Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 30, 1875, Page 1

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The Arguments of Pryor, Beach, and Evarts Taken Under Ad- visement, Sketches of the Court-Room and Spec- tators by Our Ariists on the Spot. YESTERDAY'S TESTIMONY. MAY TILTON TESTIFY, Special Dispatch to The Chicaao Tribune, Tho argument regarding Mr. Tilton’a com- potency as 8 witness occupied all to-day’a sex- sions in the, court-room in Brooklyn, Mr. Pryor concluded bis argument, and Mr. Beach and Mr. Evarts followed with finishod and elegant addresses, Judge Neilson announced that Le would ronder his decision at tho openiug: of conrt on Monday. Tue eloquent apposls made to-lay by tho legal champions of Mr, Beecher and Mr. Tilton wero prolades prophetic of the flights of oratory that aro to be witnessed toward tho closing of the trial, when all the evidence has ‘been heard. In that respect the day was one of the most notable ones on the calendar of scandal- events, The verdict of tho least intelligent part of tho audienco was that the proceedings wore dull and uninterosting, and,.during the reading of the dry and technical points of law and arguments of tho lawyers thereon, many headain the gallory nodded with diowainess, ond the rustle of newspapers frequently aroue abova the epeaker'’s voice, ‘Yo tho many lawyers prosent, however, tho arguments wero of the higheut interest. TARMMING. ‘Tho counsel wero late: yeatorday morning, and Judge Neilson was not cu the bench og early as ueual, Mr, Shoarman camo in first, » fow momonts past 11 o'clock, but Gen, Pryor did not arrivo until after tho jury had been called, Hur- riedly throwing off bis heavy coat, he resamed hia argument, continuing until noon, quoting and explaining rapidly and with sceuracy bis authorities. His manner was more quist aud lesa eccoatric than it waa on ‘Thurs- day, and hoe was evidently more at ense than thon. While he waa speaking, Mr, Beach and Mr, Evarte conversed laughingly for several mo- monts, but the other counssl listonod attentively throughout, except Mr. Shearman and..Mr, Ab- Lot, whoare always active and who now were carefully oxamining decisions quoted by their opponent. having only referred durlog his entire address to the legal points of the case. 4 LA MILTON AND DANTE, Mr. Beach, who uuoxpoctodly arose and begred to touch upon eome points not referred to by his associates, viewed the case from a social point of ylow, and drow such a picturcof Mr. Beecher’s alloged crimo that the audience wora fairly ovor- come. Ho depicted a happy wifo, frail and delicate, but devoted to her husband; he spose with s scornful smile of the pastor, standing at the head of his honored profession, and, iu s voice tinged with bitteruess, he described the insidious and silvery tongue that would lure an angel from Paradiso, “She looked upon him," ald ho, “with s vonetation second only to that with which who regarded Ler Qod—nay, if an incar- nate Carist bad come down with the glory of Oslvary upon his brow, aud the love of sacrifice in his eye, eae would not have bowed to him with moro obedience than this woman to hor pastor.” With impassioned feoling in his vois, tho speaker pictured the pastor teaching tho wifo to believe in a pious adultery, and leading hor slong & flowery path to tho precipice over which sho fell. Tears rushed to the eyos of Mr, Tilton before the picture was half drawn, Air, Beach had not concluded at 1 o'clock, and the Court therefore adjouruod for au hour. Daring tho receas, the Junior counsel for Mr. Bovober busied themselves poring hurriedly over law-yolumes iu which wore casos they desired to cite, ‘ THE PARTIES O¥ THE SECOND FART, During the last momoute of the iuteryal Mrs. Tilton, ofrs. Ovington, and Mra. Field made their anpearance in the court-roum, and were welcomed by soveral tombers of tho Plymouth Church delogatica who were present, Mra. ‘Tilton had not been prasent since the Fii- day previous, having been sulforing for mauv duys with e severe cold, Sho ast unyoiled during the foreuvon, and listened aitentively to the debate. Mr, and Mrs. Beecher, though ab- sont in the morning, occupied their usual seats in the afternoon. MR. BEAOH ASKS BOME UARD ONES, Mr. Besah rewumed his spoceh, aud did not fail to tako advantage of tho door leit open by Mr, Evarts, tn departing from the legal spirit of tho case, to speak of the auertod Lasoneva of Br, ‘Lilton in ook ing to leutify againct hiv wife. His rotort was very earnest—aluout passtouate, Mr. Beecher sat immovable, aud bis face neither changed in color uor expresaion, whilo ho looked fixedly at the chandolier below the centre of the calling and listened to the ptingines words of the vlaiuut’s counsel: To ail tho world ho iva given @ public challenge demand- jug that everybody - who cau throw suy.Jight upon this mixed and troubled coutro- yeruy should appear and prosout it. To-day, through his counsel, he seems to close the priu- cipal awanue of evidence.” Aud agains ' What must Tsecdore ‘Tilton do? Must he suffer tho atrows aud blings of society, aud wee the seducer