Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-01-27
Mr.. Moulton-Yes, sir.

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TO ascertain the exact date when his
alleged friendship for Mr.. Beecher be.
gan and when it closed, and then hav-
Jog settled the precise time in both
cases, he made n startling suggestion
by bringing together several things in
the correspondence with these dates.
Thus; .... ..
Mr.. Porter-So your first friendship
for Mr.. Beecher was ON that stormy
night when you learned that he had
debauched the wife OF your most init
mate friend?
Mr.. Moulton-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Porter-And you terminated
your friendship win an Betcher sought
from you the documents which he de
sired to prove his innocence Of that
charge ?
Mr.. Moulton--Yes, sir
The object of Mr.. Porter was to in
volve Moulton in a maze of contradic-
tions, and his questions with this in
tent were not only sharp and vigorous,
but were delivered in a way intended
TO be peculiarly awe-inspiring and
impressive.
On the whole, l should say that if
Moulton has not truth at his back, and
If he is not prepared to sustain the al
ANkdAlOllS has dlItdhN WI VIC
witness stand and in print, Porter will
tie very sure to find it out before he is
through with the cross-examinatiou.
But we had only an hour of it to-day,
and the work, which will be resumed
tomorrow, was Just begun.
mOuIton's Cross Examination COntiu.
ued.
The New York correspondent of the
Cincinnati Commercial telegraphs of
the proceedings of the Beecher trial on
the 10Th as follows:
MoULTON sPRANG 10 THE WITNESS
STAND
At the call of the Clerk, apparently in
good trim for the ordeal of the day, and
Porter, peeriDg through his spectacles,
gave him a knowing look as he at
once inquired for the accounts referred
to yesterday The Questioning, which
was 10 last all day, then went on in a
regular and Systematic way, Porter's
manner being deliberate and subdued,
while Moulton's was wary and adroit,
as though he locked for ambush in
every question. The examination was
thorough, yet both parties retained
their courtesy throughout. OCCASION
ally there was
FENCING OF THE MOST DESPERATE
KIND
Between counsel and witness He was
asked in much detail about the extent
and nature of his intimacy with Til
ton, about his pecuniary relations to
Tilton and to Bee cher, about his ac-
Quaintance with Mrs. Beecher Mrs.
Morse and Mrs. Hooker, about his
knowledge of the origin of The charges
against Beecher, about the history of
certain letters of TiltOn, about the
place where and the circumstances un-
der which his acquaintance with Mrs.
Woodruff began, about the interview
with Tiltou and himself with Ms.
Woodruff, about the extent to which
Tilton and Beecher had followed his
advice as their mutual friend, about
mis- familiarity with the pub
lished documents of the case,
about the opinion he had enter
tanned of the calling of the Church
Committee of investigation about the
FART PLAYED BY GENERAL BEN. BUT
LER
In the inception of the trouble, and
about Mr.. Buffers assistance in the
writing of certain letters. When this
point had been reached the asking of
"a u6sllOu dbOuG C6Ibdll Inducements
against the witness was objected to,
and an argument sprung up between
counsel, the defense trying to prove
that the answer to the question would
show Mr.. Moulton's animus toward
Mr.. Beecher. Judge Nelson cut Mr..
Evarts short by saying he would not
near an extended argument on the
point, and thereupon ruled out the
evidence relative to the indictments,
aud gave US an hours recess for re-
freshments. In reopening, after few
questions had been addressed to the
witness, the prosecution desired to in
troduce letter from Mr.. Beecher to
Mr.. Moulton, showing the cause of the
BREACH OF BEECHER's CONFIDENCE IN
MoULToN,
But the prosecution objected, and af-
ter argument the Judge allowed it
TO be read. 1t was the letter of ~ re-
greet and establishment" at Moulton's
refusal to permit Beecher to see the
documents intrusted to Moulton by
Beecher, from which Tilton had pre-,
viously been allowed to make quota
tions. After this certain schedules of
accounts were exhibited and read,
showing the details of the pecuniary
transactions between TiltOn, Moulton
and Beecher. From these it appeared
that for several years Beecher had paid
money through Moulton in sums va
ryiug around hundreds of dollars, be-
sides the five thousand dollars in cash,
received from Beecher by Moulton for
TiltOn in 1873. The total
DISBURSEMENTS OF BEECHER THRo'
MOULTON
Amounted to $1,000, besides several
,ther sums of which Moulton had
Kept no account. The proceedings up
o the close Of the Court relates to the
Use made of this money, and to Til-
;on's other pecuniary transactions
Nth the firm of which Moulton is a
member. At one point of the exami-
ration to-day, Moulton said that both
lie and Tilton han been in sympathy
With the Woman's Rights movement.
he was also questioned about certain
statements which Mrs. Woodruff had
eported him as having made TO her,
md he denied them. When the coun-
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