The New York Herald Newspaper, June 22, 1875, Page 4

4 TR WONDERFUL TRIAL Dpening of the Twenty-fifth Wee of the Great Seandal Case. eee A LIVELY SCENE IN COURT.) Beach Irritates the Defendant's Counsel and .a Juryman. JUROR HALL’S APPEAL | Mr, Beach Asserts That He Can Prove That | the Jury Were Approached. BROTHER SHEARMAN ON THE WABPATIL | Continuation of the Summing Up | for the Plaintiff. ‘The court room at the Beecher trial presented the wsual scene yesserday morning of a great throng of men and women pushing and strug- giing for seats and places; a gallery full of people all standing im a mass and gazing down | pon the noisy, talkative multitude on the toor;a | basy stir st frequent intervais oa the entry of some @istinguished actor in he iega! drama;a ramble of applause on the appearance of Beach, and then a dead silence when Judge Neilson looked Bwielly at the congregation. Mr, Beecher waa Bway all the day. His wife, her daughter-in-law sud Dr. Edward K. Beecher were present. THE SENSATION OF THE DaY | ‘waa at the close ‘© day’s proceedings. Beacn | bad quietly closed bis address ior adjoarnment, ‘when up rose Juryman George Hall, and, in a ner- vous manner, proceeded to say, amid intense Bilence, that it was hardenough on them to sit there, day im and day out, deprived of en- gaging in their usual arocations, with Deing compelicd to hear insinuations refections irom counsel on their bonor | Bnd integrity. He hoped the Judge would tustruct counsel to t Binuations. The av etanding up, and an ex Inevitable. Judge Nell Yuryman, saying that co might have been Ment to say #0 Pose, and after quite a p bad put his foot in itand hu & brave tront and exciat ge BO more tn the co at tals time ng scene seeme were nm responded to the irat led @ Beach he thou thing ba is case, assumed hat he wes ready to Prove the fact that 8 Then followed a q ge of words be- tween Shearm the juryman and te Judge. Bb Beach, and de Blac came out of the poc Beecher, and that be would t upon Bimself to | enswer the charge of tampering with the jury. TEMPORARY RECONCILIATION. Beach hait apologized and seemed o Bhe Jaryman stood up and ma d a few wo As of reconciliation. for a time it seemed as tf the trial was about to break up in coniusion. Tho audience applauded Beach, and two of their num? Finally the Juage decided that not un was over would be entertain the proposi Of investigating the churge of corrupt induences Deing used with the jury. ds fullerton also spore, and | | eid ton THE UNRULY aPPLavorne. Quite a nun m the raral regions pat im an ar 6 to Mr. Beach with open mi of the warm wea thinning in hea eneer: a kn mea Grew actn mark no imp of the rura in attendan > are apt to forget wa sdue toa c t ie ¢, and inno- cently applaud strong we y delivered, Mr. Bes i u mmoniy well. He had his b e rushed ed and olled and ms voice was in good condition, He made a foretvie deience of M a and his evidently considering tiese two as Main wituesses of He newed t arguments Mou!toa im the aiterpoca an Gefence of Theodore Titton. Mr. Beach wiit ly | finish bis address before Wednesday afternoon, | The ot side took thirteen days and he con | siders uimsell enyitied to fourteen. THR PLAINTIPP'S POLNTS. Mr. Beach continued nis address by reading o Jetter he received, correcting a mistake be fel) Into on the Inst day by designating Paulina ana Mandaus as Jews in bi ‘were Kigypticns, not cerded to read several letiers to show that ap to the time of the Plymouth church investigation Mr. Beecher expressed the greatest admiration | Mrs, en pasted on to | in benal 5 for Mouiten, Mr, Beach neid it was pot for toe advocate of the dele to cast censure | upon Moulton, and his opiwion was like that pt Moulcon, 4s «whole scandal should have been ke nt It waea scandal of that evar rw exposure affected and injured Both padile « > morais and did not cali for lege! tovestiration.and punishment tke ordi- al ofences, Moulton tacttly pro- hanecif a heathon when ne said vo r, “Let me show you Sow a heathen can Borve you.” Beach took up Tracy's address to the jury wherein he 3 tpon the meaning of tne term and upon the character of Moul- ton. Hw ceased te read, Beach, raising nis | | Voice to a high pitch, asked if this attack Was jas | Aiflaole. ‘ihe worst of it is,” cried Beaca, “thas | 4t not even origtval.” At Watch there Wasa | General laugh. Mr. Beecher’s hand was thoughe to be very plainly qiscerminic im the extract, Beacu next took up THE TREATMENT OF wR it the hands of wie defendani’s counsel, She ts @enounced by them as nut alone s conspirator, Dut # perjurer aud as one wro consorted with | public prosciva Mr. Porter charged that sme exposed her only son to the infiuence of these ae- | socations, Mr. Porter stood up and denied that MOULTON he ever referred to Mrs. Moulton tn these words, Judge Netison Fait he was happy to r the dis. Ciaimer, Dut Beach tusisted thas the opponice | Counsel had maintained those cherzes. The whole | scope of the defence was to blacken and hoid up | to pudiio odiam the character of Mr. and Mra, Moulton, Jt bad been said by Mr. Shearman thas | Bra Mouton conid wat look Mr, Kyarts in bie (aga, | TANON 0) A aaAKerens scum Hower Ward Becoker | aie! | ysmal NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 22, 1875.—TRIPLE eet Smee aman nsiitn —— and Mr. Evarts said that Mrs, Moulton when on the stand had @ habit of furtively glancing arouad hor, Mr. Beach remarked in regard to this that Mrs, Moolton had never been in a court of justice be- fore; (hat it waa natural enough she should be embarrassed gad abashed mounted up in @ con- | splcnous wicness chair and facing the gaze of a | couple Of Duudred mea for upward of two hours; that provabiy if she hed tho plastic and expe- rienced faculties of Bessie Turner she would have given more satisfaction to the counsel on the | other side, and there would have been no “{urtive quavimity of Mr. Evarte’ gisncing” to disturb the Tatud, There was A GENMEAL Lavon atthis, whereupon the Judge, who was plainly | annoyed at several prior disturbances, interposea siostennally recommended Mr. Beach to per- pelrate no more happy or humorous expressions. Mr. Beason #uid, pleasantly, that he was aardly to be held res;oueibie, and that these Interrup- | tions were not agreeable to him. Counsel read Mrs, Moulion’s account of her in terview wita Beecner and various parts of her evidenee beyring on the relations between Beecher and Mrs. Tiiton. The evidence re ed by counsel was, be said, pronounced | 1 every essential pomt by Mr. Beecher ae was on the stand, Beach asked if it we likely that Mrs, Moulton invented the whole of thas complex evidence, if it were likely thata woman of her domes'le character could invent such odd expressivus as “you lock to me like @ section of tne day of judgment,” “parox- 53," &e. SHBARMAN REBUKED. The counsel was proceeding to mention and