The New York Herald Newspaper, February 2, 1875, Page 5

Enstoe tang thee eftaees owt ridroot Yatra roma aoa t 4 thee ihe m write a anes of Pe ier peroneal one y wae the soos agen 7 might, bt have iD Inyolve. bi ian ot this ene! the gol. One would sup; that Mr. Beecher might intrugted to intrude in this =e on bis own account. pate ly he ste cept Dkr tia the proposition; and now, tbe papet 15 destroyed, the roposition is to "promulgate i Page woes ramen 4 the ai yet be rms, ¢ e wie migi vet to 8 ae by. al paki coul as what she consen! ave to Mr, Beecher, and after the fistincdou ot this little shred of protection of the wife, to pat it Wy the husband’s mouth on the ples that it was ey as Comme tion, & re} desi od paper, iw. if Xi t haven't Near: any answer satis! rt! to me or ia the Ly 4 and ss reety* t heard. pda Your = a uo ven’ any 8 views, w would eutttie ti fits anaiter to take = ce ol cu wite’s statement, and give which he bas destroyed—to tend that mie is & vietstiog: of the rule, and that he hae alwa! ot oe of chi hig position, § oy eet 'd to it because the letter was destroyed, a ‘we have the par- rauve of picking the pay pracee: anes by oi it may be time for ee to remar! tt a now upo! Cy pa are apn fa the arat he whgle aired vi ghee oft mine wie a i) ihe ge of the co! pe irae id Dext, thas itt trem apes cvidguce to be Eat ee beraune been oa, voluntary the sStroyed, Volu! bis early OF 1 tea every ma word she and ent ie Ty said be hppa oe been competent, ‘ona - comes within the ae fon. How hs it iiponstlee' to. Ee] Phat ihe prt the Pat 6101 jot open, and! do uuatt it ran trineludea el ween the hus| a hod ‘OS @ secret impart the faith existing be- tween the parties and Ot all the concessions ti Ypring out ot that wigs jation, Here is a change! beyaence it is, as we mnst accept the wigence, in mite present eendinony, a on fé making @ communication of her ris her husband, directing that b) Interview with her seducer, an Df the conference botween { ¢ shat.a communication of Shah haracter is haeheiat communication founded upon the U relation i husband and wife, and given only upon the fa ne § relatjon and in that con: ce Of its lability? With great respect, pad Tnotw a9 Mat utter nonsense it ia to contend that pore tise | 2 fidence existed bevween fete p Pareles a hime, ip that that communication was made that reli ‘i D, When the wile, ip maxing 1% ha had i stracter busband to communicat pednoer, 4 SIDE SCENE. When Mr. Beach referred to Mrs. Tilton as & Kisgraced wife and to Mr. Beecher as ber seducer, MryBeecher was sitting pigcidly, much paler in polor than on former days, @ little diary or book pfchurch discipline in bis hand which rested on Mra, Beecher’s shoulder. Her blue shaw! or scart and biack | velvet bonnet relieved ber smooth wiute haira and snowy skin with their dark eyes siping through. Mrs, Beecher wore pretty much all day a face alternately severe and affable. Sne has come to harmonize very prettily with her husband, and they make the most sfectionate portrait duality in the court. Mr. Beach continued—But this was in the agony ol the wile to secure to her her welfare and character that thus she was the ‘cange of this commuaicatiun, He had vpited with Bowen in a sceme to demand Heecher’s ‘retirement from his purpis. and irom bia aes in the city G1 srookivo, 1 Lie Agr bat sibility and” éymasieany he ord great and good man whom she loved, whom abe did not wixh to destroy, and she had extracted from Mr. Tilton, at the time of her original communica- tion, that he never would lend his bana In violence ax dinst the person My bim, ana oS a Lphegee tg of thas {eng and 10 its ay mpasby, im she i and that the husbi and had ‘united vevith an euemy, o! Begoner's that.she implored bim 10 desist, tusisted upon it as a concession {rom bim to her, not jor the purpose of protecting her irom any daeolara- tion, but ior the purpose of carrying aus gue 01 inal pledge which she, in her luvé lor this mi had exacted irom Tilton at the time the origi! commynication was made, preserve Beecher, it was to bi v9 Caprice of ber husband, and of the fact had this conversation against Beecher, protection, she directs her husband, in turther- Ques or that sult tu have wit been ee Beecher and assure hi maa his Position to Bowen, wis meee avg a my \ormer argument that ae oapar e was, jestroyed by ‘the consent of both Stans tomas the wholes sul understanding of the con irom Reperal, Rede mnt Sates eee evi- | dénce would be. I re Wass mere: Oped or ae poraeaned Lepper between eso gentlemen Some agrec- ment in sonsonance: Bat We own turns sir, tat in the agitation of that tnierview Mr. tee ungeDnsciousiy destroyed thia paper contained the Sn veID RA on which Was ibe sie ynarans yy ot the subject. I have :ead to Your Honor that after a pa ts destroyed by mistake, Seay oag apy to. tention of franduient purpose {Rat ndury evi- be ice Ol tts contents 18 udmissl oes Dot the apply where there 18 an ‘wpoon! jous destruc- tiont oes it not fall under the wie aicn holds that whee ale wc apcoudaty. re seu dsnh it 13 competent to econdury evidence suomit to Your ‘wonor that the fort 28 BFS 100 Clear and determined to admit on arRument. ‘she Court—I rule out tne papers, Mr. Evarta gaid:—I hold, af Rp a Honor aR ROW 18 the time to reise doubt, cqused sousidersble tp ET jumeat In our aie new the question, pat lL move ti sure bu bit a, tg evidence given in this tnterview, sussionsin the past week. 1 evidence on the ‘igen of the inbuad per Bertie o the issue, ii at ali pertinent to thi iG the urpose and tepdency to pee the ratutsuoe a wiis, ‘to wit, to prove Ber ibn dog of pouree It does not prove it. 1s is tate. meut by this witness of nat poauod eran him and Mr. Beecher, which mi pad be Dot have assed between him and his Your Honor jag not allowed Lhat to te preved ase iach ite dence 1s part in the promrene, pl ibe Re ‘ne gencrality of the questions admitt the ex- Pioring of the evidence, — ‘when it is gi Men it Shows that ite tendenyy and parrwmonoy to this cuse 18 to prove adultery ol the wile. This part of the proof I move to strike out, as not bel being cow petcut by our law ior a husoand or a wile to tes tiyagainat the repute of theetger to ® degree of crimination, His Honor—You must take an exception. When Mr. Evarts prevailed over Mr. Beach in the Judge’s mind there was a depressed feeling mant- fest among the lawyers o( the plaintim, AS TILTON RESUMED speaking in his cold, subdued way, his wite lustened, Wwatcning, directly regarding nim. the prominent expression upon her face being a mix- turé of indifference and dislike, not very decide flowever. She appeared to be one who had set her back to the past and irrevocably. Mrs. Field, at her side, looked up at Tilton with a cold marble face. Mr. Beecher was like @ literary critic watch- Ing there, lis countenance half intent, his mind rather than his eyes listening. Mra. Beecher's face was at times really merry, a8 she heard Tilton incredulously. His style was disturbed and hag- gard, his voice without fervor, bis throat at times seemed to fill up. Still, bis