The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-20
attentive witness. and the Judge was As impsr.


When the jury mad answered 60 their names,
Judge Nelson, who took his seat on the bench
promptly at eleven o'clock, sald:-It Is expected
that the audience VIII keep perfectly sIeni. Any
INTERRUPTION seriously disturDs the speaker and
deiracts from the attention OF the jury that
which they ought 70 near. 1t Is especially desIra-
nle therefore, that we nave perfect quiet.
SUMMING UP FOX the Defence.
Ex-Judge Porter then addressed the jury as
follows:-
MAY IT PLEASE TIE COURT, GENTLEMEN OF TIE
JuRY-Each OF you IS 1876 Gays older tnis morning
tnan when inns trial commenced, and that 135
days OF your life has been taken IRON your bush
ness from your families from your domestic
equations, IN tue interest OF an aduterer, VINO
brings this suit for the purpose OF establishing hy
your verulct that he sept for Jour years with an
adulteress You have been pressed Tor i've months
OF YOUR lives Into me service OF Theodore Iilton,
in the forms OF law, IN obedience 10 mandate
when YOU were bound TO OOey for the discharge
or q duty nom winch you cOu.d not SHRINK.
There has been much plain spea king, gentle
men, on The part OF the prosecution in InIs
case. Men are at 70 be bold of speech
when two stalwart champions Ike MoulLon and
Tllton make a JOINT assault on q clergyman ana a
woman-tne one forbidden BY MS procession TO
return evil or evil the other weak p0weriess,
held as IN the hollow of the hand by the man who
mad only TO look upon ner TO subdue ner. My
client has rom ne beginning Q, tnls case dealt
Scrlpturai principles with those who assalleu hun.
they struck him upon the one cheek and ne
turned the other Also and tney aiied not To snltc
tnat also. Inc WiIe was dutiiul, loyal, carrying
10y atty 10 the point OF personal dIsnoaor; but she
III.
the view OF MANKIND the subject Of scons, OF
cAumnles and OF derslon--all originating there
(poinung 10 Illton), although the mutltudinous
caannels through Waicn - passes were as numer
GUS as the presses Of the country That nave been
reduced Rom time TO line Tor the use OF TINS
iRnuple prosecution. There IS one thing, gentle
temen, that tnlnk we al saw before the evil
dence was closed on the part Of the prosecution
IL seemed 10 show-you can Judge whether VIC
are rght--lt seemed 10 show tnaJ you were 1m-
pressed upon tneF own showing with the air Of
general unirutntulness that nervaded their case
with tho air OF dramatic ana artistic sklll with
which IL nau been gotten up and presented.
WARNING Up
Porter turns from the jury to the court and
throws glance around upon the audience. his
voice begins to rise and swell. He has his books,
papers and authorities before him, but it is yet
too early TO resort TO them for support IN his
statements, which are general.
think II the case mad stopped there every juror
in this box would nave SAID tnat no elt ia his
heart that tine action Que when never should
have been brought. But when we come to view
The case in the light oil the whole evidence, when
we see lC Illuminated as 1t is Dy tue written as
well as by oral disclosures OF those parties we
nave their acts Tor Jour years, their decaa atlons
lor Jour wears, all III Greet CONNECT VITA their
oatns YOU VIII be pre- pared 10 say, wnen you
TO render your verdict, that THIS case stands
along WIN the great licnborne case III England,
ono OF the two greatest tapestries In the jurls-
prudence oil the nineteenth century.
THE COUNSEL
begins to win more and mora attention. He is
growing In earnesrness but his voice Ia less clear.
The falling detection smothers the words he
would have the Jury hear. Tilton smiles as coun-
sci declares with much emphasis that this case
and that Of Iichborne in England Will stand as
the two leading lmpostures in the history or
Jurisprudence. Beecher and his wife are atten-
tive, and alternate their glances between the
counsel and the jury as If Watching the influence
OF the one upon the other.