Qwell upon the incideatin court at the time Mrs. Moulton was testifying, when Beecher, lean- ing over to his counsel, suggested asking the witness if she did not Kiss the defendant, and she admitced she did. Evarta interrupted th weaker and was joincd by Shearman who said Beecher never suggested that question, bat that he (Snear- man) did, * Beach turned round with an expre: fon of irri- tation, a, addressing the Court, said that he had no 0! tion so being Luterrupted to receive e nwoen he was wrong, but when the a correc Counsel (Shearman) said thas it was he and not Beecher who s sted making the inquiry, ana yet Beecher nimsel! admitted on oath it was he, mit of professional propriety was over- Here, im spite of previous remon- tue audience tusisted on applauding, instructions to OMcer Rogers to arrest the first Man cai t in the act of interrapting the pro- ceedings.” There was A PAINFUL SUSPENSE ofa few moments. Mr. Beach was ready for a | co with nts adversaries, but Shearman | wisely veld his peace and the speaker wen! 6 address, taking up the alibi evi- Ge ch It Was made Lo appear that at tn of June, 1873) at which Mrs. Moulton r interview witn Beecher the latrer was ju Peekskill. Counsel contended that the deiendant’s lawyers might bave duced Mr. Kinsella, with whom Mr, Beecher re he had an interview the morning J 1873, and yet, though that geatieman me, he Was never called, ention to the evidence of Dr. ny harmonized proof ana daemol- ral fabric of th allot IMPOSSINTE FABRICATION. ajeot of Mrs. Moutton’s testi- Counsel sought to prove the interview related by fabricated, They had the 0, on the 24 of June, Moulton, met Mr. ning out, Lis head cast down and bis gloomy; aud that after she eutered Mouiton reiated to her the facts evidencs on the witaess stand. geuuemen,” eried counsel, “is 1. trae, a tJUryman can ignore it.” Ashe Said this he directed his looks toward Chester | Carpenter, and, im stirring tones, exciatmed, ‘1 Cont kuow but there may be & jury ip this Chris- | tian land thas will leave that only child of hers (Mrs, Mouiton's) @ record of infamy.” Then, ex- | pressing his knowledge of tue in@uences appeai- ing to the jury im venelf of Mr. Beecher, be said there was little hope for justice from any Juryman Who pot aside the claims of truth, of justice, be- caus . Beecher was a great and eminent man, or from any juryman who set aside tne facta and the evie ase Heary Ward Beecher was & popular preac er, witm a large end foarishing cougregation who believed tn him. 4 POLNT BY BEACH. It was thouchs ch made a point when he o T and bis advisers hela that Til- ase in Court because he condoned his Condomation means the forgivness Beecher couseqnently admits that Mrs, ed, aud po oue is 60 dull as not to nd what tbat sin was, and the logical lefendaut confesses bis aduitery with wife. Taking up the cudgels for ais sald that when Tilton stood up in chorch aud said he was prepared to nt Ward Beecher the lat aid be had no charge to Mra, Bradshaw's | meet Pheodore Tilton’s awiul story?” and the jer that {t was 00 use stirring up moment, leang over bis syoulder | and that slience was the ouiy poltcy. potent sage case Woat was nquired What was the didiculty | "Mr, fvarte—Ihe ovject was to show whether m that be aid not deny it to | = Kissed Bima Whenever she met him, a4 he testi- Mrs, Bradshaw if he were Innocent. | “ “Nt, peach—mr, Beecher had not then testified. Me knew it was not safe for him todo soto her, | because he was aware she had the information from Theodore Tiiton. Mr. Beach next alinded to the expressions by Beecher that If it would do | on he was willing to step down | any good for T and out, and asked what should Mr. Beecher thus facrifice nimseif for. It was an humble confession of wis cin, and conspired with other evidence ia the case to prove the adulvery charged. Several other letters, already quoted many times, were Teferred to, and a chain of argument constructed | to show that Beecher's correspondence alone con- Victa bim in the eyes of the whole world, ON THS BENCH, His Honor bad for company on the bench L. P. Max Fourcnon, Secrétaire d’Ampassade de France, Waeulngton; Juage Flatamer, New York; Judge Pratt, Hon. A. W. Tougee, Sapreme Court, Norta Carolina; Jadge Quackenboss, New York ; Hos. Thomas J. Creamer and Charies Cullins, New York. Mk, BEACH'S ADDRESS. Shortly after eleven o’viock Mr. Beach resamed bis a gomet es* On behalf of the piainud. He read esoves in Mr, Tracy's opening address re- hg wp position Which Mr. Moultun had | aesumed he retemuon of the pape ed in Ris hanus, Counsel spondence waich pasiea botwe Beecher on $ne subjecs, and that up vo the time of this demand jor the papers and the answers o Mr. Mouiton, thas he faithfully labored for Mr. Beecher und Mr. n in carrying ous this policy tence, Which several parties had agreed to jurniso the papers to Mr. # Was made ata time when ail bopes ing scandal bad not been abandoned. Couns: commented ar lengta on tue remarks made by Mr. Tracy, ih bis opening, tu re gard to Mr, Moulton’s action in the premises, A SEVEAE REBUKB. It cannot, continued Mr. Beach, be approved by the decencies of a court of jnst ce, nor by the pro- rieties Whiea attach to the practice of our hon- Orable projession, No Mav who can make it ander the privilewe of @ Counsel is eutitied to the re- spect whicn belongs to an honorable member of fle bas Dot an ponvorable proper le Obligation. He has pot a aue reputation and we riguis of bie rned by & !oose principie and by y; he evince ery word of ous language whic to apply under these cimgmmstances to Fran Sloulton 1 the worst is shat it ts no Original with Mmseil; that he must get aid to gravity Gis malice; he must get tac aid of more cunn Tens tian his OWN, and must stand here recording the productions of others, in (ne tone of a schoolboy who has bat tmperiectiy learned his lesson—and this, this Is the maa but a few months ago pledged his and hower to too mon whom he assalied woula hold thelr secrets aud would never r in @pposicion to their interests, And th:s ‘4 gentieman whose honor lie should to, aud that bis resume that provestion. jense of honoran! regard § or th w Tiave respected at east, haa been printed and cir. Culated throughout (his community, throughout this country, bearing i ery quarter this repu- again,admonished vy the Judge, with | trusted forfour years, against whom he has never brought an accusation, except that he did not render to him bis papers and letters when de- manded, and who certifies upon thie stand that in his devotion to bis service he gave him a new character of the word iriendstip—not spoken in | the saurical manner in which my learned friend | alinded to it, but a8 @ brave and Lonest test- monial from the heart of Henry Ward Beecher to the fidelity and truth and courage of Francis D. | Moutton. I pass him. There is but ome other wit- ness woo testifies directly to the conieasions of Henry Ward Beecher and the most Mmporiant witness tm this case, She has no eatcily ambitions to gratify. She comes here from the quiet of her cultured od comforiavle home, @ lady tn the fraest sense of the word, a lady waom Henry Ward Reecket upon the stand and in mia letters has eulogized almost as 4 paragon In her simple ana sincere sense of | duty and of truth ana in chose virtues of nospl- | tality which commemorate her history tn Wiis city; @nd the question is Whether sie 18 to De believed, or whether she 1s to mee? the universal | concempation which our learned friends upon the Other side have extended to every character WhO has appeared in support of the plaiariil’s case. You will se¢ by the aliuston of Mr, [racy to the relations of that bousegold, bus if you will recall more distinctly you will see by the grievous cuarges which were made against this lady by Mr. Porter, how she has been exhibited to the world.’ She is not only a cunspiratress, sie 1s not only a pe tw Mr. Porter, she has a5 8 resort not ouly for the parties of the con- ey, but for those base and in say, whom It has suited the parpoi conspirators to employ. She is charged with con- sorting With pablic prostitutes. Nay, my friend Porter could no: spare that unmanly blow against weart of a motuer When he charged her with exposing ber only son to the tnfuences oi such as Buciations. It Was not euough to Leap upon ber cuaracier for trutu and personal chastity, but the instincts of maternal love and solicttude mut be outraged to justify the purposes of this defence. you are called upon to decide, responsibility which rests upon this jury whea they are called upon not only to disbelieve and deiame Tuton and Moutton, the husband and tne father, but to tnciude the mother in the iufamy, It may seem @ lignt and triviai—— Mr. Porter—My friend ia eutirely in error tn sup- posing that lused the epitneta which he says L aid, did not syeak of her as a perjurer—a word which I never used, [| never imputed her name. 1 cast no imputation on ber chastity, nor did | use the word “perjarer.” Jedge Neiusoa—fse counsel 1s probably mis- taken. Mi pause.) 1 certainty did not say or intend to say that either of these epitnets, “conspirator” or “perjarer” or “prostitute,” were applied to Mrs, Oulton, 1 said no such Lory g Mr. Porter—That i@ what I understood you to ay. Judge Neilson—I want to say to the audience that we must have quiet. If there 1s @ word said by counsel it ts not at ail essential that (t shoula be commented upon, It is respect to the place, the counsei and jnrora that they ought to hear, g@nd respect shou'd indicate and Acep silence, Mr, Beach—l am speakipg, gentiemen, of the effect of tie arguments or uelence of this case. If Henry Ward Beecher 1s to be betleved and to be Successiv) in this action Mrs. Moulson 1s a per- jurer, Mrs. Moulton ts a couspirator, and ff Ben- jamin F, ‘tracy 1s to be credited’ to her delong ‘Whose other disgraceful appeilations and assecia- | tions to which Luave directed your attention. Do any friends shrink irom these consequences? Does not my friend P. rter charge that Mrs. Moul- ton isa perjurer; that she is nos to be believed P | | Does be not claim that sue 1s a conspiraior? Do they admit the truth of her tesumony? Well may they surink back Irom that tssue. Have they not giveo evidence vere to prove turough aD Gibi thas ber vestimony is all false ? And ta there any means by whi Ward Beecher can be justified but by the nauon of Mra, Moulton? Moet clearly not, gentiemen, That issue must de met. These three single Witnesses, upon the single oath oc Henry Ward Beecter, must ve condemned tor perjury, or Henry Ward Beecher ts goniy. Is is tr- able as vetwi ese witnesses. They d wick tue other evidence, They narmouize e polit of opposition or inconsia- between any Otuer portion of tis eviaence pt Henry Ward Beecher and the testimony of these three Witnesses. Counsei then proceeded to comment Upon che evidence 0: Mrs. Mouiten and h appearance on tue Wilhess stand. He said ven her evicence witn the modesty and caudor of a lady and wita the mtelligence of one to Whom the 8 %t Was Clear and well known. Tue luterview with Mr, Beecher was alluded to at great length, and phe evidence as given by srs, Mowiton was read tothe jury, descriptive of tue sue defendant on the occasion re- na feclmg of ferred to, Now, gentlemen, said Mr. Beach, I have repro- duced this evidence to you that you might see its cuaracter and judge of the propriety of the argue ment submi on the partof my trend with reverence to the peculiar character of the narrae tive which this lady gives, What! have read to gous probounced ab utter and entire fabrication | by Homry Ward Beecher, He tekes the stand, and in Une lace Of ail the ocher evidence he aenies thas the statement of this iady, in auy of ls essential particulars, ts trae, and you are to come to tue Conclusion, i Mi. Beecuer 1s to be credited, that Spontaneonsly or at the prompt- | this lady, eithe tuis relauon. Well, it requires some litte in- genulty to believe such @ feat, it would be diil- cult lor as keen and shrewd # mind as Heury Ward Beecher to imvent and successfully main- tain under a rigid and cl cross-examina- tlon withont any of tuose evidences wich show Manufacture and arrangement in @ story of this complex character. Li this lady, ou per cross-exe amination, had repeated in precise form the con- Versations as she gave them om her direct exam. ination, one might well have nad some suspicion Oi ber train; but she speaks impuisivel, epeaks irow impressious received from some source ana indeilibly tmpripted on her mind, Turre is no arrangement, there is bo form; sh | BWears On Lota Occasions to the saine substantial facta; sbe gives ai the evidence of purity and of truth, so far a8 we can judge by ai the forms woich tue law has provided. Do you velieve this lady invented tne terms, “You are no comfort to me," “You seem to me to be @ section of the day Of judgment?” Did Mrs, Moulton ever use phrases of toat character? And it this nad been out of her own mouth would she bave piscea them im tust narrative? But all show thar it was the ut- terance of Mr. Beecher, aad entirely consonant habits oi rbeioric, of modes of speech, with his end enurely foreigm to those Of & Woman of do- miestic character. en the incident e course of her examiuation. XAMIRATION, did; tiat while bi D his chair, she, ander the No matter what the object Was; we know what the question Was and we know how it came in, Mr. Evarte—Toe question Was waat? Mr. Beach—You asked her waetner she did not kiss bim. Mr, Evarts—No; not a word. Mr. shearman—Ihe record speaks for itself. Mr. Beach—Weil, sif, am interruption for correc. tion [ have not the slightest objection tu submit to; [rather court it, tori Gon’t wisn to reason from jaise premises; bat