, 1875-06-04


usDEn 1ng COERCION or Ttsr1n HUSBANDS.
Mr. Evhrts enid that the old cointnon-Inv rule In
regard 10 tho responsibility OF husband fot
his wife waa still held unchanged by tho faw In
this country AMI In England.
Counrcl than resumed llia consideration of TIM
occurrences oil tho night Of Dec. ~. and referred
20 the offer Of Eouton IN accomphi,v Denrhet to
his Lntise. Unless M1Giton mas netting that night
rs rrtaller Of Tlltosl. aud "ah ai,xi,'uH that
nerches should not, on TINT night at lcaet, ro-
cciso any othrr counsel. or eren any othor
''hcsshon friondship. why Fho,,d he offer IN 40
NTH lliin to tlis lGllses How did 3lr. Beechef
need his co,npany7
l.cfcsrirs .o slic character Of Mrs. 1'iiton. Mr.
EvaElB eafl her lottors to ler hI.4t'rn showed
that shc sas woman of gcnuna an.l h'iinblo
aud III thr tvinity Of That Savior whom hcr hh.
band c1urited in wicked letter OF ecoT and
ocor,,. They ellowaI, aIro.
Hkn LOVE ron lfTR HUSBAND.
her hurnEe submission tu lliH viii. nr3 the fact
tt,at siln Nan wiling TO take nrnn hcrec!f til"
blanc OF n{nost uuutterablo Wlckctlnces, OF al
most nEutterastlo bhano In l,cr anxiety TO sRye
him from rc1noach. Now. "n tho night Of bec.
80, Tion went home snd found his Wlfo. ns he
testified, In great 1lattess Ut mind. Size gave
him, hu safi III consequence Of this mental t!ia-
treaa, Tho pager, datra at midnight. IN which sho
said elc la copied letter tllctatcd by Dccclscr,
10 10 used by him for lis yiudcasion nGRnst any
accuecr other than her husband, atd that hoth
her husband aud herself wore pledged 10 nvoid
publicity.
After tlle rcccNs Esnsts raid I hare not ashed
yQIl tu lctfact onn jot Or title fr0n tho teslmo-
Sc, .huu2ton md Tilson except whcro they
liza >ueen cuntradicted Out OF their own mouths
g: =; competent witnesses. alr. rilton saws l1o
returned 10 tho house that night Of the rot1nc-
tion, and found bis wife greatly ngltatca. Tie
llurec tnssi:iaH that Mrs. Tllton mas perfectly
calm whcu She (the nutsn) went to bcA md that
Min. l,'ton fell as1eep Mrs. aiitcivit iostil'cs
that for an hour after slo left tto rooun sho
hent1
ASnnT TONES OF THE HUSBAND
and the blending voice Of the wtc uni inter while
1ilton came into the atudy, no: pen, ink. aud
paper, aud returned to las wlfe's beuutao. Then
Tillon grcntly nEttatc,t. and acenlihg ~ II she
hau been wcoting. 10 you SEQ how fatso Mr.
1ilton'h Testimony in regard to this condition OF
ILLS wifn "as. 1fo en,!eavnrs to throw tho bur-
don Of her agitation upon tue interview with Mr.
DeccLar. Wo waut 20 know via: the whole truth
iB in this NATTER aud give il to you In the words
Of A1rs. Mitchell, which show that Mrs. Tlltor,
instead Of having anything else on her con-
~ s,eorng. Aud there you hare i!lc
frat pIuoF Of tho husbands cocrcivo power
over Ills wife. You lud TINT T.lton. anxious to
flud out the tesnlt Of tie interview will, Ueocher,
WakcnH her, and finds to bis CONSERVATION that
ehe had given the Ietract!on, aud that 10 was
III exactly tho satno position, II uot worse. tlhn
befote. Tho influence of tho HYmpatll,cs OF
Mr. leecl!es, which he had sought to produce.
NIL Vie 0cbltG VI }C2F Uu HtEEueTH TATE1 AOlGu
ho hoped to produces, bY tho making Of auch a
ctarpo by respectable woman, vere euiil oly
OUT of the question:. lIo now thought that all
this arrangement to afIoct Eeecher nns ApoilcI,
and tho weapon lo expected to Use against LII.
DocchGr
HAD TrnnRD AGAINST HIstfELF.
Nor. Efutle1aet,. do YOU b.ltoye tlat stocy that
theiurse tell, or dit you? She las not ouen
contEaaic.ed by IouIton or Ti1!un iu any re-
spect.
