The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-22

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d the West charges prVRaSsd %eTe puaSeG' nslRE
ipg that 1 would resign. Shown a letTeri I
recognize the bandwfitingoi this letter. This IS
q letter TO Moulton saying that saw Belle in
reference 10 the deacnn's meeting. 1 WIS afraid
not Know % shss n!s. s-lN'Pa; Bradshaw SSs Saa Sls
Fullerton read the third specification OF the
West charges, as IoiloSs At an interview
with Mrs. Andrew bradshaw In Thomson & ain
ing-room on Clinton street. on or about the "a
OF August lS79 Theodore Tilton stated thai he
had discoTed a criminal intimacy existing be-
November, 1872, referring TO that conyersatioD
Mr.. TIltOn said 10 Mr. Bradshaw that ne pa.
hau formerly made aglusJ Mr.. Beecner. y
Q. When did you first become acquainted with
mat speclhcationT A.. neverdi0. @. baven1
you become acquainted with IL yet2 A. No, sir
II Is quite stranger 10 me. q. AS yet? A. AS
yet, SIR O. Well do You mean to say that you
did not read it? A. / am not Acquainted with
a man because 1 know his name nor v i'm
= paragraph because l have heard IL read o
You We're never made acquainted with that
about. q. Although the charges were made bv
member OF yOur church against Yourself, and
o5ongnt before committees OF Jour
70 good deal OF coverSaIiOn
between yourself ard other meresrs of The
a. did not hear what that speci iEcatiou was
@. Did you hear that charge? =. No that was
an after addition. q one moment AFTER il
added, my question covers the whole
ground, did you mol hear what that en- srge was?
A. NO, SIR; did np5 hear a word or IT,, z. No
one ever lntlnated 10 you that
SUCH a CHARGE
was in existence2 a. Not that 1 recolleot. O
q. Will you say there did not? a. No. I will
say at that time It made 10 impression en-, NV
mind. Q. a charge that Theodore Tilton mad
accused you Of having sexual
intercourse with his. WIfe-Mr Evarts-No- no
not that; of criminal intimacy with his wife.
Fullerton-Would that make no impression on
your mind? Do you mean TO say that? A. 40,
sir. Let me read Mr.. fell's statements:
The cross-eSamination of Bir. Beecher was
Then continued O.. Did YOU walk wish
Mrs. Tilton i'm the City of New York I'm the
autumn OF 1871 at any time? A. Not thas I
recollect. @. Were you in house of refresh
ment, or oyster saloon. win her the year 1871
or loi2? y. Not that J. recollect. @. DO yoa
think it could have taken place and Won recol-
leeti it? n. don't think it could. q. Are yosl
il did not take place? A. according TO the
best of my recoleci ion 10 such thing ever took
place q That's as lar as you go? a. AS far IS
L go. q. In these walks with Mrs. T. OF which
you have spoken, or in these conversations wit1I
Mrs. 4 OF which you have spoken, did you adj /
nonish her against permitting her affections to
be enticed to any iurther axIent than they had |
already been enucSd? A. l did not. O. Was 1
there anything upon the subject said e? !
at the same time, as i understand !
yo1. was laboring under the strong conviction i
Al
was. q Were you not in lear that they would |
be TO still greater extent interested in YOU than
they had been? a. No; not 10 greater extent.
from this communication with her? A. /
thought some good might. @. Although yond
did not not, warn Il her against gong any further
her, but by bringing to bear upon her !
mind .eveIal. iniiHences that would set her |
didn'J arm of Bessie Tu neT's absence until the
letter Of Mrs Morse was received by you in Janu-
aTy, lS5l. "A. believe stated that. That is my !
recoiIecfon. q. Were younot made acquainIeci
with Sue fact that she had been sent away? y. |
No, was not. q. UntlI youCsosived that letter
she was sttn in Mrs. IIlton's family , 1
A. do not suppose thought anything about [
was. q. Had you been lnforraed by her or by /
any other person, that she knew OF this charge
which mad been preferred, against you? A. L
quarter that she hade a. Not a shadow. q. !
When did you first pay out any money in refer !
June 23. o, And what amountdid |
ou advance AT thai time? Al could not say
: e low bow m,,, qua you make The advance? A. |
book2 A. do. X. Did you make any entries-l
in the margin? A. do now, but don't knows
whether did as early - that. q. Have you ex- |
amiDed 10 sse when you maje the first pay |
mente A. did That is one way / examined, /
or rather requested
A MEMBER oF>9IY FAMILY
to examine. q. Dia not yau find a strSi
indicating the aInoant and giving the date /
whsn given A. doubt it, at any rate, and |
can state as certainty on that. requested hi-al
10 give me all the return checks running back
for the past year. O. am not speaking of the
return checks. | am speaking of the CHECK |
book. a. As to that, L have not examined Il |
all. requested nay eldest son to nisxel
an examination, who usually has Charge oil
my financial matters. Q. Have not You seen |
the check? a. No Q. Have you not see-a a,sl
statement of the amount andOb5ect of the cheek?
A. cont know as recollect. Q. IS this one
Yes. e. What eccnrred previous to the giving
Of that check, which resulted in your giving it ,?
the term U bills % Of Bsssss, 1O'IShoe Who WA Wss
In the West, were dses. and II would |
be embarrassing TO TiltOp TO have to meet tpem
in the state OF his affairs; that be had expended
himself a great deal of money, and he Thought
Il would De very kind thing IL would pay IL.
Thai was the substance OF Ihe representation.
2; Did YOU ask him at that time why he was
il occur TO yoa TO ask anything about the
matter? a. Nc, sir. That Is not nay habit. !
O.. Had anything taken place between you and. 4
Moulton prior TO that on Lhs subject OF ad-
Vaneing moneys? A. only recollect one thing
ana that was, prior tc.that,he had spoken about !
q mortgage orzIiltons house, and said that he !,
thought 1t ought to be removed and that Tilton I
w0uio be willing TO settle the house then upon |
kind was undertaken. by the friends OF l1lton, /
10 wa wanted 10 De counted in; /
that all that occurred between you and. .Moulson
prior TO The subject OF this check in III? a. |
All that rSc0llect.. @. You qu tie willing
TO give that check? A. Very willing, aud |
another like IL. c. No threat was made at the |
time? A. Not the slightest. 1t was done ask |
ingly and with gentle Icaaliness as eFer /
knew. QA There was no suggestion: thai there |
was any duty resting upon. you9 A. |
None at ell> o.. You did IL freely? |
A. did it as an office of |
kindness. That ives the ground Upon which he |
put it. q. And. what was the ground upon |
which you did II? a. That as ground O. |
You d-dn I regard tina. as blsckmAil tben9 On, |
L didn't. Q. He told you distinctly what 1t was |
for, understand ycas Q. knsw what it was |
for. We did net go into a considerable CONVEX |
sation about 1t. II did not take three minutes.
q. and had there been no Suggestion on your
Lart OF a general nature that you were to con-
tribute To the wants or interests of TaEton? A.
think not, excepa ia regard 10 the first, that is
the mortgage On his house, There may nave
been, bat aon't reeollect anything.
g. Didn't you suggest to him
generally that il Tilton wanted assistance
you We're willing TO renderit? a. did at some
point OF the interviews. q. Don't you thsnG