Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-12
THE BEECHER SCANDAL
Trial Scenes YeSferday

Beecher was her pastor, but she recognized
no wrong except in the life of deceit she had
been leading. aud there was nothing in this
To oppose the likelihood OF Mr.. Beecher being
told by her that she had informed her hus-
blnd OF their relations. Would IT have been
n cor slsient IN Mrs; Tllton saying that her
friendship Tor Mr.. Beecher began in love and
ENDED IN SEXUAL INTERCOURSE?
T1lton told this to Beecher ii his own way of
this confession of his wife. After alluding
to charges against TiltOn by Evarts and Por-
Ter. which, he said, had been refuted. he al
Iuded TO the impression Mr.. Beecher had
made in England when the question OF lib-
erty and slavery was trembling in the bal
ance, and the fact that Notwithstanding Eng
lands sympathy with the south. and the
insults he suffered at home, Beecher nobIy
Kept on MS mission. Because of this and be-
cause England would laugh, Mr.. Evarts did
not want the jury TO convict Mr.. Beecher. If
the jury were to be controlled by such infiu-
ences as these, God help American institu-
tiOns and justice. Applause.
QUESTION OF VERACITY.
MI. Beach then said that the counsel for
defence had never denied the charge of inn
proper solicitations.
Here Mr.. Porter said he could not permit
counsel to state falsehoOd, and asked when
nave we admitted the guilt of improper So
licitations." Mr.. Beach replied that his
learned friend put their friendship TO a ten
sion when he accused him of falsehood. Mr.
Porter stated that he was astounded that
Mr.. Beach should say they admitted the
guilt of improper solicitations. Judge Nell
son stated that he understood Mr.. Beach TO
had not been denied. Mr.. Beach angrily re-
PEELED the accusation that he had stated A
IalSehood, and said ne would not take that
from any man.
BEECHER'S REWARD SURE
IN closing the argument for the day Mr..
hSach, IN speaking of Mr.. Beacher, said:
lie Will get justice, ifnot here. i'm the future
and Henry Ward Beecher would meet with
a fitting reward"
=, Mr.; Beecher paid great attention to Mr..
Beach during his delivery. and freauenflv
laughed at his jokes, but when any direct at
tack was made upon himself he buried his
ATTENTION IN the columns of a newspaper
Mrs. Beecher followed the counsel with evil
deht interest, though her features We're con-
tracted with q scOrnful expression. Among
those present on the bench was Senator
Morton, of Indiana.
What Carpenter Knows About the
Scandal.
MI. r. Il. carpenter, the artist, has been
interviewed by reporter of a New York
paper as to what he knows about the Beecher
scandal He mentions the names of DIR
Storrs, Mr. Cleveland, Mr.. Orion Samuel
WILKINSON and others as knowing of the
scandal before the Woodhull publication.
sam. WILKINSON and Oliver Johnson, ac-
cordlng TO his statement, had been told that
Mr. Beecher was accused of adultery and
ollVer johnson said he knew Mr.. Beecher
had been
IAN AWFUL SINNER WITH WOMEN
Inc most damaging portion of the statement
Is carpenters account of what occurred in
11ltons house at the time Mrs. TiIton
wrote the note accusing Mr.. Beecher of inn
proper solicitations. Here is the story i'm
carpenters own words, as given by the in
terVleWer:-I now come back TO the 18th of
December. AS / have said, / passed the
night OF the 18th at Nh TiIton's house. Next
morning, after breakfast, was in the back
parlor with Mrs. Tlton, when Mr. Tflton
came in and said, Elizabeth we have iust
fifteen minutes to meet the appointment AT
Dr. StOrrs' study" 1t was my first intlma-
ton that Mrs. TlltOn was to accompany him
TO DIR. Storrs Mrs. Tilton apparently sRrank
from The interview. Plying her position.
ana out OF delicacy for her feelings, said
III nheedore; don't ask her TO CO., Can't she
Mr.: Illton acceded, and Mrs. Tilton, so far
as L could see, voluntarily went into another
room, out OF my sight, leaving Mr.. Tilton
and myself together. Before she went ouf of
the room she said
chow CAN EXPRESS IT?n
MI, IllI t replled, You can put in this
letter which has now become familiar. Mrs
Hilton left the room, and thought She went
up stairs. She was gone, perhaps, twenty
minutes. When she returned she had the
completed letter in her hand. She handed il
10 Mr.. Tilton, who read it, and said ELIZA
Deth, you nave stated il with exceeding deli
cacy, better than / could have done" This
expression OF Mr.. Tilton on receiving the
letter from his wife i remember with dis
tnctness. This account is in direct contra
dlction OF Mrs. Tilton's statement to Mr.
Beecher's committee, which read with as
constituent; but / can do no less than state
what know 10 be truth. / was present
When Mrs. TiltOn'S statement was read Dr
StOrrs said, ''Mr. Tilton, excuse me- but is
that the whole truth?' Mr.. Tilton replied
that II was not; that il was an understand
ment, but ne could answer no questions.
THE NEWSPAPER SCHEME.
IN regard to the newspaper scheme con-
cernlng winch the defence at the t.ial made
strong point connecting Carpenter with an
alleged attempt TO blackmail Beecher and
MS friends, Carpenter says: This newspa-
per scnefne was plan OF mine TO save Mr.
m ~ fnx ffsrat;
when every one knew was only question
OF Time, and was bound TO come. As a com
mercial project 1T was entered into by three
prominent publishers of New York, two of
whom have never been named in connection
with this scandal. Two of these publishers
met me at Bangs restaurant on the 18th of
beceinbef, lSI2 Mr. Greeley had been dead
Just month The detection of the Tribune
from the republican party. and decrease i'm
lts circulation, offered an opening for a new
republican paper, provided an editor of COM
mahdlns genius and influence could he Sc
cured. The result of this interview at Bangs
t festau r was was an arrangement on my part
10 see Mr. Beecher, and on the part of 0na ~
IGe PUBLISHERS 70 see the ,..,,,,r,--rory ar the
New York Express, and ascertain what that
h"# spaper could be bought for with the As
ISOLATED Press privileges. These two ar
rangements were carried out.
WHAT Mr.. BEECHER SAID ABOUT IT.
went as arranged on that occasion the
same evening, December %. 1872 to see Mr.
Beecher, and ascertain If he would take the
said, 81 am wonderfully taken with this
plan of yours" He then went on to speak of
his work as minister being ended. After
supper We went to Moulton's TO talk ii over.
There had been heavy snow storm, and
the sidewalks in places were not cleaned. On
the way TO Moulton's Beecher said TO me: 81
can stand anything but the suffering ofothers
formy fault" Further on he said: Men talk
OF courage in facing an enemy on a battle
held. Let man lace what have i'm my pull
pit for two years, and then he can talk about
courage" Before we separated that night
Mr.. Beecher made statement of his position
i'm reference TO the scandal in the presence of
Mr.. Moulton and myself, which, in the judg-
ment of impartial men, warranted all that
Judge Morris claimed in his opening speech
that the prosecution would show by me.
This statement was in such language that
should have declined to repeat il in court
had i been called to the court except under
compulsioD.
ATTEMPTED MURDER BY A JEALOUS
LOvER.-James Palmer, of Guilford, Conn,
shot at NJ ISIS Sarah Meigs, of the same place
because she refused to marry him. The ball