New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-08
TIE TILYON-B nECH ER THIAL
AN ADJOURNMENT PROLIFIC OF RUMoRs.

BECAUSE OF THE ABSENCE or Mh~ohs bhA'h
ANp sHEARNAN-THE TWO LAWYERS SURPRISED
All THE ADJOURNMENT WHEN Thkl ArrtAR-
HrroRrs THAT TIE DELAY WAS CAUSED ny
DISAGREEMENT or PLAINTIFFS COVNSEL-ME.
GrACI's DENIAL-MES. wOOpauLL AND coli
rr.op TO BE CALLED-COMMgNTs FROM MRS.
wOopHUII-PROBABLE Length OF TIE TRIAL
WITNESSES TO m sUMMONE0-AN EXPLANATION
PROM MIR. BOWEN.
A large audience assembled yesterday morning III
the Brooklyn City COURTROOM. and waited patient
~ until quarter past II O'Clock for the proceedings
10 begin. The interest which had been aroused ny
the calling Of Henry T.. Bowen rs witness Tor tic
plaintiff, was removed by rmors that Mrs Nio'"ll"
C. Woodruff and possibly her sister, Miss Claim,
would he called to tho witness chair Yesterday ana
curiosity to see them and TO hear their testimony
had aooin flied the court room 10 MS
utmost capa,jty. Judge Nelson Was promptly III
his ula.e on the bench O'clock, and Nil ENallS
and some OF the other counsel Tor the deter ddIt
came in soon afterwarl. Mr.. bcccher and his wife
arrived early aud sat chatting with their friends;
wllle Nil Iton, coming in alone IA usual. sat IN his
place impatienty. Finally Mr. Fullerton came in
and sat down near Mir. Tilt0n.
Shortly after Mr.. Evarts addressed Judge heils"n'
s+oting. substantially that both Mir Beach and Mr..
Sherman were compelled 20 he absent that the case
was near lis close. and would terminate IA
and that there were some reasons why an a'ponIh-
ment wa, considered desirable 10y the defendants
counsel judge Nelson asked il tho AZ sent coulise
were engaged in Now York. Mr. Evarts replied that
they were unavoidabiy 50 engaged. Ihcn' Said
Judce Nelson tive must adjourn The Court ac-
coriinrly adjourned until Monday morning at II
O'Clock and the disappointed audience slowly DIS
persed, many lingering to gaze al Mr Beechcr' who
remained for several minutes conversng with Mt
ESTts.
The cause which kept Messrs. Dcach aud ebea:
man away was understood To br a case ip NcW-loIk
in which they are associate counsel. This case had
been pcr,nptOriy set down for yesterday, but
nevert heless it was adjourned, and about l&:;'O p
m Nh Beach and Mr.. Sherman entered the court
house in Brooklyn, apparently unaware that tho
Beecher trial had also been adjourned. In the cor
ridor they were Informed Of the Adjournment,
and expressed surprise at II. They
went into the Judges private room where theJ found
judge Nelson Mr.. Beach asked about the cause oi
the adjournment, and Judge Nelson replied
that ho understood that MI Beach himself and Mr..
Sherman were the JOINT causes. as they were It-
ported TO be engaged in Ncw-York, and that counsel
Oh beth sides did not feel inclined 10 COON with the
case in their absence. IL suggested that there
might have been some other cause for the adjourn
ment.
81 know" said Mr.. Peach laughing, That MI
Fullerton expected his wife from Ncwburgh to-day"
And" said Mr. Sherman, smiling. Il under
stand Mi. EvaIts was made grandfather TIN, morn
ing
During the day rumor was circulated to the ef-
feet that the real cause of thoadourment lad been
disagreement of the couase for he plaintiff ahont
the advisability If calling Mira. Oodhuil rs Wit
ness. Ii was said that Messrs Fullerton. Pryor and
Morris were unwilling to decide tho matter without
consulting Mr.. Beach.
III confederation Of this rurnor reporters Of IHE
TRnUNn learned from MT. Ill., of Mr. Eccchcg's
counsel that lac understood that the adjournment,
which Nr Evar, had consented 10 ask for at the re-
quest OF the other side, account ot some dis
pute among the counsel for tho pLintih about Mrs.
Noodhulps testimony. They lad suhpenacd her, he
said on Thursday night, but, after putting thor
foot in it," be presumed they wanted to get rd of
her and had asked for the 0dOurnfnent accordingly
Mr. Beach said that the Adjournment was caused
bv no disagreement among Mr. 1iitons counsel.
Mr Shcarman and himself were engaged IN "A case III
Kew-York, attendance on which was perenpto'y
He WIS iot aware taat the Court III Drooklyn woHd
adjourn and as soon Us the iii NeW-Y0Tk Was
done WITH both he and Dir. Sherman FASTENED over
to be in time at least for the afternoon seS-
sion. On their arrival. Dir. Beach learned
for the first time OF the Adjournment.
and the expression of his surprise gave Use
to the rumOrs that were in circulation concerning
the disagreement of Mr lilton's counsel. Through
out the whole case, said Nj Beach, perfect unan M
ity has marked the conferences Of the Plaintiffs law
yers There had been question whether OF not IT
WAS advisable TO summon Mis-. Wooihull and
Col Blood to the stand in rebuttal, and the question
had not been decided on Thursday evening Mr.
Beach thought that the evidence the side Of
the plaintiff was already sufficient. and the
only reason for summoning Mrs. woodruff
and Col Blood at all was TO admit whatever might
tend to throw any additional light on the matter,
and satisfy tho public mind that there no desire
to conceal or cover up anything in this tuaI. Mrs.
Woodruff and Col. Blood. according to br. Beach,
were not anxious 20 be brought on the stand 5rs.
Woolhul, by desire of Mr.. Tton's counsel, had al
tended in court lately, and would continue to at
tend 50 as be ready if called upon 1t was highly
probable that Mrs Woodruff and Col. Blood would
be summoned, and if so they would probably be tho
GTst Witnesses next week.
MIS- Victoria c. Woodruff, in conversation With
ruRUEt reporter yesterday, SAID that Ohe had been
subpeaed by the plaintiffs counsel three tiniesOn
Wednesday. on Thursday, and on Friday. Each
time she had answered. the Summons by going to
Brooklyn but had found that the plaintiffs counsel
were not prepared TO put her Oh the stand. Ye,ter
dry morning, she said, she went to Mr. Morse
Office in obedience 10 a letter requesting her TO
come, nut from WhdI pdS1ti thcrc among Jhb COHA-
sci for the plaintiff she inferred that she would not
after all, be called to the Witness stand. Col
Blood, her husband, bad been subponaed as we'll
herself but unless she testified he would not testify
Miss Tennio c. Clafin had not been subpenaed at
all. Mrs. Woodruff further said that she
had now no desire to go upon the stand
She would be 50 closely hedgcd in by The
rules of testimony in rebuttal that she
woud DC unable TO tell all the truth. She would