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Show GENERAL. TIIE UKKCIIEIt TRIAL. (COSTLNfi-L) KiiOH 'IKaT TAOE.) After ricees tho cross-examination of Beecher was continued, and witness wit-ness testified that after securing the j retraction from Mrs. Til ton he did not show jt to anyone before delivering deliver-ing it to Moulton, nor did he talk to anyone in regard to it. Fuller ton read from witness' testimony on the direct examination his account of the : .o-called pitol scene, at the time ! Mouiton secured tho retraction, when, as wiliKbs said, Muulton, in t -king otl'his overcoat, expired the iii t of a pistol which he afterwards, took out of ids packet and hud on the bureau without saying a word. In answer to Fullerton's questions witness wit-ness stated that he did not thiuk Moulton showel the pistol with a view of intimidating him. Fuller-ton Fuller-ton then read witness' statement before the investigating com mil too uf the same s;-ene, when he said, speaking ot Moulton, "he made no verbal threats, but he opened his overcoat and wiin some emphatic re-' re-' mark, showed a pistol which afterward after-ward he took out and laid on the bureau, audi gave the paper to him." Witness was ut;ed if, in this stale-I stale-I menl, he did not intend to carry ihe ' inferrence that tho pistol was used for L..nm nnrninn in' intimidation, lie replied that he could not recollect that he did; hedidu't remember that at the time he supposed such au inference in-ference would be drawn from tho statement. As near aa he could remember re-member the pis ol was not shown or seen until after he (witness) had agreed to give up the paper and had got it from the bureau drawer to hand to Moulton, though he wouldn't be certain. There was an arrangement between him and Moulton for an interview in-terview that day, Sunday, but who suggested or for what purposo it was he couldn't recollect; ho could not remember whether any hour was fixed tor the interview only that it was the afternoon, Sunday afternoon. It was very likely that it was agreed between him and Moulton that ho should call there and report how Til-ton Til-ton took the return of the retraction, but he had no remembrance of u whatever. Witness here described the interview of the of January 1, '71, substantially as given on the direct examination. Witness waa asked, " Well, you felt grieved that day at something you had done to Tilton ?" Answer "I should think I did." He did not so much as explain this to Moulton. He poured it over him; as he became free to speak he poured out his feeliug to him; he was induced to advise Bo wen against Tilton's remaining re-maining on the Brooklyn Union for the reason that he was tainted in his general habits. He ail vised him iu the light of his own experience and observations of Tilton's character-that character-that is in the light ol his peculiarity, uot of his doctrinal statements or socialistic so-cialistic statements, but in the light of his experience with him as manager, mana-ger, and especially as a cooperative worker in a party or for a cause. Witness was asked if Moulton on the 1st of January convinced him that Tilton was a fit person to conduct the Brooklyn Union, notwithstanding notwithstand-ing witness' observation and expe rience oi mm. na repueu uiti convinced him so far as reasons were concerned that he was moral; he denied absolutely the truth f Bessjle Turner's fitoty. Moulton Moul-ton vindicated Tilton from the charges of immorality. Witness was asked if, on tins occasion, January lot, he said anything to Moulton in regard to his (witness') grievance, namely, the accusation, false as he! claimed it was, thar. Tiitou brought against you of making improper advances ad-vances to his wife, He replied that ' he denied it, he did not know why, he did not so state on his direct-examina-1 tion; he could not recollect iu what connection he denied this charge,; nor exactly how the subject came up. I The letter of apology was then taken up, and witness was asked i(j Moulton wrote of his own volition the words "in trust with K. D. Moulton" ! at the head of the letter, witness1 knew nothing about it; it was not; written at his request; he did not know whether he thought anything about his keeping it in trust at. the time; the reason he did not examine the paper to see whether Moulton had done well what he had undertaken to do was that he relied upon him entirely; en-tirely; he thought him a man of discretion, dis-cretion, and that he would make a lair report ol his teeliugs with such specifications as seemed to him proper; pro-per; he waa not aware of the language in which Moulton clothed it; was nut aware of the fact that it was put in the form of a letter, beginning "My dear friend Moulton." Did you say anything like this? "I ask through you, Theodore Tilton's forgiveness, and I humble myself before him as I do my God." A. I did not use that expression, sir. Q. Any expression of that character? charac-ter? A. I used generally a statement state-ment of this kind, that i had for my error and wrong in the matter hum bled myselt before Lrod, aud 1 should not be ashamed to humble myself be-1 fore Tilton. Q. You bad discovered your wrong, then, before Moulton came thereon that day, had you? A. There had been iu - Q. Had you; had you? A. Xot in its full extent. Q. Had ycu discovered it? A. I had suspected a part. Q. Well, you say you had humbled hum-bled yourself before God in consequence conse-quence of the wrouz you had done? A. Yes, sir, I had; I had seen enough of it to be very humble aoout it. Q. When had you made the discovery? dis-covery? A. In a conversation with Moulton on the night ou which I went to Moulton's house, and iu a subsequent conversation in some parts of it, on the night of Dec. 31st. In those witness did not recollect that he thought at the time of the injury in-jury done him by Tilton in charging HF1-1 j ui linn f lie brought this into connection with the injury he had done Tiitou through I Bowen. Witness was asked if Tiitou had the right to charge him with making improper advances to his wi'e. He