The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-03-12
THE SCANDAL.

NEW YORK, March 11-In the Beecher Til
ton suit to day, MIR. Beach announced that MT.
Fullerton was unable to be present on acco UNI
of illness. Mr.. Oliver johnson assembled INC
stand to make some corrections in his testlmo-
ny with regard to his last interview with Mr.
7. He said he was mistaken in saying tnat
the last time he met him was at Mr.. Gurus.
He has met him since that and he had dinner
with him at his own house. He attended the
last spiritual seance at Boston last September.
He said that the lady to whom he referred yes
terday as being on Intimate relations with MI.
T. was not Bessie Turner.
Mrs Oakley Continues.
Mrs Oakley was then recalled and her cross
examination was continued by Mr.. Beach.
She said since leaving the stand she had con-
yersed with Mr.. Shearman, Mr.. Hill, Mr.. Por-
ter and Mrs. Tton. She went on to tetfg
concerning the change in Mr. rs religious
views repeating substantially what she SAID
yesterday.
Chas. Cowley next took the stand and testl-
fed: | resided at Lowell and practiced law "a
Lowell and Boston in 1871. was not politl-
cal candidate. Two years prior to that was
sets. In the fall of 1871 / came to New York
in connection with politics. L met then MIR: L,
Mrs. Woodruff and doctor, who CLAIMED u
communicate with spirits.
There was conversation 10
about Mr. Beecher. Mrs. Woodruff spoke of a
revolution in the social system with regard 10
the marriage relation, and she said that MT.
Beecher was coming out as the advocate OF thiS
system. l said that Il did not believe IL, ana
she replied that he would have to do SO as he
could rot hold one theory and practice another.
She said there would be dozen OF his mistfes
ses in his congregation. She referred to Mr.
T., and think lie replied that there were about
forty She gave some names ana the only one
a.. r Proctor mentioned
Mrs. Us name as one person with whom MI
Beecher was very much enamoured and she
was also withehim for some time and there
was some remark about whether Mr. Beecher
was father of one of the children. She said to
me that Mr.. T. had heard of this intimacy.
MIR. Beecher had got paper from Mrs L. de-
nying this and friend of Mr.. Us had got this
paper from Mr.. Beecher at the point OF pls-
tol. remember of Mr.. I. speaking of the
revolution of thought and action caused by the
reformation Of Luther and that this late revo-
luton would cause as much storm as the form.
er.
1 called again and was present for a short
time in Mrs. Woodhulps house in October OF
the same year. think Mr. Tilton called after
wards l think that it was at this second visit
that Mrs. woodruff said that Mr.. Beecher was
going to preside at meeting where she was
going to lecture. 1 said that did not oelleve
it, and she replied that he would preside, but
would not speak at the meeting
When came to Mrs. WoodhulPs on the first
occasion it was between eight and nine o'clock
and went away 81 ortly after ten. Among
the parties there on that occasion were AIRED
Brisbane and Stephen Pearl Andrews knew
nothing of her tenets previous to that, except
by herasay. [ came to New York in the inter-
ests of the labor movement in Massachusetts,
TO obtain the consent OF Mr.. Tilton and Mrs.
Woodruff to make addresses under the aus
pices of that party through the stete. had
~ bull in arH tn
the regiment of which she was Colohel. and L
made some remarks about her youth to hold
such rank w hen had this conversation
with Mrs. Woodruff and Mr.. Titon, she was
nearer to me than Mr.. Tilton. Mrs. woodruff
sat near Mr.. Tton on lounge. These parties
occupied this position during the conversation
about MIR. Beecher. They were not sitting In
this position, however, dnring the Lowell con-
vcrsation. ii.t
Court took recess.
