Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-10
EVENING STAR.
THE BEECaER CASE
MI. Eeecher's Repeated Cousr.a,cs,o.
of the PiNintiH-s Tessi mony
WHO Is GUILTY OF PERIURYP

WHO Il GUILTY OF PERJURY
FSOsa the .NsIC York FTcrrlf
Inc proceedings yesterday in the BROOKLYN
trial were duh and weak. and people ZEN
asleep before the performance endeSf. Mr.
Bcecler continued 10 deny. ThiS continual
denial is not pleasant To hear. IL infers a des-
pirate course of perjury somewhere. Tilton
ami Moulton must, IL NJ. Beecher's te>ti-
moDy be CREDITED. have contrived one OF the
most outrageous conspiracies OF which the
world has ever heard. His long and solemn
lire If denials will, If believed, overturn the
strou ee>t positions Of the plaintiff They are
al pallBg in their differences.
MT Beecher continued his stony in pretty
much the same manner as on the day prt.
vious The voice was brave and buoyant
Something OF the dreadful experiences this
man has passed through was revealed i'm The
, Ne ne gave OF conversation with
Moulton. Il have stood IL long enou IN. TIL
tons temperament is unreliable. When ont
of humor he is ready 20 break out in arrusa
tion. When in good numor he is all cDmpro-
mise
THE COMING ORDEAL
MT. Beecher, even under the tender QueS-
uonings of an examination by hi. chief
counsel, seems TO show signs OF weakeniag
and by his manner suggests the poSSil,iliiy
OF an utter relapse when h. comes within
me scope OF the microscopic interro -atori,s
that VIII be thrown out by the LAWYERS On
the opposite side. Thus far he has tainted
his own picture. 10 is n mosaic and by MS
friends Is regarded as something grand AMI
full OF the elements that illuStra = the char
acter OF their great leader; yet when. under
the critical examination OF a counsel at ono.
cold, acute and analytical. color after cnIo-
is abStracted from the brilliant portraiture OF
events. 1t is a nice ard yet Undetermined
question how much will be left around which
Tie friends of the great preacher can gather
AID admire. Ii is 10 be hoped that he is no;
weakening, but, from the beginning 10 The
end OF hls testimony, there has been a daily
increasing intensity Of .'guSh," which to the
cold critics outside the court room has been
any thing but satisfactory. No one who !oo,s~
upon the witness, aS he sits there tra.nHling
uider the painful probing even of his chiaf
physician, can help feeling a degree of nifty
that so much heart blood is forced 10 dow.
but when the great wound is torn apart by
The ruthless scalpel OF the diSSeciing sur
gcons ON the other side, who can tell what
viii be the result
Az ADYERSARY'S OPINION.
Speaking to a gentleman who occupies a
prominent position in the plaintiffs counsel
the writer asked the effect of Mr.. Beecher'S
answeTs-if they did not tell greatly in his
favor by reason of their emphasis and per
slstency: and he said, "A little more rome
ana Mr.. Beccher hangs himself"
In the audience were Rev. Mr.. ScOyille ana
Wife, Col. III. IL. Beecher and brother Rev. 4.
L. Putnam, Judge jeremiah Black, of Penn
sylYania; Rev. Asa Bullard, OF Boston broth
or of Mrs. Beecher; Dr. Edward Beecher ami
wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Moses X. Beach Mr. and
Mrs. Jacob Murray.