triumphant and Hourishing, and glorylog iu bis impunties—the bappicdt mau in all this aasombly? Following = the last kon tence, the aloving wurds of which were Ble. Beech t's own, dolivered at his Braver wsatare @ fow wooks ayo, there wus Biulo nant of leughier dom the @, Gon. Piyor closed rather abruptly, { -TWELVE PAGES. showing how lightly those who meroly como ta listen approciate the import of tho trial. Mr. an most visibly alfected hy Mr. Beach's is face reddened as the namo of his wifo was toudorly named by the speaker. Mo bit hie lips, and the tears eprang into his eyes. B MR. EVADTA CUMPLAINS, Mr. Beach aac down, tirad by his effort, and, beforohe was fairly seated, Mfr, Evarts was on his feet. He waa apparently angered, and his few words wore delivered with aacvore emphasis. Fe did not think Mr. Beach's words called for, and bo ceneuted him for introducing at tha time in tho trial a speech which suoula haye becu delivered at tho close. adding that tho only excise that the plsintifl's counsel could have was that tho ovidence at a liter atago would not justify such words, Mr. Evarte did not again refer to thia subject. Later on, he challenged his adversaries to show pny law makings husband and wife competent witnesses ayainet cach othor, Mr, Beach immadiately met tho challenge, and & sloit paxsage at arma fol- Jowed. Judgo Neilson said tue argument had Lesn of great interest to him, aud ho would give it all pcasible consideration. 10 would not write an opuion, es that would savor of pedantry, but he would give his conclusions on fonday morning. (To the Associated Pres) 18 TILTON CosVET! Ad A WITNESS? New Yorr, Jan. 20.—There waa a great crowd of Juwyors thia morning io the Brooklyn City Conrt-room, to hear the arguments on tie ques- tion of the admission of Theodore ‘Tilton ava swittrens in the caso. Judge Neilson stated that he was informed by \ “the edstor of the Tribune that Eg jumble cons taining the so-called official report of tho first nert of the trial seq not fsaned from tho Tribune ; hice, The Judge thea censured the publishers i :for their severe criticiama of Mr. Moulton, and -boped the offenre would uot Le repeated. GEN, PRyon's REMARKH, After the jury had answered to their names, Qen, Pryor resumed bis argument in favor uf re- ceiving the testimony of ‘Thoodore Tiltou. He é the act of 1867 contemplated vo euch thing 1s prohibiting parties to a suit in a case of sdul- tery giving ovideuce for or against each other. 'Lhis witness did vot attempt to take the stand iigainst his wife, but it was against her alleged reducer, to testify to tho crime committed by Itenry Ward Beccher. In the caso of Petrie inst Howe, the Sapreme Court decided, in 18) 4,8 caso of criminal connection, sud the hurband was admitted to testify. An ap- waa talon to tho General Term, tho eu ae was elaborately argucd and attent- ively listened ta by the Court, and thers was no question with the Court that the witnage was adwiseble, and conceded ia com- petency. The question with this Court now was 344 to What decision ho should follow. Tho ].varnnd gentlemen on tho other side argued, ag siwotticr reason that no husband or wifo could gi to collateral evidence in a sult, that thoy contd not'zgive evidence the one to criminate the othr; but that was not sound Jaw; it was not the ‘awof England, neither was it the law of Anim ica. Counsel quoted two casos whore the husdaind in ons case was convicted bf perjury on the tastimony of his wife, and in tbe other ho was couvicted of perjury aud bigamy. Iu a casa in this State, Justice’ Larrott saya the ovi- deneo of husbaod and wife is receivable, though tho evidence may criminate oue or tho other. Certaiuly this was the case iu this State, a had aclectod one case from the State of Now Jersey, Whore the limitation of the law was pro- pountied by the Court, whic’ anid the only ques- tion was in admitting the evidence of & husband, wheo be said he thought tho rulos should be ex- ended and not lunited, If plaintiff wero ad- niitted to the stwnd and proved adultery agauet Liv wite, did that caurgo her witi any crime, or enmiuate her? No; for that was not the luw au it was known in New York, Aaultery was not tho A crime or offenyo in New York, aud waa not 20w; heuve the reasons of the counsel on tue other side wero inapplicable, becauso they would not affect the crhorallly of the wife, nor the admissibility of the plaintiff ss a compateut witness, Ho was 8 competent witness, the couv- in conclusion, and should be so rot argued sworn, MM. BEACH'S ARGUMENT. William A. Beach roso to puetan the arcn- ment of bin brother counsel. He pail x compli- mout to the rbetoric of the counsel on the otuer side, ‘That declamation, he said, would have lonked boiter had it come from one who was not defending a man wo was believed to be walking in the illustrious footstope of his Master. What- over Henry Ward Doccher might say on that ptand, tho justice or impartialitn mf tite law debarred ‘Theodore Tilton trom anawering im- patations. ‘The seducer would be allowed on the stand, while the man whom ho had wronged would bo forced to sit