The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-01

i 10 her IN egard 10 Mr.. Beecaer aud his wife Tor
improper relations ana ne said he would sue Mr..
| Be- cher: the unnamed party went 70 Mr. Gurus
| ana charged his wife with being leWd woman
ana having contracted loathsome disease
A PANToMIMIc SCENE.
''You win have 70 give The name, sir" said
Beach, sternlY The witness looked embarrassed
and becKoned to Judge Porter. to whose ear ne
N conaded the secret Porter transferred It in q
whisper 10 Beach, Beach to Tilton. and the upshot
was that the witness was relieved rom the neces
sity OF making the name public An ugly pool ap-
\ peared 70 lie under cover and neither side was
4 disposed TO stir It 90 deeply.
/ Beach is not as minute cross-examiner as Ful-
lerton. The latter as a rule, begins at the begin
ming The witness IS asked for his or her occupa-
ton, address career in lile &C. Beach plunges IN
medals res taxing the most salient point in the
direct examination which TO hang his inqulsl-
ton. 1t was thus be TOOK hold OF Storrs. whom he
found a knotty KIND OF customer. one who would
persist in telling his story in his fashion, DIS
regarding the instructions or the counsel Beach's
temper mounted with the distractions.
BLAcKMAIL.
0. Was Mr.. Beecher's name mentioned? A.
Yes, II was but cannot tell you In what c0nnec-
ton; think IL was when Mr.. Moulton spoke or
ing: he was indignant and said he had never been
anything but friend 10 Mr. Beecner; he was
very excited at former conversation, and
said that 10 Beecner he had always been a true
and steady friend; remember his making the
think ne would do 1T; dill not feel THAT there
necessity TO make any reply TO the statement;
remember conversation with MIR. Moutop ten
or fifteen days after signing the triparlte
agreement, when he SAID ne hau not burned the
apology / was telling him that MIR. Bowen said he
had paid pretty large sum; he then began 70
tell me about sam Wtlkeson; mat he had written
10 hlm and told HIM to be sure and burn Mr..
SAID, laugnlngy, OF course he mad burnt all the
papers, and then ADDED ne was not quite such a
fool as thar
REDIRECT.
Mr.. Tracy then asked 4 few questions, 20 which
witness replied; remember getting notice OF
the arbitration must nave been invited To meet
az Mouton's house tnat night; went prepared 10
examine into any difficulties that might be be-
tween the three men, or any TWO or them; / re-
member tnat Mr.. Bowen requested that the Wood
stock letter might be returned him instead or
beng burned had Two conversations with Mr..
Tilton about the state ment that had been made IN
terry between Mr.. Beecher and Mrs Tllion.
Mr.. Beach hen put the following question:
what connection the name or Mr.. Beecher was
used 7 A. believe did, sir.
q. Did you not tell me that this woman whose
name we have excluded had told Mrs. Curtis that
Mrs. Tilton WAS ewd woman and nad contracted
loathsome alseasef A. Yes, sir; said some
were to be arranged between the three men; ev-
erylnlng included IN the personal statement;
reler 10 any special charges.
Mr.: Tracy then put lew untmgortans, cues
MRS. MARY F. PERKINS
was then sworn and examined by Mr.. Sherman.
L
lived IN Hartford over iory-slx years: nv nus
bands name Is Thomas c. Perkins, am an older
s Ssser whole "Af Wptee 1879 s Pth
my brother; / went the last or December
Beecner was absent IN Florida for her health; |
renamed IN the house m 81 OF the time, as my
health was delicate; went out occasionally and
not absent more than ten minutes; other
times when | went out was accompanied Dy my
brother: was IN the naot OF receiving Mrs.
Beecher's guests; during that wlnter never saw
Mrs. Tllton; was also there during the winter OF
1872 and 1878; the first winter she mad returned
before lett, and on the second occasion think
she was on her way home; on neither OF these
visits did Mrs. IIlton at the house or hear OF
June 1873 i was at Roxbury. at my sons: think
my brother came for me TO ask me 10 make visit
with him 10 Mrs. cIanin, wife OF exGov:
went with him ana remained about week:
think we went there on the nrst Thursday In
June; heard my brother preach on sunday. and
! think we renamed Monday, Tuesday and
period my brother was never absent long enough
10 nave gone 70 New YORK, or even nall way.
and the Court then adjourned until two p NJ.
APTEg RECESS
the court room was filed with eager faces All
were the tiptoe ofexpectatlon Tor Mr.. Beecher's
appearance. The lawyers we're greatly ex-
ercsed as the audience. The Judge himself be.
trayed some concern. There was no extraordi-
nary crowd, and almost everybody was accom-.
made Q decided sensation. Hts every movement
was watched and the expression OF mis- face closely
scanned.
James Freeland examIned-I live In Columbia
street, Brooklyn; have been member OF Ply
mouth church twentt five years; | know Tllton,
Bowen and Moulton; have been a collector OF IN.
ternal revenue SIX or seven years; | was one OF
present az a meeting OF the arDiIrators at which
Mr.. IIlton attended,: Mr.. IIlton Eald the whole
matter as regarded Mr. Beecher was 10 come INTO
ceeGed cannot state what Mr.. Bowen said; we
agreed upon an award : the award was announced
" Mr.. Claim; ne said that all the papers should
be burned: then the award was agreed on, $1,000;
there was something said about signing paper
IL was 70 be signed BY TIlton, Beecher and Bowen
Hilton sald there was something In the agreement
which ne wanted TO have changed; ne ola alter II,
q. what was SAID about the letter or apologyf
A. That was % be burned; Il was Mr.. Beechers
letter Of apology understood that Tllton and
Moulton assented 10 this.
q. AMER this was done, what was said A. Mr..
Bowen wanted 70 settle the matter up, and spoke
10 Mr.. Claim; there was check filed out by Mr..
Bowen; ! tnlnk ~ was passed 70 Triton, and we
were ut this conference three or TOUR hours; IL
was late IN the evening; was after wards con-
agreement with Mr.. Moulton; it was suggested
that there should be . fair copy Of the agreement
made.
my impression; / aid not the cneck, but
Jutge from II the date OF TINS conference; | am
sure that toe arbitration took place and equally
sure or the result that arrived at; the rrl.
partite agreement was before us; saw Mr.. Til
ton draw wnat supposed was an amendment TO
the tripartite agreement aud IL was annexed to
that agreement; the agreement between Bowen
and Tnton and the tfipartlte agreement were the
only papers That saw at TINS arbitration: / ala
not read a word OF the papers; the agreement
WAS read over: can't state the contenfs q, the
papers, but recolect the substance OF the con.
versauon IN regard 70 them; remember that
there was an agreement that all the papers IN re.
lation 70 the scandal were TO be burned; dld not
see the Woodstock letter delivered up that
night; / don't think there was any paper
there that night relating TO the scandal
excepting that embodied In the person al state.
menr; am sure they spoke OF the apology that
night; Mr.. Beecher was not there that night; DO
not know how came 10 20 10 the arbitration:
have been a member or Plymouth chufcn twenty
nye years; have been member OF the Board or
Trustees and deacon; don't recollect one night
UelnR at Mr.. Tiltonis house when Mr.. stephen
Pearl Andrews was there may nave been there;
Mr. stephen Pearl Andrews never lectured Ia my
house; Mr. ANDREWS may De a noted lecturer; |
may nave heard him lecture, but can't say posi-.