The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-06
BEECHER TRIAL.

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house, in the study, Of the date Of thi
memorandum in your hand, now as
you when MOulton made the statement
which you have given regarding TiltOn
innocence in respect to matters that hay
been imputed 10 his mOrality-storiG
that have been Lold-what effect did thOs
statements Of Moulton produce upO
your mind in regard To your belief o
The subject OF those mOralities A. d
l understand the question whether Mou
toms statement cleared my mind in regar
to Tilton2
Q, What the effect Of that was upo
your mind in that regardH A, Why
earnestly and over.gladly believed tia
his statement about Mr.. Tilton was th
truth about him, and | felt all the wors
for believing II because | was made i
some sense an injurer Of Mr.. TiltOn's IN
nOcence.
@. Is that paper which you hold Il
your hand in any sense your composition
(ThO following Is the document referred to;l
In trust Nth r. D. MoultoR:
My DEAR FRIEND MoULTON:-I asI
through you Theodore Tilton's forgive
ness, and / humble myself before him q
| do before my God, lie would have beel
a better man in my circumstances than
have been. l can ask nothing except tha
he will remember all the other breast
that would ache. / will not plead fO
myself, | even wish that werO dead, bu
Others must live to suffer. | will die be
fore any one but myself shall be inCul
pated. All my thoughts are running Ou
towards my friends and toward the poo
child lying there and praying with he
folded hands. She Is guiltless, sinnet
against, bearing the transgrcssions Of an
other. Her forgiveness have. / humbl!
pray to God to put II into the heart Of he
husband to forgive mc. have trustee
this to Moulton in confidence,
[signed,1 II. w. BEE0HER.
Mr.. Fullerton objected.
Mr.. Eyarts-The paper Is a memoran
dun made by Moulton rs testified to.
Judge Neilson-I think you can taxi
that.
Mr.. Fullcrton-Whelller this was Ol
not that will appear from facts lie has al
ready detailed. II Is not his judgemen
that Is to prevail on the subject, II Is thu
judgement Of the jury.
Judge NeilsOn-Still l think you ma!
take IL,
Mr.. Fullerton-Whether in any sens,
that paper is his compositiOn2
Judge NeilsOn-Yes.
Mr.. BeeCher-ln no sense whatever il
II any composition Of mine.
Q. ls IL q copy or production Of my
dictatiOn OF yours? A. In no prOpel
sense Of word dictatiOn did | dictate 1t,
q, | ask your attention now TO the frs
clause Of that memorandum, which read
thus: ~ ask through you Theodore Til
tons forgiveness, and l humble mysalf be-
fore him as do before my God" Die
you express that sentence In these words
or their equivalent, to Moulton tha
night? A. / did not; did say that II
view Of the statements made, felt that
had wrongcd him, | hal wronged hii
household, and that ! had humbled my
self before God for II, and was willing Il
humble myself before Theodore Tilton.
q. This clause "lfe would have beer
u better man In my circumstances than
have been" Did you express that clause
in those words, or any equivalent mean
ing or expressiOn2 A. / did substan
italy say that Il good many times over
@. In what conversation or on wla
topic did YOU make that speechH A. IL
reference 10 that | had myself In the iirB
blush sided against Tilton with Bowen;
when was In trouble and difficulty
Tilton had almost instantly and will
generous spOntaniety dropped everything
and gone to my help, but when he was IL
trouble | had TO go against him.
q. Was that your feeling rs TO appear
ing to have acted thus towards him2 A
| remember II very distinctly; should
not forget II to the Judgement day.
@. Did you express In these words this
which appears In this clause In the memo,
randum'6I can not ask except that he
will remember all the other hearts that
will ache'H A. No, sir; didn't make
any statement which Is expressed by that
formula; did in that conversation repel
the idea that was acting selfishly, and ]
called up in various forms and at differ
ent times In conversation the relations
which were sustained to other persons In
my household and his household and Ia
friends In the church, who loved me as II
belonged I to their households.
@. Did you express In these words OF
In their equivalent this clause Of the mem.
orandum, "Not pleading for myself !
even wish I were dead, but others must
live and suffer-" A. Oh, that ia not my
phraseology; IL was with a pale, poor and
feeble Interpretation with which l ex.
pressed my sorrow and my grief In Sor.
row Of other people.
@. What did you express In carrying
the idea, not for yoursellibut for others
were YOU concerned7 A. I don't under.
stand your question.
q. What can you state as having been
said by yOu conveying the idea not what
yourself would suffer but what others
would sulIer2 A. Mr.. EvartS, Il should
be remembered that was net In log.
ical mood and did not measure my words
or finish all my sentences, and am afraid
1 mixed up my method; there was no III.
tehsity that | was capable to feel that I
did not feel some times; II was the lacera-
tion Of myOwn heart at what II seemed to
ME | had done towards Theodore; son ,
times Il was the intense feelings ] had oil
what my presence In the hOuSlIold had
done towards Elizabeth; some times IL
was the Indignation that Elizabeth had
done what sle had towards me; there was
iust that oscillation and vibration which
takes place In highly excited state Of
The mind; II | had expressed that indig.
nation I was sorry for II and the next
mood went perhaps to the other extreme
In excusalofy statements.
q. Did y6u express this clause. II
will die before anybody but myself shall
be incuipated. A. Well, no such phrase
IA that have looked through this and
lido not think | see a phrase In II that Ia
mine, and yet think and see sources
from which a good many Of them are
drawn. did say In n certain letter, /
cannot feCOllect II certainly and deRhitly,
but that did express myself very
strongly that | had rather die than to
have brought such trouble or to have oc.
casioned such trouble, that 80 far "a
myself alone was concerned ! counted life
very small II ] could make a reparation,
but IL was not anything practical or def
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