Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-22
THE PLYMOUTH PASTORS TRIAL.
Houlfon ON Bessie Turner, Mrs. Wood
hnII. A.

null. &C
After our telegraphic report OF the Tilton-
Beecher trial closed yesterday. Mr.. Moulton
continued his testimony as follows with re
ference to
THE LETTER or RFCANTATioS
dictated by Beecher; -Beecner dictated LIS
letter sentence by sentence, deliberately, aud
TOOK IL down; this letter was written a. fast
As he dictated to me: BeechCr dictated every
word that Is in the letter; | think the first
sentence Beecher dictated on that occasion
was one beginning, 81 ask, through you,
Theodore Tilton's forgiveness" &c; | saw
beecher again on the ID OF January in his
house my Interview with him was alone: IL
was either on this day or = day or two after
that he read the draft of BoWen's letter Ia
me: he read Inc the dTaft, and said il was
just and truthful; l then told Beecher TiltDu
was preparing letter to Bowen: do not re
member II Beecher asked me what were the
charges preferred by Bowen against him: I
| told Beecher / would try to get hold of this
letter for the purpose of negotiating with
Bowen: Tilton wanted to publish This LETTER
and let the public know as To the severance
of his connection with Bowen; Tilton began
writing this letter on the evening of Jan. list.
| at my house; think he finished the draft of ID
! that night; visited Mr.. Beecher on the ri OF
January, at his invitation given on pre-
viOuS day; in my statements 10 Gen Bur Ter
/ told him that Mr. Beecher hal asked me- if
| IL would be safe 10 let the sale OF Plymouth
peWS take place, and | replied i'm return that
| II would; ON Jan. LIST Beecher told me that ne
had prayed 10 God for help 10 discon inue
their sexual relations; those were the very
words ne uttered Ia me, do not recollect II
these were the words he ALWAYS uscd when
speaking of their intimacy.
BESSIE TURNER.
Two letters were handed To the witness: he
said: i saw these two letters before | gave
them to Judge Morris: they came into my
possession shortly after their writing. Janu-
airy 10 and January l., 1871; l have had them
ever since; Bessie Turner was then residing
with TiltOn; / talked with Tilton after get
ting the letters; these are all the papers that
l recollect now having received from Bessie
Turner arrangements Were made for her 60
ing away before l received the letters; think
/ have got bills that will show when She en-
tered the school.
Counsel Offered the letters i'm evidence 10
show that the girl had been sent away be-
cause she had heard stories against Triton
and not because she had heard stories against
Beecher. The court ruled out these letters
Counsel then offered TO read the letters
which was objected to, but counsel received
permission from the court To read the letter
of January 10. addressed to Mrs TiltOD nv
Bessie Turner, stating that the story of Til
ton carrying her from her BET was
A WICKED LIE,
and the letter OF January 10, telling Mrs Til
ton that Mrs. Morse had offered inducem ATS
10 her To tel stories about her husband which
she did not think would be right after the
kindness she had received at both her hands
These two letters were admitted as evidence
After recess Mr. MOultOn's croSS-examina-
ton with regard 10 Bessie Turner's school
expenses was continued. Nothing import
ant was elected beyond the points that wit
ness paid the bills sometimes to the princi-
pal Of the school and sometimes to Mrs Til
ton and the amounts were refunded to him
by Mr.. Beecher. In response to witness re
quest therefore, witness was then examined
with reference to the three letters of FehTua-
ry 9TH, 1871. He said one was from TiIton To
me, and the other two were from Mr.. Beecher
TO Mrs. TiltOn, all written for the PURPOSE of
reconciliation; this was shortly before the
starting of the Golden Age newspaper. Wit
ness testified "a TO the amount of money in
vested by TiltOn and others in the Golden
Age. was at TiltOn'S house shortly after
the Golden Age started, when Mr.. Beecher
and Mrs: Woodruff were there; in 1871, before
the publication OF the Woodruff statement
/ think, in February. / was looking for
Beecher. and found in the office of the Golden
Age with TiltOn.
MRS. WooDHULL'S LIFE
was issued in tract form, but / do not know
lfitWaS one of the Golden Age publications:
Mr.. I1lton never told me that hfs publication
OF the life of Victoria Woodruff in the Golden
Age was disastrous 10 him and his newspa-
per enterprise; Tilton said 10 me he did il as
friendly act, and in the Interests of the re-
preston OF the stories against Mr.. Beecher; /
told him that thought its effects would be-
disastrous TO the paper; cannot fix the date
or my going ont of the paper, but think il was
the same time as Woodruff, who said that it
would be better for Theodore Tilton 10 be sole
proprietor of the paper; / did not then CON
slider that TiltOn was the sole proprietor of
the paper; The notes Were given by TiltOn TO
be payable on the success OF the Golden Age.
III September, 1871, Mrs. Woodruff visitel
my mousse she may have dined there once or
twice; l may have urged my wife 10 make
heracquaintance; think the last time saw
her was IN the autumn of 1872; do not re-
member that TiltOn and had any difficulty
with Mrs. WOOdhull when ! last saw her: |
never heard from Mr.. TiltOn that Mrs Wool
hull was threatening to publish an article
called ''Tlt-foT- Tat" rejecting on several
ladies.