Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-22

THE ENFORCEMENT 4CTs.
ARE THEY UNCONSTITUTIONAL
MURDER IN NEW JERSEY.
MARINIc DIS ASTErsS
TEEyDS- EEE[HER.
to-nay ia Court.

| its usual size before the appearance OF Mr
| Boecher on the witness stand. There was
| falling of also in the applications ~ admiS-
| sion To the room, aud the corridors wcrs
| much less thruUged. THE defendant came an
a'lherenis, and was followed In short Time
10y the plaintiff and EoUi;on. When he
court was opened
! THE FIRST WITNESS
was III. @. Armour. who testified - M
| EyartS. reside IN Brooklyn. ! am a NOR
| chant in the pToiucC trata in New York.
| have been resident here for ten years. a-lI
| have known Francis u. &oultOn TOR that %.
| Rod. recolcct the publication oi the Wppt-
! huil story. had
| C0NvFRsArIoN WIN HorLToN
about this suit. lie asked me IN go Ia his
! house Ia examine some papers i'm this cas-.
| 10 show me Ec was right ia his general posi-
ton. | declined To go. and he proposed &"
| irlng the Iarers TO my house To show n"-
J but | SIN declined. IL KEEP; pressing IA.
| and said would not examine thcm undo.
! cath. He said he wV3ll
! EAEE 1T HOTTER THAN HELL
! for any person who testified against hi.l
| Il, asked me y believed in the charges col
| blackmail against him. and sad tia.
had no opinion on the matter. lie tai "a: %
me ahoUt what The opinion ia the Exchange
! was about him.
This question was objected TO- and Eir
! Beach argued thai Ia. answer should BE-.
| Talej ogt, but tin coUriaiIowel IL ~ stand.
This Was all to be asked this witaasS, AMI
| lie was allowed 10 20.
| HENRY D.. CLEVELAND
! was the called, ami testified 10 NJ. Shear
| MAINLY legal residence is in 60 EHcCItcgt
! but I reside also in Brooklya- Since I-.I 1
! Lave had no business relations with B-rcner
| ror connection with the Ctrifatg ja.pH 1
| am partner in Tie paper h!m - HurlbcT,
| 4 Go. / have known defendant fifteen years
! and piairtiit ten years. / have bSen a mem
| b'r Of Plymouth church since lisa.
| TIE JUNE ID AiIEI-
| ] was in the Office of the ftTs'tt0 lfiH8 on
| the III OF June. 1913, and No. Boechcr called
| between II and ~ O'Clock. He staNei about
| 40 minutes, and he told me to send al hiS
mail matter To BigelOw. Kennari 4 Co.
| Boston, for him. j was IN Brooklyn In the
| evening and cut slip out ot the evening
| Paper The Eagle and sent IL 20 Connecticut
Mr.. Sherman offered The clipping from the
| paper i'm question in evidence, and il was
| identified by witness Beach objected 10 il
| being given IN evidence, and 10 Wa
Withdrawn by Mr.. sherman for tn
| present. Witness coutinued:-I saw Beecler
| the next week at Friday evening pra yer
| meeting. j spent All that week in Brooklyn,
| after the week beginning the 2d OF June.
| did not see him during the remainder of that
time. Next Sunday did not see Beecher at
church, but Mr.. h. III. Murray, OF Boston,
preached there. On the 81 OF June, 1893. /
| remember the publication OF a card by
| BeecheT, and saw him ON the 2hth Of June. at
| the house o. Moses =. Beach. / suggested its
| publication To him on that day; after | ma L.
! that suggestion Beccher went into Beach :
| library. When was coming out met Mr..
| Ford going into the house.
| NK. CLEVELAND CBoSS-EN AHMED.
| ! was examined AT my house, but my cross
| examination was not completed Ny atteu-
| ton was called 10 Beecior calling al the
| Christian Union office and said then that
| BeecheT called between II and - O'Clock.
| Mr.. Morris read from witness written "N-
| animation. when he said. Il should say that
| the interview was between II ami l. o'clccE
| il the morning"
Witness said:-I should say would accept
! TINS. IL takes rom twenty Ia forty minute
10 20 from BeecherS house To tn
my written examination thai l. too.
