Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-28
TILTON-BEECHER.
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The Great Scandal Suit Ora gEing
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New YORK, April 27.-There was but
a small attendance at the Brooklyn City
Court to-day. But one witness was eX-
amined, and he knew very little.
4 Theological Tilt with a Female
CIaIryOyant,
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
BROOKLYN, April 26.-The most re-
markable witness on the Beecher side turn
ed up to-day, in the person Of Mrs. Eliza
beth LapieTre Palmer, who occupied the
stand for three-fOuTths Of the day. Mrs.
| Palmer is a lady not without a history.
She is a landscape painter, spiritual medi-
um, ClairyOyant, inventor Of a stocking sus-
pender, and social reformer. She declared
| that TiltCn had been a constant visitor at
Mrs. WoOihull's office; that they often
lunched together; that they aflectionately
/ embraced, "kissedy called each other pref
ty names, and that he was habitue Of her
| bedroom.
We expected tough times with this lady
| when Beach, with fiery face, furious eye
| and pleasant voice, began the CrOSs-exam-
| ina.iOn by asking about her first marriage
| and about ali her places of residence after
| she had left her original husband. When
she said her present husband was a mag
/ netic doctor, and was asked how he sp-
piled magnetism, she applied TO the court
| for protection, and then confessed she was
a spiritualist medium and clairvOyant. She
! can read the soul of a man, for all the acts
| of life are photographed there, and she sees
| through her forehead. She now sees spirits,
including that of young lady, lowering
between her and her cross-eXaminer, but
she could not tell him if they were good
! ones.
Mrs. Palmer's evidence for over a half
| hour consisted Of series of deliverances
| about spiritualism, responsibility, "GOd,"
the soul, the origin of evil, fore ordination,
| free love and divorce. Her ideas were Of
kind which must be very familiar to those
who happen to be acquainted with female
| spiritual mediums.
She was next crOSs-questioned about the
| details of her various interviews with
| Woodruff and Tilton, and about the scan
/ dal in its original shape. But Beach sud
| denly, abruptly and Unexpectedly termi-
! mated the cross examination, after an hour
and a halfs work with her, in q way which
proved Disappointing to those who had in
| dulged in expectations greater than were
| realized.
But we have an af.erpiece with this wit
ness, which is sure to startle outside theO-
| logiaus even more than it amused us.
! Shearm an rose at the close Of her GOss
to ask her a couple Of questions, which, if
properly answered, would make her accept
able to the religious community. ''DO you
| believe in the God of the Christians 81
| do" said she. "And," added Sherman,
| "in the Lord Jesus Christie "3Ost EceT-
tainly," replied Mrs. Palmer. AT this
/ Beach jumped again TO his feet, and cross
/ questioned her through the higher domains
| of dogmatic theology in a way that
can only be appreciated by the
} Uerbdtim report. She described the
modus of the Trinity and the
"Hierarchy" of the gods in a way that made
us think of Jupiter wearing the mask of
COmus. There are a great many gods.
Every god has his own planet, and every
planet its own god. Jesus is the God Of
this planet. She gave an extremely gro
| tesque account of the method Of the gem
Grafton Of Jesus Christ, which, shocking to
say, was ended amid great laughter.
! During the day a fat man in the audi
ence turned chastity pale, fell over in an
cpilspLic fit, and was carried cut by the
officers, upon which the Judge ordered one
of the doctors in court to attend to him.