The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-06
BEECHER TRIAL.

| NEW YORK, May O.-Sepnen rear
Andrews drew but a small audience a
the scandal trial this morning. The de
fendant was absent.
Mr.. Andrews testimony was as follows
| was present at a gathering ut Mrs
WoOdhulls house on the occasion re
ferred To-; my vile was also there; she wa
a spiritual medium; among those preseH
were Deacon Freeland and his son; an
acquainted with Victoria Woodruff; aftel
my wife's death, on May 9Th, 1871, | tool
up my residence there.
The witness was asked who frcquGntet
the house during tho period Of his resi-
denCc there. = -EA tHHsG. Hs a ,
Mr., Evarts objected to this evidence
US being improper on the rebuttal.
Mr.. Fullerton argued that an attemp
had been made to cast an aspersiOn OF
that house, and the Court ruled that thC
witness could answer the, question,
The witness answered; Wm. Orton
Whitelaw Reid, Benz, +. Butler, Genera
Geo. W, Julian, Orvil!e Grant, Genera
Dent and others. Among the ladies were
Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Davis, Miss Anthony
Mrs. Hooker, Mrs, Pomeroy, Mrs. Gage
Miss Kirk aud others. | reColleCt wher
Theodore Tilton became acquainted viii
Mrs, Woodruff, and | saw him there
never observed any undue familiarity
between them; she sometimes called him
Theodore; the scandal article was com
posed by Mrs. WOOdhull originally;
contributed 10 the writing Of the article
within a few days Of It's publication; Il
came TO my house in the form Of q recital
but from the begiAning to the end OF the
article was my compositions; Mrs. Wood
hull and Col. Blood brought the manu-
script to me; 20 far as my knowledge Is
concerned Mr.. TiltOn knew nothing aboul
the publication OF this article and 1t waS
a surprise to him when It appeared; |
only remember one occasion when NltOH
stayed at her house he was preparing the
life Of Mrs. WoOdhull; ! first heard OI
the scandal from Mrs. Stanton and Mrs
Woodruff was told the facts Of the scan.
dal by Mrs. Stanton in my presence OF
either the 81 or 4th Of the month, a week
or ten days before TiltOn was intOduCed
to Mrs. Woodruff; | was In the ROssO
procession and walked with Mrs, Wood
hull, Col. Blood and Mr.. West; | didn't
nee Tilton until the procession broke up
Tilton was not in company with Mis-
ClaAin and Mrs. WoodhulI; neither Ol
the ladies werp in the carriage until the
procession broke up,
] On the CrOsS-examination Andrews said
he was sometimes the editor in charge Of
tho WOOdbuR Weekly but without salary
have often heard persons address Vie.
toria M "ViCkCy" | don't think | ever
heard TiltOn address her in this way
Mrs Woodruff told nc about the scan
dial early in the spring OF ~: tho mate
rial for The article was brought TO me OIL
the 10Th Of October, and printed on the
2Sth Of that month,
The witness marked u portion Of the
article written by him for Identification
and II was offered In evidence.
Mr.. Beach objected, and Judge Nelson
said he would take the matter into con
siieratiOn.
Witness continued my ideas accorded
with Mrs. Woodruff on the subject Of 80
cial reform. '
Al the close Of Mr.. Andrews cxamina
ton the Court took a recess.
After recess the attendance was greatly
increased, the impression prevailing that
Henry c. Bowen, subpGnNcd by the prose
culion, would be called. That gentleman
came in court with his son. Frank
Carpenter, the artist was with the Tilton
party. sa
Mrs. Martha A. Bradshaw was recalled
and testified / am acquainted with Bes
sic Turner; remember two visits she
made me at my house; tho first on the
9th Of December, 1870; made a record oI
the day; had n conversation with her IL
which she told me Tilton charged his wife
with adultery. .t
EVarts objected to this and Fullerton
read from Bessie Turner'S testimony to
show she denied Mrs. Brndshaw's state
ment, and that Tilton charged his vile
NTH adultery with BeeCher. Z
The Court decided 10 admit the tcsti.
mony in evidence.
Witness then continued! This conyer'
sation lasted at least two hours, and Bes
sic Turner during It told me Tiltor
charged his wife with committing adul'
tery with Henry Ward leecher; made
a request Of Bessie Turner at that time.
Tie witness was asked what was the re-
quest she made.
Evarts intcrposed an objection, and M
other argument enSned on this point be
tween Evarts and Fullerton.
Judge Nelson allowed the question
and witness sald in substance I told hcl
not to tell any person about II.
This finished the witnesses testimony
and she was not cross.exAmined.
The next witness was John Wood. liz
testified lam n printer; know Victoria
Woodruff, Col. Blood and Mr.. and Mrs
Tilton; printed a newspaper called the
Woodhuu and Cya6in's Weekly, and began h
May, 1870, and ended In February, 1872
when the publication was resumed in the
fall Of 1872, the type was set ZIP In my
office; this was in the last week Of October
1921 am positive as 10 the date; the
forms we're taken from my office Satur'
day, October 2Gth, prior 10 this no part
Of that article had been put in type to my
knowledge.
Crosse xnmined: The paper containing
this article was set up from Monday TIL
Saturday Of that week; set up the
neecher article last; the speech delivered
at Boston by Mrs. Woodruff was sci Ut
In NV nflice hhOut two months before;
did not print any Of these papers from
February, 1872, until this paper was pub
lished. ...I
BowEN ON THE WITNESS STAND.
Henry c. Bowen was then called by
Mr.. Fullerton. He testified: have
| lived in Brooklyn for thirty years, and
am publisher and proprietor Of the Inde
pendent; ] have been acquainted with
Theodore Triton about eighteen or twenty
years, and have known lIecchnr twenty,
eight Or thirty years; I remember note
took from TiltOn to Beecher on Monday
December 20, 1870; | delivered this nolC
al the house Of James Ffeeland.
The counsel tailed the attention Of The
The witness 10 Beechets' testimony, that
Il was at IIeechet's home the letter was dc.
livered.
The witness continued I met BCecher
at Freelands by appointment, and am
II a f.tt.a-l II Il. L. IT..