The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-27
By TELEGRAPH.
The TiltOn.B ,echer Trlnl.

Nnw YoEk, Feb. 20.

NEw YoEK, Feb 20.
The Brooklyn city court room was less
crowded than usual this morning. Beecher
and wife and Tilton were present but
Mrs. Tilton and her friends were absent.
All that portion of Mr.. Tracy's speech
teegraphed last night, In reference to tie
letter of contritlou, was obtained 10 adj
vance of delivery Mr.. Tracy only reach
ed that subject to-day, and is now deliver
Ing the address as telegraphed Another
point, said the counsel | come to is the
alleged confession of his guilt tina, defend
ant is charged with having made to Mou-
ton and his wife. Al the church commit
tee Titon said that this evidence against
Henry Ward Beecher was in writing, and
he did not then pretend tina, he had in
his possession any oral confession of Mr..
Beecher. Mr.. Moulton's statement of
August 2lst stated that Mr.. Beecher had
confessed to him, but that was given in
general terms and not specifically. This
was challenged, and it was not until the
second statement that he came out with it
boldly, and they would also remember that
on his examination here he clothed his Ian
guage in different terms to what he did in
his second statement. Youwill remember
how Moulton, on the witness stand made
a slip twice in regard to the words sex
ual relations. Now in his second state
ment he omitted the word ''sexual" and
said when Mr.. Beecher was confessing t.
him he used the word relations Moul-
ton makes and invents the interview of Jan
uary % with Mr.. Beecher. Sunday came
on The first of January, 1871, and the apol-
ogy was written on that evening. and on
the next day, which was the Cd of Jan
uary, Mr.. Moulton says he called on Mr..
Beecher and had the interview. Now,
| gentlemen, the 2d of January of that year
was New Years day, when Mr. Beecher
entertained over eight hundred callers.
and we will show that Mr.. Moulton had no
interview with him. The object of these
| interviews of Mr.. Titon and Moulton with
MIR. Beecher in 1871 was TO procure Tiltons
|
dent. They got Bessie Turner TO retract
the stories with regard to Tilton's intimacy
with her, and the actions of Tllton and
Moulton showed they knew that Bessie
Turner circulated these stories and it was
for their interest to get her out of the way
altogether out of Brooklyn so that she
might not Interfere with their plans They
attempted to put the responsibility of her
absence on Beecher for circulating stories
with regard to his intimacy with Mrs Til.
ton. They were careful TO get her retrac-
ton of stories against Mr.. Til,on that she
had been instrumental in raising. Do you
think, gentlemen, This retraction was OBJ
tanned to benefit Mr.. Beecher: You will
readily see that it was not This retraction
was obtained by Tlton and MoutoA who
believed that Bessie Turner would appear
in court with different story and they
would have this retraction to bring against
her Was it not remarkable that the man
who was alleged to have sent her away
made no effort to obtain rctractIon of her
stories against him: But Francis ID. NIoul-
ton was the man who makes the
suggestion of sending her away, when
he tells Mr. Beecher that Tilton
is not able TO send her away or pay her
bills. Therefore, when retractons were
being got from every person who had cir
culated stories about Tilton, this girl it was
determined TO send out of the wav, and
Mr.. Beecher said, "Lct her 20 away, and
if Mr.. Tilton is unable | will bear the en-
pcnses.' On January 3D. or 18th there is an
interview between iIeecher and 1'ilton at
Moulton's house, when Moulton reproved
Titon for not showing hospitality at meet
ing with Beecher. Was this retraction OF
a friend when speaking to an injured hus.
band for not shaking hands with his wife's
betrayer? Then comes the letters of Feb
9TH to make more complete the reconcilia-
ton which these parties sought. Mrs. Til
| ton was aggrieved at the conduct Of hel
husband to her, and Mr.. Beecher writes {
letter to her asking her to live with hel
husband and make his home happy. In his
letter TO Moulton he said his object was tC
see Mrs. Tilton's husband, trusting and loy
ing her with more, even, than his old love
Was this said the counsel, likely to be thu
conduct and expression Of man who Wa
< charged with adultery? The counsel sal,
he would not dwell on the remaining let
tiers which passed between the parties il
n that winter, or the remarkable story whic.
the plaintiff told of his interviews will
MIR. Beecher of the paternity of his los
child. Hesald he would now review Tilton'
connection with Victoria Woodruff. TIL,
e other side had conceded that Tilton hat
7 written the life of Mrs. Woodruff in Sep
. TENDER, 1871. He attributes his acquaint
d ance with her to his being in the editor
a ship of the Independent. He attribute
4 his connection with her to tie tor the ben
eft of the defendant. His relations wit
her he claims have been entirely proper, an
during his acquaintance with her n0thin
II improper in her conduct was ever revcale
to him. If he presumed to set forth {
public that his acquaintance with Mrs
Woodruff was begun on account of Nj
i, Beecher, and his statement was contradic
ed, then the witness was contradicted on
d very important point. He went to Cone
Island in carriage with her and deni'
u having bathed with her He would sho
they had both deposited their watches wit
the coachman, and returned with all e.
licences that they hal been bathing.
'e would show them that they returned
the house of Mr.. Moulton on their retur
I'D and stayed until evening, when he toe
this woman in a covered carriage to h
w own house. He would show them til