when counsel take occasion to Bay that Beecher cid not make that suggestion, when ne SWears he did and wile Mr. Svearman says he mede it bimsel!, it 1s over- stepping the bounds of professional endurance, (Applause, which was imstantly suppressed). Judge Nellson—Mr. Rogers, see who it is that makes this disturbance and try and arrest them, The other oficers, also, will pay attenti Mr. Merris—These,are useless interruptions, Mr, Beach—The eredibility of this iady is placed of Jun the house of Mr. Moulton on that eccoston, sel again alluded so Mr. Tracy’s remarks in refer- ence to the interview, aod contended that Mra. Moulton’s tesumony a3 te the date bad been thoroughly derue out. AUTHORITIES IN POINT. Ithink I migat, if Your Honor piease, at this point, ask your attention to ap authority or two upos evidence requisite to Maintain an alibi. in one senee, perhaps notin its usual or ordinary one, this {se cetence of alibi. Mr. Wharton says fon homicide, section 962, quoting from the Web. srer case), “This defence is olteo attempted by | The co vance and subornation of perjury, proof. therefore, offered to sustain itis to be sub- jected to a rigid Reratiny, because without at- | temp ing to coutro) or rebut tae evidence of facts 1 the charge, it attempts to prove ner jact wholiy inconsiacent wi is equally @vatiao.s, if savis- lished, to avoid the sace o: This t§ @ quota. lef Justice Slaw im of eircum t, from the charge of U et se. Neilson—And mainly applied to the ques- wentity. Not that exactly, str, It ts for the wg where an offence Is attrioated pur po to the 1nd committed (t at that timo or p in the second volume tn his erimimal law 0} tiaad, say. One of the most | ordinary pleas resorved to by @ panel is that of alii, an fully proved it 1s among the most effec but ie requir erally to the suificiency of the evidence aud the tnlerence 8 ai to to be drawn (rom the facts if laily proved, because the plea ig not conclusive funiess the alibi is cit. camstanced end qualified in such & manner a8 makes It not only unlikely but !mpossit panei could have done the deca at the o ace libeiled. The proo * most cases @ @rect impeacim or the veracity of the prosecutor's witnesses, Which | is not to be admitted on light grounds, | and pbecanse {it is & plea of that short and simple sort, With feapect to which the panei’s witnesses can easily contrive a uniform and false story, such a the prosecutor can and | he can cite no new witnesses tn . all the citcumstances may be true, ¢ misehood lie oniy in epplying them ‘o a day OF hOUs from tual wu Woigh they ae Gentlemen, it is @ very serious question wilon | It is no common | Beach—No, sir; I am mot mistaken, (Ap | g3 0! Henry Ward Beecher, There | ing of somebody else, nas invented the whoie of | she | f position | | tually occurred, and it 1s by that contrivance that pleas of alibi are in general rendered so diMcult to disprove.” If | were satistied, said Mr. Beach, that Mrs, Moulton was wrong tw Uxing this con- | versation on the 2d of Jungs T should submit to e | you with § earnestness the principle of taat | diseussio! but she ia not wrong, sift. Mr. Beecher sweara that in the morning of the 2d of June, between nine and ten o'clock, I think (and T hope to be corrected as to huura if mistake), berween nine and ten o'clock Mr, Beecher swears that he was at bis home in consultation with Mr, Kinsella as to the Jorm of the card which was puviisied at two o'clock of that day. [n the first place there was no necessity for a prolonged interview between two such ready writers as Mr. Beecher and Mr, Kinsella in regard to the form of 4 lirde cara of filteen or tw lines, whieh had been substantially prepared, and which underwent but 4 silght degree of alteration that could bave been done in a few minutes atthe | ofice of Mr. Kinsella or at the house ot Mr, Beecher, Ana a8 Mr. Beecher Is a notoriously early Fiser—doing ali bis laborious work upon nls sermons and his puviications beiore tea o'clook— ic 18 quite easy to be believed that what- ever intercourse was had between Mr. Kinsella | and him apon that sudject was prior to the | | hour of nine o'clock, at whieh time Mrs. | Moulton tbiuks he came to her house. Then, | accoraing to his testimoay, he passed ‘over to the | Christian Union ofice in New York, and from | thence to railroad, taking passage to Peekskill, |} On sack theory tt is quite easy to be- lieve that Mr Beecher, or any other gentleman who spoken im reference to | seeing him on the 2d of June, might have been mistaken, 28 to BUppose that the witnesses who | | spoke of his betag present at Mrs, Mouiton’s on | the 2d of June are mistaken, But passing that, {ti question 1s, where was Beecher trom nine o'clock until the period, Whatever i was, that he | went over to the Cluristian Union on lis Way to Peekskill, Ido not stop to consider at aoy length the question as to the time exnansted in that in- terview wit Mrs. Moulton. She thinks he con- Unued until avout ber lunch time, at twelve, or one or two o'clock, whenever it was, She fixes two o’clock, but speaks of it with no confidence as being two o’ciock. She is noc certain, | say; she does not speak with any sort of contidence or attempt te be accurate. bave eXeuliped ber evideoce with reference to that pomt. 1 will listen to any reaaing that may correct me, but not to mere assertion. | attach no significance whatever to it—an tmterview of two hours, under such circumstances, oes. such intense interest, might wel! bave been enlargea by Mrs. Moulton to three or four hours, and she mignt very well have imagined Mr. Beecher got up to leave under these circuinstances, tnat the hour of lunch had come, and asked him to stay an Junch, There were no indications of it, she says. | There was no deiay i the Iuncn, It was & mere impression as to the contunuamce of en absorbing communication which leit tts distressing marks upod her appearance, as ts proven by otler wit- nesses, MR. BEECHER'S WHEREABOUTS, But the guestion returns, Where was Mr. Beecuer between nine and eleven or be- tween eleven and tweive ovclock? He Says that one hour at least of that time was ex- bausted in company with Mr. Kinsella. Where ia Mr. Kinsellar Mrs. Moulton and Mr. Beecher sland in direct and unqualified contradiction Upon that one point as to the whereabouts of Mr. Beecher between nine and ten or cieven and tweive o'clock. Mr. Beecher says he was at home in constitation with Mr. Kinsella, Mrs. Moulton Bay she was in ber parlor uncer ‘he cir tances siedeseribed, Mr. Kinsella is in this city; tue ed- itor Of a partiaau Journal in favorof Mr. Beecher, though couducttig it wiih great propriety, and against him or it we have no complaint to make; | but he was an accessible witness, the iriend of Mr. Beecher, a competent, relinble and trusty gentleman, whose appearance upon the stand, by his oath confirming the evidence of Henry