Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-03

terNiew he seemed much affected. His voice
was husky and Quiyering, and large tears
stood IN MS eyes. The spectators in court
also seemed much affected at its delivery
During the recess, and after the court room
was partially clear of spectators, Mr. Beecher
sat In consultation with Mr.. Shearman for
about fifteen minutes. and then left with MS
vile. When they came out in the corridor
they were attended by large crowd of spec
tators. who could not gain Abundance 10 The
courtroom. They entered their carriage and
were driven home 10 lunch. Mr.. Beecher :
race was little more flushed than when he
went on the stand in the morning. aHh his
| features betrayed visible emotion when ian
conversation.
After the recess the courtroom was as full
ofSpccta.oTs a. in the morning session. When
Mr. Beecher came In he resumed his place on
the witness stand.
Mr.. Evarts said they Subpenaed Mr. ISaa,.
II Ba ley to give some dates referred a. IN
the evidence. and the other side were kind
enough Ia take his letter containing thu
dates. He said Mr.. Bailey sailed for Europe
on the Sd OF June. 1871, and the dinner wa,
given on the LIST OF June
Mr.. Beechcr then commenced his testimony
as follows On the night OF the 30th of be
celnbeT did not ask Mr.. Moulton IL he ha I
seen Elizabeth. nor did he ask me such a
question. Neither of us talked about such a
confession. | do not remember saying this
VIII XIII me. j did not tell Monitor thar
IlIton had given me permission o. see Mr.
Tilton. did not talk with him or any per
son about
my SEXUAL INTERCOURSE WITH MRS. TIL
did rot on this night ask Mr.. Moui.on -
be friend 10 me. / might have said this
came on me like stroke of lightning al
though used that expression on the 3lSt Of
January; saw Mr.. Moulton on the 3iSt og
december, at my house. early i'm the even
ing. about ! O'Clock; he came to my house.
Went up stairs with him into my bedroom.
l shut the door. and he made some intro
ductory remarks and drew letter from his
pocket purpOTting 10 he from Theodore Til
ton, saying that when ne went homo the las
night he found had got a retraction Of the
charges; lac said he presumed this was 80
ana l had acted a diShonOrable part:
claimed the right of Self-defence. and ne said
that this would increase the distance b.
tween Us. and that this course Of mine Wa
indlscreCt; Nh MOultOn then put his hand
IN his pocket ard drew letter from IL pur
porting To be from Mrs Tilton. fShown the
letter. / did not have IL i'm my hands. but
This * the letter that was read 10 me BY him
The letter referred TO was the one instruct
ing MOulton TO bring both letters 10 her and
She world burn them. as they ought both 10
be destroyed, and 10 show the letters 10
THEODORE AND Mr.. BTECUER.
Witness cOntinued:-I was peTpleNei ~ the
existence of that letter. for TiliOn bal as
>ured me the letter of accusation was de
Stroyed; l said that my objection To giving
up the retraciion was that 1 would be LETT
without defence; he said he would stand he
tween me and The charges if they were made
again; i gave him TIE document; he was
warm and took of his overcoat, and in doing
so exposed the hilt OF a pistol in his pocket,
he then talked about Mr.. Tilton i'm a general
but did not enter into ii. lShown another
letter, which the witness considered few
minutes.l L did not remember seeing or
hearing this; he may have quoted a part or
it, but do not remember il; Moulton prom
ised 10 burn those two papers. and IL was
after this promise j gave him up the retrac-
ton; when Mr.. Moulton spoke of my dishon-
orable action in procuring the retraction,
said that i should get refutatiOn from the
same source from which the charges hal
come; in the course of conversation he tried
"a act n
keep the paper got in this way from sick
woman; saw him take the pistol from his
ROCKET and lay II on the bureau, IL was not
fired OIL; he said this giving up the letter
would he
AN ACT OF RECONCILIATION.
and that any ACT on my part for my defence
would seem To Mr.. TiltOn as If ! was the ~
SreSsor, and would weaken all the efforts Of
reconciliation. Nothing was said 10 me by
him ABOUT procuring from Mrs. Tilton what
knew or he knew To be lie. No expires
sion OF that kind was used that night. He
stated IL was bad policy 20 retain this rcjrac-
ton II peace anG harmony was 10 be obtain
ed. do not think any expires sion was used
like This Will moi save YOU" DO not know
but what there was something said about the
guidance of God. but there was something
Ike IL said ia other conversations. a. TOR in
stance, guiding Providence He said |
ought TO take generous view OF the matter.
and not stand selllshly in my defence. but
do rot remember him saying The truth -
the truth; yOr have got To abide by that
! do not remember saying my defence would
be The technical one of general ienial The
overtureS OF friendship at this time war,.
not on my part. Al this time there was no
talk OF my relations or intercourse with Mrs
Tilton, or my love for her or her love for
me. did not say anything about being on
THE BRINK OF MORAL NIAGARA
III was entirely business interview. anu
there was nothing said in that connect ion
There was nothing said about nv not hav-
ing power TO save myself and calling him To
nelP me- lie said something about his power
10 save poth OF US; and In reply may have
sald wonld be glad of his services. / did
moi say mat my sexual intercourse with her
was as natural a form OF my love for Der As
Inc expression L used. 1 did not Sayauy
lnthg ABOUT my life being ended. did not
say bad lowell Mrs. Tilton very much ana
rad fallen through that love. or had fallen
from love anu not lust. Mollton did moi say
! had CRIMINAL connection with Mrs Tilton
and had obtained this letter and he did MOI
see how gould DO both things. Moulton is
not fool.
The witness was asked if Mouiton thai
night had made any impUtation about his
having criminal intercourse with Mrs Til
ton. Mr.. Beach objected 10 Ibis, but n was
allowed with the addition. Iii SO, what was
said?'
The witness continued There was nothing
said by either him or me on that subject that
night: before we separated there was al un-
Outstanding that we should meet next day.
On sunday. January l, about ; in the after
noon. he came into the room and we went
into the study. He said il had been wise in
me TO comply with his request last night.
i
kindly. He made some allusion about Til
ton ard his cXacerbated feeling. and spoke OF
the great trouble that had come on him
By THE TREACHERY OF BOWEN.
or his (Bowen'S) misconduct; that il was not
IN human nature for a man TO lose his posi-
lion and livelihood unmoved, and that it was
natural lie should treat me- 80 when he
thought had hand in il. | told MoultOn
That Thought was accessory To 10, and said
/ was prepared TO apologize and retract any
thing had done. fife said Mr.. Bowen had
dismissed Tilton on false charges and that
he (Moulton) could prove them to be. He
asked me about my Interview with Bowen
on the aGth, and told him all. I told him
Bowen had brought the letter. Moulton used
strong language, and said Bowen was treach-
eTous, and had offered 10 back up Tiltons
charges. He asked me what was Bowers
reason for treating Tilton so. l told him the
reason that Tilton had been deposed by
Bowen from the editorship of the Independ-
ent 10 the position Of contributor. told him
of Bowen's having letters rejecting on Til
toms character after his deposition. related
TO him Bessie Turner's story 10 me and Mrs.
Morse. Moulton said these stories were
false, and
TILroN WAS A CHAsTE MAN.
The conversation lasted about an hour. /
replied that IL there was anything abhorei
i'm the world il was SANDER but that the
worst of il was that was caught in a moral
slum. Moulton said there was no doubt that
Mrs Tilton loved me better than her husband