, 1875-05-01


MR. DEEoHEWs DEfENBE,
n As Eaaor Of fht ctfea7o ytfbuns:
MconE0on, H.. April 2'.-Thn rdttorf.ia in your
paper Of TIlnrs lay aud Friday taft On "DgfcnAa's
crots.Exam5nnt'un" ant BEEcnTn's Defenss," glyo
taEOnRcr 0rittoucc u iHJsaR than of accuracy. II
I aaft ihat Mr. DEEcHER's eonxcioHsAsss th4. Mira.
TtIroHs Rncctjona wandering towards him, and
s neglect to rtprcsa this tendency, sccona for tho
poignsnoy Of ls griet and ths severity oi lis aof-
caat'gattun. This would have heon m excellent exr1a
nation Of hts aloppy eontron and remorsc. II IL ths
only plausible one. Eui It has not bt<n adopted
by either llr. BEEcHEn or hfs eoAntsi. II Mr..
I5rEcrKn had syAt1ed himself Of your ingenuity
At an earlier day, ut might hayo been batter fur him..
lie atms apch eoseonsu<ss. but expressly and
reatedly dtnieaN. Can you point 10 nny pnssage In
hs testimony wherein 10 inserts thIa knowledge,
suspicion Of Mrs. T1tToaa lore for him7 We ro-
msmber not syllable.
The Of Nr. DEEcaEn JHst ntcds this conscious.
s4s, needs 1t badly; but 1t IL too las to put Il
ia.
Now. efsninste from these editorials Mr. DEEonEns
consciousness" and thera |. no Ith in them. Will
this canscsousness iu them, they sre powerful ar
1rlmeuss In favor Of br, DRroHEna innocence. Thko
this out-hnd Il must, in tho interest Of truth,
out-and their whoa force and significance Are gono.
Taka out. nfr. Editor, show where AIr DxkcnEn
unlor oatl has asserted this conselousneaa."
READER.
RErLr The Same evidence frequently
makes different impression on different per-
sons. 1Ir. BEEo11En's testimony in regard to
tho transfer Of Mrs. T1ITos's affections to
him is considerably obsourod by the masa Of
his testimony drumming over three weeks'
ttme) with which It Ia surrounded. It was
advanced lesitatingly and reluctantly by him,
first in his statement before the Com
n,ra H. Ii
trial. 1t would have beon highly incon-
sistent with his entire conduct in tho scandal
to lnvo brought it into prominence golun-
tarily and put it in bold relief; it would have
excited suspicion in como quarters, and dis
gust in others. His own lnwyers couId not
insist upon bis reiterating It. The other
sido had nothing to gain by giving
him the opportunity 10 impress 1t upon
the jury, because 1t was the most
plausible explanation Of his damaging lettors.
1t is not surprising, therefore, that or cor
respondent has failed to catch the full bear-
ing Of It on bis case. It was On that account
tint 1t WAS pointed ont with special distinct
| ness In tho articles we wrote on his cross
examination; 1t was for that purpose, in fact,
that thoso articles were written.
onr corrcunonaort ID IN arror b,,vavar
whcn \. ,eya That nfr nrrn,,rn hos mt ~
INV instanco mai3a confossion ~ th;a con.
acionsnes. of atra Tr,rou,a nffcct;o, ~ him
There Is confusion Of dates. His testi-
mony has uniformly been thnt, up to a cor
tain time, he had no thought Of this, hut
nfter that timo became awlro Of it. 3Ir.
BEEcuEn testified that, aftcr ho was told Of
Nro T,rrnx,a ,.r;,ton oh.rro oon;,st h;r,
| h, oamo To tha conc,ua,on thct in hia
own words. "ar7s Turou hal orodual1v
coma ;n,o n a+o+. ~ ofroct;on to1o~a r,c
+h. concoo,r,ant ~ ,vb;ch t,,an t,,a orthroo,,,
jno of wh;ol and tbo anx;etv Tint emma from
5,,n oe+;, a;ecora 4, cors,oron,o ~ .v1,ioh
| tocather With tha ;ndionot;on NJ ber l,raban1
ha1 sb,t,ered hor hotb IN hodv on1 mini ~
, aooroa T., yvh;ch e,,o ,voa scorco1v ro,nons;.
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