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m0ny, sne 100 was ODllgeu 10 cOrrect nef hc-
count Of Mr.. Beecher's language, by chang
ing it from Il natural to an unnatural form
of expression. In her direct examination
the first. They have no sort of relation to
each other. and yet. Monltcn coolly swore
in your presence that Beecher deliberately
dictated as one single connected sentence,
without any intervening stop, these extra
ordinary words Il ask through YOU
Theodore Tilton's forgiveness and humble
myself before him as do before my God ;
he would have been better man in my err
cumstances than have been No one but
a maniac could have deliberately uttered
such sentence. and neither M1ulton nor
Tilton have ever yentured to PRINT that
sentence in type as nc was originally
written. But all the sentences are dislointed;
they do no follow each other in any regular
order. Their confusion Is perfectly com
prehensible if we believe they are nasty re-
ports of hasty expressions, spread over a
| long conversation at intervals and eagerly
grasped at by man who was anxious to
record the worst language he could select
| from the excited utterances OF man under
deep feeling. but utterly incomprehensible
if we accept Moulton's cath that the paper
was deliberately dictated and deliberately
written.
Gen. Tracy then proceeds 70 pick to
pieces the wording phraseology. pGnctua-
ton and capitalization OF the letter oil con
triton, noting in detail each error Is It
appears in the original draft, as tending 10
show the hurried manner in which the let
te- was prepared. and then says; All
these errors were evidently clear TO Mouiton
himself when he came to read 1t over delib-
erately. for evsry correction | have suz-
| gested is made in the document, o. since
published by him Yet he s@ears he read
| it alond to Beecher on the night when It
was written, and that the latter read 1t
carefully afterward himself, AID that
neither Of them noticed these giaring de-
| fects, of which any schoos-boy would be
| ashamed.
| Now all these facts and circumstances,
We submit. says counsel, prove that when
Moulton tells you the paper Wa prepared
at tie beginning of the interview, and all
of it dictated by Beecher. except, perhaps,
the phrase "la trust, etc, and that the
same was deliberately dictated by Beccher
and written down as dictated. his evidence
j. shown by the paper itself - be false,
and that when Bcecher tells you as he will,
that this letter was prepared at the end OF
the conversation and not the beginning
that it was done 10 great haste anu not de-
liberately that it was not dictated by him
but was the effort of MOnlt0n 10 recall at
the end of the conversation, the expressions
made By Beecher during the Interview at
time when the room was growing dark
that they were suddenly broken of by the
ringing Of the tea-bell that lie refused 10
sign the paper because il was not his: and
that. at MOultOn's solicitation. he added
the memorandum at the foot Of t. without
reading the paper or nearing It read his
statement Is cOrroborated aud confirmed By
the paper itself.
GIN. TRACY's ADDREss-NR. BLECHEG tDtIcE
ABOUT The SEPARATION.
la the early days Of December, and befvie
Mr.. Tilton had published his vGlelicoory -
editor Of The hd.pegdeHi, there came to
this defendant message from Mrs. Iilton,
borne to him by the young girl, Bessie Tur-
ner, which message greatly surprised the
defendant He was informed that Mrs. I'll
ton had left her home and her husband, and
desired 10 consult him on the subject Of sep |
aration. The nature Of the wrongs Of which |
she complained was made known T. him by |
the girl. who. with downca>t eyes, informed |
Mr.. Beeeher that Mr. Tilton had twice at
tempted her virtue, the details Of which she /
tsen preceded to give him. Mr. Beecher. /
his wife should zee and confer with Mr..
Tilton, because she could learn from her
many thing. which m5iestv. perhaps,
would restrain her from diSclJ ius To- a man.
