Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-04-28
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR,
THE BEECHER TRIAL.
TRACY ON THE STAND.
CONSIDERATION OF BISHOP IAGGAR
EUROPEAN NEWS.
THE TILTONBEECHER SUIT.
MIR. Tracy oa the Stand.

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NEW YORK, April 2s.-MrS Tilton was
present Oday in the court, accompanied by
Mrs Field. Mrs. Shearmau and Mrs. Owing
ton. The attendance Of spectators was much
smaller than usual. The defendant and wife
were late. Tilton and Moulton occupied
their usual places from an early period in the
mornings proceedings.
TRACY RESUMED THE STAND.
ard his examination was continued. He
said: had an inter view with Mr.. Franklin
| Woodruff, in which he said that many peo-
| pie thought MoultOn should issue a card
| about his relations with the WOO1hull peo-
| pie; that il would hurt him. and he wished
| agreed to have a consultation with him upon
| the understanding that il would
| NOT BE HOSTILE TO BEECHER.
This was agreed to. and he said he would
| bring MOulton around and Introduce him to
| me, as did not know Moulton then. Wood
run referred to some papers in Moultol's
possession relating to the difficulty and il
| was in respect to these that Woodruff sug-
| gested that secrecy should be maintained by
me. Soon after that Woodruff brought
/ MoultoD around to my office. Thu subject
| was referred to Of our previous conversation
! as TO what publication should be made by
MOultOn. The conversation was general,
| and tie object of the introduction was
/ alluded TO. The question submitted TO me
| was: u fit were wise TO make an answer in
| public card TO the publication. / said
could say nothing until / saw the pa pers and
| no opinion could be expressed without an eX-
animation of papers he had. An appoint
| meIt was made for the next Sunday after
| noon at Moulton's house. Before going there
| had
NO CONSULTATION WITH BEECHER
| or no instructions or authority from him. |
| went there after dinner on Sunday, between
| two and three O'Clock. l left his house about
| ten or eleven that night. When went in
| found Woodruff there. L have faint inn
| preston that Tilton was there. Woodruff,
| MOultcn and repaired to the study, when
MOulton went TO tin box and took out
some papers. TIE first he showed me was
the letter of cOntritiOn, which l began TO
read. The handwriting struck me, and |
asked him if this was Beecher's, and he said
no, 1t was his. said IL was not signed, but
he showed me the endorsement, signed, he
said, by Beecher. He said it was notes of a
conversation he had with Beecher. After
reading il through said this would not in
teriere with the publication of a card
AGAINST THE Woodruff SCANDAL.
The next paper he showed me was the letter
of retractlon. On reading the papers, or soon
after reading the postscript OF the retractiOn,
/ said that this paper would seem to imply
| that Beecher had been attempting the virtue
| of Mrs. Tilton. l asked the history of this
| paper. He said, generally, that after Mr..
| Tilton had accused Beecher he went to Mrs.
| Tilton and obtained the paper from her; that
| when Tilton went home his wife told him
that Beecher had got the paper from her
MOultOn said he went around to Beecher's
and got this letter from him. Then he men,
| TONED
THE PISTOL SCENE
| in the Woodruff publication in obtaining
| this paper, and ne said that he told Beecher
| he had done wrong and foolish thing, and
| asked for its delivery. Beecher said he had
| got this paper 10 protect himself, in case
charges were brought against him again.
| MOulton then said he persuaded Beecher 10
| give him the paper, and he would keepi it
with the letter containing the charges TO
which IL referred as Sacredly as he kept the
other. He said he put his hand on his hip,
where he kept the pistol, and said he would
- PROTECT THE PAPER WITH HIS LIFE.
This was all the connection, he said that the
| pistol scene had TO do with it. He also said
| the letters containing the charges had been
given to Tilton. and he thought il was de-
SfrDypd The Snhincf a1lrial q
that part OF the publication which referred
| 10 him, TiltOn and Mrs. WOodhull going TO
Beecher and urging him to preside at the
Steinway Hall meeting. MOultOn said this
was false. After he said this, asked him if
Mrs Woodruff ever got any information
from him, and he said she had not. | asked
him if Tilton did. and he said don't believe
he ever did, or said a word about the relations
of Beecher with his wife. / asked him
IF TILTON CHARGED BEECHER WITH
ADULTERY,
and he said no. / asked him what the charge
was, and he said ask TiltOn. l would rather
you would do 50. He then went ont of the
room and returned with Tlton. Tilton said
he was asked to make a statement OF his case
TO me, and said if he did and Beecher and he
came into collision, would the etiquette OF
the profession allow me to be counsel of the
other PAL ty? | said if he made a statement
of the case to me would not feel at liberty
10 act for the other party. Tilton then pro-
duced a manuscript and read il, talking
during the reading OF il. The reading of il
occupied about an hour, but could not dis
eliminate between the reading of the papers
and the running talk kept up by Tilton.
Handed a copy of the True Story.'l / am
unable i'd state whether this is the paper,
parts of which were READ - me by Tilton. ]
remember that some OF the documents In ms
statement were read TO me. / recollect that /
the statement began with an allusion TO the |
Neutrality-suspicious. appearing in his alb
sence, and of his determination TO publish a !
card about ii. This paper treated of
HIS RELATIONS WITH BOWEN,
and the statement of Mrs. Tilton that her |
friend. MI. BepchpF had solicited her N he
come a wife to him, with all that the name
implied, was in it; and also the whole or a
part of the letter of contrition. The pa per
also contained the letter of December 26 from |
Tilton TO Beecher, through Bowen. The paper |
also contained praises of Mrs. Tilton for
RESISTING THE AMoEoUs PLEAS OF HER |
He said to me that he prepared this docu- |
ment for publication as set-Of to the WOOD |
hull publication, and that he would show il |
TO Beecher He spoke of Beecher going to /
his wife i'm her weak condition, and getting |
the letter of retraction from her. He said TO !
me Beecher had admitted his guilt In letter 1
of apology TO him. l said the language in |
that letter was too general. He then de- |
nounced Beecher, and accused him OF adult |
terry. L asked him if it was with his wife, |
and he said no, with another woman, or |
other women, and he could prove it. When /
he finished reading his paper l said your |
Statemept settles one thing, and that is, you |
do hot charge Beecher with adultery with |
your wife, and he said no.
MY WIFE rs A PURE WOMAN,
he said he never told Mrs. woodruff one /
word contained in her publication. We dis /
cussed his paper for a long time as an answer |
to the Woodruff publication. 1 asked him |
at one point what were his present feelings |
to Beecher, and he said they were friendly, /
or that they were not unfriendly. He said he /
wished TO bury this matter. and get it out of |
the way. / asked him why he did not give |
the publication simple denial and he said |
this was what this woman wanted me to do. /
This would make them
LIABLE FOR LIBEL,
and the case would come out i'm the courts. |
He thought the charges were too circumstan- |
tial and particular to be met by a simple /
denial, and people would have to get the |
truth of 1t, and they would not be satisfied |
with a denial. He also said cannot deny il |
truthfully, nor could he tell a lie; that while |
the publication contained things that were /
untrue, there were also truths in it.
The Louisiana Auditor TO be Inyesti-
gated.
NEW ORLEANS, April Ex-Governor KEEL |
logg to-day instructed the Attorney General /
TO inSfituta Suif against tine auditor and his Il