The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-12-22
BOWEN'S GREATLlBEL SUIT
rug SctVDtB TRTfL SoENEb RB-
CILLED ~ BROOkLIN.

aoreu aud kIu.elia in Tdton aud Beecher's
srats The Story OF Kidd's Treasure nj tho
Eoot of the Duudcrbcrs The Incantntions
.s.i Prophecies Of n Buxom Nearrss.
The Brooklyn City Court room yestcr-
A., wa IN It's conspicuous figures suggestive OF
ma Beecher ttial that was prolonged la thc
s,ue room E1 judge Fulltrton. Charles II.
winfield, Henry &. Bowen, Ills two sons, and
e.th B HUNT, of the original members Of Flynn
NTH Church, occupied the seats at The plainuns
eod of ,hs table; aud WIN. A. Beach. WIN. G.
B,w,tt, wni. Hester the publisher Of the Ergle.
and Thomas kiusella- the editor, were In the
h,dendant's place. In tho body Of tho room
V,ner Iacoh u. Murray moved restlessly about.
Deacon Howard was In tie sent he occupied
tbrnughout Mr. Bcecher's TRIAL Counsellor John
4. Irl John ". HlrnAn, 5. ID. Morris, Ripley
Ropes, Edward Bsgl'ston and his loug hair,
penl Hutton. A. s. HhTncs, :. V. White, Abner
a. K.,eney, Deacon Davenport and L0riu Palmer
rere scattered around.
The Jury having bocn called. the Hon. Charles
H. WINFIELD opened the Clso for sir. bowen, who
demands stu0r0 dsnases for the Edgles al
tegcd ubel that he planned the Kidd salvage
Company. that drew IN capitalists to search tor
uythicA treasures Ia the Hudson Every man
connected wth It was ruined for life, MIR. Win
Geid aaid. and there never was scheme con
cocud by villains that WIS greater stencil In
the uostrlli uf tho world. \ man might nave
b-'b stigmati7ed % murd rer frr hire, and he
could not have been dlsgrlced more efcctually
than ty accusing him OF completely with this
scheme. The defendant has accused Mr.. Bowen
nj the conception. orisln. and cnrrying out OF
the entire viii inv. They accuse him Of using a
bukOm negress, through whose incantaiions
and prophecies he induced hls friends 10 put
th.r capital In the fraudulent enterprise. There
Os,er was 40 helnous a case Of libel as this.
wnlllm He4ter the Publisher testified that he
published the p.pcr containing the article on
Bspt u, is7, Tho circul ton Of the paper W ~
pIOOo, two thous nd of which numper circu-
iatou In tho county. The ptpet', exchanges
were under l.UO0. TIC paper t,cs to The North
ern btAte-. Ex-JtulC fdlotto read the artice
totke jury. and tbs plaintiff res ed.
Corporation Counsel ID " 1T, for the Er0le, In
Dponing attempted to read articles from the
hrV'kyh HWn Mhth u Na7 MI h,Wen pau u
thht s'NereY condemned lh"maS Nnsella Ihc
Judge Sustained an objection g. tbi-. Then MIR.
be wife referred to bnwen's other SUITS, and lo
WN again stopped. Ihen DO referred to the
Judges rulings whicu forced them to trial, "a
Ns thOught, with ntue evidence. lie intimatcd
that he /. PED that the iulnls wuuli pe re-
versed on appeal. Judge Reynolds quickly
s.opped INN again, aud repTimAnded h'm fof
Mr Dewitt disayowod any disrcspect. hut said
that ha as ''iates fell keenly the injury OF the
Judges decision has'cninG tbem to lial. The I.
extrdvag ~ than a serious llDel 1t was pitt
tul ,isl, t. ,,e - n,w,pap.r man IN court scok'
ing for ms n al dullais in a SUI. Tor ltiel.
Ex-Judgc John Greenwood, resident OF
BrVDklyu since lG5, aud City Court Judge
iron. l.4i ~ isij, testified that Geo wilae, was
tlrl Del ie nim on an lndlc'ment Tor lNrl pub
lished IN lslg IN tue NGtDrn' Po'lco GIssnc. N
winch Hikes accused II 'nry sheldon and james
Fioriand, incuibefs 81 the klud salvage Com
pany, vi belng swlndlers. Mnkes was acquitted
Iho defence 5 t- tiuth of the lbs.
copy uf the spirit ~ ule Ipnts was intro
dufel containing The ALE .ati thai Bowen
an1 otncra formed 9 cump.nv with $l..OOO stoc L
e. r .i,e the treasure ehtp of Cupt kidd, wnicn,
thoy ss,rr ed, mad sunk NJ tue foot ui DHnder
beng Mountain, on the Hudson, IN watei owned
by the conpeny. Tho article asserted that the
the project curreat with the negro population
The Ole Of IuE Sun Oi January l. lNs: con
Sla,u y ~, Times, watch was entit,rd "Wul
IleNiry q. Bowen dpllket GeorCt Ntlkes,' wa
ness, testified that luz SUN's present ear MA
Ton was CO,Ol0, ahd that It VAS nearly lOjOO II
WIN. A. Hall, shoe dealer who bad severa
milliopa Of dollars worth ct Government con
tracts. testified th4t Henry {. BOweu's charac
Ter for twenty years prior 10 September, M
Was tad. The wltness believed In Mr.. Beecher'
lnnrvence md took gtounds against Bowen
lie was never refused a loan ~ Mr. Bowen.
=. V. Mnite Of Plymouth CLurch sid that MI
lLwel's reputattOn wals not good among mem
ber- Il Pninoith huron, and he did not re
tIemher hearing lin spoken well Of at any time
lie ai-O ieild III Of MN ia Wall street. lie Wis
lied h0we"'s house once To meet j iy Cooke
Cinr rords. :. ~. Chtttendeu, Deuas barne-
hnd other, "ere there. lie h. d called upon vi
Bowen twice viii in three weeks, but only ~
trhOw rieuIoer Of P.ymOuth Church.
Dir. Fullerton dtftly traced MIR. whites an
piG, to thr Beschtr scand ai, Oot4uing from Nj
y nite the Omission that ne Thought NJ BOwei
bsd something to do with the early cirrulatio
VI the bee her stories. and in the pic,ent stat
pt MS mod. he thought that MIR. Bowen al
wrDng II lie dld NGcul to tho stories. " hhv
his own WORD for a., said nr. Nhiie. " In a n
OeLt interview. that ne did not circulate III
stories" " bat conclusions have you reache
about p asked MT Fullerton That he IA
have something to do Win them, and that u
Old wrong" answered Mr.. Whre. "Ah tha
kccnunt, Tor the milk In tho cocoanut,' sad Nj
Fullerton. Mr. " nlte further testified tha
pOwen introduced Jay Cooke at the dinner, an
plade speech IA tehSlf Of the Northern fhc u
road. uaing prospectuses and map to tllu'
late.
Andrew Mclean. the Engle's managing edito
testined thtt Arcnlbalo Gordon, repnr. er. pre-
pared Inc aft,cle, ana tDdt ne procured Ms II
Formation from persons in New YORK. The wi
b.os composed the mead TO lhe article.