The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-15
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Beecher Has Furnished Money.
nv MIR. Cleveland-Q-Inyo your state
men, YOU have alluded to one payment oil
IS 600. Have you furnished any other
money to those parties? Al have turn-
ished at least So, 900. ii
O-To whom did you pay that money!
A-To Moulton.
ON various sums? AIN various |
sums. partly in cash and partly in checks.
Q-Hsve you any of those ehecks!l
Al have several, but | do not remem-
Der how many.
O.-Where are they? Al have |
some of them here. One of June 23d,
1871. drawn on the Mechanics Bank,
PAYABLE to the order of Frank Moulton,
and Endorsed in his hand writing; one OF
November 10th, 1871, payable to the,or-
der of Frank Moulton, and Endorsed IN
his own hand writing, and one of May
Doth, 1872, payable to the order of F. u;
Moulton, and also Endorsed IN his hana
writing. Each of these that are marked
"for deposit across the face have been
paid.
Q.-As nearly as you can recollect,
How Much Money Went into the
Hands Of MOultOnf
Al should say have paid 800.
Q.-To what use did you suppose that
money was to be appropriated? Al
suppose that it was to be appropriated to
extricate Tilton from his difficulties IN
some way.
Q.-You did not stop to inquire how
or why? A.-Moulton sometimes sent
me note saying, ~ wish you would send
me Your check for so much"
Odd you usually respond 10 the
demands of Moulton for money during
these months? Al always did.
Q-Under what circumstances did you
come to pay $1,000 in one sum? A-Be-
cause it was represented to me that the
whole difficulty could be now settled by
that amount of money, which would put
the affairs of the Golden Age on a secure
basis; that they would be able to go right
on and that with the going on Of them
The Safety of TiItOn would BE A.
sured,
and that would be the settlement OF the
whole thing. 1t was to save Tilton pc
cuniarily.
Q-Were there any documents shown
to YOU by Moulton. What did he show
YOU before you made thepaymentsP. A
Itwas the result of insinuatiOns and gene
raj statements, and l finally said to him.
81 am willing to pay $1,000" | came to
do it in this way, there was discussion
about that paper; Moulton was constant
" advancing money, as he said to me, to
help Tilton. The paper was needy.
One evening l was at his house; We
were alone together in the back
parlor, and Moulton took out of his peck
ct letter from --, II was read to
me. in which the writer mentioned con-
tributions which the writer had made to
Theodore. understood from that the
writer of this letter had given him some
thousands of dollars down in cash and
then taking out two time checks or
drafts. which, as we'll as i remember,
were on blueish paper, although l am
not sure Of that. There were two checks
amounting from 500 to $4,000 or more.
and should think it amounted in ALT to
about $4,000, although my memory about
quantities and figures is to be taken with
great allowance, but it produced the i'm
preston on me that the writer had given
him 100 500 bills in cash down, and as
the writer explained in his letter that 1t
was not convenient for him give the bal
ance in money at that time, but that the
writer could draw the time drafts, which
would be Just as useful to him rs money,
and
MOuItOn Slapped the Table
and said, yes it was. Afterwards when |
got home and got to thinking about it in
the morning, why said |,
What "a Fool.
never dreamed what he meant then.
| went to him and said to him: II am
willing to make a contribution and put
things beyond controversy" Well, he
said something like this, THAT he thought
it would be the best investment ever
made in my life then went to saw
ings bank and put mortgage of $1,000
on my house and took check given
me by the banks lawyer, and put it into
bank, and on Mouton's suggestion that
it would be better to have check drawn |
to his order, drew the money in $500 |
or $1,000 bills, | have forgotten which, |
but | know that they were large, for / !.
carried the roll in my hand, and these | |
gave into his hands from time to time. |
He spoke in the most glowing terms, and
said that
He Was Feeding 1t Out TO Theodore,
and said that ut the time Of the first in
stallment he gave Theodore $500 at once,
and that he sent with it promissory
note for Theodore to sign, but that Theo-
dorc didn't sign it and sent it back, say
ing that he saw no prospect in the end
of paying loans, and that he could not
honorably therefore accept them, and
refused to sign any note, and Moulton
laughed significantly, and said that Til
ton subsequently, took the money with
out giving any note.
Odd you receive any note of securi-
" whatever, or evidence from Moulton,
or has there been any offer to return
money to you? A-Nothing of the
kind. | was never expected to be return
ed by either party.
Q-Has Moulton said anything to you
about money in II comparatively recent
period? About the time of the pub
LEGATION of BaconS letter think l had
been given to understand that he had
offered five thousand dollars in gold to
Tilton if he would not publish his letter,
and that ut that stage of affairs Moulton
felt profoundly that Tilton could not
come out with disclosure Of all this mat
ter without leaving
MOuitOn i'm an Aw kward Position,
and that he offered $1,000 in gold if Til
ton would not publish that letter. 1t led
to some little conversation about supply
Of money, and he said had better give
him my whole fortune than to have Til
ton go on in his present course.
Q-That you had better give your
whole fortune to Tilton? A-Yes. rather
than have Tilton go into this fight.
Q.-Was that before the publication of
BacOn's letter? Al can't be certain