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Show GENERAL. THE Iti:i:t II ESt TRIAL. ! New York. 10 The Brooklyn city ; : court mom crowded this morn- ! ic- Mr. and Mrs. Beecher came in ; early, and Tiltnn, Stephen Pearl An- . drew and Kate McDonald sat with ' the plaini'iii Utvvcr. The first wit- J; nesa recalls I by plaintiff's counsel' ' wits Georgo A. Beil. He testified , that he had do remembrance of the' West charm., but remembered th? proposed deaaiii!,' meeting after the Wuodhull cliar-cs were made, j . Shearman object. d to this evidence , on the ground that tho matter had j been fully gone into on the j , direct examination. Fullertou said , he believed this was so, and passed to ( another subject. Witness continued: He remembered an interview with 1 Beecher in the middle of December, : 1870, about Tilton's domestic difli- ; cullies. The interview was at : Beecher's house, where witness went at his requeet. Beecher requested ' bis opinion about visiting Mrs. , Morse. He stated he had been sent for by Mrs. Til ton to consult in regard re-gard to domestic a flairs in her household, house-hold, and that she was at her mother's moth-er's house and had left her husband. He said Tilton's conduct in regard to licentiousness was very low, that he had been called in by a young girl in Tilton's household, who told him of Tilton's conduct towards her. He proposed to hand tho matter over to Mrs. Beeciier, who was to go and see Mrs. Tilton the next day. The question ques-tion came up about ft permanent separation, and be asked witness what he thought about it. Witness snid nothing olse could be dono. He asked if the advice of the ladies of the church should be called. Witness said not; that it could be managed by a few better than by a large number, and it was belter in his and Mrs, Beecher's hands. Witness had an interview the next day with Beecher. Have the letter at home calling for this interview, and thought tho date was on it. Wilnets was not cross-examined. cross-examined. The next witness was Lewis J. James, superintendent of the Health Life company. He testified to knowing know-ing Beecher by sight for ten years, and was introduced to him in 1S71. Saw him at 9 o'clock on the morning of the 2d of June, 1S73, in a carriage, at the roadway road-way of the Wall street ferry, coming from the direction of Columbia Heights, and going in the direction of Kemsen street. The 2d of June, the date of witness' marriage, was a very pleasant day with him, and he always made it a special holiday. Beecher's face wore a downcast expression, ex-pression, and he did not recognize. Cross-examined by Evarls. I think ; Beecher had a gloomy face and wore a long overcoat. The weather was warm. My recollection is that it was 1 a day to dispense with overcoats. I could not recollect what kind of hat he wore, ner how long before this I had seen him. When I first saw Beecher he was on Montague terrace, , I think on the side of the bridge towards Columbia Heights. The bridge is over the roadway leading to ! the ierry. I was walking down Montague Mon-tague street, and he was coming at right angles to my course. He crossed before me, and I had a pro ! filo view of his face. His eyes were t cast on the ground, and his brow was corrugated. I saw Beecher turn into in-to Kemstn street. After seeing i Beecher I went to my office for a i short tie, then went home a little earlier than usual. Last Saturday ' I was applied to as a witness in the case. Jeremiah P. Kobinson was recalled and testified : I know Emma E. ! Moulton; she is a neice of mine. I t probably saw her in the month of , June, 1S73. Witness was asked it he remembered a conversation in June, " 1873, with Mrs. Moulton, in which r she related to him her interview with f Beecher on the 2d of that month. ! Evarts objected. Prior argued in behalf be-half of its admission on the ground that this conversation between witness wit-ness and Mrs. Moulton took place be-: be-: fore it was advanced by the other side that the interview of June 2d, " 1S73, was a fabrication, s While Prior was in the middle of his argument he was saized with an attack of vertigo, and was obliged to atop. After