The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-06-30
THE BROOKLYN TRIAL. !.
Beach Makes Another Sensation.

Il W et48 81
/ The Skeleton I'm BOwen's Closet,
/ NEw ToRK, June 21s--The court
/ room was more densely peopled this
morninn than it has been since the
early days of the trial, and many la.
| dies were among the spectators. Mrs.
/ Beecher wgs attended into court by
i DIR. Edward Beecher. Tilton was
early in his seat. Beach continued,
and said: It was not for Tracy, the
| advocate of Beecher, to condemn
Moulton, who was far below him
/ (BeecheF) i'm intellectual qualities,
and when Beecher entered into the
policy of siiecce and operated with
Moulton to that end, the defendant
| should not blame Moulton for his ac-
tion in that respect. 81 vs9n aa
There was one other witnes who
had borne testimony to the confes-
| sion of defendant, q woman Who had
been eulogized by Beecher in his let
ters, and the question is was she to
be believed. Beecher had denied
the interview with Mrs. Moulton on
June 2, claiming that he spent that
morning at the Eagle Office with Kin
sella, but Kinsella hae not been call
ed in to prove the alibi. Besides,
| the new evidence of Mr. James was
conclusive. lie saw Beecher on that
day coming from Columbia Heights
and going towards 49 Ransom street,
shortly before9 o'clock. Mrs. Moul-
tons story was true, and he was not
! guilty of presumption in saying that
every honest juror felt it in his heart
to be true. He did not mean by this
the juror who had said Mr.. Beecher
was too great a man to fall, who
shut his heart and ears to the evi-
dence and looking only to the grand
eur of Mr.. Beecher's chaaaeter, be-
lieved that he was npholding Chris
tianity in the pulpit and temple he
defiled. aat e q
The sixth juryman, George Hull,
| expressed disaprobation at the man.
ner in which the counsel had made
undue reflections on the jury, and
| said that the jury had several times
to sit and hear these refectionf, and
complained that it was too bad, be-
sides being kept away from their
homes for six months, to have to lis
ten to the insinuations of counsel.
The fact was the jury had not been
approached except by means of en-
velopes. producing one, enclosing
cuttings from the New York Sun.
Judge Nelson said the juror misun-
derstood counsers remarks in the
heat of debate.
/ Mr.. Beach remarked that he had
| good reason to believe members of
the jury bad been approached, which
he would present TO the court at an
other time. He made no imputation
againt the jury, bnt he could prove
they had been approached.
Mr.. Abbott protested against the
unprofessional mode iD which these
statements had been put forward.
Mr.. Shearman also challenged the
gentleman to oproduce his proofs then
and there. Some Kisses by the au-
dience. 81 .,a- +.
There was not one dollar of money
which had been expended in the case
which had come from any source ex-
cept the pockets of Henry Ward
Beecher and himself. He was ready.
for his own part, to take the respon-
sibility as to how the money had
been expended.
Beachreplied that Shearman spoke
without knowledge, inasmuch as par
ties in sympathy with the defendant
could easily use moneys for purpos-
| es not known to him. He replied
| that he did not charge any one Of the
jury till be was called out by a jury
man. He would be sorry if he had
said anything offensive to the jury.
men or done anything to injure the
cause of his client, for that he would
have no right to do; but as they had
been challenged he would now ask
his honor 10 name the time and place
for the production of his proofs. N
Judge Nelson suggested that the
| proper time would be at the close OF
the case when somebody would have
| to be punished. sH Ens gussn9E
The matter was then dropped and
the court adjourned. 49,
The newspapers here hint at and
half tell the particulars Of Bowen s
charge against Beecher. The story,
on the authority of Frank B. Carpen-
ter, suppressing the lady's name. is
this: BoWen's first wife, died many
years ago.. Subsequently he became
matrimonially engaged to a young
woman, who was a member of Ply
mouth Church, The wedding day
was fixed. and preparations made
for the marriage. One day the affi-
anced woman tearfully and remorse-
| fully confessed to Bowen that she
had been sexually guilty with Beech
er. She urged in extenuation that
she had loved and trusted her pas
tor, and that her ruin had been &C.
eomplished by urgent. solicitation
and some physical force. Bowen
thereupon had an interview with
Beecher and accused him of the Of
fense. Beecher acknowledged his
guilt, and on his knees pleaded for
forgiveness. Bowen forgaye him,
but broke off his engagement to mar
~ the woman. This Is why, as the
story goes, Bowen considers himself
in honor bound to silence. The pres
sure upon him is very great to speak,
but he refuses. To-day he said TO
your correspondent Your hair
will be very gray before you get from
me any statement. 7 have consid-
cred the matter carefully, and am not
deaf to the public In its just demand
for all the facts. but my mind is
made mp to say nothing. ~ TN. II.
Special.
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