Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1875-04-24

TYLTON-BEECHER TRIAL
Torturing Examination by
FuliertOn-The Confession
and True Story More Let
ters Produced.

and True Story More Let
ters Produced.
New YORK, April 20. Mr.. Bee
cher resumed the witness stand upon
the assembling of the court this
morning looking in the best of health.
Mr.. Fullerton opened the proceed
ings by asking Mr.. Beecher if, after
a night reflection, he was able to say
whether he didn't regard Tilton Is
charges on the 30th of December, 1870
as made in good faith and believed by
| Tilton. The witness answered that
he could not say.
| He thought in a general way Til
ton believed it. He thought Tilton,
in the interview that night, made no
charge except the reading ofhis wife
confession. Mr.. Fullerton then read
| from Mr.. Beecher's statement show
ing that he had said he believed Til
ton supported his wife's confession
with additional charges. The letter
of February 5, 1872 was then handed
Mr.. Beecher. In it Mr.. Beech
er speaks of his suffering the tor
lures of the damned. Mr.. Fullerton
proceeded to read the letter by para
graphs, and questioned Mr.. Beecher
on each point; witness explained
that he keenly suspicioned and APP
pretended there was suspicious of his
church affecting his moral character
and standing as a Christian minister
| from the stories of TiltOn and Bow
en-; he feared the stories would reach
his congregation and cause an nves-
tigation which he dreaded !; witness
never told anybody in the church
about these difficulties; they heard
enough outside; witness didn't deny
the charges to Moulton, because he
labored under the belief that Moul-
ton didn't believe him guilty; Moul-
| ton acted as man who believed him
| innocent.
The "True Story was then taken
up by Mr.. Fullerton, and Beecher was
examined at length in regard
to and in confirmation of the
statement that he rendered his resig-
nation with his first statement. Mr..
Beecher first denined that he did so,
but when confronted with the story,
admitted it was SO.
More Testimony from the
plymouth PasiOr-WOOd-
hull Letters.
BROOKLYN, April 2l.-Mr. Beech
er resumed the witness chair in the
great trial at II O'Clock this morn
| ing. In answer to question, the
witness commenced his examination
by stating that he first met Victoria
| Woodruff in the early part of June,
1871, at Moulton's house; it was af-
ter the publication of the card in the
World; had no intimation that the
was to see her; the interview lasted
fifteen minutes had another CONVEX
sation in October following: witness
reiterated his former statement that
he never received but three letters
from Woodruff.
Mr. Fullerton produced two let
tiers, one dated December 18th, 1871,
and the other January I'd, 1872. The
first was a complaint from Woodruff
that Beecher's two sisters had abused
her iu the public prints, and demand
ed that Beecher see her Immediately
on the matter.
Next morning witness went to
Moulton's house: had an interview
with him: Woodruff and Tilton
were also there; Moulton advised
witness to have talk with Wood
hull, which witness did; no one was
present at the interview but Wood
\ hull and witness; witness told Moul-
| ton and Tilton the substance of the
| interview; the second letter was a re-
request to preside at the National
Woman's Suffrage Convention in
Washington; witness believes he
showed the letters to Moulton, but
did not consult him solely for the
reason that he was the one who held
the secret of the scandal. In answer
to Mr.. Fullerton witness said he con-
suited Moulton on many things be-
sides the subjuct of the scandal, but
Guild not recall any. Counsel then re-
ferred to another letter printed in
Woodruff and Clafiin's weekly, in
which Beecher upheld the doctrines
of woman suffrage. Beecher ex-
planned that he was of the opinion
the letter was longer, but denied that
Moulton had eliminated anything
from it.
Mr.. Fullerton, bowed gracefully to
Judge Nilsson, said, ssif your Honor
please, / am done with the cross-ex-
animation"
More Witnesses Examined.
BROOKLYN, April 22.-The court
room of the Beecher trial is not SO
crowded to-day, the interest being
diminished with the retirement OF
Mr.. Beecher from the stand. Con-
trary to expectations, Beecher and