The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-25
THE BEECHER TRIAL.
The Usual Crowd Attends
Bessie Turner Continues.


New YORK, March 24-The Tilton.
Beecher trial attracted Il full complement
of auditors to-day. and there was the
usual number Of ladies in the lObbies,
Notwithstanding driving snow all the
morning. An the parties to the suit
were in the court room and the jurors Iii
their seats. Bessie Turner resumed her
place on the stand and her cross-exami-
nation was continued, As follows: When
Mr.. TiltOn took me up stairs after leaving
the parlor ! was there sometime, until
nearly dark; | think about two or three
hours; witness was here asked to give the
fixed time, but she Kept looking at the
clock in the room and smiling at every
repetition of the question and rcitcruting
her answer that it was about two
or three hours" She then con-
tinued; He then spoke to me
of the term sexual intercourse" he did
not tell me that Mrs Tilton had con-
fessed to him her adultery with Bcecher,
if | said SO before the church committee
it must have been through seeing it in
the papers, and ! must have been mis-
taken; | have talked about the case sintc
WAS here yesterday; no per-
son suggested now to explain
my having stated to the committee that
Mrs. Tilton had confessed TO Tiiton;
have talked with Mrs. Ovington, Mrs.
Sherman, Mrs. Tiltpn and Mr.. Sherman
about it; | remember the occasion when
Mr. Tilton called for Mrs Tilton
at Mrs. MorScS; was on
the stairs and saw Tilton partially llnccl-
inc; one knee was on the floor and tho
other was raised; if was man | could
show you the position he was IN; | re.
member of speaking to the committe"
about this, but | do not rccolcCt what i
told them.
The witness was asked if she stated be-
fore the committee that Tilton vowed he
loved hcr, and asked her to come back to
his house, to which she replied: | may
have said this, but don't rccollect.
She got things Mixed.
talked so fast when | was before the
committee may have got things mixed
up; | cannot tell from memory what
said to them, but all can say is, | was
irving to tell the truth on that occasion.
Mrs. NJ Jrse was on the stairs two or three
steps above me; Mr. TIton then came
out of the parlor with Mrs. Tiltou on his
arm, and he looked up and said good
morning, Grandma, and she said Il II
grandma YOU, you Internal scoundrel,
YOU pcrtdious wretch, I'll publish you
from Dan to Bersheba" Mr.. Tilton said,
'why YOU appear to be excited grandma,
and She replied Ill excite you, you scoun-
drel and then went away with Mrs.Til-
ton and shortly after arriving there Mrs.
Tit n retired to bed; was IN the room
with TiltOn after she retired; Tilton re-
pratcd his conversation and said Paul
was not his child; he claimed none of
them except Florence; he said he had
seen Mrs. Tilton and Bcccher time and
again having sexual intercourse on the
red sofa; be named two other gentlemen
with whom she had improper relations;
he never spoke TO me of Mrs. Tilton hav-
inc confessed to him of her sexual inter
course with BccChcr; on my leaving the
room after this conversation
went to Mrs. Tilton's bed room; | think
vi l.. 1 lllplI Mfs'N ~ ~" ~ tlIH I'm ~
/ November, before this; ON her return.sh
brought Florence with her; | told Tilton
he should treat his wife kindly IT. She
was always crying; he said she was weep
inc for her ,ins with Bcechcr; 1t was ON
Friday evening, 30th of December that
saw Becchcr there; | saw him i'll Til
/ tons room talking to Mrs. Tilton, she
WAS half reclining on the pillows; in
January or February | went TO school;
Mrs. Tllton spoke to me about it after
the retraction was signed; Tilton also
spoke of it saying. he and Elizabeth
were going to do something nice for Inc,
they were going to send me to school at
Stcubcnville, Ohio The attention
of the witness was drawn
to her testimony on this point, before the
committee. 1t was read to her, but she
could not rccclrct il she had said so.