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Show TELEGRAPHIC THE UEEC1IER TRIAL. cnscLueioN of Tuesday's procked- ISQl. Witness eiplaioeU thut by (lie ex-DTeeaion ex-DTeeaion "tru inwartlum" in hia letter to Mra. Tilton, ho meaut her rcligiotia eiperieoced ea diulinguiahed from hor eilerual circuumtances. The expression "it would be safe, for I am iow at homo with my siater and it is permitted to you," he meant simply to refer to the understanding which had been agreed upon, that there Deed be no hindrance to their social relations, rela-tions, and as to safety be moant that ho would keep it secret and would not read it to Moulton. The letter, he said, was written in 1S72, but ho could not fix the date nor tell whether it was subsequent to the interview he had with Tilton on the cars at Springfield. Spring-field. Witness was shown a letter dated January 10th, 1875, and beginning, begin-ning, "Now may the CJod of peace," etc., and containing the statement that his wile sailed for Havana and Florida on Thursday, and by this witness wit-ness was able to fix the dale of the former letter, or nearly so. The writing writ-ing of this letter was in furtherance of the same line of policy he had spoken of, to keep heart and courage iu Mrs. Tilton and lot her know from time to time that he thought of her and prayed for her. He was going away at the time on a lecture tour, and wrote to her partly to let her know that he had called to see her and she was out. The letter was written Boon after the death ' of Mr. Tiilon's brother, whom she had nursed during his last ilness. He was asked if there was any special occa-hion occa-hion for the reference to his wife's sailing sail-ing to Havana. Beach objectL-d and after an argument the court directed Evarls to put the question in a different differ-ent form and Beecher was asked if in the mention of the date of his wife's departure there was any purpose rofiir-ring rofiir-ring to Mra. Tilton's visits to his house. He replied, None whatever, and, as a matter of fact, she was not at his house thereafter. Witness was shown a note saying, "If I don't see you to-morrow night, I will next Friday." He could not tell when it was written, but Sirs. Tilton wanted to see him about her mother or some other matter, and he dropped this hasty note in reply. He expected to Bee her Friday night, at the lecture or after it. Witness explained ex-plained that it was the custom always alter the Friday night lectures, for such of bis people as bad little private errands or business with him to gather arounu mm anu transact ineir dusi-nes. dusi-nes. Witness identified a letter written from Mrs. Morse to him dated October Octo-ber 25th, 1871, and he was asked if anything passed between him and Mrs. Morse before the letter was written writ-ten to which an expression in the letter, "Do you know, I think it strange you should ask me to call you son," refers. Witneis replied that he did, and explained that Mrs. Morse, at a wedding which h attended, was lamenting to him that she had no counselor, no one she could go to, not even her daughter, and he said: "Take counsel of me as if I wereytiur sob." It was simply an expression of kindness, and his remark was the origin ot the expression she used. Witness was then questioned in regard re-gard to the Wood hull card published in May, 1S71, and as to the conference held between him and Moulton or Tilton in reference to it. He could only recall a meeting with Tilton a day or two after the publication, in which interview Tilton gave an account ac-count of his visit to Mrs. Woodhull; how, as soon as he saw the card refer-ed refer-ed to himself and family, he got himself up carefully and went to Bee Woodhull to put a stop to the matter; how he introduced himself io her and asked if the card referred to himself and family. She said it did, and that he said to witness that he never in his life brought to bear on any human being such an amount of personal influence as he did upon her, and that Bhe promised not hereafter to publish anything of that kind Again. He stated to witness that among other arguments he used wag that he, lite her, was a sufferer for proclaiming suhsantially the samo laws of social philosophy and of divorce as Bhe did. i'kis was the only account Tilton ever gave him of his interview with Wood-hull Wood-hull on this subject. Evarts read at length from Tilton's testimony on this point, and witness positively denied that he ever said a word of it to him, and a large portion of it he necer heard until he hoard il in the court room. He was then asked what conversation he had with reference refer-ence to any steps or proceedings taken hy Moulton or Tilton or both with witness' knowledge, in regard to Mra. Woodhull. He replied, nono whatever. what-ever. He had nothing to do with that woman except so far as she intruded herself upon him, and so far as he had listened to eulogies of her irom Moulton Moul-ton and Tilton. She was never in any way whatever, by my counsel brought into this matter, nor did I in any way whatever, propose any counsel, method, mode, machinery or anything any-thing else for the use of her. Moul-ton's Moul-ton's declaration that witness agreed to get acquainted with her and put her under some obligations to him to propitate her, was false. In explanation explana-tion of their conduct they told me they thought the way to deal with her was to lay her under obligations to them, and they did ask me on ono occasion if I would not cooperate, and I absolutely refused to have anything to do with her. Witness declared further fur-ther that he never counseled Wood-hull's Wood-hull's association with Mrs. Tilton or Mra. Moulton, who were a world too good for her, and never thought of her coming to his house. Witness said the first time ho saw Mrs. Woodhull was at Tilton's houio in the summer of 1S71. One Sunday alternoon he was walkinz with Moulton Moul-ton in the vicinity of Tilton's house, when Moulton proposed to go in, as Woodhull was going to bo there. Beecher first refused, but yielded to Moulton's urging, and on going into the bouse wns escorted upstairs to the receiving room by some one, and found Mrs. Woodhull there, apparently appa-rently waiting for him, and they were together alone. Shereceived him very cordially, shaking his hands in both of hers, and expressing her pleasure at meeting him. Witness then said the interview lasted tan or fifteen minutes, and nothing was said in any way about Tilton's troubles. The next time he saw Mra. Woodhull he met her at a dinner party at Moulton's, to which Moulton took him one day after a yacht ride down the bay. The only other time he ever saw her was when she came to get him to preside at her Steinway hall lecture. The court adjourned. |