FLOWERS IN THE BEECHERTILTON TRIAL.

Evening Star, Issue 3821, 24 May 1875, Page 3

FLOWERS IN THE BEECHERTILTON TRIAL.

We take the following passages from the 1 New York’ Herald ’sjreport of the proceedings of the 15th January “ At this instant an officer of the Court advanced through the audience with a bouquet, pinned up in white paper, and it was given to Tilton. He blushed and put it mto his hat, on a low chair. General Pryor turned about and asked him to open it. Tilton shook his head. Pryor intimated that it might conceal a note. It was then opened, and proved to be a modest coll- ction of apparently garden flowers, put together by other hands than a florist. The bleeding heart, red roses and red buds generally relieved on white ones, with a simple sprig of ■vergreen, composed the offering. There was i slight effort to applaud in the gallery, as Tilton, without looking up, laid it down on ■be naked table and resumed his atteution to the ci sc.

“ While Mr Fullerton was reading the pistleending ‘ ought to damnStorrs’ (at which there was slight laughter) a letter to which the churchmen in the jury-box listened with close attention—a large red bandbox came up through the audience and was set at Mr Tilton’s side. He and General Pryor looked at it doubtfully, and Pryor jerked Lis bead away with a toss of contempt. Being opened, the box was shown to contain a magnificent bouquet, arranged by hand in a slender porcelain vase, with miniature flags, gilt stars, &c., on a blue ground. A large white lily dominated this bouquet; orange blossoms, tube-roses, violets, and heartsease made up the body. Belov/ were ivy leaves and ferns. This graceful bouquet stood up high and conspicuous, and a card on it said— Theodore Tilton—Compliments of his friends.’ ...

“At twenty minutes past eleven, while Moulton was giving interesting testimony as to the origin of the Bacon letter, a IF, policeman came through the crowd with two more bouquets, pinned up in yellow paper. It seemed to be a tournament of flower ’, and the friends of plaintiff and defendant were pelting them with roses. General reaction took place in the minds of the people against the flower business, as giving the court-room a partisan appearance Mrs Tilton looked at her husband’s bouquets with a little rising color. The sentiment of the audience was ‘tit for tat.’ ”