Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-27

| pear To be approaching its com ,letiOn.
! All the parties to the trial with their
usual companions were present In
| Court to>day-Beecher with his wife,
! brother and sons Tilton and Moul-
| ton: Mrs. Tilton with her TWO lady
associates; the Judge with his clerk: :
/ the lawyers with their assistants the
/ jury, the reporters, the spectators, and
/ the outsider mob. Titon had another
companion to-day in the person of
/ Frank Carpenter, the artist, who was
once characterized by Beecher Ms a
/ good natured fool" Carpenter is a
| medium-sizrd, misunderstanding man
of sallow complexion, with small
and regular features.
! AT the opening of Court, Mr. Evarts
announced that Porter, who has here
/ tOfoTe conducted the cross eXamiua-
| ton, was absent on account of illness,
and said that himself aud Mr.. Tracy
would take Porter's place in the work.
| The Judge gave a conditional assent,
! but Mr.. Beach instantly objected to
| the allowance of two crOss-eXaminers,
aud so, after some debate, the work
was assigned to Tracy. Then, in terms
of great severity,
/ BEACH CRITICISED TRACY's CoNNEC-
TON WITH THE CASE
AS "indeicate aud unprofessional. :"
! for the reason that he had been an ad.
wiser of Moulton in the early stages of
| the scandal. The Court, however, de-
| cided that Tracy might go on, and
thereupOn Tracy offered To make an
explanation, but the Judge would not
listen to it. Then Trace, rising to
question the witness, adroitly prefaced
the business with few remarks about
his relations 10 the case. his friendship
for Beecher, and his professional hon
or, closing with a reference to his full
knowledge Of his responsibility to his
conscience and his God. Tracy's firm
countenance relaxed and his voice was
husky with emotion as he spoke. Ira
cy was General during the war, WAS
subsequently a Federal District Attor.
ney in Brooklyn, was at one time an
editorial writer for New York daily
Journal, and il now one of the propri-
etors of a Brooklyn paper. There has
been some apprehension of Tracy by
the prosecution on account Of his inti-
macy with he case, hi. legal ability.
and tn" way in which his feelings are
known To be enlisted. There has been
some
DISAPPOINTMENT on THE DEECHER
SIDE WITH PORTER,
His predecessor in the cross -examina-
ton, who in the course of yesterday
made no such impression on the jury
and drew out no such revelation from
Moulton as had been expected. and
many people thought that his account
ed for his illness to-day. Il was quickly
seen when business began that Tracy's
ways are more externally effective
than those Of Porter, whose methods
were occult, ana who never disclosed
his full intentions or indicated his
realization o. them.
TRACY's MANNER
Is direct ami peremptory, and listen
err said that his voice either rang like
a bell or cracked like rifle" II soon
appeared, also, that Tracy had the
purpose of showing that all through
MUulton's relation to Beecher he had
never been Beecher's friend, but mere.
ly the agent or GO between of Tiiton.
Tracy began by asking witness a Sc.
ries Of questions about Beechers So
called apology" or letter of cOntri-
ton, but his inquiries about this aud
other matters were presently inter-
rupted by the opposing counsel. The
Interruptions were 20 frequent and so
determined, and the introduction of
numerous questions was so holly con-
tested, that il looked ~ though Tracy
would hardly be- allowed To proceed in
any direction in all orderly manner,
and the Judge found an amount of
work that tried both his attention and
his temper. Letting this point be I'M
derstood once for all, l will
SUMMARIZE PROCEEDINGS
BY saying that the witness was exam
ined about Il e "letter of contrition,n
about his knowledge of Tilton's sever
ance from the Independent, and his
negotiations at that time with Tilton
about the first Bowen Tilton letter to
/ Beecher; about the interview of the
witness with BeecheT after the presen-
tatlon Of that letter: about the visits
of witness and BeeCher to each others
| houses; about the stories Moulton
heard regarding YiltoD land here there
was a struggle between counsel as to
the admis-ibility Of these stories /;
about the Wiusted story OF Tillon and
am unnamed female; about his Moul-
tOu'sl first offer Of service TO Bercher
in the name Of friendship; about his
] lLLludt4 WIN liltbur ana MS ltla-
/ tiDus, tmiCable or Otherwi-e with
| Beecher; about hl- interview with
Mrs. Tiltou, a. her home, ia relation
10 her paper Of confession; about her
Illness at that time, concerning which
his memory was at fault, and he could
recOllect but little about the suisse
queut exciting interview with Beech
er in Beecher's house in regard 10 the
Tetractio which Beecher had got
from Mrs. TIlton-which was demand
ed by Moulton. MoultOn here sketch
ed the interview. and detailed the con-
versaliou in which Beecher declared
himself on
THE BRINK or A " MORAL NIAGARA"
Mr.. Tracy here called the attention
Of the witness 10 the circumstance that
now at this present crOss>eXaminatiUn
as well "a, previously at the direct eX-
animation he had, in describing this
interview and naTrating BreCher's
language, first said that BeecAcr spoke
If the " expression Of AI. love for
Mrs. TiltOu, and then correcting him
self by Inserting % word 30 a. tD make
Br-curT speak If the sexual - eX-