The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1875-01-20

EEroETED EHrHEssrI rOa r1E roEsrSs LEADEH
MIG HI II REP OR IT.
The Tilton-Beecher Trial.
The Mutual Friend Cross
examined.
Ballots for u. S. Senators in
Various States.
Loss of Life by Snow Slides.
Loss of Life by Snow Slides.
NEW YORK.

New York, January 10. The court
room where the Tilton-B -Beecher case
was in progress was>completeIy filled
early in the morning. Moulton and
Tilton entered together, and Beecaer
and wife and son Fred entered soon
after, with Mesdames Tilton, Field,
Sherman and Raymond and occupied
their accustomed places The cross
examinaiion Of MouIton by ex-Judge
Porter was continued, but nothing OF
particular interest elected. The wit
ness was very closely questioned in
interviews with Victoria Woo hull,
which acquaintance it appears begun
iu the spring OF 1871 and continued
until the spring OF 1872 He didn't
hear OF Woodhull's card in the World
from Tiiton before it appeared and
did not approve OF it.
The witness testified that he was at
her house n number OF times, usually
in the evening Never passed night
in her house when she was staying
there. Did not remember ever travel
ing with her. rome of their inter
views lasted one hour and some two
hours Had made statements to her
in regard to the stories against Beecher
and also in regard to Tilton.. Never
mentioned the name of any lady in
connection with TiIton. Never told
her he took a pistol to Beecher and
demanded Mrs. Tilton's letters on
pain of instant death. Remembered
reading that part of Mrs. WoOdhulFs
Beecher asked him If lie remembered
that part of the scene referred to in
the statement He told him he did
not 1 do not know where Mrs.
Woodruff got the pistol story, but
know it never occurred. Saw Mrs.
Woodruff twice at Tilton's house;
but never found TiIton at her house,
when he did not come with witness.
He generally left with the witness.
The witness refused to give Beecher
copies of the letters and documents in
his hands Witness explained that
Butler was his friend and adviser, but
was never paid fee by witness Ir his
firm Butler was counsel for them in
the custom house case. His advice to
witness began when this controversy
began. The firm had a controversy
with the government at this time, but
Butler was not instrumental in ar
ranging matters Jayne and witness
never conferred about Beecher's
affairs; they conversed about them.
Counsel Tor the defense here pro-
posed to show that the witness had
been indicted, and was pursued under
a civil suit for statements made by
him The court ruled against the
proposition. Evarts argued that he
was an interested party implicated in
all these suits, and hostile to the de-
fendant- The court assumed that the
witness had already shown they were
hostile, when he said their friendly
relations ceased on a certain date, and
ruled all these statements offered and
suits growing out of them inadmissibIe.
Counsel then offered them separately
and they were ruled out seriatim
Exception taken to each ruling.
The fire in Baldecker's grocery
store, in Brooklyn, caused the loss OF
S25, 600. Mrs. Blood was killed and
her two sons fatally injured by jump
ing from the third story window of
the building; Timothy Mccormick
and his son Patriek.were suffocated,
and his daughter Ellen was fatally
injured by jumping from the window,
and number of others more or less
injured.
The Times says that the name of
the broker whose failure was reported
yesterday, is A. A. Selover. former
partner of Rufus Hatch, and one of
the heaviest spe ,uIators on the street.
His liabilities are estimated at $3.50. 600. |
He offers to compromise at 25 per
cent.
The Union League Club held a
meeting last night to take action in |
regard to the Louisiana question, but |
after a spirited discussion, laid the |
whole matter on the table