He asked permission TO bring Mr., Beecher
to visit Mr. Hilton. anl Mrs. Hilton con
sontine. Mr. Beecher turned the ,asc of
Elizabeth lilton. separated from her home.
and Threatening % leave her husband. over
his wife She went there and heard
the story Of her SORROW and her
aiilicticn. AMI she came back and
reported it to her husband Mr. Beecher
had no hesitation in a1yi~in. @ separation At
once. She declared that She never w0lld
live with man an hour who tli hcaped
upon her one-quar:er the .nli-nitie- that
Theodore Tilton had heaped ufea his wife
for yearS Bu: Mr. Beecher he-itltsd a.
became the cautious pastor and the sincere
friend. BIt now. gentlemen. don't YOU
think il Mr.. Beecher had been conscious Of
guilt when he was sent for hv tins lady. and
was informed by her that she had separated
from her husband. don't yoa think the int
word he wClld have said t. her Wuul have
been, Are You conscious Of the danger to
which You are exposing me and exposing
yourself; Ii You separate from year hus-
band, covered ali over a yoa know You are
with guilt, do YOU not suppose that ia this
this litigation. this difficulty
that will arise ont u this separation, your
guilt will be discovered -" And set he
yye> the advice that Size should SEPARATE. ,
read Won. gentlemen 4 note that Ae handed |
us wife on the last visit tia. Size was -
make to Mrs.. Tilton On this occasion. Ii Lad
'een, as have said, Subject c3u~alta-
ion. She was about leaving There were
'isitors in the hack parlOr, 50 ,ise could not
ak. AMI MIR. Bcecher wrote g. las wife and
ave her this note Il Incline g. think that
-Our view Is right, That a separation and
ett,emont Of support vii be wisc-t, a-d q
hat IN hi present desperate STAKE lc. Urci-
nee near him /, far more iAely t. produce /.
latred than her absence That Wa the i
iote which he gave to bis wife when she +
eft hi~ house 10 pay the las; vii t, M f
'iiton. :
SOW, gentlemen, upon the subject Of &
shat advice AIR. Beecher Woui have been {
ikely To give, ! want 70 cali vour attention &
o the words which they have put into the Il
louth of the witness, Mr. Molltun. when ii
he makes Mr.. Beecher senI advice to +,
.lizabcth llton. After tins difficulty had Sc
fer year or two. Mrs. Moulton Sc
lys that Mr.. Beccher sent 4 message Of all "a
ice from her TO Mrs. Tilton VI nat was it.
Tel Elizabeth that she must live with her OIL,
usband. know how much She suffers, | =,
now now hard 1t i, but for NY axe, for h,
er sake, and for the children : sake. she -
u>t bear with her husband ard he t. him -
faithful and true wife" When >killlul :,
en- are manufacturing evidence. they know i,
c strong way TO put it and they under n
and thoroughly what advice would he ~,
.tura. under certain circumstances. and II
ey knew that il they sent any message bv =
r.. 4lOultOn to MIS-. Tilton from Mr. NJ
'echer, It must be the message which L.
ged her 10 lie with her husband AMI not -
Iarate irori him II vas that thing that IL
1uld conceal guilt, il guilt existed Ii was -
adyiee that every guilty man would have lic
'en under the circumstances, beyond ~
eStion- Now, gentlemen. YOU have got be
e advice that Henry Ward Beecher gave ia
is woman in December. $50. Orcourse. ~;
n;lemen, if Henry Ward Beecher had r.
en- guilty he never could have been guilty -n
the folly Of adyisinga separation Of thi, +
man from her husband. No, no. III,
THIRD DAY-rrsm'> LETTERS. fl
Gen. lr2eI neat read several letters Of Sill
ssie Turner wherein she discls.ms hay COZ
, had any dishoaoIahla proposals made to he
: by Mr.. Tilton These letters. Mr.. Ell
ley insisted, were obtained by Mr.. Iilton els
4. ibis sigl. to b. produced in court il kn
.ho, !" e'Sf appear and give evidence to
9"oI'- ~ -'inued the
INST nun lie eo"- tI,t .be yer
We shall show you, gentlemen, '''' he
sent away a. an inducement TO her ~
2 these fetractions. But more We 0"N
E the testimony It Francis D. Moulton ;
self when he says that he t-ld Beecher- wa.
d he IF. d. Moulton) made tho sJSgeS- VIM
J. u send her (Nliss Turner away yc; tiie
makes the suggestion To Henry Ward Gun
cher to send her away. bat -ays that hot
on cannot afford 10 pay the expenses . qua
: Indeed Ii it was Beechers business big
send her away why should Til:on be Bee