The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-01-26
NEW YORK..
THE SCANDAL.
Continuation of MoultOn's Cross-examin-
alton.


Confirmation of MoultOn's Cross-examin-
alton.
New YORK, Jan. 25.-The self-same crowd
of people filled the Brooklyn court room this
morning who have occupied it during the pre-
vious days of the trial. very few new faces
are to be observed in the throng. The Beecher
party and Mrs. Tilton and her friends were alb
sent. When the trial commenced Mr.. Evarts
apologzed for the absence of ex-Judge Porter,
who was unable to come out owing 10 the Sc
we're weather prevailing.
Mr.. Mollton resumed the stand. Mr.. smear,
man stated that they had got the Original
charges as printed in WoodhLll 81 claims
weekly in Nov End, 1877, and from winch ne
read extracts. Mr.. Sherman read a few
clauses, when ex-Judge Fullerton objected TO
that portion of the article inculpatlng the three
parties, Tton, Beecher and Moulton This ar.
ticle counsel argued was only apromulgatlon OF
the doctrines of Mrs. Woodruff and he did not
see why il should be admitted as evidence.
Mr. Beach said it would raise side issues and
the only object in reading this paper he thought
was to introduce accusations against the plain
tiff and the witness on the stand
The court decided that the article should be
read, subject to his decision paragraph by par
agraph. The portion relating to Mrs. Wood,
hul's views of the marriage relations are ruled
out by the court, who stigmatized them as
'atrocious sentiments" An exception was TAX
en- TO GllS ruling ny luc uClCuCO. Lho PioooA
scene was read and was allowed to remain IN.
Counsel read statement made by Mrs. WOOD
hull in the article which set forth in regard to
Theodore Tilton, that he was no vestal virgin,
and this was ruled out Mrs. w oodhulls en-
deavors to get Beecher to preside at the Stem
way Hall meeting were ruled out also. The
cross-examination of Moulton was then contin-
ued by Mr.. Tracey. ...
Witness said i heard the most part of Mr..
Tilton's "true story" read it was prepared in
e har dn mr. RI.
member if the story was presented as an ans
wer to the Woodruff charges; there is only one
part of the story which l now recollect; this
statement was not published.
Counsel for the defence called for the paper
which thew said was in the hands of the prose-
cution, but ex-Judge Fullerton said it was not
in their hands, having been destroyed.
Witness cont:nued:-I remember that por-
ton of it only which bore on the relations OF
Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton; do not recOllect
don't think the statement contained the letter
of contrition, but it may have contained q por-
tion of it: [ do not know if this was introduced
as portion of the charge OF MIR. Tilton against
Mr. Beecher; do not remember II MI. Illton IN
that statement eulogized his wife for the deli
cate manner In winch sue Hau reSeuteu VIC au-
vances of her pastor.
Mr.. Tilton seemed already willing to make
statement which should protect his wife from
the charge of adultery; remember the publ
friend; do not know that it was brought on in
an emergency in the case; it was the object OF
an interview between Mr. Beecher and myself,
but do not remember that he said he felt
called upou to deny the charge in this letter.
Witness was handed letter Whlcn ne sald
he never saw before.
Judge Fullerton asked to see the letter, to
which Mr. Evarts retorted that it was not in
evidence Judge Fullerton insisted that the
letter should be shown to him.
i "a ha arlVJnad IN nuI
dence again, when the court said that Mr.. Full
lerton could see it. The letter written by I'll
ton to Bowen, reciting the charge preferred by
the latter against Mr.. Beecher, was shown to
witness, who continued:
L do not rember reading this but may have
been told of it. do not know how the press
got hold of this letter and had nothing to do
with the furnishing of it to the papers. asked
Tilton how il came to be published and he said
he did not know. This publication brought on
ment. think 1 saw Mr.. Beecher about it.
