, 1875-01-30

reserves, rerhsVf, speo,al plato in my camera.
He had 1,ecn cltecrfully catching Tsney's oues-
tlonH, and handing them back to The General with
en!easanllv.tndependentp poEisencss when uoto
arrived for Fullerton. Tho portly ex-Judge set
his gold g1aPses ahtrallle upon hls nose piancetl
ae the note. suddenly bent to it. at.d became very
ElRve, aud then hastily leaned o.or toward
EYarts. aud whispered so1noshng in tho ear Of
that drowsy saRe, Evarts' face assumed An e1-
dFeeaion Of desp concern, And, in a moment, the
contents Of tho message wcro known to ali tho
ris 1oEe and beckouel to houton. who looked
puzzled. Moulton heeitated, ae il uncertain what
= q! m'ght mean, sud then, with Mr.. bforris aud
Sir; Beech, quickly proceeded to tl'e anto-Foom
OF tho Court. Meanwhile Fullerton roso, and,
III deep VOICE, quiveFing with emotion, an
nounoed that the witneRe' mother WIZ dead.
Tho gazing aud bewidered audiooce was not pre-
pared for
THIS TnA0lCAL sHoCK.
1ha crowd WaA braathieas, until tho Judge lad
expressed hin own paiped astoniahrnept. snd
then foEerlsh buZz took the place OF the re-
cent numb silence. in = llttlo while Moulton
returned, his eves swimming In manly tears. It
iB dne To Mr.. BcecleE to Say that genuine ex-
preston Of sympathy relaxed bla lssey stub
torn Gestures when Lis adversary returned thus
ericvousy hurt. The lawyers desired to post
zone tue conclusion Of MouIton's testimony, but
lhs Hitness refused aud, with Roman endur-
ance, composed his face. tnd resumed his occu-
patton Of tho Chair. The shadow OF Death aol-
cinniznd the proceedings thereafter, aud. as the
bereagcd son sat ZIP Ill sight Of all that thronsed
Court, there were fe9 hearts that did not soiten
| towards him.
| II l may H,1m up the rcsnlts of the crosa-e1-
| animation which endel to-day, desire to enter
| them Al something
| ALMOST LuD1CnpUELy TRIVIAL.
| The plan 0t the dhfenso seemA, at 10 time, to
| 4ase contemplated tile establishment Of dir
crepancIes or contradiction of statements. 1t
| was animated BY y purpose to show. II possible.
| that Moulton and T1lton were consptatoTs; that
Ind dali to1d torLe
| Iy ebtrAppea Nr. Beecher; aud, when le was
once through weakness rather than through
crime, IN ther powor, had spared no effort to
| drag him down into tho very abyss Of social and
mol al destruction. 1t was with the deuonstra-
! tion Of this theory in proapecs that tho latter
part OF tho cross-examinatlon WAS deyotcd to
convincing tho Jury that Moultnu bad declared
| III Intention Of running Deochor: The shallow
imn,ediatcl! before Moultou spoke 60 passion-
atsly, Baecher had cooElv, aud ~ith Ehrug uf
| tho shoulders, Bet hi. hcroic friend down q
blackusiler aud scouudrel. Yet tie deyotocs of
| Ar, Becker marvel that Monlton SHOULD be
betrayed into anger by tho tjlncid, esf-protec-
| live ASSERTION Of Mr.. Eeechct that he s a rcr-
tnret, blackmailer, aud tue agent Of q diabol-
| lc4l conspiracy.
Exactly 1t quarter to !. tho defonse sad,
awe are through-that'B all;'' and enc Of tho
severcst and most disappointing crosh-e xamina-
toDs on record vas over.
Taking up Western newspaper today, snw.
| in 1eprlnt an ingenious falBeh0o.t, originally
| uttered ln the Sunday edition Of tha Eruoklyn
EaJfP, in ~lith tho firing Of the plymouth dono
is cha'Ged to Drooslyn journalist a1uluocn by
| name Who i. ia alleged. waItonly mud purpoac-
iesslv pubhGled Tltons lottara to I,owes. which
was tue SLOW match OF this explosion. Yesterday
| Doocher's counsel tried TO obtain from Mnulto1l
at admission that he knew how
| THAT D0oNFuL LETTER CAME TO lie rCDlls1El'.
