The New York Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1875, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, Opening of the Twelfth Week in the Great Scandal Suit. —— BESSIE TURNER'S EVIDENCE. Stor Continuation of Her Story bout Tilton’s Actions. A VIGOROUS CROSS-EXAMIN ATION, SEE ee BE. The Witness a Little Con- fused in Dates. AMUSING TILT BETWEEN COUNSEL. After two or three weeks of repose and compa atively restricted attendance upon the Brooklyn Court there was a crush yesterday. The sunny morning and milder atr Billed the streets with people, and before the Court Hoase a great crowd was assembled, while tae steep irom stairways and dark corridors of the Court eu: fice were biack With disgusted people wno could mot gain access to the chamber o! scandal, ‘he police were sa- vere and peremptory, and the anteroom between che Court and the Judge's retiring room was so packed with people that the reporters and jury could barely crowd tareugh. Imside the Court none were allowed to stand, 89 that the excess of people had te crouch dowa and id the Judge's eye and the police. Only ome weman was in the court room not tcentified with this trial by leug attendance. Mrs, Field, Mrs, Shearman and Mrs, Tilton occupied vheir usual places, amd Mrs. Beecher came tn between Mr. Beecuer and one of the Beecher family. Floor Muster Cauldwell was exceedingiy pressed for seat room, ana resisted with all Lis might the overtures ul stringers to occupy the chairs devoted to the faitaiul. Ail the lewyers were [D court anusu. early, except Fullerton, who came In last, and was soon fellowed by Bessie Turner, who was fullewed by Shearman, and met half way by Cauldwell, who touk ger on his arm up to the platiorm. Mr. Beecher looked very well and with un- usuaily good color. He is in a very Sauguine state of mind, as are Dis friends cna@ his lawyers. Mrs, Beecher came into cvurt at the beginning of the trial with a pale ‘ace, bat with a stout spirit, an expressive Coumtenance an@ all tue evidences ef her original mental force and temperament. Day by day she has drawn uj on her resources until the strong, Sarcastic smile bas almost ceased to re- spond to the solicitation of her will. The face ts pinched; sleep eomes easily to the tired bouy and uen-attention. The great suvject of the crowd and the gossips yesterday was Bessie Turner's cross-examination. Great results were ioooked ‘or trem Fullerton's tilt with this one of the twe ton household who ce tesuly, the other being Mrs. Morse, General opinion ram that Bessie would weakem, coutradict herseli and make a helpless cripple ef her orivinul testimony under the well-informed and cangtio cross-questioning ot unsparing aud B.mo.e rapiereman WuO ed a witeess, Tne resait Was mot @ very complete success. The lawyer appeared to kaow as much apout Miss Bessie Turner a8 she knew about nersel.; but he could not, for all that, make her change her story, If he tripped ber she jell back to a bit of fact, and reiterated t aud stuck to it, like @ boy to his pisener’s base. From suis Main fact she Would Skirmish a little way out but, if chased, returned to the line of securi again, There seemed mo way to everturn her testimony but todo it by utting eviaence. Nevertheless Miss furner did tell a different story Qh a number of important respects irom that which she gave belure the church Committce of Investigation, She admitted, witkeut evasion, that What she said op (he Right she was questioned at Le house Of Augustus Storrs, after a prelimin- ary eXamiuation by Geueral Tracy, was wide of he mark, aud tmat by 1 bing ber memory at habitants of the Tile | XING TRIL monishment and instruction, hut they said nothing | on the subject Of paying her bills, To-morrow the mysterious and bewildering | kaleidoscope will revolve again, Fullerton’s | abuity to shake Mr, Beecner's testimony when he | comes Upon the stand begins to be doubied, | | THE RVIDENCR. | The jury were prompt in taking their seats, and | Mr. Shearman commenced business by handing | | the Witness, Miss Turner, & small parcel of ploto- | | graphs jor identification, The examiuation was | | thes continued by Judge Porter, aod witness stated:—His (lilten’s) Visit to my room was ip 160%, and he Carried me trom one reom to the | other Lp 1569, On the night When Mr. Greeiey was | Ubere; Mrs, FLiton was absent in New Brunswick one wight in December, 1870; | visited Mr. Beecher to tel tim about Mr. Tilton’s visit to my room; L never told any oue before | went to Steupenviile, after Mr. Tiiton had made the charges against Mr. | Beecner; | tad told otaers about Ti!tou’s visitiag my bedroom, | have received several letters lrom ur. Tilton. ‘he counsel then handed the witness two or three le ters, which she identified as having been received by her from ‘ilton at diferent times. | Tae witness also ideutified the envelopes o: the above letters, | TILTON’S LETTERS TO PESSI. | ‘The letters of Tilton to Bessie Turner were read by Judge Porter in a gelemn voice, They were unusual in nothing, except in a modified tone of affection, different irom that in which one would addses# his own children, but yet with a certatu | tone of responsibility for her health, havits and intelligence, | | While they were read Mr. Shearman busily en- gaged Bessie Turner tu conversarion, she stooping | down from the chair, Tilton was in very good | spirits or appearance, and dectdedly older, sucked | Dis gold penei! and made notes, and Fullerton, ail alert to bear and to read, did both and watched | the witness as times. He had a diagram of the Tilton residence and coptous notes by Theodore | Tilton and fimseif on his table, Judge Porter then read the tollowing letters:— | Mount Versow, Iowa, Jan. 5, 1569. My Duan Linsy—I hear that you have been in want of a physician. Tregrot, but am not surprised to hear this, tor [have elten noticed with paim that you are very careless Aud teck cas of your health, By and by you will pay the penalty, You will lose your good looxs, your round cheeks and your spriglitly ways. Bad health 8 axreatcmemy to young girls; it quietly turns them into old ween. i should be sorry to see You gray haired | on my reiurn to Brooklyn. Unhappiness, too, causes wrinkies on young faces. Are you trying to live a happy life? Sometimes I know you try to succeed. At other | \u you do not try. aud of course iail. Now you have a ready had 4 docto: for your body, let me be a doctor for your mind. “A ctieerful heart,” says the prov: | erb," “deetin good like midwite.” 