The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-21
.BEECHER TRIAL.

so that all could hear. He continued hi
remarks on the letters which passed be
: tween Tilton aud his wife. He reierre
10 the letter Of March 8, 1868, as sheddin
flood Of light upon the relations be
tween them six mouths before that Chris
tian man and loving woman were repre-
, sented a. having the relations 10 one an
other that they were charged with.
The counsel quoted from letter; "Al
irrcpressible tenderness has grown up il
my soul, and | never saw my path s,
clear as now" lie spoke Of Tilton a
having genius at that time which, II !
had not been misused, would have raiset
him to a lofty position, The counse
quoted from n letter from Tilton to hi
wife, dated February IA, 1867, in whicl
he said he had been speCulating on thu
life Of Jesus, and asked her how he woulc
have appeared in the character Of n mar
ried man. Jesus undoubtedly loved sOmC
women dCvotCdly, perhaps paSsionately
That Is the language, said the counsel II
which Tilton wrote to his devoted wife
OF his God, and the counsel commented
severely upon it, The counsel then rC.
viewed the letter written on the 18th o
the same month by Mrs. Tilton, in which
she took to herself the blame of all the
unhappinCss which had occurred in the
family, which his learned friend on the
other side said had been caused by the en-.
trance Of the cold, calculating seducer
She appealed to her husbands better no,
ture which was planted in his breast by
an ever living God, and which she could
not believe was altogether dried up, The
counsel quoted further from the letter, in
which she urged that they should neither
Of them allow n shadow Of doubt about the
other.
In December 1860, continued Mr., Por.
ter, year after the death Of his son
Paul, when he alleges his wife was the
mistress Of the hOnOrcd pastor, Tilton
writes II letter to his wife, in which he
says that her affection touched his deepest
nature and he wished he was more wOr.
thy Of it. When the receptacle contain.
ing these letters Of his wife was invaded
and the letters brenthcd love and
alteration she believed in him. God
would indeed be asleep il lie
did not 0verturn the actions md
intentions OF this invader. We will now
turn, said the counsel, to the l7th Of
October, 1868, for there the issue Of this
case hinges. On the 9th Of that month
Henry Ward BeeChcr delivered one Of
his brilliant addresses In the Academy Of
Music, and his aCcuscrs thought they
could safely fix on the next day, the 10Th,
rs the date Of his first commission Of the
act The counsel could imagine what a
hunting through almanaCs there was for
this day by both MoultOn and ,rilton so
that there would arise no danger from
m alibi, and the next date fixed upon MAS
between Friday evening prayer meeting
and the following Sunday. Seven years
ago this crime was said to be committed
Gentlemen, would you believe that man
goes for the first time in his life ut the
age OF sixty to commit an act OF debauch-
cry? In order for Theodore TiltOn TO
wrGak hi- vengeance on Henry Ward
IIecchGr lie walks over tho body Of his
wife.
The counsel then commented on tho
witnesses for the defendant, among whom
he said were fifteen men Of cminence and
popularity, who transacted business with
all parts Of the world, and whose worth in
commercial circles wns never doubted and
whose deaths, il they occurred together
would cause the city Of Brook lyn to go
into mourning. There IL in the breast Of
each OF Us tenderness exhibited to.
wards wOmGn-remembGr our own moth
crs, wives and sisters. There was day
when such tenderness rested in the breast
Of Theodore rilton, but it had now taken
its flight. Counsel then spoke Of Bessie
Turner assisting in the rearing Of the
children In Tilton's household and the
loving companion Of Mrs. Tilton, where.
ever She went commanding respect and
reverence. This girl when growing In
that household to the station OF woman.
hood she on two occasions was
made the object OF approach on tho part
Of her adopted father. She gave Incl.
dents Of these approached. This will
show the heart OF the man In which the
accusation against Henry Ward BCecher
and his ('TiltOns) wife had their origin.
Counsel read the testimony OF Bessie
Turner in relation to these approaches,
and said There is simple, child-likc
narrative, and no man who heard her
speak doubted It's truthfulncsS. The
might Of this grl's testimony was felt BY
'l'ilton, and as Conscience makes towards
Of US all, +" he could give no other than nm
unqualified denial when on the witness
stand to this laat story. Mrs. Tilton
told Mrs. Putnam Of these stories, and II
was from that source that Bessie Turner
first learned that Tilton sought her room
for the purpose Of debauching her.
At this point the Usual recess was
taken.
After the recess Mr.. Porter resumed
his argument. lie began by referring to
Joseph II. Richards ns the bastard who
went before the church committee to put
his own sister in n false nttit by
his pretended s0icltudc This man,
under the mnign influence OF Henry Z.
lIowc,, aud tutorcd by Theodore TiltOn,
hts brOlhcr.in. law, had in the court room
made theatrical exhibition OF himself
which only Theodore Tilion cOu Id have
devised. This man had been brought
back to contradict Bessie Turner, and
how did he do III Even he could not
deny that Bessie Turner told him what
she had said she did, but he merely dc.
nird the immaterinl statement that she
visited him at certain building. lie
could do but little, but what was in his
power he did to win the hJnoring nod OF
Theodore riltun and commend himsclltn
Henry Z. Bowen. There Ougi to be some
cipher at the end Of the alphabet by
which to designate such men.
Mr.. Porter then spoke IN scathing
terms of 4. H. Martin, whom lie declared
to b, 'rilton'4 miserable, pcrjurcd spy, in
comparison with whom he respected even
Monton, rilton'4 minion. This man
Martin, who was sent to pry into Mrs.
riltons conduct and report her language,
had been put upon the stand to swear
down Bessie Turner upon the point Of
whn, took place Mt Mrs. Ovngtons rcsi.
Icucc, This man, who had erected walls
and houses where carpenters had never
built them, and had cast into q protecting
shadow piazza exposed to the blaze Of
the lofrid sun. Such were the men put
forward to swear down Bessie Turner;
In, A girl who could stand the fire Of the
mos, brilliant cross.cxamincr in America
who could defy Mr., William Fullerton,
even after the latter had been Obliged To
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