manner. of testimony had manifestly improved. “Great heaven!” said one, who listened, “noman conventionally brougot up could relate such * tale in such a consecutive way. Only @ public ohar- acter, a theorist, a radical, could go on with it,"” Nevertheless, it was very painful. The ordinary newspaper scribes scarcely looked up, feeling the sorrow of the tale and the restraint any man must have bad in telling it, The examination of the witness being resumed by Mr. builerionu, We said :— Lrememper an luterview I had with kw abont the 8d 6: Junuary, 1871; it tou bane room Where tne other wan hel Ha ti oud story front room of Mr. Mouitun’s house; She circumstances uder which I and Mr. Beecner mot there were those:—I went to Mr. Moulton’s uouse, evhaps Dot long after the Carer Liound that ir, Moulton, belug suMeWhat unwell, Dad not yet gol ont of ped; Winle was sitting with nim the door bell rang, and suddenly, without any ex) ec- talon. on my part, aad, | pe! Sap Cah any ex- pectatjon on the part of a joher wade his appearance in the got up from my chi and hada " ad 1 cannot pxagey, state—I do pot know; J only faey, boas Mr. Moulton suddenly said to me that ought no! to 'efuse to salute Mr. Beecher 1 his house; Bald to Mr. Mouiton, “How ean you expect mo to speak to & man who bas ruined my wile and broken my home and be i got Hy peru fasion, ina Sad ana serious hour, finic oman, and used that permission tur’ ‘the purpose of dictating to her aud MAKING HER WRITE DOWN A LIE?!” Mr. Moulton then suid to me, “Bus, Theodore, you muse remember that Mr. Beeoner has sent to you a Uimaelt belo more can you letter, turougo me, humolo as he does beiore Goa,” wha ciroeaumstances as that? Pi is my house and Mr, Heecner ta cay, a M present, and you will oblige me,” oulton, “if you Will speak to Vint, at least as to Bay ‘good morning; ’! | did say Me i00d morning; Mr, Beech ‘4 on the edge of Mr, Mouiton's bed; turned round to me ana aaid, “theodore, L by not marvel that you do not a lika Apes to ne; 1 feel more dread of being spoken to a than you can possibly seel repugounce in speaking to me; all I have to say is,” ho remarkerl, ‘that I hope you will find 1 P communication whien T made to you through Mr, Moulton; Ldietated it,” he said, “out 0! brewk and angiush to express my sincere feel- woes beverneless,” said he, ‘1 know it Was but words, words of mine can éver undo ti have dene to you ana to Elsa gy don’t put in any plea for ‘yee, Ut Ol for het | Conversation? A, Yes, sir; your heart 10 accept the | i twelve persons of the criminai intumacy oetween art. | and words are ite are, borhiog, iy, pod et | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1875.--TRIPLE SHEET. indees, if you wish to carry out th was eceubatceted tomein your mas Day, that I should retire irom my pulpit, ou have only to say ihe word and | will retire; a3 4 renting of the pews will not go on; I will bo' go.out of public 0 We jon ” said er mh t yad this request to mak it be neces- jor you to make & public. Teottal of this case what von will give me Dotice in advance of your in- tention to do 60 in order that I may either go out Oi the world by SUICID! or else by escape from the face of my iriends by & reign Jand;” and Turthermore be do me this tavor, that whoever val of the jacts least my ae shall never know subject ae oo bored your very rei yb af you can ‘spare ‘me the pang of of nearing thene facts comma! her consider 3 at additional lon a raiade' he said that he didu't to Dnderstand that he solicited weuy “merc; for himaell alone, out only for'bis family, anda *partiewaris lor El th; Be ‘Ll don’t beg at all for my- self'oat tor her; she wos uot to blame; 1 was Divsother at fault, my sacred office and ty years should bave combined to have made her me uardian, not her tempter;” he told me, in addi. ion to all this, that the relationship which had existed benwaea. | meet gnd Elizabeth had Bes, always been marked by sexual iesttaacy, Bt ti earlier years were iree from mid rf only during the last year, ttle more than fone sitar ‘sexual’ intimacy saisteds ne fur jo | a i. therm ie did not know ho jow he coltld offer ex ‘or * nimeelt, gnd yet be wanted, he mata to lead me to oat for bia own sake py that of Elizabeth, tha: never sought ber for any vulga! Pe Sa that their sexual commaree had been t! lové and not through lust, that he bad gought her through her mind, and that.he had vakee manuscripts. Se ber for ber to be his critic; ne said, he repeated two or three timea, “The piste | belongs to me and not toher;’ One of Mr. Beecher’s sons, acting as a reporter, stopped his work and listened with a countenante expressing both interest andaversion. Mrs. Til- ton’a eyes grew dim and weary aiter a while, Some said she was weeping, and there wasa very apparent respect and sympathy for her in the au- yee with tears, words like these:—‘ Ss este ou go, 6 m0 uu possibly ever fcinaeate’ your 1 oot and jove*’ He buried Led hice in fl in Trauds and drew the figure of a nee brink, ano said, “i'm sisting on the ed, ANY ell;”” he said Bowen's action to me grieved that that action was due to bis wife's nouse OF ey ae geere than his (Beecher's) ; be: told ‘ery back bis own words to Bowen; eannns tell: how long the interview lasted; ine Raid something Which su@used his tace with tears; he wept vivlentiy; he weps prodigious! aly 1 tet m, leaving him with Mr Moulton; two days alter Moulton sent ior me to come to -hia house; Mr. Beecher wae there; the letter I ne written to Bowen January 1, 1871, wi under discussion; 1 had been sent ior by ‘Moulto} to consult om that lelter; Mr, Moulton read t letter aloud; he told Beecher I had rien it to in Bowen's treatment to me; may be it was ohad told Mr, Beecher so; 1 think now tt was; I said Bowen had terminated my relations in @ way to excite comment; the nt of December 22. 1870, bad said that 1 was to be editor of the Broouiya bnion for five years and special gopsributor to the Independent for dye years, and that the pen action was lo turn me out without explanation. When Mr. Evarce interrapted Tilton now and then he did so with s crisp, snappish way, jerking his eyeglagses and sometimes smiling satirically, The Plymouth people, who were out in force, watched the witness with cold, uosymoathetic countenances, The jury was attentive, bat heard the witaess generally with their ears ratber than their eyes, About five of them confronted the witness, Rb ne Ba a on to sa; Was due, an to my nent teece ts Mors said explanation tell the exact facta as views Ma him and nis termination of any contracts, so | had written the deter very caretully, taking the advice of J. P. Robinson, Gordon L.' Ford and Frank Moulton in the +" ae 483 taat f had especially, on tne ad- vice r. Robinson, leit out all my own difil- culties with Mr. Beecher; ! told him that Mr. Moulton advised against a peblicasions Moulty: and Beecher then talked ut the contents ol that letver; Moulton said to Beecher, “I don’t want to know ior any curiosity the truth or {alsit; of any of Bowen’s charges soninet ves kari tell mi for your own