New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-25
PROGRESS OF THE SUMMING Up FOR TIE
DEFENSE

PROGRESS OF THE SUMMING Up FOR THE
DEFENSE.
The audience was large yesterday, but it was COM
posed in the main of persons whose faces
strange in the courtroom. There appears to be
great curiosity to hear the summing up but after
people have once got INTO the courtroom, and have
listened for an hour or two to the argument, it be-
zones monotOnOus to them, and they depart. In
this way the audiences continually shifting, and
comparatively few Of those who are present IN the
forenoon return after recess. During most
Of the time Of taking testimony the case was
different, and persons who once succeeded in
securing seats retained them tenaciously, and the
same faces visible in the places day after
day. noticeable feature of the audiences at pres
ent is the large element Of young people. Among
the long rows of attentive hearers in the gallery yes
tcrday very few seemed to be than % years Of
age.
All OF the defendants counsel except Mr.. Evarts
who was kept away by pressing business, were In
court Yesterday Mr.. Moulton came in during the
afternoon session, for the first time since the sum-
Tilton as he sat down. He was in time to hear
two Of Judge Port e sarcastic references TO him. and
his face was watched as eagerly as Mr. Tton's had
been to see what effect they had. Mr. Moulton
smiled and whispered TO Mr.. TntOn, and showed no
sign Of discomfort There a marked change in
Mr. Beecher's demeanor yesterday. He no longer
watched Judge Porter intently and with frequent
of. buf nv he of
thoughtful and distracted looks
Judge Porter's address was marked by the same
general characteristics as on the preceding days
II was forcible and denunciatOry, but at the same
time argumentative, and on no occasion has he sue
oeeded better in holding the interest of the audience
and the Jurors. He is seldom interrupted except by
occasional suggestions from MIR. Sherman. once
Yesterday Mr.. Shearman caused laugh by suddenly
jumping UP, when Judge Porter in the middle
of a sentence, catching the orator by the arm, and
whispering in his ear. Judge Porter had slips of the
printed testimony pasted upon sheets of paper from
which he frequently read extracts in the course of
his argument.
The current of inveetive in Judge Porter's speech
was partially turned from Nj TitOn to Mr.. MoultOn
YESTERDAY In analyzng the Letter Of COntriuOn the
lawyer, in a manner, contrasted the two men
"1iltonr he said is q man of real ability. II is
of the rhetorical order, it Is true but as rhetorl-
can and writer Theodore TiltOn to-day stands one
of the foremost men this continent. Frank
Moultonr-with cOntemptuous manner and tone
he struts in borrowed plumage, and makes the
mos; of it, Mr. TtOn, and not Mr.. Moulton, was de-
rlared 10 have been the master from the beginning.
An elaborate verbal anaysis of the Letter Of Contr-
ton was entered into by the orator. The fact that
In the sentence &" can AJAX nothing &c, there is
blotted t " at the end OF the word can did not
escape the lawyers notice, and he made use OF II as
IN argument against the probability OF MI beechers
having been the author of the letter 9" can't ask
nothing" was, he said an expression which man
trained il letters like Mr. Beecher was incapable of
making The argument was that Mr.. Moulton had
written the words, and Mr. Tilton had
bis pen through the superfuOus TT In
the same careful, scrutinizing way, Judge
Porter went through the letter basing argu-
ments on the. most unexpected suggestions.
She exr1cssI6ns "paroxysmal kiss " nest-hidlng,
1.-The brink e moral Niagara" etc., were analysed,
and declared 20 be like Mr. Titons mode of writing
and not like Mr.. Beechers Mr.. Beecher did not ex-
press himself in that way said Judge Porter His sem
fences were full of thought. and not mere sounding
rhetorical expressions. There was much tne sarcasm
in the manner in which the orator described the az
teupts that he said had been made TO ascTibe the
origin of the phrase Dest-biding" to Mr. Beecher
Speaking of Mr. Beecher's Life of Christ and of Mr.
Fuleytous remark about the possibility OF MI Ill
TONS writing the life of Judas IscarOt under certain
circumstances Judge Porter exclaimed We might
have suggested whether if Frank Moulton had hap
cned 10 be one of the Twelve Judas lscariot would
have pocketed those so pieces of silver. lie spoke
with great severity of the alleged pressure brought
10 bear upon Mrs MoultOn TO make her swear falsely
Her story of what she had said TO Mr. Beecher
In the way of censure of his conduct and advice
a. to what he should do. Judge Porter declared TO De
improbable and inconsistent with her character.
stir ran through the audience when the orator with
intense earnestness exclaimed, THAT story would
never have fallen from her lips, if God had not
visited upon her the calamity of binding her-I hope
moi beyond this life-tO a man like Frank MoultOn"
The testimony of Mr.. and Mrs. Ovington, of the
colored witness Gray of Jackson s. Schultz, and
others was touched upon. Judge Porter commented
in severe terms Oh Mr. Mouton's alleged threat TO
make If hotter than hell" for person who should
testify against him. and his expression about
shooting Mr. Beecher Portions OF the report OF the
Investigating Committee were gone over toward the
close of the afternoon session.
Judge Porter states that be expects TO hg'sh his
argument this morning, that Mr. Evarfs may DE-
gin his summing up in the afternoon. lie Is not
sure, however that he will be able TO hnish his
speech in two hours. Whatever time he takes from
M. Evarts will be dsdncted from the time OF the