The Portland daily press., 1875-04-03

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Witness-He spoke Of Bowen's conduct TO
Hill as base and treacherOus, and sald nau
circulated stories about him. [ was disposed 10
make explanations. He waived silence anuI
was silent. Then he said / had not only lnJur
ed his business prospects but had inslhuaCeu
myself into his family and wrought HIM more
mischief there; had usurped his place; ana had
caused his wife to transfer her affections 10 he
in an extraordinary degree, and his family haa
well nigh been destroyed, and allowed my wife
and his mother-in-law to conspire tor separa-
ton of his family; and taught Elizabeth TO he'
that he married her simple and truthful, ana l,
who tied the knot in the sanctuary to BIND
them in inseparabe love, bad stretched out my
hand to unite the knot; that she looked 10 me
for government of the family, and that nad
made overtures of an improper character 10
her. looked surprised, and he drew from MS
POCKET slip Of paper, which purported 70 De YEA
confession of his wife that had solicited her
to be my wife, with all that implied. lie sad
that in July previous she had confessed undue
affection for me; that she had since renewed
this confession; that for shame's sake she tore
up the original, and then taking the paper he
tore it into fragments and burned it, Turning
to me be said, land now you can go down and
verify these statements, and see Elizabeth.
said she never could have written anything SO
base ''The house is but few blocks off,
said he.
The Bedroom Interview with Mrs. Tilton.
1 turned around, went down stairs, and
Moulton said he would 60 with me. He had
his overcoat on, and he put on his hat. The
key was not in the door and he took it from a
drawer and unlocked the door, remarkirg soto
voce that he didn't want an Interruption of the
interview. did not request him in any shape
to go with me to Titon's He went. The
storm was Just breaking but do not remem-
Der what was said. l went to Tilton's and a
lady whom do not know told me to go up l
did so and knocked at the door. The door was
opened and went in one of the front rooms
a sitting room and communicates with the bed
room by folding doors, which were open. l
went in by the dc or which leads Immediately
into the bedroom. The folding doors were
opened. The bed was pure white. Mrs. Til
ton was dressed in pure white and her face was
pure white. She was raised on pillows. and
had her hands folded, this way, and her eyes
closed She was asleep, as ons dead, yet she
was living sat by her side and said prayer
for her.
Baach-One moment (Witress delivered
the last part of his testimony with considerable
emotion. His voice trembled somewhat as he
described the scene in Mrs. Tiltons bedroom)
The Judge said he would take the testimony
as to the conversation which occurred.
Mrs. TiIton Eek plains and Signs n Retrac-
Witness-I drew chair to the bedside and
said: have just seen yonr husband. He has
been making charges and he has sent me to
you to verify some of them. He has charged
me with alternating your affections corrupting
your simplicity and truthfulness, and with
imprOprieties 1t is hard thing for
a man to say to a woman whom he reveres.
Here the witness became purple, his eyes
filled with tears and his voice trembled.) He
charges me with improper advances to you and
that you confessed it. She said, Il couldn't
help iG; you know these things aren't true |
was weared with his opportunities and he
gave me to understand if / confessed undue af-
lection for you it would help him in his bust
ness said, 'sBut this is charge of improp-
er advances and you know it not to be true"
She said, ''What can do?" said "You can
take it back; you can take back that written
charge" She said, "Give me paper, "and went
to the secretary and got paper and pen, and
she hesitated. L did not understand her hest
tation, but she consented to give written re-
traction, provided l would not use it against
her husband She then wrote the first part of
the retraction dated December, 1873. witt
ness here read the retraction so often published,
in which she says she was persuaded, almost
forced, to make the charges against her friend
Beecher, and she now withdrew them.) After
she wrote the first part she read it to herself.
Then l got her more ink and she added the
next paragraph saying: ''Mr Beecher never
made any improper advance, but always treat
ed me as Christian and a gentleman did
not suggest or dictate either paragraph. When
she spoke of the objection that it would make
UebWe0u uer anu u6f QuSDan0 L
said would make no difficulty with it, but
wanted it as defence if some such rumor got
into the church and to mischief makers, that
only wanted it in some such eXigency. L also
said no woman could make such charge
without injury to her and her children that it
would injure them if it should be brought out.
