Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-25
TILTON W.. BEECHER.
Bessie Fissishes Her SfOrv.

Beecher trial closed yesterday the crOss-ex-
animation Of Bessie Turner was further con-
tinued. She testified that on the occasion
when Mrs. Morse was on the stairs in Til
toms house, two or three steps above her,
tBessie Mr. Tilton came out of the parlor
with Mrs. Tilton on his arm, and he looked
up and said, "Good evening. grandma" and
she said, "rll grandma you, you Internal
seoundrel; YOU perfdious wretch, IN publish
You from Dan to Beersheba.- TiltOn then
said. 'why, you appear to be excited grand
ma and she replied, "I'n excite you, you
seoundreL" He then went away with Mrs.
Iilton, and shortly after arriving home Mrs.
Triton retired TO bed. was in the room
with Tilton about an hour after she retired.
| TiltoD repeated his conversation, and said
PAUL WAS NOT HIS CHILD,
He claimed none of them except Florence;
he said he had seen Mrs. Tilton and Beecher
| the red lounge. He also named two other
gentlemen with whOm she had improper re-
lations. He never spoke To me of Mrs. Til
| ton having confessed to him of her sexual
| Intercourse with Beecher On my leaving
| the room after this conversation / went to
| Mrs. Tilton's bedroom. The room in which
| Tllton locked his wife was the front bed
| room. I could not say if they always slept
| in this room; / could not say if it was on
| more than the three occasions that have
| mentioned he locked her in this room; / am
| sure those folding doors locked and were
| locked on these occasions. think Mrs. Til
| ton went to New Brunswick i'm November
before this. On her return she brought Flor
| ence with her; told Tilton he should treat
| his wife kindly, as she was always crying,
and he said she was
| WEEPING FOR HER SINS WITH BEECHER.
IL was on Friday evening, December 80, that Il
| saw Beecher there. saw him inrilton's room,
| talking to Mrs. TiltOn; she was half reclining
OH the pillows; / do not remember what was
said; whenI was between four and five years
old went TO visit Mrs. Abram Jones in New
| York; / have lived with Mrs. Libby; after
leaving Mrs Jones went to Mrs. Haggerty;
| / ran away from there and went TO Mr..
| Iibby's; they lived in New Jersey, and l
went there because was lonely; | HAD a
| friend Hrs Clair w n ~ n
leave Mrs. Haggerty'S; she lived in Jersey
City; / was in Mrs. jacques house. wife of a
| lawyer, after leaving Mr.. Libbys; was in a
| house in Broadway before l went to Mr.. Til
tons, two or three months: the store was
| owned by Elias Brothers; L was not accused
| of anything when left this was the dollar
| store in broadway; j have no recollection as
| to how got the position; went TO Mr.. TIL
| toms in 1864, and was not there since January,
| 1871; / was there off and on fOT about ten
| years. left Mr.. TiltOn's two OF three times,
| but cannot tell the occasion when / went To
| the dollar store; / think it was before L went
| to Mr.. David Dow's; / was also in Mr..
| Ovingtons store during the holidays; | was
| at Mr.. Jones', but do not remember the
| year; when first wrote the letter at the die
| tatiOn of Mr.. Tilton it was before wrote the
| letter for Mrs. TiltOn;
TOLD TILTON ABOUT MRS. TILToN
| having told Mrs. Morse about his charges
| against her, and that Mrs. Morse had prom
ised me something nice to go around and tell
Beecher; TiltOn asked me to sign my name
to this letter, and did so; / made certain
l SldttIltHIS I'd MIN MIS-. MOTSb, anu ne
| wanted me to put on paper what he dictated;
| II was with regard to the conversation had
| with him; l cannot recollect If Tilton die
| tated what had told him about Mrs. Morse
| correctly; in listening to his repetition of 1t
| / cannot remember il he made any mistakes.