After recess Mr. Conley's cross-examinatio
was continued by Mr.. Beach. He replied
Our conversation was as to the hours boarding
house keepers should close their places: The
next conversation was that in which the gen.
tleman gave the spiritual manifestation ana
Mr. Tilton took Photographic notes of it We
occupied the same positions think as when we
were discussing the Lowell revelations. This
gentleman must have occupied fifteen minutes
10 his revelation. The subject OF 1t was the
condition of disembodied spirit and their rela-
ton with embodied spirits. There was moth
ing in the conversation that made an impress
sion on my mind There were some poetic
sentences in his address. 1t was sentime Htal
but there was no argument or thought in It,. L
do not recolect a single idea or sentence that
was said When the subject of social revolu-
ton came up Tlton sat on the sofa and Mrs.
Woodruff and about five or six feet from
him, having little stand between us. Mrs.
Milbrook sat, think, before Mr.. I. Tilton
occasionally spoke to the other guests when
appealed to. Mrs. Woodruff said the whole
system of the marriage relation was going to
undergo o complete change and that some OF
the greatest minds in the country were enlisted
with it. She spoke in the 50 me way of woman
suffrage, in relation to which she said Gen.
Butler was connected with it and Mr.. Sumner
She also connected Beecher with it. asked
her what she meant to do with the children
when the marriage contract was broken up
and she said that public institutions would
take care OF them. said Beecher would not
be likely to take a new departure at his time of
life or neutrality-suspicious. She said he had
already done so and II ne stopped now ne
would be exposed. She said Beecher and Mrs.
Tilton had adopted these free love doctrines
and that they had been living 10 the relation of
husband and wife for long time to all practi-
cal observation. She said that Mrs. L. had
written letter to her husband telling him she
loved Beecher more than her husband. Beecher
obtained this letter and it was got from him at
the point of pistol.
Mr. Triton said the system of treating wo-
men as INFERIOR TO men Was IdlSG dLu Guo EcSu-
lations between them should be made by con-
tract and dissolved by contract. This subject
was under discussion about half an hour. |
think he contrasted the laws of New England
relating to divorce and those of New York, and
expressed a preference for the former. About
year after that conversation with her 1 be-
came counsel to her. Several weeks after this
had another interview with Mr.. Il. at Mrs.
Woodhulls In the first interview with Mr..
T. and Mrs. Woodruff they conversed in private
pnt caa
close together. They we're on the lounge about
foot apart. 1 noticed no caresses or saluta-
tions between them, but l noticed several
amorous glances pass between them. cannot
describe an amorous glance though L have
given them many times. (Laughter.) L do
not think could put on one o. them now.
Increased laughter) do not think there was
anything sheepish in the glance. 1 think the
expression was conveyed by the eye. did not
observe any special smile on his face or any
other feature that could describe. The ex.
preston of his countenance was two evanes-
cent for enc to describe. Their conversation
was conducted in tones of tenderness different
from that in which They addressed other per-
sons. Mrs. Woodruff said that Mr.. Z. ap-
preached the nearest to her ideal of what
man should be, and replied that her idea ap
peared to be reclprocated by Mr.. L.
At the next interview, several weeks alter,
Mrs. Woodruff told me she was going to deliv-
er a lecture in New Yo-k, and Mr.. Beecher
would preside. l doubted it, and Mr.. L. said
he would not probably endorse free love, but
would state that it was a legitimate question
for public discussion. Mrs. Woodruff said If
he did not come on the side of the great revo-
luton he coulc not maintain himself told
Chas. Sumner, Mr.. Redpath and others of this
matter. did not tell them the whole particu-
lars of this conversation. told Mr.. Redpatl,
who is journalist the outlines of the CONVEX
sation. Last July l told the Hunt brothers,
publishers of the Lowell Times, the particulars
of the conversation.
My nephew is a partner of Oliver johnson
and suppose it was through his commuuica-
ton with Mr.. johnson that l came here as
witness. have talked with Mr.. Sherman,
Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Evarts since l came here.
carried the narrative of these conversations in
the tablets of my brain.
carry on the law business in Lowell, Mass
There were several charges against me there.
One of them purported to be of a criminal of
fence. l endeavored to get it tried, but could
not 1 never was charged with perjury or
false pretences practiced on an insane woman
1 never had any difficulty in Washington at
any time. was on the staff of Admiral