New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-02-10
WHO GAVE MRS. Woodruff THE STORY.

| WHO GAVE MRS. Woodruff THE STOkf.
O. Now. Sir, as / understand the matter all that
had passed between you and Mr. Mouon and Mr. Beecher
gang any relations with your wife during this period were
confidential and for the purpose being kept
inc in keeping secret those relations were Yes
Sir and that was the design Of Mr. Moutons bon in the
matter
And the conferences and actions towards that design
not intended to be made public they Not at all Sir
O. Not in the least Now, Sir did you ever suspect Mr.
Beecher Of having communicated TO Mrs Woodruff the basis Of
her threat Of May I'D A No, sir TO other person.
| O. You never suspected him A. Not at all, Sir.
O. That suppose may be inferred from your views OF
this case Did you suspect Mr. Mouton' A No, Sir
o-of communicating to Mrs Woodruff any Of these mat
tiers, A. answered that question before you asked it,
Mr. Eyas-We you know what the Scriptures say about
| man that answers question before it is askedi
The witness-Mr. Moulton ID above suspicion.
Mr. Eyarts-You say you did notf A did not
O. understand you then that when you first went TO
Mrs Woodruff the appearance Of that card which was only
premonon she then gave you substantially all the matters
that she published in the Fall Of 1872 A Yes Sir all the
hod Incidents and besides She didn't connect them
with various persons she did then.
O. gathered from your examination that there was
nothing that she knew in the Fall Of 1872, or
professed 10 know, that she didn't know pro-
profess May 1912 A. Well for instance she didn't
tell May that she had carried the proof Of her Stein
way Hall speech Mr. Beechers study and had there given
It to him. That the subsequent fact What she told
was In the various vivid and extraordinary instances Of cr
nal relationship which existed.
O. And the pistol scene and oil hat A. Yes Sir; not It
happened, but ; It didn't happen.
o. Well a. she stated she told 10 you them A. She told
@ Now matter don't what she told You only
want to know whether right In understanding your direct
examination. A What is your understanding Of III
O. This that all that related her article Of 1872
Mr. Beechers relations your WIFE and any operations
of
same contained In her article Of 1872
had any bearing and relation she mentioned you May 1917
A. undertake say that she mentioned In May 1871
every identical particular which she Afterwards put her
story OF November do undertake say all the
trarsgan incidents s,ory Of sa nansy-ws Won
aehearse them.
Mr. Evars-wel, no matter
The wi,ness-They spread in very Yioes and
energetic speech by her to me in May, 1871
Mr. Evarts-That r. what I understood.
The Wincss-Bu when she told her sery In May
uneouneced with the various pessas ladies and gentlemen
Mr.. Bvars-other peoplei A. Yes, Sir whom she first
named as her authorities.
Mr. Eyarts-Well don't about that am not talking
that At that time in May 1871, she didn't give you any
authority A. No Sir asksd her and she destined To give me
any
Mr. Eyas-Now you say you read that note with shudder
A. Yes Sir.
@ And had yon any doubt when read that that refer
a and the wife of another distn
eused TEACHER would be by the public Brooklyn
as relating to Mr. Beecher, A. No. Sir had not any expecta
on had any thought thai the public would understand