protection bas Bows oa ou 7 is bis Anything in this {otter you ares alral 9 ahow me t” MORE &CENES, At three ovclock ‘Tilton had been speaking a straight series of narrative sentences for twenty minutes, His style was undeviatingly cold, low in Pitch of vole, modulated, and at times too ex- Plainiugly narrative, He testified with willingness, Dut the manner was like that of a death-bed con- fession. Messrs. Kvarts and Fullerton had a spat, and Fullerton said that he plways afforded Evarte @ chance to say something and appear to be active. Mr. Beecher laughed at thesespats. Tilton wholly lacked temperament, and it was remarked by @everal spectators that he had better have relied upon outside evidence and kept off the stand. His attorneys seemed to be ili at ease, and there wag @ Good deal of movement in tne audience. Mr, Beecher took some notes, and only at times looked embarrassed. Witness—! eher re tar oe that he and Bowen |stats wrote: tie “Heads ot bien aaa that there DO mention oj adultery; hé added, 1 bringing nia band down, “I’m not te then ot er a charges here or elsewhere 3"? ald, ‘ou may think I would deny tne or ‘aise; t Tan am Solna now $0 prove, that 1 went te true}? Myr, Beecher then pointed mane etter to the part where Beecher waa charged oy Boweo with making a vioient assault on a lady. The Judge--He good enongh to stop. The con- Ypeaaton. 1s here beginning to reler to third par- Mr, Bvarte--Point out the bat nex ‘ton— ‘ou can cuir: yourself, DBext oecurred at 1! ip hese a. ar’ Be echer stateu there Was @ pecul.ar malignlt in the charge made by Bowen that ne ‘Beeche! bad committed violence—tnat there had bean violence, but mutual acquiescence, and tnat Go bl that ne had never committed violeade upon a Fuilerton—That is sufficient. Mr. varias You ought uot to ston the witness. The Judge—in regard to third parties, it ils com- potent to state enly what Js material, and h pote othing . Mr. Evarts asked why should the subject be re- ferred to Mf part is to be exciuds rere ae rule, tne Tegt should be, or none. Counse ae beiore the beginning and not in the mvddies Fullertqn—I am well aware what counsel would do uTleft it out. 1 propose to deprive him of that weapon. Mr, Evorts—You deprive me of bath weapons, Yoo will neither tatrly veter to tt por fuily hsgeg The Judge--The jast concluding passages of the testumonyror the wieness must be eittoken oak. Q Now, Tiiton, 1 call your attention to cy interview had with Mr, Beecher in revercn Mr. Bowen? A. The tuterview was, as Tear a8, ‘t can now remember in substance that Mr. Heecher said that though he was not airaid he wouldn’t face Mr. Bowell; ia he did not want the ietter Published; the pubiic, be said, were vnly too wi ig toread and ochivve charges againat a clerg man, and, yneiber true or jalse, @ public man would have to to them ; in pro} Mad as they believed the 9 they’ Wou! eve tae Other; he said that ior the sake of flizabesb, ag Well ag for his own protection, he Hoped that I ‘would Bot publish Ghat letter. Q. Ana did you ever 3 ee jh that letter, Mr. Til- ton? A. i never did publish tat lester, Q. Whew was your next interview held? A. M impression is that Mr. Moulton asked me rt wouan’t retire from my position taken at the in- terview with Mr, Beecher; very shortly alter the interview whicn Ihave relatea Mr, Mouiton was takon very séfiousiy ill, and in the course of his uinesa he lay AT THE POINT OF DEAT: I went to his house one day and @ servant git came to the door and told me that Mr. Beec! was up staira; pri 2 o Wee talking Mr. Bee ‘dow rg and met me in (he parlor; he was lying at the edge of the “Frank is very sick, aud I am ie, and it he dies, Theodore, what wi then becuine ui your case aud mine??? ne $= pee Cet batty teurs in is eyes, “Iheodore, rank hee 8 my lie, and 1 would willogly mive my life to save Iai * and he then put nig arms avout my shoulders and kissed me on the eRe Me he then departed, hasty, ow, Mr. Tilton, toward the close of the in+ totview ‘with Mr, Beecher which jollowed this in- cident what occurred? A. I recollect anotuer in- terview with Mr. Beecher; | was sent jor; that interview took piace in ur. Moulton’s house, in his sick room, \. Give the iaterview as near as youcan? A, Mr, Moulton wi in Well enough to 9 out of his room—from one apartment to auother; 1 had been sent ior by Mr. Muultun and Mr, Beecher Was pres ent; Mr. MOULTON HAD A LETTER 10 bis hand which Mr. Beecher had received {rom MI Morse; he brought that letter to Moulton; there were some alutemionts contained in that let bi whica I had been sent fur to explain to Mout- volte, Siig nm here handed witn 6 letter in a8 ti ich was warked Exnivit moe 7 lor | ‘ation, , scanning the pa toes, ta satd:—The letter of Mra. Morse bad @ date au as on Jooking over it, however, that this ts the letter. Counsel Now state waar you rev Will give the suo- Stance of the conversation betweon us, my atien- tion Was Called toa particuiar part of thé jecter; | Mr. Moulton wanted to kaow whether 1 told Beecher and Mrs. Tilton; Moulton said this Mra, aiorse had muce that cnarge against id Mrs, e's statement toatl pad told Her tho story was as [aise ux her the; statemonss | with Fomard to, me, when she had circuiated tno har tees ‘at hot money enough to buy my family 1ood tones sala to Mr Moulton, “You semantic | nog pew. Basra elt Serer be nb otaton ha the have $4, my money and he said fe bey tha! false, and he believed that if other a &vainst me was equally 60;’ Mr. Beecuer asked me woat person | had told "these stories to o and 1 told bim wl Oliver Johnson and to Mrs. Bredakey. but pak pocaibyy om RRSONS KNEW IT, I bad not pared hum d uring the summer; Mra. iiton had herself iniormed Mrs. Morse of f- cit. cumetence; during the summer Mrs. Tiiton’s brother, Joseph Morse, came to see me. and asked me whetner I was informed as to the irequency of Mr, Beocher’s visita (o my house in my absence, and whether 1 was quite sure that tnese visite of Mr. Beecher were strictly of a pastoral character; I believed that Mr. Richards had iniormed hia wile of Mrs, Morse’s proposed statement regarding tne charges against ma; Mary Ann Bradshaw and Oliver Johnson d Mr. Moulton were the only per- B08 to oo “poe of the intimacy. Q& other interview beside this one of which es apeak? A. Yes, sir; the letter now handed me was mt and was the subject of gopverssiion | atthe ipverviey, to which I now re- fer; don’, know who brought the letter to the interview; Mr, Beeober asked me whether I bad said tnat he preached to torty of ‘his mintresses every Sunday, and J told him tnat during thesum- mer bea A 33 very iree in Speaking, that 1 aid Dot 8] him ; I couldn’t say whether [ had made the rorka contained in the etter; J told nim I didn't remember having made apy such state- mente as Were contained In that letter; I didn't re- collect Daving spoken either for or against nim. Mr. Evaris objected to qhestions concerning the origin of sae letter uuder discugsion. The witness was permitted to continue, however, and he said:—The point of conversation at the interview was he patents