Ward Beecher, would have been destructive of the proposition that Mr. Beecher was ut Mrs. Moulton’s on the 2d of June, 1873, He is in this city, Lrepeat, accessible to his frend, Mr. Beecher. He Is not produced as @ witness, and do you re- member the presumption of law as I read it to ou the otberday? Loe peveomomes is as against r. bescher, when this issue ts fairly made sween him and Mrs, Moulion, and he bas a iriendly and trusty witness by Whom Le can prove is alivi, and {ula to produce him, thar il produced he Would not confirm his theory. It is the Judgment of common sense. It Mr. Kiuseth uld bave sap. ported Beecher, aud contradicted Mrs. Moulton, ho Man supposes for a moment thar tue counsel of Mr, Beecuer would have tailed to produce Lim, and what, sir, does my learned and distinguished adversary Mr, Evarts dof instead of producing Mr, Kiusella he produces his paper and ventures to read o portion of his editorial as proof that Mr. Kinsella was im Mr. Beecher’s house, as wy friend knows nO evidence In this cose; as my friend knows bo proos Of any stutement which | may ve contained init, And we have the argue Ment against thein not only that they suppress ¢ idence, but that the Jearmed counsel, against Dis duty aud bis right, attempts to substitute the ed torial, written by Mr. Kiisella, or somebody eis: We uo not know by whom, for the evidence he shoula have presented. Counsel read the testi- mony of Mr, Jayne, Betting forth that he had seen | Mir. Beecher on the morning im question going to- | ward Mr. Moulton’s house, | Tue Court took # reoess at the usual hour, APTEB THE RECESS. Two long queues of men, extending up and Gown the corridor, patiently waited outside the court room entrance from one o'clock tli two, abstaining from iunch, that hardly naif the wait- ing crowd found roomin the chamber. it was close and unpleasant tn the afternoon on account of the windows on one sige of the room being Diocked up by mass of men, The lawyers on both sides of the case, with the exception of Pryor, were all present, Ex-Judge Morriskepta sharp eye on Shearman, who was bent on inter- rupling and correcting Beach, The latter ‘was more animated than in the forenoon and wi Istened to with close attention, Several ladies, | tinable to bear te heat any louger, leit before | journment. Mr. Evarts put on bis hat at a quarter to four, and, “like the Arab silently stole away.” The jury appear to give a more earnest ear to Beaca than ever before, They kept unremitting eyes on him yesterday, and symparnetic looks ta some Instances answered back ols arguments with a silent indorsement, Mr. Beaca, resuming, said:—Of course tt fs pos- sible for any gentieman, speaking Of an inctueat that happened two years ayo, to be mistaken ag to @ particular date or hour. It 1s ome of those | topics upon Which the memory is partivulariy de- fective and apt to de in error of statement. For | nd, Who apeaks of Beecher's | havi Caristian Union otice on the | 2 of June, even and twelve o'clock, having hO particalar circumstance, no memo | panda or data to direst or fix and fasten hts recol- lection, undoubtedly 1s subject to mistake, ho ever upright and ponest he may be in bis state. ments, And so isis with Mr. Jayne, There is no | doubt he is just as labie to error as otmer wit- | messes. But it would seem as if th circumstances which attract Mr, Jayne’ attention could not very well muisiead Bim, The 2d of June was the anniversary | of nis wedding Gay, to which be was accustomed tach some Bbignifcance—an occasion upon y rate, his mind reverted to his mar- uons and his home. He remembered did so which impressed itself upon Mr. Jayoe’s mind he awears, he connected it with the annt- versary of bis marriage. Being acquainted with po having servea nim in the course of his re smional business, Mr. Beecher beliug accu® med casually to notice him, the fact of nis pass- ing pear Mr. Beecher witaout any recognition from bim, considering the relative position of the two genticmen, would be @ circum- Biance whicn would sttract bis attention, might have felt little chagrin, bat he noticed upon Mr, Beecher’s countenance, usually 60 cheerful and radiant, into whose ey to look in his moods of ease and comfort is to be at once inspired with cheerfulvess and mirth—he noticed an unusual depression; ne wa sorrow!ul and moody; nis mead cast dowm; none of the stately an ing characteristics of Mi Beecher about the man. He turns into Kemsen street Without noticing this gentieman, It was at the time, you remember, When the tripartite covenant was pubdlished—in faci, woen Theoaore Tilton was demasding from him deience and cor- | rection, and sireacening i he did not receive it to publish the statement which he bad prepared, contain! r. Beecher’s owa letter, containing that the horror of reat was around bim. He felt that a pproached, and he saw no woy of escape. He feared taat the revelation against | which he had been denying was as last inevit- | able, and it was hot remarkable that be should be Cast down, At ali events, the testimony of Mr. dayne upon thet point is nor to be divcredited, Mr. Beecher Was not recalied aiter the testimony | of Mr, Jayne, to moatty or qualiiy the statement of that gentieman, and it stands therefore on- | comtradicted apou the record that Mr. Jayne mest | Mr. Beecher under the circumstances to which | that gontieman testified. Mr. Evarts has passed | over (nis testimony with a jest hardiy worth the | seriousness of the matter, All says referring | to this testimony is, tnat the gentleman “pre- | tends to nave seen Beceher trough a stone wail.” That is not the way in whien evidence upon @ point so vital and so significant as tuis | Should be met aud answered, | 1 GRANT THE POSSIBI | Dut when a gentieman of re biaself with such circamstan accuracy of his recollection, aad when | mony harmonizes and connects liseli with the If | crisis pad e urged against him than @ witticiam. Lt was | not through o stone wail that Mr. Jayne saw Mr. | Beecher. was with @ (all Opportunity to see hit in fall view, and there eau be oo mistake ta regard to the condition of Mr. Beecher, Is was eutirely conformable with the condition of mind im which Beecher was, on toe 20 of ane, whenseon by Mrs, Mouaiton. repeat the question, when Mr. Beecher, who was thus overcome by the testimon: of Mrs. Montton, stren, 1d by the evidence ot | Dr, Jayne, where wa sella? it Mr. Beecher | Of that 2d of June was in Moutagne place, and he turned into Kemsen street, out four or Give doors trom Mrs. Moulton's then he could not bave been 5 Compouy wie wt ne Kome at thas if those hours, and 18 of the impression that tt was | be- | but so many insisted upon staying inside and | eneral fabric of the proef, something more must | 7 | ‘SHEET. peries. At that particular time he was holding is memorable interview with Mra, Moulton, irs, ig peg eer sne ted