Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-23
The TILT0 -BEE<HER TRIAL.
MOuIton's Memory.

AFTER our telegraphic report of the TiitOn-
Beecher trial closed yesterday with Mr..
EOulton still under cross examination. Mr.
EVartS desired 10 put in evidence the Golden
Age publication OF
THE LIFE OF VICTORIA wOODuULL
hut IL was ruled out by the Court Mr
EvartS argued that the publication should
be admitted. This life Of Victoria Wopdhull
was the direct evidence OF TiltoH'S lost rppu-
tation, and was the caUsa of the publishing
Of TIlton'S poem Of sir Marmaduke'~
Musings In this view they offered IL iu
evidence. The court stated u Still REGARDED
the tract rs the life OfMrs. WOOIhull written
by her husband and revised by him, and
therefore ruled 10 out.
Witness lhcn resumed, / remember what
is known a. the Woothull scandal. hat 10
not remember Tie date ot its publication,
after
THE wooDHULL Fertilization,
! saw Begcher and advised silence.
Counsel asked cN Judge Morris for co2y
Of the publication, which ne said IA had no;
got.
Mr.. EvartS replied that the other side hal
brought III evidence with regard Ia the pub
lication OF an article by Mrs. Woo ihull, and
had promised 10 put the copy Cf the article In
eNideEcc on the next day.
Mr.. Beach contcnded that they were not re
onSible for the production of tn paper.
Judge NELSON ruled that the paper would
be considered before the court and counsel
for the defence could read it.
Mr.. Evarts read from the WooIhuu & Cla-
hin publication. on April 2, 1872, and repub-
hshed in 1873, that portion relating TO
THE PISTOL SCENE.
The witness was asked il this was true
After discussion between the counsel aud
the court. the question was put tO the wit
ness in this form did YOU do what was
mentioned in tie article on that OCCASION
The counsel for the prosecution objectei to
this. and BeCcher's counsel said hc would
proceed 10 another subject.
hOulton testified as tO TiltOn'S income from
July J, lS1, 20 May !, 1874: He tMoultpn)
had also loaned him money, but did not re
collect the largest amount.
The remainder of MOultOn'S crosS-eNami-
nation was i'm regard to Beechers advance of
$1,000, which witness maintained was given
him for the Golden A ge. and which he fei out
in small amounts to TiltOn, as he applied for
money, giving the latter TO understand that
IL came from himself Tilton was To repay
the amounts if he could; II not. 10 regard
them as gift; when the $500 were exhaust
Ell witness stopped the payments. None OF
the money has yet been paid back.
Gen. Tracy announced that the examina-
ton of this witness would occupy al least
another day. The court then adjourned until
Monday.
THE LETTER OF CoNTRITION."
The New York correspondent Of the Phila-
delphia Ledger says:
MouIlOn was questioned very minutely
with reference 10 his memorable interviegS
with defendant at the house Of the latter. on
the evenings of the 1st and "a of January.
when the letter To Bowen and the letter of
cOntritiOn were the subjects under considera-
uOn. The memory OF the witness with refer
ence 10 these and other transactions aSSOcia-
ted with them, seemed 10 be Singularly clear.
and in harmony with his heretofore printed
statement
" The great effort OF the defence was 10
show that MoultOn himself had forged or in
vented the letter Of contritiOn.' Mr.. Shear
man read the letter exactly as il was written:
after which his associate, Gen. Tracy, pro-
ceeded to argue that Mr.. BeecheT could not
have run his sentences into one another, as
they appeared in the letter. To show that
Moulton knew enough of the rules OF cOmpo-
sition TO avoid confusing sentences, he asked
him several questions about capitalization
and punctatiOn, until Nr. Fullerton rather
eXtiDgufshed the ar1Or OF the inquiry by say
ing: If the counsel asks this for his own in
structton, We have no objection;' at which
there was a laugh
Another suggestion by Gen. Tracy was
that the letter was written in two different
inks. MIR. Morris angrily protested that this
dexterOuS line was false, and showed, in spite
of the defence, and with the judges consent,
that the ink was uniform, but that the pen
had shed IL irregularly. This division OF the
attack was not prolonged.
During Mr. Tracy's analysis of the letter
OF cOntrition, Mr. Beecher stopped TO talk
very earnestly with Sbearman. The two
were engaged in rapid and earnest converse
lion for about ten minutes"