! from - TO % minutes. | desire Il should
| be corrected. hut il depends altogether On the
| boats. If said ii WAS shorter desire 10 cor
! rect il. 90 not remcinb r saying that some
! times Il TOOK % minutes, and Sometim
/ shorter. | Hlcant To say - minutes OF l,slg-
| er. | know Mr.. Carpenter. / made his a.
! quairtance or Sunday, 18th Nav. ISsE ]
! went 10 see him at request at Beecher, ia the
I afternoon. | Wa 20 bTi1g him 10 Monitors
! i'll found him. ! took him there, buf 30 not
/ know ii l left him there. / knew his obi.-,
! in being brought there. Beechrr said na
! WISHED TO HAVE CARPENrEB 60 TO -r.E
Bcccher said that hn desired Carpeafor WIN
some other gentlemen 10 20 to BoNca. ID
confer with Bowen with regard to soma
. reports having reference Go BeecheT Car
! I@ntcr and talked about the trirarjiJe GOV
/ Cnauj.
/ MIR Shoaman objected to This line
( of tesjimol y and Mr.. Morris said he pro-
! posed showing that Carpenter was brought
over to Bowers 10 threaten him with the
publication OF The triFartite agreement If he
did not stop II pCatIUg hiS stories. Witness
said told Carpenter II ia" stories were
repeated the agreement would be- Published.
ienteTCi into the story of the scandal because
l knew il hal been settled by covenant. A.
the time oi the 90 V"ISa.ion had no idea in
regard 10 what the scandal related 10. bur
KNEW BEE, HERS MORAL CHARACTER WA
INVOLVED.
I bad been acquainted with b aecnar for q IT,
teen years. and Was on intimate terms with
him. never talked with Becchgr about the
scandal. but did have converse ON about
the Woodruff publication in November.
lSI2. | knew there were stories atloaf affect
ing BeCcherS moral character which were
settled in April - by the cover ant. These
scandals afioat related 10 Beecha.> immoral
: conduct with regard to women. ] was not
Pre- sent nj this interview, but tilc cQycna.t
was published shortly after this, on the 3o-h
ol May. Ii was publlsheI from manuscript
in the hands of sam M4lAgSOa. 4 under
stood from Beecber That
BOWEN HAD CIRCULATED sr1ETF~
affecting his moral character, and this was
all that was said on the subject. ! DO not
recall an interview had with Carpenter al
the Christian ihtCn Office prior 10 the puoiic,-
ton of the covenant. do not think took
the covenant to the Office of the TiHeS o.
May 18th for publication. Possibly testified
| 10 this on my written examination. bGf
think il was in the middle OF the day. l
took il and / went alone. / took the Gov
enant with me and showed il To him, and
| lett it with him. j wanted 10 make an eN-
PLANTATION with him with regard To an aliu-
sion i'm one of Beechers sermons having ie-
ference
| 1 left it there because knew there would be- a
newspaper war. and i wanted 10 set Beecher
| in his true position in the eyes OF the press.
I took il there also TO have an interview
with Mr. Jones' but do not recollect what /
said on that occasion. When left il with
the Times knew il would be published. lido
not recollect testifying at my house that
did not take the covenant 10 Mr.. Jones. Ill
said so il was incorrect i do not think saw
Jones again that day. did not say TO Jones
Rat Beecher wanted 1t published. I did no,
testify that / went TO the Tinies Office tina,
evening TO read the proof, so that ii might
appear in correct form i'm the morning. |
have no recollection on that subject nov.
Possibly said TO Carpenter that If he wouhl
look in the papers next morning he would
see the biggest sensation in this country
since the war.
The Underwrfters' Convention.