Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-12
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR,
BEECHER'S DENIAIS.
He C0ETRADICTs MRS. MOULToN
TESTIMONY TO-DAY.
THE CoLIiERY TROUBLES.
HINES FLOODED AND FIRED.
TROOPS NOT TO BE WITHDRAWN.
a CARLIST DEFE AT.
he CoNTRADICTs MRS. MOULToN
TESTIMONY TODAY.
THE CoLLlERY TROUBLES.
HINES FLOODED AND FIRED.
TROOPS NOT TO BE WITHDRAWN.
THE TILTON-BEECHER TRIAL
TO.siay's Pr0ceedings

opened this mornisg there was a large crowd
OF spectators. The defendant was i'm attend
ahce from an early hour. and carried in his
hand small bunch of flowers. Mr.. Beach
resumed his place among tire plaintiffs law
yers, and when passing Beecher the latter
maze inquiries relative 10 the state OF his
health. After few minutes consultation
Win ms counsel defendant took the witness
stand. He testified:-At times i visited
Monlton's residence, sometimes every day
and at others not OfteneT than once "a week
| "A month or two months. From 1851 there
were comparatively few visits after Ma
| until tpe autumn. in this period there was
| little done about the difficulty. but there was
very busy time after the publication OF the
| Woodruff scandal. / recall
TWO CONVERSATIONS WITH MRS. NoUIToN
| about Mrs. Woodruff; at one of these she r.
ferred To the enthusiasm which her husband
and Tilton had for Mrs. Woodruff AT an
othcr conversation she asked me what
| thought OF Mrs. Woodruff. and replied thar
my knowlege Of her was only derived from
what bad heard from others. She said She
ala not fancy the woman. but Frank Thought
| very highly OF her, and she confOrmed 10 his
| desire I'm having her at the house. Their.
never was word with her about her receiv-
| ing Mrs. Woodruff on my account never
said 10 her II was duty she owed TO Frank
| To cooperate with him in
| TRYING TO KEEP THE STORY QUIET.
| never tOid MoUiton that / thought his wifi.
| hholld act with him in his cndCaver 10 sup
| press the stories; never 80 talked with Mrs
| MOGltoE; never told MoultOn that did; 1
had talked withMrS. Moulton about Attending
L
| with some anxiety as To securin" "A seat and
| IN the winter of 1913 she spoke TO me about
| having TWO seats. referred her 10 Mr.. West
| and also talked with her. She was kind
| enough, and complimented me on NV inn
| IrOV6ment in preaching from what She had
| heard others say and had heard herself
| recollect she came On two occasions 10 church
| and saw her waiting at the pulpit steps
| recollect on two other occasions when
| called to SET MoultOn Mrs. Moulton said Ia
| me: why don't you call sometimes To see
1 of Inns
| visits 10 Frank" had a conversation abou,
| this difficulty and had also
| A CONVERSATION WITH HER ABOUT MRS.
| TILTON.
| wanted some person TO visit Mrs. Tilton
and cheer her, and i thought Mrs. Moulton
was the very person. After visiting Mrs.
| TiltOn, Mrs. MoultOn would tell me how She
| was getting along; She said she did not blame
| Elizabeth, but on one or two occasions she
| blamed Tilton-1 think in regard TO his home
| relations. She spoke of the state of things
| iii the family and said she would not wonder
| II there was separation in the family. and
that MIS-. Tilton would go back TO her mo
| way i'm which Mrs. TiltOn could be- lelicately
| helped. We had conversations about
| THE STORY THAT HAD ALIENATED MRS.
