Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-05
EVENING STAR.
FRIDAY...............Marca 5, us.a.
HE BEECHER TRIAL.
Scenes and Iucideut~

sPEcULATIoNs CONCERNING BEFc trn As
WITNESS.
From The Ns7c York HeTsrffl
At recess the usual talk aud counter talk
were had. III was generally conceded On AZ
up TO tails time the attempt OF the defenda a
TO carry out an emotional case by the testl-
mony OF various obtuse persons. under the
rules OF evidence, was a difficult mat er
And this led 10 many queries as 10 how Mr..
Beecher could stand such crOsS-examina-
ton as Fullerton would give him.
He will either make a great success or a
complete breakdown" This was the ne mark
of critic, and on further inquiry IL was gem
orally found that this critic, however acute.
bad basel hts opinion on the manner and
style OF Mr.. Beecher's original state nent be-
lore the church committee. what cha ice
will he have" said the &c lsor oto get I'm IA s
ngures OF speech, such as Mrs. Tilton's an
pearance when she laid with her folded han Is
Ike a marble statue, which had been seen in
cer5aln cathedral?'' Oilers thought that
Mr. Beecher, AZ an improved man OF the
world anu an after-dinner speaker, wolli be
as chirpy and humorous as Judge Fullerton
could be-
SMALL Pox IN COURT.
Prom the TFibsp,el
considerable alarm and Onsternatioa were
aroused during the recess by the rsplrt-af-
terward eonfirmeSi-that Theodore Tusch, a
reporter of the Brooklyn Eagle, who ha been
I'm regular attendance at the courtroom for
several weeks, had been attacked with small
pox ia severe form, and that Inc had con-
room.
While Mrs. Putnam was giving her tes:i-
mony-at 20 minutes before I O'clock-.hc
seventh Juryman, VIM. Ii. Jesfreys. became
faint suddenly, and was con iuc,ci 10 an
open WINDOW, the occurrence causing an im-
mediate cessation of the examination. Mr..
Jeffreys soon recovered, but IL was decided
not 10 continue the session, as "A second at
TACK might be more severe than the first.
The air in the COURTROOM is always BAD. Ii
was unusually close and depressing yeSter-
day, as IL was impossible TO open the win
account nj l,.a
wind.
Mrs. Beecher seemed 10 be exceedingly IN
yesterday, ana her presence in the court
room apparently was attended by great suf-
ierlng. She was warmly wrapped in heavy
Shawls, and a thick white ssclou1 was wound
about her head and almost covered her face.
She bad frequent coughing spells. and was
an object OF sympathy to all who observed
her.
HOW MRS. MoULToN WILL RE CONTRA
DICTED.
From the " T. Sdr.1
But oh that sofa. Oh that Afghan! Why
didn't the good lady remember the terrible
heat of that awful July?
Afghan! Why the man who could crave
an Afghan on that terrible July day must
have been an Afghanistan, a Hottentot in
deed, In whom there was no lie.
Dear me, and then that powder on the Ii
I'm sorry she said so much about it. II
must all be contradictcd-and then where
are we?
don't intend TO waste all their time in refti-
ting improbabilities, but will give the Brook
Ign Twins taste of their steel Why that
agoniZed sweat on Beecher's brow was Just
like any other sweat on any other brow.
Just go TO Moultons house yourself next
July, when the thermometer says eighty,
cover yourself with an Afghan, and see what
kind OF sweat you'll have. Too thin.
HOW BEECHER SAW OvINGToN TWISTED UP.
From The He7dJil
Little Omens go around that court room.
and the tolling OF the city bell at noon every
day sometimes gives a nervous jerk to half
the audience. Mr.. Beecher finally grew in
censed at the closeness and pertinacity of
Fullerton's attempt TO wind up Oyington,
and he drew out a large blue book and began
10 read il. In few seconds ne arose and
pulled off his overcoat, looking almost pur-
pie, and whispered TO Judge Porter After a
while, when Fullerton had woven his web
very adroitly around Mr.. Ovington and pro-
ceeded TO pull the strings, the witness fairly
admitting that he had been mistaken three
times, Mr.. Beecher laughed at the ludicrous-
ness of the thing, and then directly his head
was up and his eyes modify counting the
Stats in the window blinds.
A DoUBTER ANSWERED.
From the Brooklyn ArgIsl
"Your noble wife has been to me one of