that story to George /o Jor: » Robinson on ti night of of June. She says sho told it to her husband, and my impression ts thaton the next day, or at least witmin a day or two subse- | gees. toid it to George U, Robinson and Jeremiah | P. Robinson; both these gentilemen—George O. | Kobinson, & present and wealthy member of Plymouth abarek, One of the lights of that imstitu- tion—nay, as it 1s said by our adver- saries, ‘inembers of firm of Woourut | quence of his connecwon with this investigation, | was exclutea, Why didn’t my friends produce | George C. Rovinson ? If within a day or two, or # | Tecent tine of that period, Mrs, Moulton commun). | cated that story to George Robinson, is wuat | have been true. Lf she did not, and my friends | eould bave proved that sue did not, Mrs, Moulton | Would have oven discredited and overcorown. There ts no avoiding that issue, gentlemen, Ac- cording to the jaw I bave read to you, accordin, to your own sentiments of justtes ‘anu Fight and common sense, if George ©. Rovinson could have | contradicted Mrs. Moulton upon that vital propo- sition of her testimony he could have been | placed upon the stand, and so would Jeremiah P, Robinson have been aske whoo ou the stand, Again, if Mra, Moulton ba | fabricated this story, with the ‘hostility and | friend}iness to Beecher, tn the month of August, | when he made mis statement belore the commit- | lee, had exasperated this woman, {f she saw the reputation of ner husband-assailed so chae all bis | Christian principle, all her regard for truth and | Integrity, Were lost, swallowed in the desire to support ser husband, would she have testified | Withour necessity that she made a revelation—a | repetiiton of the tnrerview with Mr, Beecher—to | Mr, Robinson, furnishing ready means vy which | she could ne destroyed ir it was untrue, giving to | Mr, Beecher means of aonihdaung ber Utegriby gud ber testimony? WilAT OFFENCE WAS CONDONED? Did not Mr, Beecher say, when Mrs. Moulton | agence he liad against iim, “Theodore Tilton has | no case. He has condoned his wife's fauit.? Dia | not Mr. Beecuer then see that there must de sia | before there can be forgiveuess? What was ib toat Beecher meant was conaonea by the hus band? Not wandering affections, not desired sep- aration, No, there wus some more radical offence tuan either of these. Condonation dves not apply to any such evasion, Condonation is the forg: Bess of guilt, in thatsense it was anaerstood, und in that sense it was used as between Mra, Moulton and Mr, Beecher, as itis also used in 013 letters, When Tilton stood up, and, confronting Mr. Beecuer, said he proposed make an a-cusation, then it in answer to that, Beecher said, ‘He # no case, He has conaonea.” 1t 18 the consession of guilt. fhe Woman or man who confesses condonation eon- fessea guilt, and this 18 just the attitade in which Led gentiomen have placed themseives and their Len! dir, Beach then referred to the severity of the assault wade vy Mr, ‘Tracy upon the exbitition ef Tilton, The presence of Tilton, Mr. Beach felt sured, had not offended tne jury, Bor had he tt truded egotism und seifishness uoon the jury. Theu why nad his learned friend made this accusa- tion? Why can’t be have piace aud fair play be- fore this jury? It 18 salad by Mr. Tracy that “Tilton has over ana over again declared that the cl @ charged against Hemry Ward cher that of improper solicitations bis wie. Well, I bave said all invended to say on, that snabdject, but! call your attention to the fact that wnile ‘Viton was wying to Suppress publications he de- ied that Mr. Beecher was guilty ol aduliery; yet Whenever the question came toa close issue as to Whether improper solicitations was the sole cuarge S@guiust Beecher, he said that that was not the Whole of 1%. In the interview with Dr, Sturrs you will remember, and also tn the Interview with Mr, Bell and Rev. Mr. Haillday, he said that was not the whoie trutn of tne charse, You wili remem- ber how Mr, Bell told him that it was tis duvy to his family, to bis church, his pastor, the com- munity and to the Christian world that he shoud | say tuat it was Dothing but'improper solicitations tut he charged, and then Mr, Bell iorced uim to | deciare that that was not the whole, So it wi With Huns and with Redpath; so that is what ia Called imcousisteat declarations. There were secret declarations that the public deciarations Made did not reach the Whole of them. Beil in regard w the conversation witn tiiton in Wnhica Mr. Beli urged him to come out and pubiiciy deieod Mr, Beecher. Tilton replied he could nut Got, he replied, Gan’t Make that denial, eanse there is metning that will not let me, Toere ia an usederlying troth in this story which would make it worse lor Beecher than if [ ict it aione.” ‘Phat sustains, then, what Beil said. Mr. Shearman bere corrected mr. Beach in interpretation of the testimony, but bis rem Were not audible. Mr, Evarts coincided wita wh ,; Air, Suearmaa ad said. Mr. Beach resumed his reading from the evi- dence of Beli with regard to nis ving calied on TuUton upon the suggestion of Moulion to suggest to him to come down to the charch and see waat wouia be preper to ve done to make it uuneces sary for the deacons to go into tae Waiter oi ine estigution. Mr. Shearman again interposed objections to the mauuer im wWiich the evidence was imter- preted. ’ Mr. Morris submitted that such Interruptions were entirely out of place. dir. Beach (\uraing to the suageh read part of the interview beiween Tilton and Dr. Storra, in which the ‘True Siory” was read, the latter by Tuton, that narrative Impating improper solici- tauons, Dr. Storrs asks Tiltoa whether tuis is me plain abd bonest tratu—woat 18 called in a court of justice “the truth, the woole trait and nothing but the trata,” and Tilton, in reply, said, “D: Siorrs, itis vot the whole truth; it 1s oniy @ part of tne truth, It is an under statement, but it is the only part I am willing to give to tue pubic. (Applause.) dudge Neilson—Captain Rogers, I bope you and your officers will discover some ot those invisible people who make aii tails noise. I believe 1t ought bo be stopped. ‘The evidence of Mr. Harman, to whom the “True Story” wus also read by Tilton, was then cited by g KS at | seen “that monstrous story of the Woodhulls, snd urged him to give it @ full aenial” Ttton | Seid, “Suppose I can’t deny it?” And this, gentie- | men, ts trom @ witness of theirown; that ii ton, |, Said substantially that he could no dispute ta ory. Wile this gentieman was com tinuaily putting forth letiers refuting the charge, Jet whenever be was forced as to these evasions and excuses he at once put himself on the ex that he could wot make a fali declaration. Never, according to the evidence in thls case, has Tilton | Ubtered @ Single untruth in regard to the naiure of this offence, I pass Mr. Sito with this very | cursory examiuation; there are some other ques | tions iM regard to marriage and divorce of whieh I say that ® just e Tiiton relative to social science, as well as to re- ligion, show bim to be @ thoughial and judicious | Puoiic man. That carries the distribution of evidence a@ founded on the testimouy of Lilton, and Mrs, Moulton, the testimony derived from | Mr Mr. Beecher’s letters, and ail (hat mags of tri evidence Which sprung out of tne parti | phases which we have gone througa, It w | potable event waen Theocore Tilton appearea Piymoath churca to augwer the question whetuer or not BE HAD SLANDERED HIS PASTOR, and in the face of the congregation and of the pastor defied and challenged investigation. The West charges Were at that time under investiiga- tion by the church. Jt was on the record of tae churca that ‘litom had charged intimacy of & criminal nature between the pastor and Mrs, Tiltop, and the question was whesher 4 siandered Henry Ward Beecher, He the parpose of the committee of the he Was not 4 meu down to tue church and tendered him: & member to remove that obstacle. He said:—“If you nave apy complaint to make against me, who adultery wis my wile 1 don’t deny what record, no declaration on record, wherein he did deny that had charged adultery. One would suppose While that chureh was convulsed with this dimMculty, when Mr. West and otter Caristian gentiemen ing investigations; it would seem that when they had Tilton belore taem, bject to their Investigation, snd when it was the | | of the church to wipe from Mr. u of this scandal that they w ed him. Then was the time wi injured innoer raon OF Mr. i id have thereby cieared from this slander. Would | innecent? The only question involved there was | whether Tilton had charged Mr. Beecher with | adultery with bis wile, liad Beecher, woo is #0 proud and so confident to-day, when in that open court, im the tempie of his ‘Goa and before ibe world (of whom filton declared he told no un- trath against Beecher), Beecher says, “i have no charge to make.” And Why not, when everyting | Was crowding thede charges to investigation; | whem every interest demanded it; when | he had the power and the control of | the tribanal which was to pronounce upon It? j Tt must be wered. It will not do to say feared tae infeenoe it would 6 upou Tilton’ family; or that Mrs. Tilton had ingovently ve- stowed on him her affections. MES, HOOKER’S THREATS, It appears irom tue testimony of Tilton that Mr, Beecher said to bim that his sister, Mrs. yn | had threatened to come to Brooklym and to rew from Plymouth church pulpit @ confession of bis | Telations with Mrs. Tilton to the whole congrega- jon, He read the letter to Moulton and Tilton, and asked, “What ought to be dove?” Tilton toi him to give him bh and went to New York, saw Mra. Hooker aud stopped tho threatened mischief, Mr. Beecner said he Was “profoundly grateful for having escaped | is no attempt at denial that Tilton saw Mrs, | Hooker ano averted the misciie/, Yet that man, with thas admitted, tells you on the stand that he the slightest impropriety with eecher concedes the forer of buat on moaee it deflantly, he al help of Mr. Tilvon. the name of all that is oredivie ana cred. an you believe that? If you believe th he did maké improper solicitations to Mrs. Tliro1 Wien his whole it 18 Warthicss, and th quotation holds good, ‘False one, faise tn all”? Ali cougede that Mrs. Bradguaw ts ap eat « Mra. {ilton,7M) & Kobdinson, from wiich Mr, Moulton, in conse. | told him that Tilton intended to publish the evi- | egousm and seifishness on the part of Tneodore | dir, Beach then read from the testimony of Mr. | | Mr. Beach. Harman asked Tilton whether he had | mination of the belief of Mr. | ard | the charged you wita | jad been for nearly three years pur- | | tne chotr, Finall 4 | the graveyard. th jeter, whieh Beecher ard, | | and pious Obristian Iady, and ner lotter to Mr. our respect and © ‘ge8 were penuiny and ead the letter of that lady to she believe the infamous Theodore Tiiton bas told her of Moe pete Pak rt aga Mr. Beecher to modily them, ui ever so Ole, Mr, Beach then read the reply of Mr, Bi to Mrs, Bradshaw urging silence. Do you cai’ said the counsel, that that reply ander those eir- cumetances was written by @ man whe could stand up before his fellow men and swear there was not even the shadow of an offence om his conscience? Would he, if innocent, mees this estimable lady with such an answer? He kuew the trach, amt knew it was aot safe jor \o name Mr. Tilton a8 aliar, Lostead of tendering: #0 eXpianation to this woman, which would have been satisiactory, he refuses all information, and she acelines to go vefore the church committee, It is acwitted that Mr. Beecher prepared @ nation, ia which he sald he was willing te acrifice uimvel, aod step dewn and outt that would save Tilton. The people whom he now dis- Ronors by saying (hat about this time he suspected Titton and Moulton of Dbiuckmall, (he them was wiltng to step dowd and out if it would help them. Why. In the name of ali that 1s wondrous, that is @ pro- osition addressed to tweive tntellivent men, thas cory Ward Beecher would do that without guilt. ‘There Was no stripping for the ignt there; there was Do getting out Of tae pulpit for the sake of | being untrammeiled at tiis stage. Ys | D aside hip , ny act more humbly or penitentially coniess lis sm? That is @ jact that appeais to your sound sense and Judement aod must be conscientlously disposed of , logteaily and as trarh-ioving men. If you recone cile tt with the tnocence of Mr. Beecher, you have a power of logic tneonceivabie to me, Mr, Beacn then read tn rol Mr, Beecher to Mrs. Tilton of Fepruary 7, i872, iu which he recom- mends Frank Moulton &s @ true friend to her honor. What bad sve done by which her honor Was assailed so that she needed a triend to deena hertwihis letter was written, too, alter Beecher bad been forbidded by ‘Tilton to visit her; alter he had, to at asfonishment, learned iat the of his iriend had be- Wi stowed on him her idolatry, and thus broken ap the peace of her bouseboid. ‘The potut is, thas Mr, Boeeher, under these circumstances, should dare to send appeals to this woman, iomenting | her passions, appealing to her afections, daring vo do this in the face of the theory tie pre | Seuts, iopuuung to this woman the tndelicacy of loving Dim without solicitation, should dare to send letters full of his own love and soiciting hers; Ray suggesting opportunities or meetin: filing the heart of thus woman with affection for Himself and distaste for her home. If there was nouuing else to prove that be Was rottmmat the heart it would be found tu these leiters, lustead Of, a8 @ true priest of God, admonishing her of the mipropriety Of those affections; iostead of point ing her to tho love of her chilaten and her hoe, and to her Redeemer, he addresses