The daily gazette., 1875-06-15
The Beecher Scandal.

A STRANGE STORY TOLD BY A NEW YORK
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AeAlNsTMR.
BERCHER.
The New York Herald to-day has
long sen sational article giving some al
legged additional evidence toMr. Beech
erfs guilt. The article has decidedly
dubious look. After giving the evil
dence of druggist who said that ne
sold Prussic acid to Mr.. Deecher In
May 1871, the Herald publishes a state
mcnt of an upholsterer who was engag-
ed in MIR. Tilton's house in October,
1869. This statement we condenso az
follows:- J..
In the fall of 1860, in the month OF
October, l was engaged by q man
named Price to assist him in laying
carpets in the house of Theodore Til
ton in Livingston street. Along In
the afternoon remember hearing the
front door bell ring. Price and myself
were then finishing work on the hall
stairs. Mrs. Tilton answered the door
herself, and let in an elderly looking
man. AS soon as the door was closed
this man seized hold of Mrs. TIlton and
clasped hisarms around her waist drew
her to him and kissed her, and she re-
turned il. In fact he raised her Oil her
feet during the operation and pressed
| her body close to his own.
The two, after this first salute, walk
ed into the front parlor. askedPTlce
| if he knew who the man was, and he
said eyes, that ia Bcecher, the preach
er," remarked, "They are pretty
loving couple l guess. Did you see
how he lifted her up and pressed her
to him?" Price said, Eyes; and !
guess I'll take peep and SEQ what
they are doing" Whereupon he went
through into the room at tho end OF
the hall. In moment he camo back
| to me and told me that lie had been
looking through the keyholc OF the
door dividing the front parlor from the
library, and had seen Mr.. Deecher on
the sofa with Mrs. Tilton IN a very
questionable position.
had left my hat and some OF my
tools on the mantlepiecc OF tho room
where Beecher was, and said to Price
Il have a good mind to so in there
suddenly and get my things that !
left there" He dared me to do it,and
said Iwould 60 in. With that walk
ed across the hallway, opened the door
and walked to the mantel and took my
tools. AS l walked across tho room,
when went in, saw no one, but Just
as got to the mantle heard rustic:
| turned round to walk out when
saw Mr. Beccher, as it were, just rls
ing from the floor with one hand on
the end of the lounge and moving away
from Mrs. Tilton, who was sitting OF
re clining on it, Mr. Bcecher was di
rectly in front of her. Idrew my OWE
conclusion but said nothing until lgoi
) outside in the hall, where l left PRICE
looking in through the crack Of the
door, l then told him what l had seer
and lie said he saw Mr.. Beecher as
went in, kneeling in front of Mrs. Til
ton, and that when l disturbed then
he had arisen from that position. Wha
took place after that | do not know
for we left the house.
: WHAT PRICE KNOWS.
After leaving the man who gave tn
: information contained IN the foregoing
c st.tement an effort was made to fin,
! out the man Price. The right ma
r was finally discovered to be John j
price an upholsterer, employed in vii
more & Boyden's carpet store, No. Q
West Thirty third street, New Yorl
city. He, like the other, however whsl
scared almost to death that his az
quaintance with any facts pertinent t
!. the great trial should have leaked out
d Being finally satisfied that the whol
story had been told, he seemed inclir
~ ~ ed to be more communicative. He sta
ted that the facts related above in rt
ference to the scene, and the act
which he saw IN the parlor while
pEEPING THROUGH THE KEYHoLE
J, of the library door, as well as Will
} his fellow worker went in for his Ii;
and tools were correct. When aske
to come out in a straightforward mai
ner with clear, full, and decide
statement he declined to do so, saYin
that it was nothing III his ,pocIt j
s. tell what he knew, but that he migl
get into trouble, and persisted in sayil
that for the present he would say l
more. He stated nevertheless, that
called into court and placed upon 4
Is witness stand he would tell all
nd knew.