The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-31

this 70 Beechef and the latter had pro-
cured a retraction from her, and that
Moulton had gone to Beecher with pis'
tol and made him surrender II; in
March, 1877, Tilton called and said he
had been West on lecturing tour, when
he had been cOldly received; he did not
understand why he was discharged by
Bowen; he showed me an article he was
going to publish, and said this was not
a proper article to be published; / told
him Beechsr denied all the charges, and
he said he knew ii; this was in the arti-
Gle and ] called his attention TO II; l told
him Rowen would do him justice, and
something was said about arbitration; j
promised to sec Bowen about 1flton's
claim for six months service. lie left
this statement with me to show to Bowen;
/ offered 10 show II to Bowen tho next
night, but he said either that he knew oil
II, or had read 1t. | talked with him
about the settlement OF Tiltons claims.
| saw TilLon after this and told him part
OF the conversation between Bowen and
myself told him Bowen said he never
received my such letter as that Of Janu.
ary !, 1871, and that l suggested to
Bowen that II would be wiser and batter
to settle with him and avoid the scandal,
but he thought not, After some talk ]
said thought Bowen would settle the
claims. At this time TiltOn wanted To
know II ! would actas arbitrator for him,
acted so with Clafin and Freeland at
MOultOns house. went there with
Bowen. TiltOn and MOultOn were there,
Clahii and FreOland had not arrived, and |
went for them. advised that Beech
er's matters should not be brought
In, but II was aflerward UNDER |
stood that they should come In, Bowen
and TiltOn laid their cases down and
withdrew, The matter was discussed,
and they came in. Clafin stated that
these parties were to sign the agreement,
all tho papers were to be burned, and
Bowen was to pay Tllton $1,000. TiltOn
objected to signing the paper, and wished
to change II, He was finally allowed by
the arbitratOrs to amend. Il was under.
stood that ClaAin should take the
paper to Wilkeson and have Il
OlgrOssed, and there was an arrangement
that II should be given TO one person and
not given up unless with The consent Of
all PARTIES Bowen then drew up check
for tho amount aud TiltOn and MonltOn
agreed to burn the letter, but Bowen said
he had none; tho letter Of apology and Til
toms letter Of January first, to Bowen,
were among the paperslo be burnt; when
the check was drawn II was given to Til
ton and we then separated; after this
Tllon said 10 me that he thought MOultOn
WIS the proper custodian Of that paper;
this was dlssented tO by The other par.
ties; few days after tho arbitration
had conversation with TiltOn and Moul-
ton ut the latters house; MOultOn said:
"Sam Wllkeson thinks I burned those
papers. Oh, yesl ] burned them" and
he laughed, III / burned them what
would the law do intlle case Of trouble"
After the publication Of the .Woodhull
scandal 'FiltOn called pt my hOlHe; he
said II was an Infamous article and con-
tainel many lies about his wife and
l3eccller, and that lie was writing u story
about II, not that Beecher had not made
improper proposals to his wife, but that
nothing criminal occurred, and that
his wilu was ~ pure as light; lie
spoke Of having written WOOdhulls
life and that ii damaged him more than
tcn thousand dollars; | told ,rilton that
Carpenter had talked with me about
starting a newspaper in New York Tor
his benefit, and having Seen Clailin, he was
not fayOrably disposed towards the
scheme; that lIeeClier was to be the editor,
Tilton foreign correspondent, and Car
pentCr was To have some office In III they
proposed 10 buy u paper which was In
the. Associated Press, and tile Express and
Commercial! Advertiser were talked Of; 80
was the Brooklyn Union and Golden Age |
told him all these schemes were dis
I'cussed; lle said that Carpenter had talked
10 him about II; II we were to bny
Brooklyn paper, Tilton was 10 bC the ed
tOr and l}GeCller was to have nothing 10 |
do with II; otherwise, II II was New
York morning paper, BeeCher was 10 be
the editor; filtCn told me that his father
owned a share Of Tribune stock; asked me
at one time about selling IL and investing
the money In other securities; had
communication with TiltOn at 0vCring.
tons after his wife left him; lie said that
he must now, his wife having left him,
smash Elizabeth and BeeCller; ] said was
sorry, and that this was unfortunate; IN
August, 1874, | was sent for 10 MOultOn's
house BY Woodruff; went there and had
an interview with Mouton; he laughed
and said lie did not know that would
come to sec blacknlaier; lie also said
Leeclicr had confessed his adultery to
him, anl that II his advice had been fol-
lowed II would have been better; he also
said, "Your brother must not sign the re.
port Of tic Church Committee until
AM crOss.examinctl, or will make an.
other statement;" lie said he had been
BccchGr's friend until hc called him
blackmailcr, but that now lIeechcr had
got to look out for himself; this was OIL
August 18th; MOultUn lad been down
East before this interview; ] do net re-
member Tilton charging Ills wife with
adultery with Beeclier except on infer.
encc; III d conversation with inc III 1871 |
or 1872 he talked of sting party for hay
Ing said his wife committed adultery with
BeechCr after the termination Of u Ger.
tain law suit against MOulton last year,
December Is, 1874, he sent for inc 10 come
and sec him; went and Ind n conversa.
ton with him; lIe said Beecher was
liar and used other words; he said that he
was also a libertihe.
Tile couft here adjourned.
II Is believed that BeeCher will he on
the witness stand to inotfrOw
Weather Report.