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Show GENERAL. iisK Ki r.tni k ruin.. I ! cos t i-NL'hd Fito.M i'::..-r i'Ao;-:.j A:'t'-r recess Purler continued his aruniiienl. He said in describing Beecher .m a liar and sneak Moultou correctly described himself and Tilton. Til-ton. Ii" tue bJeod of Tilton and Moultou Moul-tou were transfused it would rind as b! ick a resting place in the heart uf one as in the other. AlU r continuing continu-ing lor some time in t: its strain f invec hv, Porter spoke of the improbability impro-bability ot a lady's saying to a gray-haired gray-haired clergyman as Mrs. Mo-.: lion says ehu did in her own house, that i.i.' h added h'jur years of perjury and lying to bis original sin ot adultery. adul-tery. Sue said having told him ibis she declared to him the belief that he could confess to Plymouth churca and ba forgiven. Tho story Mrs. Moulton has been made to tell by her ' husband was monstrous and incredible incredi-ble on the face of it, and furnished its own representation. Men who had meditated murder, men who had talked oi their wives lying for them were capable of devising such fabri-. fabri-. cations and of inducing their wives to utter them. Moulton was no un-1 un-1 worthy minion aud comort of Tilton. ' He also hael threatened to drive Beecher out of Brooklyn. Tilton ! made this threat even upon the wit-, wit-, nesa stand, i'urtietting its fulfillment , required the aid of each man on the jury. Ho thought not ! of the jury, so long as he had the , assistance of a splendid advocate and Prank and Emma Moulton. The '. ca3e of Franklin WooJrufl was the instance of a degree to which one man can corrupt another. Woodrufl, a who would regret his action in this r case h8 long as he Jived, was hurried along from one thing to another by the craft of Tiiton :ind cunning of s Moulton, until he was brought to 1 the stand to deny the word of the ; most prominent merchant in New in honor, who was true and noble in every relation of live. Porter said ho had many notes which he was compelled to discard, because to use them would protract tho argument beyond reasonable limits; but there was one passage to which he must be allowed to refer. Tilton said lie had always thought of Beecher as a big hoy, and in the next sentence accused ac-cused Jieeeher of craft, in taking advantage ad-vantage ot tne opportunity to gain apparent advantage of the cross-examining counsel. When he had a chance during ids examination he thrust a dagger into Beeeher'a side. Ho said the story of Beecher preaching to his mistresses the origin of which Tilton said he did not kuow, was said by Moulton to have been told by Tilton Til-ton himself, when the latter was pretending pre-tending to be Becchers friend. He spoke of Tilton's threats to shoot Beecher, and said the jury was asked to condemn the latter on the oath of an assassin. When the charge was made against Tihon's w;fe he did not hasten to appear in vindication of her, because he loved his wife, but because ho loved Bowcn more, and feared Bowen would be crushed by Beecher. After Beccher's return from Pcckskill the charge was changed to adultery. Tuis impudent im-pudent cuckold (turning to Tilton) who'submitted his short report for the adoption of the committee after Beecher's return. This report didn't contain a word about Mrs. Tilton's adultery, Tilton, knowing all the reports re-ports in tho Case, thought, tin r-pnrt would ivilect on all concernrd. This is a document prepared by Tilton and borne to Moulton on the 1-1 th of Jan-uarp. Jan-uarp. They were about to entrap Beecher in the use ol the language used in the document before the committee, and leave the alleged al-leged oUeuce committed by him undefined. un-defined. Counsel then read the large report prepared oy Tiltcn to be submitted sub-mitted to the committee. The report was prepared three days after his wife left his house. He here certifies that the apology did not mean adultery adul-tery but was an apology for a mixed up state of attaint which was true. The paper of July 14, which exonerated exon-erated Mrs. Tilton and Beecher, and the paper of the 20th ivhich set tnem forth as shameless, exposcdjand confesstd the adulteries. Speaking of Bcecher's "Life of Christ," and Fullerton's remark about the possibility of Tilton's writing writ-ing the "Life of Judas Iscariot," under un-der certain circumstances, Porter exclaimed "We might have suggested sug-gested whether if Frank Moulton had Happened to have been one of the twelve, Judas Iscariot would have pocketed those thirty pieces of silver." He spoke with great severity of the alleged pressure brought to bear upon Mrs. Moulton to make her swear falsely. Her story of what she had said to Beecher in the way of censure of his conduct, and advice as to what he should do, Porter declared to be improbable and inconsisti nt with her character. A stir ran through the audience when the orator, w:ih intense in-tense earnestness, exclaimed, "That story would never have falh n from her lips, if God had not visited upon her the calamity of binding her I hope not beyond this life to a man like Frank Moultou." Porter will conclude his-arument to-morrow afternoon. |