The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-19

away the whole case must fall.
cess, and as soon as It was announced.
Beecher stepped over to Mrs. Tilton, cor
daily shook hands with her, and passed
few moments in conversation with
her. Tilton and Moulton expressed them
selves highly satisfied with Morris speech
When the court reassembled the evidence
was in order. Mr.. Maverick was the first
called for the prosecution, but he merely
testified to the marriage OF Theodore and
Elizabeth by Mr.. Beecher. Moulton's name
was then called. and the spectators stood on
the tiptoe of expectation. Moulton. of
course, Yves not on hand, having gone to
huntup some documents, and business was
suspended for some ten minutes when he
appeared inside OF the door, wearing q rough
oVercoat, and carrying alOft yalise and UNI
orella. He assembled the witness chair amid
the painful and deathlike silence of the court
room. Here at last is the man who is packed
from stem TO stern with awful secrets.
Mouiton is a medium sized man of perhaps
thirty-hve, with good features, small ewes,
reddish brown hair, and heavy mus
tacne, with face expressive of hrmness
and determi nation, and dressed in q light
gray suit. He looked illustrated, as he al
ways does, but he preserved perfect self
possession during his examination, answer
ing the questions in clear voice. speaking
slowly, with occasional pauses Of some
S0.
court room was utterly still. The eyes of
the jury and all the lawyers and the whole
OF the reporters and the entire audience
were riyeted on him from first TO last, Tilton
sat few feet from him.
GAZING FIXEDLY AT HIM.
Beecher also looked steadily at him, Civ
ing him an amount of attention which he
had not before given to any part of the pro-
ceedlngs, and frequently smiling at bis allie
cations. 1t was. fascinating spectacle to
behold the great preacher as he sat there
listening to the extraordinary narration OF
the mutual friend" The feeling of the au-
dience became intensely higher when the
original draft of Beecher's "letter of con-
triton" was handed to Moultsn for
Identification. He turned it's pages over
slowly amid oppressive silence, and declared
its authenticity, after which it was read by
Fullerton, who, ought TO have said, con-
Quoted the examination. Tilton occasion
ally acted as pronpter 10 Fullerton in the
asking OF questions. When Moulton testi-
fed that Beecher had told him that he
(Beecher) had prayed with Mrs. TiltoD for
strength from God to discontinue their
sexual relations, Beecher whispered 10 his
wife, and at that moment gave
parting bow to some acquaintance who was
leaving the house. The original comics Of
the other documents, with which the public
are familiar, were exhibited and read by
counsel. Inc evidence was frequently IN
terrupted by tits on legal points between
the opposing counsel. There was a stiff
contest between Evarts and Fullerton
as TO the reading of name, and again
as to the Proctor portion of Tilton's
letter to Bowen. which contained state
ments that Moulton himself had been COM
PEELED to retract at the Proctor trial The
court made repeated rulings in favor of Til
ton on legal points, and exceptions were
taken by Evarts. The court adjourned while
Moulton was testifying, and his examine
ton, which viii be resumed Tomorrow, will
probably be a long one. After adjourn
ment Mr.. Beecher was greeted by
CROWD OF FRIENDS,
as usual. While standing almost alongside
of Mr.. Tilton he was introduced by Mr..
Tracy to Mr.. Beach. who is the leading MEM
Der of TiltOn's counsel. The two gentlemen
shook hands cordially, exchanged friendly
smiles, and cOnversed for a few moments.
| Beecher had then to run the gauntlet of the
gaping crowd before he could get TO the car
riage which awaited him and his family. Il
is now authOritatively reported that there
| is to be double summing up. Porter
aud Evarts tor Beecher, and Pryor and
Beach for Tilton. Yesterday a form of a
special act was framed, which is to be sent
to the legislature, giving the Brooklyn City
term to term, as the custom in the Supreme
Court. This will obviate difficulty should
the trial extend into February. Some OF
the papers say that Morris applied no harsh
epithets TO Beecher, but on Monday he
called him an assassin; on Tuesday he called
him a Coward" and to-day he called him
"paramOur."