resting a few minutes he continued his argument and was again forced to suspend and leave the f court room. i Evarts replied to Prior's argument, but had not finished when the hour 5 for recess arrived. j After the recess Fullerton presented present-ed the letter referred to by Bell in 3 bis testimony this morning, which had been sent him by Bell. The i letter was dated December 15, 1S70, j and asked Bell to step up to No. 124, as the writer wanted to see him on 3 important business. It was signed ) H. W. B. i Evaits continued his argument . against the admission of Robinson's , testimony as to the conversation with Mrs. Moulton after her inter-- inter-- view with Beecher in June, 1S73. Prior being absent, Fullerton argued in favor of admitting the testimony, tes-timony, saying its object was to dis-f dis-f prove the assertion made by Tracy in his opening address that Mrs. Moul- I ton's account of tho interview with i 1 Beecher on June 2d was made up for j 1 her by her husband, and Beecher's 3 intimation to the same effect in his testimony. After further argument the judge decided that the evidence " could not be admitted. He said the 3 real basis of the matter laid in the al-3 al-3 legation in the opening ot the defend-j defend-j ant's counsel, and "if not supported should not have been made, it did ' not seem to be entitled to respect, f being called an uncharitable allcga-i allcga-i tion. Beach excepted to the judge's j ruling, and said he offered the testimony testi-mony of Mrs. Sarah Eldy in the ' same relation as that of Kobinson. , Evarts contended that the other side : could not prove anything said by I Mrs. Moulton before the trial. Mrs. Eddy then testified to knowing " Beecher and meeting him on the 1 steps of Motilton's house early on . the morning of June 2d, 1S73. She was going into the house and he was 1 coming out. He did not salute her. 1 Mrs. Moulton opened the door for her without ringing. Mrs. M. seemed greatly agitated, and witness spoke to her about it. Evarts objected to this. Fullerton ofleied to give the conversation between be-tween Mrs. Moulton and witness, but as it was covered by the Judge's previous pre-vious ruling it was not admitted. Cross examined by Evarts. Witness Wit-ness ted ti did that her husband was book-keeper for Woodrutl ifc Kobin-tou. Kobin-tou. S:.e thought she called at Moul-ton's Moul-ton's tiiat d..y at 11 o'clock; did not thiuK Mr--. Moulton whs confined to the hone by sickness at the time. Mrs. Knima li. Moulton waa thou ree.iilid. She corroborated Mrs. E-.idy'o testimony, as to cal.ing on the day ff tho interview with Beecher. Fuller ton announced that this was ail he :-.ad to ask about Mrs. Eddy, : but he would have lo recall her at a future point of the proeee.iirgs. I C i o;s- e s a m i n cd by , v a r t s , M rs. Moullvn s.iid Mrs. Eddy called on her -on the -r.d of Jm:e, lc-73. She re peated to her the conversation with Beecher that daw Fred. W. Mi'tchell, former Look-keeper Look-keeper for Wood hull Claflm, wns tiie next witness, but his testimony was unimportant: Mary Catherine McDonald, servant in Tilton's family for many years, was , then s-uvrn and testified: I reside at j presfiit with Mrs. Tilton. i didn't stay I :;i re altogether, but came and went when I pleased. I did this ever since h- lias been married. The last three or four years I have been there altogethi-r except three or four weeks; general !y went to his parents in summer at Keyport, New Jersey. . I was. at Tilton's when Mrs. Ti!t:n went to Monticello ; it w:is ' r- July, four years ago this summer; :'.:nk she went there more than onco. I have a letter written to me by Mrs. Tilton from Mon'icello, but it is at Keyport. I wen'.down to Keyport on tho following Monday and Miss Turner Tur-ner came down on Tuesday, I think.. When I left Hilton thai day Mr. liivi. ley was not there, but he expected expect-ed him. I assisted the day I left in making arrangements for Mr. Greeley. Gree-ley. Tilton give Bessie Turner money to go to Keyport. I don't know when she went, but she did not come to Keyport that day. She left the bouse about 10 or 11 o'clock. Tilton gave hfT either a $2 or a $5 bill. Court adiourned. |