The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-27
THE TRIAL.
MIR. Porter Concludes at
Last.
Another Juror Made Sick.

NEW ORR, NAV Zb.-Mr. IOTltI
continued his argument to-day. He said
the first object Of Tilton and MOulton
was TO reinstate the former on the lnde-
PENDENT That failed, and the Golden
Age was established, and friends OF
Beecher were asked to contribute. In
the meantime, $1,000 had been got from
Beecher for Bessie Turner's school bills,
and 5000 for the support of Tllton
family, for which latter sum Beecher
had to mortgage his house. Tne Bacon
letter had then been published contain
ing a garbled edition Of the letter oi
apology. 1t was put forth, and Beecher
thought it called for All investigation,
but Noulton said that would be a breach
of faith and yet those men were the par
ties who published the Bacon letter and
the letter of apology. Were these the
men to advise silence to be observed by
Beecher and broken by Tilton. ii
Beccher was guilty and had debauched
one of his own communicates; if he had
confessed to Tlton, Moulton and
Mrs. Moulton, if he had authorize
Moulton to tell Judge Morris and Judge
Tracy, why did Bcecher refuse To sign
the card prepared for him by Tilton and
to be read in his own pulpit?
Pryor then read letter which nd
mitted that Beecher had committed nm
offense, but no crime, and was willing to
resign.
Mrs. Moulton, in her testimony, uttered
words against her pastor, not only poison
ed by herself but by her husband, hoping
that the counsel would exercise the for
bearance due her sex. 1t had been sug-
geslcd, by enemies of Beecher, that the
counsel had dealt discourtcously with
Perjured BIacknaIIcr,
but he would leave 1t to tho jury. Coun-
sci then revealed Mrs. Moulton's tcstl.
mony, in which she urged Bccchcr to go
down to church; that he could never ap-
pear in the pulpit with this on his mind.
There is not grain of truth in her mar
ratiyc. 1t is true there were converse.
tions between them, but no one saw all ~
another SAW it; nor can any two persons
give the same account OF anything
that has occurred at which
both were present How difficult it i,
10 repeat covcrsationa correctly, between
which. and its repetition number OF
wears have elapsed. How easy 1t was for
memory to bO misled. Suppose Mrs.
Mouton had told you to the best of her
ability what has occurred between her
and Beecher A mistake upon this point
would be the destruction Of au innocent
man. The testimony of Mrs. Moulton
had been kept from the Church Com
mittee to be used in suit against Beech
er. We had the fact that rs early as
June, 1874, these two rogues,
Tilton and Moulton contemplated Il pro
cceding in court against Beechcr and
were coRfferrlng as to witnesses. She
couldn't swerve firm her allegiance to her
husband. This husband sent his lady to
bring apostles of free love to conferences
with Tilton and Mouton. Mrs. Moulton
represented Beecher as stating to her
matters which were told her by Tilton
and her huE band, and it may be true that
she was mis'ed by them.
Counsel then commented on the testi.
mony of Mrs. Moulton as to Bcccher'
reference to committing suicide. II
Moulton was an honest man, he was most
unfortunate. He had been tried in the
balance and found wanting. There were
seventeen honest men who had sworn
falsely, if all that Moulton had testified
to were true. There were thlrty-four
men on the side Of the defendant who
had also sworn falsely, and