The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-25
BEECHER TRIAL,

tlle usual uukuueF VI Auulth ~ tlt luupttt
Notwithstanding the driving hail storm
all morning, All the parties to the sui
were in court and the Jurors in theirseats
Bessie Turner resumed her place on the
stand and her Cross-examination was
continued as follows when Tilton took
me up stairs after leaving the parlor ]
was there some time, till dark, think
about two or three hours, Witness was
here asked to give a fixed time, but she
kept looking at the clerk In the room
and smiling at every repetition Of the
question and reiterating her answer thai
Il was about two or three hours. She
then continued-He then spoke to me Of
the term sexual intercourse; he did moi
tell me that Mrs. TiltOn had confessed 10
him her adultery with Beecher; II | said
so before the church committee II must
have been through seeing Il in the papers
and must have been mistaken; | have
talked about the case since Twas here yes
terday; no one suggested how to explain
my having stated to the committee that
Mrs, TiltOn had confessed TO Tlton;
have talked with Mrs, 0yington, Mrs.
Shearman, Mrs, Tilton and Mr., Shearman
about II; | remember the occasion when
Tilton called for Mrs. Tilton at Mrs.
Morse's; was on the stairs and saw Til.
ton partially kneelingj one knee was on
the lOOr, and the other was raised; II
was man ! could show you the position
he was In; ] remember speaking to the
committee about this, but ! do not recOl.
lect what ! told them.
The witness was asked II she stated be-
fore the committee that Tilton vowed he
loved her and asked her to come back 10
his house, to which she replied; / may
have said this, but l don't Fecollect.
talked 80 fast when ] was before the
Committee that may have got things
mixed up; | cannot tell from memory
what | said to them, but all | can say IL
that l was trying to tell tho truth; on
that occasion Mrs. Morse was on the
stairs two or three steps above me, Mr..
Tilton then came out Of the parlOr with
Mrs, Tilton on bis arm and he looked up
and said, "Good evening grandma" and
she said, an grandma you, you internal
scoundrel, you perfdious wretch, I'll pub.
lish you from Dan to Beersheba." Mr.,
Tilton said, "Why you appear to be ex-
cited grandma" and she replied, am OK.
cite you, you scOundrel. lie then went
away with Mrs. TiltOn and shortly after
arriving there Mrs. TiltOn retired 10 bed;
was In the room with Mr.. TiltOn about
an hour after she retired; Mr.. Tilton re.
peated his conversation and said that
Paul was not his child, he claimed none
OF them except Florence, he said he had
seen Mrs. Tilton and Mr.. Beecher time
and again having sexual intercourse on
the red sofa; he also named two other gen.
tlemen with whom she had improper re.
latiOns; he never spoke 10 ME OF Mrs.
TllIOns having confessed to him Of her
sexual intercourse with Beechor; on my
leaving the room after this conversation
| went to her room; think Mrs. Tiltun
wonttO New Brunswick In November be.
fore this, on her return she brought Flor.
enCe with her; | told Tiltor that he
should treat hls wife kindly as she was
always crying and he said she was weep.
Ing for her Eins with Beecher; II was on
Friday evening, the 30th Of December,
that Isaw Beecller there; Isaw him In
Tiltons room talking to Mrs. TiltOn; abe
was half reclining on the pillows; In
June or February | went to school; Mrs.
Tilton spoke to inc about II after the re-.
traction was signed, Titon also spoke Of
II saying he and Elizabeth were going to
do something nice for me; they were
going to send me to school ut steu6enyillc,
Ohio.
The attention Of tho witness was called
to her testimony on this point before the
committee. II was read to her, but abe
could not reCOllect II she had said no; she
could not recollect anything about Il on
that point.
Witness resumed. knew Miss Vance
at school; ! do not remember her saying
Rhe was going OH visit to BROOKLYN |
recOllect her saying Slle waS coming Eas |;
may have said II she came 10 Brooklyn
she ought to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton; |
may have told her they were kind peO.
pie and waS very much attached to
them; may have stated she would bc dc.
lighted with Tilton hc was such a perfect
gentleman; when was four or five years
old 1 went to visit Mrs. Abram Jones In
New York; I have lived with Mrs. Libby;
after leaving Mrs. Jones went 10 Mrs.
Haggetty; | ran away from there and
went to Mrs. Libbys; 1 left there because
was lonely; was In u house on Broad.
way before / went 10 Mrs. TiltOn'A about
two OF three months; the store was owned
by Elias Bros; was not accused Of any
thing when | left there; / was discharged
at the time | left; this was the dollar
store on Broadway; went to Mr.. TiItOns
In '64, and was not there since January,
III; left Mf. Tilton's two or three times,
but can't tell the occasion; when went
to Doctor Stone; | was also In Ovington'a
store during the holidays; arst wrote
the letter at The dctatiOn Of Tilton; II was
before wrote tho letter for Mrs. Tilton;
| told TiltOn about Mrs. TiltOn having
told Mrs. Morse about his charge against
her; Tllton asked me 10 sign my name 10
this letter and did; Tmade certain state.
ments 10 him about Mrs. Morse and lie
wanted me to put In the paper what he
dictated; Il was with regard To the con.
yersation Ihad with him; cannot reco.
lect II Tilton dictated what | had told
him about Mts, Morse cofrectly I do not
remember any mistakes or error that he
made In the repetition ofiEii he had made
any error ottold falshood I don't think
| would put IL down, lie dictated II 80 fast
that l did not take time 10 observes; II
seems to me he dictated faster than |
could writet I wrote all that he dictated.
Nj. Fulletton read sentences from the
letter Of January 10Th, 1871, stating that
Mrs. Morse had repeatedly offered Bessie
presents to toll stories about Tiltoh and
that tho writer had been persuaded that
the kind attention shown by Tillon 10
her we're untrue. The witness stAte,l
that this was not the. time. Fallettoh
read that the writer did not want 10 be
used by Mrs. Morse 10 bring trouble on
her two besL friends Mis-. Triton and her
husband, and she waS asked II that WA
true. The witness replied = That was
Tiltonh dictalion, and my writing the
conversation about going 10 school waA
after this | think I went 10 school on the
9TH Of February; the conversation was
| had abotit nv pnihp nm Sunday, | went