Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-01
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR
ION THE RAGGED EDGE.
THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL.
BEECHER As A WITNESS.
TIE NINE STRIKES.
REIGN TERROR.
ICE GORGES AND FLOODS.
DANGER AND DESTRUCTION.
THE BROOKLYN SCANDAL.
BEECHER As A WITNESS.
THE NINE STRIKES.
A REIGN OF TERROR.
ICE GORGES AND FLOODS.
DANGER AND DESTRUCTION
THE BEECHER TRIAL.

NEW YORK. April When the court
room opened This morning there was a large
Attendance OF spectators. The defendant. hiS
wife. and large number of his friends wsrc
present. Mr.. Redpath was recalled by Full
lerton and further cross-examined. H was
shown letter and asked If hc had an inter
view with Mr.. Beecher before il was written
He replied did, on the evening before. This
was in July, 1874; saw him at Peekskili on
a Monday. ! told Mr.. Beecher / had spent
Sunday with Theodore, Elizabeth and
Frank, and went To SEE Theodore I'm the
morning. described the interview 10 him.
and told Mr.. Beecher that Theodora was
going 10 charge him with having committed
ADULTERY With ELIZABETH.
extending through Two or three wears Tntou
told me he was glad TO see me, and asked me
how he should fight this battle. In the p. IN
OF Sunday Moulton came to Tilton'S.
told Beecher. and said 10 Theodore, Red
path l. going up In see Beecher tomorrow"
Illton asked what l was going for, and wit
ness said he was going to arrange dates: and
Tilton said tell Mr. Beecher that he was
going To charge him with adultery. MoultOn
walked up and down the room. and spoke OF
his love for both TiltOn and Beecher He told
me 10 tell this Ia Beecher. which | refused al
the time, but did tell Beecher OF IL. Beecher
did not deny he had given Tilton cause of Of
fence. lie said something about
CARD MOULTON WANTED HIM To WRITE.
anu that hC had put the whole matter in the
hands OF men OF such character that he was
sure would render just verdict, that in they
acquitted him he would 20 on, and il Their.
was the slightest cenSure H. would resign n
"a hours. lie said he should not again BE- a
party dependent on the good faith. honor or
magnanimity of TiIton; that he was "A scoun-
drcl, and that when the scandal had become
printed he endeavorel To stir il up. Beecher
said he had tried 10 live IN harmony with
every person. The witness was asked il. in
all his conversations with him, Beecher had
denied the commission of adultery.
Mr.. Evarts objected. and was supported by
Porter, who argued that witness had told a m
that occurred in these conversations and IL
was for the jury To determine. and not the
witness
WHETHER IT WAS AN ADMISSION OR DE-
OF the commission. The question was al
lowed, and witness replied, did not ask MIN
about il. To Mr.. SheaIman-I went up to
see Beecher at Peekskill with reference TO a
lecture contract with him i'll the fall Red
path then left the stand.
Mr.. Evarts then rose and said: Mr.. Beecher.
will YOU be sworn? Mr.. Beecher rose and
walked with a firm step to the witness stand.
and swore with uplifted hand, at the same
time stating that he had conscientious
>cruples against swearing on the Bible.
Mr.. Beecher On the stand.
He testified: / was born i'm Litthseld.
Conn. 1917. Ny father was Rev. Lyman
Beecher. He died when 1 was three years
Old. | was thirteen years old when we went
away. The family then went 10 Boston for
eight years. Ny father was a clergyman OF
the Orthodox church in Litchfcld. There
were six boys and four girls in the family.
All my brothers were "lergymen. went To
the graduating class and graduated in 1854,
/ pur>uSd my theological studies at Lane
Seminary. / was licensed TO preach i'm 1854.
and got "A church in a small town nefr Gin
cinnati. / was next settled in Indian
apOliS, where i went for eight years:
since then have been in Brooklyn. and
was pastor of Plymouth church at its
foundation, and had been its only pastor.
The church then did not number twenty-five
members, and there had been no break in
the pastOrate. | have been twice absent
abroad, once | visited England for two or
three months on account OF weakness from
sickness. My second visit 10 Europe was.
think. in June. 1865. returning in November
l had been worn out preaching before the
war and during the war, and my
friends advised this rest. At first 1
refused. but / afterwards went 10
England and thence To the continent. re-
turned 10 England IN September. while there
l gave discourseS on public affairs
in America. in Manchester. Edinburg.
and other places. The number of communi-
cants of Plymouth church is now about = 500
or $500. Ii has been 1900 for the last ten
years. have conducted morning and eve
ming services. and Friday evening meetings
and social receptions in the parlorS OF the
church. | have been connected with jour
nali>m ever since | was ia the pulpit. was
on The New York Int ,)ended first. and after
1860 took charge of the ChriSfpDl Ili0H. / he
came editor of the I,Biepead'P i'm the fall
or 1st2. but was also a contributor 10 [. a
jOufIlai.