Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-15
EVENING STAR.
IHtRSDAT....-..-..APril II, ls7a.
BEECHER UNDER CROSS.KxHxIN.
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Tue dir.ct examination uf the great Wit
ness i'm the Brooklyn trial 1, over and me
croS>-eNan ann has begun. II VIII con-
tinuc. in all likelihood, for many DAYS more.
Mr. ENarts sat down at twenty minutes IA -
Twelve Yesterday, after reaching hi> fpal
climax. Beccher's tour H. force a. a witness
was accomplished the second day, when he
made his solemn and startling denial 81 ever
having had any improper intercourse W.tl,
Mrs. 11lton. 1t was a remarkable day IN
court, AMI was hardly thought capable OF be
ing repeated. Mr.. Evarts ieft TO The last tha
enumeration Of those questions which
struck az The vital issue of the case. and
Jhen taking them up and spreading them
our one by one in close order. 50 a. u cover
The whole ground OF the scandal he demand
ed the reply uf IN" witness
THE VITAL INQUrEIrS
bld ne ever have improper Intercourse with
Mrs Triton AT any time from December 30.
fs.0. Ia the present hour
Did he ever have imprnDrr intercourse
with her a { any time before?
lid he ever have improper intercbur>a
win her at any time in his whole life
was he ever. by accusation. iflDufa'ff,., .,r
intimation. charged by Mr.. TiItoa witb han.
time whatever
Was he ever by accusation irnnuf,ffo,o r
lntimation. charged by Mr. Mouitar with
having improper relations with Mrs Tiltpp'
Te all OF these pregnant and comprehensive
questions the witness returned a direct am
emphatic negative. ana the examination
ended.
FoTc HOURS LATER
change of sediment seemed 10 have stolen
over the court room. MI. BepChcr was IN
der crosse Namination. When 10 ended for
the day the face that descended from ia
witness stand was rot the same aS that
which went UP there i'm the morning The
hair was smoothly brushed back from The
hroW>. The color was even and healthy the
eye was clear and heamin. aud tho general
expression confident and easy in tire morn
ing and ri noon. The cycIii~ are heavy now
me blood gathers in hlplcheS over The face.
The hair Is tossed forward, confidence o. look
i gone ana nervousness plays around tao
il>. n singular mutation in q few hours
The cross examination chair has not been a
bed Of roses. Its terrOrS have not been eXag-
gerated. II i The rack where not The boty
but the mind * put tO the torture. Innocent
ana guilty have more or less experienced its
horrors.
AFTER RECESS
The news tlat BoecheT was under Grass
examination brought many more than The
audience of the forenoon back 70 the court
room. Moulton, who had been absent i'm The
morning, came i'm and took a seat next Il
Hilton. The witness Assembled the stand
promptly on returning, and Fullerton went
10 work with much cooler method than be
fore. He plunged directly into the heart of
the case by asking the witness who was il
invited him 10 visit Mrs. TiltOn i'm Deem
Der, 1870. The witness answered. Mr. Til
ton and corrected himself the next moment
by saying he miStook the question a refer
ring TO the year, not the month. In that
month he had been invited 20 see Mrs Tiltou
by Mrs. Morse Fullerton gradually
ness for the first time was beginning To feel
the sharp spur Of crosse Xamina ion. Give
Us mat interview between YOU and Mrs. Til
ton and Mrs Morse" Fullerton returned a
hundred times To the charge, cooler, brighter
sharper than eve: he showed himself before
The witness did not shine at this crisis His
voice lost its firmneSS and acquired a slightly
plalntive tone. For moment he was com
batiye and turned on his interlocutor, who
would insist on repeating question several
times. Il cannot, sir, give YOU any other"
This with I'm angry growl. like a lion a BAY
INTERPRETING MRS MORSE.
The witness received a letter from Mrs
Morse, h'ch contained several illusions To
the crushing trouble" under which Mrs
IiltOn was laborng. Counsel read il clause
by clause, pauSing, and, with significant
looks and emphasis, asking the witness If ne
knew what this sentence and that meant
say" or Il don't know" but he had a theory.
I'VE don't want theories" "Well then
(angrily,) cannot give you the answer"
Non Mi RicOrdO.-'
Prom the W y. Tunes.
The answers of the witness may chiefly tie
summed up i'll the words Il cannot recol-
lect.''
Clergymen Against Him.
from The Cincinnati Commercial.
One day last week. after Beecher hal de-
Hvered his most notable evidence. an &C
quaintance of mine was thrown into the COM
pany of group of Brooklyn clergymen
TO find the whole lot disbelieved in Beecher
Elizabeth Stays Away.
From the " L. SIM
1t is an interesting fact that since Mr.
Beecher began 10 testify, Mrs. TiltOn has not
once attended the court.