The Portland daily press., 1875-03-31


| papers to buru, but would like the return OF
| the Woodstock letter, which was agreed 10.
| The agreement was then brought up aud MT;
| Tilton said he would like to alter it. L asked
| what alteration he desired to make, and ne
| took his pencil and nterlined the paper and
| wrote something in another paper attacned 10
| it. The paper was then satisfactory 10 all OF
them There was considerable talk, prolonged
| for some time. J. carried the paper to Mr..
| Wikeson, and he was to make clear copy
of it,
The witness was handed check.
| do not know. whether this was the check
paid to Tilton by Bowen Mr.. Bowen then
| drew up the check. This was either on the Sd
or 4th of April. After Mr. Tilton sgnfied his
| approval of the covenant, Mr.. Bowen drew up
the check, took the covenant to Wllkeson
the next day, and received clean copy OF it
| from him. [ think l carried it to Charles
Storrs to take it to Bowen, but the paper was
returned to me without any. signature and
took it to Bowen and got it signed. 1t was then
given to Storrs and given back to me with TIL
| toms signature. then took it to Mr.. Beecher
and he signed it, after which it remained in
my possession. had conversation with MI
Southwick in April, 1871, in regard to taxing
| with Mr.. Beecher about it. He did not advise
| me in any way about it. so reported to Mr.
Southwick. / remember the Woodruff scandal
| The following summer L had conversation
with Frank Carpenter about the starting OF a
newspaper. We had meeting at Mr.. Bowens
| house, when there were present Charles Storrs,
Frank Carpenter, Mr.. Bowen and myself.
| Their conversation was about the starting OF a
| new paper. I did not subscribe to the enter
| prise. Mr.. Titon came TO my house one night
and said he had heard 1 called him a black
l.mailer, The conversation turned on his rela-
lions with Mr.. Beecher.
| CrOss-examined.
The witness was questioned as to the signing
of tie triDartite agreement, and his testimony
conceded substantially with that of Mr.. Will
keson on the same subject The witness was
then asked if be knew Victoria Woodruff, and
said that he did little, and continued: have
seeniher on two or three occasions. She called
at my Office, and returned the call at her
office on Broad street soon after, but L do not
| remember the year. She had been to my house
and spoken to Mrs. Clafin, and she urged very
| much that should be asked to call ard see
her This was either in the winter or spring.
1 called on her some weeks or months after.
| did not subscribe to her paper She sent it to
me. / am not certain if paid for it. L did
not advertise in it, but saw an advertisement OF
mine In it. went to her house once with Mr..
Bowen, but do not remember the date. know
it was the week that Louis Tappen died, as MIR.
Bowen came down to attend his funeral. This
was about o'clock in the afternoon. He went
| there to see some documentary evidence she
had in her possession. L think it was suggested
| at all the meetings that the papers relating to
| the scandal should be burned.
Redirect Examination.
I vert to Mrs. Woodhull's at the request of
her lawyers and Mr.. Bowen. That was the
| only time was ever in her house. | think it
| was at the last meeting when the paper was
finally settled and agreed upon that the propo-
sition was made to leave the covenant with Mr..
| Moulton. 1t was said at these meetings that
| the difficulties were to be settled by the arbi.
| traitors. The conversation between Mr..
| MoultOn and Mr.. Tilton at the two first meet
| ings Mr.. Wkeson said the difficulties between
Mr. Bowen, Mr.. Tiltoa and Mr.. Reecher ought
to be arranged amicably, and 1 agreed with
caid ha rntS inf
| he got some satisfaction out of Mr.. Bowen. 1t
| was the difficulties set forth in the personal
j statement which were to be settled by arbitra-
Iion. Tlton stated in one of these converse
tioffs tEatt he had already begun suit against
| Mr.. Bowen. Recess.
| Mr. Beecher was absent during the entire,
morning session, but MIS-. Beecher and hpr
daughter. in-law came in shorty utter the
| opening of the court and occupied their usual
| places. Mr.. Evarts remained about half an
1 hour in court, and then left the case in the
| hands of the other counsel for the defence.
| After recess, Louisa j. Roger, and Nary
G. Josephs testified to the date of the despatch
| sent by Beecher to Peeekskill, stating that it
| was received June I'd. Geo. f. Williams of
| the New York Herald, testified that he saw
| proof slips of the Woodruff publication before it
was published He received proof slips of the
| scandal against Beecher. This was objected to
i and after an argument ruled out.
