Beecher was in writing
and he dlQ not Ln6u pretend tHat he hau IN MS
possession any oral confession OF Mr.. Beecher's.
In Mouiton's statement of August q, he stated
| that Mr.. Beecher had confessed to him, but
that was given in general terms, and not specti-
| cally. This was challenged and it was not un-
| ill his second statement that he came out with
| it boldly, and they would also remember that
| in his examination here he clothed his lan-
guhgs in different terms TO what he did in his
| second statement.
You will remember how Moulton, on the
10 r1ls..
| the words sexual relations" Now in his sec
| ond statement he omitted the word sexual and
| said when Mr.. Beecher was confessing to him
| he used the word RELATIONS. Moulton makes
| and invents the interview of Jan. I'd, with
| Mr.. Beecher. Sunday came on the first of
Jan. 1871, and the apology was written on that
| evening, and on the next day. which was the
| I'd of Jan, Mr.. Mouton says he called on Mr..
Beecher and had the interview Now, gentle
men, the I'd of January of that year was New
| Years day when Mr.. Beecher entertaiE,sd over
| 800 callers. and no interview with Moulton was
| held. Recess.
After the recess Mr.. Tracy continued his adj
| dress.
He said he would now review Titon's con-
nectiou with Victoria Woodruff. The other
side had conceded that Tilton had written the
| life of Mrs. Wtodhnll in September, 1871 He
| attributes to his acquaintance with her his ruin
| in the editorship of the Independent 1t he
| presumed to set forth to the public that his
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| on account of Beecher and his statement was
| contradcted, then the witness was contradicted
on very important point. He went to Cony
| Island in a carriage with her, and denies hav-
| ing bathed with her. He would show tn at
both had deposited their watches with the
coachman and returned with all the evidences
| that they had been bathing Counsel would
show that the slips of her publication were dis
| tributed in the newspaper offices before she
| published them, and that TiltOn was befriend-
ing this woman to get her to publish this story
| The Steinway Hall meeting was got up to
| make Beecher endorse this woman and to take
| off from Tilton a portion of the obloquy
which had fallen upon him for associating
| with this woman.
| On November 1st 1871, he wrote the poem
| of 'Sr Marmadukes Musings" What made
him allude to his crown being torn from him
but the cdium in which the people held him
through Mrs. Woodruff. The second verse OF
| that poem was issued as menace to Mr.
| Beecher to alarm him. This poem was written
before the Steinway Hall meeting, in order. we
suppose, to compel Beecher to come up there
and preside at it. Beecher faced everything
rather than endorse the principles this woman
advocated, and defed TIlton and Wooodhull to
| do their worst. At this time TiltOn had over
| drawn his account in Woodruff q Robinson s
and had no money. The Importance OF this
would be obvious at another point of the case.
If the counsel could show that personal
| statement was threatened by Tton to compel
| recognition from Beecher as to the justice of
| his claims against Bowen, then it would be
| shown that this publication was threatened for
| purposes of blackmail. He never intended to
| publish this statement, but had the two copies
| struck off only to compel the payment of this
| claim. Wilkeson promised to aid him in get
| ting the money from Bowen if it was justly
| owed to him, as Wilkeson said that it would
never do to have this published; and, gentle
| men, on the fourth of April Tilton had his
| $1,000 in his pocket from Bowen, but do not
| say, gentlemen, that the obtaining of this
| money was for blackmail, for 1t might have
| been due to Tilton.
Gen. Tracy then proceeded to make person
| al EXPLANATION, though under protest of plaip-
| tiff's counsel He said the charge that he had
| instructed Mrs. Titon what to testify before
| the committee was false, as he had seen her
| only 30 or 40 minutes before she appeared be-
| fore the committee When he desired to enter
| this case he told Moulton and Tilton, and they
| released him from any obligations they might
| have considered him under to them. Besides,
Mr.. Mouton asked him to appear for Beecher.
| Court adjourned till Monday,
A Card From Bowen.
The following card from Henry G. Bowen is
| published:
''The statements made by Mr.. 3. f. Tracy
| in his opening address to the court and jury ia
| the Brook Ign scandal case, so far as the said
| statements refer to me as having been engaged
| in any conspiracy whatever, are malicious
| fabrications from beginning to end, destitute
| of even one particle of truth, as said Tracy can
| learn if he will call me to the witness stand.
| In which event he will find that do not be-
| lieve in the doctrine said to be taught by him,
| that lying is justifable under certain circum-
stances"
| (Signed,) HENRY G. BOWEN.
New York, Feb 26, 1875.