idly by with bie lips sealed. Tia was a great and important subject which His Honor batt to deal with. Counsel Lelieved that tho law cherished tenderly tho family aud tho home. We argued that no society or governmont could etaud excopt upon tho sanciity of tho domestic circle being proserved inviolate. Tho ekmo held good with regaid to tho marriage relation, j Cofnsol on the othcr side said that this union of hands could not bo turn, but the spoaker sub- mitted that ithad often been mangled and torn, Ils friends on the othorside were digging among the fuspils of the past aud bringing up tuo dead carcasses of exploded themes aud parading thom by way of arguinetit, but {boxe were not tu guide tho Court, Counsel imayiaed a cultured, Lappy home, the wifo a weak, frail woman, dovoced to the Liteband of her early cho:co and tho futher of her children. Sho hud a pastor, learned and honored, and gifted above his follows, ono whose words were listened to with deference and reverence, Oh, ho was gifted with a silver tongue that would bring an angel out of paradise, Sho looked up to him with reve erence. Ho was almost an inmato of ber homo, and io tue conidence of her husband. He exorted upon her all bis arte, and sho fell. 3s sho to be Diawod for hor act? Was this proa~ ecution brought against hor for hor condomna- tion? Qh. nol Consider how strong ho was, and Low weak she was, and imagine the specious ways in which he taught her that fornication wae but a epecies of love. That scducer ia brought to the ball of justico to answer sor his crime, ‘here was vo rula iu tho law of this Stato to prevent tho injured man from testify ng against him in this suit, and on bobalf of the proposition counsel cited from numeroas Buthorities, Mo called attention to tho caso of Southwick ogalnwt Southwick, iv 1849, in Now York, a8 a caso in point. It is gated that this 1 the destiuction of conju- gal felicity, but the law should be uniform gud universal in its character, and thero alould be no diversities of opinion; Lut was not the harmony of the conjugal relation to be disturbed as much by allowing the hushand and wife to teaufy in 6 suit, or one againet the other ? Conneo! quoted, trom Robinson's‘reporte, 6 cane whero a wite had left hor hueband ov account of ornelty and his bringing a lewd woman to liv in the house wilh him. ‘Che wifo was admitted as a wituess to testify as to the fects of the matter, 'Yhis was followed by an oxtract from the opin- {on of Justica Jones, iu which ho admitted the fate changes in tho law with regard to tho rela- tiona botwoon husband and wife iu this country and England, and referred brisily to them, Counsel at this point suspended his argumont, and @ recess was taken. ENTER MUS, TILTON AND PARTY. After the recess, 8 commotion was raised in the coutt-room by the entrance of Mrv. ‘Tilton on the arm of Mr. Ovington, and accompanied oy Mra. Field and Mrs, Shearman, ‘T'ue party too! their acenstomed seats, facing the jury, aud be- hind counsel for the defense, ‘MR. BEACH'S ARGUMENT CONTINUED, When order had been rostoved, Br. Heach eon- tinued hia argument, He wae awaro that plain- tins testimony would reflect on the chastity aud purity of Lis wife, ‘Iho answer of tho law was that” she was not interosted in this auit, and sho might claim all tho privileges of s wife from plaiutift. It was the buaband that rovoaled — thiu dishonor, but her soducer, ‘Thore was some. thing repulvive in the thought of s suit for seduction, but when the law gsve no other course it ill-bocomes miniuters of tuo law to reprouctt such & course. MH, KVANTS REPLIES. Br, Evarts rove to reply lo the argument, He said the aversiun spoken of by his learted friend tos suitof thia kind was also rogaidod in the wawe light by the law, Wo aro discunstug, said counsel, the admissibility of thia withers with regard to lis evidence and imarriage relations as fixed by the Jaws of this State, and be submitted that thero was uo rulv of common law opening thd mouths of either husband or Wifo. Ho argued that that the lew, as quoted by the other side, babeen changed by the code of 1809. It must be plain to tho Court that the Jaw governing tie admiveibility of o husband and wify as wituerses was ruled by the statute of 1867, Ite quoted from legal suthorities to sbow that the wife could not tostity against the husband when eithor was a party to the suit, ‘Tae question, said cauunel, waw raised by tho other widy that the Lawhead was uot on ane sido and the wife oo the other, bub the reanlt would be tho same in proving the crimmality of the wife. Thore sas no casein onr courte which showed thata wife or hushaud could bea wit- ners against each other under the laws of eyi- dence. Well might tho Legistature, ead tho epeakor, stand appalled at the oneuing of the mouth of the busbaud or wifeina cana of adultery, Tho Legislature, improssed with tho difficulty of invading the common law, laid down the rule for neither the wife nor tha Inehband appearing ovo against the other. Counsel felt entirely incompetent to exe amino 8 witness in & caso like this, where he could ehut hia moub