Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-21
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
BEECHER'S STORY.
HIS INTERVIEW WITH wOODHCLL
the CR0SS-ExAMINATI0N CLOSED.
TIE COLD SNAP AND THE CROPS.
TIE PIPIL ENJOYS.
CIVIL RIGHTS IN GOTHAM.
NEW TWEED SUITS
BEECHER'S STORY.
HISINTERvIEw WITH Woodruff
the CR0ss-ExAMINAIloN CLOSED.
TIE COLD SNAP AND THE CROPS.
TIE PIP4L ENJOYS.
CIVIL RIGHTS IN GOTHAM.
NEW TWEED SUITS
THE TON-BEECHER SIiT.
Close Of the Cross ENau iuaptou.

sbOSe tBe NATION.
| NEW YORK, April 2l.-When FVar'S ,.u-
tered tie courtroom this m0rnlng. before
| proceedings were commenced. Mr.. CheS ter
Carpenter, foreman OF the jury, was the only
one OF that body IN his seat Judge Nelson
said, "Can YOU try the case with one Jury
man to-day. AIR. EYartSy' The ready repIy
was, II can, your honor. if no other law yer
| presents himself" The courtroom was
| densely packed a half hour before the cause
opened, and all the counsel were early in
| attendance. Gen. Pryor was among the
plalntln's counsel. and close beside him sat
Mouiton. Boeche. was attended as usual Ia
| his wife and sons. and a few minutes after
his entry assembled the witness stand He
continued MS testimony AZ follows.
SAW VICTORIA Woodruff
| IN June. 1871, at TiltOn'S. had an interview
| wlth her there. think this was after the
publication OF her card in the New YORK
| World. l think the interview lasted Ten
minutes. / saw her next I'm the autumn %
| lSai. about The 2Uth of october. I think the
time OF the yacht race. 1 cannot SayfTi saw
Ter between those interviews iShOwn a let
ter think this is letter received from
her though / am not conversant with her
handwriting.
Judge Fullerton read the letter. dated No
veInber 18th, Is5l, in which she desired To
| have On interview with him, asking JUSTICE
nom those vino had 4 right - give 10 20 ner
ana asking MN TO assist IN getting Justice
done her
Witness said
TOOK THIS LETTER TO MOULTOE.
and said would nave 10 write an answer.
he disSuaded me from writing. and said he
could manage IL for me. / understood he was
10 see her personally. There was some mo-
ton towards making am answer, bat he took
III oil my hands. / saw Mrs. WoDihull next
morning at MoUiton's. He had then changed
his mind. and said would see her. She vas
either there then, or came ia afterwards. The
Interview was in the seconi-slory front
| room, and lasted about half an hour. sun
pose l went home after that interview.
raw MoUltOn and Tilt0n go down stairs al
the termination OF that interview and saw
them, think, i'm the parlor. l think Mrs.
Woodruff took carriage and went away
from the house. Another letter was Ia nde1
witness, and witness continued. This.
think. is the
CoNaUNlCATION I RECEIVED FROM MRS.
Woodruff.
think spoke 10 MoultOa and Tilton about
the Interview in the parlor, al leas: nv inn
preston is that way.
Fullerton read the letter. dated December
l., 1871, in which she asked him 10 preside al
the Steinway Hall meeting.
Witness said II wrote an answer 10 this
letter OF Mrs. Woodhull's.
Fullerton also read a letter from witness 10
Moulion, inclOsing the letter OF Mrs. Wool
hull, dated January Is, ls72
Witness then testified Il consulted MoIl-
ton about the Christian Union. and wanted
him 10 take some stock. Besides consulting
him about scandal matters, / consulted him
scandal. but cannot recall them. When
ENCLOSED MRS. wOoDHULLs LETTER To
NOCLToN
on tie 81 January, ! did no. do 50 because
1T related TO the scandal. The letter from
Mrs. Woodruff, accompanied by one from
my sister, was matter Tor considerable dis
cussion, but the idea of consultation with a
third party did not enter my mind. MOGltOa
thought il would be good thing for me to
60 do not recollect he said il would be a
opportunity for me TO exert my inhuence
over this woman. / told Mrs. MoultOn thai
her husband and Tilton thought a goOI deal
Of Mrs. Woodruff, and that she
MIGHT BE A ROUGH DIAMOND.