1 / do not remember any mistakes or errors
1 that he made in repetition OF ii. If he had
| made any error, or told falsehOod / do not
| think would have put it down. He dictated
1t so rapidly that did not take time TO OBJ
| serve 1t seems to me he dictated faster than
| ! could write, and ne had to stop two or three
| times. ! think / told him he was debating
| too fast. wrote all that he dictated. End
| lertOn read a seltence from the letter OF jan
| uary 10, 1871, Stair that
| MRS. MORSE
| had repeatedly offered Bessie presents 10 tell
| stories about Tilton, and that the writer had
| been persuaded that kind attentions shown
| by Tilton to her were untrue. The witness
| stated this was not true.
| Mr.. Fullerton read that the writer did not
| want TO be used by Mrs. Morse TO bring
| trouble on her two best friends-Mrs. Tilton
| and her husband-and she was asked If that
| was true.
The witness replied: That was Mr. Tilton's
| dictation and her writing. The conversation
! about my going to school was after this.
think went to school on the 18th of Feoru-
| airy. The conversation was had about my
| going on a Sunday, and / went on the sue
| ceeding Thursday or Friday. At the time of
| signing this letter / did not think anything
| about the truth of these statements.
| The witness was shown an eraSure on the
| letter, but could not tell what was written
| there; she did not know how the eraSure
| came to be made.
Witness continucd:-I wrote another letter
| pared by Mr.. Tilton. She handed me the
| copy of it, 1t was in her handwriting. She
| was standing by the chair where | was sit
| ting when she gave IL TO me. Handed the
letter.l This is in my handwriting. THE
letter was dated January 20, 1871, stating
that the story that Tilton had carried her in
| 1t was signed Bessie IT. This was the first
| time saw the story in this form. He never
carried me 10 his bed screa ming. He had
| ATTEMPTED TO VIOLATE MY PERSON,
| because Mrs. Tilton had told me
The witness was asked on what occasion,
and this question gave rise to long argu-
| ment between the counsel
i do not think could truthfully say, of my
own view. that Tilton had attempted TO vio-
late my person. When / wrote the letter
| thought he had made the attempt, but do not
| remember if this was my view. IL is true
| that he carried me from my bed TO his own,
put i not screaming g., was was not awake when
his room, and he was standing over me. 1
signed this paper because ! loved Mrs. Til
ton, and my signature would get Mr.; Tilton
| did it TO please Mrs Tilton, who had asked
| me to.
Tue re-direct examination was then begun
!, ~ Mr.. Porter The witness replied: | was
| teaching school at Beaver.
| This was all Mr.. Porter had to ask.
To Mr.. Fullerton: The witness said she had
| TO leave there because of the notoriety she
| had obtained in connection with the scandal.
| Here Bessiewas allowed to leave the stand.
The defence then called
GEORGE l.. PERKINS,
| who testified that about the 4th of June, 1875,
| he saw Beecher and Mrs. Beecher on a train
on the Boston and Albany railroad They
| got Of at Worcester.
4 TILTON BETWEEN Woodruff AND CLAF-
LIN IN THE RoSSEL PROCESSION.
George s. Sedgwick testified: 1 am a law
| yer at No. Pide street; was a clerk in the
| district attorneys Office in 1869 and 20, aid
| was an assistant in the United States attoT-
| ney's office in 1870. i was in office at the
| time of the Woodruff & Claim case. knew
! Mr.. Tilton, Miss Clafiin and Mrs. Woodruff
| then. He was marching between them, and
| / think carried a banner; the ladies, think,
| carried the tassels. L was on the corner of
Waverly and University Place. The pro-
. cession was going towards 5th avenue I
| watched il until 1t went by. Cross-exam-
ined: am not mistaken in the identity of
| these women or Mr.. Tilton. As my recoilec-
tion now serves me will positively swear
| that saw them there They walked behind
| the catafalque, and remember seeing q col
| ored man with them. To the best of my rec
| objection he carried a flag.
| This finished Mr. Sedgwick's testimony