The Portland daily press., 1875-06-30
THE SCANDAL.
THE SCANDAL.
NO VERDICT YET.
The Jury Send for the Testimony.
LOeder COnfeSSeS the EaISity OF
his Affidavit.
Arrest OF LOeder for Perjury.

New YORK, June 29.-The peepng uphol-
sterer of affidavit fame Joseph Loeder.) was
arrested last night by officer Shaughnessy. OF
the third district court, on complaint OF Colo-
mel Beecher for perjury. Price appeared as
witness against him, making affidavit that he
did not know Loeder previous to 1877, and
knew nothing about Tilton's house until re-
Gently. He said that Loeder told him that now
would be good time to make some money.
Judge Morris appeared for Loeder and Tracy
and Hill for the complainant Judge Riley
ordered both Loeder and Price locked up for
examination. Loeder has made an affidavit
retracting his story of what he saw in TIlton's
house, and declaring that he never saw any i'm
propriety between Beecher and Mrs. Tilton,and
that when he looked into the room they were
engaged in prayer beside the lounge.
Singular Proceeding ON the Part Of De.
fendanps Counsel.
The following extraordinary scene in report
ed as having occurred yesterday at the Brook
Ign city court: About p. m. those who hap
pened to be in the corridors were astonished to
see Sherman, Murray, and Bigelow, and law
yer Abbott's clerk, walk brskly to the court
room adjoining the one in which the jury were
with two windows looking directly into two
windows OF the latter room, at a distance OF
about twenty feet. An attempt to follow them
showed that they had secured the door behind
them by placing chair under the knob When
point was found from which a view of the in
terror of the room could be obtained, it was
clerk were engaged in animated debate in front
of one of the windows me- ntioned, while Muir
ray was at the other, conversng in loud voice
with Christopher Filter and George Hull, who
were sitting at the window opposite AT this
the reporters burst in the door and entered the
room, when Sherman, Murray and the clerk
Immediately made their exit. BigelOw re-
NAMED nearly half an hour there, the reporters
watching him closely, when he too left in APP
parent disgust. AS soon as Filter saw the re-
bo oil III ha blinds A Of
room subsequently obtained from a house in
Boerum Place showed that the twelve were
again in consultation.
LOeder says the Reporters Exaggerated.
| An Argus reporter interviewed Loeder this
| afternoon. Loeder denied that he saw any i'm
prOprietieS between Beecher and Mrs. TitOn.
He says what he told the reporter was greatly
| exaggerated The reporter says Loeder looked
like thoroughly frightened man.
Prices Retraction.
Prices affidavit published this afternoon says
| SIT is not true that he ever worked with Load
er or was ever with Loader in TiltOn's house,
either in the month of Oct. 1869, or at any time
| nor is it true that he ever saw Henry Ward
| Beecher in said house, and he has never seen
| Mrs. Elizabeth r. Tilton either at said house
or elsewhere to his knowledge
Talking about New Trial.
BROOKLYN, June 29-Already some Of the
| scandal talk is about the probability of new
| trial. MIR. Morris said yesterday that his side
were ready to begin within an hour after the
discharge Of the jury using the testimony Of
by Tilton's counsel in the offer of the testimo.
| ny of Loader, Price and Legs were copies of
the original afidavits. Yesterday Shearman
| complained to Judge Nelson that the originals
had not been used, and Morris promised to pro-
duce them.
| Cont Room Sccnes-The Whole of the Ev.
| idence Sent to the Jury.
| The Beecher-Tilton jury were taken down to
| one of the courts on the second floor after
breakfast this morning. Judge Nelson oDen-
| ed the city court at 10 o'clock and took I'D the
| Caldwell were the only representatives of Ply
meuth church present, and none of the Tilton
party were in attendance. At 1890 the court
officer in charge of the jury brought verbal
message from the jury to Judge Nelson, but
| he refused to disclose its character. An i'm
mense crowd assembled in the court house,
along the corridors and in the hall down stairs,
| and discussed the new surprise which turned
| up in the breaking down of the carpet layers
| story about Beecher and Mrs Titon. The
| sidewalks in the vicinity of the court house
| were lined with gazers at the photograph man
| taking picture Of the front Of the building.
| The police were busy hurrying on the cars and
| pedestrians. A man in the corridor leading to
| the court room exhibited specimens of medal
| lion busts of the defendant in alabaster.
| at 11.45 Messrs. Morris and Pryor step ped
up beside the Judge and whispered to him. His
| honor despatched messenger for the defen-
| dant's counsel, Sherman, who was soon found.
| consultation between the judge and the law
| yers took place. 1t was understood that the
| jury requested to be furnished with the testl-
| mony of Beecher and Moulton. His honor was
| heard to remark that the testimony was in two
books, and the books conld be sent. Pryor
| objected that there was evidence of other wit
nesses in these books. His honor met this
difficulty by the suggestion that the evidence
| should be torn out and sent to the jury. to
which the counsel on both sides agreed. Coun-
| sci then left the bench and went into the ante
| chamber, where directions were given to the
clerks to prepare the evidence as suggested.
| When Sherman was leaving the room the re-
| porters inquired what was the news, to which
he replied be was in great hurry, and could
only stop to say the jury had come to no de-
cision yet
| At 2 o'clock by consent of all the counsel,
Judge Nelson sent up the entire testimony to
| the jury with instructions not to read the in
| troductory matters or counsels arguments. A
copy of the judges chargeIwas also sent to the
| jury. From this it is the opinion that the jury
will spend another night out The Judge still
| declares he will not send for the jury until he
is convinced an agreement is hopeless
Judge Nelson says he will not interrupt the
| jury ia their deliberations tonight.