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Show TUE BEWHtK TU1AL. New Y'ork, 17. In the Beecher j caoe this morning, trie redirect exum- iuation of Tiltou was resumed. He said he couid not fix the prec.Ue date 1 of iho chuuue interview between him 1 self aud wife when Bessie Turner was ; present and heard tho whole story, : but thought it wiu after Mrs. Tilton's return from MarieUa. Evarts oh-; jected to this answer on the ground that nothing about this matter had been elicited by any question to witness wit-ness in cruss -examination. Fullerton contended that the matter mat-ter had boon brought out by tho other side, and Evarts replied that it was not elicited by a direct question. The court allowed the question aud witness continued. He thought it was in the afternoon of the day Mrs. niton returneu iruiu jimiiclu. uiu-i ness was asked what the whole Btory was. Erarts objected and the court ruled c the question out. Witness then testi- -fled that the suggestion of Beecher's 1 visit to Mrs. Tilton after the writing !i of her letters of confession caine from i Beecher. An argument ensued between the counsel as to the right of witness to explain the a?eming inconsistency be- f tween this answer and that given in the cross-examination, when he testi- t fled saying to Beecher, "You can go t to the house and see Elizabeth, as it is only a few steps." Witness was allowed al-lowed to explain. He made the latter lat-ter remark after Beecher's proposition proposi-tion to visit it. Witness continued : My wife told Mrs. Morse, and Bhe was almost wild about it. Evarts objected to this answer, but the court allowed it to stand. . . I Witness said the consideration of $7,000 received from Bowen on the ' arbitration were his just dues. He was questioned about young Roussel, the communist, in whose house the procession formed in New Y'ork, and said ho knew he was not concerned in the death of the archbishop of Paris. Mrs. Tilton proposed his taking tak-ing the young school girl to Connecticut Connec-ticut with him for the benefit of her health when he went on a lecturing tour. Ho thought the girl's age was about sixteen or seventeen. Mrs. Woodhull's husband was always al-ways present during witness' visits there. Mrs. Wood hull's demeanor was always that of a lady, and her husband's that of a perfect gentleman. Witness remembers Kate Cary, who testified yesterday, as a former servant of Mrs. Tilton. Did not know whether or not Bhe went to Monti-cello Monti-cello with Mrs. Tilton. Fullerton offered two lottcrs written by Mrs. Tilton from Monticello to her. Un.Unil to fif (hp Hnta r,f Wen. journ there. Evarts objected, and pending the argument, a recess was taken. After recess the argument of counsel coun-sel over the admission of the letters, which was interrupted by the recess, was continued, and at the close the court decided to admit the letters. This concluded the redirect examination examina-tion and Evarts proceeded to the re-rpss-examinauun. witness tesuneu Uuti he never wrote and delivered ou his lecturing tour in the wet a lecture on marriage and divorce; he spoke when requested on the subject. He delivered this lecture to the students of Cornell University by request, and also before the students of the seminary semin-ary at Bloomington, Indiana. In it he did not tell his hearers to follow the laws of nature, nor did he denounce de-nounce the interference of the church. He never said if he had his way he would crush churches, or that it was the duty of the state to regulate prostitution. He was taught strict principles of morality, and had always retained these ideas. The payment of the $7,000 by Bowen had nothing to do with his signing the tripartite agreement; it was paid two days before signing the agreement. Witness presented the check be received from Bowen. It was dated April 4th, and Evarts read it aud offered it in evidence. Bowen owed witness $7,000, and paid it because he owed it, and for no other reason. The young girl who accompanied him to Winsted, Conn., was a friendand companion of his daughter Florence, . was a fair sized girl about 16 or 17 years old. By Mrs. Woodhull's hus-. band he meant Col. Blood. No other portraits were found in the closet' where Beecher's photographs werei found. Never saw any photographs1 of Rev. Dr. Taylor,!Rev. Dr. Storra or Horace Greeley in his wife's possession. pos-session. Didn't give these photographs photo-graphs of Beecher to his wife; don't know how long these things were in the closet; didn't know of Beecher giving Mrs. Tilton any books except the Life Thoughts and Norwood. The pile of books he found in the closet were inscribed by Beecher, and were copies oi nis publications; he wasn t aware that Beecher was in the habit of distributing his boeks among his parishioners; wasn't aware ho showed them such courtesies, as he seldom visited them, or even attended their funerals; wasn't aware that the books found lay on the table until they were put into the closet when his wife was making preparations to take boarders. I'id't recall any gentie-tleman gentie-tleman calling on his wife when she was ill; never heaid of Beecher bein in her bedroom w:en Bhe was ill until un-til he heard it testified yesterday. Evarts announced the re-croscex-amination closed, and the court adjourned. ad-journed. Just previous to the adjournment one of the jurors was taken suddenly faint and sick, and after the adjourn- ment he wai taken home in a car-1 car-1 riage. |