think this was published on April Goth, and
Mr.. Beecher gave me the $4,000 for the use of
Tilton. / don't remember how soon after the
publication of this article that L had talked
with Mr.. Beecher about the money. had
several interviews with him about the money,
and think the last one was Immediately be-
fore received it. l never recollect hearing
Mr.. Beecher saying that Mr.. Tilton was talk
ing about him. never heard rumors that Til
Witness was shown letter which recalled
to his mind on one occasion hearing of the ru
mors against Mr.. Beecher. He did remember
hearing of it on another occasion. Another let
ter was shown witness which he recognized as
his answer to Mr.. Beecher on Sunday morning
June 1st 1873, some of the words we're under
scored which the witness thought was not done
by him.
The letter was read saying to Mr.. Beecher
that he could stand if the whole case were
I'll Ian xrTyf
The trpartite agreement was published prior to
the writing of this letter on the Both of May.
on the I'd of June Mr.. Beecher published
card exculpating Mr.. Tilton from being the
author of Mr. Bowen's charges. This card
was agreed upon in my study on the Sunday
night before. 1 heard on the Saturday after
noon previous that Mr.. Tilton was about to
publish this card, and on Monday learned he
was not going to publish it. This was after
Mr.. Beecher had announced bis intention or
resigning and Mr.. Tilton had been told of his
determination. The draft of the card pub
lished June I'd was prepared by Mr.. Tilton but
was altered somewhat before published. Inc
card dated June 25th was drawn up in Del
monicos in Chambers street, when Mr. Tilton,
Mr.. Carpenter and myself were present. dc
tated the letter. Recess.
After recess Moulton resumed his place on
the witness stand and was handed letter by
Gen. Tracy. He said:-I saw this letter in the
latter part of December 1872, after the publiea,
1 think it was left with me by Tilton. (Letter
was read by Sherman, and was written to
Moulton by Mrs Tilton, stating she was inno-
cent Of the impure crime imputed to her, and
acknowledging her faith in her husband not
making the charges against herr The letter
was offered in the evidence.
Witness continued-I have no portrait of
BeecLer hanging now in my house. TOOK IL
down about year ago. may have published
as a card, after Aug. 81, stating that | was
,har nf ha of PlvmOuth
church, as was member OF no other congre-
CATION. 1 do now know that it was my habit
Of lying in bed Sunday mornings which pre-
vented my wife attending the communions held
after tho service. l made my first statement
July 18th; the second was think, on August
9th.
Ex-Judge Fullerton rose to correct a mistake
he said he made during the morning session,
when he stated the 'True Story" as it was
called, had been burnt. He desired now 70
Gen. Tracy asked the counsel for the prose-
cution for the original copy of Moulton's first
statement, which caused some delay, during
which witness continued Il dictated it to Til
ton and copied from what Tilton had written.
The long report which was drawn up by Tilton
for the investigating committee was then read
by Shearman, which witness said was drawn
up at his own house when Tilton, Gen. Tracy
and himself were present.
Witness continued:-I went down to the door
his wife. This report was submitted to me the
next morning or the morning after that. Tlton
and his wife, 1 understood, then remained to-
gether till she went to Mrs. OvingtOn's. Both
of my long statements were published after
Beechers statement. think the drift of the
first one was prepared before Beecher's was
published. 1 do not recollect having expressed
violent hostility to Beecher after the publishing
of his statement. may have expressed hos
tility violently toward him Inever threatened
him in the presence of Wallace Caldwell or
Augustus Storrs within the past three months.
may have expressed myself in terms of hatred
toward Beecher to u s. District Attorney Ten
ny. / do not remember calling Beecher liar,
a cheat and libertine. do not remember
saying that L would crush Beecber and drive
him out of Brooklyn. 1 may have said he
ought to be driven out, but if so dent recol-
lect it. t... .
The witness was asked in relation to a threat
made to Charles Storrs in which the name of
Miss Edna Dean Proctor was mentioned
The court stated that he had ruled before
that the names of third parties would not be
admitted into this controversy.