, 1875-02-19

yosss 10 apoaW viii, lin. saw alr. Dcccher at
Mr. h{oulIous house. in January. ls1l. vhen Mr.
atonton was sick. tlE not resanmne1 .;ta u a."
l l,ave mst Dir. alo:lton aud ar. D,ocher on
tte street Il think IL was last 4th Of Jnlf,
or Oh tho Sunday previous. ! mot them ol,
Montague street near my house. ! exchanged
lad nat seen tho 'or eoinc time. sAitl, i" No:
you could have eeeu mo II you wanted TO-"
Mr. H~ocher roptinh, "Dopt 10 too hard on mr.
friend Moulton. He IL a. good fr4snd as I'd
him d not think usull 10 nlys now" wheu
lie said th1H str. Buccllee laid his h2ud Oh a1s.
Monltor's rto,!slor.
Tia witness !: was eross:s..tn'nsd by, by
H. Esa1, ~ na LIS sa a,r10os M5s III, MSusp Mt
Mon1ton Is uot set dissolved, but the warehouse
business has bsen dissolved rlnce this lat Of JAM
nary. Tho merchandise business was fixed to
terminate on tho 1Bt OF March next. II was ae
Of tbo dissolution of tho parsno'shtp y tue er-
chandiao too4 place from January 10 March.
WILLIAM M. BRAtsMEn
mas tho next witucss. lie tcsttAeds have
nesa sso f o p'Sfso Sss s 'i issss Fae@ Ssa Se H.
l'eecher and MI. T.lson, and know tho
lntecrs house IN Lexington etreat. hare aeon
ST.. DccchcE On the noop Of Nt. Tllton's hoaso
four or five times. saw him tl,eso once early
In Tho morning, about btsakin. t-tlmc. IN tao fall
II struck mo that II was All early timo for Cof1-
tlcman to DO paying visits. waa going On q
fishing excursion, In my yacht at The ttmo. cal!
hrcaklast..:itn about o'clock. As nearly ts
tho morning We did not speak to OF
eants ono another. MAS introduced to
him onco OF board tho Fulton ferrybost. only
raw Mrs. TlIton oncs ri h Mr. becchcr, and that
WA es Tho ghto ot The house. l aid rot 500 Nr'
Deecl1er 20 into lhe h6nHo on tho oGcnsior.
Cross-e1amined BY Mr. Etarts: hnTe been
In stten5auco Aogo three days. Anl was de-
tanned from going to Washington to give tho evi-
donce. From 1861 to tic present t'tno. have
or five times. do not know II, on this particn.
lar morning, Mrs. or aIr. Nlton wcre At homo. I
did not know that on this morning 3lr 1}sccler
had arrived from Washington, nnd called u uco
| Mr. Tilton M business.
This finished lfr. Urstal,er's tastiMong, and he
stepped down from the stand.
| Tile Court then adjourned for the day.
!, Az IMPORTANT rolST
| Mr.. Bell. who testified today, Ia Supersntend-
| ont Of tho Plymouth Dcthcl, and former Suporia-
! ten,lent Of Plymouth SundsY.school. Whoa
cyoaB.c c18u1ned by Shesrnian. tic latter laborsj
10 show that 10 Ind always favored tho policy Of
sieucc aud Nj. Bell mas certain lo his teatl:
| tnony that Sbearn,an was zoaloasly In favor ol
| thc Ohurrh taking action ln lisu OF tho
Tlsons having failed to deny the oaarges matt
| III tue paper. ls.l1 said that no idea OF takin,,
scion ngauA. Beeeher and no belief In bis guilt
existed, but 1t was felt, notably by hinl:o!l An,l
\
pApor Of great circulation. loft ,stai'
on tho church which tho church should
wlpo or Alr. shoarmnu wanted Boil tc
CONCUR with hin in tho statement that ho {Sheor,
1nnn) never thought tile scandal should DO re.
ptird to, but that rllton shcrld himself bo deal
with. Uoil replied: ltr. Bhearman, will bo
Arsuo with you. l will only state my memory
untier my oash. Il Ii that you at first expnctct
tue Tiltons to lcnT tho story. and that uhcr
should take action on the scandal" "liow uan1
thought 40. BIZ. Bell2" aekad btr. shaarmau
"1[nndretls OF hundreds," answered Mr. Bell
what" said Alr. sl'earman. ',on account o.
count Of tho paper. cBtocm tbs
any sfsudor is Important ard should b.
dci,ed aud retutoA. Tho trouble was. IN cub
stance" said Mr.. Ball. That the eanler coult
bo horno to hundreds OF thousands who nave
knew tho facts and pa1lies Or had studied either
It WAS therefore important to 'lnnt down ant
e4poso Islander, Or 1t least denv It."
Dir. Dolre Testimony was roceivod With Grca
attouton by both sides. aud by nll the audionfo
Iilc Chief Juatco himself !iatencd mos. iiltcntly
In addition TO ita posoty tbs Testimony went t,
exhibit ." tho mind OF plymouth upon tn
action which shonIa bs taksI, upon tho scandal
It 10 tho frat time that tho matter las becl
touched In tho t1iHl.
afr. Snearmap apparently asked his question:
| with the expectation Of getting answers Of tI
cams color; His surprise and tbst Of the audi
ccce In not getting thnm OF such = color rh
tho court roam. The public and ottioin
action OF Plymouth Church has bean 20 unite
and uuiform toward tho scandal that Mr. Dcli'
| evidence Of grave discontenk Of hundreds o.
hundreds eith tho policy OF silence made th
people prick up their cREs.