New-York tribune., 1875-03-06
CONSTANT ELEMENTS IN THE AUDIENCE.

CONSTANT ELEhlcNlO lhE tDli@NNI'
1t is impossible to spend week in the courtroom
where the trial of the great scandal suit has been
dragging alsng without growing familiar with many
of the faces which day after day peer down from
the gallery upon the unwilling actors in this legal
drama. Some of these gallery auditors have not
missed sentence in the proceedings since Mr..
Morris began his opening speech TWO months
ago. They occupy exactly the same seats
each day from tho time when Judge Nelson's
rayel tells them to remove their hats till er,i
Malisons voice adjourning the court inforJis them
that they may put them on again; and for aught
one may know who arrives at II in the morning and
leaves at in the afternoon these busybocles are In
their places all night The majority OF the spectators
on the floor change every day. Judges from the
West professors from the East, generals and
colonels from the South and attorneys
FROM every point of the compass, find their
way from their hotels in New-York to the crowded
courtroom in Brooklyn Not day passes that there
are not several ladies present. At first these specta
tors wore heavy walls and successfully concealed
their identity. Now they go more boldly and In
greater numbers, and do not attempt to hide their
faces Many of these ladies are from New-York; !;
more of them are strangers.
The class of regular attendants at the trial who
20 from choice and not neces ity attracts the most
attention Many Of these are well dressed and re-
spectacle, while others are unwholesome and re-
pulsive They clamor at the doors an Lour before
they are opened, and when let in scramble for the
best seats Some carry newspapers, which they
read until the lawyers and their clients begin to
rive Others gossip together about the trial and its
side issues, for by this time they have become
better acquainted with each other than do fellow
passengers during an ocean voyage. The upstairs
IN oatch all the that fV-
inc ahout below STAIRS az we'll many that are
never heard outside of the gallery. One man tells
bis neiohbor confdentally that after the trial Is
verMr Beecher is going to Europe. aud is informed
in return that Mr. Tton will go West when the lit-
cation is over. They discuss the expenses Of the
trial and reckon its cost at oyer $3.50
day to the county. According to
them Mr.. Evarts is to receive o fee
of $4,000 and Mr.. Beach is paid large sum by Mr..
Tilt0n's friends, while the other lawyers for Mr..
Tilton to get nothing if damages secured.
third man chimes in with the remark that
he has heard that Mr.. Beechers friends do not con-
slider Mr. Tracys speech strong enough, and that
the testimony will show the case to be even more
convincing than represented. And so they continue
until the proceedings begin At recess they draw
from their pockets lunches as if they were taking
day in the woods and during the interval read their
newspapers or renew the chat broken off in the
morning. There is slight difference in their de-
meanor at II and at O'clock. except that they blink
little at the latter hour yet they never depart
til both Mr.. Tilton and Mr. Beecher have left, and
there is no chance of anything further Of interest.
Every old employe n the courts testifes that there
is a class Of men who haunt the court rooms when
ever great case of murder social scandal occu-
pies attention. young man. for instance, sober
and respectable was ut every trial of Stokes, and
followed all the intricacies Of the trial Of
Tweed. He watches all the divorce SUITS
attends the funerals of noted men. and is invariably
present ut great public mectinxs. He hsss sttsnded