Charles StOrrs
| was the next witness. He testified-I reside in
| Brooklyn and have for % years. have known
| Titoa dozen years, and have had friendly
| relations with him during that time. In 1867,
| '68 and SO he RENTED money to me when he
| was on ecturing tours. have lunched at
| Demonco's for sixteen or seventeen years, and
so did Tilton. [ sometimes saw Tilton two or
three times week and sometimes oftener. We
were in the habit of talking on general affairs.
1 learned on June I'd, 1871, that he was dis
| charged from the Indepenie lent l saw Tilton
| that day in his home and asked him it he had
| been discharged from the Independent and
Union, and he said he had. He seemed de-
pressed and detected. He said he wanted me
| to go to Frank Moulton's with him. l went
and on the way he said Mrs. Beecher and Mrs.
Morse had been talking to Bowen against him,
and that it was a case OF Joseph and Poti-
phar's wife over again. and that he had put his
| case in Moulton's hands, and Moulton did not
wish him to take any steps in tina matter.
When We got there a conversation took place
| in which Tllton complained of Mrs. Beecher and
| Mrs. Morse turning Bessie Turner against him.
He said that Mr.. Beecher had said that he
humbled himself before him (Tilton) as before
| his God, and he would make him do SO. L ex-
pressed my sympathy for him.
met him on another occasion when he said
| that his wife had charged Beecher with having
made improper proposals to her; that he had
told this to Beechef and the latter had procur-
ed a retraction from her and that Moulton had |
gone to Beecher with pistol and demanded |
Its surrender |
In March 1872 Tilton called and said that he |
had been West on lecturing tour. where he |
had been coldly received. He did not under |
stand why he was discharged by Bowen He |
showed me an article which he going to |
publish and said this was not proper article |
to be published. / told him Mr.. Beecher de- |
MED all the charges and he said he knew it, |
This was in the article and called his atten
ton to 1t. told him Bowen would do him |
justice and something was said about arbitra-
iion. promised to see Bowen about Tilton's |
claim for six months service. He left this per-
sona statement with me to show to Bowen. l |
offered to show it to Bowen the next night, but /
he said either that he knew of it or had read
it. | talked with him about the settlement Of |
TIlton's claims. L saw Titon after this and
told him part of the conversation between |
Bowen and myself, and told him that Bowen
said he never received any such letter as that
of January LIST, 1871, and that suggested to
Bowen that it would be wiser and better to set
tie with him and avoid the scandal, and he
thought not After some talk | said thought |
Bowen would settle the claims. AT this time
Tlton wanted to know if l would act as arbi-
traitor for him. l acted so with MIR. Claflin
and Mr.. Freeland at Mr.. Moulton's house. L
went there with Bowen. Tilton ard Moulton
were there. Clafiin and Freeland had not ar.
rived and went for them. L advised that
Beecher's matters should not be brought in, but
it was afterwards understood that they should
come it, Bowen and TiltOn laid their cases |
down and withdrew. The matter was discussed
and they came in. Catlin stated that the
three parties were to sign the agreement all
the papers were to be burnt and Bowen was
to pay Tilton $1,000.
Titon objected to signing the paper and
wished to change it. He was finally allowed
to amend it by the arbitrators 1t was under"
stood that Claflin should take the paper to
Wikeson and have it engrossed and there was
an arrangement that it should be given to one
person, aud not b. given up unless by the con.
sent of all parties Bowen then drew up a
check for the amount. Tilton and Moulton
agreed to burn the letters, but Bowen said he
had none. The letter of apology and Tilton's
letter of January LIST, were among the papers
to be burnt When the check was drawn it
was given TO Tlton and we then separated.
After this Tilton SAID to me that he thought
Moulton was proper custodian for that paper.
This was dissented to by the other parties A
few DAYS after the arbitration L had a CONVEX
ton with TIlton and Moulton at the latters
house. Moulton said, Sam Wilkeson thinks
burned those papers. Oh, yes, | burned
them" And he laughed. Said he, "lf /
burned them what would Theodore do>in case
of trouble
After the publication of the Woodruff scar-
dal Tilton called at my house. He said it was
an Infamous article, and contained a great
many lies about his wife and Mr.. Beecher, and
that he was writing story about it, not that
Beecher had not made improper proposals to
his wife but nothing criminal occurred, and
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