Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-17
TILTON-BEECRER.
Gossip About the Great Scandal
Case.
some of the Disappointed.

NEW YORK, April 16.-Among the dis
appointed attendants on the TiltOn-Beech-
er trial yesterday, were Judge d. S. Wilson,
of Dubuque, and DR.. II. w. Holcombe,
of St. Louis.
what Beecher TCOuId NOfIRemember.
Henry E. Simmons, business manager of
the American Tract Association, who was
foreman Of the grand jury that indicted
Tilton and Moulton for conspiracy, says
that Beecher took the usual oath on the
Bible. Beecher could not remember, in
his testimony, how the oath was admins
tered.
A Petition In Behalf OF the Jury.
Judge Nelson and the scandal case law
yers have signed petition 10 the Legisla-
ture asking for special legislation which
shall give the supervisors power to further
compensate the juIymen who have served
more than thirty days.
an IncOS Witness.
Mary Clemmer Ames has been a guest
in one of the Brooklyn hotels for three or
four days, registered as Mrs. Mary c..
Richards, her maiden name. She is under
subp9n& from Beecher's lawyers.
Alarming Results Ofthe Beeeher Trial.
Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
WASHINGTON, April 16.-TwO women
and one man have been recently sent from
this city to the Asylum for the Insane, hav-
ing gone crazy on the Beecher trial. To
day another candidate for the asylum pa
raded the streets, and created a great ex-
element by his manners, appearance and
often reiterated proclamation that he had
discovered the true religion. He is a man
Of oh frslfvr nd wa nlnA in hnnarf
suit Of broadcloth. Around his neck he
had slipped a hangman's rope, with which
he bound his body and limbs nearly to the
knees. On his shoulder he carried a ban
ner bearing the inscription. 'I'rOtestantism
is the religion Of hell; will disclose to the
people the true religion" Then one below
the other appeared in large letters the
names, ''LutheT, Henry Eighth, Bismarck,
Beecher." lie declared that if the devel-
opments IN the Beecher trial continue as
they have been, he would hang himself.
The police were ordered to arrest him, but
he escaped. lie attracted much attention,
and was followed and surrounded by thou
sands Of people.
seVenteeH Persons Driven TO Insanity
by the Nathan Murder.
It is singular to note that all causes
celeble have the effect to produce insanity
in weaF-minded people who brood over the
incidents and affecting details. In the
case Of the Nathan murder no less than
/ seventeen persons were driven by it To in
sanity, and although entirely innocent of
| completely in the crime, they have profess
ed themselves the murderers.
The First Days Gross.
New York Herald.
i change Of sentiment seemed TO have
stolen over the court room. Mr.. Beecher
was under cross-examinatiOn. When il
ended for the day the face that descended
from the witness stand was not the same
as that which went mp there in the morn
ING. The hair was smoothly brushed back
from the hTows, the color was even and
healthy, the eve was clear and beaming,
and the general expression confident and
easy in the morning and at noon The
eyehds are heavy now, the blood gathers in
blO.ches over the face, the hair is tossed
forward, confidence of look IS gone, and
nervousness plays around the lips. A sin
gular mutation in a few hours. The cross
examination chair has not been a bed Of
roses. lis teTTors have not been eXaggera-
ted. Il is the rack where not the body but
the mind is put TO the torture. InnOcene
and guilty have moe or. less experienced
its horrors.