and refues to answer any question pnt to him, Ho looked with dismay, he said, on tho idea of a witness being allowod to override Lim. All ef- forts of the law wore to punfy and exalt the structure that has heen the perpetual habitation for tiberty and justice, furninbed by the wiedom and courage of our ancestors, With this rowark Evarts clored, JUDGE NEILEOS stated that he would yive the matter his utmost. consideration, but warned counnel that he would deliver no waitten opivion, but that tt would bo 4 fravkly-apokeu opinion on tho merita of tho 8. ‘The Court made an effort to induce counsel to g9 on with the case to-morrow, or mect next weok half an hour earlier aud adjourn half an hour later every day, but to this the legal prac- litioners demurred. Judge Neilson, iu anawer to ex-Judge Fuiler- ton, auld that his opinion would be delivered immodiately on their meeting on Monday next. Adjourned. eres ETCHINGS, A MAITISM EARL 1x COURT—THE INTELLIORN! OF THE DEAIM OF MOULTON'S MOTHER—RERCH ERS REAPPEARANCE—CALDWELG—TRIVIAL IE- RULT® OF THE CROSS-EXAMINATION OF MOUL- TOR--THE WI6TORY OF TH PUBLICATION OF A FATEFUL LETTER—IOW KINSELLA BAVED HIM- BELY RY NUINING REECHED. From Our Special Correspondent, Troornrs, Jan, 26,--I straugely omitted to notice, ia my Jaet letter, the remarkable fact that A DRITIE EAT sat by bis Monor duriug the proceedings of yes- terday. When Mr. Evarts entered the Court, ha was accompanied by a very modest, unobtrusive youug gentleman, who seemed tobe about 80 yoars of age, was very plainly dressed, sod of s aquare, athletic figure. Ho had the bearing of an Engiish dragoon, with nove of the Isaden stolidity which usually characterizes the fave of your genulna “Plunger.” Hin cheeka woro wholesome and ruddy, his chest of ample broadth, and bis thews by no meava deepicable. Thie quiot guest of Mr. Evarte, was Archibald Primrose, Earl of Hoaeberry, Peer of Great Britain, sud perhaps the moat generally promis- ing aristocrat in Parliament. The Earl goos in for intellect, but with more than the languid and woveelexs zeal which dawdles on the frontiera of philosophy, merely bocause puilosophy is “the thing” just now, Ho is Preeident of the Social Scienco Branch of tho Lritiah Aasuciation, a capi- tal extemporo speaker, a hearty patron of tho theatres, a first-rate shot, good at hiv fences, and, abuve all, tho FIANCE OF 3198 JESSIE DUNCAN, tho banker's daughter, of New York. This Admirabio Cricaton was introdaced to Judgo Neilson, who shook him bluntly by the haud, and, in hie etraighttorward way, invited the wandering Poer to nit oa the Beoch beside him. Thus exalted, his Lordship blushed a moment, but leaned back in lis chair ag if bo were m:rely in tho Upper House, with the Slarquis of Salis bury venomously overlauting the Government. It was not the Marquis of Salisbury, however, but plain Mr, Evarta, eagorly, and with a sort of washer soman epitefulness, trying to compel the introduction of certain papers and evidence, dead against the ruling of the learned Judge, who guards the portalaof tho testimony like a bult-dog, rejecting wll the blandishmenta, aud showing bia forodablo teeth..at undue per- sistenco. To-day Moultou receivod o auddon shock in the tidings thot M8 MOTHER HAD DIED UNEXPECTEDLY. To such a warm-hoarted mau as this the blow must beve been a very eevere onc, Ali the light and diablorie fedod out of his faca as bo learnt the sorrowful particulars of his Joss in au aute- room, where he composed bimeclf while Judge Fullerton, with touder feeling, explained the reason of his absonce to the Court. But the Mother whose death thus dreadfully surprised him bad left rich, heroic blood in his veins ; aud repressing his manly sorrow, Moulton returned to the Court and ascended to his seat, amid tho kind and sympachetie murmurs cf the crowd, which has come to know and to like bim, and whieh will actually miss bis bright, intelligent faco from its now customary position. By a droll coincidence, TUE LUGUBNIOUS JUDGE router, who, through a merciful dispeusation of Provi+ deuce, had been spared the ignominy of continu- ing Moniton’s cross-examination, to-day reap- peared in Conrt with Ins throat enveloped in baudages, just in time to enjoy Tracy's direst discomfituro, Icheerfully admit that Sir, Porter blushod when be caught more than ono pair of ake,tical eyes gearching iu his counte- nance for the traces of the iliness which ren- dered him hors-de-combat immediately atter bis prelimiuary fiasco, ‘fhe poor wan has evidently been out of ordor, though I failed to detect any evidences of the dangerous malady which Mr. ‘Evarts described so pathetically ou the first day of lin absence and the accond day of lis appeat- ance in these proceedings. Mr, Porter conteived to look vastly solemn all day, agifhe were big with possibilities, and only awaltod a proper crisis at which to deliver himself of them. ‘Phat obstetri- cal parformence, 1 fear, will be frequently aud todiously postponsd, MR, BEECHER was once more in his accustomed place. Tho paslanx which, vesterday, undor the command of Caldwell, spread ttaelf in heavy