3loulton dld not know--but do. About tive
years ago, Congressman kiutelIa, OF tho Brook
iyn EaJIe7 hecama entanglel III liaison with
tile 1ady-principal OF publlc school, and III
| sotno respects, d very IemxekRble woman. kit,-
sstla was At tho time. aud il esl!l.-oallY enough.
"a member Of the board of Education iis tu1A
city. So. disgusliuRlY notorious did his amour
become that everything bu: tho most secret dc:
July 12. ls7u, Klnsella WEE alarmed By tho ez-
! poeure; aud. when 4 committee OF tho D1ar1
! "as appointed to examine iuto tho questions Of
tie lady's sobFiety sud chastity, with chnrae.er-
| istio cowatdice, Ln abandoned her to her fute.
She WAS proud and reckless woman, with rome
royal traits OF character. Stang to the quick hy
kinsefla's desertion, sllo ayojlel inevitable ex-
pulsion by rssignsng, aud within thlee wecGs
| WAS A CORPSE.
II il aaid that she died OF poison and, when
kinse1la's enemies talked Of e1Luu1i.g hcs, QUO
of his persoual adhereuts--a prize. fighter ami
profesAlonal hauaoaal. PLACER: named Jamcs
Dunno-was l1sntily appointed Deputy Corouer
by the hing ollciala. Tue poor. woman WIS
scarcely under the mold before kinselta's Wa1l-
dsrlnG fancy was attracted to tho vito OF Tho
present Superintendent Of Public Sehouls. THUS
again did his aduitsrlcs fall within tho scope II
tho Board Of Education. Of Which hs was, and
| IL, mnmbeE. Mrs. Field aud he kept up
vlei0na relation for two years. occasionally inter-
rupted by Mrs. klnsellas exhibition Of = lovoly-
| or, aud Mr. tIoll's threat to put Aia vito In
rnnd-houso. While still under the Field 1egime,
K.uBelA eutarcd QUO OF the public schools In t4u
yartig,nous stage Of iuebrety, aud, placing lila
cigar upon tic schooI.lhb1e, called, rather too
ingenuously, for brandy and water. Tho To-
freshmont wss not produced aud Kinsella pro-
cceded 10 exccrate, il mild or stated phrases.
the incomplcteueBa u school Ryatam which did
not provide such 1nsurIas for al official visitor.
! Of collrse tho Mala principal rescutcd this in
peachusnt Of luH hospitality, aud an Outrageous
| sceuo followed.
bowen. wlo was ut the time editing the
Union after fatliina Of A,s owu, cordially de-
tested hluseila for lia asruGauce. and, perhaps,
for his success. " course the hrandy-aul-
water episode provided at least iii alcoholic
flame for Ills loilr1s, and fur two waeks ho Kept
RUNNING away at hia adversary with full head
Ut ktuau ~ vigorous Was Doweu, aud 30
| numerous we're kinsolla'a enomic6 that shortly
| 4 naHs.meetlug was convened, and the Academy
Vt MuaEs orertosod with protests against klu-
| aollas behavior. Now,
MAnK WHAT roLLowH:
| Henry Ward hnee4eE was asked to speak, and
| cunsGutrd; but, ut tho lRat moment, without
giving any 1easol, shut hiulAelf up In Lii bed.
t rounI aud refused access to tle COMMITTEES which
| waited upon lin. Afr, ueechcr had btp, not4ttai
by his J,stzent champion, TIC tsiit0r Of he EHyt
| a.at he had The true st0ry of tho Etxuher 1slfoa
| case II his tdbe- -dratctr.
Just alter tAo mestllle. while tho protosta OF
| tho community wore still ringing III lily gar.
| klnse!la by appointment met llrs. Field NJ
| tavern iu tho outskirts Of brooklyn Their in-
| leryicw MAS, All Of q sudden, interrupted b! tho
frantic intrusion OF Mira. klnBella. who alappcu
| her riy4!'s face. and then, niugiug open the
dooib, called uIlou Auulo seore of slur ltlshantb
constituents " EAze upon Al sdulaerer ana Lis
paramour.