The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-08-18

M0ulton an1<tilton had addressed themselves
ns o 9s os th on aaS 70
The subject of his own purity with cir
cumstantial and historical statements, and
vince me that ali anezations against Mr.
Iilton respecting such matters were false.
TilIon, or any other psl-son, that You had ever
bad any relations with MIS-. ElizaSefh Tilton, or
Sora to ar any ybss s 70 y O. ssT or
christian man to hold, do or say with the wife
OF Of his friend or for father 70 hold DO or say
with his daughter, or a brother with his sister +?
wortss
A. Never.
Mr.; Tracy. Did you over in fact hold any sueh
relations, do any such act, or utter any such
4. A.Neyer.
Mr.: Cleveland. In your statement vou have
alluded TO one judgment OF $500. Have you
furnished any other money 10 those partiesg
A: have furnished at least s2OoU besides the
2. To whom did you pay that money!
4. To Moulton.
q In various sums?
A., In various sums, partly in cash and partly
i'm checks
9. Have you any of those checksF
A. have several. ! don't remember how
many.
O. Where are theye
A. have some OF them here; one of June %.
I27l, drawn on the Mechanics bank 10 the order
OF Frank Moulton and endorsed in his hand
writing; and Que of May %, 1872, to the order o
writing. Eacn of these that are marked ssfor de-
posit across the face, have been paid.
q. As nearly as you can recollect, how much
money went inio the hands OF Mouiton?
A / Isl should say have paid $3.50.
was TO be appropriated?
A. $ opposed that IL was to be appropriated
toextrieate Tilton from his difficulties in some
way.
@. You did not stop to inquire how or why?
a. Moulton sometimes sent me note saying,
Il wish you would send your cneck for so
much"
q. Did you usually respond TO the demands of
M. Moulton for money during those months?
q: Under what circumstances did you come to
pay the 200 in one sum?
a. Because IL was represented to me that the
whole difficulty could be now settled by that
oStbe Golden Ae on sec0re fao,in p1i nne
they would b. able to go ri ght on, and that with
the going on of them the safety of TilIon would
the whole thing. Itwas to save Tilton pecuni.
arily.
by Moultons What did ne show you before you
made the payment? rt
A. 1t was the result of intimations and gen.
eral statements, and / finally said to him: 81
ana willing to pay 5,000.' came TO do 1t In this
way: There was a discussion about that paper
M0ultOn was constantly advancing money as he
| said, to help Tilton. The paper was needy. One
evening was at his house. We We're alone to-
of his pocket letter from -. 1t was read to
eontributions which the writsr. had
the writer OF this letter had given him some
thousands ofdollars down In cash, and then TAX
iected were ON bIuisn paper, aIrho gh am not
sure OF that. There were Two checks, each OF
them amounting to one or two thousand dollars
about six thousand dollars. although my memo
~ about quantities and figures is to be taken
pre43o on me that the wrfser had given him ii
one or two thousand dollars In cash down, and
as the writer explained in tue letter, it was not
convenient TO give the balance IN money at the
time, but that the writer had drawn time drafts
which would be just as useful to him as money,
ana Mouiion slapped the ta0le and said: "Ies,
IL wasD Afterward, when got home, and was
thinking about il in the morning, Why, saiu
|, what fool. 1 never dreamed what he meaut.
Then / went to him and said to him: Il
am willing TO make cont ib tion, and put
the thing beyond controver.y." Well,
he said something like this: that
he thought il would be the best investment that
ever made in nay life. then went 20 the saw
ings bank and put mortgage OF S. 100 on my
house. | took y check which was given me by
the banks lawyer. AID put IL into the bank, and
lhan TO have check drawn to his order, 1 drew
The money in five hundred dollar or one thou
sand dollar bills, have forgotten which. But
in my hand, and these gave into his hand.
| From time 10 time he spoke in most glowing
terms, and said that he was feeding il out I!
installment he gave Theodore 500 at once, and
| that he sent with it promssory note for Theo-
sent 1t back to him, saying that he saw no pros
pect in the end of paying the loans, and that he
could not honorably, therefore, accept them
and refused to sign any note, and MouIton
laughed significantly and said that Tilton SUBJ
sequently took the money without giving any
note.
| q. Did you ever receive any note of security
whatever or evidence of debt from Moulton OIL
has there boen any offer to return the money &c
your
A. Nothing of the kind: It was never ex.
pected TO be returned by either party.
4 d. MOultOD
the money In n comparatively rece tperiod?
| A. About the time of The publication of the
understand that he had offered $500 in
gold If ilton would not publish thai
| letter, and at that age of affairs Moulion felt
! profoundly that TiltOn could not come out with
a disclosure OF this matter without leaving
Mouiton in M an n awkwaTd l, position and that he
That letter. IL led to some little conversation
about supply of money, and he said that had
better give him my whole fortune than have
nlton 90 on In his course.
q. That yeu had better give your whole for
Yes, rather than have Tilton go into this
tight.
=. Was that before or after the publication OF
A. can't be certain about that. 1t was about
| that time.
| to thi- matter, whether you had ever spoken in
that TO any one, or expressed any anxiety In
your mind about l.?
| A. He did many weeks. ago in the lasl
| interview had with him.
q. Since Ihe publication of that Bacon letter.
| A. Yes; / think it was the Sabbath dsy
after the appointment of this com snittee.
preached but ooc- on that day, and or
the evening of that day he me and
aid 10 me IN conversation. 'YaI
have never mentioned about that $685." SaiC
yes, had mentioled IL 10 one persons
mentioned it. TO Oliver Johnson for one be
cause he was saying something 10 me one day
about whst some OF Tilton IS friends were saying
aud I incidentally mentioned that TO him
which he never repeated, suppose, 10 any body
Mouaton said: IL will never aunt that; shal
deny Il always
| q. Have you any objections to stating wha
TilIon's friends were saying TO Oliver Johnsol
and Others? What old oliver johnson say I,
you?
! A. On one occasion he reported to me tha
among the friends OF Tilton he had heard re
proacnes made against me, that was neithe
endeayoring TO help Theodore in reputation o
in any way, and the expression was this, that
had been tile instrument OF his beng thrown OF
the track in life, and that would not Ieinstat