Counsel here read the paper which Tlton
showed to Ar. storrz, a. his Nife'4 explanation
VI tho facts. lu Ills bio SAYS lhat tic tnuuS
Of tho rctrastion had tutexl lltz III hostile as-
tltudc to hvr husband, She wrote the third let
ter. Counsel -prerumcd tho jury now under
asood that tho first paper Was e1acted from Tue
vito the night Tlton aud Moultou seIe storm
ing IL her chamber, on the 29tlt, apl they uaw
tho same coercion producing 10 e1p!nuation of
tte Tstraotion OIL tho 3Qth. When lsr. Boecber
nhe lay there, "How could you do th,si"
not because it would ,njure tno (f3cocher),
not Tor this ot that rtasou. but On the s,mpls d.
rect appeal twice OF thrice repeated. --'' How
could you 10 tl,r, Elizabeth, wien it was not
truai" and then rho tells lin. not that she
thought 1t waa tsue,nor That there had boon any.
thing bctweeh thc.n that could be OF eluiyoeal
import, aud that ble believed It to be true for
the moment. -uotlug of tie kind; but u How
could help tn,Eoltuulty wcazncrB. sickness,
dlAaster, and my relntiou 10 a lustnMP (Which
tlso lidu't need to represent to AIr. Beocler be-
canso lie had boen lot into full knowledge Ut
that during his resort to hls wife in the ,,recoa.
luz weak Of tho sa!no monsh), and the assuranco
'hat thla temi o1hsy contrivaucc, II ltnsnedaso!v
used, would ulIs MI cnd to Gll trouble between
nc aud my husband tllat waH my reasou,-not
to hurt you, but to ala him aud nc III
HIS SUBJECT AND SUBMISSIVE M3fE.'
After dsctissing ut length tho motives that led
Mrs. Tllton to- retract tl,s tettactlo1,, Eyhrts
nasbad to . aihcuss,ou of tito mu,lyea wllich led
Tiltoa and 3loulton to destroy tho confeselon
document Nllcn would hava .ottleu tue nature
Of tho chntgo oeyond all CONTROVERSY had 1t bo0n
preserved.
Cuunrcl noxt turned to the 1ntcryiow Of Doech-
er and A1on!suu tbs Ilat of Decsll,bpr, Ut lhc
jattcr's house. Moul.un went to DeecAers
house to &c: tho letrActlon. nud ho uucoeoded.
but not IN geftinE 1t surrendered to tho coutto!
Of Mr. aud Mrs. Tt'tot,, hut M safe deposlt Ia
hls hapas and w,th guarantee shat Mr.. Doech-
or should not nto 1t against hlr. Iilt0u.
and Mr. Tilton could not use tho one without
papes, urging that i. 1tes to Ireae,ve tho peace
and Ecbtorv haIpiuesa to TIM family, nnd prom-
tsed that 1t SHOULD be held In his keeping and
hoIely fus production wAoE ho should want IL.
Ac:oldngiy tho jury foani that tho wlola OBJ
jcct Of that iutorysew WRs TO rottacc false step
mud
GET OUT or TIE FALSE pos1rIos
Bowen hn f'.acoa If1ton In w4aB liz took tho lot.
ter 10 Dceytier. Cunneol then read tito tnsit.
lnnny given by 3toullon In relation to tho giving
up Of tue restactlon ot the c1iarGe. Mollton
~, = l,o ansursd Doceher tha. ii 10 gavo up th!s
paper, both tho couferalon aud retractlon would
BE- burned. Or kept ~ l.c tpcccher) Desired.
1Ionlson reprtseute Decchor al saving, when civ
Ing up the tett>r Of retractlon, II r0iy OIL your
desire TO save mo-" md that afterwards Beecher
said e considered hia so1ual relations viii, Eirs
1iton natnra! aud t,lstihable EXPRESSION Of his
loso fot her. Muultou then Haid to Heccber
that he had criulua! connection With ifrs. III
ton mud had goue md got tho letter Of rettac-
ton trous heE, aud ho lid not knou how Beccher
could 10 two aicl things. Two such acis wtro
too much for Moulton. The accumulated hon.
ora were too much, for ho nas Il, tho position Of
lord Dundrcary when he said that It wns une Of
those Thugs "ao focr could And out" ,ioul.
ton urged Deec:,er to surrendpr this paper. aud
related to him tho rn,schisf TINT had boon
wrough. in thla family, aud finally llreel,er gaYo
up the letter, mud eecbcr thinks .!at II ho lad
Won tAia woman'a Affections as,1nngca tLvIn
trom her husband, and II il
was true that tlin calamity gpa
attributed to tm, she had fallen .nto It through
ca,aat:y aud affection, md not through lust, ~
ls4 been cLarEod to him. THIS wns
THE MosT PROBABLE VIEW
ofit. contcnded counsel, ths rteW that Waa takon
by hr. laecher.
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