Yankton daily press and Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1875, 1875-05-28

the result made known. Mrs. Tilton-
accommodated herself; to the position
she held ass wife. and mother as
against her church and pastor, gave
an account exonerating Beecher from
having impropersexual relations with
her and clearly vindicating her own
honor. Beecher was examined and
cross examined, and the verdict Of the
six men, said counsel, forming the
committee, was one that Should have:
satisfied all honest and candid minds.
AT last we had come to a direct sub.
mission Of the cause to tribunal Of
Justice. Plaintiff takes his choice as
to what court he should come, and
the defendant had.to. submit to the
consequences.
AFTER RECESS.
Evarts resumed, and said the in.
credibility Of such charge upon two
such excellent persons was modified
by plaintiff by certain qualifications
which would commend the charge to
human crcdulity, by making It out
that good person could cohmit sin
and see in it no harm; but this call.
ing evil good aud good evil was the
last stage of dissolutencss of the wick
ed. They said this lady never did
anything which she believed wrong;
no caraal thoughts and thesefore nev.
fer discovered she had viohted her
marriage vows, and she feared no evil
Of Beecher, according to the prosecu-
ton; said she never thought he cyin-
ccd anything but purity and unsel6sh
love. If'he had any adulterous inter-
course with Mrs. Tilton it was mere
~ circumstantial -stiengthen1ss his
mind for the conversion of .siRhsss,
and lifting him nearer to God. Ac.
cording to Tilton he once thought
Beecher greater in intellect than him
self, but finally outgrew this, and
placed Beecher's strength in his
greater fullness.
Evarts pointed out the folly Of max.
ing adultery seem innocence. These
breaches of external morality sunder=
ed the very fabric Of society, and
were Incompatible with the mainten.
ance Of all benevolence and the exhi.
billions Of all the beautiful virtues Of
life You have struck : blow, not 4
Mr.. Beecher-not at Tilton-but at
your own wives and your own
daughters. Whether they were to
sayTby their verdict that this man,
whom every stranger who had beer
nthe court room desired to grasp by
the hand, was the man who should be
excluded from all companionship, and
that he could premeditate a persistent
seduction of married woman. A
verdict, said the counsel, Of six cents
would be as disastrous to Mr.. Beechel
in this case as verdict Of $780, 900,
and their verdict, could not be ., ii.
vided one, but must either be for I q
plaintiff the or defendant.
Counsel then turned to references
Of law in such cases as this. nthe
English law it was that confession
alone was not grounds for the destruc,
tion of the marriage relation: the only
proof Of the fact was actual bodily
contact.
Evarts then explained the law ofcir
cumstantial evidence. The counse
for the prosecution had not motive.
of delicacy from bring here Joseph
Richards, and the pauper woman
Kate Casey. Counsel here proceeded
to show the despicable WORTHLESS.
character of the evidence elected from
Richards, which only amounted to th'
fact that he had once gone to Tilton's
where Beecher and Mrs. Tilton wer,
conversing, and when he came int
the room they withdrew apart iron
gne anotber.
The cod1t adjourned.