The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-02

their Vaccinations. Nothing had hap
pened to Beecher from the letter Of De-
Cember 26th, but good deal had hap
pened to both Tilton and Bowen, The
latter then saw in what q light his
cOmpanionship with Tilton placed him,
and hastened to leave it. Beecher told
Bowen Of the horrible stories about Til
ton, Of his cruelty to his wife and her
flight from the house together with Bes-
sic Turner's story. Beecher thought
Tilton was not tit man to be on the IN
dependent, and Bowen then had his mind
made up on the subject, and had already
told Tilton that he was q going to dis
charge him. The nature af the inter-
view was that Beeeher did not care, said
Evarts, (Snapping his ingers) for the
missiye he (Bowen) bare to him. But
Bowen was afraid that II mightgo abroad
about his connection with the matter.
The jury were men Of common sense and
were not to discard all the reason when
they come into the jury box, Did they
believe that u man, a pastor, moving In
the society he did, occupied with Mrs.
Tilton the relations OF a paramour and
mistress, and that after Is months It came
to the husbands ears? Did tho Jury
think that this woman would seek u
quarrel with her husband and leave his
roof when her husband had condOned the
offence, and thus make 1t publlcP Could
they imagine that wife so situated could
rush out Of that house and leave her
shame in the hands Of her husband2 Did
they think that Henry Ward BGeCher
would turn this woman over to his wife
to apply all the examination that one
woman would apply to another? Ii the
jury would not take philosophy and the
teachings Of Scripture on the subject, let
them take the generosity Of Beecher's
heart, which was inconsistent with q
course Of proaigacy, which hardens the
heart. Do men, said the counsel, gather
iigs Of thistleS, or grapes Of thOrns, or
having set thorns do they expect n vintage.
The counsel then reverted to the inter-
view between the alleged adulterer and
the injured husband. After the Oitense
has been committed, six months after,
these two men had been brought together,
and, Mr.. Evarts said, he thought this was
more significant interview than any
other. II any accusation was made
Mt all II was certainly made then.
Whatever there was OF confession, Conces-
sion, or acQuiescencc on the part Of the
accused took place then and there. That
was the period, situation and aspect OF
the affair all round. Tilton had then
got, as lie says, from his wife, a paper
written In her own hand, Of some Charae-
ter and import. That Is admitted. lie
got 1t in her sick room by efforts persist
cd in day after day, against the remon.
STRANGE Of the nurse. lie got that paper
on the Goth, and presented 1t on the 3Oth.
That paper was destroyed by Theodore
Tilton, and given to him to destroy by
Francis D. Moulton. What Justification
was there for MoultOn after the tripartite
agreement was signed to give this paper
to Tilton to destrOy2 The jury had here
n seli.coniessed, absolute lreaChery, an
absolute conviction Of these parties. Mr..
Charles Storrs, in his testimony, said he
told Moulton that Sam WilkesOn had
stated that all the papers should be
burned, and that MOullOn said they were
all burned, and laughed, and then stated
that Henry Ward BeGCher thinks they
are burned. II they were burned what
would Theodore dOS There was only the
one paper burned and that was the mis-
sive obtained from Mrs, T.ilton,
Court adjourned.