She stated something more of the reasons Civ
en- her by her husband, which produced that
confession. L do not recall them, but have
given the substance. 1t seemed to me as is the
was ten hours 1t was probably half
an hour, do not remember whether I got it
in an envelope. 1 only remember putting it in
my pocket. There was some other little talk,
some, L am afraid of undue severity to her,
which was sorry for when going. remember
saying hoped my visit would not be the means
of throwing her back on her sickness l took
leave and went away. L came back to Moul-
toms paror and found him there. 1 did not
see T. He asked me or 1 informed him that
had seen Mrs. T. and rose to go home.
Nh OuitOn Thrusts Himself Upon Beecher.
He said he would see me home. did not
ask him. There was conversation on the way
about the letter of Tilton to me through Bowen
and Bowen's conduct to Tilton. He did all the
talking and l answered in monosyllables
have no mode exactly of fixing the time when
| reached home.
(Here the court took recess until 2 p. m.)
The Scene During Recess.
During fully ten minutes of the recess Beech
er was detained talking to his counsel and
shaking hands with friends who crowded
around him in the course of the session. Up
to one o'clock Bishop Littlejohn, Mr.. Agnew
Speaker of the Virginia House of Representa-
tives) John A. Bigelow, U. S. Assistant At
torney General and late Minister to France,
and Stephen Pearl Andrews were in court.
AFTER RECESS.
There was even larger audience after than
before the recess, the numbers being accommo-
r.tI, rnlc Ir15f do h.
Beecher's family and relatives occupied nearly
two rows of chairs at the east end of the jury
box. The ante chamber was nearly filled and
some were standingl on the table getting
view of the defendant over the heads of the au-
dience.
MIR. Beecher Called.
Beecher took the stand at eight minutes af-
ter two Moulton, Tilton and Judge Morris
occupied one end of the little table just at the
foot of the witness chair, and Fullerton the
other. Beach was at the long table sitting
just in front of the foreman. The defendants
counsel were ranged behind him and next to
them were Beecher's family.
Evarts-We have subpGned Isaac I'll. Bailey
to give the dates referred to in Schulzs testi-
mony and our friends have been kind enough
to take his note that he sailed for Europe June
Sd, 1871. and the dinner given him was on
the Thursday before.
Correction in Rcdpaths Testimony.
OUuLSel maui d COFrCCGlOu III WnaC ap-
pears in the report of Redpath's evidence on
cross examination yesterday in one publication
which makes him put into the mouth of Beech
er what was said to him by Mr.. Tilton.
The newspaper makes Beecher say that the
charge was adultery" but this Was what Til.
ton said to him as the record gives it. Judge
Nelson said 1t was proper to make the correc-
ton and eventually the record would be all cor
rect.
Beecher Resumes and Denies Some of
MOultOn's Statements.
Witness resumed ipg reply to Mr.. Evarts.
On this night, the Both of Dec. Moulton did not
as me if L had seen Elizabeth's confession,
and not word about it passed between us. 1
do not remember using such an expression as
"This will kill me-, but might have done it.
1 did not tell Moulton that Tilton had given
me permission to 60 to Elizabeth for confirma-
ton of the story. Nothing was said tbetween
Moultou and me about sexual intercourse be-
tween me and Mrs. Tilton or any confession of
it, l did not speak that night, or any one to
me. | may have said ''This comes on me as if
struck by lightning" but my impression is that
is the phrase l used on the LIST of Jan. l did
not ask Moulton that night to he friend to
me. tMoulton sat all this time with his hand
to his forehead intently gazing up at Beecher.)
| next saw Moulton about Z p. M, Jan. Sd, at
my house.
IOulton Goes for the Retractiou.
He came to my room and shut the door, made
some Introductory remarks and drew letter
from his procket in which Tilton stated that he
found on going home last night l had taken
advantage of my interview to get a retraction
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