Year: 1875

And right here, gentlemen of the Jury, ! ask
You consider for moment whether this conduct "hch
shall lay before YOU which has already been proved ana
on which wo shall give further evidence furnishes you evidence
Of the guilt innocence Of these parties, Remember no"
that the theory Of the plaintiffs h that no had had
knowledge Of the wrongs which Mr. Becche had inflicted upon
him the July previous andhere the wife separating from
her husband in the following December and going to her al
legged paamour advice whether she should separate
from him not More, that alleged paramonr HuNises
separation. Do you believe for moment gentlemen,
that either OF these parties had been conscious oil
guilt they would have been betrayed into such an
ndscreet action as ths' Is It possible that woman guilty
herself and yet determined separate from her husband goes
to her paranour for advice upon that subcct he the hd
she seeks for counsel and do yQ believe that the paou
would advised separation, the thought OF gut had
been his mind? Why would he not have seen 10 at once
his destruction' More than that, genucmeh' IL
confessed in this caso testified by the plaintiff stands u
disputed that at this me Notwithstanding these rpested
interviews that occurred between Mrs Tton and MI Deech
this time she communicated to him the iacI a sn M
made any confession to her husband revealed TO MIN
anything touching their relations Is 1t possible, ney
had been guilty that she would not have told MI.
Beecher that had disclosed their relations to her HUSBAND
Do YOU think that maintaining this life OF sn ana
confessng husband would not make haste to lay DC
fore her paamour the fact Of that confession! Woud e o
warn him OF the danger he was inf Would she not e MN
have confessed my husband and he cuts YOU OF h nos
tile will understand tue cause Vi w D0""'S ~
you are in danger"s And yet say, it stands conceded
here that Mr. Beecher entirely ignorant or the
fact Of any pretended disclosure by the wife 10 the
husband until it was communicated TO MIN Dy Tue
plaintiff himself in that interview on tho thirtleh OF
December at Mr. Mouons house. But now, gentlemen doh
you think Mr. Beecher had been conscious OF guilt When 40
was sent for by lady and informed by her that she ad
separated from her husband don't you think the first word he
would have said to her would have been, my dear woman DO
you what you doing Are you conclous OF inc
danger which you exposngme and exposing youseh
II you epararc from your husband covered all over a
you know you with guilt, do you not suppose
that in this investigation, this litigation. this difficulty
that will arise out Of this separation, your guilt WIZ
be discovered" Can 1t be possible that man Oh
the ability and years Of Henry Ward Beecher WOud
have gone this house and given this advice and
such suggestion this womans Andyet he gives the adVce
that she should separate read you gentlemen, anote tas
he handed his wife on the last visit that she was to make to
Mrs Tion on this occasion had been as have sad SUD
ect OF consultation She about leaving There we're vs
tors the back pao they could not talk and Mr. becher
wrote wife and gave her this note 81 incline TO hinK
that your view right that separation and settlement Oh sup
port will be wse and that in bis present desperate sate her
near him far likely produce hatred a her
absence That was the note which he gave his wife when
she left his house to pay the last visit to Mrs Tton


Now gentlemen, upon the subject OF what advice Mr.
Beecher would have been likely to gye want to call your al
tenon to the words which they have put into the mouth OF the





vice to Elizabeth Tton After this difficulty had progressed
for year or two Mrs MOuon says that Mr. Beecher sent
message OF advice from her to Mrs T1lton What was it
"Tell Elizabeth that she live with her husband know
how muca she suffers. l know how hard 1t Is, but
for my sake, for her sake, and for the chidren's
sake she must bear with her husband and be
IN him a. faithful and true wife, When skilfGl men are
manufacturing evidence they know the strong way 10 put IT,
and they thoroughly what advice would be nau
under certain circumstances, and they knew that If they sent
any message by Moaton to Mrs ton from MI Beeche
il must be the message which urged her to live with her hu
hand anc not separate him 1t that thing that would
conceal guilt if guilt existed the advice that every
guilty man would have given under the circumstances
beyond a question Now, gentlemen, you have got
TIE advice that Henry Ward Beecher gave this
woman in December 1870 Do you think that II be mad
been guilty then he would have given such very
different advice that occasion what the plaintiff ana his
mutual friend through the witness Mrs. Moulton makes her
give the woman In 1872 1872 What the changer Was
not the danger of separation great in 1870 as in 1872 was
not the likelihood OF exposure great then as at the later
period, The same circumstances existed or course gentle
men, Henry Ward Beecher had been guilty he never could
have been guilty OF the folly of advising separation Of this
woman from her husband. No, no.


But events thcen along about the 18th 10th
of December He had published this offensive article in TIE
Iadsndat on the first and he had been deposed But to
patch I'D peace with Bowen he had entered into two contracts
with him by which he editor Of The Brooklyn
Union for five years. and chief editor Of The LdedRtf for
two years 5000 year for each Those contracts were
signed the 2Oth His yaedictoy was published on the I'D
of December the contracts TO take effect on the first OF Janu
ary following On ed OF December gentlemen the very
day that vaedictoy pubishedin The Independent Theo-
doe on seized his child in the absence OF his wife by force


took home SICK suffering and this compelled the return Of
his wife to his house. She returns the 3D. think 1t is
On the night OF the 9th she suffers miscarriage and goes
upon her sick bed from which she does not rise until after


January 1s when the most of those eyeau scenes have
transpired.