The Portland daily press., 1875-05-25
THE SCANDAL.
Examination of Judge POrter's Argu-
Vleut.

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costume, white hat and vest, and blue coat ana
trousers, Deacon Murray wore blazing oia-
mond stud in his shirt front aud splendid dia'
mond ring on his finger and the badge OF
deputy sheriff on his breast. Inc auuie n.11
was not quite as large as the average, but sui
the wonder is how on the 92d day OF the tria, anu
in hot weather, there are so many people smlG
ten with idle curiosities. There was gooI
deal of hand shaking when Beecher arrived
carrying large book, his counsel all navl ~
something to say him, and some strangers ue-
string the pleasure of an Introduction W 'ho
great Brooklyn preacher -, ,;,.,I,
Judge Porter came into court WIN h'eiS
step and apparently in better health than usual.
He held brief whispered consultation WIN
the defendant before commencing. Tilton wore
a bran new scarf of white and purple, and a
LARGE gold pin. His face was very pale. Chlet
Justice Nelson announced that he would be
happy to see at recess the newspaper editors
from Toronto and Bangor who had come to
court Saturday. Those unsophistlcated beings
no doubt were unaware that the scandal trial
is always adjourned from Friday to Monday.
There were over eighty autographs OF newspa-
pers, steno graphers, SC, in Judge Nelson
album and his Honor requested that any news
paper man who had not signed woald enter
their signatures to day.
Judge Porter resumed his summing up for
the defence. He said there were these remark
able circumstances connected with what is call
ed Beecher's condition letter. Moulton, who
wrote IL, addresses IL 10 ultDSelI aS MY DedI
Frank" Then, after friendship of forty
eight hours duration he makes Beecher ad-
dress him in these words, and then again there
is the extraordinary feature that it begins and
ends with "ln trust to Frank MOulton. Again
Moulton says he wrote every word OF 1t, Beech-
er read every word of it, approved 1t and then
refused to sign it. Curious conduct for man
if the letter was his. MoultoD, treacherous
and snake like, knew what he wanted written
there. Frank Moulton is sham from the be.
ginning. Tilton stands among the foremost OF
the country to-day as writer and rhetorlclan.
Moulton gained during the trial reputation he
little merited, and the man who left the stand
as the champion witness of America did not
very often perceive the effects of his answers to
Tracy and the letters which were published
and so much admired as specimens of sharp
writing from Mouton to Beecher, were IN real
ity written or dictated by Tilton. When Hilton
wrote he wrote real English So also with
those statements which have been published
Moulton endeavored to convince the jury ne
was master all through and Tilton the menial,
but it was not SO. Tton was the master, and
1t was in his diaboical brain originated every
plan and every direction. When Moultons
letter to Beecher, declining to let him have or
even see his own letters, his own property, un-
til Tilton was consulted, proves that Hilton was
master.
All of Moultons letters bear the stamp of
coming from the same mind. He uses the
the words ''paroxysmal kisses, words when
are nonsense and never came from the lips OF
Henry Ward Beecner who is real man, Dut
from the lips of a sham man who thinks every
thing is in the sound of words. Then Moulton
makes Beecher on the very first night OF their
acquaintance, volunteer the statement, II am
on the brink of moral Niagara You
might as well imagine Beecher talking OF a
moral haystack. His instructive good taste
and good sense would prevent him, and SO
with "paroxysmal Kisses, and yet you cannot
take up a country newspaper that is hostile to
the defendant, but you will find in it Henry
Ward Beecher's "paroxysmal Kisses.
Counsel here read from the contritlon letter,
81 humble myself before Theodore Tilton as
do before my God; he would have been bet
ter man in my place''-by which the Divine be-
ing is made He ''who would have been bet
ter man." Imagine Henry Wald Beecher-dic-
tating that. In the next words, VI can ask
nothing for myself" there is letter st" crossed
out after (''can'') and:the hand which crossed it
out was not Moulton's but rilton's. "leven wish
L was dead" That seven" presupposes some
thing. What does it mean? 81 will die before
any one but myself is nculpated. What
does that mean? Yet these men would have
the jury believe that Moulton received that pa
per as a confession of adultery. The very Ian
guage there employed, even if it was Beecher's
writing, utterly excludes the idea of adultery.
