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Show TELEGRAPHIC Tin: ici:ix iii:k trial. Now York, 9. Mrs. Tilton was in the court room this morning, the first time sincQ the dofonso begiin tho ex-itniiuution ex-itniiuution of witncflsGs. Geo. W. Lincoln, tho proprietor of the hotel at Winstead, Conn., wliero Tilton stopped with the yining Jady, wiis tho tirut witnoflH, and wna exiimined by Tritcy. He testified to Til ton's coming com-ing ta the hotol with a livdy, apparently ap-parently about 25 years of ago, aak-uit; aak-uit; for and obtaining adjoining roomy, and to seeing the young lady lying on tho bod in Tilton's room, and the latter in tho room with his coat off. Albert T. iVorton testified to being a boarder in tho Winated hotel when Tilton was thcro, and seeing in passing pass-ing Tilton's room early in the morning morn-ing a young lady in thcro partly drees- I. Samuel C. Bolcher testified to being a member of Plymouth church since 1853; had known Tilton lor twenty years; lived in an adjoining house to him in Oxlotd street two or three yeara. Tilton asked wttneBs to act as arbitrator in the Boweu difficulty, but witness declined unless he could get no one else. Witness mot Tilton after tho publication of the Woodhult scandal, aud spoice aootit it. xnton replied there was nothing in it. Witness Wit-ness told him he ought to know what his best frieuds said about him, and if he had a spark of manhood in him he would not allow his wife to lie under tho charges made against her in that paper. Witness continued: Ho asked me to accompany him to hia house, which I did. When I got there ho produced a roll of papers which Jie showed me, and said unless a settlement was-niaUo for his broken contracts this would bo published. He read a portion to me, but I do not remember to what it related. I recollect re-collect there Jwaa a letter from Tilton to Bowen, however, in it. Tilton told me that tho paper which was in type was sent to Bowen with the threat that unless ho settled with him (Tilton) the matter would bo put in type. He then read to me what purported to be a retraction from Bowtn, but I don't remember the substance of it. I recollect something some-thing in it about Bowen retracting his charges against Beeehcr. Tilton showed nio a writing which set forth that Beecher in Tilton's absence had solicited his (Tilton's) wife to. become to him all that a wife could be. I asked him if that was his writing; he said, no, it was a copy. I asked him how his wife treated Beecher'a propositions. prop-ositions. Ho sid that she repelled them. He said ho charged Beecher with this and later said it was false and tho woman must bo crazy. He said Beecher had Blipped out, and when he (Tilton) got home he found that Beecher had obtained a retraction of tho story. Witness said tho papers were not in hi hands, 'Hlton, referring to his wife's retraction retrac-tion given to Beecher, said she afterwards after-wards retracted tho retraction, aud that Beocher confessed and apologized. apolo-gized. Witness told Tilton that many poplf euppoecd he was ttie rtjal author of the charges published by Woodhull. Ho replied, "People could see in the paper that she (WoodhuM) was the party who first told me." Witness asked Tilton if Beecher ever hod sexual intercourse with his wife. Tilton replied with uplifted hand, "No, no; my wife is as pure as an angel from Heaven." Cross-examined by Fulierton: This was about two or three weeks after the publication of the Weodhull Bcan-dal. Bcan-dal. Tilton did not read all the etory to witness, only part of it, Don't remember if it waB called the "true story." Part of what Tilton read was printed, part in manuscript. Don't think there was any connection between them. Tilton did not read a letter from Mrs. Stanton or Mrs. Davis, nor was anything said about them. Fulierton here read a portion ot the "true story," but witness could not remember any part of it. Witness made no memorandum of what Tilton read him. Witness was unable to recall anything of what he beard read. Did not remember if Tilton tried to impress him with the idea that hii wife was guiltless. Never said ho would atand by Beecher, guilty or not, and never told Tilton so. Did not know that he ever told the story so full as he tells it now. He told the atory of Tilton's denial of his wife's adultery to various parties. First told tho story as he testified today to-day to Hill of the counsel for the defense de-fense about a week ago. Was witness wit-ness before the church investigation committee, but do not remember what night. All the committee were present and a short hand reporter, but did not know whether he took the testimony. Hill came to his houso for him that evening, He did not tell the story to the committee as he had told it here. Don't remember whether he war asked to state all he knew of the scandal. Was not sworn before tho committee and omitted all parts of the story relating to tho printed matter, and Mrs. Tilton's letter relating tho retraction. He was not going to volunteer any information infor-mation for which he was not asked; did not know his pastor was on trial although the committee were investigating investi-gating these charges; did not think his pastor needed any vindication from him; could not tell a single question -asked bim by thecommi'.tee; thought tho questions wero asked, but cannot remember their purport. Regretted these stories got abroad about Beecher, but got over his indignation indig-nation .when Tilton disclaimed the authorship of them. |