Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-16
BEECHER's TRIAL.
The Proceedings Yesterday.

After our teieEraphlc report of the pro-
eeedingS i'm the Ti!tou- Pc, cuer trial in Brook
Ign closed yesterday MI Noulton'S testimony
was continued.
A letter from Gescher IN Moalton was
read. dcnoULCinG Or. Storrs' address before
the thsrch Council. ana expressing belief
that he mad acted against Thro lore Tiitoa
and was threatening to destroy him Noone
can tell what the effect OF such speech viii
be, said the letter.
1T oUGHT To DANS sroRRs."
AnoIheT lestgT was identified hy Moulton
To he IN The handwriting of Bcechtr. adj
dressed 10 witness The latter was r.al. l.
began by asking n there was To o. m end II
the trouble. 1t referred Ia the puh,ica ION of
an article ia the Union. His iuuCTnloS, soul
lOngod for peace, and If that coul. not b.
then death He was sick heart. heat AMI
bAiy; bat most move on" Wi.ar-S vprtiQ-
uett. saw this paragraph in the Union The
paragraph was read by counsel. wu.c1 So
forth that a reporter had approached Nh
EcCChDr 10 get ms views ot the Church & pun-
ell, which Ec declined 10 give. Mr.. shear
man declared TO the reporter fh3t Mr.. Tutpn
was out OF his mind. AMI thai Nh TNtpn'S
statements were made under >piritu8ii>Ilc
mediums.
Witness Went on. saw Baacher after got
tins letter ant TOLD him that Z was I'D. SIR
pIi>ed To SEE EiS statements. a> | never
thought "a was ab HNr 'dat sort o. thing NJ
BeeCh,T admitted ID me jnat "A. also Thought
MI ~heaImaH was a nlrenipf-m ilar.
LaUghjyT-1 ] know what is called
THE BACON LETTER.
! received II from IGitUu e few IaN> before Il
was published. II MS written Toy Iil.ou ID
Ir. Bacon. Sherman. EnnrHnr. TIltpn ana
myself had an interview. Tifnn sail L.
E"cvilcT Ep couldn't rest uUl r jha imputa-
ton that He was the r'.-a trrC Of 81. hers
ma@aaEimity. and ii Beechcr diIn set him
/ right with Bacon ne would 80 il hlm~olf.tIiS
was in reference To an article by Br. Il t.,n
in The Independent; Beaeher said ha .rlt the
embarrassment. and ho didn't Sca vhnt ne
could do, in = subsequent interview told
BcCclCT that IiitOa told me u he replied 70
Bacon he should tell the whole truth ~ u
| ReocEeT~ relations with his iamilv.aud SAID
to Bccrh'r. / Thought this would ~ an out
rage on IGltOn'S family ami that | would nm
dCTtakC 10 prevent lis being written or puh-
liShcd. and lgr said he hoped would: I after
wards told ECcchcr that ! had told Tjlfou
that Bacon : letter would not iniure HIM in
New England a. much as he expected, AMI
BePCncT agreed with me. and said Or. Bacon
! had not 80 great IN influence in New Eng
| land as Theodore supposed: after the letter
was published, ! informed Rnecher that all
could succeed in doing was Ia have the words
"hc has committed revolving outrage
against me and my family" altered 10
Offence. and That thought NJ the original
words were published, and the charge true.
there was no escape; but with Offence and
anapOlOgN there was basis of reconciliation.
! He read To TiltOn and Beecher separately the
statement which he Afterwards read To the
committee, and asked BeCcher ii il was hon
oIabic for him 10 make II. and he said yes.
witness acknowledged that i'm the cOnVerSa-
ton with Mr.. Halliday. assistant pastor. he
told him Beecherw was guiltleSS, and remarked
that the dcacOnS might be better occupied
IMAM III digging up scandals which were set
tied as between Bcccher and IiltOn: repea tel
this conversation to Bcecher. saying he
| thought Halliday shouldn't be told the facts.
and BeeCheT thanked him; in a subsequent
! interview BeeCher said he intended tn follow
| the policy of silence this was after the Ia con
letter; RecChpr said the matter would have
Ia come before an investigating committee
and witness said that was mistake, that
there should Toe further cOnSultdtion-thai
General Butler advised silence. and that
General Butler ought to he consulted.
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mittcc. and that as To Butler, he didn't think
much OF his moral sense. but that il would 10
Il good thing 10 consult him, as he was Il wise
man. Several letters. which have already
been published, We're identified. when Ia" ex-
animation was suspended, and the court al
iournCd until Monday morning.