out mat nay first experiences OF her wcre not
favorable. 1 told Mrs. Woodhall that il was
notmy habit 10 preside at public meetings,
ana saw no reason TO change NV habit i'm
respect to her, and she urged that it was an
occasion OF reform i'm public views, and lie
clared was ia sympathy with them, but
told her / was not in sympathy with them
The question Mrs. MoultOn asked me wa,
what thought Of Mrs. Woo1hull. and thai
FRANK WANTED HER
IN the house i said / did not have any
thoughts about her, AMI That Frank wanted
10 nave her IN the house. and that her COM
ing here could not have any influence on
her Mrs. Moultonl cannot say how many
times saw Mrs. Woodhull after the Stein
way Hall meeting. IShown a letter. | think
This was written by me; il looks like my
writing.
Judge Fullerton read the letter. datei
Brooklyn. January LIST. 49,. and written by
witness TO Mrs Wooihull. informing ho- of
the receipt OF her letter of Deem Der 80. ISL
aud telling her that he was unable tn go TO
WASH 'GgtQD on account OF lecture engage
menfs OF his a. New England
Witness said tbs letter was written after
the Steinway Hall meeting ] received a
letter from Mrs. Woodruff
ENCLOSING ONE FROM MRS. HOOKER.
my sister. In the summer OF '13 my health
was good. As j remember l;have often entered
the pulpit, but never male q statement IN
that period that had entered il one hundred
times IN which never expected TO leave il
alive. Fullerton read from witness state
ment of last summer. in which he said he
often expected never 10 leave the pulpit
alive; that he was often attacked with glddi-
ness and would often have fallen il he had
not caught the sides, and tia! he often came
nigh falling in the streets. The staten mt
also reterIeh 10 the last lime he saw Mrs.
Tilfoh having a feeling that he would meyer
again see her alive. Witness continued I
have for long Time had violent symptoms
which misinterpreted and which are dcluS-
i've. Al the time | wrote this statement |
did not put forth these symptoms. AS a
reason for my letter of February ), ISL. TO
Mrs. Tilton, and what il expressed TO her i'm
not being alive many days, my physician
talked with me about il. ] became convinced
thatmy symptoms arose from cerebral over
action. do not recOllect that any physi-
dot apprehend now that shall die of apo
pleXy. / got rid of that impression before
ISL or 1872. When i wrote the letter
IHAD A STRONG PREM0NTTIoN
that my end was drawing near spoke then
as l often do in the pulpit, sometimes in
sadness. and at other times in gladness- The
moved was by the sovereign hand of Got.
/ did rot expect that ! would be translated
like Elijah, but as Henry ward beecner
would be IL God took him. After this APP
prehension OF death 1 do not recall If 1 made
any insurance ON my life. nor do rem en-
Der il insured my life after 1870 at all An
application was made by Ford & Co. OF an
INSURANCE. ON MY LIFE IN "a.
i suppose / was interrogated by an agent,
but don't remember going through an exam
ination.
Mr.. Evarts interrupted here, and said this
was not the witness application for insur-
ance on his life, bat was some other persons.
"a - n wa - Of
and would read part OF it In evidence.
Mr.. Evarts contended that questions with
regard to Beechers symptoms were collat-
eral, and that the introduction OF the insur-
ance paper was extra judicial.
Judge Nelson said counsel could Use this
paper for the purpose ofdirectlng the witness
as to what he remembered.
Mr.. Fullerton read the questions and
answers contained in the insurance paper
among which was long list OF diseases
flesh is heir TO-" and in regard to which the
witness had been questioned, and followed
by the answer no The paper was signed II.
w. Beecher and j. B. Ford 4 Co.
The Cfo9B.EXaminatiO0 Closed,
Fullerton announced that this closed the