1 trust that Dr. Barber wiil conquer your ill health, but it is your | owncheeriul heart that must conquer your unbappi- | neas You know | love you very much and count you as one efmy children, But I wish to be the tather of henry fimily , stealevery day a iiitle of the sunshine ite itaway in your Beart to make you happy. | ursever, THEODORY TILTON, HOMESICKNESS AND HAIR COMBS, | LixpeLh Howse, St. Lows, ec. 30, 1336. My Drax Lanwiz—{ have a tuoment of leisure’ betore breakfast, and I catch a pen to show you that 1 remeim- ber the giri who combs my hat to employ bar- | Wers tor that purpose new. I'have been since early | yesterday morui rest hotel in the United | States. The on You never saw such 4 great Wouse, except nt building. It is abyut as large (perhaps larger) than the County Court House in Breo !yn. | Lasteveumy after T returned trom my lecture, the great balls were re-echoing o the sound of music. Ih Wasa ball. There isa ball bere every Wednesday e how they dressed. tw | ing. Lwent im to see the ladies and if 6 of them were in pure white, some in varingated 's. The scene remmed me of the b atthe Sara. | toga Hotel, whic I tmink you saw, I enjoy my travels | mteh, except or the homesickness. Ttis a peasant and | isetal’thime to see the world. Alerica is the noblest of | countries. I: is so large that one must travel many days | und months to see tt thoroughly. Take a map of the | Uniced Staton, look for the State of Mixsourl and the city | ef St Leuis; then you will Know exactly where | am. Thave bem mueii further West—as tar as Kansas, When | | in Kansas T was nearly 4.0) miles from home, now Lam | 1.000, bat I can’t see aly difference between ‘these two distances, so far as either affects my loneliness and yearnings for home. | T trust tua: you are day by day striving to live a nobler live, to be more and more lovely in your disposition, more and more agreeatie to your friends, more and | more Christian in all your conduct. T have always loved you very much, and wish to see you grew im:o a noble woman,’ And tow, good morning ) and od bless you. ‘ver your frien), TiKODORE TILTON. PATHERLY LOVE. Brooxiyy, Oct. 4. 1870, | | My Dean Byeste—I have long been under the impres | | sion that you you were so far torge:ting me as to write | me no leiter trem Marietta; bui Mrs. Puron has aasertod | the contrary and hag produced a jetier wnich you sent | so long ago 4s May 24, so tis I who am in your debt. not Youin mine, Iowe You an apology for wot answering Your boxg ago epistle, whiea I did: it was so long ago that I had forgotten you had rent it ot mi. | mrs, Til'en is to start for Marietta next Mon- | day, te maxe a visit of a few weeks to | her Gear! oved friend, Mrs. Putnam. I trust you will ville until Aéter you have seen ihe face your Breokiyn dewefactress. I fee! com- Peed to say (hat [am serry The lever whieh you lately s coming trom your new friends seems to me comaider- ably beweath ihe dignity of a true lady to write. fam | wim ax the hag ct OF Your going amon Phis Tsay hi sirict confklence, an ‘ou are going to Nashville. | forwarded ‘o Mra Tilton itisnot to be repeated fo aby other person than Mrs. Putnam, te whem Lam willing you snoud show this let r. Your roskfence in Marictta, under Mr Fain s T, hag boom a matter of many pleasant thoughts wit me eve vines you went there, [regret thst you are to | | leave the goo things by wich you are surrounded there, As to the Circumstinces witich compel you to this course I know aot, but I (rust will think twice before you determine io a-anion vy your own act so Kin a home. Of coarse, i) your lu/ure movement ave diciated by | ethers, that you sueth Jeaye Mariecta, I! have nothing tofay on the subject. Wultelam writing these lines randiaa ts here in tae secend story frout room wateh- ng the baby in iis bach, wine mother is giving him te iMBaatixtction. Aliso and “ad” have just gone up stairs te Ded, for if is otgat o'clock. Florence is im the | parler entertaming Master Joe Low. the house loo! Bbout he sau ascrer. You have been absent so long ease to &s you. but we remember you. your life may be long, pros- You Bave man ties of charac ary respect. Your inveilee:tal imorove- {in your letters to Airs. Filion, is very w Lhope, my dear Bowe. peroms and happy. which i g tasey Sudsequent lelsurs, aud comparing dates aud | grattlying by his i ato me pats: h God bess and keep you everywhere. consulting diarie: she ob a with | Give may warcacs gars to ae ‘and Putnam. | m at tb ‘ r seud you my ta-herly love. Yours | nage te Ape pip mirth ty ad } m THLODIRE TILTON. | ; eo Besta re very grave, ROWEVET, | ane examination was tien resumed and wit- d would appear to imcicate that the yousg | ness stated :—Mr. and Mrs. Tilton suggested to adv had a very poor memory sevea mo ago me to go to oolt ar ie te On10; Ai asked woe ne details and order ¢ muck 1 ta me how wo: like to go to boarding bon the details and order of two suck Impertant | so nog1: {sata It wax too good to be true; I wus de- events as repeated atiacks upon her chastity. jiguted with tue idea; we told me ail about tue Before \ue chmrch commitiee she reversed the s@mipary and Dr. be said Dr. Lee would be ors " . ceurred t t ‘ anige very Kind to me, ashe (Puton) was well known of peigl Gilg pot gcse hdd e the whereabouts Of | vere: ne lad lectured there on Re 1 occaston®} Mrs. Han@ ssid ecuongh to enacle the plain- Mr, Titos c to me about it; there was iff im this action to pursue her outamd prove motalag assigned that I know of as - reason for possibly otber whereabdout © himeet going West; on the frst eccasion that Mr. Tilton saibly otuer whereadouts for himself or her at | FO NRG ay room he came to the bed; he di not le a fixea time. For tastauce, Miss Turmer, down ow it, bat rather reclined; 1 was lyingon the cefore the chareh committes, said that Mrs, | Iront side of the bed, Tiltun was absent at the period when | BESSIB’S LETTER OF APOLOGY. whe became sudject to Titen's assault, aud | The celebrated letter of January 10, 1871, by sevcribed where she was. swore Yesterday sae simply that the assauits were in warm weather, the years 186% and 1869, apd pot in the year 1867, aS she at first said. Nor was she able te re- | call any other circumstances, Consequently Bessie furner’s charges are now re@uced to the charges themselves, sworm to, bat sudstantiated by no | testimony but her owa. She testified yesteraay | ‘nat Tiiton dictated the letter where sne accused herself of telling lies agaimst her patren ana patroness, Under the malignant influence of Mrs. Morse, that sae (Bessie) then signed . She undertock ne expiamation of her feelings oF motives tm thus falsifying herself. Tne other letter she wrote to Mrs. Tiliom, Saying it was a wicked lie that she was carried screaming from her bed to Tiltom’s, sme accounted for by ing that Mrs, Tilton gemanded it of ber. Her preseut (estimony omits the screamti | Consequently yesteraay’s crocs-examination | leaves Misa Turner's testimony in statu quo. Those Who espouse the piaintif’s cause say that | Bessie has anniuilated what solemnly related | in the first place, and prepared & different story | containing the same charges against Tilton while under the tuition of Mrs, Morse | and others who have resided with | her at a Brooklyn boarding Bouse, These parti- vans of Tilton potot to tae recklossness of a young girl relating two wholly different stories under diferent kinds of necessity about a matter so im- portant to every maiden’s good name and mod- esty. On the other band, Mr. Beecher’s friends are | Celighted witn Bessie Turner's testimony. Taney | say when she appeared before the church commit- te# she had litte or mo motification of what she Was to appear for, and told wer tale ay it occurred to her at the moment, and that if she sutsequently refresbed her memory, aod bas careiully omitted ber original mistakes, it all goes to prove her ingenuousuess, They also say that the fact of ner willingness to appear | for Mrs. Tilton, her venelactress, at the risk to her | woman's