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Show THE UKECIIXll TRIAL. THURSDAY'S SESSION. New York, S. Beecher resumed the stand, and was further questioned in regard to the interview, when the true story was read by Tilton. In a conversation with Moulton, subsequently, subse-quently, he said Tilton was a blockhead block-head if he supposed be would stand the sentence he had objected to. Witness contradicted Moulton's testimony tes-timony where he said he had a conversation con-versation with Beecher about employing employ-ing Tracy as counsel. Witness said the understanding was that no lawyer should be (brought into the case. Moulton never said to me that he told General Tracy that I was guilty of adultery with Elizabeth Tilton, and that he (Tracy) said if this was true it must be kept quiet at all hazard. It is absolutely false, said witness, there is not a word of truth in it. It is false from beginning to end; he never said anything to me about it except what I have stated. He never told me he told Tilton ol having informed General Tracy, and it is entirely false. I never told Moulton I was glad Tilton had assented as-sented to this course, and that perhaps per-haps good would come out of it. Witness gave the history of Oliver Johnson's engagement on the Christian Chris-tian Union, denying emphatically his having been suggested by Tilton as a proper person to handle the scandal. He never gave Johnson any instructions instruc-tions on the subject. Witness give Moulton $500 in May, 1S73, after a conversation with him, in which the latter said that if 1 il ton'B friends did not help him he would have to give up his paper. He also testified to an iuterview at Moulton's Moul-ton's house, in wnich the latter displayed dis-played checks sent to Tilton tor the aid of his paper, which so impressed Beecner tnat the money ought to come from him, that he go. $5,000 and went to Moulton with it. On the next Sunday he received the note signed P. T., with the words, "grace, mercy and peace." He did not receive re-ceive this note on the 10th of June. Witness then renewed his acquaintance acquaint-ance with Mrs. Moulton, winch be come quite familiar and was always lady-like on her part. In the latter prt of their acquaintance acquaint-ance she sometimes kissed me in the presence ot ner nusoanu, anu never but once in his absence. Witness was shown a letter written by him to Moulton, having reference to Mrs. Moulton, of the 14th of July, 1673, which he read slowly and identified. Evarts quoted from it about Mrs. Moulton's large-Leartcd kindness which had laid him out pretty flat, i especially her clear truthfulness. He continued, in my moods of out-pour-1 ing I frequently offended her taste, i which was not sentimental, and she sometimes made incisive remarks, which, as one might say, let the wma out of the bag. On the 30ih of May, 1873, the tripartite agreement was published. ' Moulton wanted to kuuw bow it came out. I could not tell him. I said I was approached by Ford, who asked if it were publisheu hi New Y'ork would it interfere with any of our plans. I told Cleveland he must go right over to New Y'ork and stop its publication. He went to the Tribune and tried to stop it, then to Sam Wilkeson's and hence to put a stop to it. Sam was a friend, Cleveland said, and whea he heard his errand swore until everything in his room was blue that Wilkeson j said he didn't care a damn for-H. , Beecher or any man on the earth;! that this article was going to be pub-1 lisbed. I understood from Moulton that the publication was not displeasing to Tilton. Moul-1 ton told me he had had a devil of a time with him, as he was angry about the publication and was go.ug to publish a card about it ; that evening. I told Moulton I bad ; about reached the end of my patience; and if Tilton wanted to publish a card he could do so. I was uuduly excited for a clergyman and mado remarks more emphatic than prudent. pru-dent. Moulton said he could stop Tilton Til-ton from publishing a card iu the Eagte that night, and I told him to go to the EaijU otlice and see Kin-sella. Kin-sella. On the same day I wrote a card of resignation. I saw Moulton and learned that nothing would In-done In-done about the card b tore Monday. ' . I showed him the carl uf rcaignatiun, saying that would be my answer to , Tilton 's card, if it was published. ; Moulton expressed surprise, and said, "Good God!" and then went out. Mrs. Moulton came in. She camo to me and eaid, "Mr. Beecher, I don't believe the stories they are telling about you. I beiieve you are a god man." I looked up aud said, "Mrs. Moulton, I am a good man." She then bent over and kissed me on the I forehead, she said a kiss ot inspiration, inspira-tion, but I did not think it proper to 'return it. Next Sunday morning I j was disturbed and couid not make up my sermon. I wrote the letter o Moulton known as "The day of judgment, judg-ment, " when this interview was in my mind. On Monday I had an interview with Kiusella, Cleveland and the publishers of the Christian Union) in the evening I went to Per-kskill with my wife, returning on Tuesday to officiate at the marriage mar-riage of Mr. Tinncy; on Wednesday went to New England and was absent ab-sent until the next Fndav week Morris was here askM bv Evarts for some papers which Morris could not find. Shearman made some remark re-mark in a low tone which Morris resented, saying it was not true. Fullertousaid it was unjust to casta reflection on Morris, who explaiued the paper could not easily bt found when it wag called for, aiid declared that Shearman's imputation was absolutely ab-solutely false. EvarU said he had a right to the papers and could direct the court to produce them. Fulierton promised that every eflort would be made to find them, and the court took a recess. New York, 8. Tlie court re-convened at 2 o'clock. B-'echer resuming the stand, -lie testified that Ihe next morning a card was prepared in his study by himself and Thomas Kin-sella, Kin-sella, and was afterwards published; Kinsella came to his bouse by the invitation of Monitor; witness was shown and identified the card, and testified that as published it read: "If that document, the 'Tripartite agreement,' should lead the public to regard 'Jilton as the author of the calumnies to which it alludes, it will do him great injustice." As proposed to witness, the ciausc contained tho additional words: "Slanders against me." This witness insisted upon striking out, as he would not eign it. Tne clause "I am unwilling that he (Tilton) should ever seem to be responsible re-sponsible for the injurious statements whose force was derived wholly from others," was proposed as follows: 1 'Tiltou's course toward me has been that of a man of honor and integrity." integri-ty." This also, witness would not fwn-Pft to aiin Tho rlrfl nf tW,a nl proposed by Moulton, witness had lost. Evarts then read the card as testified to by Moulton, and witness said it was substantially correct. cor-rect. There were a few unimportant unimport-ant verbal charges. He was anked ifwhn he made the declaration to Moulton of his intention to resign he intended to do it if the publication was made. He replied, "Ju3tassure as the Lord lives I should have done it." Question "What was your purpose pur-pose in that resignation ?" Answer " The publication of that card would compel at once consideration of the whale subject by my church, aud put me upon trial in that cburch, and as I believed that would destroy tha church and at any rate any defense of myself that should be necessary on the publication of that card I could make a better sbanding as a private man fighting a private man, than standing hampered by the restrictions, restric-tions, rules and duties of a pastor." Witness w a then questioned with great particularity about his movements move-ments on the 2d of June, '73 the day Mrs. Moulton testified that be bad an in'erview with her at her house what has been called the " Afghan scene." He related in reply re-ply everything done by him that day, including a visit to the office of his paper, the Christian Chris-tian Union, between 11 and 12 a.m., when he spent three quarters of an hour with Henry M. Cleveland. He positively stated that he had no interview that day with either Moulton Moul-ton or his wife, aud was not at their bouse. He went with his wife to Peekskill that afternoon; stayed there till the third, when he returned to solemnize the marriage ol one of bis flock, and left at S a.m. the next day for a trip to Massachusetts, where he spent ten days. Witness was questioned and testified to an interview inter-view with Moulton and his wife at their house on Saturday, May 31st, lasting perhaps an hour. Witness went to see Moultou i reference to Tilton's proposed card, and witness' action in the event of its publication. Witness did pretty much all the talking talk-ing and occupied most of the time in denouncing Tilton. Mrs. Moulton only participated in the conversation during the time witness was waiting tor her husband to come down stairs. He was asked what occurred at this time, and replied: "There was nothing very significant,- any more than I was more than usually angry rather than sorry. I walked up and down the room, and said this state of things was intolerable, and was not going to stand it any longer. It was a living reath, and a man might as well die at once, for Tilton let the matter bo controlled by his mooda. Insteat of keeping it quiet he would let it leak out when he felt in a disturbed dis-turbed mood, and then it would come (0 the ears ot my menus, and I would gs and see Moulton, who would sooth me down and the affair would rest for a time, and then come out again, and I had stood it about as long as I intended." |