Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-06-02
EvART'S ARGUMENT.
Hilton. Nouitou aud Ro-.eu. Three
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Censpirc fors.
M, Ai,eE 9, Our iSlegrsraie repcri OF the srga-
iflsi closed yesterday. Mr.. Evarts. continu-
ing, said; At the END Of ISL TIlion Wa
crushed so Tar as pecuniary matters we're
o"ncefned Shortly after Bowen took the
paper 10 Beecher which was 20 drive mir,
9 Out OF brooklyn he (Bowcnl shook his nst in
luton, lace, and said n he ever acknowI-
S S1t,1, MAJ be tBowenl had anything 20 DO
wlth lhls letter he would cashier him from
me independent; that petard was frci by
TINS engineer, and he was hoisted by IL him.
sell. lie Jury knew thaf this man va.
ruined, yet he swore himsel 4 that he was noi
ruined. The jury knew that Tiltoo va
ruined. and he knew 10, aud his actions to-
edge.
THE CHARGE AT FIRST
was improper proposals continued M To ne.
cemheT Sn, 50 IL remained SO Ear as outsiders
knew OF that interview mp 10 the month OF
July. 1S5i, when IL was changed 10 u charge
or adultery. Bowen said that he told Tiltoa
ON the soth OF December that lac should sever
his entire connection with the independent
and the other newspaper. The plaintiff hal
proved by his own witness that on the 2Sth
o. december he knew he was ruined. aud
that the axe had absolutely fallen. it'll
tons character and conduct were such a. =,
Justify or demand dismissal from the CON
tracts. Bowen was Justified by law in dis
missing him. That this was so Bowen knew
and he acted accordingly In that belief viii,
regard 10 this Winsted anaiT. Tiltou'S con-
duct with young lady when on a lecturins
tour was regarded as
UNsFFMIN AND pRoFLrGATr.
Tltton said when this was brought 10 Boyvan'S
notice that this an old affair, and that tho
lady was school girl placed In his charge
by his wife. and In the letter dated in lisa in-
stead OF $50, which II should have been. the
lady was represented aS a little girl. This
was an element showing that Bowen had
solid ground I'm his opinion Tor the course he
took with Tilton. Tilton and Moulton always
said that Bowen had no defense against pay
ing the money. and that he knew he had no
defense. The girl was about - years OF age.
and weighed about $50 pounds, Ilaughter.l
and was twice aS large a. Mrs. Tilton. The
relations he held with this young lady were
such that the plaintiff held no ShamefulneSS
i'm them; hat II Mr.. Beecher had taken Mrs
Illton To Ninsted, occupying The same room
together, and read Milton, how soon the other
side would have seized ON the chance that
would nave been offered 10 them. Counsel
declared that circumstances threw diScredu
on 11lton and his oath in relation 90 the
matter. In his interview with Bowen TiltOn
told him OF
BFECHFR's HORRIBLE PRoFLrGAcY
with Mrs. Tilton, and that. I'm Bowen'S eStf-
nation, eclipsed all the other stories where
upon they concocted the letter which was To
drive Beecher from Brooklyn. Bowen hands
him the letter and Beecher read IL, but did
not fall down dead; he merely said. sthis is
sheer tnsanity-the man is mad" That was
enough for Bowen. He said 60 himself the
charges were false, and il these charges were
true IL would have brought some confusion
10 the face, some tremor 10 the lips and some
perpleXity 20 the mind. Then Bowen said
that no matter what Mrs. Tilton told her
husband or what he charged, there was no
consciousness OF the offence displayed i'm Mr.
Beecher's countenance. An that happened
was that Mr.. BeecheT was aware OF Mr. TIL
tons enmity towards him, and how Bowen
must have rubbed the hands OF his UNDER
standing together when he heard of this.
THESE COSSPIRAToRs.
Bowen. Tilton and Moulton, when they were
together thought that no eye ever saw. or no
ear ever heard their Vaccinations. II no
thing had happened TO Beecher from the in
terview of December ~ "A good deal happened
10 Tllton and Bowen. The latter saw in what
a light his companionShip with Tilton placed
him, and FASTENED to leave il. Beecher told
Bowen of the horrible stories about Tilton
Of his cruelty To his wife and her flight from
the house, together with the Bessie Turner
story. Mr.. Beecher thought Tilton was not
q mt man to be on the Independent. and
Bowen had then his mind made up on the
subject, and had already told Tilton. on the
26th, that he was going To discharge him.
The nature Of the interview was that Beecher
did not care that. said Mr.. EVarts, swapping
his fingers, for the miSsive he Bowen bore
10 him, but Bowen was afraid IL might 60
abroad about his connection with the matter.
CONUNDPUMs FOR THE JURY.
Did the jury believe that man. a pastor.
pOving in the society he did occupied with
Mrs. Tilton the relations OF paramour aud
mistress. ard after eighteen months il came
TO the husband ears aud everything was
going on smoothly and quietly? Did the
jury think that this woman would pick a
quarrel with her husband and leave his roof.
when her husband had condoned the ofienSe
and thus make IL puhlic2 Could they inn
agine that "A wife, so situated, SO sensitive in
the question OF secrecy, could rush out of that
home aud leave her shame on the hands OF
her husband: Did they think Henry Ward
Beecher would turn this woman over TO his
wife To apply 20 her all the examination that
one woman would apply TO another. a fallen
one? DO men gather figs of thiStleS or
grapes of thornS, or having set thorns do
they expect a vintage2 Counsel then re-
verted 10 the interview between the alleged
adulterer and the injured husband after the
ofense has been committed. Six months
after these two men had been brought to-
gether, and Mr. Evarts said he thought this
was more significant interview than any
other IL any accusation was made at all il
was made then. Whatever OF confession,
concession of acquiescence on the part OF the
accused ever took place, took place then and
there. That was the period, situation and
aspect OF the affair ell round. TitOn had
then got, as lie says, from his wife a paper
written IN her own hand OF some character
and import; that is admitted. He got IL in
her sickness by efforts persisted in day after
day against the remOTIStrauce Of the nurse.
tie got that paper on the 29th, and presented
u on the S0th. That paper was destroyed by
Theodore Tilton, and given TO him 10 DESTROY
by Francis ID. MOultOn.