Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-25
Incidents of the Beecber Trial.

The Brooklyn correspondent OF the Chicago
Tribune writes 10 that paper:
The attendance in court to-day was, If pos
sihle, denseT than ever. i recognized in the
rush most OF the faces which made their
first appearance with the opening of the
trial. The principals were all i'm their Gus
tOmary places at an early hour this morning
Mr.. Beecher has had time To outgrOw his
facetiousneSs, and, either because OF the ad-
mOnitiOnS OF his counsel, or the influence of
his - true InWardneSS," }" hardly ever smiles
On the contrary, ne sits gloOmily erect most
of the time; his wife, silent and apathetic,
a his side.
THE PTALANX TO-DAY.
though numerically strong, was not 50 de
monstratiVe as usual. Judge POrteF'S melan-
choly tiaSco of the day before Seemei sorely
TO depress the faithful They talked in whiS-
perS, aid not with the irrepreSSible garrulity
that generally makes them conspicuous.
Even Caldwell. bOutOnniere and all. was af-
fected by the general deSpondency. # is true
that they grew a trifie bTIsker when Tracy
delivered himself of his ''Statement:" but,
when the Generals heroic attack on the wit
ness produced no more substantial result /
Than did the eXertiOns of Judge Porter, even
lie deVout children of Plymouth relapSe1
into Sulky state of disappointment
Beecher's unwhOleSOme redneSS looks to
me like dreadful menace of apOpleNy. The
slightest personal alluSiOn to himself, during
The proceedings, invariably delugeS his face
with blood. He seems TO swell IN moments
of nervous irritation, and the veins upon his
forehead dllate te the very point of rupture.
oAltC WAS dldflflthl DN his let rltll
pearance. His throat and neck were just a.
crimson as his cheeks, and his heart kept
pumping the dangerous flood into his brain
until thought To see him complete the tra-
gedy by falling out of his chair.
DEAD.
Whether these acute concessions will not
be aggravated by hls helpless and terrible
condition in the witneSs-chair / am not
learned enough TO declare. To my laic iudg-
ment, the possibility of a death blow thar
VIII tear the filamentS of his brain, and smite
him with the stroke Of paralysis. does not
DAY last week his physician, DIR. Jewett.
whose knowledge OF cerebral disorders il
profound, sat close To his patient. with an
anxious frown upon his face: and think
may pronounce him Just as anticipatiVe OF
such an end FOR Mr.. Beecher as am myself
Those sudden ana veTtiginOuS fiuShes have
meaning which ii does not take phySician'S
experience TO discover
FRANK CARPENTER.
the artist. made his debut i'm court this morn
ing. The Beecher SkirmiSherS have persist
emily described him as an addle-pate1, gOOi-
natured, semi-reSpectable Bohemian. The
very reverse of this is true Mr.. Carpenter is
calm, clear-headed. scholarly gentleman
whose native wit is, perhaps, scarcely less
Keen than NOultOn'S, and whose control is
equally marvellous. He is without fear and
without repIOach,-a very Bayard .-cOurtly
IN his address, cOnsideTate in his Manners
and the master of a rare polish. He is 4
middle-SiZed man. with pleasant face. a
short. grayish mustache, and dark. LIQUID
eyes, which always look YOU straight i'm the
face. His voice is especially attractive, being
soft and fun Of deep tones. He forms a
striking contrast TO MOultOn, with his ShrewtI
commercial tact. and his adroit methods or "a
man Of the world. Carpenter looks what ne
iS.-the type OF American refinement aud
artistic culture.