The Portland daily press., 1875-04-15
THE SCANDAL.
MIR. Beecher's Ninth Day.
Continuation of the Cross-ExaminatiOl

DlStrlcG Attorney HnelpS OF new YORK came
in with Beach. There was slight sprinkling
of clergymen on Beechers sdeof the house,
Of course the one great topic of conversation
amongst the audience was the great Intellect
ual fencing match between the we'll matched
experts, Beecher aid Fullerton. Great admir-
alton Is expressed for Fullerton's gentlemanly
aud respectful manner towards the dlstin
guished defendant at the same time lt is al,
mitted he pressed the defendant very hard ana
even Beecher's partisans think that Fullerton
never did better as cross-examlner Inele
is also generally expressed admiration ior the
ability displayed by Beecher, and the self pos
session he maintained throughout the day.
On the bench besides Judge Nelson were
Judge Howe of Wisconsin, Robert Lincoln OF
CHICAGO. Hon, P. H. Smith of Chicago, Hon.
Inther Marsh of New York, and Judge Pea
body. =.
sent, being detained in New York on business,
but he would go on without him.
Mr.. Beecher begged leave to correct the
statement made by him yesterday that none
of Mrs. Tilton's letters were to be found. He
was afterwards informed that his wife had
given number of those letters to the COM
mittee, and they are now in possession of the
counsel.
The witness said when he and Moul-
ton arrived at the latter's house, and went IN
side, Moulton locked the door and took out
the key, witness did not think it strange. he
made no remark, but submitted to 1t. He
meant by submission the acquiescence OF one
gentleman to the ordinary conduct Of an
other gentleman in his own house. lie has
seen when making an ordinary call on gen.
tleman the door locked by that gentleman,
and not only that but chained to
make everything doubly sure. There
was some excitement visible in Moulton' s
manner. He asked the witness to go up to
Tilton. Witness requested Moulton to go
with him, as he wanted to have a witness,
| but Moulton said it was better that he should
| 90 alone The reason he wanted witness
was because he anticipated business meet
| ing. Tilton and he had not been on business
relations. He thought it likely Tilton's letter
| of the 26th would be brought up. He found
| Tilton in the room indicated by Moulton.
| The interview lasted from one-half to three
| quarters of an hour. He found Tilton alone.
| The witness being asked to tell all he said
| TO Tilton answered, "This is all a dream
| Elizabeth is incapable of making sucn a
| charge" That was about all. The charge
| Tilton made was the soliciting Elizabeth to
be wife, with all it implied. That was the
method in which he denied the charge of i'm
proper advances. He said he did not believe
Elizabeth capable of making charges so I'M
true. Tilton also charged him with having
| won CQe duCCllOuS Va lilo WIZ
Witness did not recollect that
Tilton gave him any reason for seeking
that interview. He did not say that in his
wife's Judgment that letter of the 26th would
| lead to disclosure of the scandal, and that
he sent for witness to recall the letter. On
his wifes advice he did recall the letter. He
| gave no reason for the interview and witness
| asked none. Tie tore up the paper from
which he read the accusation, and while do
ing SO he said it was only a copy Of the
paper his wife had written, that had
| been torn up and now no record Of
it remained. He (Tilton) expressed a
wish that witness should go down and see
| Elizabeth. He did not "demand" any thing
he asked for no money, and did not ask the
witness to go and see Bowen for him. He
did not think it strange that Tilton should
make known no reason for seeking that in
terview. After the charges were made wit
ness walked away. He was geating ready
once or twice to ask Tilton for proofs of his
having won his CTilton's) wife's affections,
but Tilton imperiously waived silence.
He said he listened to these accusations
| from Tilton and kept silent. 1t was
| not beause Tilton waved his hand, but be-
| cause he intimated he did not wish to be in
terruptod He indicated that by his gesture
| and his whole manner. Before leaving the
| house that evening the witness did not be-
lieve any of these charges. The charge of i'm
proper advances to Mrs. Tilton was false. He
| thought it likely that Tilton believed it to be
true. He hardly thought it possible Mrs.
Tilton made the accusation, until at the close
he (Tilton) said he could verify it by going
to see her. If she had made those charges
he could not doubt but Tilton believed them.
He left and went to Tilton's house, accom-
ia6 bxrM oT,1to,o who vn1untppra6 or
He asked whether the witness was going to
| Tilton's, this showed that he knew where the
| witness was going. He did not ask Moulton,
| ibid YOU see Elizabeth's confession" Moth
| ing on the subject of the interview just closed
passed between them. He could not say
whether he thought Moulton knew what it
was about. After the interview his mind was
full of more important things than what Til
ton was thinking about Moulton's
company was always agreeable; took it
as an act Of politeness that
he should go with him. He
found Mrs. Tilton in the left hand room, up
stairs, and informed her of the charge her
husband had made. He did not know whether
she had retired for the night. She was in
bed; she was dressed in white; she was i'll.
1t was about nine o'clock. 1t did not occur
to him whethar she had retired for the night
but it was his impression that she had. Her
face was white. He said he had come from an
interview with her husband, who had been
making serious charges against him |;
that he charged him with withdraw
ing her affections for himself. 1t
1t was only then she showed responsiveness,
she showed it by the tears running down her
cheeks, but she said nothing. After salu-
tation he set down by her bedside and told
her he had come from her husband, who
charged him with having withdrawn her af-
fections from himself and created discord in
the family, and he asked her if this was so,
and she made no response. Then he said.
elizabeth he tells me you have confessed
that won your affections and that you had
transferred your affections to mes" Still
she made no reply and the tears ran
down her cheeks. Then he said, elizabeth !;
he tells me that you confessed to him that
made improper advances. Is that so!" and
she bowed her head. Then he spoke to her
with more severity perhaps than he
should to sick woman, and said
expostulating with her, "You know this is
not true. Wherein have 1 acted wrongly to-
wards youe How could you have done
such things" She began speaking slowly,
to answer that she could not help it; she was
worried with his Importantly; that Tilton
persuaded her that if she confessed to undue
aUecClOn IOr the WlCueSS IL WOulu De edSler lOT
Tilton to confess his own alien loves, and
that this would be the beginning of new
and better life. Witness urged that as she
had written charge against him
she should write a retraction. She replied
that might injure her husband. He said he
should not use it in that way, but wanted it
to defend himself, if the matter ever came be-
fore the church. Then, by her directions, he
got pen and paper. Meantime she had sat up
in bed. He held the inkstand and she wrote
and signed the paper. He said she
had done only what was proper
He hoped the interview would not injure her
and took his leave. He did not know who
placed the pillows behind her in bed, but he
did not. She looked like one dead when he
entered the room. He is familiar with her
handwriting She wrote it in his presence.
A letter was handed to the witness.
recognize this as her handwriting but not
her ordinary hand. The difference is, she
writes strong, bold hand, but this is one of
WEAKNESS. He did not suggest any part of
that letter of retractlon. She did not pass
the first part of it over to him to read. He
remembers nothing of the kind. He was not
aware of its contents before the supplement
tarY part was added. He swears he did not
dictate any part of that letter Qetter handed
to witness), and he said the contents of this
were made known to him the day following.
The letter was one from Mrs. Tilton to
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