skirmishing order all aver the Court, snd dismalty retlocted the absouco of ite High Driest in tho gloom of its component vieages, to“lay was a dress-parado by 10 o'clock. ‘Tho zealous chromo-Lithographer who drills thia motley biigado wore a fresb nose- gay io bis battou-holo, and carefully polished his massive features with on evormous blue silk pocket-handkerchief, ponding the period of ex- poctanocy. At last the hum of voices without snnouuced Mr, Beochor's arrival, who hurriedly entored tho Court only to fall into the competi- tive embraces of m dozen eager worshipers, Ho ‘Wau tossed about, and hustied from one to au- othor, as I have seen a cork, gleaming with red sealing-wax, buffeted by tue inurky waters of a dock, Viiv venerable face became scar. tet, then orimscn, and finally purple; at which the pbalanx took alarm, and its gailant commander seized t1r. Beecher and marched him to his chair au if he were @ contrabaudiste hur-: ried to tho garrote. Once ensconced in his neual peat, the groat defendant drew a long and yrates ful breath ; upon which the phalanx joyfully wat ituelf down, i g cht Juss the funeture as. which 1 may tell ow CALDWELL, fast Friday night, afier an hour's tearful atten- tion to Mr. Heecher’w “talk,” gurgled a regret shat the prowecuted diviue would lend bisa the notes of his lecture, that they might bo read to Mra, Car 1, who was pick abed with rheume- tism. Mr. Baecher thoughtlowsly accceded to the icture-dealer’s petition, aud Caldwell at once hurried home with the precios manuscript, rolig~ jously conceslod ia w! his ‘'quarter-gallory.” Tehrowdly suspeat that Caldwell intends to of~ fer a chromo-premium to all who will cou- fine their reading to the Kayle's tloctm- ed report of tuo tral. Ho ta not the wurt of man to stop at anything In bis devotion tu Mr. Weecher, Of wuch hervic mold abe mariner would call ig thie exempiary Christian, that, ov the nigut of Moulton’s dramatio uprising ju Plymouth Cuarch, Caldwell valiantly shouted for some ove to come forward and “por mt ont!" thue exceeding even the historic courage of Mr, Nathaniel Winklo iu the streets of Ipawich, No ono volunteering to gratity Mr. Caldwell's curiosity, thut vengeful partisan tried ta rally tho os yet inchoate and undiveiplined phalaus. Thero is uo telling what tragedy mixbt bhava vtaiued the church-oor, bad it uot boon for Volice Captain Lourne, shot doad the other day by aroporter, He stood betwoen Sfoullou aud theragivg lamba f Plymouts, at which spectacle of armed interven. Caldwell’ 6 foot uf supa blo imbecility collapsed {nto n pocket-edition of heroics, Sut poor Capt, Bourne lies dead out in Greensood, and now Caldwell cau aafoly vapor in Court, like another Bobadil, under the Bratoful oyes of hia fiastor, ‘The way that the newn was brought to BMoul- ton of _ tt MOTHER'S RATT Mesorver, perhaps, & special plate in my oamera, He had been cheerfully catching Tracy's quos- tions, and handing them back to the General with 8 pleasantlv-independent politences, when a noto arrived for Fullorton, ‘Che portly ex-Judga set bia gold glareen antraddie upon bis nose, glanced at the note, suddenly bout to it, atia became very ave, aod then hastily leaned over toward svarta, aud whispered somathing in tho ear of tiat drowsy sage, Evarts' face assumed an ox- dression of deep concern, aud, ine moment, tae contents of the message wore known to all the lawyers ae they nat around the table. Judga Mor- ris tore and beckoued to Moulton, who looked puzzied, Soulton hesitated, aa if uncertain what. itatl might mean, aud then, with Mr, Morris aud Mr. Bosch, quickly proceeded to the anto-room of the Court, Meanwhile Fullerton rono, and, inadeap voice, quivering with emotion, an= hounced that the witnerr’ mother war doad. ‘Tho gaving and bewildered audiouce was not pro- pared for THIS TRAGLCAL BOCK. The crowd waa breathless, until the Judge Led expressed hia own paiped astouiahment, and then ® foverixh buzz took the place of tho re- cent nnmb silence. in a little while Moulton returned, his eves ewimming in manly teare. Jt is duo to Alr. Beccher to say that a genuine ex- ress.on of sympathy relaxed bia lately etub- ro features when his adversary returned thus gricvously }urt. ‘Tho lawyers desired to post- pone the conclusion of Moulton’s testimony, but the witness refused, and, with a Roman endur- auce, compored is face, and teaumed his occu- pation of tho Chair. he shadow of Death gol- emnized the proceedings thereafter, aud, as the bereaved san sat up in sight of all that thronged Court, there were few hearts that did not soften towards hin, IfT may mum up the results of the cross-ex- amiuation which ended to-day, £ desire to enter them as something ALMOST LUDICNOUSLY TRIVIAT., The plan of the defense seems, at vo time, to have contemplated the establishment of dir- crepancics or a contradiction of stutements, It ‘was animated by a purpose to show, if possible. that-Moulton and Tilton were conspirators; that they bad deliberately, wantonly, and malignant- dy entrapped Mr. Beecher; aud, when lo was once, through weakness ratbor then through crime, in their