The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-08
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The Beecher Trial.

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New York, June Z.
The court room was us crowded as usual
this morning, and many ladies were scat
tered among the audience. Mr.. Evarts was
on hand very early, as was also Mr.. Beach
and the plaintiff. Mr.. Beecher came in
with his wife and several other ladies', and
the party were shown to seats in the Ply
mouth gathering. 1t was ten minutes past
the hour when Judge Nelson stepped on
the bench, and few minutes after Mr..
Evarts continued bis summing up. He
treatall random interviews following those
decisive ones of December 1870 and Janu-
airy, 1871. He had shown the jury that on
those interviews the time was set by these
parties as to the accusation. He would
pass lightly over the interview Of January
3D., that they might see that whatever was
added after the last week of January was
of no consequence whatever view they
might take of this occurrence. At that in
terview, after Beecher had said that the
expressions he had made to Moulton were
sincere, and he desired to aid Titon, the
latter says Beecber added ~ do not put in
any plea for myself, but for her, and If
you insist in your demand of your letter of
Christmas day, shall retire from my pull.
pit, and the sale of my pews shall not
go on" Now how could Beecher
renew the talk about that demand when the
whole object Of Tilton IN his interview of
December Both was to obltcrate the effect
of this letter and to take it back, and how
could he countermand the sale of pews
since 1t had already gone on ? Look at
the absurdity of what he further puts into
Beecher's mouth. If publicity on your ac-
count is desired, give me notice that may
commit suicide or retire to Europe, when
the whole object of Tilton was to prevent
publicity The great danger was to allow
phrases applying to adultery, phrases
which might have been used by Beecher
about the disasters In Tilton's family
Counsel read long extract from Titon's
evidence, and went on TO comment on it.
He then read Beecher's statement of what
occurred at that interview of January Sd, in
which he says he expressed the utmost
sorrow and asked forgiveness for the
wrong he had committed, as he felt that
he had been instrumental, though Mrs
Beechcr was more SO, in causing Tiltons
loss of employment. Counsel said the ex-
pressions imputed by Titon at that inter-
view to Beecher are manifestly rehash of
| Tilton's story of what occurred at the in
| terview of Dc cember 30th. The interview
which took pace about the middle of Feb
ruary, after the full settlement and apology
were made, was next taken up. Tilton
| states that he invited Beecher to Moutons
house with the view OF 'ascertaining the
paternity of the youngest in his house, then
nearly two years old. If that interview in
its inception is not absurd, no imagination
| could make it so. Its object was to give
| time and place TO these amours of which no
witness or even hint could be given. Til
ton says that after they had gone up stairs he
informed Beecher the boy Ralph was born
few months after the date his wife had
given him of the criminal intimacy with
Beecher, October 10, 1868, whereas the
child was born on the Goth Of June follow
ing, and he wanted to be sure that the
commencement of their criminal intimacy
was IN October, so that he may ascertain IL
the child is his. He says a few months ia
his evidence, to give an air of probability
to what he is telling. He says Beecher re-
Piled that he had no faculty for dates, but
he believed in his soul that October 1868,
was correct. That is how Titon supplies
land confederation. Beecher gave his own
narrative, and after that Tilton was re-
called, and he only denied one circun-
stance in Beechers narrative. Beecher de-
MES with indignation every suggestion that
any such topic was spoken about by either,
and that remained wholly uncontradicted
by Tilton. The only part of Beecher's mar.
ratlve TO which Tilton's attention was
called was the statement that he told Beech.
or the Winsted story originated through
another Tilton, dissolute and incorporate
man, and that he denied saying that he
had not heard about the other Tilton a,
that period. But he acknowledged that
the other Tilton had been divorced previ
ously to that time, and therefore the knowl
edge of his profiigacy might easily have
come to him. 1t was most evident that
his object in this interview was to cleal
himself with Beecher of the stories about
his pronigacy, and make the scapegoat Of
the other. Beecher further states he was
deeply impressed then with Tilton's truth
fulnesss, and was more sorrowful thar
ever for what he had done, and that Tiltor
invited him to come and see Mrs. Tiltor
again. They went down stairs, and in the
back room he and Tilton met Mrs. Tilton
and they had long and satisfactory in
terview. Counsel urged that Beecher's &C
count comported with the objects of Til
ton and Moulton, and there was no denia
of the principal narrative, and therefore
the Jury should hold that it was substan
TALLY correct. An interview took place il
May again at Tilton's house. Beecher wa
sent for, and Tilton and he got into bust
ness like interview, during which he wen
over and sat on Tilton's kuee, and Mrs
Tilton came in and burst out laughing an(
walked over and kissed him. He consider
ed all difficulties at an end. Mr.. Til
ton did not deny the circumstance
narrated but assigned them a date of tel
years ago. Beecher testified he never de