The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-07


AS ADVERT sENENr 10 MRS. Triton
inat IL Womb ~ So lor 0er 4 MAKE VISITS 70 his
house because OILS wire was tp De gone. mat IS
the lenptn ana breadth OF tue imputatlon MADE,
ana ask HIM Cne distinct question whether that
statement was MADE VIA any special purpose OF
intent
MIR. Beacn-And that Is objected to. because that
Is 10 be derived nom the Language OF the letter.
Nil. Evdft5-l tntnk not.
Mr. Beacu-Wel, sir, take me extreme instance,
that Mr.. beecher had wrltt a nOte Ia dliect
terms to Mrs luton lnvtiaQ ne' To VISIT hts house,
tor the reason tBat 10 Would De aic. hts Wlie beng
absent. can he come FORWARD ana deny the ian
guage OF the letter uY saving what MS purpose or
intent was2 Are we NOT to derive 1t from mis- acts
aud rom ms declarations made at the time, ana
not rom ang Interpretation lie nay choose 10 place
Mr.. Egarts-Why. If your Honor please, II this
language has any possible signiicance other than
It's own forms, ana when II IS imputed that IN u
letter from gentleman to a lad7 4 statement OF a
domestic lact-hat Mrs. Beecusr was to leave at
a certain time-1s brought III br the purpose Of
making an lmputaton that Y was advance IN
formation TO cover an asslgaatDn, and the party
that wrote IL Is on the stand-S n.y. then, ~ "
compe ent, by every rule Of evidence, to show he
had no sucn meaning. | ask your Honor's auten-
zion TO tue case OF Mickey vs. Burlington lnsur-
ance Company. Here the counsel quoted the
decision % the supreme Court oI0wa In this case,
which. he argued, sustained MIN IN his right to
MIR. Beach-rhe question reaches much further
than that.
Mr.. Evarts-An 1 ever claimed as understand
Q. Now Mr.. Beecher. In this announcement OF
the fact OF che proposed day OF your wife'5 leaving
visits OF Mrs. fliton? A. None whatsoever.
q. And, as matter OF lact was she at your
house thereafter A. No SIR; she was not
q. (Shuwine paper) Taat little note refers to
your seeing Mrs luton "neXt Friday" II yon
DON'T see ncr tomorrow, "lf DON'T YOU to-
morrow l viii see you next Frida,." A. al |
do - see You tomorrow night viii next Friday.n
z. Now can you from that memorandum recall
any circumstance or date or dag Of the week on
which that was wrltten9 A. can't fix it as to
time definitely; recollect the circumstance; |
know Mrs. INT wished to see me about her
mother, and dropped this hasty note to say II
diam see her Friday night would the next FRI
day night
q. Yes: well, the FIRST Friday night was future
prayer meetlngY A. Was to-norro@. 4
Q. So that your view is that note was written
on Fhurday 4. on Thursday; know there wal
suca an occurrence, and suppose this TO be G
note re errlng 10 1t.
her a. In the lecture room, or after the lect
q. Is that the reference 10 Friday night
That's what understand IL, SIR.
q. AT that time, now, Friday night wa
regular lecture anu prayer meetingY A. III
mas oeen any otner-tne regular prayer
night; and IL IS the night OF erfands, "A -
O. Wen, nov, what is the habit at th1 r.
changes between you as pastor aud thoa Dur
congregation VINO present themselves; mere
any privacy about them A. No SIR w all
take place in rne 'front.'; IN the cluster u bple.
q. Yes; IN the public room? A. Away
q. And IN the presence oil such as We there
A. Yes sir; they stop rom twenty to fifty, one
hundred sometimes aud generally there are rom
ten 10 twenty little errands or engagements, or
people that want specially TO see me
aud see me; there are persons 10 know II
can attend 10 oaptisms aud some persons want to
know n nave received a note or II will come
and take tea with rnem and thousand little
things of tnat Kind; am out OF town so much
IT Is DIFFICULT TO GET AZ ME-.
