The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-16

impossible for the jury to convict on the
testimony of the accusing party, but they
had the confessions of both parties, and
Mr.. Beach claimed the full capacity OF
Beecher's confession to warrant cOnvic-
ton from the jury. Evarts was in error
when he represented that the force of evil
dence was not restricted by rules of law
governing criminal trials, and counsel
stated that under this view of the matter
he would proceed to discuss the evidence.
Mr.. Beach also quoted from cases oil Bill
lings against Billings and Brummell
against Brummell to show that il an attach
ment existed and opportunities occurred,
that there could be little doubt but that
the appetite had been INDUCED.
After recess Beach continued his address
to the jury. Beecher attended court after
recess with his wife and chatted and laugh
ed with Deacon Howard who sat next to
him. Counsel said he would present to
the court but one authority In addition to
those presented at the morning session and
that was the case of Greene V. Greene in
the New jersey law reports, and asked
what application these cases had to this
one. This was civil suit entirely the
interests of Mrs. Titon are not involved
in it whatever status she had in cOnnec.
ton with this case was free and indie
pendent party as far as she was concerned,
n, hat Jn1fr Nait1Ap
would instruct the jury that that IDEA was
a mistaken one and that their judgment
should be founded alone in evidence. What
was the evidence ? Tracy told us that Til
ton was the real defendant, and other
gentlemen say that it Is an action brought
by Tilton against his wife they say that
he (Tilton) is mercenary and seeks by this
action to enrich himself with Beech
er's gold they tell us that this
action is also brought, because of jealousy
for Beecher, and that he was seeking to
drag this angel, Beecher, down. But his
only object was TO obtain that fair and i'm
partial hearing which was denied before
the packed committee to Tiltou, they
asked no money except nominal only; they
were not attacking the wife, bnt were only
pursuing Henry Ward Beecher this ac-
ton was not brought until iuin was caused
to Titon's household by Beecher. The
charge is seduction, and what is the
answer? Conspiracy, blackmal, and per-
feet innocence on the part of Henry Ward
Beecher. On their consciences as jurors
and men, they were to examine the ev
idence and pass their judgment upon it,
and in the first step they took they con-
fronted Elizabeth r. Tilton as she was to
be by both parties to this action. The jury
were asked to believe that she confessed to
this ofTense against all better impulse of
her nature, aud counsel did not regard in
that this woman would confess to lie
against her pastor, was something
not to be thought of or entertained for one
moment. They might think Tilton base,
false, degraded, if they pleased, but he
was a husband and father. The evil
dencc given, however, did not demon
strate that he was low and base enough to
concoct and carry on such conspiracy
against his home, wife and peace, to restore
his fallen fortunes, hen this alleged con-
spiracy was said to have begun. Mr. Tracy
says that on Goth of Dec, 1870, Tilton
was in prosperous business, and what
was there to tempt him, money? tie
wanted none. He WAS living oH luxuries
provided by his intellectual genius, and
fame he wanted. lie was famous, stand
ing forth as an author and lierateur
what was there, then, to make these
people, she to contrive ard she to circu-
late this story? 1t was perfectly incon-
sistent with all motives of human actions,
but these Moulton was said to have assert
ed. Mt Tracy called him the executive
officer of the conspiracy. What mo-
tives had Moultcn for this? Why
all along before this he had
been laboring in the service Of
Beecher TO suppress it. He was not ther
charged as blackmailcr, but was said by
Beecher TO be the best friend to him tina
God ever gave man. And then wha
motive had Mrs. Moulton =? Her husband
had not then fallen into disreputc; sht
her husband. Why, 1t was one of thos
desperate measures into which the con
seriousness of guilt often forces partie
when the defense raises points of conspr
acy aud jealousy. Sometimes in the his
tory of human nature they have occurred
circumstances of self-degradation simila
to these descended to by Mrs. Tilton and he
party, but it was only after years of gull
on the part of persons concerned that sue
a state of things existed. Jury found thes
conspirators for nearly four years strugg
ing to suppress all means, objects and ar
planes by which they sought to enforc
this conspiracy, and so they had Moulto
telling Beecher not to be afraid, that h
could stand even if everything that wa
against him should be. published. Woul
Mrs. Mouton, Mis-. Bradshaw and Mou
ton all peril their souls for the purpose {
J helping Tilton Was it true that Mrs. III
J ton made the accusation for the purpos
of aiding and assisting her husband p?
this was a conspiracy to extort none
from Beecher why was his offer not a.
cepted when he volunteered to assist in ii
, removal of the mortgage from Tilton
house, as was testified to by Beecher hin
self ? When this offer was made by Beecl
; er and not accepted, he reproached Mou
Q ton for not having accepted, and make III
5 of this offer on the ed Of May, 1874. III
, ton wrote TO Beccher from the Golden A.
5 office, stating that Carpenter was not a
: thorized to obtain any money from Beec
er to take his wife and family to Europ
and refusing to take it, and y