Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-05-25
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR,
THE BEECHER TRIAL.
JUDGE PORTER CLOSING.
THE FOREST FIRES.
TIE FLAMES STILL RAGING.
THE TILTON-BEFCHE rRFiI.
Porter still Frothius

NEW YORK. Nav M. Porter continue 8
ms summing mp in the Tltpn-B necher tria
to-day. He said ne would close AT some p
rod OF the day, when + .artS woulI follow
him. lie then turned hiS attention 10 IN.
long report pref AIRED by Tiltpn for the church
committee. and resumed his comments o.
". said he--lf + eChvr had debaurhei his
lIlitOnS) wife, gentlemen. do YOU think De.
could ask committee OF christian men 20
acquit Boecher. He makes and alters The
r6canlaIIOn of this charge Of lultprv ami
then comes into 4 court Of Justice AMI asks
for verdict upon IL. This paper could not
nave been prepared 10 protect his wifa-S
honor, because She had then LEFT his rnDf
tufte Gays before tniS paper was prepared.
and was living in the mouse OF Mrs. ovIngtop.
The accusation Of Sunday was false. AMI.
said counsel. on Tuesday he retractcd il be
cause he knew il was false. Porter then
spoke of n lady whom hc said had been ma
Hgnantly tTaduced, but people should re
member that she was so tr3ducci 10y the
man who had mot hes! t3tei tu falsely ac-
cUSe his own vile and his honOrei pastor.
Mrs. Morse had no advocate. and there fore
she was nj victim of This leader OF fire..
love. But this lady commanded a degree of
ItNpect Whlch would
NEVER BE OBTAINED BY THEODORE TIL
TON
neither in this city or any other place. This
i the man who was endcaVOTipg. a he SAYS.
10 keep his wlfe'S disgrace from becomIlg
known, and all he ha, u do was 10 keep ltr
AlpolO ike lips closed, those lips wgic.
Elizabeth Il. TiltOa Lowell TO this day. Wa
IL Tor such men as these. asked Porter.
that the law lnicrpO>ed and sustained IN the
courts Francis \. MoultOu. said the couu-
sci, was one OF the class OF dangerous men
Two years ago ne was a leading member 90.
one OF the trI~' worthy firms i'm this CITY.
to-day, through some cause that great house
mas met with q disaster which was threat
ened 10 Plymouth Church. The men Wnu
had passed judgment oU him ami executed A.
knew him letter than either the counsel 0r
the Jury knew him. Certainly. said MIR
Porter. ne dill not leave this firm through
faF nj &
Francis II. MOuitOu stand to-day in the
judgment OF his own heart. and an thar o.
ml!nonS III men VINO read the details Of this
case from day 10 dav. II was not for conn
sci 10 say. but for the jury only. This man
who wrote the letter of June LIST. aud pro-
ducod II here as being written by Beccner.
NOULTON AND BUTLER.
FRANK Moulton. said Mr.. Porter, was carly
brought ~ to relation with Benz. r. Batter IN
difficulties from suits I'm which his firm was
engaged. but the law had prohibited any evil
dence which would perhaps have male the
jury understand that matter better. Tie
prosecution IN that case was pushed by the
lufOrmer jayne. and. Oddly enough. the
prosecutions counsel was Benjamin r. But
Ter. When the litigation ended firm friend
ship sprung mp between these partieS-MoUl-
ton, the infOrner and the iufOTmer's counsel.
The PLAINTIFFS party had endeavorgi by
fraud and Stratagem 10 secure Tracy'S ser
vices, who was counsel for Beecher: and
Thomas G. Sherman. another OF defendant :
counsel, Kept them all ar bay. When Butler
was rejected as one Of the counsel for Beecher
he drew up one OF the most adroit and able
papers ever published, which was INTENDED
10 Kill BeecEcr at one blow. and which WAS
put forth at that time as Moulton'S ow I'd
prf ductiOn. II was said OF a celebrated natul-
ailSt that II he were given a bone ne could
reconstruct the whole animal 10 which IL be
lOnged. Counsel would give the jury ore OF
the bCUeS OF MOgltOn. and would see IL they
could 50 reconstruct the whole nan. MOI.
ton was either true man or false one.