future wuich such an unwholesome nar- rative may have, 18 proof of her sincere inten- tions to be grateiul and just. Bessie Turner’s imteliigence, promptness and @martness had to be admitted by both sides, course there Was Dothiag more remarkabie avous her style and grade of mind than has appeared in witnesses of tne second class geperaliy, for ever since it became apparen’ taat there would bea suit in court Bessie Turner has bad nothing to do , but to get ready jor the stand. Yet almost every man inclined to douot her narrative must besi- ate When be considers that, asa poor girl, with nothing to lose but her modesty and reputation, she has put herself ou record to such tesumony at the threshold of her woman's career. Nothing was shown yesterday as to who sent Hessie Turmer to school. Letters were read irom Wuten to herseil, givime her encouragement, ad- | and i wrote it; I bell or | Resste Turner to Theodore Tilton, contessing that she Bad lied in Sayime anything against Mr. Tilton at the suggestion of Mr’. Morse, was adduced and recogmized by the witness and @ succesain! effort | made to read {t again, resisied by both Beach and | | Fullerton. It came im, aud the wirn! tion that she wrote it at Tilton’s dictation was given with lucidi:y and aplomb, the witness ges- turing rather gracefully with her fan. Next the circumstances under waich Mrs, Tilton received from the witness @ denial that Tilton had at- tempted to violate her. Periectly cool, intrepid and with all her senses, tne girl related this curious story, which, it 1s needless to say, put a diferent impression upon both documents from that which Tilton desired to establish. Mrs, Purdy, whe was the landlady of Mrs. Morse, Mra, Putnam god Bessie Turner @ few weeks ago, was also im Court. ‘ Witness stated:—Mr. Tilton dictated the letter ve Mra. Tilton was at home that day; we were In is Dearoom; he was siting on the sola bedstead; le Was quite well; we were talking about Mrs. Morse, and he asked me tf Mrs, Morse nad ever {uvitea me to go round and ‘ell the story to Mr. Beecner; I said Mrs. Morse nad told me thatifl weut and told Mr. Beecher she would give me something aici butldid pot go and tel Mr. Beecher, | Alter @ wrangle between connse! about the form of 4 question, witness continued:— After | had told him that Mra, Morse had asked me to tell taat story to Mr, Beecher, he asked me i | Would copy that ofin my handwriting aud [ cid; 1am Dot aware that the paper was Im the hands ef Mr. Tilton. A letter trom Bessie Turner to Mrs. Tilton, reverring to certain propositions made to the Wituess, Was here read, as [ullow Brook jan. 17,187. | My Dean Mrs, Tirox—I want te ‘el! you something. Your motuer, Mrs. Morse, bas re ly atiempted to hire me, by oflering me dresses und presents, (@ go to certain persoms and tell them stories injurions to the character of Your hurband, I have been persuaded that the kind attention sno Hilton tor years dishonorable demonstrations ver at the time ht tat Mr. lilen's caresses were for such 4 pure pose. [do vot want te be made use of by Sirs. Morse oF AMY one cise to bring trouble om tiny two best iriends, youand your busband. Bye bye, BESsIe 1URNLR, Q. Is that letter (showing) in your handwriting? A. Yes. sir, Janvany12 | My Dean Mas. Trutox—The story that Mr. Filton once litted me irom my b el me screaming to bis room and avieaipted W violate my person isa wicked | lie. Yours truiy, BESSIE. ‘The witness said {t was written at Mrs. Tilton’s ; 1iicon sad io # hote rhe wanted me to see het; Woeu | went there / fonnd Mrs. Tilton | WALD paper, ink and pen before her, I copied What | B48 JUS. Been reod from Mrs, Titon’s handwriting; L frst eojected to writing om the ground that | would Making myself out a liar; | remon- strated against signing my bame to tne paper. Q Did you ever (el) any one that he allempted to Violate your person? Mr. Fullerton onjected. Withess—I Rave tid five persons that Mr. Til- ton attempted to violate wy person; | belleve M . Tilton was aware that I lad toid'that story; | | did pot teil them the story ag juli as | wave to.d it | here. | Judge Porter then “That is all; but com. menced (0 ask at question, Wien bis as sociales Whispered someting in bis ear and be | sac down, FULLERTON aT BESSIE. - anticipation beiore Fullerton arose. | quite a 61 | Bee | composed Bessie closed ler testimony at ten minutes Of | at the house iu the absence ui Mr. aod Mra OWS | MARCH 23%, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. twelve, and took a arink of water with a pallid | face, using both hands to cold it, | There was along pause, some talk and merry He had the perfect silence of & large aucience as he arose, With Dis famous eyeglass at the end of bis Anger: and uttered, in bis liquid, soit, umdesigaing voice, “Miss Turner.” Red color, m spots and splashes, covered tne girl's cheeks in a few minutes, although they baa been pale as ff in a fainting spell a few minutes before. She nervously fingered her fan with ber olive-colored kids, spread and shut it and peered out at the people in the anteroom, standing ow tables and staring into the Court, The manner of Fullerton toward the witness was gentlemaniy, but not assuming. His power | does not much Ue iu badgerivg, but tn 1ocision | aod mastery of the facts and the mind of the wit- ness, By Mr. Fallerton—Do you remember the time ou first went to jive with Mrs. Tilton? A, It was in July or August, 1864; 1 was (here off and on lor three years almost; Lléit there several times; f leit (he first thine to go to seuool in Massachus L returned the following spring; [lived then with | Mrs. P. T, Vining; LTremember no trouble with the | Jamily; Lam not sare. after leaving Mrs, Vining’s, whether | went to Mrs, Tliton or to the Elizabeth Street Home; Lean’t recollect when it was | lett the Home, nor 1 can’t give an ideao! the wme I | was there; Mi il) baye been tnere for two or | three years; within the time I was acquainted | With the Tiiton jamrity | went to the Elizaveth Street Home several times; aiter | leit the de beta Street Home the second time I went to Mr. Dows’ place in Twenty-second street; L was with bim from the spring to the ‘All; lI went back to Mrs, Tilton'’s atier leaving Mr. | Dows’; Mrs, Tilton was at nome when I leit Mrs. Dows’; Lintne [came in one day :rom Tarrytown, while with Mrs. Dows, to visit Mrs. Tilton; 1 am not sure of seeing Mr. Tilton during that time; Idon’t reeoliect that Lwasat the Home in Eliza. | beth street at ail during the winter; the time that Mr. Tilton visited in my bedroom was in the sum- merof '69; there were two times, 168 and ’69, THE FIUST INCISION, | Afters few minutes Fullerton got in tne first | point on the witness by making her slip the time | of Tilton’s visits to her bedroom from 1887 to 1863 and 1860. She was for the first time staggered, | and before sne recovered Fullerton put in a letter which completed the destructioa of ner cheeriul- | ness and confidence, | | Witness—I am quite sure he visited my room in 1868 and 1869; 1f Was not 1867 and 1508; Mrs. Tiiton was away when he visited mein 1869; I | think at Monticello, BHSSIE DENTES HER LETTERS. Judge Fullerton then handed a letter to witness and aszed her in whose handwriting it was. She studied the letter pretty closely