power, had spared no effort to drag bin down into tho very abyss of social and motal destruction. It was with the demonstra- tion of this theory in proapect that the latter part of tho cross-oramination was devoted to convinciug the jury that Moulton had declared his tutention of ruining Beacher. Tho shallow disciples of Viymonth choose to forget that, immediately before Moultou spake eo passion- ately, Beecher had coolly, and with a whrug of the shoulders, sot his heroic friend down @ blackinuiler and scoundrel. . Yet the devotoce of Mr. Beecher marvel that Monlton should be betrayed into anger by tho placid, aelf-protee~ tive assertion of Mr. Beecher that he is a per- jurer, s blackmailer, aud tue agent of a diabul- ieal conspiracy. Exactly at a quarter to 1, tho defongo said, “We are tbrough—that's all;” and one of tho severest and mout disappointing crove-czamiua- tious on record #as over, ‘Taking up a Western newspaper to-day, T saw. in repmot, an ingenious falsehood, origiually uttered in the Suuduy edition of tha Drooklyn Eayle, in which tho firing of the Plymouth dome is charged to »Brooxlyn journalist, Muldoon hy namo, who, i: ia alleged, wautouly aud purpoac- jessly pablibed T.tton's Icttora to Lowen which was the slow match of this explomon. Yesterday Beccber's couusel tried to obtain from Moulton au sduission that he knew how THAT DOOMFUL LETTER CAME TO NE PeDLisuEn, MouJvon did not know--but Ido. About tive years ago, Congrexsman Kiueelia, of the Brook- ig Eagle, becama entangled ins linison with the lady-principal of a public school, and, in some seupects, s very remarkable woman. Kiu- solla was at tho timo, and is et:!l,—oddly cough, —amembor of the Board of Education in thie city, So, disgustingly notorious did bis amour become that everything bus tha most.secset de- taila found publication in tho New York Sun of July 13,1870, Kinsella was alarmed by tho ex- popure; and, when a cammittce of tho Board waa appointed to examine juto the questions of tho lady's sobriety aud chastity, with cheracter- istic cowardice, he abandoned her to her fato, She was a proud and reckices woman, sith rome. royal traits of character. Mtung to the quick hy Kinsella's desertion, sho avoided mevitable ex- pulvion by resigning, and within three weese WaS A CONPSE. It is said that she died of poison; and, when Kingella’s enemios talked of oxhuming . her, oe of his peraoual adborents—a prive-figliter and profesuonal handoail-player, namod Jamoa Dunvo—was hautily appointed Denuty Corouer by the Mig olileinla. ‘Tha poor woman was xearcoly undor the mold before Kinsella’s wan- dering faucy waa attracted to tho wifo of the present Superiutondent of Public Schools. Thus agai did his aduiterics fall within the scope of tho Board of Education, of wich he was, and is, a momber, Mrs. Field aud he kept up a. vicious relation for two years, occasionally iuter- rupted by Mrs. Kingella's exhibigon of a rovolv- er, aud Mr. Tiold’s threat to put bis wifo ina mad-house. Whue still under the Fiold regime, Aitusella entered ove of the public schools in the vartiginoug stage of inebricty, and, placing lia cigar upon the echool-Luble, called, rather too ingenuousty, for brandy-and-water. ‘ha r10- freshmout was not produced, aud Kinsella pro- cosded to excerate, in no mild or stated phrases, the incomplctenesa of a school syatam which did not provide such Juxuries for au ofticial visitor. Of course tho mala principal resented this im- peachwent of lus Lospitality, aud an outrageous scaue followed. : e Bowen, who was at tho time oditing the Union after s faehion of Lis own, cordially de- texted Kinsella for hia arrugauce, and, perkaps, for hin puccors. Uf courso the braudy-aud- water opisodo provided at least an alcobalio flame for his boilers, and for two waeks he kept ramming away at bis adversary with a full head uf steam, So visorous was Lowen, aua so numerous wore Kinsolla'a ouemics, that shortly A munss-meeting was convened, and the Academy of Muae overilowed with protests against Kine solla's buuavior. Now, MANK WUAT FOLLOWS: Houry Ward luecher was asked to speak, and conseuted; bat, at tho laat moment, without giving any season, shut himeelf up in his bed- roun aud refused access to the Committee which waited upon bim, Mr. Beecher had been nolyie: by his present champion, the etitor of the Hayle, that he had the true atory of thu Becuher-Tiilon caxe in his lable-drawer. dust alter tho meeting, while tho protosts of the commumty wore still ringing in hix oar, Kinsella, by sppointmont, met Bre. Field at tavernia tho outekirts of Braokiyn, ‘heir in- terview was, all of a sudden, interrupted by tho frantic intrusion of Mra. Kinuolla, who alapped her rival’a faco, and then, tinging oper the doots, called upon sume score of her husband's constituents to gaze upon an adiuterer and Lia paramour, You can imagine with what grateful alacrity Bowon seized upon tho chuuce his enemy had afforded hia, ‘Iho Union fairly brivtled with suveational Leadiinos, Lvorybody was ‘intor- yiewed,” from the tavern-lostlure upward, ‘Lhe culty absolutely wmolt of nour champague and