The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-05-25
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The lton-Beecher Trial.

NEW YORK, May "a.
There was large crowd of spectators
in attendance at the trial this morning.
Mr.. Beecher was present with his wife and
daughter, but MIR. Titon was absent when
the proceedings opened, but made his ap-
pearance before Judge Porter resumed his
address, which he did ten minutes after the
hour. The speaker began by referring to
the letter of contrition, which he said was
the only known instance in which man
had written letter to himself. How did
it happen that this man, who was master
In every intellectual department, when he
came into Frank Moulton's presence was
like an untutored schoolboy who could not
write his mother tongue? Another feature
of this letter was the fact that Beecher re-
fused to sign the letter, as testified to by
Moulton, after he had written the letter
from Beecher's dictation. Frank Moulton
was sham from the beginning, and strut
ted in borrowed plumage, of which he
made the most Theodore Tilton, as lit
erary writer, has the foremost name OF any
man in America, and had given the
idea that he was a man of almost
boundless wealth. These two state
ments, said the speaker, which were put
forth to the world by Frank Moulton, were
not his own composition, but copied from
Theodore Tllton's drafts; or else they
were the result of fortnights work on
the part of Benz. F. Butler 1t was Til
ton who gave directions for carrying out
these schemes. 1t was in his fertile brain
that they had their birth, and when Frank
Moulton spoke of crushing Theodore Til
ton if he injured Bcecher, it was but the
language of braegart. The declarations
of Moulton, Tilton, and Mrs. Moulton, all
bore the stamp of Theodore Tillon's mint.
That word "paroxysmal,' (referrng to a
kiss) was never heard from Beecher's lips
except by two persons, Theodore Tilton
and Frank MoultoD, words "standing on
the brink of moral Niagara" were no
more Henry Ward Beecher's than would
the term "moral hay stack" be, for the
words would seem tohim to be incongruous
They were Theodore Tllton's expressions.
Counsel then commented on the forms
in which the letter was written, beginning
ask through you Theodore Tilton's for
giveness, and humble myself before him as
| do before my God. He would
have been a better man 10 my place
than have been. Did Beecher write this?
said Mr.. Porter If he did, did he mean
that God or Theodore Tilton would have
been better man in his place ? Counsel
thought the language used in this letter
precluded all idea of the charge against
Beecher being one of adultery. The paper
itself was not consistent with the charge
of adultery, and the man who said Henry
Ward Beecher wrote 1t lied, and was an
untrustworty witness. Counsel then re-
ferred to the letter of May Sd, 1871, writ
ten by Mrs. Tilton to Beecher as her pas
tor. Was that the letter of an adulteress,
said he, to her paramour. as this man
(Tilton) would have you believe ? Coun-
sci thought not, and declared that it had
more the strain OF broken-hearted and
contrite woman to the man whom she had
falsely accused. Never, said counsel, since
Henry Ward Beecher was born, did he use
the term t-hiding," and he had written
books and books, and counsel on the other
side had searched them all in vain for that
term. But his FRIEND Judge Fullerton, in
one of the books-"N orw Ood'-found a
reference TO robin hiding her nest, which
he Judge Fullerton) paraded before them.
"You." said Mr.. Porter, "could not 60 to
hear Beecher next Sunday without being
impressed with his vIvidness and impress
siveness, which reminded one of Shakes
peare and old Homer" Mr. Porter re-
ferred to Tilton when on the witness
stand, comparing Frank Moulton to Sir
Phillip Sidney in all that was grand and
noble, but counsel thought the cases could
bear no comparison. Why had Moulton
, and Tilton to lie as they said for MIR.
i Bcecher? Moulton said he lied for tender
ness and delicacy to Beecher and Plymouth
!, church, and Tilton for motives of the same
character towards his wife. Could Tiltor
have these feelings in him which led him
to bastardzc his own dead boy, and When
he sought to ruin his adopted daughter
, Both of these witnesses, in their testimony
had expressed themselves with malignit,
which rendered their testimony compari
lively worthless. If the Jury believes thu
testimony of Mr.. Wilkeson and Jackson S
| half hat oh 1f
dore Tilton, man who had broken an(
violated all of his pledges jackson S
Schultz said he did not believe that Tiltol
spoke to him of his wife's adultery will
d Beecher. This man had the impudence o
complaining of being stigmatized as
;. blackmailer. Why, gentlemen, said coun
sci, he was living by blackmail for the pas
number ofyears, ready to accept it in tn
form of benefactions Or otherwise
= Why was the paper attached 10 Bowen
check, containing the words, "Spoils fror
?, old friends for the enrichment o
new ones?' Why did Tilton threaten t
: blow the roof off Plymouth church unles
;. they acceded to his terms =? Counsel the
referred to Tiltons assertion that Mr..
Beecher never liked him, and Judge Porte
said Mrs. Beecher had read his characte
from the first. In q conversation wit
Mrs Ovington, Tilton exhibited his hatre
of Beecher when he said he would be tn
Sampson that would pull down the pillar
of the temple, and in testimony of witness
-, Gray, the colored man, whose evidence tn
other side thought was unworthy to be b.
lieved. He swore that when Mrs. Woodhu
said Mr.. Beecher, she thought would M
X preside at that meeting in Steinway hal
Mr.. Tilton replied tbreateningly that