Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-05-22
THE BEECRER TPIAL-7HE STUNNING

summing up bN Judge lOfeI, III INC Vt" 1orh
Times;
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Judge ol.ei pesaI ~ me- n,Ss of tha
they haa oeeh pressed sn,ce ~, nf
nest paI' VI Hne nj sU Wv ~ assoron IN
Iheouoie i.iton' Nv III - ;ossod bororaa
by ahothef Iha' .e. h"u zen zee ,i pt; c
!he elosv ~ go una & 10 sa;J and thc
ir us Ghliu, G -. 80 tuo rreatcst
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Wy i' o,,'I;rd ,crY hnr
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a,foco ." 81 49, iiIIran anJ ronurr,tation
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~ ,oi,'d acrniors \f,cra rSansod -
t,i IN ,vh;cb ,La ,in;5t;,f and Lis v,tnol.ov
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tiGn, mon !" Lo1'iv assayt,I and l'lan.ibiy
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- ,,.,t ,i oh ,orlns IN no xrnv
81 az rrn.ccIt;oI 49, fo}Ia,y. ..Irst,1e }.,l nr
n, ~, ot thc TcranIau,,s o,tb RI irr6~cIrs.
,tiri no ,rcyjo,s ,,,nIrri.bcd r,gta,tnr If m,
Gcf,ndant an1 Mrs Til,nu. tu,,h Ciltun and
NouIton, Cur ,ar.' ,Ien,.I or no .,ll.grd cr,,c
Gnb 5Ti,oni. i.;bob;,,,;oI ,t;ti, ~. VIZ ,I 49,
n 'l,i uan,ion,s firriiy ;n.cr,,o,,rs'. Nh A.,
ReccLcr .5b.eontnt 10 tlc arrrcj discovery Of
bor cr;n,c. silth Titop's mi Norl,,' r.n.r..
s;nrs an tho tard cf LiIter ..ttv to ~, E.rcb
or. seventh ,brir ,,l,nis.ian ,lai - ~ in5 Gov
vasrs about Ms ,re,tcr. Quinn H., o,,,o.iu., tc,
i;rnnnv Of Tho hnst c;,;l.ns Of X.,y YoyL and
RrookIvn. aud ninth tEc io!~,,fabjljfv OF. the ac
c,sa,;op c,, e ..,.,,.,r,, dino ,,,rrntt.
stances
.ndge po,tor then went i,to = |one and Glow
INC ouioov If Mr. Rccchcr's 1,aininfs and early
la6ors and Of his married life. and alkcd wbethcr
il was nrobabla that such :, man would descend
10 low intr;oue Then. after describ,ntr the dc
PENDANTS busy life, he asked if il was probable
mat s1cb a man .onid have lc;surc oonartunilv
or taste for wear and half Of low ccbauctr,.y'
Would it have been ro..ibIc for 4 man 50 con
sn;cnous as hc ia kcrn such an a,nonr rcrct that
lfngtb Of time. MIS- Tj;ton tIrn cane in 70, a
iengtbv enio~v ~, thc ron,.l' ~ which She was
SAID to be without last orpls,on. Sex hi, woman,
said he il accused Of rome t n IL; M the crave.
of her children 10 an unhaIl owed leb,Yrh. The
very fends would laugh s.ich an i,pautati,n 10
scorn II is asserted that this woman was ,cduced
on the shallow pl etex that such an cxrression Of
love was as innocent as kis3 or a caiess. This
ionnnarc NM mo Rccchcr'. ,,,n,th !. ;IcntifrJ
with that spoken bv Ti,t9n 1T Bessie Tunei', bed
side. when he pnt his hand INTO her bosom There
is the mint from which the "confrssiop" was
coined Surprising that the adultery did occur.
Mr. Beechci and Mrs Tilton were at least inelh.
gent beings and would know that it coulI not be
Continued II i, CHARGED that the adulteries oc-
Cured in Tilton's and Beechcr's houses-houscs
with doors that are never locked which are con-
staItly filed with people who have access every
where Moreover lhc atmosphere of MIR
| Beechers house was too pure 10 admit of hi, tax
| inc a mistress INTO it.
| Judge Porter G ybau,tcd his stock Of sarcasm in
| commentinp on Monltop's story obout Mr. Beechcr
| bed
room and prayjnp TO God for strerpth to resist
! temptation in the future "Takup hay to the
fire. he termed it. OF Tiloll's descrotIon of the
conference between himself and Mi Beccher,
touching the paternity of Rabbi the speaker said
shaking his fist in MI. Tjltops face that if there
was Beast on earth capable of such a thing he
had lived too long; he was tit for nothing bat to
hunt down clergymen, cruelty women and com
NIT perjury He then denounced the publi alton
of Mrs Tilton's letters in unstntcd terms. alleg-
ing that the closet in which they were kent was
broken open, and that careful editing was gilrn
| them, ana that after their publication Elton
| himself wrote the numerous ANONYMOUS letters
| commenting on them to the leading newspaper, of
| the country They show Mrs. Tlton's love for
| her husband to be idoIatrons while Tilton's for
her is mere sentimcntalitv. That woman. said the
| speaker. loves that man TO this day as he rcycr
| saw a woman love-
! Judoe Porter read numerous eHtrac.s from, the
| letters Every friend of Tiltop. he said. had
| abandoned him Moulton had been dropp.d ont
| of his firm, These two men stand alone I,pecber
| never knew his friends until tins troublc came
| Edward j. Oyington was one of the four men with
| whom Tlton accused his wife with cohab,,inu.
| Did the iury believe that Mr.. Oyinoton found =
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