Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-06-05
100 DAYS.
Evarts Promises to Close Tuesday
CRtharine Gauut-HannRh MOFe-Nest-
HidinS-BrRmbIe Bushes-The Let
ter Of COntritiOn.

CRtharine Gaunt-Hannah MOFe-Nest-
Hidins-BrAmbIe Bushes-The Let
ter Of COntritiOn.
NEW YORK, June 4.-Mr. EVarts had his
usual large crowd to-day, to listen to his
address. This is the sixth day of Mr..
EyaTts' speech and the one hundredth of the
trial.
Mr.. Evarts referred to the Catharine
/ Gaunt letter written by Mrs. TiltOn on the
29th of June, 1874. This letter had but one
meaning, and it furnished complete Tefu-
| tatiOn Of the pretense that this wOmln had
| been guilty of adultery. 1t also furnished
| an explanation of the manner in which the
| pure relations between clergymen and a
| penitent could be made a cause of disturb
| ance TO the peace of a household. The
| part Of that letter alluding 10 the husbands
unfaithfulness was omitted in the letter
| when Mr.. TiltOn published it, and no as
| teTisks were inserted to indicate that any
| thing was left out. 1t was bad enough for
| a husband to publish his wife's letters al
| all, as he had long since found out by the
/ opinion of every man and woman Of this
county, but to mutilate those letters in
order to murder his wife's fame, exposed
/ him 10 differences which were terrible.
On cross examination TiltOn was obliged
| to admit that he knew the sin Of Catherine
| GauIt was not the sin Of adultery. Yet he
| published the letter in the newspapers, in a
mutilated form, to convey throughout the
country the impression that it was a con-
| feSsion of adultery.
Counsel then read the letter written by
| Mrs. Tilton to Dir. Beecher, on the Sth Of
March, 1871, in which she asked him if his
| heart bounded towards all" as it used.
| This was quotation from Hannah Morre,
whom no one suspected Of incontinence.
Mr.. Evarts next read the letter of May
3, 1871, in which Mrs. TiltOn said that
| through the period Of her troubles she had
| endeavored to keep all harm from Beecner,
and that her weapons had been love, "a large,
untirng generosity and Hest hiding. The
vile Interpretation which had been given TO
this term nest hiding was shown to be as
foolish as it was base By the fact that Mrs.
TiltOn employed il in speaking Of her con-
duct after all the relations between her and
Beecher had terminated according to the
plaintiffs own theory. EvaIts asked if the
eyes of plaintiff and his friends, scratched
out il the
BrambIe Bush
Of the first accusation, could be scratched
in again by jumping into such a bramble
bush as this? He tken spoke Of the phrase
in question as referring TO the conduct of
the mother bird in futtering, as though
wounded, TO conceal the nest Of her young
from danger.
The counsel then considered the inter
view of Beecher With MOultOn Jan. 1, 1871,
reading from the testimony of the latter.
This showed the cause Of Beecher's re-
NOISE. He was convinced he had been
guilty of cUlpable heedleSsness in allowing,
without suspicion, an undue affection for
himself to grow up in the heart Of Mrs.
TiltOn. This was what he had meant by
saying he had sinned, if he sinned at all,
through love and not through lust. Moul-
ton saw the working of this generous and
selfaccUsing heart, and said: Why do you
not say this to Mr.. TiltOn? Why do you
not express your remorse to him, and in
that way secure his forgiveness? Beecher
accepted this suggestion, and thus the
Letter Of COntritiOn Came TO be Writ.
ten.
At / o'clock, Judge Nelson suggested
that the jury should attend tomorrow
Saturday.. But to this Mr.. Evarts OBJ
iected, and said he desired some rest after
his srduous four days labor.
Mr.. Beach, who entered the courtroom
at late hour, stated he had nothing to say
ask his learned friend how long his dis
course would take.
Mr.. EvaTts replied that he would finish
on Tuesday next, and the court then ad-
joUrned till Monday.