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HERALD DEVELOPMENTS.
The Poison-An Entry In the Ledger.

HERALD DEVELOPMENTS.
The Poison-An Entry In the Ledger.
Flew York Herald, June lil
There appears now to be a prospect of an
effort being made to reopen the great scan
dial case for the purpose OF admitting some
newly discovered evidence on the plaintiffs
side. That this evidence is most import
ant, all who read it will admit. 1t unmis-
takably confirms both the evidence Of Mr..
Frank Moulton, as also that OF his wife, in
reference to the question Of Mr.. Beecher
having poison in his possession, and that,
too, beyond a doubt, for, a. will be seen by
reading the statement Of Mr.. g. {. Legs,
the chemist and druggist, he positively as
serts that he sold Mr.. Beecher a bottle OF
hydrocyanic acid, or, rs it is commonly
termed, prussic acid. He has shown to the
writer his ledger, wherein is written an en-
try Of the sale TO Mr. Beecher Of this
DEADLY POISON,
and where it is charged TO Mr.. Beecher's
account 1t will lie remembered IN this
connection that Mr.. Moulton used in his
statement" the following language:
''Having made an illusion to Beecher's
suicide, il may be well for me to state here
the full circumstances OF his confession
concerning his proposed design. He told
me, and repeated to another in my pres
ence-that he had within reach in his own
study, a poison, which he would take If the
story Of his crime with Elizabeth should
ever come to the public. lie told me Of a
visit which he had made 10 a photograph
er's gallery, where he learned that one OF
the employees had mistaken a glass OF poi
son for 4 glass OF water, and, having Ia
ken and drank it, had fallen dead, with
scarcely time to drop the glass. Reecher
said that was what he wanted for himself
and, under the plea o: making some pho
Geographic experiments, he procured some OF
the same poison from the photograph,
which he told me he intended to use if the
revelation of his crime should be made.
And then he said, 1t would be simply re-
ported that Beecher had died of apoplexy:
but God and you and | will know what
caused my DEATH"
The time when Mr.. Beecher purchased
this poison was shortly after he had been
accused OF seducing Mrs. Tilton, and bears
out the statement of Moulton that Mr.. |
Beecher was prepared, in case the contin- |
gency shonld arise by the publication OF
the facts in the case, as had been threaten |
cd, to make away with himself. 1t also |
srIstains Mrs. Moulton's evidence that |
Beecher told her he had some powder or
poison in his possession which he was pre-
pared 10 Use in case the necessity should |
aris. |
ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT. |
In addition to the evidence already re- |
1erred TO in regard 10 the purchasing OF the |
prussic acid by Mr.. Beecher, two other per-
sons were found by the writer who can tes-
tify positively 10 the fact that Mr.. Beecher |
did have improper intercourse with Mrs |
1Ilton, As is charged against him on the |
trial. The whole scheme of the defense
has been evidently based ON the belief that
no one could prove the actual act OF com
mission. Now, however, at the last mo-
ment, it would seem as though the fates
had been at work to bring to light the fact,
and to bring forth such positive and con-
elusive evidence that the story told by
Theodore Tilton, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Moulton, and Joseph Richards, Mrs. Til
tons brother, is the true one. In reference
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the transactions OF which he speaks, it is
but proper to state that his name has been
suppressed in order that the man shall not
lie injured in his business, as stated in the
account of the interview.
THE CoRKoBoRATIoN.
In addition to the statement Of this man
there IL given an interview with a man
named Price, TO whom reference is made in
the statement, and which corroborates in all
essential particulars the facts given as to
the scene that occurred in the T'ilton par
lor.
This evidence, il admitted, must have a
decided effect upon the jury, and will leave
them scarcely any room 10 bring in a YER
diet which must condemn the Rev Henry
Ward Beecher.
THE FOLSOM TRACED.
Having been informed that Mr.. George
c. Legs, who formerly kept the drugstore
ut the corner Of Fulton and Clinton streets,
brooklyn, had, AT one time, sold the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher some kind of poison
at about the date when the first expose of his
intimacy with Mrs Tilton was threatened.
a reporter OF the Herald endeayored to find
Mr. Leys. 1t was discovered that he is now
n a
l.. i. There he was sought on Saturday .
last, but when first spoken to on the subject
declined TO give any information. ,
Feeling confident that Mr. Leys knew
more than he was willing TO state, a visit
was paid to some OF his personal friends,
and their good offices brought into requisi-
ton, in order to get Mr.. Legs to make the
desired avowal. Accordingly, another visit | !
was made to Whitestone yesterday, and Mr.. !
Legs, after being conversed with for a con-
time, and through the pressure
hrou hit TO bear on him by his friends, who '
Mere present at the interview, finally con- i
cluued TO give the whole story, saying that '
he aId not see, now that the evidence is all
in, that he was committing any wrong to |
tell what he did know. He therefore, in q
answer TO the questions put TO him, made
the following statement: II
1t is with the greatest reluctance that | | l
speak about any transactions that have &C.
Cured between Mr. Beecher and myself, q
and II is only by reason of the great infiu- u
ance You have brought to bear on me that a
am induced TO give you the information
you seek. In the first place, however, let Z
ne say that up 10 the present i have been a
induced to keep silent on this matter, a
through my friendship and the personal re- v
gard that | entertained for Mr.. Beecher 1
Turing my acquaintance with him, and q
which has extended over period for many n
'ears.
MRS. MoULToN CONFIRMED. q
Iou have asked me the question whether A
ever sold Mr.. Beecher any poison. To II
his must say that have, and i will tell n
'ou how ii occurred and how the fact was h
brought 10 NV recollection and the wbolo | N
history OF the matter. 1t was as follows: N
During the course of the trial, and while M
Mrs. Mouton was giving her testimony on p
he witness stand, was one morning sitting A,
n the store here, and reading the account =,
i her testimony in the Herald, when in
anne TO the paragraph in which she re- n
erred to Beecher telling her that he had r.
'owder or poison at home on his library :;
able, which he was prepared to take at any m
ime. As read this il came across nv =.
nv mind like n flash that b,J ala -