, 1875-02-06

NEW fong, Fob. 5.-Wllen tho Brooklyo CIT,
Court openou this morning all the patties in
Sol'ed III the Tiiton-Beccher case were present
Tie courtroom Vas as crowded. az ever.
nlr. Tilton resumed his place in the ritnos,
chair Immediately on entering tue room. ht
was hhonn letter. and said: This is III tbt
handwriting Of Slr. Doochor. cannot remem
ber the tiIno It was sent. The letter vaa road
1t stated that the writer sent 1ttou m ipkstanf
with tie letter, which ho hoped would bo OF se1.
vice to lin. Another letter wit,,ess identified
as Lii. Boeches's. II was datod March 1o, 1864
and addressed to Ms. Tilton, tuuderiug loyo and
sympathy to him. Tho third letter. iu the same
writing, was also Identified II WAS dated Juns
3, 1867, ailudng to h1s (1Ilton's) religious
opinions, and expressing confidence In his do.
yelopment.
a letter was Shown to witneBa and hia Atten-
tioo directed 10 q certain paragraph. Ho ssId :
This Is an extract from
ONE or Mis-. r1l7oa's LETTERS.
Mr. Fullerton objected to its being road, when
Dir. Evarts lad juHt begun the sentence "To
!ovo is praiaeworthy, but to abuse "-and here ha
was..bFonghs up by cries of +" Stop !:Stop!" from
tho counsel on the other side, which excited tho
iauEhter Of tile spectators. The Court over
ruled tle objection, and Mr. Eyarts road tho
extract. The witnesa continued. There Ia no
data to this document In which this extract ia
printed, but II Haw tho jetter frou, wl.Ic,, it Ia
taken could tell tho date. think It Was Feb,
T. 1868. do not know whether tho data which
observe III tie corner Of tho extract is correct.
y printed or not.
Another letter printed In tbs correspondence
"ea read, dated Fob. 8, 1860 it dwell on tho
influence OF lore. '~
!, Ina "ltnoas waa shown paper and asked IL
tnat Was paao Of
HM oRi91SAL STATEMENT
IN hsa own handwriting. lie rspIjea ttat Il v.,
N 'ho handwriting Of Augustus Maverick. aud
vas page Of hiA original statement. 1lr. Ey-
a.ta 1eaa passage In n letter which was datsd
feo' D. 1868. Tue passage began: ITO love ia
psaise"ofths. Tut to hbuss is Bin." The witness
continued: thought my wife thsu .euartled
adultery as r1n, and because of that l eopied tha
extract from tho lettor.
Another interval horo susuod, rlilo connac1
foe tba dofense searched for certain latter.
4n'ohg their documents. Finally sir. Bhsarman
read
SOME tEFTERs FROM MRs. T1Lron 70 HER ur,s.
in 1868. They all Expressed tho deep love which
abs bora for her husband, aud mentioned Tia
names Of persons who had calsd to see bor n
tie house whoa he MAS away firm,
home, declaring how happy she would
foel when he would be With hes ,o.n
The wltnesa resumed after being shown tha
!ettef' DO not lemotnber when this letter vas
written, Or 1t Mss. Tilton wha recovering from
nee condnsment. I cannot give YOU tho e1aot
aate OF the blrtha Of my children, ~ have not
9o1 any memorandum. When wanted to know
! always applied to HRS. 1ilton. won't iuto u y
@ new nome IN August, 1885, aud this latter xas
"litten shoStly after my occupancy Of 1t.
mr.. hhaarnan road latter from Mrs. Tttop
e Aes husband, telling him how much abs rs-
loEea III bis homecoming, and how Glad the
oA14rea would b.. It referred to tho crowded
condition Of the church on tho previous SUNDAY
klaa tho earnest labors Of Mr. Baecher. Another
9tIef' dated February, 1868, waA read, which
aisa pore testimony 10 her Joy Ut hla return homo.
M related visit from Husall D, Anthony, Mrs,
li4Eoh being much cheered with bar talk, Tho
sHeI o. Eeo. "a, 1863, iuformel him OF tho
aoatn o. Mfs. Aontoe, who came over aYmp&-
'aeticaAy a. tho tsns Of PsulH funeral. a letter
= Ien Z, 16t3, referred 10 the death Of her qpu
1863. &3 F'e''s48 '"a''"s' ="
Tho remainder OF tho titpo N, to tho recess
kaa EPs4t by tho defense in searching FOR letters
khd reading extracts from them.
AFTER AECEss
4pe lawyers Wera tatdy In assembling After this |
ecass and It waa fully twenty miputes alter tho |
,ouf Then tho proceedings again opened, Tilton |
ook his plao& on the stA0d. Apd ten minutsa !
aess Mefo consumed By Tia dafttss
ss4eals2 smoD9 tsslr ptpais- tor III. |