Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-06-16

er will lie for himself. TiltoE's wit
nesses have been liars, who swore they
were liars, and all their circumstantial
violence con firms their confessions of
falsehood. He now ran over the mar
rative of Tracy, Which excluded the
adulterous accusations, and the analy-
SIS of 1t occupied our time till adjourn
ment,
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BROOKLYN, June S.-Mr. Evarts has
concluded his defense of Beecher, after
occupying two more days with it than
was required for the creation of the
world. He has ended his speech on
this the one hundred and second day
of the trial. The shades of evening
were falling upon the Court, and the
solemnity Of Il great occasion had taxi
ell possession OF the listeners, when he
got through. He had promised to fin
ish in the course of the day, but at the
regular hour of adjournment he was
yet in the full tide of argument.
About that time some of
THE JURORS APPEALED TO THE COURT
Against being kept longer. One made
show of bad temper, another declaI-
ed his inability to pay further atten-
ton, and nearly all the rest seemed
bent upon relief. But the Judge
addressed them with severity, told
them they must remain till the argu-
ment closed, and gave them brief res
cess to get the air. Mr.. Morris, the
only member Of Tiltou's counsel pres
ent, declared it would be wrong to
Mr.. Beach to permit Mr.. Evarts to go
Oh another day, and. as Mr.. Evarts
asseverated his readiness to pro-
coed, we took our breathing spell in
preparation for the third session OF the
day at which Evarts spoke two hours
aud half, making six hours and a
half for the day. Beach himself had
been so determined to have Evarts
close up to-day that he issued his Ill
timatum this morning in these words !:
Finish or fight" During the last
hour or two, Evarts spoke very i'm
pressively, though he never rose to
passion and resorted but very slightly
to pathos. He has used no manuscript
whatever during any part of his eight
day speech. A few annotated pages
have appeared on the table be-
! fore him, but | have never once seen
| him look at Il single of these notes.
| Mr.. Evarts was in his usual condi-
! ton this morning. His voice never
gives out and his mental and bodily
uimbleness abates not. In opening
HEARGUEDTHATT S TESTIMONY,
| Nc fact of which had been contra
dctpd, was in itself all-suflicient to
disprove the accusation of adultery
He examined all the evidence bearing
upon Tracy, and found Tracy could in
no way be invalidated. Tiltou him.
self bore his adulterous troubles in 8
queer spirit, having slept for years u n
disturbed by the side of his wife, anG
constantly tried to secure Beecher':
friendship and cooperation, or to make
use of his magnanimity and gener
osity.
After listening to some ideas or
these points we enjoyed, as side issue
a heightened defense of the persona
and legal action of Tracy in the scan.
dial. We now go to the Tilton-Moul'
ton maneuvering to force money ou
OF Bowen through the scandal. Beech
er's ragged-edge letter was the ripple
that swelled into the stream that dis
located the bowlder of 81 900 anC
carried it down to TiltOn's establish
ment. Now we look at Moulton'i
relations to money, and are shown
how sharp game tie played on poo
Tilton, and are amused by some satir,
on the operations upon Beecher with
the view of screwing out money, a.
described. The speaker next read thu
ragged edge letter, which was unwis'
and overweight, but the outburst o
wounded nature. The speaker reat
s,nt al aNh lnf %
err, including the bottom facts letter
We now reach that period of the scan
dial when Beecher refused to be furthe
victimized, and when Mrs. Moultol
makes her appearance. The situation
at that time was fully described.
will now,n cried Evarts, "clOs
, forever this scandal against Mr.. Beech
err Upon which Evarts read Mrs
Tilton's poetic denial of her husband
charge, and Beecher's solemn depia
to the same effect. He made an argu
ment regarding Mrs. Tilton's exclusion
from the witness stand, and Incident
ally referred to TiltOn as a man VIII
kept giving his wife kiss and a stall
Now at last, when it had reached
: O'Clock, came
THE PERoRATION
Which, like all the rest of the speech
kept us in the dry realm of reasO
and made but little use of our passions
, emotions or sentiments. He aske
for such verdict as would be vel
. diet of safety and honor for the tw
| families implicated, which would nc
; degrade Mrs. Tilton or break the heal
: of Beechers venerable wife sensa
! toni, or support the foul charg
T against the honor and moral life of thi
! great man. He panegyrized Beeche
, and Illuminated wrath upon TiltOn .
: the assailant of Sinai and Calvary.
was hard to restrain the admiration {
/ hearers in the closing passages of tn
speech.
At the end there was a vehemeI
and uncomfortable
e BURST OF APPLAUSE.
t Public attention is more closely ri,
eted on this Court as the closing scene
r in the great legal and moral dram
: are being enacted, and there is a deel
: er solemnity of anxiety as to the We
1 dict whether Beecher is an adulter,
$ aud perurer, or Tilton perjurer an
conspirator. i-I... D.
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