Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-22
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particle OF bias, ~ rs,ay have hem h,,sn.s
shesrmsn haf frdictet his Jnficiai puritv
- 1870 sOf Two DAY ~ ttke the case from
the same who had granted Ire hIll az 1ssrtfc-
uiars. And u nr Bceclaer IS acquitted by the
inaS ao ~, - ~ not Acquitted by the great
this man ShearFoSn = iu-apahle 81 under
standtns moral verdict and 81 thinking IL
worth while ohi2H iig. There il a gvpSer
and tnpecnoiouS style about his Wffaesses.
which always suggests Suhornafion The
e,her day preacher named Gay testified Tor
SneSrfnaD. al the way from Indiana ara
swore that he hal no; received a cent. ASl.-
ne had sworn this. and the court had sd-
Joorned and been cleared, Mr.. Barry, q
IeIorter, told me that he saw one OF shear
mans colleagues take out a roll OF bills and
manu- money 10 this witness. N this he true
h ~ SHOWS mat The spirit OF the oath gss
o.oncn; rake thts man I have dennef-a
natural brutalizer OF his cases and most -
queitly employed IN make lItigation t@rrible
10 Ge otner nugaut-and conceive him
prompting The assistant pastor Of pit ynouts
while under Judge Fullertons ac1te eross-
examinattoni Observe the preacher-wftDe~~
avoiding CANTOR al day, and the clerk PETIT
logger interrupting the croSS-examinatiorf
Then. L say. a. began. that you will come
home and disbelieve much as ever in Mr.
Beecher's agents Of yindication, IL not in the
The status OF che Case.
From nc Ns7O l,Fk HcTald ~ lcx-csfag.
The forthcoming week will witness n new
phase I'm the Tilton- Beecher trial. Mr..
~
"Wednesday morning the tagrag ana b,s-
tail of witnesses are nearly exhausted.
Bessie Turner, the pend ,ng witness for the
defense viii have 20 undergo a sharp cross
examination. It Is estimated by the peopie
who manage the trial that enough OF ground
VIII 9e cleared away by the middle OF the
and testify. MIR. BecChcr a. a witness IN
looked forward To with intense curiosity. lie
viii either make or gnmake the ease. Hts
testimony will be the pivotal poiut that an
the world will walt for aud decide ths merits
OF the trial for good or Cor 30. The majority
of people trust that Mr. Beechcr will acQuit
himself, that he will explain his remark ahle
letters in a way that Will win him the gratu-
latoTy sympathics of a whole nation whea he
dcScents from the witness stand.
SO far, unfortunately FOR The defense. tfe
witnesses have not b rem AZ positively forct-
bic on the side they testified FOR as the pre-
ViouS witnesses summoned by the plainti1
proved I'm their capacity. The managem, mt
OF the trial undoubtedly proves superior
ability GA the plaintiffs side. There NAV be
superior lawyers in America 20 MeSSrs Full
lerton and Beach. but no two men could have
done one whit more than they have done 20
drive forward a case % conviction and
triumph. Perhaps no TWO men i'm the whole
history OF legal practice have worked in such
coniont strength toward one end. Reach sun
plies what Fullerton omits, and while the one
eNcels in cross examination the other towers
upward in the woudrous clearneSs Of hts in
terdependent arguments. Fullerton IA an
amazing crOss-eNGminCr Beach Il n strik-
iDgly vigorous logician. Fullerton, IN cross
examining the assistant pastor, Halliday,
showed his genius most effectively People
I'm the courtroom were disposed 90 listen 10
assistant pastor Halliday with goOl-na tured
patience. They saw In him an old man. de-
puied TO ill the Plymouth church pulpit in
the absence OF
THE GREAT PASTOR
an old man with "A good deaf of fuss ssd
pretentlons, harmless and vain. triae
suggestive OF PolOnius, who would insist
W on advising the Danish prince. and was
run through the body for his pains. Under
the cross-eXamination this old man over
eloquent, in place OF being a. the mind was
led TO think from the easy simple flow OF hts
direct eXamination-a witness Of i'm pressive
bearing-prOved To he a man OF tough We
racity, who oontradicted hismeif AMI re-
vealed business char acter that contraSLed
strangely with his reputation as an assistant
pastor of Mr.. Beecher. Still the week was a
favorable ore for the defense.
ONE STRONG WITNESS,
Tom Cooke, the newspaper correspondent.
made strong point against the plaintiff "a
teslifying that Tilton and the Woodruff
both urged him 20 write for the Golden Age
and the Woodruff Clafiin paper and work
up the scandal.
A great point in the PLAINTIFFS statement
WAS that Ttlton did his best 10 suppress the
| scandal; that he la6ored day in aud day out
| To keep the world Ignorant OF Mr.. Beechers
alleged lnfamy. Cookies evidence shows that
! however inclined Ttlton may have been TO
| pursue this policy. so far as he (TiltonD was
oicerned, lac was willing enough 10 give the
details to The world, provided 1t could be
done through The medium OF some sensa-
tioral reporter, as me believed Cooke 10 be.
| Tilton, of course, was not To be known I'm the
matter. Cooke w0ald take all the RESPONSE
| bility upon himself This evidence went
| further. 1t invited tine inference that the
famous Woodhull scandal publication was
the inspiration directly OF Indirectly OF Til
ton himself. The most important witness of
the week was certainly Cooke. He proved
that Tflton AID WoOdhull were i'm collision,
and that Tliton, instead Of seeking to sup
| press the scandal, sought every means % give
| 10 TO the world through some other hands
than his own.
BESSIE TURNER.
Bessie Turner il relied on by the defence TO
show a condition OF relations>betweenT ilton
and his wife that would Justify either In go
ing out from the common household and
practising free love. The weakness of an ar
gument that aims 10 impeach Tilton's Vir-
tue or that OF his wife to eNculpate Bcecher
| is apparent, but IL is impossible 10 conceal
| the effect on the jury. The jury will be
called on 10 render "A verdict OF SI00 600 in ia
vor OF the plaintiff; but il this evidence Is de-
| signed to show that the one principal I'm the
action il no better than the other, and there
isproOf that the ore who charges adultery is
guilty OF adultery himself. then, indeed. the
| damages may be calculated I'm A different
light. Miss Bessie Turner gave evidence
| that was directed entirely toward affecting
| this question of damages. Bessie Turner'S
| the plaintiff To this action does not come into
| court with clean hands. That is all. Now
| ii remains for Mr.. Beecher 10 prove his own
! innocence, and when he does that the world
| viii be satisfied and resoiced.
EWillam Taylor, a soldier OF the war OF
| 1872, and the first white male child