The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-02
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The TiltOn-Beecher Trial.
BEECHER ON THE STAND.

| ulai to-uuy, MI. Heupatn was recalleQ by
Fullerton and further cross examined. He
was shown letter and asked IL he had an
interview with Beecher before it was writ
ten. He replied did, on the evening
before this was in July, 1874 saw him
at Peekskil on Monday told Beecher
| had spent Sunday with Theodore, Eliza
beth and Frank, and went to see Theodore
In the morning described the interview
TO him, and told Beecher that Theodore
was going TO charge him with having COM
mitted adultery with Elizabeth, extending
through two or three years Tilton told
me he was glad to see me, and asked me
how he should fight this battle in the at
ternoon of Sunday Mouton came to Til
| tons and said to Theodore, "Redpath is
| going up to see Beecher tomorrow !"
Mouton asked what he was going for, and
the witness said he was going TO arrange
dates, and Tilton said to tell Beecher that
he was going to charge him with adultery
Mouton walked up and down the room and
spoke of his love TOR both Tilton and
Beecher he told me to tell this to Beech
er, which | refused at the time, but did
tell Beecher OF it +; after | told this to
Beecher he said he supposed / knew all
that Theodore had to say on the subject
| replied that did and had read the true
story; Beecher did not deny that he had
given Tilton cause of offense he said
something about card Moulton wanted
HIM TO write, and that he had put the
whole matter into the hands of men of
such character that he was sure would
render just verdict; that if they acquitted
him he would 90 on, and if there was the
slightest censrre he would resign in TWEEN
ty-four hours he said he shold not again
be party dependent on the good faith,
honor or magnanimity of Tilton that he
was a scoundrel and that when the scandal
had become quiet he endeavored to stir it
up again Beecher said he had tried
to live in harmony with every person,
and spoke of number of kind and
sympathetic letters he had received
from all parts of the country. Beecher
said he should make clear breast of it.
taking all the blame. Witness was asked
if in all his conversation with him Beech
err he had denied the commission of adu-
teiy. Mr. Evarts objected, and was sup
ported by Mr. Porter, who argued that the
witness had told all that occurred in these
conversations, and it was for the Jury to
determine, and not the witness, whether it
was an admission or denial of the commits
sion. The question was allowed and the
witness replied, II did not ask him about
it, To Shearman-"I went up to see
Beccher at Peekskill, with reference to the
lecture contract with him in the fall"
BEEoHER on THE STAND.
Redpath here left the stand. Eyarts
then rose and said Mr.. Beccher, will you
be sworn3 Beecher rose aud walked with
firm step to the witness stand, and swore
with uplifted hand, at the same time stating
that he had conscientious scruples against
swearing on the Bible. He testified l
was born in Litchfield, Conn, in 1917 my
father was Rev. Lyman Beecher he died
at the age of SO my mother died when /
was eight years old; l was thirteen years
old when we went away the family then
went to Boston for eight years my father
was clergyman of the orthodox church in
Lltchfeld there were six boys and four
girls in the family all my brothers were
clergymen went to Amherst college in
1880 and went through the graduating
class and graduated in 1884.
pursued his theological studies at Lane
seminary, of which his father was presi-
dent; for a few months he had charge of a
newspaper; he was licensed to preach in
1887, and was settled at Larchbury,
small town about 80 miles from Cincinnati
there was nineteen COMMITMENTS in his
church; he was supported by the Ameri-
can home missionary society after re-
naming here for two years and fraction
he removed to Indianapolis, where he re-
manned for eight years; he was settled over
a Presbyterian church, which paid him
$500 year since then he had lived in
Brooklyn, and bad been the pastor of Ply
mouth church; he was called to the church
at its formation, and had been its only pas
tor; when he first became its pastor the
church proper did not number more than
25 members; there had been no break in
his pastorate; the first year after he came
to Brooklyn he was enfeebled for several
mouths by erysipelas; with that exception
he had not lost five Sundays in twenty
seven years during his pastorate he had
been twice abroad in consequence of his
first sickness he made voyage to England
in the sailing ship New World y;
he was absent three months in
June 1868 he went again to Europe,
returning in November; he was worn out
with his work during the first years of the
war and went to recruit his strength;
while in England in September, he was
led into a series of public discourses on
American affairs in Manchester, Liverpool,
Glasgow, Engnburgh and London his
speeches related TO the war the present
| congregation of Plymouth church had been
limited for years only by size of the build
ing, the communicates numbered between
two thousand five hundred and three thou
sand they had been two thousand for ten
years and more; he had precahed every
Sunday and conducted meetings during the
week for fifteen years he had left the
IL A. 1.
gave up the Wednesday evening meeting
| during the war f; he had been connected
with journalism ever since he had been in
the pulpit he had been contributor to
the Independent and in the latter part of
1860 or early in 1861, when its editor re-.
signed he took the editorial charge of that
paper; he retained this position till 1864,