Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-29
The Tribune's Account oft.

Inc tribune says Beechers counsel ey-
ploded the story told and sworn TO by Loeder
and Price in the manner described in the
following narrative: Frank f. Dana is the
son-in-law of Rev. DIR. Burlington, and both
he and his wife have been for long time
bitterly opposed to Beecher. For about two
years they have employed upon their uphol-
stery work Joseph Ioeder who carried on
business at No. 202 Fulton avenue. Both
MI and Mrs. Dana were i'm the habit of talk
ing so freely on the subject of the scandal
that their views were well known to Eoader
ana when he came to the conclusion that
the time had come for him TO speak he
TOOK advantage of some remark which Mrs
Dana had made to him about the witness
KATE Carey 10 say mysteriously that he
knew a great deal more about the Beecher
scandal than Kate Carey or anybody else.
Mrs. Dana told her husband when he re-
turned home that day, which was the day
before the evidence closed in the trial. The
next morning Mr.. Dana, who had not been
retained as counsel for the plaintiff. but who
had volunteered TO serve in the cause for
three or four days of the early part of the trial
called at Loeder's store and questioned hi N as
10 the meaning of what he had said TO
wis swife. Then Lnader told him subStan-
tally the story whiCh appeared I'm the New
York Head of June IL. Mr.. Dana hastened
10 in form Mr.. Morris of these facts and gave
him the Information before the evidence was
actually closed in the case. There was then
an interval of five DAYS before the summing
up began, but
NOTHING WAS SAID ABOUT THIS TEsrI-
until after Judge Porter had begun his adj
dress, when paragraph intimating the sub
Brooklyn Sunday paper, on May 80. Nothing
was ever said about it by counsel in court
till June IL.
WHO rs LoEDER?
Joseph Loeder is an Englishman by birth,
who was employed in the upholstery bust
ness by various firms i'm New York down TO
1865, when he started in trade for himself.
In 1868 he failed under discreditable circum-
o. N
1868 until the fall of 1870 he was practically
out of business, and at the time that he pre-
tends to have worked in MI Tiltons house
York or Brooklyn, and did no business In
either. His employers I'm almost every case,
say Beechers lawyers, gave him the charac,
every case they parted with him under q
strong conviction that he was thief.
WHO IS PRICE?
John j. Price was also born in England,
and came to this country in August, 1869,
with his parents, he being then only II years
of age: Price had no acquaintance what
ably not until 70, certainly at no time did
he work with Looder at Tilton's house, nor
work with him nor &c with Loeder anywhere
He was employed by Loeder for q short time
in I2, and during the spring Of 1875, was
again employed by Loeder for a short time
would like TO be a witness in the Beecher
trial saying that there was 'a fat thing
in 1t" or something TO that effect.
Price replied that he could not be wit
Sometime afterward, Price having left
Loeder's employment called at his store and
Loeder resumed the subject With % him, say,
like to be q witness" and made an appoint
ment with him, asking Price to go down and
sse Msch did
about the 10th or 18th of June q reporter
found Price and asked him various ques-
tions concerning the story which was pub
Price now says that he said he did not know
anything Of the sort, and was much sur
prised by seeing the following Monday Q