dusty sills, Meaawhilo, Kinsella, who 1s not by any iacans of 8 heroic atram, fled to Albany, and there began to arrange for sn olopement to Ku- rope, not darjug to return to Brouklyn and face the rage of ite people, WUT Hid SUNORDINATER RAVED 11 from tho necewsity of sueh a light. They knew that, if Bowen coult be put on the defensive and @ proater scandal than Kiuselia’s be set atioat, their chiet’s catastropie would “blow over.” ‘The dowidoratum was, how to do these two thingy in ane, Une ot Kinuolla's subordi- nates, the Muldoon before referred to, was par- soually very jatimate with Johu W. Harmnau, ono of Tilton'y friends, who bad come in posuossion of a proof-elip of ‘Titton'a famous letter to Bowen, which ho had, as | believe, * borrowed" from tie Golden Age oltice, Muldoon weut to Harman and managed to effect @ loan of tho proof-slipa, ‘bia point gained, @ council of war was held, and Kinsella stole back to New York, and, iu hiding atthe St, Nicholas Iotel, awaitod the explosion of the mine under old Bowen's feet, ‘There was a ramuhackie Sunday vewspaper in Brooklyn at this time, which had originally been styled the Sunday Kagle, The Daily Eagle, however, by process of law, com- polled it fo drop its avpropriated titie, and It be- caino the Sunday Dash, ‘Yosave Kinsella by exporing Bowen in the — ¢ Chitagn Daily Tribune, NUMBER 161, directly or indirectly, refer to the fen dormant scandal, Kinsella caused Tilton’s letter to Bowen to bo firat pablished in the Dash, and next day inthe agie. He asvod himeclf for tho time being, bat RUINED BESCHER, Everybody forgot the Kinsella-Field matter in -the dominating mystery of ‘Beechor's retation.to Tilton and Bowen, Bowen dropped his attack on Kinsella, and took to defending himself. ‘Then catne tho Tripartite Agreement ; than other angry correapondence ; then tuo trial of Tilton by eiymontie Church; then the Great Council ; then Dr. Bacon's letter ; then Tilton’s response; thon Beecher's Investigating Committea ; then. the flood of ‘statements ;" and finally tho cur- rent trial. Yon will, thereforo, rleare correct your history of thia case, and recurd tho cause as well 29 the effect. . No wonder the Fagle has tried io compensate for ita editor's seliish violation of bia pladge, by adopting Mr. Beccher’a case reckleasly, No wonder tho chief proprictor of the Earle Spent a whole morning in the company of Tracy. Moulton, and Ben Butler, arguing a quiet pottle- Inout of the case, and offering to pay B10,000.to~ wards Tiltou's omigration. ~“Docror Syntax, a FE. ALLE: ‘Whe Story of Mis Connection with the Mississipp) & Miswours Road. 0 the Editor of The Chicago Tribune: Cnicago, Jan. 28.—In the controversy between ‘Mr, Atien and Mr. Spencer with regard to the ro- sponsibility for the recent suspension of the Cook County National Dank, I have no desire to take a part. “Some statements contained in an editorial and aleo in 8 Incal orticle in'tho cole umns of Tre Trmuse of Jan, 23, apparently made upon tho authority of Mr. Spencer, do in- justice to other parties tuau Mr. Allen. ‘Yo somo of these alutements I desire to call your atten- tion: ret—That the Chicazo & Rock Taland Rail- road Cf, ~nv foreclosed the mortgage executed (01 * & Missouri Railroad Company, oUx oe Na, ‘+ bonds which they bad purchases, ‘7/0 oy oad interest-ware indefault; eu. "“ a the atookbolderw of uw. "7 fi, td Miewouri Company, the two ronds we.” solidated.” ‘The foreclusuro of tho severat mortyagen er- ecuted by the Missiesippt «& Missouri Company io Lows was cunducted by a committes aponinted by the stockholdeis of that Compans, and whon the foreclosure proceedings were commenced and ended, the Chicago & Hack Isiand Compauy held only a very small portion of the bouds se cured by tne mortgage, Instead of tho consul- idation being made ‘despite tho resistance of tho stockhoidors of tho Missiasippi & Missouri Company,” the foreclosure was made by a com- mittoe iz the salection of which tho stockholders toolt a part, purduant to the contract made bo- twoen ssid cornnuttes, for the boud and stock~ holders, with the. tock Island Company, iu whigh it waa stipulated that tho consolidation should by effected if ic were legally posuibte, Secoud—That “no less than %3800,000 was in this way, in tho year 1867, placed in his [Allon's| bauds Ly the Court to hold for the stockholders and bondholders of the Miasissipri & Miexouri.” ‘The oxuct ammount received by Mr. Allow, as Receiver, in 1863, Was $58),405,40, Of this sum, £191,000. were in first morgage bonds of the Chicago,-otk Inland & Pasutic Railroad Com- puny, these bonds forming a part of. tho cou- «aderation which that Company hal agreed to yay for the properiy of the Mizsissippi &, Mix- son Company in Iowa, and having, been set apart, under the agreement of tho Comaitiac of the bord and ttock bolders with the Reok Inland Company, for the stocknolders of the Jhaiesippa & Missouri Company. Upon tuose bonds. Air. len, as was lun duty, collected the interest- coupons gemi-anaualty. and, by reason of suck collection, the fund gres while in his hands te about 6300.00, bo thit