Martinsburg weekly independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1873-1875, 1875-03-27
BY TEL EGR APH.
FOR THETNDEPENDENT
BEECHER ON TRIAL.

Saucy Bessie Turner ON the
Sfand---Her Gross Exam-
nation.
| BROOKLYN, March 3D. Bessie
Turner resumed her testimony
Immediately after court was called
to order, with her usual saucy air,
and meeting Mr.. Fullerton's skill
| full cross-questioning with ready
and rapid replies. She emphati-
cally denied ever being discharg-
ed from TiIton's house, but left Of
her own accord She heard of the
charge of adultery made by Tilton
against his wife after her return
from the West; heard of it on two
occasions; the trouble between
Bowen and Tilton began about
the time of these charges; she
couldn't say whether she referred
to the Bowen-Tilten difficulty be-
fore The Investigating Committee
or not; might have done SO; she
was not sent away frem Keyport
for falseheod; nobody ever accus-
ed her of falsehood except Thee
dore Tilton. Witness was then
subjected to q rigid examination
regarding the testimony before the
Committee.
New York, March 24-Upon
resumption of the Beecher-Tilton
trial to-day, Bessie Turner resum-
ed her place on the stand, and her
ross-examination continued as fol-
lows: When Tilton took me up
stairs to his room after leaving the
parlor, / was there some time, un-
| til after dark-I think about tive
or three hours. / could not say
whetherit was two or three hours
but it was a long time. She look
ed at the clock in the room and
smiled at each repetition of the
question, but she reiterated her
expression that it was about two or
three hours. She then continued !:
He spoke to me
OF THE TERM SEXUAL INTER
COURSE;
he did not tell me that Mrs. TiIton
had confessed to him her adultery
with Baecher. fl said so before
the committee it must have been
through seeing it in the papers. i
must have been mistaken. / have
talked about the case since / was
here yesterday. No person sug
gested to me how to explain my
having stated to the committee
that Mrs. Tilton had confessed to
Tilton. / have talked to Mrs. Ov-
ington, Mrs. Sherman, Mrs. Til
ton and Mr.. Sherman about it,
/ am stopping at Mrs. Ovington's
now. / saw those reports in the
papers about the confession, j think
when I was at Beaver. After /
was before the committee L tho't.
over all L had told them, but did
not recall my mistake then. / re-
member the occasion when Tilton
called for Mrs. Tilton at Mrs.
Morse's. / was on the stair and
saw
| Triton KNEELING;
one foot was ON the floor and the
other was raised; If / was a man /
could show you the position he
was in;I could not distinguish any
words he was saying, but could
see both OF them / might have
heard what he had said If he mad
spoken louder. / remember speak
ing to the committee about this,
but / do not recollect what told
them. Witness was asked If she
stated before the committee
that Tilton waved her, Mrs. Til
toni and asked her to come back
to his home, to which she replied.
/ may have said this, but I do not
recollect; / talked so fast when /
was before the committee, / may
have got things mixed up; can
not tell from memory what / said
to them, but all / can say is Tilton
repeated his conversation, and said
Paul was not his child; he claim
ed none of them except Florence
he said he had seen Mrs. Tilton and
Mr.. Beecher time and again have
ing sexual intercourse on the red
lounge.
What Mrs. WOOdhuII's Col
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