Connecticut western news., 1875-02-05
Burglary in Ashley FaIIa IF,

hlght or last week the depot building in Asfiey Falls was entered by burglar, and the money drawer cut open and robbed. As only few pieces of scrip were in the drawer, the robber was poorly paid for hls trouble, getting only from dollar to dol lar and half in money. He went in the freight room, however, and took box con- taining small cans of mustard, which may have been worth two or three dollars more. He effected an entrance by breaking an upper pane of glass in the window near one of the doors, and reaching through turned the catch in the window and raised it sufficiently hlgb to enable him to reach the latch on the inside of tue door, raising which allowed i'm to enter.
 The New Danbury Paper.-Mr. c. E. A. McGeachy, who has conduct the ed . torial department of the Danhury Nescs during tue absence of Mir. Bailey in Lon don, until within few weeks past, and who has maintained the enviable reputation of the N|aos probably better than any other man in the country could have done, has started new paper in Danbury, called The Dan6ur5a1, the first number of which was sent out 10 the world Saturday of last week. This first number cones to us in the form of the half of 8 quarto sheet, which we understand to mean that when the wheels are we'll oiled and ir good run ming order, 1he Dan6urian is to be in the form of a quarto. This first number ie we'll printed, and it is a sufficient xllusion to tue editorial department to say it is chock full of McGeachy. We hope, and shall expect to see. 1he Danburian attain ihe success 1t will merit, and which will be full and generous one.
 The Beeoher Trial. Tt may seem strange to find an item with the above caption in the home news column. We have placed it here because it belongs here. The trial of Henry Ward Beecher is ''home news" all over the United States. This great and terrible trial has filled the country full oi itself for the past three or four weeks
 The opening address by the counsel for tht prosecution, occupying severfl days, and the examination of Francis D. Moulton many days longer, every word and syllable of which. by tbe nimble fingers of the st. . nographers. has been accurately given 70 the press, has again filled the socisl atmos- phere of this vast country with the noisome stench that the prime movers on the par, of the prosecution have constantly and persstently thrust upon the world since ,he case was first made pubic. At the time of thls writing nothing of especial i'm
 portance has been brought out by the trial 'hut has not been repeatedly stated before ; nothing new to further establish in tbe minds of the people conviction that Henry Ward Beecher is guilty of the terri ble crime of which he is charged, aud nothing has been brought to the surface that cannot be very reasonably explained away. The terrible ''letter of contriiion, , ard which was the greatest evidence of Mr. Beecher's guilt, and which many, very many, could not reconcile with their idea of the possible acts of an innocent man, proves by this examination of Moulton and the letter itself, to have been acritten by | Francis D. Moulton! This letter was signed by MT. Beecher, to be sure, but it is no evidence that he knew what he was l signing. At the time of the interview at which this letter was written, Mir. Beecher was made to realize that he had done MT. Tilton an almost irreparable injury tha, the advice he had given to Mrs. Hilton, who had consulted him as her pastor con- corning her domestic troubles, and advising that she had better separate from him If he persevered in his cruelty to her. and per
 sisted in the practise of his principles oI free-loveism. If this advice had resulted in the destruction of MT. Tilton's family, is it strange that he, in his intense griei and remorse, having all the confidence ir Moulton that 1t Is possible for one man tc place in another, should say to him "Y0u know all about it.; am willing 10 say O' do anything to make full reparation to MT Hilton. Write what you think will satisfy him." Like thousands who are constantly signing papers without reading them, b, hastily signed it and left it in the charge o
 MOulton to give to Hilton. Thus was mad, this terrible testimony, to subsequently oc- conspiracy that was to entangle Henry
 Ward Beecher in its meshes and prove him
 by it's being perverted to the damnable pur
 pose of those who were plotting his de struction, to be guilty of the terrible sin O
 adultery. As the prosecution Is giving t'
 the world in this proiracted trial no nev
 evidence, it is now safe to say that ever,
 iOts of all that has been, or probably vii
 be, brought against MT. Beecher, Is susccp
 tible of @ reasonable and satisfactory ex
 planation. There are those who wou' love to see Mir. Beecher hurled into tn
 mire of iafamY, who will never be ''sAtia ) fl d" wi:h any amount of evidence of hi r innocence. There are others who, for req . sons perhaps we'll known to themselves, ar
 now shaking their heads in their profoun
 wisdom and saying: ''lt looks dark. looks dark; 1 am afraid MT. Beecher guilty!" This same class of people, afte dig, sting Tilton's numerous statements ut first, looked wise and pronounced Nil F. guilty. After many months MT. Beeche . gave in his statement, and they then sai he was innocent; now they have agai , brought him in guilty. If these ''Dutc judges" occupy a high position in life;
 they do the thinking for those aroun them, their premature decisions will be be lieved to be correct, and we desire to as . hem if they would like to be declare guilty of heinous crime before any pa of the evidence of their defense had bee heard? It must be plain to them that te
 words have been said by the Tilton party