Mr. Spencer's statement: if Mr. Spencer is your authority, was ouly about *7300,000 out of tho way. Third" Ho gave no eocurity.” Tnia in pot only untrue, Lot a cromdly un Juet reflection upon the Court by wham Me. Alien wos appointed. Ho was requued by tho Uourt to give bond, to be hy it approve in s am amply pufticiont to c oll moneys and property which minbt come into his hands. Phat bond was approved by the Court, and nono of tho partiow iu interost ever took any exception, whatever to ite auiticiency. Fourth—That " be held this yast stim aubjoct to the order of the Uourt. paying tor it G por cont interest per annum.” ite did hold the xame subject fethe order of j the Cont, Lut paid uv interest whatever. Fifth—in 187s pte came to Chicago allured, it is said, by MeySuha ¥. Vraey. whois believed to hava eared with him in the prolits of his rie trust, since it was through hin intuence that Alr. Allen recoived it." Neither Mr. J.B, Traey nur ony other man cout oxercive any intlucnee whatever over the Court by wham Mr, Allen was appointed, Aaude trom this, at the time of his appuiutment the only acquaintance between Mr, Allen and Br. ‘Tracy was cauual, They sustained to oach other no business or officini relation, and Mr, Tracy had no knowledge whatover that his appointment tothe Recetyership was contemplated by any- body. Whilo it may be literally true that “it ia said" that Mr. Tricy sharod with bim in tho profits of this trust, 1 Las no foundation iv fact, Sicth— Mr, ‘Eracy urged him to seek a broad- er tiold, and make his reputation and success na tional, with Chicago ax bia centre.” Mr. Tracy neither persualed nordissuaded Mr. Allen in this regard. Seventi—" The litigation between the slork- holders and bonduoldera of tho Misstesippi & Missouri River Itailrond wag atall, apparently, fae from. settlement. There was every prospect that ho would bave their 81,000,000 iu hia hands for years tocome. Unfortunataly for these cal- calations, and unknows to himself or tho court in which the suits wero pending, negotiations for a compromise were in active progress. ‘hese were waccossful, and, withiu a tew waoks of the time when he placed the last of nis funds in the Cook County, the sait waa withdraw by cou~ Mou cousent, At tha requost of tho boneficiary, the Court at ofc culled on Mr. Allen to ronder up the €800,(00 and interest ta the parties for whom he had been nurwng it, ‘Lhe tatal waa thou about 31.000. Thin was in July, Ho owas wiven thirty daya In which to comply with the order.” ‘The truth is, that when Ble, Alien porchayad an juterest in the Cook Cotnty Nationa! Lank, negotiations for 6 compromixe be.weon the par~ ties interested in the fuod in bis Lands oa He- ceiver had been in progress for wome months, with his full Knowledge, Before the settionent waa concluded, ropresoutatives of all the par- ties in mntorest had interviows with Str. Allen, 14 which the state of the negotiations was fully (ise closed to him, and, instead of the suit being withdrawn by common consent, a decree was en tored directing tha distribution of the fund, of tho terms of which decreo Mr. Allon bad knowl- ledge weeks bofore it waa ontored. Instead of Deing called upou “at ouce” to ronder up tho 300,000 and iutereat within thitty dayy, the decree directed paymonts af the fund in two dif- ferent inatallments, and at dates. which weru entirely satisfactory to his, ax well ay to the parties. * Aw somarked Lefore, I have no desire to take any part in the coutroverey batween Mr. Spencer and Mr. Alien aa to tho transactions barweou them, Idewire that theo ourrections -be mado in the statement referred to, for the reason that thoy do injustice to other parties, I have not studiod the effect of this reply upon the contro- yersy betwoen Mosera. Spencer und Allen, as thatia a matter of no Momeut tomo. I iw fair to aesume that Mr, Spences’a knowledge of bia trausactioos with Mr. Allen 1% more accurate tuau that which be assumes to have iu rogard to the loug and complicated htigstion in wluoh Mr. Allon waa Receiver. This aasumption, however, renders proper the euggestion that Loreafter be confine hiv statements to thowe. traugactions, in- stuad of indulging in redections upon other par- tios who bave no dewira to be implicated iu this controversy. gcorp, revistance of RELIEF RECEIVED. To the Editor of The Chicavo Tribune? Ex Donavo, Buttes Co,, Kun,, Jan, 26, 1875, Permit me, through your paper, to thank the good people of Chicsgo for the box of wainen’s and children's olothiug received by thls Commit- tee this day, through their obliging agent, Will- jam 0. Ludiow, Test assured the clothing will be distributed to tboso moat weedy, and thar thoir hearte will swell with gratitude toward those who have su | kindly contributed tu their comfort. | ‘this is the character of » perjured w.andorer of Beecher, without any bosile alluvion to Bawcher or ‘Lil. tou, aud in sbsolute violation of bis own solemy promise to Bocchor thas the Eagle would uever, first clathiug wo have reooived, aud I-can.asuuze you we are neody, Respectal’y 7gure earstary Butler County Hallet Gampiitign,