of the letter and the jaot that Mrs. Morse had been writing to him, aud 1 had asked Mr. Beecuer whether be bad any papers of Mrs. Morse’s which if opened gt home oy any one migot give evidence against Mrs. Tilton and him- sell, and 1 told nim that | knew Mrs. Morse Lo be a VERY DANGEROUS WOMAN; she had called me a drunkard and a brote; had represen;ed me as beivg of unsound mind, and that she might take a sudden turn of mind and im auch letters; that she Nad spoken very rly of the case in certain moods to various Iriends abd family people, and she might send him a letter and let out the whole case; [ told him that he had better answer that letter against me, orsbe might take offence and atvack ujm in au unexpected way; if she took offence, I toid him, she was very reckless in conduct, and for safety 1t was necessary ta deal with Mra. Morse in @ kindly ‘ay. » Did Mr. Reacher rey inswer thatletter? A, A letter was sent oy, , Beecher in reply, but 1 do not awear tha! ad written in the words sug- dat the meaning: it was in spirit and sub- lente. marked Exbibit 6 was here shown f, this ig correct 1m print, H 1s ip keeping for me;”” one statement was wae teu se the ‘rhe witne: Tot the'o et Stee cect, str,” Q@ Do lect any ober letter from Mra. Morse? yO er the same interview a levter ‘waa produced from Mrs. Morse to the Union. . ‘She witness was snot permitied to explain the nature ai that letter On the ground of tts irreie- vay thess—Mr. Beecher asked me what! under- stood to be the state of Elizaveth’s mind, and how she bore herselt against these stories; -that was the substance of his inqutries, rg. Morse’s letter was oflered in evidence by Mr. Fullerton, and objected to by Mr, Evarts. Tne Judge—! dou't chink it shoula be admitted as evidence, and thereiore rule tt out. Q. Twill call your attention, Mr. Tilton, to the interview of February 7. Do you recoliect having had an interview on thatday? A. No, sir; {don’t reoollect an interview on (hat date. 4, Do you recollect having written -a letter to Mr. Moulton about that bin ef A. Ido, sir. ‘rhe counsel here hi id a letter to the witness and the latter identified it, ‘Witness—I saw Mr. eh pele and his wite about that pina sf bis pons e Bay anyttiag to youinregard to that letter? A. He did; bus I don’t remember nis words; he thanked me io¢ writing the Be I was the bearer Of two letters, one which Mr. Beecher wrate to Mra. Tilson, and about the yame ‘time he wrote one to Mr, Moulton, tu which he re- ferred to ara, ‘Tilton and myselt; | was allowed by Mr, Moulton to take the letter of Mr. Beecher in which this reference to us was made and show it to Mre, Tilton, and J aiterward returned 11 to Mr. Q. Now. Mr. Tilton, 18 this the letter written by Mr, Beecner, to which you refer as | haying been shown at the same time t < Mrs. Tilto1 Counsel here handed the witness 4 a Sorkin wa worn Eaenuscript Aad the latter having carefull: Di dart it, returned it, eaying:—“Yes, sir; this nf Mr. Jetietiorton then handed the witness another letter. Mr, Evarte objected to the plaintia’s coun- se) belo, permed to show an act of Mr. Beech- er’s in the hands of Mr. Moulton by this witness. ‘The permission given witness by Mr, Moultun to show letters to Mrs. Tilton, Was Not dy any means an act of Mr. Beecber, and such testimony was vonsequenily irrelevant, ard not pertinent to the iasue involved. Tho Court considered that it was abown witn- out Mr, Beecher’s ie dag 3 and Mr, Evarts held that it should not. be admittod as evidence. The coAversation had been recounted and tne letter was not important. Mr. Fullerton a ne ho did not know whether Mr. Evaris objected to rtant or not, but he saw ft to offer it in evid Mr, Evarts retorted that he did objeet to it whether the counsel considered it important or "ahr. Fullerton said this w: com: BE AD actand it was Woulc show to the it was relevant, but Btime. Ashe pro- dence in this par- CONTEST AMONG OUUNGEL. In a animated cootest between Fullerton sad Evarts the jormer got & jaugh out of the audience, the first cheerful sound heard in that room for houré. The sanlight Sooded the vuff-colored win- dow shades and the jury were covered with its yel- low hue, Tilton sat in the.chair, after nearly four hours’ trial, bis mouth partly open, his manner nervous and overstrained, and as he took a letter from Jadge Fullerton his angers trembled, Occasion- ally te shut his large mouth ahd pinched tne lips. The Judge said ovld let the question stand aves fF the present, Do you recollect whether 16 w: February 7 that 794, tore that letter o: Mr, Bi in to Mrs. Tilton? A. No, sir; it was near but not on that date at all; lcouldn’t mistake that I tore these letters, however, shams that time; verhaps it was @ day or two alte: Q. When next ‘dia you see Mr, Beecher after the sentation of these two letters to Mrs. Tilton? aM DOL quite positive, Dut think my next i view aiter that was just before Frank Moul- ton was getting roeay vo go South; I was sent tor to come to his hour Q. Did you earn’ from Mr, Beecher why you were made the bearer of that letter to Mra. Tliton? A. He asked me whether or not she could endure to Nve under such circumatances; he wanted Mrs, Tilton to know that I nud acted toward him honorably; he wanted her to be assured that Mr. Moulton was to make peace between us all; he ‘was Very anxious that Elizabeth should be assured of that fact; he told me also thet I haa acted toward himin a noble manner; Mr. Beecher at that time expressed sentiments of grautude and kindness; he was profuse and buraensome in bis gratitudy at the time, . Was it in consequence of anything bed be that.interview that you became tite p the letter irom Mr. Beecher to Mrs, nes8—-Let me see that letter again, The letter was handed to witness, Tuzated brow and Mashing eye, fora ame God replied in the Pig y. Moulton asked me i 1 would permit Mr, Beecher to. address aietter to Klizabetn aud I told bim Mr. Beecher mignt act in that matter as he gaw fit; Il should be neitner @ friend nor a foe to him; | would neither give permission nor Aswent in that respect. It now wanted five minutes of four, the hour of adjournment, and Mr. Fullerton, addressing the Cours, said, “Your Honor, the next interview to watch Ishall call the attention of the witness is a lengthy one, and asthe time for adjournment is near at band I shall not detain the Court by commenging tt” Tne Judge’s gavel came down sharply on the bench upon this announcement, and he delivered the usual warning, “Gentlemen, koep your seats end allow the jutors to pass to the side door.” Clerk Mallison then announced the Court ad- Journed until eleven o'clock thls morning. RECKLESS tucular. “COASTING.” A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT TO A MERRY SLEIGHING PARTY IN NEW JERSEY. Mr, Samuel 8. Keene, a well known citizen of Montrose, N. J., and formeriy a partner in the ii street banaing concern of Morgan, Keene & Marrin, died on Sunday at his house from the effects of const It appears that tho coasting in Montrose was very fine, and that | jg and old enjoyed it. Mr. Keene fitted upa 1 died, and he, with @ party ol a dozen or fourteen ladies and gentiemeu, were coasting ono evening last. woek, They nau pussed duwn Mon- trose avenue at beer specd a number of times, Mr. Keene guiding the sied witn skill and ordwnarily with satety. But on the fatal trip, uav- ing to turn out or @ horse and sleigh comiag up the mil, the sied struck & gutter bridge and the sudden shock threw its Occupants |QUICK TRANSIT.