New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-15
WHAT Mr.. BEECHER THOUGHT OF THE
CHARGES.

speaks for itself.
Mr.. Furerton-Yea ITO the witness.1 Now, Mr.
Beecher up to that me-up to the time OF the ih'Sr
view with Mr. Tlton Mr. Moultons househad youbeen
made aware in any way that Mrs. Tton naa an uno"e
affection for youi A. No, Sir
O. Had you from any cause whatever ever inspected
such thingt A. had not.
O. What Mr. Tton said you then, the night OF the
3Oh upon that subject the first intmation you bsd
received quarter whatever that such was the
factf A. think do not recall any other hint
or intimation.
O. Mr.. Theodore Tilton the only-the first man.
and ND the time when This retacton was made, the
only person. who had declared that such thing w~
fscti A. The only person that reeah-that j" nndne
affection.
O. And Mrs Tlton had denied IT orally and in writing
to you A. She had.
@ Did you believe 1t after that A. have stated 70
you already In state OF perple fity tnsn
| of belief.
O. No no; don't get all into state OF perpexy by
q wrong fLaughterl will you be kind enough
10 state whether after the denial OF Mrs Elton OF the
allegation that affections had been transferred 10 you
you then believed itf A. That believed that she had
made the chargesi don't take your point quite sir
O. No Did you believe that her affections had been
transferred 10 you A. say again, Sir that was nos
| in a condition.
Mr. FullertOn-One moment
The Witness [continungl--to believe way or the
| other.
O. Did you believe iti A. state again, Sir, that wa
| in state Of perplexity and not OF belief
O. Will you state whether not, you did believe hss
her affection had been transferred to you I
Mr. Evarts-Hc has answered IL.
Mr. FullertOn-Ue has moi answered IL.
Mr. Evarts-Why not
Mr. Fullerton-why mott Don't ask me- or shall give
an answer that you won't relish He has not answered
Mr. Evarts-You draw the witnesses attention distinct
y to psychological proposition whether he had BE-
lief and he has answered very distinctly that ne was
then state Of perplcxity and not OF belief don1
know any better that be made II 1t IN true
Judge NeilsonIt far a. IL goes but ne
can state whether he believed II or not.
| Mr. Evarts-lt il very perfect answer because ne
| pressure is upon the formed belief.
Judge Neilson-Upon the existence Of the belief
| Mr. Evarts-Yes, the existence Of a formed belief
Mr. FullerOn-And whether that belief dd or d'' Dos
exist propose Sir 20 1nd out by having adrec answer
! TO my question.
Judge Neilson-The witness answer Sir, according
10 his best recollection whether he believed il or not
Mr. Fullerton--Yes. Sir. ITO the witness. Now. Mr..
Beeeher, I put the question 10 You again. After hrr
Ton had denied orally you and in writing that these
charges-dened the truth OF these charges. revoked them
ALL you believe that she had transferred her affections
TO YOU A. to yOu sir, that my mind was
| not in a state Of conviction.
O. Well will Won state whether YOU believed it or not
A. will state had both the belief and the nnbeef
| and that fuctuaied from the one TO the other
O. Did yOu regard the fact that she had charged you
with making improper advances an evidence OF her
afectiona A. do think that entered into my con
| sideration. Sir.
O. Did not enter consideration whether her
conduct in charging YOU with immoral practices, charge
which. II tlne would work yonr ruin was an evidence or
not that her affection had been transferred TO you A. IL
| certainly was an evidence; and yet was not yet ap-
prised Of all facts felt there wa more to come out
than knew that night.
O. You had not enough then. To form Judgment up TO
III It tmei A. II these were all the facts mad II Iey
| ire not all the facts had not.
O. Then you suspended your Judgment, did youi A.
suspended my Judgment 40 far asa final Judgment Al
times thought that here the evidence that she nad
done it other times revOlted against 1t, and fonna
myself moved from that conviction
O. Well, you hadn't the highest regard for Theodore
Triton no TO that time had youi A. | say that
| had tie highest regard for him.
| O. And as between him and his wife, which did you
! think would be the likely to tell falsehoodf A.
! lEmphatlcallyl He.
0. You had high regard for Mrs. TtOu did you mott
| A. did.
O. You had admired her Christian character up to thai
| time A. / had.
O. You had regarded her a woman Of truthulness in
every respectf A. | had
g. OF exalted pety! A. had
O. And purityi A. had.
O. And yet you tell that when she told You verbally,
and put in writing, that these charges were false, and
that she was impOrtuned 10 make them when she was
sick il did not convince you that they were untrue' A
She had charges, Mr. Fullerton distinctly, and ad
mtted it
O. One moment, Mr. Beecher
The witness continuing And she now took them
back.
O. one moment. Don't review the ground; tell me
whether all these did not induce the benel
in your mind that charge which M. Ton had made
against YOU that yOu had won hls Wues dHecuoh, WS
untruei A. NO-lnd yes.
Mr. FuertOn-Let it stand that way
O. When did you expect to get further evidence upon
that subject A. had definite expectation a. to time
Sir.
O. Did you expect to any further evidence upon
the subjectl A. did not believe things would rest
there.
O. How did you expect to the reraction and not
Use against the husband who had made the fse chargef
A. had no plan whatever except in possible coAtn-
gency which | stated 70 her.
O. Didn't you think Theodore Ton had object
in making that charged A. presumed he had, but he
disclosed none 10 me.
O. What object did you think he had in view in making
that chargei A. | waited TO see
O. Had you opinion on it A. had not.
O. Didn't you, on the theory that the charge was un
true believe that he had improper anda wicked object
in making the charged A. cannot assert that Sir
waited what TO be the end OF these things
He certainly had not disclosed line Of procedure to
O. We'll, after you went away that night with the re-
traction in your pocket did you go homet A. went
first TO Mr.. Moult0n's.
O. And from there did you go homef Al went home
O. You considered this subject didn't youf A. did.
O. Well didn't you consider 1t in the light OF false
charge, known " be by Theodore Titonf A. did
not.
O. Did you consider a charge which Mr.. Tilton be-
ueved Inf A. Sometimes did, and sometimes did not
O. Then you had formed opinion about 1t at that
time A. haLc 10 o final decision