replied that he had if he . had evidence of it, or thought he had. Fuiler'.on then asked if at the dme the letter of contrition was written, writ-ten, the first of January, he had made up his mind that 'lilton made tnis charge in good failh. Witness attempted to explain, but Fulleiton insisted upon a direct answer, yes or no. Finally witness replied that about the dose of the interview with 1 Moulton on that day be had made! up his mind that Tilton made the cnarue of improper solicitation or improper advances in good faith,: that he had done so ou the strength , of iiis wit-'s written statements to j nim; he believtd that statement was obtained from her when she was weak and by persistent inquiry, he certain! v thought she had toid her I husband a falsehood about it, and he vmained of that opinion during all Sew Year's day, while Ihi- piper was eing prepared. Witm-s w:,s asked why, when he came to the cone usion that Tiitou was making the charge in good faith, and Mrs. Tiitou had told a falsehood, he did not hasten to vindicate himself to Tilton by tilling him it was not true. He rtplLtl that he thought he was doing it through Moulton m that interview. Fullerton then read the letter of contrition slowly through, aud asked witness to point out any expieiun intended to convince Tiitou Tii-tou t::at ids rhargts agaiu-t witness were wrong. Wtne, at the conclusion conclu-sion ot the readiag ol that doe-imeut, said that in the letter there were parts of h s conversation, but he did not select the sentiments; that Moulluit was to report that he considiTixJ the charge made bv Tikou e.f improper im-proper advances or solicitation, aa the gravest chanre against him, but tie did not send any messago to Til;cn that this charge wis untrue; he scirt no nie-sage whatever to Tilton Til-ton in regard to tin: charges made again-t himself; ho expected Moulton to uiai.e such report of ids conversation conversa-tion to Tiitou as he thought best. He did not say he "would have been a belter man in my circumstances than I have been," but he said something which could have been well condensed con-densed into that expression. He used language conveying that sentiment. senti-ment. Tho expression "I can ask nothing except that he Will remember re-member all the other hearts that would ache" he did not use; . he said something akin to it. The : expression, 'T will not plead for myself; my-self; I even wish that I were dead." he did not use, nor did it represent any sentiment he expressed. He spoke of others living and suffering; ho did uot say he would die before anyona but himself should be inculpated, incul-pated, but he said something in that neighborhood. The sentence, "all my thoughts are running toward my friends, tuwanl the poor child lying there and praying with folded hands," reniin.led him of something he said. The expression "s1b is guiltless; sinned sin-ned against, bearing the transgression ot another," he did not use as it stands. He never said "her forgiveness for-giveness i have." When the paper was finished he did not read it, nor was it read to him. The reason ho did not read it or have it read was that he did not care about it. They were notes for Moulton's Moul-ton's direction in relating the interview inter-view to Tilton; he (witness) signed it, but not to the truth ot the statement, but to tho fact that he had given it in trust to Moulton. He regarded the paper as Moulton's composition, not his; he diU not sign the paper to authenticate au-thenticate it, but simply as a means to recall Moulton's mind to the salient points of tho conversation he wanted to use for the benefit of both of them. Fullerton again asked, saying he would give hiiu an opportunity to explain it if he wished or could, why he did not on the occasiou of this interview in-terview with Moulton eend to Tilton a denial of the charge of making improper im-proper advances to his wife, or to point out or tell anything that he did for the purpose of vindicating himself him-self with Tilton against the charges. I Witness replied, " I did uot send one Hue, nor one word, that I remember, to Tilton. If you will let me go on" Fullerton "That is nut in answer to my question. Answer, that is sufficient." Fullerton Ful-lerton then referred to Moulton's first statement before ths committee, the short ne, and asking Beecher if it was read to him. He replied affir- tion to it. itness' attention was called to the clause in the statement referring to the language of the so-culled so-culled fetter of contrition, but he could not recollect whether it was read to him or cot. He wag then questioned at length as to the first time he beard of the contents of this letter of contrition, and said he first heard of it from Tracy, in December, 72. Ho gave him a draft of it, but not the details; afterwards heard the substance of it from Kiusella iu June, '73. They did not state what form the paper was in. Fullerton then read Bueeher's letter to Moulton, dated June 3, '73, in which he refers to my letter to Tilton through you, and asked witness why he called it a letter, when he did not know its form. Heexplained that he used the first title that came to his mind. A long series of questions or rather the same question was repeated; asked witness as to bow he got the information that enabled him to say that the document in question; the letter of contrition, was a leuer, and finally answered that he could not tell, lie was then questioned in regard to his conversation with John Russell Young, of the Tribune, in the summer of 1S74, when Young said i he had seen the letter of contrition, and was asked whether he did not tell Young that he didn't want to see the letter, as he wished to be able to say on his trial that he had never seen it. He denied having said anj thing of the kind to Young, or mentioned the trial to him; he did not remember disclaiming the authenticity of '.lie letter to Voting, Tracy or Clathn,who had spoken to him about it. Beech-er's Beech-er's first statement beforo the committee com-mittee was then Ltken up, but as it was a long document the court adjourned. |