, 1875-02-02


Aftor tiine Hllo vont1rod 10 glance towards Mr..
Tilton. and afterw8td watched him c1osely, corr
tlri1inH her gaze oyen Wien hs Ths giving tho
worst Testimony against a'orne1f and her former
pastor. Tho ladiea with Mrs. TiIton Beaned
much embarrassed, but they brnvelT kept t1oir
seats, aud returned after reeeHs to listen to
tho continuance OF tbe plaintiffs etory.
TILToNs TESTIMONY IN DETAIL.
THE DEEcuER CROWD.
NEW YonK, Feb. 1.-The B-ooklyn City Court
room was again crowded to-day, nt the beginning
Of another wook Of the great scandal trial. Mrs..
1Yton, Mrs. Field, Mrs. Btlearman and two other
ladies', and a1r. Bcecaor, with he w!fc aud aons,
occupied their accustomed places.
ADMISSIBLE.
After the court had been called to order,
Judge Noilsou gayo Ills opinion az to the right
to testify Of Mr.. lTton, iu tile following words:
III determining Tho question rsiscd by This objcc-
tun, tho Court holds, hfst, That plsni ~ competent
to be sworn and to testify hin own behn; re:on,
conf eopesnt to M tf 70 sy
iol,. It Is conhidsrod that s qualified decision rc-
EEceta the present state Of the Inv Of evidence, and
alsO respects what may remain Of flle rule which i'm.
lo4ea silence restraint BY Of tho martial rea-
iton, or OH grounds Of public lnteroat or policy.
TI1roN's BTony.
Theodore Triton then took tie stand and was
aworft. tue defense entering exceptions.
lit answer to questions BY ex-J Judge Fullerton,
alr. Tiltoa said: Am 80 years Of ago; WAS mar
lied on tho I'd Of October, 1878, by a[r. Baccher.
lily wif4's ego Ia about 81. have four children.
fIavo been engaged in tho literary profession !;
became connected with the independent it, tho
sprit!g Of 1866; retnafned thesc unlor Daecher.
and On bis retirement, in 1868 or 81, became hi4
SUCCESSOR. Hsld tllo position OF Managing
Director under Deechcr in December, 1870.
owned ths louso in which lived, with its .ibrary
valued 1t about s25, 900. owned slaro in the
Now York 7''ibtnc. q small farm in the West
valued at 1880, o pioce Of lnnd in Prospect
Park valued ut 81, 900. There was mortgage OF
81 500 On my house. When left tho Independent
ny property WIS valued at about s30,00o. I 1ad
money out at interest, deposited with Woodruff
i Hol'inson, after Jan. l, 1871 $1,000 Eas OBJ
tanned from Bowen. $4,000 fro1n my lecturing
tour e1000 from my books. $4,000 from Moul-
ton, aud about 5000 from subscribers Of tho
Golden Age. i had 10 debts other than loans on
my property. Did not know the source from,
which the money camo which was given to mo by
AIouIton. Did not linow it canso IRON Deocller.
On tho 3t)tl OF December, 1870, bad an inter.
view With l5eeclcr.
in relation to aay etatetnont made to witness By
say wlsat passed between himself mud Baeclcr.
but not wl,nt bin wife had told him.
THAT EsESTFuL INTERVIEW.
Witness continued Moalton brought Deecher
aud retired. did not salute Decchcr, nor le
me. l crossed tho room mud locked tho :oor,
Went back and aat opposite Ecccher. began
in thtH way. I thiak l said, II presume you re-
ceiyel from Douen letter demanding your re-
tiro1nent from your pulpit and Brooklyn" lie
answered., II did, SIR" told him be neet, mt
fear that letter. Ho tlapked mo. Baid he
mood not do 30 Elizabeth deserved his thankE,
and not mo. lle said ho understood rho object
OF this Interview only in gcnora! terms, and
asked mo to tell him what Ioaeu had said. /
told him it would DO better to 80 to uowell
htnssif. l told him Dowen bad sad,
You wero in.imnte with members OF your
congregation for twonty-tlvo yaard that you
wore not safe man, and that yo'l ruined fanli-
lies mud households that you Were wolf in tho
fold, and should ho extirpated," and that liowen
out ot brooklyn in twevo hootH. told him that
after had this interview with Bowen told it to
my vito, who wnB dBtressed aud reminded Enn
that said In the previous summer that would
bronx my promiae to hurt Beochcr. for that. ii
ho was d,sven from 1'rooklyn, 1t would be lier
shame aud that Of her children. lseool,er askod
ina wlIat meant, aud road to lin El,zaboths y
letter Of confession. His confession WAS de-
HtTNfEA UT 1HX1uGlu tH0 3E140 AlkDlt &lH u NQR4
OF it was destroyed on this evening:
The Witness was going on to relate the con-
tepts OF this letter Of confession, but 1t oh.
jec,eI to- by h1r. Eyarts, and long argument
eusucd nyer this point.
Tho Judge decided that the contents Of the
letter chuonld be lett out for tho present.
T!tton then testified that Mr. I3eeclaor Atteupt-
ed to apeaA. but wttnesa said: "Wait; lear inc
through. and then speak," Witness said to
t}eeclicr tbat Mfa Tiltpn ha1gonle uuexpeetedly
und said to hcr husband that uhe wantad to COM
municata secret that had long b EN- OIL her
mind, and t4at she waited to throw
it of; that aho had been At tho point
aeyersl times, and once pa1tlenlariy, when
she extortod a promise from her husband nut to
tell any one and not to in1uro the ptrson con-
cerncd. She said It was
a sEcnEr BETWEEN HERSHEY AND 11EH PASTOR.
existed between thcm. sloto tAan friendanp.
1t had boon eexu8l intercourse. It began Alter
tho death Of hcr aon Paul. Hho wont to her PAS
tors ht'usc. mud OH tho lob OF October, l8B3,
brace. On the saturday following, alo repeated
tho not At thu house Of her husband,
and I'm aereral othor occas,ons ut his
house. and st several other places. It had oc-
CURED alI through the fall. In tho mouth OF
July, 1a70 at,o had wrlttou 4 lo:tor to w.sneas,
telling witness of tho facts 9ho lad beon
greatly dlstressed, owing n yumors concerning
l3eochers moral character. Nhe wanted to
demonstrate tho honor and dignity Of her so1.
Hho sail to Iilton that for long time nescliers
home had not been q happy ono; that bis wife
lad not been satisfactory. one, sud that 10
wanted Ellzabeth to be q wife to hin, Int alae
alw4ya refused Deechers solicitations to
her wore ofteutimee yiolont. She had gone
away from witness In tile npraug and witness
wrote hor letter Raytng that until sho made
q full confession lo would nc9eE look upon her.
She said that sho hsa come down from the
countF! on parpoao TO mako confession: IL
making; confession, witneas said that ho wished
it understood that the conversation wss uot
gi1en 'foEd for word, but ~ accurately a. he
could. lie Furthermore told Ileeehef on that oo-
Uaslon that Mrs. T,ltqu lad become
nAokEN-d1ARTED WOMAN,
ana IL 1t, instead Of taking her usual Hummer
vacation, size went to ths Fur West. lIs Also
told IN, III refard to the statement tbat sho Lad
asked Ts'ton immediately to send 70 lseeohot.
tllas they might hold an lntorvtow. aud el0 could
llsaar that the letter about withdrawing from
tho ruIrlt ami Brooklyn should b. withdrawn;
also told Dcechor that he had refused to nc
guielscs and that she had appealed four or FIVE
timaa and shaIl aha aaked Wiinaas to catrY 4 1at.