/ TILTON'S AFFECTIONS
from her husband, which said had never
done. i said that if had done So il was un-
| Intentional ON my part. and was very sorry
for II. Mrs. Moulton said very little in reply
| 10 me upon this point. i felt that my pres
| ence and intercourse in the family had
| brought this mischief on them for which I
iclt was To blame. During all my inter
! views with Mrs. Moulton at that house she
| was incapable OF accusing me of adultery or
| OF any crime towards Mrs. Tilton. We never
conveIsed together on that subject or in thai
| manner. She never did so by allusion or inn
| piicatioD, and she never spoke tit being said
| by any person else. I never spoke TO her OF
any conversation TO her being my last.
| never said that if TiltOn published the letter
| of apology il was useless for me 10 try "a live
ltdown. i never said that 1 had no hope
| from Theodore, or said that he was a false
man. lnever thought so, felt so, or said SO; she
| never told me TO go to my church and confess
| my crime, and they would forgive Inc. did
| not say
| ICoULD NOT INPLICATE THE WOMAN
| who had given me her love. She never said
lllat II confessed 10 the church would be
forgiven. L did not say that if confessed
my church would not have me, and il would
! be better for me 10 go ont of life. This was
! an improbable story. She never told me
could still write and hold my connection
with the papers.
] NEVER SAID / HAD POWDER IN MY
DESK
PIP stairs. and il would put me out of my
1rt~Ible. The only powder j Know of yvas
sunpo,r 'der, which was kept up stairs Tn,
whole storv is prepOsterOus and false /
never said ID ueE IN conversation that /
would come on the day following and give
her some gifrs for friends, with messages for
them. and one Eft for Elizabeth. This is
pure absolute fiction, ] meyer in this con-
Dection or relation imputed iii this CONVEX
sation told her suffered
THE TORTURES OF THE DAMNED.
having to appear in my church with cheerful
face. i SAID this in view of the manner i'm
which Tilton was constantly bringing up the
difficulty, and i said il should end. or il
would wear me out. This latter was in con-
versation on May 31st, at their house. Mrs
Mouton did not tell me that Mrs. Tilton had
expressed sympathy for her, Mrs. Moulton1
or that she had lost faith in Mr.. Beecher and
had left the church, and that she Mrs Til
tom had implored her 10 go back that Mr.
Beecher was not guilty; that she herself was
guilty person. do not think she could
have looked pe In the face and said the half
OF it, In October, 1873, Mrs. Moulton did not
tell me Mrs. Tilton said she would
SACRIFICE HER HUSBAND RATHER THAN
MYSELF.
and for the sake of the church and her family
she would deny il. i never said 10 Mrs.
Moulton that Mrs. Tilton was a poor child.
that she was endeavoring to repair the wrong
she had done, but IL was too late. never
said in conversation with Mrs. Moulton that
IL was cruel of Mrs. Tilton TO have confessed;
and i'm fact We never had any such converse
ton. never said that had repented of my
sin, and felt that was forgiven. She never
said to me she did not know how could
stand in my pulpit and preach TO young men
AGAINST THE CRIME OF ADULTERY.
i said TO somebody that my trials had
erns %e aee' showing @aa Z Wss to pass
TIN Ough trials myself Mrs. Moulton was
lady, and never used such terms in her con-
regard to the charge of alternating Mrs. Til
tons affections from her husband. said
that she was a good woman and that Mrs;
Moulton should trust her, and
said that my age and experience
should thave led me to foresee
OF July, 1873, i had q short conversation with
her. Moulton told her l had read his short
statement, and thought IL would do. She
said she was glad TO hear it. 1 had no con-
versation with her In July, 1874, in which she
said Frank was angry, and said the church
had called the committee and could not
prevent IL. said that had called the COM
mittee Immediately on seeing the Bacon
letter and popped like man when he saw a
partridge rise. No conversation took place
between US in which she said that ought To
have confessed long ago, and had now added
four years Of perjury and lying 70 the Origi-
nal crime. ] never said that i would die
rather than confess. Inever hesitated 10 say
Tilton was foolish man, and later that he
was heartless man, and IL he entered into
contest with me
N WOULD WORST HIM.
No conversation occurred in which said
said that the blame was not Mrs. Tilton's.
hut that would take all blame On mvSalf