The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-22
THE SCANDAL TRIAL.
MIR. Beach Continues His Address
"a Defense Of MOultOn.

He said MoultOn had been charged with
faithlessness in refusing Beecher copies oil
the documents placed in his hands from
time to time. The jury would remember
that Moulton obtained the mutual con
sent Of both parties to bring the papers in
question before the investigating com
mittee. 1t was not for Mr., Tracy, the adj
vocate OF BeeCher, to condemn MOultOny
who was far below BeeCher in intellectual
qualities, when BeeCher entered into a
policy Of silence and operated with
MouItOn for that end. The defendant
should not blame MOulton for his action
Mr.. Tracy says Of MoultOn, that TO pro-
mote Christianity, in which he did not
believe, he had been leading life OF lies
and divided his wiie's kisses with pros
titute. An attack Of this kind, said Mr.
Beach, could not be tolerated, and no man
who made such an attack could belong to
the profession to which they belonged.
The worst Of this attack was that it was
not his own production which he was
reading in the tone Of sChool.boy who
had but imperiectly learned his lessons.
This came from a man who had given his
oath OF honor not to appear against the
plaintiff, and was caused by MOultOn's
refusal to surrender the papers placed
with him under mutual consent that
they should not be given to one party
without the consent OF the other.
THERE WAS ONE OTHER WITNESS
who had borne testimony to the comics.
sions Of defGndant-a woman who had
been eulogized by l}eeCher in his letter.
and the question was, Is she to he be.
ieyed? This woman had been charged
by Porter in his defense as ConsOrting
with prostitutes, making her house the
rendezvous, and exposing her son to their
influence. 1t was not bad enough to in.
clude TiltOn and Moulton in this cate.
CORY, but they could not stop until they
included the mother also. Ills friend
Porter charged that Mrs. MOultOn was q
pcriurCr, and not to be believed. A very
serious charge was brought in the outset
against Mrs. MoultOn, that when on the
stand she did not once look in the face 0i
Evarts, and Evarts himself said her
gances were furtive, but she had not that
giit Oflramntic effect possessed in an cm.
incnt degree by Bessie Turner and also
by lIeecher himself which was so dear to
the heart OF plymouth Church aud their
gallant ushcrs. Perhaps Mrs. MOnlton
saw nothing very attractive in the face
Of Evarts.
Mr.. Beach then cited passages from the
letters Of Beecher, in which he
SPOKE IN TIE HIGHEST TERMS
Of her. Counsel also quoted from Mrs,
Moulton's testimony in respect to the ad.
vice she gave Beecher when he came to
her and confessed his sin, she favored q
confession, not in secret but in public,
and to his church. This advice appealed
to the Judgment Of BeGchcr in h5 cooler
moments, as is shown by some Of his let.
iers.
Mr.. Beach quoted further from Mrs,
MOulton's testimony in regard to Beech.
er's opinion Of her when he said she al.
ways seemed to him like section Of the
Day Of Judgement, when she cOntendel
that he would he forgiven by full and
free confession made TO his church. This
was the only way, said the cOunscl, Of oh.
tanning forgiveness for his sin and recon.
ciliatiOn, and this was what any Christian
woman would have said, yOn are combat.
ting with the world, MIR. b., your are Civ.
Ing cause of oilensc aud scandali2ing
your pulpit, and the only escape, the only
way to redeem yourself from this trouble
il to confess your sin and plead for the
forgiveness Of your God. This is the only
mode By which, situated as you are, for.
giyencss Is to bp obtained. 1t had been
argued in this case that il was very
improbable that BeeCher an adulterer,
should advise a separation Of Mrs. TiltOn
and her husband, but the jury should re.
member that up to tic night Of the 3Oth
December, 1870, l}eecher was not aware
that Mrs. Titon had confessed to her hus.
band previous to July, and II was there.
fore In ignorance Of this disclosure that
he had to fear in giving such advice.
Mr.. Beach then quoted from the teSti.
mony Of Mrs. MoIlton in regard to an
alleged conversation with Mrs. TiltOn In
which she said that lIeccher was q good
man, and that she Mrs. Tilton) would
SACRIFICE Her HUSBAND ASD TRUTH
to save Beccher, and that she thought
that under the circumstances she would
be justified in telling lie. But, said the
speaker, this had been denied by lIecCher
az an entire fabrication. Mira. MOultOn
speaks this without any hesitation and
with the consciousness Of the truth Of her
story, which should impress the jury.
Did Mrs. MoultOn coin the expression
"a slice Of the Day Of Judgment? and
who doubted but that il was an uttcrancC
OF Beecher? 1t was entirely consistent
with his mode OF expression and thought,
and was not the production Of this lady.
The whole crodibility Of the statement Of
this lady was placed on the date at which
this interview was fixed by her, and
l}ecchcr says he was not at her house that
day.
Counsel quoted from an opinion Of
Chief Justice Shaw In the Webster case
nS to the proving Of an alibi, and also
from an article In one Of the morning
papers Of April 8, 1915, which counsel
pronounced TO be sound and sagnCions
lIeecher swcnrs, said counsel, that on the
morning Of the "a Of juno, between mud
10, lie was IN consultation with KinSplln
as to the form Of card which wns pub.
liShed that day. hut the drawing up Of
card Of fifteen or twenty lines would
not occupy very much time On the part
Of two such learned minds. Then Mr.
lIcecher says he crossed over 10 the
Christian Union Office, nnd the question
ia where wns lIeCClcr between this inter.
view and the time Of leaving for the
Office Of the ChriAidn Union. An inter.
view Of two hours under such cirCum.
stances ns had occurred might well have
led Mrs. Moulton TO believe that il hud
lasted three or four hours. Where was
lIeerhcr between 0 and II o'clock and u
and ] 2 The hour, he says was spent In
conversation with Kinsela, Mrs. Moul.
ton says lhc was in her room under the
circumstances sllC details.
KtSsELLA WAS IN THIS CRY
editor Of a paper. lie was reliable
witness and was accessible, but he was not
produced ns witness to sustain nm nlibi,
and the jury would remember that the
presumption Of law in regard to this was
against Iecchet; and Eyarts, instead Of
producing Kinscla, read nm editorial ar.
iiclC from the Edgt in suppOrt Of his
uronos;I;nn anI iFinI tn hlinI Iho iut o