and vhen said sie couk? not recognize the handwriting. | This letter from the socret arcuives of the plain- tiff, was pot considered by the wirness in the spirit of perfect candor, She denied at first that 1b was her handwriting, and said she could not | tell uatil she read {+ through, ‘Chen she said she did not thiuk it was hers, Fullerton and Beach, | both smiling derisively, told her toread it ail | througa. Then, with @ sufuston of biushes, she Gaid she did recugnize it, and lcoked troubled. “She's hurt,” said the general puviic. “They've | got her |”? Foreman Carpenter went ont a few minutes and the court room began to buzz with talk, while | Evarts bent forward and talked anxiously with short recess quite seriously, Whem Carpenter re turued Fullerton read this rather pretty letter of © the witness, and immediately used it to force an | Beacn and Fullerton. The witness sat in al | anachronism upen Miss Turner, a8 the letter was _ | written in the late spring of 1869, when the wit- | | fectly tn the words of her original testimony, but , hess ewore Tilton solicited her body. | Evarts and Shearman attempted to interrupt. | “Keep still, gentiemen,” said Fullerton, “tt | won’t @o you apy good and may get you into | trouble.” The letter was given to her again, and there was while she read it inrough, and theu exclaimed, ‘itis nine!’ with aD artiess, girlish laugh that captivated everybody but Puilerton. Tae stenographer here read the last auswer of the Witness, in which she recognized the ietter as being written by berself, She explained her re- cognition of thé letter because it contaiped an | | expression nobody could have used but herself Juage Fullerton then read :— | SWEET SHRUBS. | Yanxrtown, May 2%. 1963, | My Dean Prrunp—I arrived here on Saturday even- ing. 1c is so beautiful and pirasant I hardly knew what jo tell you first. Their residence here is just as pleasant as can be—beantfa, walks, all kinds ers and some of the most beautiul hints lever saw, it has been 3 charming day here, and myself and the rest of the fainily attended the Episcopal éuurel @ beautifnl waik from the house, and so beautify’ shaded with irees that you nardly need a suusnade, But Teannot say Lenjoyed the sermon so much as Mr. ers, Thave the prettiest little room imaginaule. Itover- looks some besutiial beds of Sowers, and asl mt here Wrijang the air is so fragrant and delizbisal wish with aulthy heart you and the emidren were here to enjoy id with ine. I have thought of you every moment since Lief you and bow litte appreciated all the loug years which you bore so paueatly with my sullen nature. Now | am thrown among sirangers and am de on myself. Hut, ag you have oiten wold me, there 1 a dearer friend, who will be & Fachor to the fuche ress, and if I tind ‘iim I shalt be happier. Please lot ine Know just how yow are, for 1 tecl anxious about you, Give niy love to M mand dear Oarroll. Teli him f r will bring him some flowers when J come. fave & bicture ot yourself und Caro! like 3 1 nave none. You oul me t, new dollar, and 1 thank you very much, m- Taave enciosed two shrubs to make the loiter mei) sweet. Give my love to tue childrea and a double share to yourself Bkesis, | Please direct w Mr. David Dows. —I perceive that that letter is dated May, 1809; Mr. Tiltun came tomy bed in 1569; Mr. Tilton came to my ved alter I returned irom rf. Vows’; bir. Greeley was stopping at the house at the time; 1 tink Mr. Dows? famiy left ‘Tarrytown to go to Callornia; 1 think I was at tie house when they returned; I think Mr. and Mrs, Vows Were te Only memvers of the family (hat made tbat trip; Lreturued to Mrs. Tilton’s in the summer O1 1800; I Stayed two or three weeks; L afterward went to Keyport, where Mrs. Titon Was; 4 servant, Kate Mcbouneil, was were; [ dou't know Lf she were there when | arrived, or whether sie came alter; I am not sure of what Other members Of Mr. Tilton’s family were at Key- port; Mrs, Tuton went away to Montieeiio; on re- toraing fr m Keyport [found Mrs. Tilton at her | nouse in Brooklyn; a8 Dear as 1 can tel | was two weeks at Mrs, lilton’s alter leaving Mrs. Dows’; 1 am ceriaiu of having seen Mr. Greeley there; Lam not now positive of Kate McDonweil being at (he house when I left for Keyport. | Q. Are you not certain tat in place of Kate AcDonneii going to Keyport then she stayed we- hind (0 adjust Mr. Greeley’s room’ A. 1 am not positive if sve went to Keyport then or afters ward; in February, 1870, I went to Mrs, Putnam's, and | leit there in November, 1870, ana returned to Brooklyn; the jourmey occupied @ day aud & nignt; [ returned with Mrs. Tiitou; | do pot think | I Lad any woubie with Mr. vows; 1 do rememver Mrs. Dows finding fault with my cutting ont @ dresss when | shouid nave been sewing; | think that I told Mrs. Dows1 had better leave as 1 aid not appear to suit. BKSSIE’S DISCHARGE, The manner of the witness when Fullerton pushed her smartly upon her discharge from the Dows family was evasive and troupied, yet plucky. She is evidently @ smart one, wita instant facul- ties, but too free of speech to recall ali that has uttered or to make ber general narrative ail consistent. Witness continued :—When I asked for leave to pay @ visit to Mrs, Tilton they gave It to me; 1 do hot know i I retarned from Mrs. iuiton’s, FIGHT. “You're not the record. You've got another record,” exclaimed Fuilerton to Tracy at twenty minutes of one, and we all Knew that the frat conflict between these sincere haters was on, The above ferce remark of Fullerton was heard by Tracy wit a face desti‘ute of 0 ood and white asthe wail, He bad been 80 anxious to preserve the eficiency of Bessie Jurver’s testimony as at first related tliat he had forgotien himself and jeaped to his feet. He had no sooner said that Fullerton was out of order and had not properiy quoted tue record, when Fullerton met him with the savage remark, “You're not the record, You've got anotuer record." There was immediate confusion, and amidst tt the chirp of the ever ardent Shearman was | heard in the rear, heaving io a@ brick from that Je distanc Evarts stood op smuing, ior mixed in. we came to Fullertoa’s assist. ance, and the witness, somewhat exercised im mind, took @doubie-vanded giaes of water. The defence showed by tueir unanimity a feeling taut this witness was all-important to make their case, The plaint:f’s lawyer® finally e*tablianed by their evidence an incorrect place in the witness’ testi- mouy. Q. Have you not stated in your cross-examina- ton that lira, Lows went to Ualnornia about & mouth after your arrival there? A. | said tant Mrs, Lows went to Caisorbia, and that I tuoaghs Sue returned belore | jelt. | Judge Fullerton then called for the reading of | the testimony, and a# be could not fod any such Blatement on! artof the witness, the cougsel for the delence immu ately rose and toos that Opportunity of came te alteation of the jury wo the trovdiu) lesuuony of tne whines. Withess—It was Mr. and Mrs. Dows Who went t Cailiornia; daring the absence tie (am ly Was seVera children and servants; | Was | that night, when Mr. Tiitou came iato your room, ' both carefuiness and volupility, and ieft a stron, | A. Yes; Lgavo my very words in reply to what ne | | Omph. and also on their return; [ received my wages from Mrs. Dows, but 1 can’t distinctly recotloct whether tt Was before 8he Went or aier sie Came over this matter with myself, with Mrs. Micchell, Air. Hill, Mr. Shearman, Judge Perter, &c. Q. Did any person, after you were belore the back (rom California, . coiumittee, tell you you were mistaken’ A. 1 No? se-so. | bade that discovery, Q. When did you make that discovery? A. Evarta arose to save his witness, watching the cloek for recess, and said that he objected to Ful- terton iesuming With the Wi'ness, and asking 1f 60 and so be 80, is not and 80 also s0.