The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-06-05
THE CENTENNIAL TRIAL.
One Hundredth Day Of the Absorbing
Scandal Suit.
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.
Mr.. EvartS Still Talking to The Jury
for the Defendant.
n rTrIT7D TNTT7 n A limit IN Az
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS.
A CATHERINE GAUNT DAY.
The Letters Of Elizabeth Read
and Analysed.
SLIGHT ILLNESS OF Mr.. BEACH

yesterday was the one hundredtn day OF the
Beeoher trial and the end or the cause Is appar-
entity again post oned, for Mr. Eyarts has not
reached the end OF his argument.
An unusually large crowd of ladies attended the
Beecher trial yesterday morning. some were
fashionaDly attlred and others were homely
enough, both in dress and appearance. The heat
Of the atmosphere was never so disagreeable.
Mr.. ieyarts was on hand promptly, and resumed
his address with his wonted freshness and energy.
He opened by referring to the "Catherne Gaunt
letter." about which so much has been
SAID, 1t was written by Mrs. Triton
to nor husband the Goth OF June,
1871 This 1t was, as counsel commended,
that furnsned complete refutation of the pre-
t6nce that Mrs. Tilton committed adultery Coun-
sel then, amid the close attention OF the audience
and Jury read the letter question. lie said 1t
was only when Mrs. Tilton read Catherine Gaunts
life-when she read OF a pretended relation be-
tween q clergyman and q woman which did not
exist IA fact-the jury might see how this work OF
fiction had played on the heart OF Mrs. Tlton, aud
she saw as under burning light OF the sun the
conduct OF her husband and she thought she was
Responsible Tor he appetltes and indulgences OF
her husband. The first TWO sentences OF the BOOK
written by Mr.. Reade showed the jury what the
feeiag was that was engendered in the wife. He
A VIGOROUS ANALYSIS
OF the evidence gwen by Mouiton as to his inter-
view with Beecher contending that the facts as
detailed by that witness had not been established.
lie commented at length on the testimony given
by MIR Sam wllkeson IN reference 10 the threatened
publication OF the ''true storyr by Tilton in The
65ogden age unless he was paid by Bowen a certain
sum OF money. The learned counsel character
he'd Tlton's policy In this respect as "uni-
lrst part OF his evidence called Wilkeson
mar. When he was recalled he changed
his tactics and instead or repeating his
Btigma OF Wiikeson as a lar, he mentioned
n circumstance OF his showing the photographs OF
hrs chturen to wllkesOn ana that over a glass
OF wine the latter mistook one OF them for "the
wife OF this Apollo.n This expression wasgreeted
with great laughter by the audience.
MR.. EvARTs' MANNER
during me day was particularly quiet and passion
less but stll very earnest. Not the audience, bat
the Jury, were In bis thoughts For them he
spoke through the long Jour hours, MS voice oeca-
Bsoualy descending 10 whisper almost iuau.
aiDls 20 the swarm OF anxious stenographers
iiton took coplous notes wnlie the counsel spoke,
scarcely raising MS eyes. The foreman OF the
Jury Mr.. Chester Carpenter, was, n possible, more
attentive than ever 70 the address, aud seemed 10
drink 1t IN like imaginary champagne OF the
choicest vintage, the words OF phiiosophlc
argument falling from the lips OF the
gpeaker. To prove conspiracy, as Mr.
Porter essayed 10 do, was clearly the purpose OF
Mar. iByarfs, and II ingenuity Of thought and ex-
preston could accomplish the object Moulton
and Triton have been Ia league 70 ruin Beecner
fora pecuniary object as well as for revenge.
Judge Nelson announced after recess tEat Mr.
Beach had sent word he was unwel, and wished
Mr. Evarts TO proceed without regard to his
abscn 20. MIR. Evarts expressed his regret aud
enproceeded wish bis speech, arsulng that it
written staten nts Of Mr.. Beecner's proofs posi-
tive OF his guilt.
then Will come the turn Of Mr. Beach.
MR. EyARTS' ADDRESS.
