The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1875-04-29
OVER THE WIRES
The Latest Evidence il The Bee
Cher-T'ilt0u Trial.
Close IF BsecEer's Testimony and
ether, Witnesses introduced.

NEW York, April 2l.-The Tilton- Beech
er trial was resumed to-day, before a packed
house, and the cross-examination OF Beecher
was continued, rs follows
saw Victoria Woodruff. in June, 1871,
at TiltOn's; had an interview with her
there think this was after the pub!ica-
ton OF her card; l think the interview
lasted ten minutes / saw her next in the
Autumn Of 1873, about the 10Th OF October,
think, at the time of the yacht race l
cannot say if saw her between those inter-
views. Witness was shown a letter, and
said: i think this is the letter l received
from her, though l am not conyersant with
her hand. Mr.. Fullerton read the letter
dated November l9, ISL, in which she de-
sired to have an Interview with him, asking
justice from those who had the right to give
it to her, and asking him to assist in getting
justice done her. Witness said: l took
this letter to Moulton, and said | would
have TO write an answer; he dissuaded
me from answering, and said he could
manage it for me; understood he was to
see her personally; there was some motion
towards making an answer, but he took it
off my hands saw Mrs Woodhull next
morning at Moulton's; in the summer of
1873 my health was good, As | remember !;
l have often entered my pulpit, but never
| made statement that had entered it one
hundred times in which never expected to
leave it alive /; | have had for a long time
violent symptoms, which l misinterpreted,
| and which are delusive; at the time | wrote
this statement l did not put forth these
symptoms as 4 reason for my letter OF Feb.
| 9TH, TO Mrs. Tilton, and what it expressed
to her in not being alive many days; my
physicians talked 10 me about it, and
became convinced that my symptoms
arose from the cerebral overaction; l don't
recall that any physician removed my fear
Of apoplexy; i don't apprehend now that l
shall die OF apoplexy; l got rid OF that
impression before 1871 or 1872; when
wrote the letter | had a strong premonitiOn
that my end was drawing near; / spoke
then, as l often do, in sadness, and at other
| times in gladness; the instrument by which
l expected TO be removed, was the sovereign
hand of God / did not expect | would he
translated like Elijah, but as Henry Ward
Beecher would be, if God took him; after
this apprehension of death, don't recall
any application for insurance on my life,
nor do | remember if insured my life al
ter 1870, at all an application was made
by Ford u Co., for insurance
on my life. Mr.. Fullerton read the
questions and answers contained in
the insurance paper, among which was a
long list OF diseases, and in regard to which
witness had been questioned, and followed
by the answer, No. The paper was signed
by ii. ". Beecher, and j. Il. Ford * Co.
Mr.. Fullerton announced that this closed
the cross-examInation of the witness.
| Mr.. Evarts said the redirect examina,
ton would take but short time, and the
next witness called would be Mr.. Cleveland
On the redirect examination the witness
said: l had no interest in this insurance
my "Liie of Christ" l presume, was in the
publishers minds when they effected this
interest in my life there was about a veal
in which l had certain symptoms, from
over-work, | thought they were those OF ap-
oplexy, and besides, have a short neck
and my friends are very anxious about me
Mrs. Tilton never denied having undue al
lection for me, either orally or in writing
on the night of December 30th; did not
read the Investigating Committees report
As it was not nv habit to read scandal pa
pers was in the White Mountains wher
the report was made was satisfied when
| HtiIu mat NdS dClultttu. anu tldt tIis
church was happy have never, latterly
read any papers or articles that were pub
lished about ME after 1871 the intercourse
between Mrs. Tilton and myself was, in the
! first place, as little personal as possible
and in that intercourse | never made any
allusion to the past difficulties, but cheeret
and encouraged her, and excited in hei
] religious feelings, as the best method oil
controlling the state Of affairs in her house
To one oil the jurors When l made the
mortgage on my house, i think my wife
: Joined me in the transaction this was il
jocose conversation between my wife ant
myself when the mortgage was talkeC
about, nv wife asked me for what the IRON
, ey was wanted, | told her it was all right
!, The redirect examination here closed.
, After recess. Samuel White Partridge wa
sworn as a witness for the defense. He ties
titled that he lived in New Jersey he wa
employed by Woodruff * Robinson iron
Sept, 1919, until the 3lst of December last
he was cashier OF the house; he received OF
deposit check OF 5000, drawn by Mr.
Bowen in June, 1872; a slip of paper ac
companied it; he identified a check shown
to him as the check in question; he ais
identified slip of paper mentioned
Evarts offered to read this slip, ans
Beach objected Evarts said he wished tc
explain the transaction relating to thi
check, and that he would prove, if this slil
was not admitted, that this slip was in Til
tons handwriting.
Judge Nelson said he did not see how
this was material.
!. After considerable discussion, the pape
was handed to Judge Nelson, who said i
might be read in the evidence.
Evarts read the paper, as follows:
"Spoils Of new friends for the old"
He called the attention of the jury to tn,
fact that the pin-holes in this paper and tn,
check exactly correspondent.
Judge Nelson remarked that this wa:
one Of those remote collateral matters which
; had been gone over again and again, unit
his very soul was wearied.
The witness then continued: | do no
remember whether these papers were con
nected when they came TO me; j remember
the publication OF Mrs. Woodhull'
life by Tilton, and speaking witt
Moulton about it; Mrs. Morse said to IN,
something about TiltOn's object in writin.
the Life OF Mrs Woodruff. The witness wa
then asked what MOultOn said. To thi
Beach objected, and Evarts contended tina
he wanted to show that it was 4 motive o
Tilton's own to write this work, and oi;ere,
to prove hy this witness that Moulton toll,
him that Tilton wished to put himself a
the head of the Spiritualists, as they wer
far more numerous than the Congregation
alists, and that for this purpose he had pub
lished the Life of Mrs. Woodruff
Judge Nelson ruled that this witnes
could be used in contradiction OF anything
Moulton had said, and he would be con
fined to this. The witness was then ailoweC
to go without cross-examinatiOn,
Evarts said their next witness was Cleve
land, and as it was now near the hour o
separation he suggested that he should no
be called until tomorrow. This was con
CURED in and the court adjourned.
A public dinner will be given to Car
Schurz on the 9th inst. He sails for Eu
rope with his family on the 18th.
NEW YORK, April 22-The Ninth An
nual Convention of the National Board o
Fire Indemnities began to-day. Fifty com
panies were represented, The treasurer
report showed the receipts from all source
to be SlOO,OO4; expenses. Sl02, l9l; bal
ance due by the Board, S2,lS6. Presiden
Oakley delivered his annual address
The following resolution vas adopted:
Resolved, That the executive committe,
be empowered to hereafter offer rewards 70
the apprehension OF incendiaries, whethe
the authorities should see fit to do SO OF
not.
Various reports were received and adopt