, 1875-02-07
4hs Marital Correspondence and Its
Bearing upon the Case.
How Frank Moulton Prepared
Himself for the Siege.
4 Sensational Report Regarding a
Sick Juror.
Possible Sudden Ending Of the Trial
Through His Inability to Act.

armistlcc in the great conflict. The watch-fte
ara alight, ths aepatnte camps ripe with prePas
ation. and the clank OF the armorezs' sledge
gives token that when the onset ia renewed j
will be freahez and moro desperate So far th'
tide OF battle has been one way. With what re
vezees the future is pregnant none but the de
feosive lawyers care 10 predict. They are instill
ing constantly into the popular ear warning OF l
tremendous reloinder, adeluge Of contradiction
On which this Plymouth ark is to ride triumph
antIy- The clouds on the sky are not so big ye
that one can positively look for the promised
shower, though iu the tropics Of such suit 81
this . thunderstorm may burst overhead out o.
the clear heavens. II the spout strikes lookers
on in Gomorfah fear that t"o-thi1d,
pf us unbelievere Mil have to perisl
with the heathen. and sink out Of daylight. The
snoment the eky grows coppery, and the ali
throbs with signals Of 4 hurricane, perhaps m,
rpectacles mas be found shimme:iug on the
upper housetops; but for the present, pgefcl
10 be b.rouetncal, and stick s.eadfastly 1t con
hnued fair weather.
Up to the present the naked eye can res ne
point in Titou's croas-e1amiuation worth achlev.
ing. It certainly
HAS NOT Tn1PPED HIN UP
With discrepancy. It may perhaps have shoNn
that to Theodore T1lton the writings of TheodoIe
1ilton aeem to be model literature, but it wea
UNNECESSARY - leTol = s25.oo0 lawyer at him to
eoerce that copfeasion.@ On the other hand, the
Jury haS been assured that after easing bis soul
Of the intolerab:e burden wMch he discharged
the first day he took tho stand, the plaintiff
as no hotter OF head, no shallowcr
cf purpose, no duller Of wit, than that amazing
human exception, Frank Noulton. ae has re-
covered al l4is poisa. Tranquility once more
amootLes his carcworn features, ike moonlight
bathing the Sphinx He h as parted With impa-
hence, and
aAZD ooop-BY TO PASSION,
hecanss he sees across the uIdula:ing days Of
his trial prospect Of justification. It Ia bo-
canso his eyes a:e fixed upon that goal that he
composea his face, and graTaly deals with
his croes-exnmnet ~ il one we're teacher aud
the other his enemy. The astonishing purify Of
Tlton'r language the impid phrases in which
bis Answers dow, the cautious yet immediate
conception Of his replies, make him in another
way "a phenomenal a. Moulton. When Evarts
Is irritable, 1ilton ia patient and confederate.
When Shearuaa drawls his letters, he
eyes him with the severity Of q
Gisoainful critic 10 the Judge he
bends with grave respect To his Own
counsel he listens with dignihed, unan1ious in
tcrest. he begun his appearance in the play AZ
II he were its hero. Now he bears M1psclf Like
: casual but shocked spectator, testalying to
ho1zors il which hc had no part.
EyAR1s "A cRoss-ExAaaNER
Il remarkable for his scerblty aud the tcIsaness
IT his speech. He lAyishes no words upon tic
plaintiffs witness. Sometimes Tl1ion yoiun-
ieets au explanation. Evarts seemed to grudge
tha sh-rn rhiect;on with which 10 rt;,1es F.
They ara boti, re,narkah}e men: hath scnoiars
ho,,, n.stass nt Tie va1n.cn1ar - ~ c'o.s'
~ am,nst;on i,cs. rainn r. tne defense i 1T o1
eyents. is 4 copioue fuud Of ,nstrurtion for tie
dat,11er IN nnra FnrIish
= IT, '.. numerous lstts.s Which wore Yesterday
thinr. ouly frantic reliriou on the part or I'll
ton fnr Ill xife. Thnx alan s,,or IN the MT
Of lis riIa a titfnl. a chanceful. snssmouc ma
eion. rich in rbctoric noor in conatnncy. In tha
vaSSa or r a s 1nso nos uostxnoos. '
Poetry fades. aud commonplace bouee talk
creens in' Al firs. tnoy Iav shout tbe % cstes of
Pa,ndee, and It list they smell COOKERY and tho
Htcbon. They conyince ono that T'iiton n;lored
6ia rife. md thst lin wife s1m5red T1ton. Per.
ban. to-mor,ow nav brine With it sone sur
prises. The greatest Of al surpriscs would be- |
10 fnd that Fysrts has nothinr rrayer or more |
pcrtioeut to nsk OF Mr. Ti]ton than lis Tiews Of
iuaxriage xnd hia ,ncasurenent OF Dcccher.
eou1.Tox's TntIs1yo- /!
M wonder Mm,ton'e r,1,rsica3 enanrnnc. |
haff,ed his inoni,i1o,s wh,ja il nern1e1cd liza |
end,ence We Iii noticed fLat his co;,d,t,on NJ.
npe, b but very few Of rs Iouud on. i lev Of
bid marvellous congregation ~ forcet- When
The trial drew near = faend caat,oned h,u that
beine 4 cav mnn Of tie world ghoeo Lab;is were |
40 More roeuIar than those Of naost Of h,s kiud
Ihs euemv would looE far collaose On +
be third or fourth dsy. Moulton took tie hint