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Show TELEGRAPHIC LT1EL1C OriMON- How U is Miule Through tho Press in the ItoerlU'r I use. Interviews with the JnryiiU'U. Weihin the Evidoiiee. Miitmriitff of Hip lrfit. Tlic1 I Hi uro ot itic tiinf. NrW W'lli, It. Viilii:nilHMlS puli-litl puli-litl iuliTVk'Wi with tin Jtoiilirr jury ili )ip Mime i ii Ln lnui I.icl. 1 nt' ot tlic jury BAVrt Hie lirt.1 urn vole liiken an)n utter they rt-tirtd nine l'-r the dL'li'iul.mt to tlin'f lur thu plttuitil)', those votnit; lor the piuinlilV tifinj; Jfllrevrt, Kl ;oid Davis. The .vomi t'iiltul (-(".-1 ten to two, and then eli-ven to our, lour or five puc Orsivo (i.UIold pl.unlmg in th in wiiy. I'lilnriut'ftti'ly it w.i.h pro-pv'Si-vl at ties a ni;e of the pti.i. id. unto un-to ih'hate Hie ip'ii r-lion 1: Uti- ln.t not h-en iL.no 1 h. lifv,. v r,onM have 'ri' d liui ini; ihf tiist ni'tei-no.n. ni'tei-no.n. S'a we:e Ir sii liom lliejnry Ik x, where wo had just heen ItHtt'inm; to the jititf'tt eh.i:; and iiiidniitit tdly had a clearer idea ol" the e.-s -ti-liiil H unts in the e:i.ie thun ulirr Ihc eonlii.-ion oceaiom d hj tin pn-lonvd pn-lonvd diseuion. Tne crt-iil tamhle was tliat llure Kits stuh a volmne of evidence submitted that it was itnp.sail'!e to retneiuher all of it, and when we aiuuipkd 10 refer lo any part the qur.uon arose whet tr or not we hail ijunU'd it correctly. Tiii." was wliy we sent lor Iho prinlid tcslimony and the judge's chark;e, and we ail very lunch regretted when it win lirl rehired. An wo contt:Liid lo Li.tllut tnu lirt day we udvuneid more and more toward to-ward an evjual division uf the jury, until we .iiiully ttoml al a cerLon ballot, 0 to 6, This w.u nut done at a lime when it could be considered a tesl vote, ehowint! the actual standing. stand-ing. It was done to draw, or ralin r dhow, the leaders of the minor;!) tliat their argument litul receivi-vl ons;d-eration. ons;d-eration. After this we again went Uick to the original pvisition of U u 3, and during tho remainder ot our eontineinenl, whenever hailot w-t Liken, wo sluod either i to 3, or S I 4. Alter half a dozen balluL at y to 3, some one would vary tlie monotony by vol i nt; on llie otlu r side and it wou.d stand for a wliilu at 8 lo 4, then again would return lo llie original ori-ginal number. Another juror confirms the fdatc-menl fdatc-menl Ihal iho variations in the Ud-iots Ud-iots were caui by the elftrLa nt con cinaliou. Ji Ilreya, the intimate of Mutillon and Inend of Tuton, who Beeclier dec'areil a weelc au-n was tlm only juror who invariably voted fr plainlitl, was the leafier of the minority. minor-ity. Except lor him the jury woiIJ have agretd to a verdiol lor IJeeft.er on Vdneslay. Davis and Fiatc, who Voted w ith Ji tfreys general y, were recognired as light weigh Lt. Juror '1 haver's indignant proleM vis terday that the jury did not tstaud eleveu to one, provt to have been provokid by the hearing a uowsUiy on the Ktreel cry that the jury etood eleven fur TilUin. The jurors concur Uiat the final vote of nine to three, represents the average views of the jurors, though two of those were very weak in their adherence to the minority. minor-ity. Ouo of the jurors futes tliat Uiwant? the lust even JetlVeya cou-I'esscd cou-I'esscd his inabililr lo arrive at any s;itislact.irj- conclu.-ion. He add- that ho believes if they had remained out longer a unanimous verdict for Beeclier would have rr pulled, the Beeclier men being decided and firm, while the minority were oouslantly wavering. The point nnt frequently discussed by the jury was Mrs. Tn inn's alleged eonfest-ion. The majority held that it only covered the charge uf improper solicitations and tha. the charge was untrue. The principal dilliculty ali through &rew out ot the dillVrences as to the credibility of wiintses, and chielly of Tiltou. Juror McMunn s ys fl illy : We did nut consider Moultou's evidence worth much attention. at-tention. Being Questioned on what I ground tho majority discrediled Til ton. ho renlitd on the ground tnal Tilttm was not a man to be trusted. His life, as shown in the evidence proved that. U hen questioned in the tuitne way as to the jury's estimate of Moulton, he said we threw