Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1875-02-03
TILTON- BEECHER.
NINTH DAY or aOULTON.
Witness Assertions of Beecher's limo.
cePce TO various Persons.
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BROOKLYN, n. Y, January 25.-The
Court looked dull and vacant at the
opening this morning. Not only were
the familiar faces of Beecher and his
wife absent, hut also those Of Mrs. TIL
ton and her two lady companions.
These parties were absent all day, and
no member of the female sex put in
an appearance. I hope it does not in
dictate any Partially for the Tilton side
or for the other side to say that matters
in Court always seem lifeless and
moves slowly, when Beecher is absent.
The Judge sits listlessly; the lawyers
argue without spirit; the permanent
witness answers questions without in
terest, without spirit; the descriptive
writers of the daily press sit around
idly, the spectators stare at each other,
and the outside mob lose their curiosi-
ty. Beecher is i'll with the influenza,
as he has visibly been for several days.
On this account he preached but once
yesterday, and for the same reason he
missed to-day's proceedings in his own
trial. Mrs. Tilton also was i'll to. day
1t was the dullest day of the whole
trial, till within an hour of the close of
the second session, when affairs got
quite exciting, under the cross. exami-
nation of Moulton by Tracy in regard
to his
ALLEGED ASSEVERATIONS OF BEECH
ER's INNOCENCE.
This was Moulton's ninth day on
the witness stand and the sixth day of
his cross-eXamination Even now his
cross is not yet over, but it will very
surely be over tomorrow. The Judge
was lenient with Tracy, and extended
his time because, when he superseded
Porter in the work last week, he was
not prepared for it, Moulton was to-
day unusually wary, even for him,
aud was evidently determined that
Tracy should not get him involved I'M
eXpeCtedly. He paused often, spoke
slowly, guarded himself was less spir-
tied than on previous days, aud SEEM
ed in bad condition. Yet he some
times INDUCED in laughter when an
swering questions, or when the coun-
sci were arguing legal points. Gener-
al Tracy also looked played-out all day,
and evidently he could not much long
er stand such work as he has had for a
week past. In fact, everybody con-
uected with the trial, including Tilton,
seemed to be in a bad way. This is
our first period OF exhaustion, but
our strength will probably rise to the
demands on il as the weeks and
months pass away. There were new
signs to-day that we are in for
VERY LONG TRIAL,
And one of them was the production
of the long list of men who are ex-
pected to invalidate Moulton's testi-
mony. 1t was the object of the defense
to close the proceedings of the day by
calling "A roll of names one after anoth-
er, to whom MOulton is alleged to have
denied the truth of the Beecher scan
dial from the time it was started till a
recent period. AT least a score of these
names were gone over, and the specific
allegation of Beecher's innocence, said
to have been made in each case by the
witness, was put in. He was examin-
ed regarding every one of these allie
cations, and such admissions as could
be got out of him in regard to each
were taken down.
Now for the regular order OF business
during the day, which related to Mrs.
Woodhulls original publication of the
scandal.
TILToN'S UNPUBLISHED TRUE STORY, ,
The reading of certain letters of
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, the report
drawn up by Tilton for the church
committee, and the evidence of MouI-
toms denisls of Beecher's guilt. In
stead of being put on the rack at once,
as usual, MOulton had to sit in the wit
ness chair for the greater part of the
first hour listening to an argument be-
tween counsel as to the admissibility
of the original scandal story of Mrs.
Woodruff.
Mr.. Sherman, of Beecher's coun-
sci, opened and made his first speech
since the actual beginning of the trial
He is very short man, black-haired
and bearded, and he rapidly delivered
his long, rasping sentences. In sup~
porting the admissions of the Wood
hull story, he stated his point with
ingenuity, and at last arguing that it
contained
THREE CHARGES
Which must stand or fall-First, OF
Beecher's adultery second, of Tilton's
connivance in it; third, of MOulton's
knowledge Of it and tampering with
it, and Of his menacing Beecher with
.
retractiOn OF the charge of it. Fuller
ton replied to this, and Evarts and
Beach took part. The Court finally
decided that the only portion of the
Woodruff introductory statement
should be admitted as had been refer
red to in the direct evidence, but Shear
man was permitted TO read aloud the
parts ruled out 50 the jury heard them
They related to the scandal and 10 the
writer's free-loveism, and were char,
acterized as atTocious by the Court.
After this episode Tracy took up Til.
toms unpublished true story" writ
ten in December, 1872, and witness was
cross-examined as to his acquaintance
with this document, about his under
standing Of its being in answer to the
Woodruff scandal, about his knowl-
edge Of its contents, and whether il
charged adultery about the alleged
eulogy it contained Of Tilton's wifi,
for resisting Beecher's advances, and
about TiltOn's attempt TO eXonerate
her while inculpating Beecher. Mr.
Tracy next cross-examined the wit
ness about the
FIRST MEETING or TILTON AND
BEECHER
A 4 l. Il.