The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-23
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The Tilton- Beecher Trial.
NEW YoRK. June %.

the occurrence of last evening, he believed
that they were laborlng under misappre-
hension.
Evarts made few remarks on the same
subject, and said that all issues that
Beecher had to meet were those pre-
sented by witness on the stand, and
not those advanced against him in news
papers containing outside issues
Judge Nelson then said that he had OBJ
served in some of the evening newspapers
paragraph to the effect that his charge
had been prepared two months ago, and
that he had some time since received re-
quests to charge from some of the counsel,
but, in Justice to himself and counsel, he
felt compelled to state that his charge was
not yet finished, but was in process of
preparation, and that he had not received
any requests to charge. lie was of the
opinion that if he was allowed to deliver
his charge first, he could do it in such
manner as that counsel would have bat
few requests to make, and these they could
hbNbIt' hit'i tbt hiu D'cu SiNCh.
Fullerton and Evarts acquiesced in this
matter. ..
Beach then arose aud continued his sum-
ming up to the jury, and read the letter
from Mrs. Tlton to Beecher in which she
speaks of the bird singing in her heart aud
in which ls mentioned "true inwardness."
The nest-hiding letter was also read by
counsel, who took this opportunity of dis
claiming that they took the meaning of
the word to be adultery; that was not so,
as it meant concealment. Iu Beechers
novel, Norwood" he likens delicate
woman concealing her love TO q bird COW
eripg its nest up with vines and leaves. In
the letter Of June /, 1878, Beecher said he
had strong feeling that he was spending
his last Sunday and preaching his last SER
mon, and in Tlton's testimony it appears
that Beecler asked him to give him justice
if he was going to publish documents
that he might either take his life by sui
eide or take a voyage to some foreign land
and the jury remembered the evidence
given by Mr., Moulton. The counsel
would trouble them with few remarks
upon the testimony of Mr.. Richards, in
which he stated that he saw Mr.. Beecher
III the front room and Mrs. Til
ton moving hastily away from him
with flushed cheeks. The jury might
not give plaintiffs counsel any credit for
their bringing the brother to testify against
his sister aud the bo.ror Of the situation
did not strike them Counsel had not
pressed the witness very closely, as they
had got enough fIom him 10 serve all their
purposes. We are told that Mrs. Tilion
loved Beecher, and also that he had feel
ing for her. Remember this condition of
things in that light. Mr.. Beecher on a
chair and the door opened suddenly, and
this woman springing away from him with
burning checks. Was not this a situation
which would canse suspicion to enter the
heart of the brother? We are told that
Beecher visited Mrs. 1ilton to pray with
and advise her, bui this was not the att
tude of prayer they were in when the door
was opened 1t was suggested that in the
impulse Of the moment and the embarass-
ment she did not advance TO her brother to
greet him. but went to the window, thus
showing that she was cognizant of
the nature Of her improperly. Was
this witness therefore to be be-
lieved 2 Counsel then passed on to the
consideration Of Mr.. Redplth's testimony
Beach read the interview between Red
path and Tilton at the time the former got
the true story from Tilton, also the inter
view between Redpath, TilIon and Moul
ton, AT which Titon said 10 Redpath
"Tetl Beecher |, charge adultery" Coun
sci read letter from Mrs Morse t.
Beecher, in which she says, "When
think of the misery you have caused my
family, and hear you cracking your jokes
/ think with the Psalmist, there is no God,
and argued that if Beecber was innocen
he would have spurned this charge. Bcacl
read letter in which Mrs. Morse call
Beecher her sou, and contended that there
was some reason why he (Beecher) SHOULD
ask TO stand in this relation to Mrs. Morse
Counsel Looked upon these letters at Mrs
Morse as sensible and intelligent, and tn
defense had signally failed to explain
them away. Abiding to the interview o
December 20, at Freeland's house, betwee
Beecher and Bowen, at which Tilton's de
mand that Beechcr leave Brooklyn was dc
livercd, counsel said the very manner u
Beechers meeting this demand argue
against his innocence If Beecher had nc
been guilty this demand wonld have bee
insolent and would never have been quletl
consigned to his pocket. Beach next too
up the complicated relations between Bow
en- and Beecher, aud essayed to show tn,
unless Bowen had righteous 'caus
Beecher would have never rested inactiv
under Bowen's declarations to Howard
1870, that he possessed information who
If made public would drive Beecher fro
Brooklyn. This charge was known
Beecher and yet he had continued tbroui
all these years to break scriptural bread f
Bowen and to pour out for him Il
blood of the Redeemer. Beach discrediti
the evidence given by Bessie Turner, al
J. argued that, even assuming it ia true, 1t a
fected in no manner the question of Beec
er's guilt or innocence and merely relat,
to the question of damages. 1t was ms
ter of deep and earnest speculation VIII,
this matter came to be tried what attitu,
Beecher would assume and how he won
reconcile his letters consistently with 1
innocence. The necessity Of denial W
forced on him; no matter what the circul
stances were against him, bold denial wi
his congregation and church on his sic
Was it a case of perjury? Was itpossit
that Henry Ward Beecher not on
denied the charges but sustained Il