Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-18
washington, February
IIsE HEECEgER SCANDAL CASE.
EyartS Worries TiItou Araiu


Bercher trial closed yesterday the redirect
examination OF Theodore TiltOn was con-
tinGed.
Witness said: IL was my wife that siIg-
ScSted That the little school girl should be
taken to WinStpi. Connecticut: She was a
member Of my family and a proteGe OF my
wife; she had come to our house in i'll hea It'll.
but mad recovered when my wife proposed
that should take her with me- should say
her age was about sixteen or seventeen, /
never engaged in rIOtouS living, but Iiyel in
the style which man of my means could
assume; when made all my visits to Mrs.
NCodhulls her husband was always present;
my object in going through her house was at
her request, as she said parties hal set n
story atioat with regard To the iIl-repute of
her house, and she wanted me TO see that it
was rot so; Mrs. WOOdhull's dcmeanor on the
occasion OF my visits 10 her was that of
lady: and her husband acted like perfect
gentleman.
THE -CIOss-FXAMISATIoN
was begun by Mr. Evarts. Witness testified;
never wrote and delivered lecture in my
Iccturing tour in the west on " Divorce and
Marriage" made out notes on the subject
and delivered a lecture on it where l was
asked To 90 So; delivered this lecture 10 stu
dents in Cornell University by request. and
also before seminary at Bloomington. Ind:
never told my hearers in that lecture to fol-
low The laws of nature or denounced the in
reference of the church; / never sail in that
lecture if had my way would crush the
church and Tie state, or that il would be the
GutS oftIe state 10 regulate prostitution. As
an early part of my iucItiOn was tllghf
strict principles Of morality. Tn s!,3s and
tokens OF my Oil views have b .cn alyavS
with In", however, and | have never been
able 10 throw them OIL. Every one o: those
letters written by me showed how far fell
below the stanlar! of cOuluct ii i..l fora man
by GOd. The payment of
THAT SEVEN THOUSAND DOLLARS
lad ioihins to DO with The signing of the tri
r#Ttitr Agreement. l. was pald two laws be
fore signing that document. Bowen owei
me The - 600. and paid il to me because ne
owed II. and for no other reason. Bowen had
70 ju>tihable cause for dismissing M ont of
his employment. 1t was on my own prompt
ing That saw Bowen with relation to the
stories against me on Dec rmb2r 26t'I. The
young lady who went to Winsted with me
was mere schoolgirl, about IL OF II years OF
age; She was the friend and companion OF
my daughter Florence; she was a far-sized
girl, nei ther large nor small. When said
visited Mrs. WoOdhull and her husband was
present, by her husband meant Col. Blood.
In the closet where Beechcr's photographs
were found there were no portraits of any
my wife after she left that belonged to her /
never saw any photographs of Rev. DR.. Tay
lnr, Rev. DR.. StOrrS, or Mr.. Greeley in her
possession. never gave these
PHOTOGRAPHS OF Mt. BEECHFG
TO Mrs. TiltOn. never had any considerable
number of photographs of Mr.. Beechcr, which
distributed to other persols: | donot know
low long the things We're in the closet which
fou! d there. Ibid not know of Mr. B.ccher
givi1 Mrs. TiltOn any books except Life
Tho uellts" and NORWOOD" The pile of
books found there were inscribed by Mr..
Beecher and were copies OF his publications..
| was not aware that BCech"r was in the
habit of distributing his books among his
parishiOners. | am not aware that he showed
such courteSieS to them, as he seldom visited
them or attended their funerals. / am not
aware that these books lay on the table until
they We're put in the closet, when my wife
was making arrangements to take bOardcTs.
never received the key of the closet from
my Wife. nor had 1t sent 10 me. AT the time
oi my Illness was usually around the house.
We had always flowers in the house, some
times ordered by me or Mrs. TiltOn. know
OF Bcccher bringing some flowers there. 10
Sot recall any gentleman calling on my wife
While she was i'll, and being in her room. |
never ECard of Mr.. Beecher being in my wifa's
bedroom when She was i'll until heard it
testified 10 yesterday. Have no recollection
OF Mr.. EatCs being in my wile'S room on the
9Th of June, when she was recovering from
her confinement, or of his being there on the
following Sunday, and of going with him 10
COney in the evening.
Mr.. Evarts stated that his re-crosS-exami-
nation would close here.
One OF the jurors was observed 10 be faint
al d sick at this point. The windows Of the
court room were thrown open, and he was
given glass of water. The hour of adjourn
mcnt having arrived, he was sent home in
charge of two court officers. and the proceed
ings for the day were brought to a close.