New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-02

ular import In regard to the relations of Mr. Beeeher and
Mrs. Tlton, and Mr. Tilton and Mrs. Beecher and MI
Beecher-for with MOutOn there were no relations ON
the part OF Mr. Beecher his part to Mr. Beecher
antecedent TO these first movements, except this
single item and element Of proof which was adduced
upon the crossexamination OF the witness Bowen.
1t appears by his testimony and undsputed that as an
incident attendant of the actual interviews and inter
which make the first approaches to this drama-I
the interviews and Intercourse in the middle OF
December which upon the wife's movement OF
flight from her husbands cruelty disgraces and oppres
sOns-it drawn out that Mr.. Beecher referred Mr.
Bowen to Mrs Beecher and TO certain letters OF Mrs
Triton that in her custody Now, do not antici
pate at all the the transaction Of this attempted
separation of Mrs Tton from her husband, but call
your attention the significance OF this merely Incl
dental statement that Mr.. Beecher referred Mr. Bowen
TO his Mr. Beechers wife, either the correspondent OF
Mrs. Tton regarding these troubles, the depository OF
his letters received from Mrs Tton. There has been an
aspect attempted to be nsnuated into this cause that
the antecedent relations between Mrs. TiltOn and Mr.
Beecher were Of nature, consciously on his part to
preclude discourage any Intelligence Of his wife ON
the subject and yet here You find when Mr. Beecher
crossexamined whether there were any letters re-
ceived by him from Mrs TtOn during the period antece
dent to December 1870 he answered that there we're
letters that had been searched for and found and were in
the possession OF his wife, or OF his coule-tound IN
the possession Of his wife, and perhaps now in the posses
by the methods Of the law to those letters They had
fund and field for exploration there which was worth
their while II this husband had impaired to then any
facts any sound opinion Of the guilt OF his wife but
they drew out such letters; they sought
for no such letters, in any that would bind
them to their production and they did not produce them
But 1t reserved for Mr. Bowen, their witness TO let
you further into the contemporary fact at the time OF
these occurrences that Mr. Beecher IN the end OF Decem
ber referred Mr. Bowen to his wife for her intelligence
and her views Of the situation as between Mrs Tlton
and her husband Mr. Tton and stated to him that she
had letters received from Mrs Tlton during the ante
cedent absence Of Mrs TtOn at Marietta SO you have,
gentlemen when you the beginning Of this move
ment between the parties reason TO think, no reason
to fear TO suspect that there had been any
consciousness any conceament, any maneuverng, any
change Of the ordinary rule of that household that all
the correspondence Of Mr. Beecher passed first through
his wife's hands.
Now, gentlemen, there two important matters of
dealing matters Of situation, and OF feeling growing out
Of the dealing and situation, which precede the time when
the accusation is first made and Mr. Beecher and MI Til
first meet at its making and at his response to the
charge That occurred the 30th Of December as we
all remember But there two matters Of fact import
ant in their bearing that form large part of the con-
scous knowledge of both parties at that meeting which
presented in directly opposite views by the theory OF
the plaintiff and by the theory Of the defendant and
regard TO which challenge any answer from the learned
tons that shall make II u.s. that in regard to both these
preliminary inquiries the theory Of the plaintiff import
ant necessary to the subsequent proposition TO
this theory not only utterly refuted by the evidence
but consciously false in his own knowledge and
the first of the series Of impositions upon your
intelligence and your consciousness that he ex-
pocted TO practice through the forms of law and
evidence. These two matters that refer to the
actual character and position Of the first PRONUNCIATION
not publicly, but outside OF the walls or Mr. Ttons
household Of there being domestic discord and
sion appeal for assistance mean the situation which
is rightly described the fight OF the wife from the
home of the husband and attempt to receive aid and
advice and protection from the cruel circumstances in
which she was placed The second the real situa
ton of Mr. TtOns personal, pecuniary business for
tunes they stood at and before the 30th Of December
In regard TO the first proposition, about the wife, Mr.
Morris in his opening lays down this as the rule and
view that they propose Referring to the letter Of Jan.
l. 1871 which they regard in the nature of letter of
contron betraying guilt Mr. Morris lays down to you
and the court these views;
presume learned friend upon the other side
will have some explanation-at least, hope so-but
have been able yet 10 discover one. But at the
time this letter written Mr. TtOn's family had
not been broken up; he living with his family, and
although his contract with Mr.. Bowen ended. and
his loss of the position Of editor had taken place it
entirely without the influence OF the defendant, and
therefore furnished and for this great
grief which was manifested. 1t is claimed, and
mas been claimed that the feeling that produced that
letter THAT is, MOulton's memorandum OF grief on
Beeche part was brought about by the advice which
Mr. Beecher had given Mrs. TtOn to separate from her
husband The point that wish TO call your attention
to in this connection u this mat ne advice II ever
given at all, was not until after the 21th or January
1871. the documentary evidence that we shall intro
va" have the strange anomaly Of the DEFENDANT mourn
ing wrongs not yet committed, If they were wrongs
acts not yet done.
And so Mr.. TitOn. his direct examination denies
that there was anything way separation and
serious incompabity OF temper or Of views Of their do
nestle relations.
Q. Mr.. TitOn, from the time you were married until
your wife left you you have stated about the 9Th Of
July, 1874, there any separation OF home or resi-
dence you other than such happened by jour
neys or engagements that took YOU apartf A. No, sir
Perhaps should qualify that answer by saying that IN
the early OF December 1870, Mrs IlltOn went two
three days to her mothers house at her mothers re-
quest, and came back again. IL has since been
called dlI not Iegaa so al Tue une
from the house and at her mothers certain period OF
timei A. Two or three days, think
Now not only in these direct forms Of the
sell s proposition and of the plaintiffs own testimony,
but all through, incidental light or an incidental
observation upon this preliminary situation, II
was wholly to the point and effect that that amounted TO
nothing that there reality in it, and that the pre-
tense on part the defendant that there had been
serious although perfectly justihabe-an important
though wholly NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. the part of Mr.
Beecher and his wife in the affairs of Mr. and Mrs. Til
ton between themseves-I say the proposition
part that there had BEEN treated afterthough
and spbterfuge. In the Light OF the evidence, gentle
men, what becomes Of this view Of the plaintiff and
II was a matter within his conscious knowledge,
had produced its ranking effect within his own breast
and had urgent motive with him in his conduct
during unhappy period of the end of the 1870
and the beginning of the year 1871, what becomes OF
your faith, If the very foundations Of tne cause thus
laid in falsehood, and in Conscious falsehood
THE BEECHERs ADVISE SEPARATION.
Now, the evidence is very plain on Mr..
Beechers part and he uncontradiced and he sup
ported by Turner and finally In the most remark
able way by Mr.. Bowen and Nj Bell, their witnesses.