''All my thoughts are running towards that
poor child lying there praying with her folded
bands. She is guiltless, bearing the trans
gressions of another" they insist is reference
by an adulterer to an adulteress. The man that
swore that Beecher wrote that lies and is un-
trustworthy wherever his oath is opposed to the
oath of an honest man. Mrs. Tilton knew she
had made a false accusation, and on May Sd,
1871, she wrote to Beecher. my endeavors in
the past were to keep you from all suffering.
My weapons were love, untiring generosity and
nest hiding" Was that a letter of designation
of humble heart. She knew she had done
wrong. 1t is part of the history of this case
that Mrs Tilton and Beeoher, in their long adul-
ferrous intercourse had been 10 the habit OF
speaking of their love as nest-hiding. but 10 all
of Beecher's writings there can be found no
such phrase as nest-hdiDg. He was never
heard to use such words, but the ingenious
Beach went through Norwood" and found an
expression about robins nest. But Shakes
peare uses the same figure, aud even the severe
philosopher Bacon--for men OF genius use a'l
of these things they see around them Tor the
purpose of illustration. Let Beach use all bis
ingenuity and powers to show the jury it he
could how "nest hiding could mean adultery.
1t was dishonest device of TiltOn to give such
a meaning to the expression.
Mrs. Tilton Jan. Goth, 1870, informing her he
was going to lecture in New Haven and that
his wife was going to Havana, and said there
was something very cruel in publishing that as
proof of adultery, and the invitation to meet
him upon his return. Another proof of the
dishonesty of Tilton was the card which Triton
wrote in JAN 1870, and intending that Beecher
should publish it. This card was signed by
Tilton GIL w. Beecher," although Beecher
had never seen it. But it is such leaders as
Beecher that demand at the hands of the jurors
verdict that will strike down men like Tilton
and Moulton. Beecher was serving his Master
and writing the Life of Christ at the very
time Tilton was writing the biography OF Vic
toria Woodruff. and who would have written
an eulogy of udas Iscariot il called upon to do
Il odroittab Gouncal admitted
he had used strong words, but said it was
case for it. IF Tilton and Moulton were guilty
of conspiracy it will be an admonitlon to
guilty men hereafter that it is not in court of
Justice they will receive. much consideration
Tilton and Moulton both admitted that they
were liars Would the jury admit the oath OF
these two liars against that of an honest and
honored man. But Moulton says he lied tor
Beecher's sake, and Tilton from consideration
for bis wife, Where was his consideration and
tenderness for her when he accused her before
Bessie Turner and wanted TO make his dead
child bastard. 1t was significant admission
made by Mrs. Mouton that in 1870 she warned
Beecher against the treachery of Titon, yet
now she is swearing on behalf of the villain,
she then called him, whose hatred for Beecher
she then recognized. The malice of that man
toward Beecher was plainly shown by his re-
fusal to sign the tripartite agreement, at first,
saying Il will never sign any agreement that
will proh!bt me from pursuing Henry Ward
Beecler. w 0aG Ddu IlltOu Deeu uOluS loI
years but Matchmaking, taking it as beggar
and in spirit which suggested the memoran-
dun he made on BoWen's check, 'spoils from
old friends"
The jury heard Jackson S. Schultz testifyng
that he was going to blow the roof from Ply
mouth church unless they settled with him on
his own terms, yet Tilton has the audacity to
complain when he is called a black mailer, and
declares he does not want money. Observe the
tenderness of Tilton for his wife. She had fled
to her friend, MIS-. Ovington, and he goes after
her there and not in terms but plainly enough
accuses her of adultery. says Beecher never
loved woman as he did her, that she had given
him all that woman could give and that Beech
er ought to come forward like man and not
have her compelled to rent her best room. In
other words Tilton wanted blood money. Was
there ever deeper basenesS to which husband |
and father could descend.
Counsel then read Mrs Ovngton's testimony
that Tilton said his wife would lie for him. |
He seemed to think that one of the uses of
woman was to lie for man, that was some of
the doctrine of the school which Titon be-
longed, and it was to be hoped he had not made
Mrs. Moulton his disciple. Counsel charged |
that Moulton was a coward who broke faith |
with Beecher and Tilton, and who carried a
pistol in his pocket for protection when calling |
on Henry Ward Beecher for Mrs. Tilton's let |
ter.
At o'clock the court took a recess for an |
hour. Mr.. Porter dropped his voice SO fire. |
luently during the session that some two dozen |
reporters were unable to hear one-tenth of |