The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-17

amounting from 500 to $1,000 or more.
and should. think it amounted in all to
about 5000, 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 it
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 rs useful to him as money,
and r.....-
'MOulton Slapped the Table
and said, yes it was. Afterwards when 1
got home and got to thinking about it in
the morning, why said i,
I. What Fool.
never dreamed what he meant then. !
went to him and said to him: II am
willing to make contribution and put
things beyond a controversy" Well, he
said something like this, That he thought |
it would be the best investment ever l |
made in my life then went to saw
ings bank and put mortgage of $4,000 |
on my house and took a check given |
me by the banks lawyer, and put it into
bank, and on MOultOn's suggestion that |
it would be better to have a check drawn |,
to his order, drew the money in $500 |
or 81 900 bills, l have forgotten which,
but know that they were large, for |
carried the roll in my hand, and these l
gave into his hands from time to time. |
He spoke in the most glowing terms, and |
said that
He Was Feeding IL Out 10 Theodore,
and said that at the time of the first in
stallment be gave Theodore $500 at once,
and that he sent with it a promissory |
note for Theodore to sign, but that TheO- |
dore 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- |
ty whatever, or evidence from MOultOn,
or has there been any offer to return |
money to you? A-Nothin& Of the !
kind. | was never expected to be return
ed by either party.
Q-Has MOulton said anything to you |
about money in q comparatively recent |
period? About the time of the pub
LEGATION of Bacon's letter think 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 at that stage of affairs Moulton
felt profoundly that Tilton could not
come out with disclosure Of all this mat
ter without leaving
MOuItOn in an Awkward Position,
and that he offered $1,000 in gold if Til |
ton would not publish that letter. 1t led |
to some little conversation about aSupply |
of money, and he said / had better give
him my whole fortune than to have Til !
ton 90 on in his present course.
Q-That you had better give your
whole fortune to Tilton? Ayes, rather !
than have Tilton go into this fight.
Q.-Was that before the publication Of
Bacon's letter? Al can't be certain
about that 1t was about that time.
Q.-DiG Mr.. Moulton ever qcestion you
in regard to this matter, whether you had .
ever spoken to any one or expressed any !
anxiety in Your mind about it? Ale |
did; not many weeks ago among the last
interviews l had with him.
Q-Sincc the publication Of that Ba-
con letter? A.-Gcsi | think 1t WAS on
the Sabbath day after the appointment of
this committee. | preached but once on
10, H., ,l. e, Of that
day he saw me. and said to me in con-
vcrsation, "You have never mentioned .
about the $1,000 l said, yes, | had to
one or two persons. | mentioned Oliver |
johnson for one, because he was saying
something to me one day about what
some of Tilton' friends We're saying, and |
incidentally mentioned it TO him, which !
he never repeated, l suppose, to anybody.
MOulton said,
II will Never Admit i'll Shall Deny
IL Always.
Q-Havc YOU any objections to state |
what Tilton's friends were saying, Oliver
johnson and others; what did Oliver |
Johnson say to you?
A-On one occasion he reported to me
that among the friends of Tilton he had
heard rcproaches made against me that |
neither was cndcavoring to help TheO-
dorc in reputation or in any other way,
and that the expression was this, that
| had been the instrument of his being !
Thrown off the Track
in life and that | would not rcinstatc
him" / replied III substance that SO far
as reputation was concerned | not only .
lonred and tried to do what | could for
him, but that his association with Wood
hull was fatal to him and | could not |
make any head against it, and with re-
gard to the other said to Kim that | had
been willing to help him materially and
that recently paid $1,000 to him.
Odd you see and have conyersa-
ton with Titon soon after the payment
of the $1,000? A-On the Sunday morn
ing following the payment Of the $1,000
| was going to church in Waring, | met
Mr.. Tilton standing right opposite the
house, he put his arm through mine and
was in his most beatifc mood,
and while walking along down to
church he was talking all the way
to me of grace, mercy and peace, and At
one time remember thinking that
$1,000 Was Very Modifying.
BY Mr.. CaAin-Q-Did you Mt any
time receive the note which the commit
tee have in the evidence, reading rs fol-
ows. H. W. B.-Grace, mercy and
pcacc.-T. T.-Sunday morning. A
Yes. he sent it on Sunday morning by his
wife who had it laid on my pulpit stand.
BY Mr.. Cleveland-Q-Of your mort
gage dated about May lst, 1873, the mon
cv Of course was paid Moulton after your |
mortgage was made? AYES, SIR, d'd .
not keep the money an hour. went !
with it directly from the Mechanic Bank, |
where | drew it, and put it into Moultons .
hands on the same day and within few |
hours.
O-At his house? Al DO not know. /
Odd YOU have trouble with Tllton |.
l,-;,,,, tho luttar mart of that month or be .