himself to her affections, and addresses to her suggestions which are calculated to more widely separate her from her love for oer husvand aod her soul trom ner God. THE JURY RESENT AN IMPUTATION. Mr, Beach closed nis argament at four o'clock. Mr. George Hull, one of the jurors, then arose trom his clair, aud, addressing the Court, said that reflection had been cast by the counsel upom the jory, He said:—‘I'nis 18 not the Orst, nor the secOUG, Dor the third, nor the fourtu time during the last eight days that reflecrion Was been cast couusel on the jury, As if it is not enough t we should have to sit here day alter day, week alter week and month aiter mon‘n, deprived of our reguiar meals and Of the moans with whick to make nome comlortavle; is if nos enough that have to suffer all this; to sit here Jor a pittance $9 @ week, Without having such insinuations as have been made. I can salely say that this jury has not been approached by any improper infla- ences, except In one tustauce, where, under the cover of an envelope, & sip cat from the Sun Was sevt to each member of the jury. [nope Your Honor wil de kind enouxh to iustrect 18 eatleman to retrain from refectious on the ary. Judge Neilson—I think that the juror misape prenended the counsel, I don't think that the counsel meant for a moment to cast any reflection upou the jury. Very few of us can speak at all | tines without falling Into mistakes. Mr. Beach—Ilt may be hard fur (nat gentlemaa, and it may be that it would be just for me to ae cept of the excuse Which Your Honor mukes; 1 auve bad occasion to say and | pelieve that Jury has been approacied, aud I nave gos pi clear and sattsiactory evidence on the subj which | may enter belore tals case ia en (Appianuse.) Idou’t make tue accusation against aay person Of this jury; but 1 say that members of this yary nave made very improper declarations, aud that they have been approacaed by the cmis faries of the defendant, and that uave the means Of proving. (gppiaase.) Mir. Abvott—Such remarks are entirely am called for, Your Honor. They are ont of place aud they lack Lat suostaatiauon Walch 1s essential | ty Prook Mr, Shearman—We demand the evidence here fud now. lundertake ww deny the accusation as utterly untrue, At an Gariy stage Of tae case there Was a charge made 0: tuls kKind—toat money was being used oy Plymouth church. | desire | Bow to say tual 1 will take ail the responsibility there has been money tinproperly used, NOS | one dollar has been used that has not come oat of | Wy pocket, aud no person nas contributed a single dol.ar except Mr. Beecher aud mysell, Tr. Beach—The assertions of the counsel are | evidently tar beyond his knowledge, because it is | certaim that parties witnout the kuowledge of counsel could uso means. Though may be | ready to take all the responsibility ue Cannot take | a the Kaowledge. It would have been improper | to say this if | bad not been arraigned by one of | the jury. Ihave said that there were influences | surrounding this court and this case without im | puting them to these gehtlemen, and I will sas- | tain what I have said to Your Honor on this occasion, bat! Will take my own time and mode todoit. I regret tf] should do anything to Sacri- | fice the respect of this jury ana to injare tue case of my client, and | hope that these gentiemen will not be prejudicea by my remarks. tle would as& what @ time be appointed by the Court for the roduction of #ucd ¢yidence as he had in regard | to the matter. | dudge Nejigon said that after the trial it would | be proper to investigate and punish the guilty | parties. It would be out of order now. | @Mr. Fullerton said if defencan counsel were | ready now to take it up iney were prepared, There Were many things Which had bappemed ef Waich Mr. Shearman Was not aware. The Court them adjourned ti eleven o'clock to-day. AN ARREST, During the session of the Tilton-Beecher trial | yesterday Sergeant Rogers detected a young man disturbing the proceedings by applauding and arrested him. He gave his name as Michael Gailagher, residing at No. 247 West Twenty-firss street, New York. Gallagher was taken before Judge Netisoa, aad, alier 4 severe reprimand, was ailowed to depart. This is second arrest for @ similar offence since the beginning Of the trial, FATHER TISSOT’S OBSEQUIES. The obsequtes of the late. Rev. Father Tissot took place yesterday in the Church of St. Francia | Xavier, Sixteenth street, where a low mass was | ceteorated by Rev. Father Hadon, rector of college, assisted by about twenty-five | priests. The cofia was placed in frome of the araped altar, At the conciusion of the ser~ | vices the lid of the cofia was removed, and the clergymen, scholastics, brothers and numerous | lay friends passed around tt, in order to view (or the last time the jeatures of toeir dead friend. ‘The rem: of Father Tissot were re: ed im- y after to Fordham for imterment in the cemetery attached to St. Joun’s College. were accompanied by ten of the Fathers of the Order and seven seminarians. Tue body was con yeyel into the chapel, attend mem- | bers of the community, and the “Libera” oy the remaina were deposited tm © procession Was a most edity- ing sigot. SUICIDE BY OPIUM. A young girl, who has for some time been knowm as Miss Belmont, commitied suicide Sunday evem- ing in @ house of ill-fame in West | Twenty-sixtn street, where she had live® about two years. or several weeks pas® she had been suffering from 8 severe coid neuralgia, 2nd thie led to Ate of despomé- On Sunday she sent a boy to a drug store thavenue jor # boole of Munn’s cuxiw OF ok the entire contents, She was tu tue Kirchea at the time, and the servant. novicing the large dose tne Unhappy girl had just swaiowed, went for a ply. Bician, In the Course of an our jour doctors Were called in, but in spite o/ ali tneir efforts sue died in their hands. ‘ Coroner Wolsmen wilt hold an inquest in a few ays. m opium, and on lis being brougat to her drat THE DOG LAW. Now that the hot weather has set in it becomes necessary for the Board of Aldermen to take action upon the dog nufsance. On the loth of July last an ordinance was passed reiacive to the kuling of dogs and preventiug their running as the groat danger which had threatened fim | jarge withourmagaies. [his law Was repeaied om througo this member of his Own family.” This | tue loth of October followin So (bal iknow be is «mot contradicted by Beecher, and I | comes necessary to pass a 41 ordinance for Cail bue attention of the jury to thia letter, There | this your. ‘The Board of Alveriuen will probamy take GCUOR UPOM hE Musior al their nex’ meet ing. } ALLEGED iN Chartes Barnes was arres’ Morning ON suspicion of having set ng agd grocery store, on Morris avenus, moar 149th street. ‘The building ts insured in te Westchester Insurance Company (or $5,000 aad | ae damared Wy bh0 GkWeas Ui G20 fire to nia