Mr, Evarts. resumlng, sald:-Any DOUBT that
may exist touching the relations OF Mrs. Triton
aud Mr.. Beecner, seen In the letters, Will ark
now discussing; Dut coming they do IN the
earlier part oil the ear 1871, they throw reflex
ava n conhrmatory hight upon the relations. You
will remember that we put IN evidence a letter,
when had been published by her husband In the
newspapers, bearing date June ~, 1871, and
written TO him by her during her temporary ali
seuce from the city. IL has become famous
the "Catherine Gauntr letter. twas before the
committee OF he church IN their investigations
andmuca beiue the puOlc mind. II has Dut one
meaning. which = an unanswetabe reiutation OF
all pretenees 81 criminal intercourse on the part
oil Mrs. 11iton and Mr. Beec Not only the let-
tertself but toe wnole story and the plot and the
moral IS and was known TO every ono 10 nave
been an ex flanaton OF now there came 10 be
suitable DISTURBANCE or the domestic peace uu-
suitable exaeeeratlona oil the grounds OF reliai Gus
dTscJid between tie husband and wife by the en-.
tTciv Inn cent the entirely pure and religious re-
iations between Q clergyman and that vile. THIS
letter reads as tOllOWs:-
THE GAUNT LETTER.
nv DKAn THYopoRr-To-day Through the ministry o.
Catherine Gaunt character 81 action my eyes have
lscc clearly my STA. u Was, When Anew hat
9Ssu e . e6 e sfeM 70 psqn oy yrgas
itappcarcd 20 me ~ such false light that INC love
have believed unialterngly untll o'cocK tins alter
SEQ now as never before the wrong ] have done you
anI hasten Immediately 70 ask YOUR pardon. with a
you may trust mo implicitly Oh my dear theodore.
soul yeS ny Integrity aud purity a sacred and
holy hag T. me IN hes col T n ~ Tor Oatherne
loving Providence Yes now leel quite prepared 70
seviour cqurein who loqgeth q hc re aud the heart
Never before could say this y hen you yearn toward
me win true feeling 10 assured Of The tiie1, purified
and restored love OF ELIZABETH
Now, gentlemen. we have seen how Mr. Tiltou,
tn the confessed relations OF Tue aHecllons and
the appeiI es mat nc himself had displayed 10
come gtion with the careless speculation and
loose leaves that he allowed 10 tntrdue themselves
even into me columns OF Troiessealy religious
and Christian ne spaper, the Independent How
the vile, having always before ner ewes, ana
always mss ing In the strongest manner on The
preservation Of the purity OF tue marriage rela-
lions ON the part OF the husband ana theewile as
being ~ the very bottom 81 the dignity aud
6he morality, nature aud character Of CHRISTIAN
men ana women. and how she urged her huspaud
TO beware OF these moral concessions am TINS
bodily CONTAINING ion, aud pointed all this out TO
l6im In 4 letter OF burning phrases when he dared
pOt publish t ne mad mutHted IL, ana presented
~ as confession 81 her inquiry ana u her quit,
Instead OF an expOstulattOn win MN Tor MS viii
1ul grathcations OF his Inordinate desires. what
ever shs had stated 10 hta concerning tins en-.
tanglement or subtraction 81 affection, rested
there, and only there, ami ne knew ~ ana she
knew IL, ana sne mad used this term Of sclrre-
prJacb aud debasement only when she elg that
DH her thoughts and all her affections snOuu Ne
Hubordinated to hin. IL only when
shc read Catherine Gaunt that novel q which her
husband nae referred In his letter TO her during
the carry PERIOD or 1868, that she perceived that
under the powerful exposition of tons writer OF
hcti0n, the relations between clergy man and
married woman that mad no pretAxt OF lmpurlty
IN Tt tnat hal vet come to be the ground OF dis
t0rd IN the amlly OF controversy, OF divided ale
glance IN the VIE 70 the cnurcn In which her nus
baad did not benefe, and OF the arrangements
ana consequences 81 driving the hus0and
INTO ACTUAL ADULTERY,
but OF WDch he repented ana was hardened by
LIS vile. NOW you see how THIS work 81 fiction
nlayca into tae tnuermoet hcare ~ III ! ,o,,sn