, 1875-04-30
MR. BoWEE AND THE BErCHER TRIAL.

MR. BOWEN AND THE BEECHER TRIAL.
HENnr @. DowES il accredited with making
public tho following remarkable statement in
regard to the BErcuEn business:
1hsvc not hesn subptenaetl by ci.lar .ias. have
been repeatedly approached by friends Of both sidcp
who hnro tried to ud out nhat will testify to- bat
have gEas!dtd nelthor party. an do not ozpoct 10.
Hhnt haTo to lay is Very Rcrota, and comnl1t-
nicatcd to mo IN the confidential rotations ulicl,
hEEcHEn and TiLTos formerly held with me, aud
cannot and will mol dt1coso It. except through Tho
Ftoccxs Of Tho iaw or unless forced to do It to 70.
isvo myscff Of aome stgmA which may In nut upou
nc. have been told that II did nes taattfy for tic
plaintiff the defendants lawyers would ab,ue mo In
their sn.uminz.up. Let them hluse. Tha plaintiffs
counsel urged mo very rcrzstenuy to outline my tcs-
imony for them. and under their pressure sad that
would th1uk about Il; but, after consultation with
my counsel md a number Of gentlemen whose opin-
ions yaluo very highly, shall adhere to my former
conclusions to keep strict sieuco to what know,
signed the trirursito covenant nganet my Judgment
and. having signed, hare tcpt tito pledge. anil
that fh botcs tan the other gentlemen who signed It
have done. Mr. CLAfL1s brought tho paper to mo
md sad DErcMEn and T1LT0H had buried their dif-
1cutlee, and lnasnuch as lad especial dI1icul-
tics with either Of them, thcro was resa Ion why
SHOULD not sign II. signed It 1t list, after had
greatly amended thu article wan lnte1eateln would
not sgn tho paper again. It Ia Tho only obstacle 10
Esy making known the facts that Aro in my possessqa
I do not sock tho witnasa.stand, inas1nuch Al GEN
TnAura conspiracy essay has been ncd with prousea
that had not been Kept. Gen. Tn4or proposed to
p1oyo that was q consriratnr against Mr, Dsxcur1
Wo have heard no testimony on that point yes. and
adall expect none. Hhat tremendous lying thero has
bonn Perjury! perjury perjury It ia frighsfui;
Surely eona ono ought TO go to prison frou, that
coust-room. know tho Lies thst hayo heon told
things that Enow perfectly well to se different, /
u I.,.J1m mxk. -
10 not healtao to say that thnra hls been tbs most
avfu, downright perjury.
It las already been ron,askcd that, ii this
trial was in France, Mr.. BowEx would long
since have received a perenptory summons
from tho Judge, who would have examined
lin personally, with tho single purpose OF
eliclting all tho information which tle wit.
ness possessed, and without regard to the ail-
vantage or disadvantage that might result to
either side. The practice In this country is
to po1mit botl parties to tito suit to summon
their own witnesses, and to deny to aaoh tho
privilege Of impeaching the evidence It Of.
fers. The case goes TO tho jury on tho tcati-
mony thus produced. This works we'll
enough rs rule; but, II strictly followed
in Alr. TnroN's suit against Ar. BgxouER, it
Is likely to result in m important surpressto
rerl, md perhaps also significant suagesGo
tf<st, Which will prevent the jury and the
public from reaching just conclusion. It
eeena ~ though neither Alr. T111ox nor Mr..
BEEcuEz Is inclined to Gull Mr.. Bowen, per-
haps because both fear revelations that arc
damaging, and perhaps because tho innocent
party to tho controversy will not trust in Mr.,
DowEa's yoracity. Yot h1r. DowEy publicly
and boldly declares that there Aag been tho
most outrageous perjury in tho case, that he
knows whero it Is, and that ho is willing and
ablo to oxplain. Shall thla mans testimony
DO lost, because neither DEEcnen nor Turox
desires hila to tostity7 They arc not tho
only partica in Interest in this par-
ticular trial. Public morality, aud Tie
considerations Of truth and Ius,lce. 70
quira that all the facts shall co,ue out. Ia
1t not tho duty Of the Judge and Jury, and
does 1t not come within tho province Of one
or tie other, to call Mr. BowEa, In oaso both
parties to tho suit decline to do go? If anv
juryman has reason to believe that Alr. uowRa
con give material evidence in the case not
othnrwiso offered, VIC believe It to be his
right, ns it certainly would be consistent with
his oath to giyo fair verdict, to ok that A1r.
DowKN DO called. Ho would then bo q wit.
ness to bo questioned by tho Court and Jury,
and to be crossexamlned by counsel On both
sides. In this way, we think, better than any
other, would Ill at Mr. Bowxs1s information
come ont.
hlr. DowHN declares that thore has been
outrageous lying and fearful perjury, and
leayoa it to the public to g1ess whether It
haa boon in the interest Of 1lr. DRzouxa, or
that OF Mr. TIToN, or both. Now, II on
Tnroa's side, shall BzEoHEn be torn away
1fo,n the high place he has occupied for a
quarter Of century, aud by eeriea Of
spooioua uea and mlaconatruod circu,a.
s:anoss7 Or, II thu lying bs On Bxxo,txa's
d1e, slan TuzoH b. dsnitd ths lsssl xsdssa