aside his evidence :is not worth considering. In regard lo the arguments of ihe Ti! ton jurors on this point, McMunn said they did nut seem to have any other point consider d ot great importance im-portance by the jury. In regard to Mrs. Moultou's ac omit of the interview between her-ell" and Bei cher, wiiervin according to her testimony, Mr. Beecher coniessed adultery and the defense advanced an iiiiV-i to show that Beecher was at Peckskill that alternoon, and could not have held tho alleged interview at the lime and place sworn to. the de cision at which the jury arrived was singular. All agreed that Beecher was al I'eekskill on the afternoon of the day on which Mrs. Mouilon Usti-titd Usti-titd bu was at her bouse. The majority thought tuat Beecher could not have been at Mouiton's house after 12 o'clock in tho day, hut the miuoniy considered the utiui was not proved, and no unanimous verdict was arrived at on this point- Tte lesUmony of Bessie Turner was, on the whole, received favorably. The chief lault found with it was that it was a liltie too highly coloied, but the substance of it was accepted as true. Nor was there an unanimous agreement as to the true meaning of the " raggid edge" letter. Tne jurors generally den'Uince Reach's imputation aboutitnpropcr influences and approved Juror Hall's public resentment re-sentment of them. Flate says that liall spoke on bis owu n spoustbility, but that the jury were indignant at Beach's implied chaige that they hud been approached by Beecher's friends. JVlate knew ol no such approaches, ap-proaches, nor any signalling of the jury. The general impression is that Tilton will not press tor a new trial, bui that the defenio will renew the fight in a ditlerent form at the autumn session of the court, t-ince Beach declares that lie will not likely be further connected with the ease, as lie had given it all the tune be could spare, be would advise Tilton not to pursue the matter further. Evarts telegraphs Beecher thus: "Do not hesitate lo re card the result as a complete triumph ot the truth. A few days will show that the dissent is but the emphasis of the real verdict. I hurry cfV to Windsor to bo back next week. My profouud homage to Mrs. Beecher, and my nearly congratulations con-gratulations to you." The lrtbunc says: Tilton risked everything, family, f .rtune, r pnU tion and peace ol in ml hi i i u-li l.m adversary, in. d Ihe d i-i hurg ol tne jury was tho aiun um einent ol his failure. Vet hu has gi-il cause lor satisfaction that ihe result waa no worse. Ho has broken up bis home and dincardid hinwilo, lor whether alula alu-la innocent or guilty lie clung to her until it b"caino nececsary U) cast her oll in order lo atriko Beecher. lie has sacriticitl the gl opinion of the world, and spent bis lasl dollar, all for nothing; but il Beecher hail been triumphantly acquitted, Tilton won d have gone down into Ihe abyss of ruin and infamy, without a gleam of hone. That tale be has perhaps esi apid, and it is only in save bun , from thai late thai lua council have i recently be n fighting. The H'ml.i says: Tne great Brooklyn wand :il has endid as it began, in a iiingoiire, out of w hich no man can hope lo l'u id his way and live uu-Hiniiched, uu-Hiniiched, save along the solid, unmistakable, un-mistakable, path ol an hoiieal masculine mascu-line contempt for Bcecher's accusers. Siu-h was lheirciiaraeler thai even lo linteu to them anywhere oulsiuo of a Court of juMn o wits lo put in peril the value!' public npi'iiuti iUi lt. How can an honorable and high spirited man lit expected to pruo and U seek ihcgo-nl opinion of a community, when, alter having won it, ho tinds it of so little solidity t al H may Ikj blown aUml him in tilling vapots by the tool breath ol a pair of r.is':.s who own themselves lo bo uncoil IrulUd by iho cohscicutioii!i laws of honor, or by tho natural instincts ot manhood. The. disagreement of the jury ih U-yond all question a snlstan-liai snlstan-liai veidict of acipiiltal fn. the defendant. de-fendant. No man in any suit can be decently held lo prove Iil- own innocence. inno-cence. i tie Tunes reviews tho whole cape with an evident leaning agaiu-d 1 Beecher, which il dtxs uot avow. |