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Show TELEGRAPHIC THE UKKdltlt TRIAL. New York, 12 Beecher continued his testimony, relating particular in l.is acquaintance with Mint Moulton. No new facte wcro elicited. Moulloa, ut Bceclip.r'B requeHt, called on Mri. Tilton. Mrs. Moulton said she did not biame Elisabeth, but on one or two occasions blimied Tilton, I think, in regard to his home relations. She poke of the a'ate of thingn in the family, and said eho would not wonder if there wna n separation; and that Mm. Tilton would ro back to her mother. He aaked her to tell him if there was an way in which Mrs. Tilton Til-ton could be helped. We had a conversation con-versation about the story I had alienated alien-ated Mrs. Tilton'a ailectiona from her husband, which I said I had never dono. I said if I bud it was unintentional uninten-tional on my part, and I was very sorry for it. Mrt. Moulton said very little in reply to me upon this point. During my interviews with Mrs. Moulton at that house, she was inca-pahle inca-pahle of accusing me of adultery or any crime towards Mrs. Tilton. We never conversed togother on the subject, sub-ject, or during that summer hinted at it by allusion or implication, and she never spoke of it being said by any person else. I never said if Tilton published the letter of apology it wu useless for me to try to live it down. I never said I had no hope from Theodore, The-odore, or that he was a false man. I never thought so, felt or said so. She never advisea me to go to my church and confess my crime, and they would fortrive me. T did not anv T miilrl nni. have implicated the woman who had given me her lov. I did not say if I confessed, my church would not have me, and that it would be better for me to go out of life. Tbis wai an improbable im-probable story. She never told me I could still write and hold my connection connec-tion with the paper. I never said I had powder in my desk up stairs, and that it would put me out of my trouble. trou-ble. The only powder I know was gunpowder which was kept up stairs. This wholestory win preposterous and faliie. I never said to her in conversation conversa-tion that I would come the day following follow-ing and give her some pifts for my friends, with messages for them, and one gilt for Eiizabetn. This is an ab- I solute fiction. I never told her I suf-lered suf-lered the tortures of the damned, having to appear in my church with a cheerful face, in the connection or relation imputed in this conversation. I said this in view of the manner in which Tilton wag constantly bringing up the difficulty, and said it should end or it would wear me out. This latter waB in conversation May 3rd at their house. Mrs. Moulton did not tell me Mrs. Tilton had expressed sympathy sympa-thy tor her (Mrs. Moulton) in that she had lost faith in Becher and had left the church, and thatihe (Mrs. Tilton) had implored her to go back; that Beecher was a guilty person. I do not think she could have looktd me in the face and said half of it. In October, Octo-ber, 1S73, Mm. Moulton did not say that Mrs. Tilton said she would sacrifice sacri-fice her husband rather than me, and for the aake of the church and her tamily, would deny it. I never said to Mrs. Moulton that Mrs. Tilton was a poor child, that she was unable to repair the wrong she had done, and it was too late. I never said in conversation con-versation with Mrs. Moulton that it was cruel of Mrs. Tilton to have confessed, con-fessed, and in fact we never had any such conversation. I never said I had repented of my sin, and felt that I was forgiven. She never said to me that she did Dot know how I could btand in my pulpit and preach to youBg men againut the crime of adul-terey; adul-terey; I said to somebody my trial had made me feel so that I could preach to suffering men, knowing what it was to pass through trials myself. Mrs. Mou'ton was a lady and never used Buch terms in her conversation conver-sation with me as adultery. It was in Mrs. Tilton s affections from her husband; hus-band; that I said she was a good woman and Mrs. Moulton should trust her and I said my experiences should have led me to forsee and prevent any such trouble. On the 13th of July, 1S74, I had a conversation conversa-tion with her. Moulton told her I had read his short statement and thought it would do. She said she was glad to hear it. No conversation took place between us, in which I said I ought to have confessed Ion? ago, and had now added four years of perjury and lying to the original crime. I never said I would die rather than confess; never hesitated to Bay that Tilton was a foolish man, and later that he was heartless, and that if ho entered into a contest with me I would worst him. No conversation oocurred in which I said my blame was not Mrs. Tilton'a, but I would take all the blame on myself, my-self, as I was tne guilty party. Mrs. Moulton never told me ot a conversation conversa-tion with George C. Robinson, in which he expressed surprise that I should go t MouJ ton's office when I had so many Iricnds in Brooklyn, and that he thought something was wrong; that I had embezzled the church lunds or committed some great crime, and tnat she said to him I had committed adultery, she having it ty confessions from both me and Mrs. Tilton, that she told me could talk to Robinson who knew all the facts. She never said a word of it to me, Beecher said, slapping j his kneo with great vehemence. Robinson has a pew in my church and continues his attendance. At the interview I did Bay I had spent a pleepless night in brooding over the troubles. Mrs. Moulton never said I should tell the truth, as it would come out sooner or later. The first time I heard this was when I sat in theaudi-enco.'I theaudi-enco.'I never said I could not confess, as my work would then be finished; that my family would be ruined; and that my people would never lorgiTe me. I may have said in i er presence when a prop sition was put to me to turn aside from the desk and take hold of a paper, that this was not my avocation or calling, to take charge of a paper. I never said If I confessed my people would never 'orgive me or treat me as kindly as they had done. We never had a conTornation in which I said it would be a cowardly thing for me to take my life. I did not see heron the 2d of June or the 31st of May. I saw both Mr. and Mrs Moulton. I was not then lying on a lounge with a pillow and covered with an afghan or a blanket; never was eo disposed, that I saw no way out of it; that my life's usefulness had ended, nor did she suggest that I should go to the church and con-less, con-less, and that Frank would go with me. I did not say to her I never got any comfort from her, or that she seemed to me like a section of the day of judgment. I never used such a comparison to her. She seemed more w me like a boquet of ipring flowers. I never promised on that day to call on the next with some mementoes, nor did I nay Mrs. Tilton Til-ton had sinned through her afiection for mo. I never spoke to Mrs. Moulton Moul-ton of the breaking out of truth as a crime. I said to Mrs. Moulton I was averse to any person coming to Mrs. Tilton'a family and talking about tbe troubles, but I never Baid that while trying to restore harmony as Bhe had done, by confessions she was all the time making it worse. In all my conversations with Mrs. Moulton she never suggested or implicated me as having intimate relations with Mrs. Tilton. The topic never was referred to in any of our con vereat ions. The court now took a recess. |