The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-09

silence, and also followed the subsequent
interview oi CONSERVATION between TiIton
and MOulton. The letter Of Beechcr
precluded the idea that there was any
! common consciousness between these two
men OF any fault or otlensG, the greater
OF which BeCCher, according to his own
statements, believed himself to have com
mittcd to the family OF Titon.
He wished the jury to judge BeeChcr,
stripped OF all his advantages, rs man
like all Of US, but he did not wish him to
be Judged as brute, as protligate, or Il
man oi selfish and merCenary character.
lie was to be judged as man Of refined
nature, OF generous heart and OF keen
scnsibiliIies. 1t was prepostcrous to sup.
pose that on this Sunday morning Beech
or would sit down to write fresh evidence
OF his guilt ii he was guilty.
Mr., Evarts then read the evidence in
which Bccchcr had resolved to contend
no longer; that all the devices by which
they had tried to save themselves had
proved worthless, and that ThcOdorc's
character was such as to leave no hope
iOr the future. That is, Mr.. Evarts said,
Mr.. Becchcr had found that the pOliCyOf
silence, in spite Of all the burdens il had
imposed, did not secure its own object.
Then BccCher wrote that TiItOn had con.
doncd his wiics fault years before, and
had made the tri partite agreement. lie
called attention to the fact that TillOn
had cntiCcd liccChcr into u reconciliation
Of his family troubles, and also referred
to the fact that Tilton himself had made
an agreement, the publication Of which
had stirred him to fury Mr.. Evarts re-
marked that after all the experience Of
the world, after all the rays OF the sun to
which 'rilton had been exposed, his skin
had been toughCncd or tanned, and his
conduct in regard to the publication Of
this agreement illustrated his character.
TO touch his sci.pridc or wound his
CgOtsm he could not bear, but debauCh
his wife and he did not mind that. In
this letter Dcccher went on to say that
the prospect Of death and the hereafter
was far happier than his life, and that
lie would write statement which
would bear the light Of the Judgment
Day. lie closed by expressing his graf.
itudc to Frank Munll0m. Now, Eyarts
asked. what wa. tLcrc o( vuiIt in this let.
tcrY After urpinp thc imurohabilily Of
an adultcrcr writing such letter to
man who knew his guilt, he read the re.
ply Of Moulton, in Which the latter told
Bccchcr that he could stand II the whole
ease were published tomorrow. Could
MouIton, could any man, suppose that Il
minister Of any Christian church could
maintain his standing II he stood morally
convicted Of adultery? MoultOn went on
TO write that Iecchcr had not sustained
him "A he ought, and that II he had dc.
pended on Beccher's hclp alone his hands
would long AGO have droppcd powcrIcss
by his sides. That Eynrts said was the
truth. Ii lIcccher's conceptions Of the
right way to treat this case had been fol.
lnwcd. Moulton's hands wonld have
drnppcd nowrrlc,s by his sides long auo.
and thcy never would have rot into
| Ircrhcr'l porkrtg. TLaurhtcr1
Mr.. Evarls argued that this letter Of
Mention was wholly Inconsistent with the
theory that he knew or believed lIcecher
10 he guilty Of II crime. lie then read the
card nrOnngCl bv TiliOn for lIrpChcr TO
rmblish in the IIrookIyn Egolc instead Of
his own card, and remarked that when
Tilton PROMISED ANYTHING for any one else
10 sign there was always in il nj the be.
ginning or end or middle n certificate of
| Ills honor. TIaurhtrrl l|ccchcr did not
need to publish such certificates,
The counsel next read the card as
l,ccchcr published il. which was ycrv nat
uraIIv modified and only cxcnIpatcd Til. |
ton from blame from the SANDERS Of
Bowen.
Mr.. Evarts here read the statement.
drawn IN for his church in Jnlv, 1874. |
BY Bccchcr, and said the defendants sn
prriority to most men was shown in his
manner Of bearing the sorrow and self. |
rrproaCh. Most men would have given
away beneath them. On Monday morning,
| itissaid,altcr IIccchcrs last letter TO MouI. |
ton there occurred an interview between
l{ccchcr and Mrs. Nloulton, and the coun.
sci felt obliged to examine the details Of
il which rob il of all credit, Everybody
would have been clad to welcome the tc;. |
timony Of Mrs, Moulton with the same
r,,,G,Inut rrl;ouc, v;,I, vI,icL tLnv r,o, !