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Show TELEGRAPHIC Till: ItKK III It THIAL. New York, 24. Tlie Brooklyn court room w:s crowded to-d.iy, uud Porter resumed his argument for the . defi-nt'ant. lie referred to the letter ui' contrition, which was the only known instance in which a man hud written a letter to himself. This mini, who was master of every intellectual intel-lectual department, when he catue into Moulton'a presence was like an untutored school boy. Another feature fea-ture of the letter was that Bcecher refused to sign it. Counsel referred to the two statements made by Moul-ton Moul-ton in regard to the scandal, and said he copied them lrom Tilton's dralts, or they were the results of a fortnight's fort-night's work by Ben. Butler. It was Tilton who gave tho directions for carrying out the schemes which organized in bis fertile brain. Prank .Voulton was a sham from the begin-i begin-i ing. The declarations, of Tilton, Moulton and Mrs. Moulton all bore tho impress of Tilton's mind. That word "paroxysmal," referring lo a kiss, was never beard from Beecber'B lips except by two persons, Theodore Tilton and Frank Moulton. The words, "Standing on the brink of a moral Niagara, ' ' were no more Beccher's than the words "moral haystack." The expression was Teton's. Counsel commented on the form in which' the letter of contrition was written. He quoted the expression "I ask through you, Theodore Tilton's Til-ton's forgiveness, and humble myself before him as I do before my God. Ho would have been a better man in my place that I have been." Did Beecher writo this,?" said counsel. If he did, which did he mean would have been abetter man in his place, God or Tilton? Counsel argued that the language used in this letter precluded pre-cluded all idea of the chargo against Beecher being adultery, and the man who said Beecher wrote it was a liar and an untrustworthy witness-Counsel witness-Counsel referred to the letter of 1 May 3d,.lS71, written by Mrs. Tilton to Beecher, as her pastor. Was that 1 a letter of an ad ul tress to her paramour? para-mour? Far more the strain of a broken-hearted and contrite woman 1 to a man whom she bad falsely ac cused. Never did Henry Ward Bcecher use the term "nest-hidding." He had written books and books, and plaintiff's counsel had searched them all in vain for that expression though Judge Fullerton found in Norwood a reference to n robin hiding her nest, and had paraded that before them. Counsel then asked, What led moulton and Tilton to lie, as they said, for Moulton said he lied from tenderness tor Beecher and Plymouth church, and Tilton from a similar feeling toward his wile? How could Tilton have these feelings and those which led him to basterdize his own dead boy and to seek to ruin his adopted daughter. The malignity shown by these witnesses Tilton and Moulton rendered their testimony comparatively worthless. Tilton bad lived" on black mail for a number of years. Ho was ready to accept money in the form ol bene factions or otherwise. Why did Tilton threaten to blow tho roof off Plymouth church unless they acceded to his wishes? and was it not soliciting help from Beecher, when, according to Mr. and Mrs. Oviugtou, Tilton said EUzabdh loves Beecher, and he ougnt to do something for her; that Elizabeth Eliza-beth bad done all that she couid for him, and he ought to come forward to help? Tilton, speaking of his wife, said she would He for him, if neces-sessary; neces-sessary; was this the use Tilton put the woman to? Was this the school in which Mis. Tilton had been reared? Frank Moulton said Beecher was a liar and a libertine, and that was the reason lie had broken f.iith with him. He admitted also that he had broken with Tilton. Tnere wag no pertuu with whom he had not broken faith, and was this man in whom no person seemed to place reliance, to he believed, be-lieved, when bo maligned Henri-Ward Henri-Ward Beecher? This man had threatened to shoot Beecher, but this was a mere bravado, and the man who could make such a threat without with-out intending it, was of a low order ol morals. Court took the usual recess. |