|£ The People Aroused to Its Importance. $28,500 of Stock Subscribed at a Meeting Yesterday. PUSHING THE BAIL T0 WESTCHESTER COUNTY The Merchants Cut Loose from the Axe- Grinders and Lobbyists. The Matter To Be Considered by the Common Counrtil. Mr. A. A. Drake on the Solution of the Ugly Problem. The interest in the proposition made to solve the rapid transit problem bya direct movement on the part of the people thems: s by raising a 1und, a8 & nfcleus to push the work forward to completion, 1s spreading, and many public spirited citizens and property owners who would be benefited by sucha boon are now for the first time moving in the matter. Meetings have been held, as is already known totne readers of the HERALD, by merchants and others, who are determined, as the frat step toward quick transit, to raise $3,000,000 by popular subscriptions to push on the work; but the adjourned meeting called at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce yesterday by Mr. Drake, Chairman of the merchants’ confer- ence that was held last Wednesday, in point of interest and enthumesm excelled any of the previous gatherings in this direction. Among THE PROMINENT BUSINESS MEN in attendance, either as advocates or spectators, were Rey. Dr. stoduard, of Washington Heights; Lawson ¥. Fuller, Luuis B. Rader, Fort Washing. ; ton; A, B. Millis, Washington Heights; F. M, Washington Heights; L. Friedman, Pine L. G. Phillips, Henry Bergh, H. B, Claflin, D. M. Clarkson, General D. Butterfield, Grimtn Rowe, Cyrus Clarke, Commodore Levy, John Ha- ven, Mr. Morrill, R. R, Hazard, R. C. Root, Joon M. Kemp, Charles H. Roosevelt and William H, Webb. From the drift of the discus- sion it was very evident that there were present persons who had axes to grind and were desirous to capture the movement; but they were most signally defeated, the spirit of the meeting being indisposed to consider outside issues as to this or that scheme until a sufficient sum bad been subscribed by persons deep!y inter- ested in the solution of the quick transit problem to justily the consideration of these less weighty subjects, The meeting was organized by the nomination and election of B. L. Ackerman as Uhairman and Charles H. Roosevelt, of New Rochelle, as Secre- tary, when the minutes of the Wednesday meeting were read and approved. Mr. DRAKE, obairman of that meeting, ad- dressea the assemblage, stating that he had been by that body authorized to take the prelim- inary stéps to calla meeting. A day or two after the last meeting he bad received a letter from a gentleman of influence and wealth, expressing some doubt about the propriety of a public meet- ing at this time. In the meantime, said Mr. Drake, the movement became more popular, and I de- cided to delay the matter, and, while taking the liberty of differing from the gentleman as to the Propriety of the meeting, I have thought it advis- able to invite you to meet again for the purpose of giving this movement a wider and more tm, portant bearing as a basis for its start. [ do not think that @pything haa been lost by tho delay. GHUITING OFF THE AXE-GRINDERS, CHARLES H. heals od offered the following pepsi penta cent ror eget et thie pone et and of eck Bs sion, be cont ned ex. anes to the ‘oposed pl or raising @ tund aga esis of rapid: ‘canst This caused considerable commotion in the meeting. L. F. Burry objected to it because it closed the mouths of the gentlemen present. They need not take action upon ail the points connected with rapid transit, but there may ve some things desirable for us to KNOW and act upon. For this reason he opposed the motion. Mr. L. M. Vail, ‘who at one time was Secretary of a rapid transit movement in Yorkville, aiso opposed the resolu ton, and moved that it be laid upon the tabi Mr. DRakE—From the outset of this movement the only subject noticed here has been to make a move for subscriptions, and any other proposition, I think, is in bad taste, Tn1s meeting is merely to induce capitaltats to advance the means to put the undertaking through, We bave cume here simply as a matger of business. If a variety of topics are to be introauced it will embarrass the Chairman and will not accomplish anything, H. PETERSON—I will Move an amendment. I de- sire to speak upon a subject relative to rapid transit, I therefore move that the question—— Jaco COHEN (interrupting)—I hope the rasoia- tion to limit the business will prevail. Jt is not to bring in rapid transit plans we have met. What we want is money. I am willing to sub- scribe $1,000. (Applause.) Mr. Barry—The object is not so much to raise money as to bulld a rapid transit road. We must know how it 1s to be appropriated before we can expect to have large sums subscrived. This reso- luton, Mr. Barry maintained, would shut out in- quiry and prevent discussion. ‘The point of order was here raisod that a motion to table Was not debatable, when the resolution was withdrawn, Mr: Drake appealing to the gen- tlemen present to confine the delioerations strictly to THE RAISING OF MONEY. He then rare will ofter for tne cousideration of tler Which is strictly germane. ed, ‘What is proposed tu be condensed thie in the jorm of a paper, whicn it 1s proposed to submit for the sig- hatures of such setiemen as as desire tu seo rapid transit a success. Drake then read the iolow- ing subscription pledge :— The undersigned horeby agree to boutel bate the sums sot oppose their respective names toward the oreation of arund to be invested in the capital stock of a rail. road, to be constructed trom the suutherly end of Man- hatuin Island to such points northerly as inay be dever- mined weet for the purpose of porting. sengers aud sreitht—the sald tun: to be ested ih a @ Capital of such company and uppn uch conditions us may be thatthe upon sul "two third is of the subscribers, provided ‘ shail Fopress: t more cent the whole ims sub. nan ‘farther provided that subscriptions jot tess than $3,000,000 shal * be opttonal, ft "bellu a condition of this subseripuon that no clatin for interest, diviaends or other remune va shail be made by the subscribers hereto uuil ( wereed ‘upon ior further capital shalt be comp: tv Periods at which the a 18 subscrined still be p apie and all surther Sducuils to be subject of uure action, This form of subscripiion was unanimously adopted bythe meetng, Which by this time was composed of Iully one hundred of our most enter. prising merchunts una business men, Mr. DRAKE remarked at this stage of the pro- ceedings that this popes presented in as icw words as possible the only ieasible plan by which rapid trapalt can be optdined, The new amendinents to our State cons:ituyion