% ‘No! No 1" suid Fullerton, “1 never asked that ques. tf ONO exe . orse aout my mistake; she did not suggest to tion. No,” exclaimed Beach, we mever 8ay, Me inart nad imade a mimtaker ai “Father, we're s0-30,"" | Judge Fullerton then put the question—Can you | Mistake in your evidencey A. Lhad it and coaid teil me i! Mrs, vows paid you ~~ wages aiter Tread tt im wy owa mind, her return from Caliormia? remember Mra, Q. Did you nos have a printed book of your tes- Dows paying me some money when I weot to see titwony in your possession? A, Alcerward L had, Mrs. TL) on, but Lao not remember any.ming alter | bUt not then. she returned from Califoruia, | . Was it not ike the book 1 now hand you, en- Juage Fullertou—! will give you until after titled “Romance of Plymouth Churen!” “A, Yes; Tecess fo reiresh your memory. itis like that; Mr. Shearman gave that book to ‘due Court then adjourned until two P. M. me; the book Was given to me, but I did not iook into it; ars, Mitebeli refresued my mind as to AT REORSS. | some things. ‘s Some ume during this tri’ I did not hear any- @ mistake, Q. Where were you staying when you discovered this mistake? A. At Mrs. Purdy's; Mrs. Morse was there also (lausiter); 1 not talk with Mrs. Frank Moulton came into court at the adjourn- | Q. Who asked you to go to Mrs, Mitchell’s? A. ment, There was a great bustle of talk and Se hee Mr, Shearman requested me to go giggle, some saying:—‘‘Beasie bears it splendidly,” ners. Others asseverating, “She has gone ali to plecea stauce before this jury? A. Only a lew things. in the first wrestle.” 4. Had you thea discovered the error you had Mr. Evarts walked up toward the Beneh to ex made in your evideuce veiore te committee? A. gy ic < pes. change compliments with Judge Loughridge, of | Q. Were your mistakes the subject of conversa- Iowa. Mr, Beecher received many hand shakes, | Mr o's Tie tall Seokats oovvectnn AS cr| ‘Tracy . i a je 3 i 4 che ana he laughed with Tracy over the morning's lt errors you had male. A. She did not correct any with Fallerton, errors; but lu the course of conversation with It was understood that by agreement between Rar se reminded we of some errors tuat I bad S made, Judge Morris and Mr, Shearman the platatif is Q. When you were belore the committee you Possessed of the message the Ovingtops sent | did not state that Tilton put his: hand on your through the American Despaich Company “to Mfrs, | Neck. and you put tt away? A. Lido not recollect o thatI did, The counsel read over the evidence Tilton’ house the night vefore she dually quitted | given by witness ou tue stand. and asked her if it. The message was to the effect that Tilton’s sve had given the same evidence before tie behavior before the committee, his deflant and | rocciiect thal she had said everything sue had aggressive attitude aud threats rendered 18 | stated on the stand; she had umiited a good deal necessary that she should carry ont heragreement | before the committee; L had iorgotven it, (she and leave his home. The plaintiff proposes in Se ee eee a Ne tile aa a) rebuttal to connect tue whole church coterie with | tion belore going before the committec? A. I this conspiracy to force his wife tntoa denial, | cannot say; 1 had not thought of it velore going then to use the denial to tear her from her hus- | pene a committee; I had not thought anything abou band and reiniorce the argument with offers of a Q. When aid vou last recall this conversation compensation he could no longer afford. that took place between you and Mr. Tilton belore Mr. Beecher was not in court in the afternoon, | £4!uw slore the committee? A. I rewemver although Mr, Evarts was. It was sald that Mrs. Q. Give us the date? A. In 1870;.1 recall this Beecher’s increasing Lilmess kept them both at | Conversation In the fall o; 1870. home. Q. When did you think it over again? A, In . Novemuver, 1870, the ume Mr, Tilton knocked me Judge David B. Lockwood, of the City Court of | aown. Bridgeport, Coun., Mr. John Hooker ana Colonel Q whet next did you think it over? <A, I can- J, H, Keed wero on the bench in the afternoon, ag a raitbind eats The cross-examination of Bessie Turner was re- | .y" jaca tee: we bag? sumed by Mr. rion at ven minutes past two Biko d 1t was In December, 1670, tnat 1 told o'clock, She said:—Kalph was born in June, 1869; | Now, Tbave conversed wit Mrs, ‘Tilion since [let the | w@,Now, When was it alter these conversations stand; I remained im the house some time after | Thogencol it? A. Tie boxe chee wie ee aot Mrs. Tilton went to Monticello; tuen I went to houzht of it? A. Tue next time was when I went Keyport: Mr. Tilton came into my room in 1869; | Pelore the investigating Committee; I remember that was the second time; tho first time he came there was in 1568, mittee. Q Why did you not tell the details oefore the a are Kas Mrs Tilton at that timer A. I! conimittee ? A. The conversations didn’t come to @. Do you think she was at home? A. I coula my mind at the time; I told them about lis com- ing to my room and about his taking me on his ap and kissing me; I related to tie committee all that 1 could recoilect at that time, Q Was ii not your tuteution to teil the commit- tee the details of the conversations with Mr, Til- ton? A. My intention was to repeat ail tnat [ could recollect, to teli the truth and to teil every- tuing just as i remembered; what Il want lo say is vhat 1 nad iorgoiten it when | was before the committee. Q. if you had not forgotten it you would have told ittnen? A. Yes, gir; 1 1 had remembered the details 1 would bave told the committee ail then. Q. Now, will you name all the persons to whom you toid this story about Mr, Tiiton coming to ‘our room? rs. Bradsiaw, Joseph Ricnards, Isabel D. Oakley not say positively; my impression is that she was absent, but 1 could not say positively; Iwas in the second story !ront bedroom; no ‘one siept | with me; | can’t say where the cuildren were; if Mrs. Tilton was at home that night I can’t say where se slept. Q. This visit of Mr. Tifton to your room that night made a great lmpression on you, did it not? A. Yes, sir, Q. Relate to me what occurred tn that room | The witness related the testimony she gave ou Friday last, on this point, almost word tor word, BESSIR TELLS THE ASSAULT OVER, Ataqnarter past two Fullerton, with Besste’s testimony in his hand, asked her to repeat all the cireumstances of Tilton’s frst visit to her bed- | and Mr. aud Mrs. Oviugton. chamber, which she did without a qualm, rattling | | Q When did you make this communication ? {t off in good elocutionary styie. it waa not per- | 4i)!