Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-04-14

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down, listened, marked a passage in
the Bible, got up, bowed, and went
home" When Evarts asked what
passage he marked, Beecher took up
THE COURT COPY OF TIE BIBLE,
| Turned its leaves, handed it to Evarts,
and said: " marked the passage con-
tanned in the fifteenth chapter of the
First Corinthians, the fourth to the
seventh verse; Beach objected to the
reading of the passage, and Evarts in
sisted on it, but Beach was pertina.
ciOus in his resistance, saying, awe
did not want any scenic effects here,
nor any such evidence The struggles
of Evarts were unavailing, and so he
took an exception. after handing a
marked book to his Honor, who said
| that it could be read harmlessly here
after, as part of the argument for the
/ defense. The excluded passage, | find,
/ is Paups beautiful eulOgium upon
| Charity, which sutIereth long and is
| kind, heareth all things, believeth all
things, hopeth all things, endure,h all
/ things
| This is the second argument we have
/ had in the trial over the admission of
scriptural passages, and in both cases
/ they were excluded.
At one time to-day, Mr.. Beecher an.
swered a question about an alleged
weeping interview with Mr.. Tilion
and his wife by saying: why, sir,
the last thing that was done was to
kiss each other all three around, aud /
did not burst into tears for that"
/ Laughter Upon this Judge Nelson
aud Mr. Evarts admonished Mr.
| Beecher to answer the questions by
simply saying yes or =" no" wher-
ever possible, without eXtraneous
words or emphasis.
In one piece of evidence, Mr.. Beech
er said, never kept any account or
memorandum of any money in the
earth ever had"
Mr.. Beach protested against Mr..
Beecher's use Of
A SMALL MEMORANDUM BOOK
On the witness stand, and holly de-
manded to be allowed to examine it.,
but when it was returned Beecher of
fered it to the Judge, and then threw
it down on the reporters table. The
Judge lost his temper with Evarts at
one time to-day, and addressed him
angrily in severe language. Tilton's
counsel were much less courteous and
considerate toward Beecher than on
| the three previous days of his testimo-
ny, and often interrupted BIN when
| he wandered from the subject or spoke
| displeasingly. We were rather sur
/ prised, yesterday, to hear Evarts, dur~
| ing an argument, speak of the "wit OF
my friend IiltOn." At the opening OF
the Court to-day he corrected himself,
| saying he had meant to speak of Full
| lerton, and would not refer so fami-
iarly to Tilton.
! Business dragged very much in Gov.
all day, which has been n day of . e
usual quietude and perfect order. Iuo
spectators were afraid to interrupt, as
additional officers in citizens dress
were scattered around, and it would
have been the extremity of foolishness
| for any partisan to show his feelings.
| Beecher had no occasion to be mimetic
or lachrymOse at any time. During
| the long argument referred to, when
| Beach made repeated incursions into
| the realm of invective, Beecher's col
or heightened at the ringing intensity
of the personal illusions, and, when
! Judge Nelson followed with cold, ju-
dicial language, he turned his face to-
ward the bench, and listened with
manifest rellef.
Some people have supposed that
Beecher and Evarts are only acting in
Court
PARTS ALREADY REHEARSED,
But Beecher's examination is more
nearly spontaneous than that of any
preceding witness. 1t was found inn
possible to trim him and adjust him
| to details. Ii was found, however,
that he had an amazing story to tell,
which agreed with the makeup of the
, man with his ways, and with the
method of the defense. Accordingly,
Eyarts merely dotted down the prin-
cipal dates in the scandal, questioned
Beecher as best he could on them, and
left the story i'm its details to be filled
out by the witness in Court. How
that has been done the world has been
reading from day to day.
! No part of BeecheT's evidence has
| been heard by Mrs. Tilton, whom we
/ have not seen i'm Court for over a fort
| night. Tilton aud Moulton have been
| close and constant observers Of Beech
er during the four days in which their
/ evidence was read, item after item. At
successive times he has sworn that
/ they were falsiiiers. Notwithstanding
the Judges order of yesterday exclu-
| ding ladies, some score, besides those
/ directly interested in the case, man
aged TO get in.
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