Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-19
EVENING STAR.
THE BROOKLYN sCANDAI.
Ffffefh Day OF the Trial.
ID, Developments and incidents.


Yesterday the court was rather full. 8.
Patriek's Da.- was booming outside will
brass bands an. little green flags were an
Brutber HalI,da,-. Plymouth's axs,s,,n,
pastor, took the sta I'd yesterday and ex-
planned himself. Af.srward The TiltSn
monthly nnrse took thu stand. and gave
Tiiton's frsir condition when clifton was dis.
charged by Bowen. Yhis is TO Dear on the
theory that while In That condsAsn he ex-
torted confession from her. to have him
self replaced. Bessie Turner and Ms Morse
are To subsiantiate all this.
MRS LUCY W. MITCHELI.
Mrs. Mitchell is n monthly nurse, and by
ured shawl makes her look still larger. she
wears hid gloves, leans back. looks frail in
such situation and speaks to Mr. Evarts as
be excited. Something OF the awfui solemn
lty OF tne monthly nurse was exhalei from
this robust, hsping woman, that drea fful
visitor who comes at the last horr before
pain and goes away at the earliest breath of
convalescence, aud still no family is happy
without her. Her features were rather stony
MT. Triton, sitting underneath this visitor.
who came once 20 his house and silently
served and went away unnoticei, looked aud
beheld her come once again, NemeSis-liSe
Ihe unfortunate man continued to write
with gold pencil and drew a sigh. The boy
Ralph Tilton, recently sick was the suhiast
OF inquiry, and the witness was pat upon the
trail of Kate Carey.
,
AT a quarter To twelve Mr.. EvariS, in the
best and shortest Saxon, asied a question
relevant 10 certain interesting condition OF
Mrs. Tilton when an important event con-
Guided not 10 be, Here the ladies I'm tbe court
grew fiuttered, like sparrows al the dropping
feathers Of a hawk. Two of them had hidden
in corner. on the flank OF the judge, away
from the reporters They duclSed their heads
TO no purpose. Bessie Turner played with
her red curl. Other ladies looked as III they
had rather go out, and, still the immortal
Ia lk~N Nf.aRH
acquainted with grief, continued 10 recite tlre
laws of derivation.
GOING FOR THE NURSE.
The examination OF Mrs. Mitchell hal been
very laboriously conducted by Mr.. EvartS.
as She replied slowly, and her teeth woul III
have come out as easy as her answers.
Mr.. Fullerton took up "A memorandum and
proceeded TO catechiZe her. In n minute She
slipped on dates, and had a child born six
months after former one by Mrs. TiltOn.
This was too much progress, and the rather
aged witness drew out her silver spectacles
and examined a little book.
~, nj Keep" she said, explanatorlly, "a list of
Miss Turner, who had taken of one of
her brown kids, also consulted a memoran-
dunn book.
AT RECESS
The quality of Mrs. Mitchell's testimony
was understood by a few of those who affect
TO follow the case slowly.
By her the defence desires 10 pave the way
for Bessie Turner and Mrs. Morse, who will
endeavor 10 make il plain that Mrs. TIIton
while very sick, at a period of childbirth or
miscarriage, was asSailed by her husband
with the news that he had been discharged
from Bowens papers by Beecher's influence
and was ruined man, &C. The nurse in
vain eXhOrted him not to annoy his wife or
make her read or write, or hear reafing
but still Mr.. Tilton did intrude his business
troubles upon a woman who had lost much
strength, and the defence expects TO show
that while in this condition Mrs. Tilton m ade
confession OF adultery. Also, that IL was
extoTted from her by his Vaccinations and
brutality. Mrs. Mitchell. the nurse, remem.
bers enough OF something that happened in
Mrs. Tilton's Illness to aid the succeeding
witnesses.
On the whole, mystery hangs over this case
the mystery of almost total eclipse, but I'm
the evidence of the past few days there APP
| pears growing rim of light for the defe nd
| ant. 1t now seems to be clear that Mr.. Til
| tons relations with Mrs. Woodruff wer,
more confidential than he has admitted, and
! that they sprang as much from inclination
| as despair. The defence also proved yeSter
| day that as soon as Tilton was discharged
from Bowen's papers, Frank MoaIton cam.
| to see him.
Every way the eye and mind go in this
mystery il becomes a reflection of the intirm
| 1ty OF human judgment 1t is, therefore
committed to advocates who will probably
commit ii TO posterity as one Of the middle:
| of our nature.