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continued: At the interview at Moul
toms, l said to Tilton that regretted
that had in any way been a party OF
subsidiary to the injuries inflicted on
him by Mr.. Bowen; and / also said that
the disturbance in his household which
had been occasioned by me was without
intention and without my recognition al
the time, but / did not regard 1t now az
being very serious, and that had mos1
profound sorrow tor the disturbance
had occasioned-the rupture between
him and his family and the miseries that
he must have suffered. And that asked
his pardon for the one, and for the Other
| that felt that had been in the wrong
and that ought to ask forgiveness fol
it. Moulton said to Tilton, that thai
shook hands. l did not promise to re.
tire from public life; said nothing ot
committing suicide, or Of wishing the
matter kept from my wife, because
feared her.
@. Did you say to Tilton that the re.
latlonship which had existed between
yourself and Elizabeth had not always
been marked by sexual intimacy? A.
No, sir; no, sir. tits odiously false.
@. That 'the earlier years Of 1t were
free from any such taint and crime, and
| that only during the last year, or q little
more than a year, and that year short
ened by a country vacation, had that
sexual intimacy existedW
| A. 1t is intolerable to be asked that
question; but before Almighty God nc
such question ever, by any body, at any
time, under any circumstances was
put to me, OF any conversation that
might lead to it.
@. Or any such statement made by
| you? A. Nor any such statement made
by me.
@. Did you also say, or did you say,
that you did not know you could offeI
any communication or excuse for your
self, and you wanted TiltOn to believe
tor Elizabeth's sake, and also tor his
own, that you had never sought her fol
vulgar ends, but that your sexual com
merce had been through love and NOT
through lustp A. never used any such
language as that, Mr.. Evarts.
9. Was there any such topic? A. No
such topic.
9. AT that interview. A. No such topic
at that interview, nor at any other was
it possible. am obliged to hear these
questions put in Court. Such questions
could never have been put in any of the
interviews between any Of tle parties
concerned.
@. Now, sir, 1 will read to you pas.
sage in Mr.. TiltOn's testimony, of an in
terview in February: Mr.. Beecher came
to my house one morning about the first
or second week, probably the second
week; yes, certainly the second week
in February, 1871. He had come in pur-
suance of request which had sent to
him through Moulton.
Mr.. Beecher came in the morning,
while l was at breakfast. l rose from
The table and met him In the parlor, and
told HIM to go up stairs into my study;
he Immediately went up and followed
him. closed the door behind me, and
after he took his seat said to him:
have called you hither, sir, in order
that you may remove, II you can, a
shadow from the future life of the little
boy Ralph. His mother has assigned to
me date at which your criminal init
macy with her began. This little boy
was born few months after that. Ii the
date which his mother has given is cor
rect. it will save u dishOnor attached to
want you to tell me as before God
whether or not that date is right want
if possible to shield him, but want more
than that, to know the truth. Tell me
the truth, and he THAT is you'll told me on
the date which Mrs. Tilton had assigned
was the correct date.
At. that moment Mrs. Tilton herself,
who had followed me up stairs, came in
to the room, and when stated to her
the points OF conversation she burst into
tears, and asseverated, as she had'once
or twice done before [but that was struck
outl as she had once or twice done be-
tore-asseverated that the date she had
given was correct.
Now, Mr.. Beecher, did any such inter-
view in which that subject of spurious
ness of the boy, or adultery of the wife
was mentioned, ever occuf2 A. Can you
not divide that question and let me be
asked whether father asked the Sc
ducer of his wife?
Mr.. Beach-One moment. II your Hon
or please, must object to this.
Mr.. Evarts-The question, Mr.. Beech
er, is simply for your answer whether
any such interview, any such conyersa-
tfbn, any such topic OF conversation, was
ever raised between you and Tilton? A.
Never between me and Tilton, alone or
in the presence of his wife; never any
such conversation or anything out of
which such conversation could be
made or imagined, took place. 1t is a
mOnstrOus and an absolute falsehood.
Loud and continued applause.l
Mr.. Fullerton was on his feet almost
before the applause had ceased, and pale
with anger made some bitter reflection
on the conduct of the spectators gener-
ally and the friends Of the defendant.
Mr.. Evarts replied, and Judge Nelson
ended the discussion by ordering reins
forcement of the Court officers tor to-day
and threatening to punish the next
offer fOr cOnt tamnt