Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-05-05
THE GREAT TRIAL.



pied the stand three-fourths Of the day.
Mrs. Palmer is lady not without a
history. She Is a landscape painter
spiritual medium, clairvoyant, in
ventor Of stocking suspender, and
social reforner. She IL medium sized,
with handsome features, strong and
sardOuic expression, olive complexion,
lambent eyes and short black hair.
She was arrayed in gorgeous but
somewhat Gypsy-like style, and had a
| gigantic red scarf round her hat, while
the streamers thereof swept over her
shoulders aud down her back. She
was divorced after her first marriage,
but now has another husband, who ac>
compsnied her up to the witness stand,
and exchauged smiles with her as she
took 1t. Her evidence, which was
| given with perfect freedom and ease
of voice, babe fair to be interesting
from the start, and related to variety
of subjects. She declared that Tilton
had been constant visitor at Mrs
WoodhulPs office; that they often
lunched together; that they affection
ately embraced, kissed" called each
other pretty names, and that he was
HABITUE OF HER BEDROOM.
While Woodhull's house was visited
by this witness, she once heard Mrs.
Woodruff say, Now, Theodore, you
| know it isn't in the natule of man
like Beecher to have been thrown with
your wife and nothing of that kind
take place between them" Sensation,
which was fussily hushed up by the
officers. Some parts of Mrs. Palmer's
evidence were rather rank. She also
| fold what ahn L alNnnt a i,rif
OF the Woodruff scandal, including
TiJton's connection herewith
Her testimony had been called out
| for the purpose of establishing a collu-
sion of the closest kind between Tilton
and Mrs. Woodruff, and it made more
of a sensation in Court than we have
had for some time.
From the Cincinnati Commercial
BROOKLYN, n. ", April 2S.-We
have had Tracy on the stand all day,
offering direct evidence. He has
turned out to be far more
IMPORTANT WITNESS
Than had been Anticipated. He was
not called up merely togive the chance
of whitewashing himself or of clear
ing up his own legal conduct in regard
to the scandal, which has been the
subject of such severe assault. He gave
a consecutive narrative of all the in
side facts of the scandal which had
come within his knowledge as one of
the confidential actors engaged in their
suppression, and few people had en-
tertained any idea that Mr.. Tracy had
known half as much as he told to-day
He told how he first came to take a
direct interest in the scandal told
| ah l1t fK,N 90
Moulton, about the famous interview
in which Mr.. Moulton showed him the
private papers, including the letter of
contrition and Elizabeth's retraetion,
and in which Mr.. Tilton read and
commented upon the true story. He
Furthermore and at great length repro~
duced the dialogue between himself
and Mr.. Tilton, quoting great deal of
Tilton's language about the scandal,
which was both novel and notable
The gist of his testimony was that
Tilton did not charge Beecher with
adultery did not desire the suppress
sioh OF the scandal was always in
pursuit of Interior objects was de-
mandatory of Beecher, and was gen.
orally cantankerous.
Tracy delivered his testimony very
well; and, though a lawyer, was a
good witness. 1t was with degree of
interest quite novel of late that Court,
jury, counsel, and audience listened to
his long variations. This testimony
was to large extent in
DIRECT CONTRADICTIONS TO MoULToN's
EVIDENCE
On the same subject. In regard to nu-
merous points of evidence, Tracy swore
in direct, positive and emphatic con-
tradiction to the testimony of Frank
lin Woodruff, who was Moulton's bus
mess partner. The testimony given
by Woodruff was taken up item by
item and denied by Tracy--the denials
being in most cases unqualified. Sim
ilarly positive contradictions were
made by Tracy of various and sundry
allegations of Moulton. He made
especially vigorous denial that Moul-
ton ever told him of Beecher's adul-
terry, or that he ever recommended
falsehood about it to Moulton. He
also denied one or two points sworn to
by Tilton.
To our surprise there was brief in
terruption TO the evidence of Tracy,
Immediately after recess, to ENABLE
THAT REMARKABLE LADY,
Mrs. Ovington, who formerly appear
ed as witness for the defense, to be
called for further cross-eXamination by
the prosecution. The subject about
which she was cross-questioned was
the circumstances under which Mrs.
Tilton left her husband and his house,
the purpose being to show that Mrs.
Ovington, as a Plymouth Church lead
er, was responsible for the separation
of the TiltOn family. Her recall gave
the other side an opportunity to intro-
duce some significant correspondence
and other evidence. The prosecution
did not seem to succeed in proving that
there was an intrigue, or that Mrs.
Oyington was n party to any intrigue
to get Mrs. Tilton away from her hus-
bands house.
Especial Telegram to the Cincinnati Commercially
BROOKLYN, April 29.-We have
again to-day had another of those
trials within trial, of which we have
had so many during the progress of
the Beecher scandal case. General
Tracy has again been all day on the
witness stand, but we have to-day been
wholly engaged in the work of inves-