¢,Was in December, 1570. November. the more effective for that. She said that ae ssphlcal Q. Chem it was a month after you returned from that period she presumed she was seventeen years old, and Is, therefore, about twenty-turee at the | present time. On the whole, she answered witn A. Yes, ir. Q. Did anybody ask you to go around and tell this story? A. No, sir. then you made it your business to go around and tell this story Wiihoui any suggestion irom uby body? A. I made it my business that day to go around and tell that story; my going around Was to tell avout myself; aud kaow Theodore Tiltou was a bad man, and | that Mrs, Tilton was nov to biame, aud I thought impression for the moment of the reality of the incident, Mr. Beach drew his chair close behind | Pailertom and watched closely, while Tilton, sit- ting pack, and Monten, leaning forward, heard with expressions of half interest, She continned:—I thlak 1 recollect pretty ac- curately Mr. ‘Titon’s language ; 1 think 1 pave used the very Words that ue uLtered, Q. Hive you given your exact replies to him? people might Know that it was he and not bis wile Who wa3 bad; he had been fault Mnuing with bis wife and I thought 1 wouid teil my story so as Hot such @ 400d Iman aa be pretended. Q. Where was your home when you went around to teil these sivries’ A. I waa living at Mrs. Tiltou’s house at tue time; [ started out irom Mrs. Tiitou’s house, 1 think, when J went around on that day; i reculle then. Q. Did Mrs. Morse know you were going to tell these stories? A. No, sir. Mrs, Morse suggested | twat l had better go and tell the story Mr, Tilvon had told me abour Mr. Beecher, She did nos sug- west (0 iue that l had Letter go around and tell the diferent Ones | have Oanied. Mrs, Morse was not ft the house at ail when | Woutarouud that day. 1 had seen her the nig: velore. @ Did you not teil Mus. Morse or any otner per- son thac it was your inteattoa to go round and tel. these stories? A. No; 1 Kept my intentions of going around to mo sel. ) You dia bol tei anybody that you proposed to tell ts story then—you kept it a secret? A. Yes, [kept ica sccre’, i didu’’ want to tell euybody Wuat i Was golug to ao. Q. Prior to Deceuibor 14 had yon ever toid any said. H Q. Did not that conversation shock you? A. I thought it singalar ana strange; i Was about 17 of age at that time; I thought ali this con. ation ou (he part or Mr, Tilton avoui love and alinities very sérange. Q Did it mot shock yout A. It was very strange. q Were you mot displeased? a. (After hesita- tion) I was; I Was angered. q Were you not aucered when he said he loved you, and that he would not harm you? A. Ll cid pot understand What be meant by aMaities; I had mh much attached, to Mrs. Tilton up to that Itoink J tuid Mrs. Tiitow at that time about unis. Q. Have you any doubt about it? impression, but L canvot say positively; | remem- A. That is my ber chat ne said, “Bessie, uy dear, you are pain fuily modest: | recouect that ne’ used the lan- guage that “leopie tn gved society do these things? &.; as bear as T recoil I thiak 1 have rejated ali (tat occurrea tha: night; 1 thoaent his language about uflnities and phy sicai expressious Of love were sirauge. | other person this story? A, I cold It to Mrs, Pate <1GHT SCE! nan tuat he had attempted wo ruin me; she Meciiisaeabiampag asked me the question; at urst [did not want to When Fullerton had questioned the witness for gay anything; ten ! told her part of tt. a few minutes alter the recess about Tuion’s visita | Q. Now state what it was taat you toid Mra, j ore ae * Brudshaw? A. { (oid her avout is knock ag me to her bedchamber, he sprang to the year 1874, | Gown on the Noor; flow | fel; how unkiud he and drew {rom her the statement that she was in beaver, Pa. Thence “her father” brougut ber to Brook\yo to testy before the Churea Invest. galing Commitiee. Bessie made a beiter witness afer recess than betore she toek her dinner. In a few minutes she was obliged vo correct her evi- dence vefore the church tovestigation in several particulars and in some matters of fact. Still abe adhered to her story of two atiempted viola- tons. The witness continued :—I was in Cleveland last Was to Mrs. TL ton, aud then I told ner about what passea between Mr. Tilton and myself; { then Wid ber about tis roow, but! did wot tell ber any o/ the derads, Q Dil you tell any one of these persons the de- talls of what occurred ay you have related it here? A. [think [ did; to 4 stenographer and Mr. Shear. Wan; Judge Porter Was dlsu preseat; this Was as Mrs. Ov. ny on's. 1 the detalis? A. I think I did, Q. You lold ber nearly ail. Q Vid you tell Mrs. Putnam the detatis as you recited them bere a3 a wituess, in substance?’ A, Tdia pot. Q. Froin the time you ent around in December, summer; then weal to Pittsourg, and then re. | turned to Brooklya some tue in August, 1574; 1 | 1870, ap to last week, have you ever told the ae. went velore the committes of Plymouth charcu, tals’ when and wherer A. To Mrs. Tilton the Q Did you relate before that commiitee the | Bight she came home from New Brunswick. Circumstauces of Mr. Tiltou’s vistt to your roomin . That Was belore you toid it in the presence 1863? A. i spoke Of tt on two occasions, but do | Of the stevographer at Mrs. Ovington’s? a. I not think I stated it to tne committee; I knew | think so. then woat Mr, lilton meant by paysical expres- Q What did you tell Mrs, Bradshaw concerming the charge of Mr. Tilton that mis wie had com- mitted aauitery witn Henry Ward Beecaer? A. [ did not say anything about that; | never said a word to Mrs. Br.dshaw or a jiving soul in regard to the charge of adultery, and {t was not ounce alluded to in my conversation wita Mrs. Brad- aw. Q@ Do you mean to state that you never said anything in regard to Mr. Beecher? A. | mean to ay tuatl didu’s tell Mrs. Bradshaw or anyvody elge in regard to the charge made by Tilton against nis wie and Mr. Beecher. Q. Did you not tell Mr. Kichards of the charge Against Mr. Beecher? A. I dtd mot; Ldid not tel | lb either to airs, Morse, Mrs. Ovington or Mr. | Beecher. ue was lonely | sions of love; I was asked if Theodore iilton ever | came to my room and | said, “Yes, on two oc- casions.”? | Q. Did you state on any Of those two occasions | where Mrs. ilitom Was when you say Mr. Tilton | came to your rouin? A. Yes; 1 may have state that on one of shuse vccasions Mrs. Tilton w absent at Schoharie. Louking at the minutes of the church iuvestigation the witness says it re- | freshes her recollocuion that Mrs, Tilton was at Monticello and wot at Schoharie; | think I aid | state bejore the committee that when I woke up [ fouud myseliin Mr. iiiton’s arms, but | was mis- taken. Q Did you state before the committee that when o¥ found Where you were you asked him what e meant this for, and that he said and wanted me to love him?” A, Yes; but [| was mistakou In the exact words; I said beiore th cemmittee that no liapure tuoughts came into my | head about the man, Q in speaking before the committee did you say “I tuink both events were pretty wear tor | brought such & charge against Mr. Beecher and his wile? A. ldou’t tmnk that lever toid any- body about it; [ did not tell velore I went velore tne Investigating Commitiee, Q Vo you rememver what you did say before the committee on that subject? A. 1 don’t know gether?’ A. Yes, butl was mistaken. whetner I do or not, Q Did you answer this question:—‘Had Mrs. Q. What is your recoslection on that subject? A. Tilton yet come back Irom Schonarie?” ag iolloWws— | I can’t sa inmuk TI said something avout itto “No, sir??? A. I gave that auswer, bat | was mis- | taken. | Q Do you remember when Mrs. Tilton was at Scioharie? A. Some time in the summer; from Febroary, 1371, to January, 1374, 1 was notio Brooklyn till tue summer, | Q. Dia you talk to anybody abont your evidence | beiore goipg velore the committee? With | General iracy. Q. Did you see Mrs, Tilton before going before the committee? A. I wemt to Mrs. Ovington’s; whether J remained during the day at Mrs. Ovington’s wita Mrs. Tilton, of went back to Mr, | before going belore the committee [ | not @ word was said by Mrs, Tilton | about my going belore the committee; i taiked | Q, Did Mrs. bradshaw say anything abdont keep- with Mr. Tracy io Mrs. Ovington’s parlor about ten | ing silent to your A. [don’t think that she did Minuies before going peiore tue committee, be- | every une | told my story (o remained tween my arrivaiin New York and meeting Gen- | cept Mr. Richards, who said to me, eral Tiacy [ was bot asked anytniog by anybody | hata joined let no man put asunder; about Mr. Jilton's treavimeatof Mrs, Tilton. story to Mr. Beecher. BESSIF'S PRREGRINATIONS Q@ Did you not taik to Mr. Richards about di- When Bi was being lard pushed to kr yorce? A, J dun’\ remember. sip teiyses f ing bard pushed to Know | Q pon't you rememver now that you spoke Whom she saw in the twenty-four hours expiring | ead divorce to him and that w. a Roe r rival in New York from Pivtsbu | Don’t you recollect saying to him that Mrs, Tilton poobinats ne vie | ought to get a divorce irom ter pusbaud? A, [told id her appearaace berore the committee the | him Mr, Tiiton was very unkind and that she was severe Quaker face of Mrs, Field for tue first time ory ail the time, relaxed and smiled with @ sort of sarcastic tri- counsel proceeded to question the wit ness The girl bad gone to Malliday’s frat and a8 to What she meant, whea Judge Porter object ed to Ovington’s afterward, and at Ovington’s Gen- vo reasoulng With Lhe Witness, Q You went to the Hvening Post oMice to sce Mr. eral Tracy had questioned her on the suvject for | Richards, did you not? A. Yes, sir. which sue was presently to give church testimony. Tracy set back all the Wale, @ smile Boating at You reier to tn | Mr. Josepn H, Richards, do you not? A. Yes, sur, aud intervais over his auxious face, The witness ail this walle stuck stoutiy to the | told nim the sory im regard to mysell and Mr. | Tilton’s unkindness to his wile; I think it was De- ceiver 14; | know it was on tle Lith, because 16 | Was on the evening of tie Lith that Law M Story that she bad not corrected her testimony by t reference to Mra, Morse or anybody else, although parior she had been in company with ail of them, | ""Q Do yon recollect when you were telling Mrs. “4 you got talk to Mrs. Ovington fortwo Bradsuaw chat sue made an entry of your conver. the commiltiee; i think I said that /heodore filton had told me tuat Mrs, Tuton bad told him that sue had commitieu adutery with ienry Ward Beech- er, but Lam aot sure, Q Did you inform the committee that Mr. Tilton had wold yuo he diu? A. Yes, sir. Q. Did you teil the commitiee in subs! Mr. Tilton haa charged his wite with having com- mitted aduitery with Mr. Beeciert A, Yes, sit. | & When did you tell the committee that Tilton | told you thai? A, I think I told them he toid me that Very soon after we got back irom Marietta. Q. ‘To Whom did you tell this story first, of Le- cembes 14, oi (hose #hom you have named} A. To mrs, Bradshaw. nied, @ hom God | Morse; she was aloud at Mrs, Titou's that ot | wad there Was @ uuiuber of persons present in the heart on Whe subject before you Weut before the | sation In her diavy of What you said toler? Ay yom\vee? A. Not a word; Mr. Halliday hud | Yes, wir. Lot mormed ine & Word as to What I was to be. Widn’t you stute to her in sapstance that Mr, Caled velore jue committee for; 1 have talked | Tilton dad charged uis Whe of adultery with Mr, tuing in this court room that enabled me to made | Q. How diu you fud cut that you had made a! Q. Did you teil what you coula testify to in sub- | church committee ? She replied that she did not | talking about it when 1 was going belore the com. | A. Yes, sir; I told it to Judge Morse, | Q. How iong was 1b aiter you returned from | Marietta? A. We came irom taere on the loth of | Marietta that you went around teiog this story? | wanted men to see , that I would tell this story xbout myself so that | to open their eyes aud jet people see that be was | < these facis as I have stated | | No. 656 Teuth avenue, accidentaily fell down a Q. Whom did you first tell that Mr, Tilton had | ce that | 1 void the | brother of Mrs, Tilton now, | | Beecher? A. I didn’t say anything about that | charge, | Q After you made the statement that Mr. Tiitom had aecused iis wie of adultery didu’t Mrs, Brad- | slaw say it must go no fartuer Mr, Evarts objected to that question, as the wit- ness had testified she bad not said apytuing abouts that charge. Tue Judge said the qnestion might be altered— “Alter you made & Stutement to Mrs. Bradshaw, did she Say so and so»? Q. Didn't you teli Mrs, Bradshaw that Theodore | Titon bad accused hig wife of adultery witn Mr. Beecher, and didn’ she say that it must go no jurther? A, No, sit, I don’t recoilect any such remarks, | . D.d you pot say you had told Mr, Beecher, Mr. Richards, Mr. Ovington and Miss Oakiey the saiue story you nad told her? A, Yes, sir, 1 « thas | Was in regard to myself; | did not say anything to aby one about the charge ef Mrs. Tiiton against Mr. Beecher and his wire, Q. Did you vot tell Mrs. Bradshaw that you had told Mrs, Ovington, Mr. Richards aod Mrs. Beecher she Same story sou had oid ber? Yes, I beuieve £ | aid, Q. When you were before the committee did you Mention tue details Of the second occasion when Mr. Triton cxme to your bedroom? A, lL mentioned iv; all 1 remember 18 the committee asked the question, “Did Theodore Tilton ever attempt your | run?’ ] answered “Yes, sir, he did on two occa- sions; linen told them how he came to my room and wbout his taking me on bis lap. q. Why Was it that you did not give the com- mittee (he exact details of the occurrence? A, Because | didu’t happea to think of them; I toid thei tue truth as weil as [ could recollect then. BESSIE’S VISION. Q. Did you say that in regard to the second oc- casion that Mr. filton visited your room that Mr, Greeley was staying in Mr. Tilton’s house at that time? A, Said he was on the first ocsasion—that Was Wrong—il was on (he second oveasion. Q. Did you state ta regard to that occasion that you were awakeued one night from your sieep and, looking up, you saw @ tail man standing over you and that you rose up and asked who wa there, and that mr. Tilton answered, ‘Hush; tt! only Mr. Tilton’? A. Lrecollect that expression, q. Toat you felt all turned round vecause you had gone to bed in your own room and woke up and found yourself in his? A, I think I did state ba) ogg as it is there, ‘ir. Fullerton here handed Miss Turner a copy of the “Great Brooklyn Romance,” and called her attention to her printed testimony, as given b fore the Plymouth church committee last August, touching the nocturnal domiciitary meanderings of the walte rovbed piaintifl. The counsel read:— “Wheu be came to me a second time and tried to gec into bed with me, I got very indignant, and, as he would not leave the room, {went into an- other and iocked the door,’? Q. Did you testity anything lke that before the committee?’ A, Yes, sir; that is wiatl stated here last Friday, Q. Did you state anyihing of that kind before the committee ? (Objected to.) Counsel read:—A, At night; I hardly realized where [was; be must have iifted me out of my bed and put me tn his; wien ] woke up and found where i was | asked what ne was doing that for; he said that he waa lonesome, and be wanted me to come and be with him; T said that wasn’s Tigit andI went back to my own room; ther was nothing Said about it at the time; I was quite young, and used to be with him a great deal, just like one of the children, and | used to comb his hair, aud he used to kiss me as be did the other children, Irequently,”? Q. Was not this in reference to the first occa | siow he came to your room? A. Yes; I was asked, “Did Pheodore Tilton ever attempt to effect your | ruin? and | answered, “Yes, om two occasions.’? | . It was now four o’cioek, and tne counsel calling the attention of Judge Neilson to the fact, the | Coart was adjourued until eleven o'clock this forenoon, NEW YORK CITY. Coroner Woltman held an inquest yesterday in | the case of Rober: Mitchell, a child, wno was killed by a dirt cart on the 27th ult, | No decisive action was taken at the meeting of the Produce Exchange yesterday in reference to | @ppowting a committee of arbitration. Moses Brockheimer, of No. 647 Filth street, at- tempted suicide last night by cutting his throat witha koiie, He was taken to Bellevue Hospital. Coroner Woltman was yesterday notified to hold an inqaest on the body of Wiillaim Meyer, who was found dead in his room at No. 183 Stauton street. Yesterday atternoon Kate Welch, of No. 95 Cherry | street, attempted suicide by taking landanum. She | Was attended vy Puilce Surgeon Poweil and seas to Bellevue Hospital, Mary A. Cougulla, aged forty years, residing at No, 443 Sixth avenue, died saddenly yesterday a(ternoon, at her residence, iue Corouer Was notified to hold au inquest. The customs authorities decided yesterday afternoon to rejease the thirty-five cases of brandy recently seized on board the Englisn ship syria, for Wan of evidence, Projessor Doremus wiii deliver hig second scten- tifle lecture, on “Creation,” a: Association Hail this evening. His success’ in the first lecture promises a large attendance, Martin Goode, aged sixty-five years, residing at flight of Stairs in his hoase jast night and was alk most instantly killed, The Coroner was noufed to hoid an inquest, Joha Glen-nhaven, of No, 217 East Fourta street, fell from the dfih story of the building No, 213 Canal street yesverday morning, receiving Very serious injuries. He was promptly cared fer Ly physicians and removed to lis residence, Columbia College trustees bave appropriated $4,000 jor baliding a new doathouse, on condition that the alumal ra an equal sum. Tats ts nearly ail ured. Work wiii soon be begua on @n ciezant two siory Stractare on the souta bank of tae Hariem, just ao0ve the orid, | No meeting of tae Puird Avenue Railroad drivers took piace yesterday, and ail but a fewof the leaders in the late attempt ata strike have re- sunied their places on the iroat platform, the come pany veing Willing (o retain their services on ac- count of ther great expericace, most of them having served the Company tor several years, ‘They are apprenensive tat anotaer trip isto 08 auded to (heir day's Work—aa addition of trom tivo to three auurs, A Lady Washington tea party will be given at | the Seventy-first regiment armory, Tairty-fiftn street and Broadway, March 30 and 31, In ald of the Sheltering Arms, an admirable charity, Mrs, William P, Mrs. Taiboy4, Mrs. Gordon w. Barnham, a Roosevelt, Mrs. Sylvanus Reed, Mrs. Dix, Mrs. Joun R, Brady, Mrs. Arthur Giican and other weil known jadies bave been active in | arranging for the entertainment, which promises to be one Of the most exjoyabie Of the season, The HekaLD has received from W. V. W. $1 for | the four sugerers of tue family of Jonn German, | lately surrendered to the United States army officers by the Cheyenne Inaians, who, in 1872, | muidered the balance of the jamily at Smoky duu) Kiver, Kansas. This and al) other money | which may be received will ve forwarded to those in charge of the rescued Clilidren, and it has | beea suggested that a fair sua mignt be realized for their benefit if papers tnrouguout the country should offer to do likewise. Two young men, calling themselves Brother Gabriel and Brother Michaei O'Donneli, have | been for some time visiting the parishioners of | the Church of the Holy Redeemer, Third street, selling rosaries and pictures at an extravagant | price. They also claim to coliect money for the Redemptorist Fatuers, with which Order they represent themselves as being coinected, and in | several instances have succeeded tn obtaining | quire large sums. The Fatuers will thank Whos ever shall procure tue arrest of these men as | frauds. NEW JERSEY. An accident of a most appalling character befes yesterday @ stone mason, named James Carroll, of Newark, N. J. He was engaged repairing the chimney of @ house adjoining the German echool on Newark street, Newark, and somehow sipped, lost is balance and fell headforemost (rom sae | root to the yard of the scaool, striking the ground with terrible force, He was removed to St. | Michael’s Hospital THE LATEST BROOKLYN MURDER. THR CORONER'S INQUEST YESTERDAY—VERDIOB OF THE JURY. The inquest in the case of Jonn Monahan, who Wos shot dead by James Reilly, his brotner-tn- jaw, in@ shanty at the corner of Fourth avenue and Donglass street, on the evening of St. Patrick's Day, was heid yesterdiy by Coroner t his ofMce, in the Kings County Vourt Avery large number of the [riends of the deceased and the prisoner were present, Michael Bergen testifed that Monahan and Reilly were in his liquor store, No, 62 Fourth avenue, bout au hour previous to the sio0ting; Monahan was intoxicated, and very violent ‘and threaten. ing in his language to Rewly, saying that ne would “lick” and kil Dim; Kelly Was quiet and did nos appear to ve desirous 01 engaging In a tight, Michael Carney testified that he was in the sa- loon with deceased and Reilly; Monahan wae drunk aod Reilly was sober; a man named Mur- poy struck Reilly three times on the lace; Mona- han and Key Were walking, but be could not | make out what 16 was about; on leaving the sa. | loon Rely said he would “hurt? Mooanan unless he let nim alone. Several obber witnesses gave testimony corre | orative of the above. Ihe jury then retired, and | alter @ short absence re‘urued the ivilowiug ver- dict:—We Mud that Join Munanan caine to his | death on the 1ith day of March, 1875, by a pistob shut fired by James Kelly, aad we do hot consider | the circuIMBiances suiiciendy jastidaoie to ware rant Kelly to using said pistol. The prisouer Was Luen taken to Raymond Strees Jail (Q aWals the wctiog Of tha Grand Jury,