prohibited the passage of new charters by the Legisiature, and as nearly all the iranchises granted bad iapaed it seemed to him that the suoject had got to be dove de novo, | The obstacle in the past has been we wane ofa sufficient sum of mouey to make capitalists feel | | secure in putting thei Money toto the investment. Now, 1! the pe. ple who are directly tuteresced in | this subject—the people Who ride and own prop- erty on the line of the proposed road—wiil come jorward and beg suscriptions (o @ paper of Lois | kind, show their determination to push the work, | the Wealthy capitalists o this city and Europe | direction. Mr, Keene struck agaimse a tree | would be prepared 10 furnish whatever | With terrible force. His collar bono and ten | meana might be required to finan tite | ribs Were broken, seVon behtud and three tu trou road, It 18 @ mustakeu linpression that tue | The fragments o1 the oroken ribs penetrated the | wealthy men of this city held back. I have right love of the jog and death resulted from , compression oF the jungs. Scarcely une o| those Wio were onthe sied at the time uv! tue acciwent escaped unharmed. Mrs. sprained aud one of the ligatares broken, and was otherwise. badly brousd, A Miss Burnham was severely bruised, and Raymond Vose was vad Cus AVOUE Che (grehead and Kenip. . It Was thought that ls injuries might prove fatal, but be was e! ‘day much improved, and there is now every ope of luis recovery, Keene hada her aakis | conversed with many of them and they show a more active interest than the people at ‘large, ‘rhey have given their time and spent considerable bouks. When he got stuck he did nothing but uc down to his bay tc and UPON HERCULES to help him out: ot the mire, Now let us put our money ih perfecting schemes of rapid transit. | ‘The fact ts that the people have been willing to do | as uid the wagoner of Wuom We read in vur school | | Shoulders to the wheel, and when you have done bf you - a depend transit they coul “yy 16 an Wapt in the by devising plans !or a road. they can't succed 11 wh tr. York terested thing. reed with & wealthy capitalist on woe said “if the people wanted rapid lime.” Batif we it we bi way the wfore our people nave begun and then they wonder tting rapid transtt. Dake thougut t the citizens of New were capable of doing one patriotic, disin- He thought tnere were men in this city who would go about in the districts where they reside and sucd sums as they can, guaranteed make Jerrin, atl retest to put down to iit this out of the mire ‘and 1b @ practicable thing. He concluded by re- i tO the monopoues as they existin tne street railroad companies, and declared that if these railroads stood ip the way oi rapid transis they stand in the way 0! something that will ran over men of the city see that the and foot by these railroads t ald and compel an 1ov A gentleman named the room, spoke iD @f inaudibie tone tor them and crush them, When all che first people are tied hand ey will come t100 mto their URFEE. from the moments; out the exact drilt of nis remarks -coutd Temarkas were uBderstood to mean movement porac not be caught by the stenograpners. ris that this 8 calculated to create another cor- hose just denounced by Mr. Drake, Hon like and to be in favor of the City Coppell solving the long discussed ppl He had much to say BOUP TURNPIKES and the right of Away. questions in which the au- diene: e seemed to tuke HO special interest, as they endeavored to shut him off, and finally he became @ listener rather than an instructor on the subject of turupikes, alter a f, Spetienan bad, with a voice like n Ucking of @ watch, exclaime: tho steam wht competition with the "send down that Paper lor signatures, That is the best way to talk." Com! , modore Lavy (afver Mr, Durfee had been anne uo, 8 Sea) Temarked that, in bis opinion, Sua” pose $300,000 wk: an excessive sum, A railroad be Dutt from the Battery to Harlem at per mile, OICE—Toat is Just $3,000,000—what we pro- to raise, Commodore Levr—How far do you call it? A Voica—len miles, Gommodore Levy—Only eight miles. Mr. thing to ap! DRakk&—This matter, to sccomplish any- at ail, must be done by the people, I wish Roly to Une people tn Bing arco" and ask 100 men to come forward now or at some other time and agree to secure subdscriptiona to the capital stock Of at least $60,000. I, therefore, submit the following fy OBLIGATION, je und o use their bost rts In obtaining nubsertp oun the ex nt of atleast ach tor the fund purpor 10 promo! eS transit, upon the conditions ae torth in the sul ir adopted at thy eting of ape citizens held at Pee Chamber ot Commerce ‘on the Tstaay no time in taking the ste of Febraary, 1875 This Jacob Cohen, 7 W. N. unk G. Br wR, i Aognmens was signed by Lippi & Froid avid N. Clarkson, anthony &0o., Wallin 2 ti Morriil, Jolin Haven, George A. Haley. While the signati were being attached to the above and the subscription list Mi ROOSEVELT, the Secretary, announced tnat be was autnariaed by @ gentleman present to say that he wonlk ONE OF TEN TO SUBSCRI each, Ti a THOUSAND DOLLARS bacripuon at this and tbus mai meeting. SEVERAL VOICES—Give us his pame, Mr. ROOSEVELT—I will with His permission give it. CAV ARAL Vorces—Get bis. permission, Mr. A receas Was here taken to give the Roosevett—ve declines. present an opportunity to subscribe tor stock, ‘the result was the toliowing SIGNATURES TO THR Be CRIPTION List, ie 009 4, Johnson, 100 woes ore 5 Do ai tM Low ‘a. 1,c00 3. Sow i, & Phtins Bow William H. Morrei 5.000 Lawson N, Fuller, CO) bavi M: Knapp. 000 ‘Total... $25,500 A MO’ VEMENT DEFEAT: snenaa recess Mr. HAZARD presented the follow- ing resolution, icate how easil eding it wito some remarks 4 @ rapid transit road could be z built to Forty-second street :— Resolved. Tha¢ a committee of three be sopolneed act ‘the Chair, cable existing pian sit H road, having the neceasar: tended to Anguire if there A for the Legpenierhr! ae bit tran. ‘lation complete, and which can command a consi feral gp Portion of the cap- ital net cessary tor its consiruction. This was laid on the table. OOMMODORS VANDERBILT DAMXS Fad THING. Mr, stood Vanderbilt, stated that he hi with jected sBeribe @ dot A. PBTEEBSON, Who wished it to be on tad that he Was not the agent oft Commodor the fae of the rail, to the city building tt he never would sub- bad, however, stated that he would surre! ler his iranchise to’ the city Iree % coat ore would: to carry Hariem the rate from the Batter, at the Same figure. Peterson, “hs proves grea jaughter,) circumstance tuas Me, Vanderbilt, on being: to recently ai “Damn the thin; give 4% to Scorporation aid agree assengera frome Forty-second ayreet (0 for five cents if the company eo ee fix to Forty-segend perges “ll he will do that,” said himsell a man of generosity.”