Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-07-04


The world to ar end shall come
In eighteen hundred and eighty
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY.
NEW YORK, July lst.-Of the coun-
sci for Beecher the signature of Evarts
only is wanting to invite the counsel
for TiIton to unite with them in ask
| ing Judge Nelson to call the jury into
| Court, that they may be informed that
the alleged newly-discovered evidence
embodied in the affidavits Of Loeder
and Price is base fabrication; that
one of the authors has been arrested
for perjury and the other has con-
| fessed.
/ THE "TRIBUNEs OPINION.
NEW YORK, July lst.-The Tribune
points out that Tilton's counsel re-
duced Loeder's story to writing, and
Price says counsel aided by procuring
diagram of Tilton's house. This was
before the evidence to the jury had
| closed. Therefore, the fact that LOeder
was not called before the summing up
began suggests the natural inference
that Morris knew he was lying. Sub
sequently while Beach was addressing
the jury, the new testimony appeared
surreptitiously in the Herald, and
plaintiff asked to have the case re-
opened for its intr oduction. This be-
ing refused, plaintiff had succeeded in
calling the jury's attention to the al
legged testimony at such time that
the defense could not even remark
upon it. Beach admits that he knew
their affidavits could not be admitted,
but he asked it In order to satisfy the
general public demand
ADVICE TO COUNSEL.
The Tribune, while disavowing any
intention to impute unprofessional
conduct to Beach or Morris, adds: eve
tell them plainly that creduIity or too
much zeal has betrayed them into
false position, from which they must
lose no time In extricating themselves
by a thorough inquiry into this affair
| and bya very frai.k, public explana-
| tion of their own connection with 1t.
Such startling Irregularities as they
seem to have implicated themselves in
cannot go unchallenged."
THE EXAMINATION.
NEW YORK, June 30.-The examin-
alton of. Leoder began this morning.
Robert Grannis testified that Leoder
had told him that there was some
truth in the statement he had made,
and good deal of exaggerati0n. That
with regard to the kissing between
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton, he was cor
rect Nothing new was elicted in the
cross examination.
Owing to the absence of witnesses,
the case was adjourned till to-mor-
| row.
MOULTON AND TILToN.
New YORK, June 30.-Several days
ago Tilton told Tribune reporter that
he had received a singular conhrma-
tion of neoders story, but declined to
say how. From another source it was
ascertained that Tilton had said GER
tain lady had informed him that she
was in Tilton's house in 1859, when he
ordered the carpets laid and paid the
| bill. Tilton added that an examina-
ton of Leoder's books revealed the
item. 1t appears, however, that Leo
der kept no books and has no memO-
randum of such transaction. Moulton
is represented as having promised to
the friend who accompanied Price, to
bargain with Sherman's son for hush
money; that he would take care of
Price if he got into trouble for corrob-
Grating Leoder's affidavit. Sherman
Indignantly rejected the appeal for
hush money, but put detective at
work who never forsook the trail till
he had unearthed him.
TILToN's COUNSEL ACT TBADLY.
New YORK, July lst.-The counsel
hesitated to accept Beecher's request
that the jury be notified of Loeder's
perjury in whatever form or terms the
former should prescribe. The Tribune
says:
We hope they have considered the
position in which the refusal places
them. Loeder and Price might have
lied till Christmas without doing any
harm If Morris and Beach had not
taken them by the hand and intro.
duced them to the Court as respecta-
BILE persons, entitled to belief. The
two wretched conspirators made UP a
monstrous falsehood which fell apart
so easily when subjected to the least
examination, that they were obliged
to confess the imposture; but Beach
and Morris took the responsibility of
submitting that falsehood to the Court
as truth, and practically of putting II
before the jury for the sake of affect
ing their decision, is a momentous
| issue. Now that the fraud has been
exposed, they abandon the conspira-
tors to their fate, but decline to undo
whatever wrong they may have ac-
complished.
/ THE WORLDS OPINION.
NEW YORK, July 1st.-The World
shows that the Tilton party necessa.
rily was responsible for the surrepti-
tious publication of the perjured affi-
davits in time to reach the jury, be.
cause the defense had no copies anC
Judge Nelson officially testified that
he furnished none. Morris violently
refused yesterday to give the jury any
new light on the subject and persisted
after further conference with Tilton
himself. Hamilton, who has been
cited as the person to whom Loeder
had tod his story several years ago,
declares that Loeder never told him
anything that could be construed to
Indicate criminality, either of Beecher
or Mrs. Tilton.