, 1874-08-22

Meanwhile Halliday Ind bad MI intorvlow with
Tiftnn, tho result Of which, ~ tnaottlng tho
matter bctwocn lflton aud Doeohor, WAS very
anxiouHly awaited by lloecfor, WHO cornmnAt-
Gated to mo- mud who was also quito as anxious
Tint y,iton should tAko no stai,4 by which tho
matter botwoon thcm should get Into tho nows
papors, or DO n1ado IN any manner matter Ut
CONTROVERSY. With this vew Lie statod lilo at,l-
atuh, OIL tho same night of tho interview OF Hal
1day md Tilton, III the following luttor, which
Is without date, aud WAS written In poncil In
prEunsn 10 MopL1oN.
Mx paa rn,rsp: !; Tho ssgs ought .,, e lavo
E oS1 seiEs. t Wsithes ys, nor Thaosre eases .
troubled by s sl0o which you soryod 40 iAithfIly n
oas"s 9"Ss; IT. IT, i' 1s Il was ss seualy noyemea
.. The only near next tangcr Is Tho won'en Morrill,.
bradshaw, and tho poor auar child. Il ths rapsra
viii hold off l month NO tAn raue Ont the
gao aud mako safe anchorage, aud then when onco we
in deep aud srsnqu watese. will a! Join hands
. wIldcrneas only . Divine pros1denes could have
Jed u un'ovoured by Tic opel.noutled bcasts that
interview with Mnllltiay. viii you send o linn
knaay sson HassS'2 sn sa ss & ~
Friday.
l have now produced to tic Committee all tho
lottora aud documents benrlug upon the subject
es aossoa The s om Baesnei nsh Se ao s GGs
i Tilton, preyious to the Bacon letter, and there
IL but ono collateral mattor Of which doslro to
speak. Dauchor neVor inttmated to mo TINT he
thought tholo was any doslre on 1llton's part to
bluckmail him, and al had tic solo nlaEage-
lnent OF the money controversy bcrween Tilton
mud Bowen know thcro was no attemrt Oh
T.lton'a part to blaoktnMl OF got anything
more than whit beloved Ills ]uat duo from
bowen. Tho question whothor Wl,koBon knew
or believed that any oGenso had beon committed
will depend upon tho fact wllothcr ho knew of
anything TINT had been done hy Deechsr or Til
toils wife which cal'od for apology, at tho time
Tripartite Covenant WAS nlaae so}oly III rofor.
once to the disclosures which Bowen bad mado
to Tilton, and Tlton had maae to DoMon, and
Tilton's letter sets forth that the only disclosure
h;mself were Of inproper adganeos n,ado to bis
wife, md TINT ho so limited Lis charge n order to
Baso tho honor Of his vito. YheHe questions will be
answered BY the production Of letter Of April
2, 1872, written by Samuel MilksHon:
wII1Esoa TO MouLTok.
MY DEAR Mouh7os: Now for ibe closing act Of
tho written apology which 10 holds for lho mproper
9ynnscs and do you p..s It. into he ,l amcs Of te
Thcod6rs alk 10 Oliver Johnson. hcar that 10 ul,d
Carpenter, the artist, have mao this whole anair tho
sincerely yours, sAMuE1, w1IKEsos.
This letter, 1t will be observed, contnins no
protest against blackmaiting. ethor on Tilton's
pnrt or my own, upon Baocher or Bowen, and Is
Of the dato Of the trinarti!e covenant. Wllkin-
fcred to procure him very lucrative employment
III largo enterprise with which 10 wus COLI
nocted, III appears from letter datcd Jan. II:
wtlxEsoN TO r1LroN.
NORTHERN PACIFIC NAlL1uAb CoNPATY.
DEAR r,r4os You .ro in robis 5.n IL ets 's1 . gou
with ctter i,at mailed to Jay Cooke. advising hIu
to secure your services platform speaker to turn
sido down sbout our Sofstheru paeIli::: rlaek ap
viii viii 10 ~ vsry good time TAKE sr | Wood i for It. A'
tsigncd} SAMUEL N1LKEsoN.
Thus letter waB dated after Tie letter u apol-
ogY, and after the tettor Of Iiton to Bowen, and
WilkcRou could hardly have desired to employ iu
go gravo an enterprise one whom lie thou know
or bol.eved to be attempting to blackmall hiH en-
poyer; and, besides. his kindly exp. essions and
advice to Tilton Bcom 10 mo wholly inconsistent
with such an allegation. On tho Sd OF May,
1873, know that Tilton Was IN want Of money.
and took leave, without consulting him. to
send him MY check for 81 900 and q due-bIli for
that amount, to be signed by him. inc!oscd in
lottor, md which he returned to mo with this ILL.,
dorseInent thereon:
Pew WaY + sannG IT, .s any money soF
After tile nboyo paper WAS rotlrtel to Inc. on
the sano day, sent him the $1, ,000, lowing It to
bo matter as between ourselves, 80 fur NJ
Deecher il concerned. Tilton mover mndo de-
Mnnl Oh him for money, or pcCnHlary alu III any
WY or FORM He asked only siat Deeoilor should
interposo his influence and power to protect him
from the alandors Of thoHo who olaimed to DO
Beechor's friouds, while Boccher himself, with
that gouerobity anl kindness towards Triton
which had always characterized his nets during
| tho whole OF this uuhappy controversy, Of his
own motion. insisted, through mo, 10 aiding
Tilton iu establishing bis enterprise Of
| the Golden Aqe, for which purpose
he gavo me the slim Of 5000, which was to
! oxpend III such manner as doomed best to keep
tho enterprise along, and il Tiltou was any lime
! in nood personally to aid him. It was
understood between myHolf aud Bcecl,or
! that this monoy should 60 to Tilton
| as II 1t camo from my own voluntary
| contributions for his beuoat and that he should
! not know and ho does not know until he reads
this statement (for do not believe lio has de-
riuedit from any othor soutce), that this money
came from Doecher. or thinks that hb ia in any
way indebted to him for it.
| Annexed ia OIL account OF the receipt and e1-
| pondituto Of that sum 30 far as it had been or
ponded:
BrArEAEAT OF ACCOUNT, 1873
AaY - tetelTeA .$5.1e1
May - IAl. ... 4,uou
Iuly H. .,>.......+... a2e
aug. -. @ou
Scpt. II. Paid. bOo
Eept, 30. Paid, 50D
Doc. H. fala ........,"..........a..... 2oo
March 80 Paid, .,.,.,.,..,..,,,.,.,......, 400
Aa1 .'.ss.s..... - -
Mxy 70. PalI... 1ou
Total. $3.50
n II ttRrE inf