Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-07-03
Gathering at Plymouth Church.
Beecher Among His Flock.

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/ ed, and then sent note to Judge Nelson
stating it impossible for them to agree.
The Judge returned an answer that he
would be at court at 10 O'Clock, and would
then send for counsel and communicate
with the jury. At that hour his honor
| stepped into his private room. There were
then assembled in court nearly the same
group of Plymouth people as wee there
| yesterday. Mrs. Beecher came in with
Deacon Howard. All the standing room
was occupied by IL o'clock. Ten minutes
later, Judge Nelson took his seat and was
followed by lawyers Porter, Shearman, Alb
bott, Hill and Tracy for the defendant, and
Morris and Pearsall for the plaintiff.
| At seventeen minutes past IL, the jury
fled into court, looking as if they had
passed a sleepless night. In reply to the
question, Gentlemen of the jury, have you
| agreed upon a verdict?7 Foreman Carpen-
ter Ereplied, 1--WE have not, your honor;
We regret very much that we
find it impossible TO agree Judge Neil
son stated lie had learned by a note from
the Jury early this morning that in their
opinion they should be discharged, as they
could not agree, and some of their number
were suffering in health. He experienced
LLlE lDlNE VI ALAsaL eAlllANdLAOAA 9NAN-4-AE
and had called them in now at the earliest
moment, giving to counsel and others an
opportunity of being present. As they
were about to separate, he would like them
to carry away kindly recOllectiOns, and as
far as they could, remove whatever
chagrin they felt at being detained so long.
He wished them to recollect the fat that
not until yesterday did they suggest that
a .raH flat
came from their foreman, signed by eleven,
and accompanied hy another from Que hror,
who thought that agreement vas possible.
While be had perfect regard and confidence
Ii the opinion Of the eleveR and The ex-
PLANTATION of the foreman, he thought some
thing was due to that nan. His Honor bad
the same thing on his mind yesterday at
t o'clock, and he allowed iuIyman Taylor
to devote his time to bringing abOaL an
agreement so far as he could. He Learned
from a note that they were unable to agree,
and that disagreement was in accordance to |
the weight Of testimony and credibility OF
some witnesses, and 1t appeared 10 His |
Honor and every person cOHveisant |
with the case, that it was impossible |
for him TO help them by any suggestions. |
Not even in his charge could he tnd means |
Of helping them on that point. The weight |
Of testimony rested with the jury. It was |
for them to say what witnesses they could |
believe and what witnesses they could not. |
The court had no right to interfere. He |
was glad 10 Ge assmed the disagreement did |
not arise from want Of attention on his |
part, and God knows there were points on |
which he could DO nothing. There was |
one point 10 which attention had been !
I,r to 1l1v4r,
them explicitly that the application to take |
further testimony had not in any
way clOuded their vision OF occupied !
their thoughts, directly or indirectly. Fore
man Carpenter assured Judge Nelson he
was right. He had questioned mauy Of
the jury, and they all told him that they
had not it in their thoughts at all. The
Judge said he was much gratiiied TO hear
that, and since they had told him they
could not agree, he would therefore dis
charge them. The clerk then stated that
they we're now discharged.
JuTyman ThayeT arose and said be wished
IL to be distinctly understood that the jury
did not stand eleven to one, as rumOr
had it.
Judge Nelson then asked them to re-
main seated a few moments, as a pho
LbElGAltl " loutN " ttthc luClA llhthGo>-
but JUryman Jefiries objected, and the
Judge allowed them to leave the court.
The room was then in confusion, every
person Crowding forward to have a word
with the iurymen. Ms. Beecher went to
the railing and shook hands with each
iuryman as he passed. The jury were all
spoken to as TO how they stood, TO which
they replied that they stood
ito for AcquittaI,
but the names Of the Jurors on either side
they had taken an oath not to reveal. Mr..
Tilton and Mr.. Moult0n entered the court
room a few minutes before the jury, but
were unable 10 get to the front, and stood
near the door until the proceeding ended.
As the jurymen passed into the corridors
and passages, they were beseiged with
questions, to which they only replied by
shake of the head. Mrs. Beecher left the
courtroom with the Plymouth thrOng, and
the courtroom was then cleared Of specta-
tors.
Thus Ended the Great IiItOn-Beeeher
scandal
suit. The jurors for TiltOn are said to be
Jeiireys, Flate and Davis. TiltOn says the
result is a moral victory for him. MOulton
has card in the ArgJLS saying the Tribune
reported he was to be arrested for sUbOrna-
tiOn Of perjury. He has come back, and
now let them arrest him.
Will MOuIIOn be Arrested?
Inquiry being made of Col. Henry Bar
ton Beecher as to the truth or falsity OF the
report that Francis d. MoultOn was to be
arrested on charges growing out of the de-
veloDments in the LOeder-Price perjury
case. he referred the inquirer to law
yer Shearman. The latter merely
said: ssMoultOn is not in Brooklyn
to be arrested. He is consulting with Gen.
Butler.n When asked il Mr.. MOultOn was
to be arrested, Sherman said the question
was one he could not answer. Beach has
intimated that next week there will be
more earnest effort made to get at the bot
tom of the LOeder-Price conspiracy. lie
told Shearman on Wednesday he would be
called on to testify as TO his connection
with the case.
MOuIton's Card,
The following is Frank MoultOn's card,
previously alluded to:
To the Editor Of the 1rgIS-Sir: The
Nely York Tribune, a paper in the interest
of Henry WaId BeccheT, published, this
morning. the following paragraph: "The
evidence Of Joseph W. Pearsall IN the L0e-
der case, reported in full elsewhere, so Sc
riously duplicates Francis d. MOluton in
the manufacture Of the false atfidavits of
Price and LOeder that the counsel
for Mr.. Beecher have already
taken steps to indict him for conspiracy as
we'll as subornatiOn of perjury, and will
make application to 90 before the next
grand Jury. If MOUltOn should return to
Brooklyn before the grand jury meets, he
will be arrested and an examination be
had preliminary to action by the grand
Jury" A judicial examination Of the
origin of the Price-LOeder afiidayits, and
of my connection with them, IS exactly
the thing desire. Accordingly l have re-
t,,rnad 10 Rrnnlzlrn TO meet the menace of