The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-12
The Beecher Trial.

New YORK. March ll.-When the
court opened in Brooklyn to-day, Mr..
Beach announced that Mr.. Fullerton was
sick.
Oliver johnson made correction Of
some of his testimony yesterday.
Miss Oakley Was then cross examined
by Mr.. Beach. Since left court yester-
day l conversed with Messrs. ShearmRn,
Hill and Porter and Mrs. Tiltoni l am
able to say of nv own knowledge that
the parties who visited Tilton's house in
1866 were not the parties who
had visited it prior TO that date!
] remember only one occasion on which
he made remarks on marriage and d.
vorce; Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton
were present; Tilton said: | no longer
believe in marriage relations a. L once
did; | can't remember what he said pre-
yious on this subject; | think all my
knowledge of his opinions on marriage
relations, were derived from his public
writings; ] have no recollections of his
ever saying anything upon the subject
of laws relating to divorce.
Charles Cowley was called as the next
witness. He testified that he mad lived
in Lowell, Massachusetts, since 1872;
he had practiccd law in Lowell and Bos-
ton for the last nineteen years, except
two years when he was ut the war IN the
volunteer force; he WAS once a candidate
for Attorney General of Massachusetts,.
In connection with this political matter,
he visited New York in the fall OF 1871.
While here he saw Theodore Tilton
He was introduced to him by Mrs.
Woodruff ut her house in 2Sth street,
New York. \ number Of persons of
both sexes were present on the occasion.
He called at the house by Mrs. Wood
hurs invitation to meet Mr.. TIlton and
others. Mrs. Woodruff said that
AGred Revolution
was about to take place in regard to the
marriage relation, and Beechcr would
be its leader; witness said he
did not believe this, and Mrs Woodruff
said Beccher would have to, or be .ex-
posed. AS one who concealed in public
his private sentiments; Mrs. Woodruff
having sad something as to BeccherS
preaching to n dozen of his mlstresses,
witness said that could not be; either
Mr. Tilton or Mrs. Woodruff
then spoke of the number of Beechers
mistrc,scs ~ being forty; the name OF
Miss Proctor was mentioned in this con-
ncction; Mrs Woodhull, in II tone that
could he heard 10y Tilton, spoke of Mrs.
Tilton a> II woman with whom Beechcr
had long been enamourcdi she said
that Mrs. Tilton had confessed to her
husband, and that Bccchcr obtained a
rctraction from her, which a
friend of TiIton procured from him
at the point Of II pistol;
be thought she mentioned the name of
Moulton. The witness expressed his dis
belief in this, and said that if Mrs. Til
ton had written one confession she could
write another; Mrs Woodruff said that
she was not likely to write another As
that confession was written when Tilton
WIS in some business difficulties; the in
Justice of some marriage laws was then
discussed, Tiiton and Mrs. Woodruff
arguing that marriage ought to be a
simple contract; the witness expressed
different opinions; Mrs. Woodruff said
that she favored the abolition of the
whole present system Of segregated
families, and thought that children ought
tc be brought mp in institutions main
tanned by the State; Tilton and Mrs.
Woodruff seemed to bc cnamorcd of
each other