Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-06
TILTOa.REECHER.
Continuation Ofthe Scandal Trial.
Examination of Correspondence.

New YORK, Feb. 5.-When the Brook
| lyn City COuu opened this morning, all
| the persons involved were present. The
| courtroom was crowded.
Mr.. TiltOn resumed his place in the wit
ness chair Immediately on entering the
room. He was shown a letter and said {:
"This is in the handwriting Of Mr.. Beech
er; can't remember the time il was sent. ."
Il stated that the writer sent TiltOn an ink
stand with the letter, which he hoped
would be of service to him. Another let
ter witness identified as Beechers. Ii was
dated March IS, 1854, and addressed to Til
ton, rendering love aud sympathy to him
A third letter in the same handwriting,
was also ident fed. Il was dated June 3,
1867, alluding to Tilton's religious Opin-
ions, and expressing confidence in his de-
velOpmeEt.
Witness continued: When my wife left
home she took only my love and good will,
and that she has still. The publication Of
her and my correspondence was not made
either through OF by my prOcurances. Trey
were published by the Chicago Tribune,
through the advice of my counsel, Judge
Morris. He made an examination Of al
the letters in the house. The letters were
selected by Judge Morris for publication.
The reporter of that paper did not see the
original papers. During my early consul
tatiOns with Judge Morris put all the cor
respOndence into his hands, and he recon-
mended that it be published, and that good
taste required that it be published in pa
per outside Of the city. l did not commu-
nicate with my wife on the matters. Copies
of the letters were taken by the stenOgraph-
ic reporters, who copied them from the
original letters.
A letter was shown to witness and his
attention directed to a certain paragraph.
This extract is from one of Mrs. TiltOn's
letters. Mr.. Fullerton objected to it being
read. When Mr.. Evarts had Just begun
the sentence, -'tO love is praisewOrthy but
to abuse and here be was brought to a
stop by cries Of ''stop, stop" from counsel
Oh the other side, which excited the laugh
ter of spectators The court Overruled the
objection, and Mr.. EVarts read the extract.
The witness continued: There is no date
TO this document, in which this extract is
printed, but if / saw the letter from which
il is taken l could tell the date. think it
was Feb. s, 1868.
Mr.. Evarts read a passage in the letter
which was daled Feb. 3, 1868. The pas
sage began, $40 love is praise Orthy; but
to abuse it is A sin"
The witness continued: thought that
my wife then regarded adultery as a sin,
and because Of that, copied this extract
from her lette-.
Another interval here ensued while cOun-
sci for the defense searched for certain let
terS among their documents. Finally, Mr..
Shearman read some letters from Mrs. Til
ton to her husband in 1865. They all eX
pressed the deep love which she bore to-
wards her husband, and mentioned the
names Of persons who had called 10 see her
at their hOuse when he was away from
home, declaring how happy she would feel
when he would be with her again. The
remainder of the time up to the recess was
spent by counsel for the defense in search
ing for letters for Mrs. Tilton and reading
extracts iron them.
The officers we're tardy in assembling
after the recess, and when the proceedings
again opened, TiltOn took his place on the
stand.
The afternoon was devoted to the read
ing Of letters which had passed between
Mr.. and Mrs TiltOn, covering period Of
several years, which were identified by Til
ton. But beyond the fact that they breathed
love and devotion to each other, no inkling
is given Of their character in the report
that comes over the wires.
The court then adjourned to Monday.