? W. DTEDMAN stated that he recalied to t ” Ther ‘bere subectiptions.re refore = & spin thas Mr. Vanderuilt ‘avored the ‘hove: mir J. B, ORUROH Offered the folowing:— Resolved, Rg a fabenrip tion list p shat the balance will be forth. | work! | ‘hus we will get enough | i | vices of $1,500,000 | 5 tive Eve reetan tere rent Rexroth bd $004 year; yet thisis good investment for English tal. The same cheap Feng ay be hud in nearly every city « of the United States except New York. Any capitalist ought certainly to be satisted with ien per cent on a permanent investment in real property. The northern suo urbs of New York must compete with the itttle towns and villages of New Jersey and Long {sland in the matter of cheap homes and rapid railway communication if we would keep our producii classes among us, Another thing. No expensive venoms, of ral transit will pay one per ae on cost of’. cone struction, We must select the best plan when the time comes to do 80, bearing fa mind the best route anc the lowest possible cost of construction, No jobbery, but build the road in the imterest of the public. I am imiormea that the London metropoittan ratway cost such ap enormous sum that it barely pays toree per cent. its engineer alone received the extravagant pay ior his ser- £300,000) Philadeiphig§ is neap and its prosperous, because its rents pulation distributed over a st ared, while ours is concentrated. Baltimore has its steam tramways slong Its wharves and plers, communt- cating With its main trunk lines leading to the West. The same may be said of Boston, At each of these places ‘a merchant or shipowner can land bis cargo irom shipboard and ron it into cars and transport 8 to its destination ata much smaller cost than in New York, This ditference in the cost of handling ods and in transportation is working a great forory to the prosperity of New York. The differs ence ls 30 great that when 1 is saved to the West erp producer and merchant it leaves him quite a large margin of profit, He will not come to New York to make bis purchases when he can make them three, four or five per cent cheaper in any of Our sister cities, Why is it, too, that many oi our resident manufacturers who do their buat iess 10 New York establish their ta 1es in Newark and in Conneeticut, employing large numbers of working people there instead of our nome popula lation? Simply because they save mouey dy 1. ‘They can manutacture, handle and transport their ware and merchandise for one-third jess than they could in this city, and all for the reason that we have Jatled to currect the abuses existing here and to exhibit the proper public Spirit and enterprise to keep pace with our sister cies, and enter wit tne vldtime zeal of the Knickerbocker daysioto @ heglthy competition with (near in the greut race for manufacturing, me- chanical and commercial supremacy, Let us pusa this rapid transit, tben, to # successiul and practi. cat result, and by keeping our skilled arusans atiemen | Years ago asa great public necessity. among US, by providing them with cheap fares and healthy abodes outside tenement honses in New York, her onward marca to prosperity wiil bave no rival on this Continent, claiming for itself tne ttle of Empire City. Iv will. have its legitimate share of business and popularion. provided we tose 8 necessary Lo make ita entire arpa. of land available by rapid and cheap trans! ‘The present city horse car compantes during the year 1874 carried 140,500,000 passengers or 1a.es— over three times the population of the United States. With a nominal capital of $24,000,000, or $260,000 per mile, they can earn and pay dividends, Why could not a welt built and well managed rapid transit road, sutted to the times, with com- fortable accommodations for its patrons, get ite share of so large @ busiuess’ Why would not the property in the upper Wards im time quite equal In value the tower wards of the present cay. On the compietion of ne Heil Gate improvement, every (oot of the East River water frons will be made available to commerce, and Harlem River will be made a canal to take the place of the once contemplated snip canal, to be constructed by tae Mannattan ship Canal Company, and inaugurated ‘A. DRAKE. A BRUTAL MURDER. & TERRIBLE TRAGEDY IN THE WILDS OF PENN: SYLVANIA+-TWO BROTHERS MURDER AN AGED MAN UNDER REVOLTING CIRCUMSTANCES. Towanpa, Bradford County, Keb. 1, 1875. A few miies from this place, in Asylum township, there is a cluster of half a dozen mean houses, oc- cupted evidently by the familles of farmor day jJaborers. But notwithstanding the unattractive character of this hamlet and its surround. ings, people have tor several days iound such an irresistible attraction in iv that they have come from miles around and filled every field aud road, and hung about it as ifit were impossible to leave it alone ta its desolation, The main objects of interest to the crowds thas have come from every direction are two particular huts. The snow in the garden or lot between these two buildings is cut up by several peculiar looking paths, woioh are red with blood. Tuere had a parr sedd are great clots of biood here and tLere in the snow, 0 that while he, oo- | and on the doors of both houses, and onthe casings, ana. on the silis, and even on the shrub bery by the door the same red marks are plainly seen. One of she smell sud unpretending houses men tioned had been for years the dwelling of Egbers Sickler, an aged and harmless man. For some time pest shere had been living with hims young the | married couple named Powers—Stanley Powers en | and his wife. Powers had long been one of the reriled, | desperadoeaof this section. In the ather house, ross the lot from Sickler’s, lives the family of “gule” Powers, a brother of Stanley’s, and bearing ‘an equally bad reputation. THE MURDER. On Thursday last old Sickler and Stanley Powers came to Towanda. They were bere ail the afer- entieman proposed that the committce walt | noon making purchases ana drinking rather freely, committee: to procure the n talent Horan a Bit ere ra general quick ramet l iw, nd present the same to the Legisiatare for its action. Lai on the table. apes’ charter. HENRY BeRas, President of t! Prevention of Cruelty to Anti wh ments Natener, here arose and rema had adr. Vanderbiit and ask him to donate his | They got ready to start home about dusk, both Th resolution was withdrawy, THE NOBLE HORSE os been @ listever wit a great deal oJ intereat to the discussion, and now, il the question o; money is ended, he wished to speak on wnother subject. “E tepresent,”’ said the great ana good triend of pra brute rvces, “perhaps the largest constituency attered with a look of serene seli-satistaction, sical sufferings, use) “they do n other Mup in this community.” ‘this was G is true,” continued the mal, a pa haye, paged ol the dumo ani- red ones, and” (with voues (Laughter) “they howeVor, aD interest based upon their phy- 1am tn favor ot a mass meeting “that taney ane ri at Coopec Institute, 1 am im favor of no rapid transit except to I wat The Emperor saw the propriety of getting ti bed to te bondi he lor the loan. crow vest, Mr. romo powe: movi to interest the mass wer. in ists fe rid of worse wanted fund: 8 in Paris, The governmen' I saw the th Teast for #0 opportanity to in- nd every cy taken by them was A BOND POR THEIR GOOD BEILAVIOR. BERGH ineisted