, 1875-02-03

Ral1 that iie had no IIl-fce!tnp toward mo-
anti that il I AupporeI ha hed / waa
wrong IIo puhrl,cj a yintlirat.on : ;uatiH. |
cation Of Inn N the j,sit,x4.drpf rE.ct .-roujcI
into tile Christian tni,n, vith { Ssuts at !
tacIlnl. =
fslr, Fullerton, then read tho art SsnuhtiHb.
ed in Tie Christian 'non. wish .s.nicrts At.
tschcd, April II, 1871 anil it : offered in |
e,dance.
remember BecclIer's dtb' SIT Mon1tcn'H |
house In October 1s7a 1llc = feature on
that lie waB either going to or had lad. tho
anniversary OF his rilvcr-we.>S;. }Ia apoko to
me auout f,,a popularity auE p, strength OF HI.
friends. lie asked mo il Thought there wcro
am Imminent dangers In our case. told him
that tLis We.
4 aoop rfHE TO REB1oS,
au1. rs he Was writing tho Life of Christ" he
cnnsd 81 tn tho lIolv l4an1 to study the subject
many psyinE eyes that It was dangerous for hin
Ia renian in tic pnlpi: and he promised to thiak
user It. Jlai. 10 all that occurred. ] waB III Saw
Hampshire when. tho Wnodl,u! pub1ica.ion of
tIlo scandal wnA made. vns told 1t Ind been
circulating wIlolo week during thy abscaca.
was informed, by either Mo1!on Or I}aecher.
thought it was better to t1ca, tho publication
1;eechcr sail that. il ary desal wns nade, it
would only provoke the Woohhuiia to
1ro<llco 1t In another Ioen, aud so it
would ha:e to be denied three or four
.nes. Thers were several meetings. aboa: thfa
IN Mou'tons rtuly, aud Mt uno Of them it wan
1roroled to publish card by me. Which t.nH aE-
ready been given in evidence said that, IL any
cad was so i. py,blis!,cl was not the perro',
to ito m that It WIS tho duty cf E3echer, M
ono Of tho parties more Intimately connected, to
pnLli-h the card. told him ia must deng it.
! and would not contradict LiA deniaI. I saiti
| that, II ralb1arhed the card, the rnbic Won!l
Ray that Tlltou's wife had been attacked. and he
merely pubehed tie card yudi:atiug Ills con-
t+,n. viii, Ill r ri him 7
cry tia. /, would not take Tho restos,b1;isy Ut
meeting the WoodInlls atoty, Gui that the obi
uns was left o1, my shoullera.
TI,o Court here took reca.n: ,,;,,
waB continued. lilo testified that. after tile pub
cation OF tho Woodruff story, there was al. in
tcr;iew a. NoultonA house, Ut whic! tboso
presont were Mou1ton, Franklin y. Woodruff
sud Tracy. Itwas tho first Sunday cvoning after
| lie returned from New Hampshire, where ho was
sent for to 20 to Moultou's house, where ho saw
iir1.. MouIton-
| afr. EsaEta nbt tcc.ed to testimony concerning
t the interT1ew, 1uAipllrh 1feecher not
present. THO CURT told him to take an e1-
| ceptiou.
Tho witness said that. OH gnin, into tho study.
hc eaw Tracy md Woos1rniT. IL. toll Tracv
! that the interview wae a;,ai.,et lis tryte=t, euI
that Tsacy had bec, taHoa ipto consultation
| without bis knowledge or consent, ito then
said that. before going any further, no wished
| Tracy to give him Pledge thas, II 10 t"itnc!s)
| and Deecl!er ever came into colilalo1 Tracy
| would not act in any way aa Eecchera counsel.
Trncy rDn!iel that he gave that piedgo, both as
| lawyer aud n Rentlc!uan, The Witness sa!d,
VERY veil" Tracy was then banded
nEEcHFE's LETTER oF coSTh1TInS, !,
exclaimed. ~ iient Goa. aud rad thht tila
who could cx'tEeEs such laart-bten& hal Alfead'
been punished enonEh. Ee said tsiat tnis MAS 4
case III which lying would be right. lie said t
wtuess that publicity would not only ruin biz
! nra1 1axr1lnr lint KAt.1H run NtnnSH iff
world would never forgive lin Tor coalouiu2 III:
wife'a crltno. Tho witness replied tia
be wolf know publicity woulu rim al
parties. but tlas his great anxiety Ta
ior his wifo, At a subsequent intorvic7
in Aiou1sons study Doscher showed .o1ao latter
and said that lis .iBter, a1fa. Hooker had e' ca:
encd to inTade bis pulpit nnd Tead from nis M ues'
confession Of biz connection with Ms. Tiiton
~cro from Mrs. Hooker Deechcr asked villa
colld ba done, and Witness said that ho wout
see Mrs. Hooker. and stop tho mischief. 1io d
Aee her at tie residence OF a female fHaud 0
did not think It nece*sarv to mention her i'amc
The Court said that 1t was not noeessazy, au
a lively disnuta took place between alessEs
Evsrts aud Fullerton IN regard to tie ground o
iotl. saIa tl,at thev did not want it: Jndg
Nceon said that the trouble with tho Court il
Il:s case was th.. both Of the counsel wcr
right. fLanghter.1
The WltHe1S EAU that ne 1nducol MIS- ueORe
, to relinlusl her design. Whom ho saw Deeche
after Aards, the latter expressed llis eras.:ade
: l3eecl,er also fnldo Ron,s renark4 conctrniu;
, AIRS. Hooker Which witness did not deem itnecef
, sary to repeat.
MIR. Erarts objected to the Inst remark a. a
innuendo, sud tucrs was another frultioss va
, Of Morda between counsel,
Witness sai1 that about fortnight after thi
I}encher, Mt an interview in Moulton's study, bas
that he could no longer below in tho policy O
silence in regard to the Woodruff scandal. II
: said that the public would believe that
WHERE THERE MAS 70 MUCH aIoKE THERE VA
soAE Y1nx,
!; sud suggested that. to sati.fy tho public son,
, jotrnais, s,1ch as the Nc" York Iribuue, Blloul
; 10 INDUCED to publish sem,-edtotial article
mt signed bT a,,y name, to the eirccl that til
, | Woodhul story grew out OF stories repeated b
| nowen, which Dos Oh had s,nco denied. Tilso
said that he ub]sctcI to this a.
fatal policv. for tho REASON that Bowo
had nlrned lila trjnartlto 2srcomout o,lly ut til
: : ! so1Icjtntion Of CntllD, md had repeatedly sal
! siuco tba. = cunch-aud-four could DO drive
through that agreement. ua sud to DeccAe
| IL. -. II ,..n,. rta .ro}t lin lstt