The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-30
The Beecher Tri.I-Coutinued In.

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on the increase. Mr.. Beecher, his wife
and youngest son, and DR.. Beecher were
present, and were seated in front of the
| Plymouth church delegation.
David Dows was the first witness, and
! testified as follows: Miss Turner lived
III my family; my family, with others,
went ON II trip u Omaha that spring; we
left on the Dist of May and returned on
the 18th of June This concluded his eX-
animation.
John Winslow was the next witness,
. and testified rs follows: Mrs. Tiltun
was before the investigating committee
on the 9Th of July; Mr.. Tilton was before
the committee on the 10th OF July:
! Tilton said his case was i'll writing; he
never stated whether Mr.. Beecher had
made confession to him; he said this m
vestigation was all wrong; he wanted the
committee to adopt the report he had
dra wn; told him | didn't want to hear
anything but testimony before
! the committee he asked me
/ to do his statement justice;
was present when Tilton attacked Tracy
and heard what he said; when Tilton
said to Tracy you have no right to be
| here in collision with me after the prom
| ise you made, Tracy: Hesad yes but when
| | saw you change your ground, | didn't
call the promise binding; Tilton said,
Tracy i forgive YOU" he put his arms
around Tracy neck; Tilton said always
forgive, but you never do.
! Cross examined-Mrs. 1iltOn made
two statements before the committee;
Tracy was not present on any occasion
where it WAS read Tilton came before
the committee on the 10th of July; he did
not think it best to investigate, as II would
be an unhappy affair and lead to troublei
! he expressed an unwillingneSs to testify
on this and other occasions; we said We
would like to see the papers; | next saw
Tilton on the 18th; he referred To Mrs.
Tilton's testimony, and said he had II re-
port which he wished the Committee to
adopt exonerating himself and Beecher;
on the 23d of July, Tilton brought bun
die of papers to the Committee and began
to read; some member thought 1t was not
pertinent; they expressed desire to eX-
anime the papers and | was to be allow
ed to do so; Tracy was there, and TiIton
said he had no right TO appear against
| him, as he had his promise not to do so;
Tracy said he notified Tilton that he
would not keep his promise if he changed
| his ground: Tilton said that made no
( difference. Hill and Tracy were lawyers
On behalf OF the committee and examined
/ the witnesses; Tilton never furnished liz
with the letters which he promised on
! the occasion of the conversation between
| Tracy and Titon; the former asserted
the charge was only improper proposals
and the latter did not deny it. The
witness here left the stand and
Thomas j. Turner
was called. He said: | am in Mr..
Beechers employ; on Monday June ID,
! 1873. Beecher was at his farm and stay
| ed until the next afternoon; he came
again on the 10Th Of June.
| Cross-examined-I knew the time the
train left New York 10y telegram | have
copy of it; | have a memorandum of
fifty cents | paid for carrying the teIe-
/ yram TO the farm on June I'd; have not !
the book with me; it was on Monday
| when Beecher came to PeekskiIl on that
| occasion; it was on Monday the 10Th oi
| Nav that Beechcr came there before |
that the farm is twenty minutes drive !
from the station. Recess.
| After Recess.
Joseph S. Turner was called and testified |
l reside ut PcckSkill, and am Il son OF
| the last witness called; am living with
INV father; was attending horses in the
! employ of Beecher on June, 1873
went in the afternoon to meet Bcecher
on June 2nd, 1873 at the 3:4S train
met Mr.. and Mrs Beecher ut the depot
at Peekskill, and drove them to the
house; Beccher left in the afternoon OF
Tuesday; | drove him down after dinner
to either the 2:l5 or 4:20 train; my moth
cr died on the 22d of May, and Bcecber
attended the funeral; on the oath Beech
er returned to New York and came back
on the 2Gth of May; after June I'd did
not see Mr. Beechcr until June IL.
Cross cxamined-l have no mcmoran-
DUN to guide me in these dates: re-
member the 2nd Of June because it was
the first day did work; the lst of June
fell on Sunday and that is not working
day there; went to meet Beecher ut the
= O'clock train; Mrs. Bcccher came then;
Mrs. Beechcr had been there on the 29th
of Nav; / drove them to the station on
Tuesday; it was in the afternoon, but |
cannot tell what time OF day; | met the
train on June I'd, and may have waited
on it ten or fifteen minutes.
Thomas Rochefort testified: | am re-
ceiyer of the Western Union Telegraph
Company. and was at Peekskill on the
I'd of June, 1873; | remember receiving
the dispatch from Beecher on that day;
+, hown book this is the entry of mes
sage book; the messages are sometimes
not dated, but we are enabled to fix the
date by the book.
Mr.. Hill read the telegram directed to
Turner, asking him to send and meet
him ut the train.
The witness continued l. do not
know whether this is in Reecher hand
writing or not.
Cross examined-The entry Of the
memorandum is by the manager of the
department; received the telegram Mt
the Office.
Redirect examination-Thc original
telegram has no date, bnt will swear 1t
was the I'd of June, from the entry IN
the book.
The next witness was +. b. DcnsIer.
He said: ! am telegraph operator IN
the Brooklyn office of the W e'terh
Union Telegraph Company; shown
message | sent this from Brooklyn TO
the New York Office on the ID of June.
: 1878; this was taken from the files two
weeks ago by Mr.. Hughes, the manager
of the Brooklyn office; all messages Tor
Pcckskill have to go over to New ork
This witness then left the stand.
Ben Kittridge formerly of Cincinnati
tcstilied-I reside at PeeksKill and Iiyr
about two hundred yards from BeecheF
residence; the ordinary method OF gong
to Becchcrs house is past nine; nave
, known Beechcr for ten years; he was III
= his farm on the ID of June, 1878; | am
2 farmer and come to New York about
: three times IL week; | was in New York