The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-31

with shooting Col. Butler, of Browns
willie, Jefferson county, in 1864 WAS ar'
rested yesterday at English Center, Oh
the head waters OF Pine Creek, and will
b, taken to Pittsburgh. At the time oi
the shooting Lonsberry Was a deserteI
and Col. Butler had attempted to arrest
him.
The Financial y tuntiOn.
New YORK, March 30-Thc Times
financial article of to-day,in referring to
the agitation of the money market yes
terday, says; at is, perhaps, unneccs-
>ary to state that this sudden change was
due to eXtruneous influences, and sprung
from the renewal Of operations by the
gold clique. 1t is well known that large
amount. of capital in this and neigh.
boring cities would be released if salts
factory rates could be obtained, and it is
not likely that the maneuverS of the
clique ii persisted in, would meet with
much success
The Bcccher TrinI-A Large Crowd
NEW YORK, March 3U.-An exceed
ingly great crowd gathered in the neigh
bOrhood OF the Brooklyn court to-day.
Every part OF the c1urt room reserved
for the public was occupied. When the
court was formally opened, Mr.. Eyart>
rose and stated that witness OF impOr-
tancc, Mr.. Henry Cleveland, was very
sick and was about to leave the city. lie
IT. ked that the court should make arrange
ments To take his testimony, and he
would like Judge Nelson TO be present,
The Judge said the counsel should
make what arrangements were necessary
and suggested some afternoon which was
ugyreed to bv the counsel, but the day
was not fixed. At this point it was whis-
pered through court that Rev. ii. w
Bcecher would take the stand, immedl'
ately after the Usual recess. Henry b
Cmhin WAS called and his examination
was continued.
He said, the arbitrators were James
Frceland. Charles StOrrS and myself;
we met at the time agreed; after Il halt
hour consultation We agreed on Il word
and sent for Bowen and Tilton; ] made
an ANNOUNCEMENT of the result; said
they should first burn all the papers be-
longing to the scandal and Bowen should
pay $1,000 to Titon and they should
sign the covenant; Moulton and
TiltOn agreed TO this and
seemed satisfied; Bowen said
had no papers to burn; the agreement
then came up and Tilton took his pencil
and intcrlncd some paper, and wrote
something on another paper attached tC
il; the paper WAS then satisfactory to all
Of them. The witness was handed y
check, and said: | do not know whether
this was the check paid to Tilton 10y
Bowen or not; gave the paper to Chas
Storrs to take to Bowen, but the paper
was returned to me without any sigma
ture; | took it 30 Bowen and got it sign
ed then got Tilton signature and tooh
it to Beecher and he signed it; Tiltor
came to my house one night and said h,
had heard | called him bluckmaier
the conversation then turned on his re-
lations with Becchcr. This finished the
direct and Mr.. Fullerton began
Cr0sS-Examination
At the first meeting Mr. TItOn showed
me Il cory of the personal statement h
threatened to publish it Bowen did no
give him satisfaction; | said it would b'
wrong to publish it; Wilkeson pro
posed they should sign an agreement ant
/ agreed5 with him; Tilton made some
suggestiOns.as to what he would sign o
what he could not; at meeting in Moul
tons study Tilton SAID he would sign !
paper ten times il Bowen would once
| took the paper to Bowen and left il
with him and returned to Moulton
house; Wilkeson or Tilton sale
| ought not to have left th'
paper; Tilton named Charles Storr
~ one of the arbtrators; think | nance
Mr.. Frccland; | don't know who nance
the third man; the check was drawn
after the award was made; did not lenC
money to Bowen; was present wher
Bowen and Bcechcr signed the tripartt'
agreement; Beecher signed it last; ;
printed slip WAS attached To the agree
mcut; We never went into the truth o
uutruth of the stories in the paper N"
/ discussed them; | took the completed
| agreement to Wilkinson and have no
seen it since, Bcrchrr borrowed the papc
one day while l had 1t but returned /
soon alter know Victoria Woodruff /
! htt!r' and have seen her on two or three
occasions; l was at her house once. NJ
further questions were put by the Prosecu
tIoh' ana recess was th'h taken bee:A'
was apSc'D ""I'"s 'Ic '"''le morning
Out MIS-. be'tAer ana her dauShter-ih
law came III shorty "'Ver t"e opening .
'ou''. Mr' E'"ltS remained NAN III
hour, ana 'neh ieit the case III thr hahd
OF the remaining c""hsel Tor the defense
AiteF recess Two Witnesses leieSrHpi
/ Up''"'"'H' 'VsT'''''', oi' !" '',''i" S'"'
! dispatch ana the othcr 10 hhNlug recelye'
the same on the "a "i June 1919: Dr
| Sl"rrs also teStlhed |" inc sam" enect u
Mr.. Ciaiiin, ana som" "'I'r witnesses. WI !
/ h"iieVed th"' b'e'her Will o' on I'll
>tu!d tomorrow.
Orders Regarding the Black Hilis
CHlSAGo, March "o.-Ah order Will D
ISSUED from "enerai sheridan mead
quarters tomorrow enclosing " ronlnu comm.
n''a',on rom ihr th'rr'oT I,.i' DeP"rtIh.I.
III I'ltllOU u tue Dluth mus NpuHNi y