Q. Showing witness a paper Please look ut
THIS letter deter from Mrs. Morse, october 81,
1871. say II you remember receiving II and deliv-
erlng IL 10 Mr. MoultoDY A. Is IL IN 1877
o. Oetoaer 81, 1871. II seems 70 oe dated. A. 1t
Is her handwriting; you Will allow me 10 read It
In PRINT II IS so mucn easier
o.
be fixed IN some way satisfactory 70 all OF u.s. on,
II Il dared october r.; Y mas always Deen printed
az OctODer Il. don't know as Il ls-whetner 10
Is he list oath. Well, II is az the close Of The
.ssage. have you found ltG A. Yes, SIR; have 1t
o. Wen, SIR at rhe other end OF it-'Do you
know think it IS strange YOU should ask me TO
conversation had with her az Wedding; she
was under great deal Of feeling and ielt she
was
MIR. Eyaris-said something to you about her
feellngsY a. sac nd.
Mr., Beach-Wel.
Mr. Evarts-I tulnk It Is quite competent for us
TO SHOW what mad passed between nlm ana Mrs.
Morse whlca led 10 that expression oil hers-tnat
she thought IL strange ne should ask ner TO call
Jndge ye,lson-Ir the witness answers it was
an interview between MIN and Mrs. Morse which
led 10 TINS. would y 10 necessary 20 enter into
conversation
nuthng else but tnis tuat u was the im5roglio OF
the iamily thar gave rise TO TINS; now want TO
Know what nat was-w at passed between hlm
II 10 " wi,ness.Now. what arose between YOU
aud Mrs. Morse A. Well u was. simply, she had
no counsel; no one she could 90 70; sue could not
60 TO ner dauy nter ana SAID 10 her. take coun.
sci 81 me. ns Il l were your sou;" IL was a COM
pmentary ana courteous statement, made OFF
nan I, without ans particular considerations, out
IN al kindness. and sne seized upon L ana alter
Mr.. b1aca--NO, no.
Mr. FunertOn-lhat WON'T do.
Judge Nei. on 10 the wltnessl You understand
thai 10 De tue meaning q the expression. A. Yes,
liz Mr. Eyarts-what wedding was tnlsS A.
don't Know.
q d. you remember whether IL was Mlss Brad
shaws wedding 4. think not, sir; II may nave
q 1t may nave been MISS Bradshaw'sS A Yes,
sir; but caait adirm Il a present.
u You say sac sgoKe'Oi trouble aud OF having
no counsellor Wat trouble was II sue referred
TOT what trouble was 1t sue referred 10 Ia refer.
ence 70 Ihls2 A. Ir0aOle In the family OF ner
daa nter ana her own troubles cam up also.
q Were they matters u pecuniary consideration
that sue referred - A. IL was only IN part tnat,
sir: ~ was
ar Bedcn-O1e moment.
Mr. Evarts-iaat gave The origin TO the phrase
used by her, concerning wnlcn shs writes you
Mr. FuIertOn-l OOlect % t.
Judge Nelson 90 wltnessl-so far as you knowf
Mr.. Evar $50 &C is yJu knowf
wit ess-S1 Jar a. / guOw-
n. Wen the letter speaks Of ~; her phrase Is.
call you son y Glu you a. ang time ever ask ner
70 cali you son Ia an otaef way than you nave
q. AID 10 take counsel with yous A. 40, sir.
q NJ. Beeche do you remember IN May. 1871.
or ,nerea pOuts anything arising IA reference 10
card Of Mrs. woodruff tuat appeared IN some OF
tue New YORK papers a. 10
THROWS ACCOUNT Or MS VISIT TO MRS. WOOD
HULL
q. How vas that DrOaRnt to your notice and by
wnomf a. | doa't Know, SIR; saw It IA the
paper
q. You saw 10 yOurselff a. Yes, sir.
q In the paper \. Yes sir.
Y. ABOUT tae time y appeared A. Within
day or two.
4. when did Il become matter OF conversation
between NC. M0ultln ana you aud AIR. Triton and
your A. tnink il was WITHIN a day or two nave
the Impression tie day following, but 4 can't say
quite certainly.
z. Now Wnat occurred between you aud Mr..
TIltOn and Mr. M0ultOu, or 0Otn. then consequent
upon the appearance 81 TINS cards A. me only
tnlng recolect waa an interview with Mr. Tlit0n
alter; a day Or two aiteTward, VA wuIch ne gave
me an account % us visit 70 dts. woodruff.
Y. Welt Just state how he described that inter-
vlew2 a. Well sir, BE SAID thar soon ne saw
mat card he was s8tished tnat IL nad reference
him and ms housensid, and tuat de termlned nc
would 90 rignt down himself personally, aud u
possible put a stop TO that matter tnAt it p0r-
tended. ne SAID tHaI he prepared himself tnar he