The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-12
Twenty-Ninth Day Of the Great
Scandal Case.
TILToN STILL ON THE RACK.
Investigating the Tripartite
Covenant Question.
LIVELY LEGAL SALLIES.
Reading the Fascinating Pages Of
the "True Story"

II was reasonable TO think the very unpromisinR
Weather OF yesterday would diminish the usual
attendance at the Tilton-Beecher trial. The
curiosity TO be present was hardly considered so
intense as TO make people disregard the rain for
sake OF sitting In the dim cathedral light Of the
court room 10 listen for four hours to an unpronu
able cross-examnation. Yet elbow room was
again at q premium. rhe course Of the cross-ex-
animation was less smooth than on the previous
day. 1t had hardly begun when the lawyers fell to
wrangllng Mr.. Evarts, as usual, stirring up the
legal mastins of the opposition until chorus OF
growls filed the chamber. The deep, STEADY bass
OF the Judge interposed with less erect than on
former occasions, but getting FESTIVE under the
aggravating persistency OF Evarts he summarlly
put an end to the scene by q determined de-
csiou.
THE LEADING COUNSEL
for the defence is not easily bafled he gives and
tskes Olows with the nonchalance OF q trained
fighter. He has no sanguneous impulses to re-
strain. The brain is without an ally In the body
to impei him to angry resentment. The case is
different with the counsel for the plaintiff. The
animal instinct OF unrenective combativeness is
here highly developed. When Fullerton nings q
retort at Evarts the blood mounts above his
shirt collar When Beach Is nertled he changes
from carnation pink to q turkey crimson The
pallid face OF Evarts remains tho Same in sun
shine and in storm. yet it drops from tue gravity
of death to the mirtn of Momus without change
Of expression.
THE REWARD OF PATIENCE.
The audience ma In those legal tits the great
reward OF their patience. Could they have their
own way they would so apportion their applause
as to stimulate the actors to more exciting con-
cts. For ten long days Mr.. Evarts has stood alone
amid waste of auxiliary lawyers fighting the
case OF the defence with skill and pertinacity.
When attacked nobody comes to his assistance.
Sherman metaphorically hides his head. Tracy
hestates. Judge Porter's amiability restraints him
and Evarts Is lett isolated sustain the brunt OF
BATTLE Not so with the plalntln's side. when
Fullerton iorgets q point or fails to make the
most Of what he has in hand, Beach rises like Q
mentor behind ana supplies the OMISSION and
when Beach is in the tolls Fullerton comes to mis-
relief with promptitude and vtgor. In sporting
phraseology they are ga powerful team" What
the one lacks the other contrives to furnish. Full
lerton excels In qulckness, Beach IN shrewdncss
The first in grace OF manner and delivery wins
the prepossesslons OF the jury; the latter, IN
strength Of legal equipment and common sense
imposes his convictions upon the Court No more
admirable combination could have been made
The subordinate counsel are in harmony with the
leading parts, and the service as whole is per-
feet.
no NEW DEVELOPMENT.
The developments OF the day were not Of much
consideration. The plans OF the defence revealed
Ingenuity. Practised hands had evidently labored
On tho line OF crosse xaminauon. The witness
however, held his own.
THE TR1PARrITE COVENANT,
signed BY Beecher, Bowen and Tilton, made the
subject OF the early cross.examinatton. The pur-
pose OF the defence was to show tnat Tlton,
who was at first enthusiastically disposed to
sign the paper. hesitated on the advice Of
Moulton, and finally signed 1t only when
1t bad been amended to suit himself so
as to leave him free to relate the
scandal II he pleased at any future time.
In connection with this the defence aimed to make
1t appear that the signing or the covenant
tingent on the paymentto Tilton OF $1,000, the
amount decided upon by the arbltrators In the
case OF Tilton's contracts with Bowen.
AFTER THE RECESS
the "true statement" was read BY Mr.. Evarts,
sentence alter sentence the witness being asked
TO Identify each to the best OF his ability. 1t was
O long, long story the original OF which was sup
posed to have been destroyed by Mrs. Tilton. The
reading was interspersed with debates between
the lawyers as to the manner In which the
witness should answer. On his behalf 1t was In
sisted that he should not be compelled to give q
mere "yes" or "no' to the question whether he
remembered writing this sentence and that. The
Judge instructed hun In the way he should reply,
and thenceforth the proceedings moved on with
greater calm and regularity. ibid you say to
Jackson s. Schultz you would blow the roof OF OF
Plymouth church If the hypocrites who composed
the congregation did not come to your terms ?"
was one oil the remarkable questions put to the
witness. 1t caused a decided nutter in the neigh
bornood OF Mr.. Beecher, where q number OF the
<, n No.
in a spirit OF meek resignation. The witness
Eaid nothing OF the kind, and this TO the Phills-
tines was q great DISAPPOINTMENT. There was
something so valOrous and heroic In the resolve
that 1t was thought the witness, for the sake OF
the harmonies demanded by poetic justice, should
have said II. But no; 1T was the gentle Oliver
Johnson, according to Mr.. Tilton, who gave utter
ance TO this terrible determination. That Oliver
Johnson should be the threatened Nemesis OF
Plymouth church puzzled many anu gave rise to
varied speculatlons.
PART OF THE DRAMA
The ladies' attracted little notice. They have
become so identined with the proceedings that
their presence provokes no moro observation than
that Of the policeman at tho door. TO
strangers, however, Mrs. Tllton Is still
an object Of anxious inquiry. Not conspicuous by
her bulk or beauty, she Is easily detected o. late.
days BY the red shawl she wears about her shoul.
ders. during the reading Of the ''true state
ment"--a paper hardly Ut to introduce In female
clrcles-a young lady OF attractive appearance
was noticed perched upon a table at side en-.
trance, strainng her beautiful, swan-like neck to
catch the matter OF the story.
THE Woodruff AGAIN.
The counsel once more reverted to the Wood
hull. What was the latest hour OF the night
witness spent in her company, The answer was
sleve n O'Clock Then followed from the witness
IN account of the house In which Mrs. Woodruff
lived. 1t was bare OF furniture from top to bot
Tom, except one apartment, in which the lady
lived The prosecution oil this line OF inquiry soon
ceased. 1t was said Ia court that Ready,
Of Beecher's counsel, was absent Two
days. Ready is the Newman Noggs
Of the trial, and when he withdraws
his presence for so long period important things
are expected. 1t was whispered that he was