The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-05-28
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lived with her four years. Nobody ever before
brought narrative Of tnat kind In court. some
thing has been sand ABOUT epitnei mat pave Deen
applied 70 parties ana their cOadJutors IN TINS
prosecution. Well epithets spring rom a general
lzatlon OF facts, and never can 0e maze unlll
there mas been repetition of facts. ASIDE roia
that should not think OF bringing epl hetS 70
Brooklyn from New York, lor THINK good deal
u oftrouble has come rom these eNGfaydgant cpl
\ thets thaJ BROOKLYN people use; ana thlnk fhe
\ best thing 10 be done wnen the bridge Is com
pleted 10 load IL with Brooklyn eplthets, and II
/ 10 VIII bear tnat It VIII bear any burden.
\ Waughterl Bur, seriously gentlemen,
conduct ike that Of the plaintiff on hls own snow
ing Is not In need OF any Characterization. Such
character as this palntln IS can escape censure
only when II escapes observation. Men uon't
sometimes, TO the Inconvenience OF others, they
try TO mud softer beds; but alas in the EFFORT OF
tine plaintiff 10 get out OF
HIS UNEASY BED,
he has not the sympathlZng followers that he had
on other occasions. II rAere mad been no question
TACT OF Mr.. Beecner's purity had not been
the fundamental one IN this case. there
would not have been such vast Importance and
interest attached TO the case. The odlousuess OF
tacklng money verdict on this action was SO APP
parent that the other side early dlsclaimed that
Some more noble passion was necessary,
and my learned friends have IL in that
very mild and CHRISTIAN virtue OF revenge.
i never knew a jury that liked to be
made an instrument of revenge. Ii they were
TO neal an honest mans injury thei would do II,
hut TO hep man III revenRetul assault on
another 10 not credltabe to them. We don't
pardon much men VINO lend tn mselves as In
/
man shoots pc son for injury ne may escape.
but II he nlres an assassin. the nlred assassin Is
not considered an institution OF society whose
! neck is TO be saved nom the gallows. You Will
understand this is an issue whether Mr.. Beecher,
Of Of It's peril against All England ana
ronsed encouraged, developed aud anassed
power in our lavor-whether lie Is OF thac base,
low coarse, leWd hore OF soul and erossness or
body that Is imputed TO hlm-whotner you are to
say by yoat verdict that this man, who has sat in
this court room during TINS trial and has been
sought by visitors day alter day, Is
man that not only they, tut you and
Tor, repeat, however lightly however "arelessly
aud grossly people may talk about different forms
OF irreguarity, nobody can tolerate q premedi-
tated seduction of a married woman AND con-
tnuous dehlement OF the marriage bed. Ali We
must
LOOK THIS CRIME IN THE FACE.
There Is not sailor with strumpet on either
would bury his sheath knife IN the heart
OF his accuser There never mas been
and drove his four-ln-hand IN BROOKLYN or New
York, who II one OF his companions should accuse
SEM outlet tdrougn he heart Of MIS- accuSer.
No. there are no coarse aud vulgar voluptuarles,
however mucn they may eel at liberty 70 ruin those
VINO are not connded 70 their care, who will ever
tolerate any such cnirgs as thiS mat you are
asked to justify here by your verdict and our
veroict for six cents IS as pad as Tor 500, 600.
There are no qualifying circumstances about 1t.
We may consider ourselves prepared now 10 look
at the question OF clrcumstantial evidence, which
may be urlepy disposed VI. Mr.. EVarts then pro-
ceeded TO define cream tantial evidence. He
alluded TO the case Oi Inc People against Bennett
setting forth the nature OF clrcdmstanr lal ev-
dence. Accordingly IN reference 10 a case OF
THIS kind. where under circumstances OF
lewd intercourse, parties at tavern
have been found 10 be locked up in a room, why
there il clrcumstantial evidence which justines
tnat In tniS seclusion the act or adultery may
have occurred. Bat all agree that when there is
no cIrcumstantIaI evidence Dy external witnesses
OF ear or e,e-wnere there are no SUCH Surround
ings that 10 an END oft. The plaintiff IN tins case
did not hesitate 70 put the power Of the law upon
JOSEPH RICHARDS,
ana make him come here aud re gret that ne could
not tell more, He did not hesitate TO bring from
swore she heard Mr.. Beecher say t0sMrs. 1llton
show do you eel ~ and tnat she replied, Dear
father feel $780," (Laughterl They did not reject
trivial testimony, because they brought NE
Brasner 10 show that he saw Mr.. Beech "
standing on the front stoop o. Tilton's house at
tended as proof OF adulteryl Uaughter.l
Judge Nelson reminded the audience that they
must be quiet. He had his eye on several respect
able people, and II would be better Ier them 10
preserve order.
Brasher had been In the habit OF going
fishing at two O'CLOCK ana three O'Clock
In the morning whenever the tide was favorable.
and the prosecution expected that ne would
estify that he saw Mr.. Beecner a. l1ton's very
cary In the morning. His evidence was that Mr..
Beecher was on the stoop, as II waiting for some
one to respond 10 the bell. There was no evt
denco that Mrs. Tllton Was or was not in the
house. The trouble was that the tide did not
serve for the purposes OF the prosecution that day.
II the tide had served, why tnen the time OF Mr.
b0eCutIs Tue tluo tOI tuo usnos uOuiu
not nave concurred, and "tlme aud tide wais for
no man. Q4augnter.) Now, the
VALUE OF MR. RICHARDS EVIDENCE
Is, II ytnlng, 10 produce upon you the impress
sion that would have been produced II you had
seen tue thing ne speaks oil. Now, there are two
WAYS TO Ind out what itn preston that would have
made upon you. One Is tie statement or what
the thing was that he saw. and secondly the I'M
preston IL made upon him when ne saw IL ana as
lie saw IL. Well, he makes a most un-
lucky prelude. lie begins by apologlZing
to the Court and Jury before ne told
what he saw, mat he regrets 10 say
that unless ne IS suffered to tell what re had heard
from other people about other matters, what ne
saw would oe VI no consequence. Tue law DON'T
allow any body TO state what they had heard and
the poo man says:-"Well, now am here, and
am here Tor something, and really, | slall make
q fool OF myself Tor coming here ana saying
nothing, unless am allowed 10 state tue circum-
stances that made me think there was something
and power there was Ia his evidence, and
that Is there wasn's anything. Mr.. EvarS
tnen briefly referred 10 klcnards testimony 10
the eject that one occasion ne suddenly en-
tered the parlor IN TltOnis house and saw Mrs.
Tlton, with flushed lace, moving away rom Mr..
Beecner How did that strike Richards asked
Mr.. Evarta Why he went In, Kissed nis slater,
shook hands with Mr.. Beecner, talked
win him and then went on about his
business. Evidently 10 had not made much
impression Richaros. tie never thought IL
worth while 10 mention the circumstance TO his
ister--nis only sster-ne her only brother, and
heir mother widow. Richards conduct was
sucn that am not enabled TO apply an adjective
10 It IL never happened before 1 don't think
alter his example IL Will ever happen again.
Toe Court then al ave minutes past four p. NJ,