Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-04-10
BY TEL EG II APH.
FOR THEINDEPENDENT
TILTON-BEECHER TRIAL
Crowded Court Room TO
Hear Btccher.

A&SNa
New York, April 1.-The CORR
doris of the Brooklyn court room
were filled this morning with parties
holding tickets for the trial and yet un
able to obtain admittance as the linn
tied number to fill three hundred seats
in the room had already gained an
entrance. The number of ladies in the
audience was very greatly increased
over that of the previous day. The
Plymouth gathering was also enlarg-
ed and consisted of many of the chief
members of the church. The plain
tiff's lawyers were earliest in atten-
dance, and with them was General
Pryor, who has been absent for the
past few days. Shortly after Mr..
Beecher's entrance he assembled the
witness stand. Mr.. Evarts introduced
John Biglow, late Il. $. Minister TO
France, to Judge Nelson, who gave
him a seat on the bench alongside Of
the assistant attorney general of the
United States. Mr.. Agnew, speaker
of the house of representatives of
Virginia, also occupied seat near
| the judge. Beecher continued his
| examination.
| / REMEMBER MISS BESSIE TURNER
coming to me in December, 1870; but
| remember only once, though she
may have called afterward. 1t was
near the middle of December; /
think can only give the subject Of
what passed; she called about the
middle of the afternoon and said she
was told to tell me to go down to see
Mrs. Tilton at her mothers house,
never to return, on account OF i'll
| treatment she said / think she was
cognizant Of Tilton's violence, that
he had struck her once or twice, and
that he had sought her company in
bed and told her that such express
sions of love were
| AS NATURAL AS KISSING AND CAR
ESSING;
i have not heard from any other
source of this relation between Til
ton and Miss Turner; / joined the
Harvard street church, in Boston, in
1923, and was there about fifteen
years, and from that time onward l
have continued my connection with
it in the same denomination and
maintained an active connection
with my church as q communicate
| have ALWAYS maintained a relation
with Congregation and Presbyterian
churches never got any instruc-
ton in religion, as the atmosphere i'll
my house was full of it, and as pure
as crystal; | remember
PAUL's DEATH;
| think it was August, 1868; was
suffering from ague and came down
and saw Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton at the
time of Ralph's birth do not rec
ollect any particular visit or making
any gifts of flowers; during the sum
mer / used to bring little baskets of
flowers from my farm and distributed
them right and left; in the winter /
used to buy them and distribute
them; | do not remember any visit
while Mrs. Carey was there or any
scene when
MRS. TILToN SAT on NY KNEE OR
LAP.
/ do not remember that she ever adj
dressed me as my father or dear
I father; she always called me Mr..
Beecher, or my friend or sir when
she addressed me; / remember an i'm
terview with Mrs. Tilton when Mr..
Richards was present; have no rec
objection of making any visit at in
the morning when Mr.. Brazier was
passing, but | may have, ! cannot re-
member; during their residence at
ia Livingston Street, from 1866 to
| 1870, my visits on average were from
once in ten days to once in three
weeks my visits then were not Of
tener than thirteen times year.
During these visits my manner was
much the same as in my own house;
they kept an open, hospitable house,
and allowed their children the ut
most freedom. The children were
almost present at these visits. They
were no inconsiderable part OF my
visits, and sometimes they shared the
visits altogether. Our conversations
were of different kinds of books, lit
erature, and above all, of Theodore
Tilton. [Sensation.l Mrs. Tilton's
manner of speaking of her husband
was kind and eulogistic, and when
she disclosed a religious difference
between them | was surprised.