The plaintiff gentlemen, aud those who aided
him In setting THIS accusation on foot represent
very dl1ercnt class from tue defendant In tue
phalanX oI lllends who close around him TO pro-
tect him from the onslaught or his enemies on
the one SIDE we have T!ton and Moulron I'd
Bowen unner the friendly mask; the inlormer
Jayne, his friendly adviser at the FlfGn
Avenue Hotel; woodruff and Claim and An
drews, the apostles or Tree love and spiritual
ISM General Butler is the champion counsel
and stralegist OF tue campaign; zoe Richards steal
ing up so1tly from beLind to strike his sls.er IN
the back; kate Carey, vulgar and namping, out
ntting associate IN TINS motley group; these are
the parties VINO appear as the sponsors OF tnls ac-
cusauon against man whose name Is a tower OF
strength, not IN his church anu the city VINO boast
OF his noble strength, but the country wnlcn Is
Illuminated by ms genus, associated with ms
name. These are the parties who appear In tue
characters vi tue champions OF domestic purity
ana elevated Christian morality. Here we nave,
you VIII see, gentlemen. IN the names nave
mentioned grouped tuyether In conluucTIon tie
original fdoricators OF the accusation, It's puD-
llsbers, It's AUTHORS anu It's advisers ana advocates
ana chef Witnesses Ana these are tie narIIes
wac commend tne charge to God. 10 the country,
aud against THESE @e nave the jury oil tile
yicInagc. Ay, Your Honor II Is one Of The proud
De tined by those who knew him. Those
wno knew nlm Tor rogue would md him a rogue,
ana those who knew hun an .onest man would
ma MN m honest man. We nave In tue iayur Of
TINS DEFENDANT tue unanimous voice OF tue Jury ~
the victndgc tine mistaken commence OF tile vile,
OIL the cnboren ana OF tue grandchildren, VINO fina
a shelter oeneath nis love; the unoounded conf
denee ol the three thousand WoranIppers at Plyml-
outn cRurcn, tie Claims. the Sages, tue StUrrs
ana the 0IngJODs, tue meTcnanl princes OF
Br00Slyn ana New York the professional men III
your cty ane OF oars, zoe mechanics aDd the artl-
sans, the lab0rerS, the Oid men, the maidens,
rnose VINO LOOK up to him with grateful and rev.
eFent rove; tue youug men ana maldenS whom
he has been leaolLg onward 10 heaven; even the
young chiicfen VINO wlli love Ms name ana bless
mis- memory when you ana VIII 10 sleeping be-
meath the tnri o. Greenwood.
waTcHFUL LISTENERS.
Ex-Judge Morris ana Mr.. Beach lend their ears
TO Mr. Porter, wac Is now drclaiming to the iury
ABOUT the merchant princes The young men and
nlaidens the many mea and women prominent IN
various walks OF lie who loved aud honored
Beecher. ana now nocS around to sustain MN in
tne ho1r OF MS trial.
Nay more, besides the great body or the popula-
ton ~ Brooklyn WIN tnag larger Jury Of wei
mage, tue men, women and children VINO nouOr nIm
ana uathe Tue names 81 lne0dorc lllt0a ana FRANK
MOulton. hts treacherous AID perIured accusers
~ nave WIN Us the unanimous aud enthusiastic
support vi has professional nretnren-not OF his
own denomination aiUuet but OF eVery form II
CHRISTIAN bellei. We have with us the Judgment
81 enlightened Cnristendom. anticipating yoar
judgment Wuch VIII coacur Win IL. Aud We 10
NOT beneye--Aud We nave zoe trulh win us-tnIs
falsc accusation VIII triumph uader the eye cf
mau; above al. II cannoL trigmpH under the eye
OF tAe Great Defender OF the Innocent false iudg-
mcnis are rarely rendered 10 the Tribunals Of pup-
NC justice 1ney nave sometimes uccarrcd nut
rarely with an upright Judge on the bench and
honest men III the jury Dos.
LOOKING ABROAD.
'Ihat larger jurY 81 tho vIclnage.- repeats the
counsel several times, lmpressing on the minds Of
tue jury before MIN the idea that their verdict
saoulG be anidcd by tnat OF the opinion outside the
court room, wnicn ne maintains IS IN favor OF the
Plymouth party.
THE POWER or TRUTH
The attempt has Olten been mace: false accusa-
lions arc lreGuent IN every land la every genera
ton. tie WAC thousands 81 years ago Oh Mount
Sinat SAID. "lhou smart MT bear false Witness
against thr neighbour knew the weakness or
those whom Ne creaton. Human weakness malice
greed anu inlGutty often seek strike down inn.-
eencc. Ine class ol men VINO cherish these pas