The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-06-17
OVER THE WIRES
Continuation of hr. Eeachs Ar
gument.
The Long Continued Pennsylva
mia Miners Strike at
an End.
The Miners Make an CncOndi.
tiOnal Surrender.

Court room was packed this morning as il
had never been during the trial. The en-
trance Of Mr.. Beach, who was to deliver the
closing address for the prosecution. was the
signal for a storm of applause, which was
with difficulty checked by the officers. Ex-
Judge Fullerton arrived shortly after, and
received similar ovation. The friends Of
the plaintiff were mustered in force, and
scarcely vacant spot was TO be found in
the room. The ante-room and corridors
were thronged with dissatisfied persons I'M
able To gain admittance to the court room.
The plaintiff was early in bis place, and
was closely surrounded by the surging
crowd. Mr.. Beach rose to address the jury
at ten minutes past IL o'clock. He said
that at last Theodore Tilton had an oppOr-
tunity to be heard in court
of justice, after having been overwhelm-
ed with calumnies and prosecuted by all
the power of a man whom, by the genius OF
Samuel Wilkinson, was discovered TO be the
greatest man on earth; and haunted by all
the agencies inspired by an influential
church. He referred to the church inyesti-
cation as one-sided and partizan trial, in
which the tribunal was composed OF the
friends of the accused, and in which the lat
ter was represented by counsel, and in
which the plaintiff was deprived of every
advantage which the nature of his case re-
quired. 1t was classed in this way to salts
fy the public, but the public clamor had
convinced Beecher's friends of their mis-
take. He said that in making insulting
predictions and in repeating insulting
epithets, until the ear was panied by them,
he should not attempt to vie with the coun-
| sci for the defense. The jury had a duty
| to perform, OF the most momentous charac-
ter. They were to pronounce upon the
guilt or innocence of the greatest preacher
in Christendom. They had been asked to
declare by their verdict, that Tilton, Mr.
Moulton and Ms. Moulton were perjurers
and had no place in a court Of justice. He
said Evarts had personally appealed
to the foreman of the jury, and had
| assumed to know the verdict which they
would render. Mr.. Beach said he knew
the influences which had surrounded the
jury during the trial, and was aware of the
dark shapes which had lowered around
them he knew the immense influence
possessed by the powerful organization be.
hind the defense, and he knew how it had
been exer.ed. Mr.. Evarts had wished for
the one hundred eyes Of Argus and the one
hundred arms of Briarieus, but he had had
them, and more too.
| Mr.. Beach said that Evarts had also had
the gold Of Midas, and it was put where ii
would do the most good. Laughter II
the counsel on the other side spoke with
authority; if the the jury had been con.
troled by the influence OF Plymouth
| Church il they allowed their opinions to
be governed by INvECrIvE and assertion
then he had nothing to hope from theil
verdict. lie was no such orator as Brutus
was, and had but plain, simple, logical
argument to present. Ii the jury
would be governed by the logic Of
the facts; if they would hear tie case OF
the plaintiff before they would consign him
and Moulton and Mrs. Moulton to infamy
then he demanded a verdict at their hands
He asked no verdict against Henry Ward
Beecher which was not based upon the
plain truth. After asking the jury ii they
| had ever before heard such storm of in
vective As had been poured out in thi'
court room by the counsel for the defense
Mr.. Beach said that the extraordinary as
sertion of the other side, that the plaintiff
| never had any case, was contradicted by the
time and labor spent in trying
to overthrow it. The witness for the de
Tense, upon whom all the arguments of the
case rested, was Beec,er himself Mr.. Por-
ter had made the astonishing declaration
thai Tilton had been contradicted by thir-
| ty-four witnesses, an assertion which conld
only be met with a plain denial. On no
material point had Tilton been contradict.
ed, except by Beecher Mr.. Beach said the
counsel for the defense had occupied thir
teen days, not in trying
to establish the innocence Of
OF Beecher, but to destroy Tilton and all
his supporters. He then referred to the in.
consistency in this effort, Tracy accusing
Tilton Of having a genius for laundering
while Porter represented him as a cunning
and subtle schemer. He said the plaintiff
was represented as a man of the basest and
most devilish character, who had sought tc
secure the success Of foul conspiracy by
marshaling host of Perjurers into court
MIR. Beach asked the jury TO remember the
letters OF Tilton to his wife, which had
been read IN court, and the testimony o.
Beecher himself in regard to Tilton's char
acter, and he asked il that char
acter could be such as ii wa.
represented by the counsel for the defense
He had no desire to detract from the vir
tues OF Beecher he readily admitted thai
Beecher was great man, and that he had
many good and noble qualities; in fact
the defense of Beecher had been obliged tc
fight against his generous impulses
all through this case, as appeared in the
testimony in regard to the charge OF black.
mailing but before he had concluded he
thought he would be able to show the jury
that Beecher was not quite per
Il Il al.
Beecher had consented .unwillingly to the
policy of silence. Did it look like it wher
Tilton was about to publish the letter tc
Bowen and Beecher interfered to prevent it
Did it look like it when he took pains tc
secure the silence of Mrs. Morse? Wher
he sent Mr.. Bell to stop the deacons' meet
ing and when he enjoined secrecy upon hi:
nephew, Mr.. Perkins He Beach, had sup
posed that the tripartite agreement was a
device for restricting the secret to the
small circle then possessing it. He had
also supposed that when Beecher, lndel
the pressure of the West charges, offered tc
resign his position rather than have an in.
vestigation, he was striving to conceal
something; but the strongest proof to hi.
mind was letter which Beecher wrote tc
Mrs. Bradford, advising her not to appear
as a witness before the church, on the
ground that the subject OF the West char.
ges was one which ought not be disturbed
Beach then considered the declaration oil
Porter that Beecher was entitled to the
presumption Of innocence, and argued that
while this would be true in criminal case
the defendant in civil Gaze was not emit.
tied to such presumption. Porter had ex.
pressed extreme surprise that the complaint
in this case charged seduction and adultery
at the home OF Henry Ward Becher, and
also spoke of the adroitness with which the
10th Of October, 1868, had been selected, to
avoid an alibi. Now, Mr.. Beach said, he
did not know where the seduction was &C.
complished, but the place and act OF adul.
| terry were furnished to Tilton by his wife
and by Beecher, according to plaintiffs ties.
| timony, and 1t was a simple question OF
veracity between Tilton and Beecher
Recess.
After recess Beach resumed his address.
He spoke of Porter's assertion that Mr.
Tiltcn had CARRIED the Griffith Gaunt. let
ter, and then quoted the passage in which
extracts from the letter were read by Til
ton in his sworn statement. He said Til
ton merely quoted a part of this letter
in support of his position with no garb-
ling or Misrepresentation, and his learned
friends remark was unjust and ungenerous
in the use he made Of it. He denied that
| popular verdict had been recorded for
Mr.. Beecher, as had been asserted, and
named a number of we'll known newspapers,
in different sections of the conntrv "a ipdi