, 1875-02-16
CHICAGO, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY IT, 1875

made Iscecher tearonh!ble for hny Of those Of
icHrcs againnt you that you found in BACON
Al will tell you. sir. Deocl,er camo out Of til.
Church ote night, meeting Moultou md mt
c"n:rol hin Church; they would do exactly wha
lie miAheh he hold them In his right hand. oui
any action whicl. Deccher dctlguatoi fo,
PISunHth Chnich to do as necessary for thit
case shearman and the other managers would llav.
1t done. l'ceclaer WAS thoroughly and abaoutel,
!cspoasiblc. Thoy wonid hays done ANYTHING
lla halsl.
Q.--You mean to say sh.: during tho
whole four ycara yon have understood Buecl.cr
to bo roady aud dcsirous to foster nifrontB md
cauro irritation with you7 A.-nn, / dop't
think lie ever was ready or desirons to 10 Tint.
think that, perhaps, his Wish wns 10 tile con,
tinry. bJs ho WAS In tho midst Of chrrch which
be might have controlled. bur Which ho lad not
HE courage and nerve to control. I1o x tho l,n-
Wiling huthor uf lIa own exposure.
Q.-lhcn yon don't itnpnte. or didn't frnonte.
any dtHien ou his part iii this relation, in,t ina
1iiits OF want Of coursgeto e1cre1ko pow.r that
ls71 aud 1879 Il WAS thu nero lack of courage:
that boecicr fcl. that Al soon an tho opporsuui.
ty was safe, .and winch he could turn uDon ma
strike mo down-he meant 10 do 80.
,u.-How early did you como to that latter con-
neccher in hIouIton'a study. iii which i rayo q,
linn all opportunity to rcctfy tho msch1of
which tic Council and church lad douc, and
during the tAreo monthn which followed When
llc did nothing. | cano to the canrLasion that
Eccetlcr was going to lurn upon me, a.ll then
hnld to myHclf: ''1he timo has come wlcn 1
must defend 1nrBeff against him and hlY e.l,rrb y
Hcuco the Bacon letter.
Q.-iou theu resolved did you not, that Won
would sind1cate yourself. no matter what hap
rcned to scandalJzo your wife and family: A.
No. sir; then resolved would vjnlicnta .ny.
ncif, and sought my wifo's yudicator ia NV
o"'l, and tllo Bacou letter includes INF wi(e'u
TAME like jewel act in ring. | have never
s.ou%ht any yindicaslou 1t the c1ponas of
With dull inquiry into tho method BY Which
the 1nsnaginE editor of Tie .iryuS got hold Of I'll
tnnh swofn statomont, tho 1uorping session con.
cludc.I.
MnEE or anEAnMANs RECITATION,
Alter rt ceAs Slearnlan o1cu lnnre inflicted him.
Ell III slia audience, aud ronod o,lt th1 &c Letters
from 1itnn to Liz vito III tones 80 provocative
Of ,t"Inr that QUO old gentleman was traret,r..
81 Ill spirit to Church, and 6,raiglI:wa7 tell asccp
lsyaits sat while bis colieas1n intutct the co.,
responlcnce. The moment Shearnan droprc,l
out of siEht aud hearing Erarty, in bar,,]y
najibo yoicc, said. 'That's all, " and tho cross-
examination was pScr.
THE rEEI1Sa or TIE AUDIENCE,
At first, nobody beloved that another of the
hiiIH-stoucA Oh tho road to a verdict Lad bccu
reaci,cd. There was, first, moments breath
l']s s1louce. aud thea loud mirnur OF aston
l'h'aont and conjecture. Truly enough. tic
cloks-eAaullhAtloh "aA over, and llltOn. heavnE
D h'Eh Of relief, sat in his chair, 80 far ~ We
could see. very little the worhe for it, Each eido
held lung consultation, ~ if they we're q tom
mttec Of Engineers waiting for the smoke to
clear off hofure nsccrtaining the effects Of au
experimental nina. 31s. Eeecher locked
scrlonH ~ II he woro not acqunut-
ID with ,hs scLemen al Lis counsel and huIposcd
1lsf last cLhnco to have been lust with tho
.ntrival Of flton. just before recoss 1o laugh.
ID aloud for the first tims for lnany davs, lie |
'hnhe aa MI opportunity for Lis smile Tjlton's |
,rotcst that 10 had been forced iuto answering
Jr' Hacon by mbinRtsoh Of circumstance
'yer which Dcecher had conuol