Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-08


uuon very unsubstantiai basis. De
fore the triai had been formally opened |
,r;I,o, and his friends made assertions F,
;r,,,;ca,,no Beecher with Bessie Turner |
in criminal relations. and that she was
sent West to school on money iur-
p;sheI by Beecher. So far from this
being true. it now appears that Hilton |
himself WAS the cause OF Bessis's being
sent away to school. and her own tes'l-
m,,v shows that Mr.. Tilton endeavored
to persuade her 10 do that which he anu
hi. friends charged Beecher with having
done. Moulton swore positively that
Beecher Acknowledged to him that his
relations with Mrs. Tilton had been
criminal; but thi. Mr.. Beecher Just as
alphabetically denies. Mrs. Moulton
takes the stand and under the soiemnl'y
Of an oath declares that Mr.. i;eeeher
made the same admission I" her. And
she is so positive in this that she names
the day and hour in which this admls-
SION was made. Mr. Beechsr. however.
40 far successfully rebuts this testimony
of Mrs. Mou.ton as to prove an alini-
On the dav in which Mr.. Beecher Is
stated TO have confessed to Mrs. Noul-
ton, Mr.. Beecher proves that lie was NJ
IN farm in P.ekskill, and produces dis
patches there received AMI the opera'orS
who took them. So Mrs. NoUlton must
correct her testimony as to the time. or
il will fall as utterly worthless. Admit
ting that Nr. Beecher IS guilty. II might
b. that he would confess his fault to one
friend who had the power TO cause III
ton TO forgive the offense. But 1t Is not
rrybabIe tha. he woult, confess bis OF
fense to that friend : wife, The more IS
pecially when she WAS not an American
bnt Spanish woman. This view OF
thu. case is strengthened by the fact that
however intimate Ny. Bsecher might
have been with MoIlton. it does not ap
pear that this intimacy in any way at
tached to Mrs Moulton. Beecher testl
ties that be knew her as he did man,
other indies of his conCreEatlon-he saw
her at church frequently and that Na
about all. He had met her at Noulton
house. but there was no particular inti
macy; only an expressed friendship
Next comes Victoria c. Woodruff. wiz
derources the statements Of IheodoT
TiIton, 50 far as they relate :" her, a
utterly and damnably false This car,
of Woodruff appeared in the Neg lor,
F-r45F Of March 50. Tilton. III his les
timonv. stated that he visited victor
Woolhull 10 enGeavor TO siissuade he
from publishing her threatens" flr"'
OF the relations existing between BsecAe
II. Hrs. TiIton. Mrs. Woodruff de
cIares tina. he visited her for an entire!
different purpose, and intimates as plain
" as language can that they were lovers
Txo aomestics, employed by Fic;orl
Woodhull at the time Tiiton used /
visit her, testify that Tiiton urged IL
publication OF tie scandal by Nooihul
saving that Plymouth Church woUi
give 800. coo 10 suppress 1t. Other te
,imony shows that Tilton read the proc
sheets OF the scandal before its appea
auce in I,dodduT G C!gtlia's WseL.y.
this testimony be not successfully Ieou
ted, the fac. will be patent that TLeodo
T.iton Vas party 20 the publication
the scandal. .i.J that the object Wi
which be started out was 70 levy bIac
mail This, and nothing more. III
this theory of the case il Strengthens
by tine fact that II.ton appears to ha
been living for years from such meal
a be could obtain from his friends
notably among whom was Beeeher.
the only testimony upon which q
plaintiff : case rests Is MouitOn :, al
this has been greatly weakened by q
testimony OF his wife. who swore s.
had Beecher confessing 10 her IN b
parlor while he was actually at his fai
IL PsekskIii.
THE BirdsaIl tol. road franchise
Lyon county has expired By limitatio