Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-18
EVENING STAR.
New Developments.


/ x~a.s,-s va eariy IN court vest sTsiaY
/, Eat pinching her lips and doubling over her
| l,pmobile chin, and the luxuriance of her
ros ssooSy- reddish hair was in decided con
The eN idence OF several witnesses was
taken early In the day. But one or two OF
them were fioss-examined by the def moe
although Judge Fullerton was present 20 Ieai
the questioning. lie shook hands as he en-
tered court with Sherman and Porter aud
seversl of the jury bowed TO him sffsbly. lie
looked little out of sorts at first. - III iust
risen from sick bed. but in a short time re-
covered his natural color and met,oi AMI
put In hard days work. He did not, how
ever. produce any effect upon the chief wit
ness of the day, newspaper interviewer by
the name OF Thomas Cooke.
This man was employed 20 give and sro-
ioDg newspaper sensation in the housefsoh
OF the Woodhull family, and while there met
Iheodore Tilton as an Intimate and favorite
visitor.
He swore that after Mr. Beecher refused to
come 10 the Steinway Hall meeting Mrs
woodruff was indignant, and endea vorst 20
use the witness to expose Mr.. Beecher's con-
nection with the Tiiton story in the nress
and that she finally offered to employ him %
do it; Tilton Offered him situation also on the
Golden Age coDtemporaneouSly with posi-
ton ne was To take on Woodhull and
Clafin's Weekly; Tilton was present when
Mrs woodruff asked Cooke 20 expose Mr..
Beecher, and said: Theodore will give Won
all the letters and documents. He has shown
them all TO me-"
AS this occurred before Mrs Woodruff
peared 10 break down utterly Mrs. Tilton's
theory that he had sought Mrs. Wooihull's
acquaintance in order 10 procure her silence.
and u cast very sinister complexion upon
the plaintiff s cause.
He manifesily felt 1t. and the croSs-exami-
nation did nothing further 90 impe1ch the
witness than to show that Mrs. Woo ihuli
visited him privately i'm Detroit about three
weeks ago
Mr.. Cooke said at the noon recess that ac-
cording TO his understanding Mrs. Woodruff
lncGDSed both the "A IN IN "a def
ant, but most with TilLon now, because he
had repulsed her affections and quit her soci-
ETY..
The cabman who drove Mrs. wooih To
Coney Island with Tilton also strengthened
The case against Tilton of extreme Intimacy
and familiarity with Mrs. Woodruff.
Assistant Pastor Halliday was put on the
| stand late in the day, and testified that he
made ZOO pastoral calls year, AMI knew
| related TO have eXonerated Mr. BAecher, sol
emily, in his presence.
IL was, on the whole, a black eye for Tilton
all The middle Of the day.
Oliver Johnson, Samuel Wilkerson. Jack
son s. Schultz and the reporter Cooke have
made very strong defence for Mr. Beecher.
| This is admitted on all sides.
The great scandal is now more mysterious
than ever.
Reuben w. Ropes, the first witness yester-
day, took the chair at a late hour of the
morning He is n brother of a prominent
trusteompany president in Brooklyn, and is
himself member Of Plymouth church. A
tangled gray eyebrows and a stentorian
voice, he have his testimony with a loud
quarter deck voice, and was dismissed in
the midst of his reSounding echoes.
Rev. Edward Beecher was in court, looking
amlabie and antediluvian. Mrs. Beecher
wore queer ruffiSd cap, with tassels, which
mothers of western race, a pioneer of a
former generation. Her face yesterday was
decidedly CHASTITY. She dozed very early in
the day and propped her heal with a fan,
DeOnlo m hsa
court ROOM"
COOKE on CROSS ExAMINATIoN.
The story told by the reporter Cooke was
undoubtedly powerful evidence against the
plaintiff, IL not for the defense. It appeared
to connect Woodruff and Andrews with Til
| original Woodruff publication against
Beecher and Tilton's wife. This was a new
| feature in the trial. Some asked why the
man SO suddenly, and Others guessed because
| IL might have been that Cooke wrote the
| story of Beecher in Woodhulls paper aud
that the defense did not wish this TO be
| shown.
Mr.. Fullerton began to cross-examine
Cooke, with cool, foreboding manner
almost friendly, but with a touch OF acid
| in il.
The witness was man OF good memory
and smart address. Fullerton ran throu yh
his vagariOus life. bookseller, detective,
| officeholder and writer on many sheets, ana
| finally brough. him to the admission that
last summer, when Tilton ma lie a statement
puDilC, WIN
| Sherman anC engaged to give Information
to the Beecher side.
JOHN GALLAGHER
After the brief cross-eXaminatioa and eaSy
escape Of the witness, Mr.. Cook, the defence
called the cabman who drove Tilto1 to COney
/ Island with Mrs. Woodruff i'm ISL. He was
nutty headed Milesian, with a spIkey
beard and mustache and hollow features,
ana presented generally reliable appear
ance. Iilton's counsel made an effort,
| though Mr.. Beach, to shut out thiseviience,
| but il was admitted, to Tilton's discompo-
| sure, as was manifested by his face. lie
looked half flushed and talked rapidly with
Judge Fullerton. 1t was generally under
stood that this witness meant to swear that
| Tilton and Mrs. Woodruff went in bathing
nude at Coney Island beach. All the people
| in court knew of this announcement and
| listened feverishly. The witness, however
| did not at this point make any such dis
| closures, but afterward he showed that he
| took Mrs. Woodruff and Mr.. Tiltol from
| MOulton's house at midnight to Mrs. Wool
| hulls in New York city.
From tie " J.. iS,ul.