The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-06-10
THE SCANDAL TRIAL.
Mr.. Beach Commences His Clos
ing Address.
The Crowd Larger than Ever.
Beach and Fullerton Greeted with
Applause.

beacn anu FulleTtOn HTeettu VIII
Applause.
BROOKLYN, June 9.-Thc City Court
room was packed this morning with spec
tators as Il never had been before durin
the trial Of TiltOn rs. Beecher. The en-
trance Of Mr.. Beach, who was TO deliyc
the closing address, was the signal for
storm Of applause, which was with diff
Guilty checked by the Court, Ex-Judg
Fullerton arrived shortly after, and re
ccived similar ovation. The friends 0
the plaintiff were mustered in slronl
force. The ante'rOom and corridor
were thronged with persons unable t
gain admittancG to the courtroom. ThC
plaintiff was early in his place, and oC
cupied his usual seat behiud his counsel
and was closely surrounded by the surg
ing multitude The tlrong was so grca
that Judge Nelson gave instructions tC
the officers in charge Of the cOurt.hOnsC
to make some arrangement To prevent
similar occurrence in future. The Judge
cautioned the crowd to preserve the Ut
most silence.
NH. BEACm's ARRANGEMENT OF THE De
FESsE.
Mr.. Beach rose to address the jury at
10 minutes pastll. The ErcHing IGafur'
nishes the following synopsis OF the ad.
dress;
lie said that at last Theodore TiltOn
had an opportunity to be heard in u
court OF Justice, after having been over.
whelmed with calumnies persecutCd by
all the power Of man whom the geniOns
Of Sam. WilkcsOn discovered to be the
greatest man on earth, and bounded by
all the agencies inspired by an influential
church. lie referred to the church in.
vcsligutiOn rs one sided aud partisan
trial In which the tribunal was composed
Of friends Of the accused, in which the
latter was represented by counsel, and In
which the accusUr was deprived Of every
advantage which the nature OF his case
required. II was hoped in this way to
satisfy the public; but the public clamor
had convinced Bcechcrs friends Of their
mistake.
Mr.. Beach said that in making insult.
ing predictions and repeating insulting
cpithCts until the ear was panied by them
he should not attempt to vie with the
counsel for the defense. The jury had a
duty to perform OF the most momcntous
character. They were to pronounce
upon the guilt or innocence Of the greatest
preacher in clIristendOm. lie said Mr..
Eyarts had personally appealed to the
foreman Of the jury and had assumed to
know the verdict which they would rem.
der. 1t wa1 a strange thing for the dis.
tinguishcd advocate to say before the
plaintiff in the case had been heard.
Mr.. Beach said he knew the influences
which had surrounded the jury during
the trial, and was aware Of the
DARK ASp NoIsOME SHAPES
which had hovcred around them. lie
know the immense influence excrtcd By
the powerful organization behind the de.
iense, and he knew how ii had been cx.
crted. Mr.. Evarts had wished for the
hundred eyes OF the Argus and the one
hundred arms Of lriarius, but he had
them, and more. lie had also had the
gold Of Midas, and II had been placed
where 1t would do the most good.
Mr.. Bench said that il the counsel on
the other side spoke with authority; il
the Jury had been controlled By the in.
llucncc Of Plymouth Church; il they al.
lowed their opinions to be governed by
inveCtives and assertions, then he had
nothing to hope from their verdict; he
was no orator as Drutus was, and had but
n plain, simple, logical argument to pre-
sent.
HE ASKED ron 40 VERDICT
which was not based on the plain truth.
After asking the jury II they had ever
before heard such a storm Of invCctives
as had been poured out in this court
room by the counsel for the defense, Mr..
Beach said that the extraordinary ascr-
tiOn Of the other side that the plaintiff
never had any case was cOntradictcd by
the time and labor they had spent in try.
ing to overthrow it. The witness for the
defence upon whom all the arguments Of
the counsel rested was licCchcr himself
and Mr.. Porter had made the astOnish.
ing declaration that 'riltOn had been con.
tradictcd by thirty.four witnesses, an as.
settion which could only he met by n
plain denial.
POTTER REnuKED.
Mr.. Beach here referred to his nssOcia.
ton with Mr.. Porter in the courts for
more than thirty years and to the high
character which Mr.. Porter had always
maintained as lawyer and II man. lie
had been greatly panied that a gentleman
so distinguished should have conducted
himself ~ hc had in this ease. Mr.. por-
ter had always before appeared as II lead.
or Of his side, but in this case he halaCt-
ed in a subordinate capacity. The hi.
initiation was in the character Of the
service which Mr.. Porter had performed,
in his violent attacks on the rlaintin'and
hia principal witnesses. On one occasion
when Mr.. Porter, shaking his fiat wildly
in the plaintiffs face, exclaimed,
"DowN, DOwS TO HELL, ASp SAY SENT
YOu TlIEnEW
Mr.. Beach looked around in some alarm
for the personal safety Of hiI client.
I Laughter. lie was anxious tO see what
had become Of him, hut lie found him
still there, looking calmly at Porter.
What kind Of ease was il that required
such defense?
TIE EFFORT or THE BEECiiER COUNSEL.
Mr.. Beach said the counsel for the de.
Tense had occupied thirteen days, not in
trying to establish the innocence Of
IjcccIler, but to destroy 'Tilton and all his
supporters. lie then referred to the in.
constituencies in the effort Of Tracy, nc.
cnsing 'rilton Of having Il genius for
while Porter represented
him as cunning and subtle scllcmcr.
beach asked the jury 10 remember the
letters oi 'l'ilton to Iia wife which had
been read in the court and the testimony
Of IIcccher himself In regard to Tiion's |
and asked II that character
could be such ns II was represented by
the counsel for the defense. IN fact the
defenders Of llcccher had been obliged to
fight with his generous impulses all
through this casc, as appeared from his
pwn testimony In regard to the charge Of
But before he had concluded
he thought he would bc able to show the
jury that
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