thas nothing gould pe more us than to give the city government tne 1 to construct the road. He couciudea by pg that a meeting be held at-Cooper Institute This proposition mec with serious opposition, and it was latd vn the table. The irrepressibie 1 HEODORE TOMLINSON attempted along harangne in favor of the city building the Toud, while 9 Mt, VANDENBAUGH attempted a long speci Both of them were shut out, and alter he addption of resolutions providing tur the printing of sudscrip:ion tis nd ordering that one ol ym be leit with M mm, Secretary of tho Chamber of Commerce to receive the signa- tures oi such gentiomen as desir: to subscrioe, Hd meeting adjourped subject to the call of the chair, RAPID TRANSIT AMONG THE ALDEBMEN. The ‘mane following notice was issued yesterday :— Committee appointed by the Board oi Alder- in accoraance with the recommenda ion of fis Honor the Mayor to investigate the eubject of rapia and to Roper such measures as may feastbi condi dully @auoUunce that such a hearing wil transit by hearing the parties interested, most pion $0 Meet tho Mecesgary isning the result, respect- ii be given best ada “ot accomp! u at the chamber of the Board of Ajaermen ow pall 8d day of February uext, at one o'clock P. oraily or tn The may citizens, their be en, that will provide Jairly jor the adjastm quest result in securing rapid transit relie! point The , Those who appear will be heard ney may submit written statentontes committes hope that im this way they receive the assistance of their ellow many of whom have avtenwou to this subject, and tn Abied to irame and recommend ion, compreliend every necessary detail and in the very where the city’s need ms most pressing. H. D, PURROY, Chairman,* Mayor yesterday received notice that wo- day, at two o’clock, @ report om rapid transit, its Jeasibility, &£c. would bo received from ©, K. Graham, Engtneer of the Dock Department; En- gineer Cnanute, o! the Erie road, and others, HOW THE PROSPERITY OF NEW YORK CIRCLES AROUND RAPID TRANSIT. To THe Epirorn oF THE HERALD:— Tne question of the necessity ef rapid communi- cation between the two extreme ends of the city has been so thoroughly discussed that it is not neces. sary to go over the story again. New York’s future prosperity aemands rapid transit, Her commercial supremacy must be maintained, but no city, nO matter how favorably it may be-located, can prosper without stimulating manufacturing | mechanical industry among ics working classes, It is the producing or working class, embodying the real capitalists of our city, that we wish to retain among us. And we can only do this by furnishing that class with cheap homes, cheap lands for erecting their mills, their loundries and workshops, cheap transporta- | tion for their goods and products, and rapid and cheap communication between the twoends of the olty. Ia the auburbs of London the mechanic and vv had been 8 mag, 0a, down in a irked that he is being the worse for liquor. Powers’ wife says they reached home about seven o'clock. ‘The old achair, Powers was quarrel- Alter Lagat the chairs over as tast aa cowd he pulled a bed out into the centre of the room, and, jumpiog uvon it, danced about on tt as if he were trying to break the bed down, This seemed to make Sickler angry, and he ar and ordered Powers to stop Ms noise. “1 am householder here,’ he said; “I’ve had, enough of this.” ‘his exasperated Powers, who’ jJamped from the bed an’ Knocked Sickier aown, ‘Phe old mah regained his tcet, when Powers felled him 1@ the door witn a chair, cutting a large gash over his eve. Sickler seized a butcher kote that lay on the tavle near by to defend himsei, Powers. who 18 quick and very strong, sprang vpol sicKler und wound his arms about him, pinuimg beth of the jormer’s arms to hia sides. Powers threw the old man on tle bed, au holding the hang Which had tne knile, began we pone im, Sickler cried for heip and sor mercy, Powers was afraid to render any aid or go jor any. Jule Powers, who had heard the noise of the disturbance, came running into tne bouse. Seeing the useless knife in Stokler’s hand he exclaimed, “I'll murder any man that draws a knite on my _ brother!’ {ter bdeawog Sickler unwl he was neariy seuseless and was covered with biood, the two brothers took off his shoes ayd stockings and tying a rope about his ankles dragged lim out of the house and through the snow to Julie's house. The oid map for mercy, and offered them all he had in the world to be set tee. ‘fhe cries of Sickler in the house had brought several of the neighvors to the scene, but when the brothers dragged their victim out by the rope they al! fed in frignt to tueir houses. They wok Sickler inte dule’s house. Alter tis they dragged lim out Lhrough 4 Woodhouse and then around the los Jor some time, cutting several paths and staining ow with viood, They then dragged Sickler inte bis own house and subjected the old man to the most flendisn tortures. fhere is no doubt but that they buog him up by the neck and tor- tured him by burning and pinching him. There are marks of & rope around a beam and the mark of a rope piainly around tue neck of the murdered man when his vody was ound. | The news of tue murder reached this place the e night, and wheu the brothers were arrested and brouget here Jears were entertained jor their en but they were got into jail, and now await rial. COLONEL EL POTTER ACQUITTED. CLOSE OF THE NINE DAYS’ WONDER TRIAL I ELIZABETH. The Elizabeth court room was densely crowded yesterday, the last day of the most exciting triet ever witnessed in Union county—that of Colonel Henry L.’Potter, of Linden, on an indictment for arson, in settii ire to bis house and barn, Upog the opening of the court a lively “spar” took place between counsel as to which side should pegin the sumnonng up. Finally Colonel Potter’s sentor counsel made his specch, In which he declared there was Not a particle of direct evidence upon which to convict the accused, and warned the jury againat the terrible responsibility of convicting a Mun On merely cireunistantial evidence. On the other band. the prosecutor, tn samming up jor the State, argued that tere was AMPLE EVIDENCR TO) CONVICT. He claimed that the fact was established bee “4 the barn was fired, that a juse was found, aa proyed by six witnesses. He aid not Py ed there Was any direct evidence xhowr fired the barn, but the cireumstant rides pointing to that jact was, be thuught, strong ama | conclusive. He considered it stagmar that counsel for tie derence sgould avoid: ing any effort to prove that the Colonei’s character previous to | ints case was not bud, and reierfed to ms belug court maruaed at the close of the War. Potter, 4, in the world. Who, then, cou baro, Senator Stone followed for the delence, and tuen tne Judge charged. ‘THe enor, M. the case was given tothe jury. Aiter only about twenty min. At five minutes past four ures they returned a verdict of acquittal, The | scene tu ana around nthe gee sel a ume wae e xi M pie By ratty ected sr eRttt, in 4 result, mis Fordics a meets With general public approval,