The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

After bad read the letter suDIiltteusmy
plans TO him. I told him my plan was To
/ avoid the publishing Of the scandal and war
fare, to ges MIR. Bowen to paw Mr.. Illton ana
/ not let him bring a suit, which might dreg
/ along indefinitely that the Golden Age
newspaper should be helped, and 10 that enu
the columns OF the Christian Union might
/ be used Mr.. Moulton approved my plan,
and / suggested that an agreement should
be drawn up between the parties. Seiore
/ going away he made an appointment Wish
me at his house on the following Sunday
evening, where i met bin. There were
present Moulton and Tiiton and myself +
/ The subject of the conversation was the mar
moniZstion Of these three men. Ny plan
was approved, and / think / produced d
draft Of that paper. The witness was shown
a document. This was not original, but Is
THE AGREEMENT AS AMENDED.
1t was arranged that Bowen should be In
duced TO pay Tilton the money and TO use
the editorial columns of the Independent
news paper to help Tilton and to help the
GOLDEN Age newspaper. was 10 do the
same with the Christian Union paper. II
was also baid that the papers in connection
with the scandal against Beecher should be
destroyed after the signing OF the tripariite
! agreement. Horace b. Clafiin, W ho come in
before we separated, said that he had no
doubt that Bowen would do all that was
| said. Changes were made at this interview
| in the rough draft of the agreement.
| Tfs second interview between US was IN
MCulton's study on the 2d of April, 1877. i
took the amended draft there in my pocket.
Clstlin reported that Bowen had agreed TO
paw the money to Tilton if the arbitrators
| determined the amount. The subject of the
tripartite agreement was then introduced
and | read the draft had prepared. Inc
| witness was here shown drafE OF the agree
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low paper attached to l.. with the pencil
marks, was not on it then. The witness
read the agreement as drawn up by him leav-
ing out the additions which he said
were afterwards added to 10. Inc witness
resumed: After / read the paper at the sec
ond interview Tilton said he would sign u
twelve times over if Bowen would sign Ii
once. Clsflin and Moulton also expressed
| themselves satisfied with it. 1iiton was
about 10 sign 1t but was stopped by Claim,
who ssid il might be necessary tor him 10
tell Bowen that his signature would be re-
quired before Tilton would sign il. Cshin
put the paper in his pocket TO take 1t 10
| Bowen. ClGfiin returned that evening ana
said that Bowen was willing 10 sign the
agreement but had kept il To look it over
IL wss understood that alter the covenant
had been signed all
| THE PAPERS RELATING TO THE SCANDAL
would be destroyed. On the evening OF thC
same day / had conversation with Tiltor
in which he said that Beecher had made I'M
proper proposals to his wife, and that was al
the charge be had against him. He then be-
gan 10 tell me OF something he had done fol
Beecher's sou, Harry, who was in the voIun
teer service when he had fallen into dis
grace, that he (Tilton) had gone TO see th'
secretary of war aud ingrs tiated himself int
his favor, that he had told him Of the position
in which Beecher's son was placed and h'
got commission for him in the regular
army. l next saw the tripartite coveDan
about > o'clock on the evening Of April
when il was brought TO my Office by Clafin
The yellow paper was then attached to it
About III O'Clock on that forenoon TiltoT
came into my Office excitedly, and said he
would not sign the agreement unless 1t was
altered. lie called for the engrossed copy o
the agreement, which was in the safe, anC
J began scratching it and making alterations
III demonstrated with him, but b,
} said that Bowen and Beecher were being
taken eof, and ne would keep himself safe
had conversation at dinner at Washing
ton about 1854 or 1865 with Tilton in which
his wife was mentioned. He asked me If
had seen bis wife. ITeplied not. He said
would be disappointed in her, that she wa
a small woman and not a woman of culture
: that be had married her young. He TOLD O'
this SO that could appreciate The difference
between them after saw her. L knew Oil
YER Johnston ard persuaded Beecher to e:,
ploy him. / spoke 10 him on Broadway
|; a bout it in the winter OF 1871 or 1872. 1t wa
not in consequence of anything Tilton saiC
: TO me that Johnston was employed on tn;
Christian Union. simply wanted
a GOOD MANAGING EDITOR
on the paper. This was the only mode b.
: which Johnston came to be employed ol
! that paper. The witness there identified
, slip which was taken from the columns c
the Christian Union as being written by hir
and not by Beecher, and continued: kne'
of the publication of the tripartite agree
? ment, so far as it was published. I am tn
party who was instrumental in its publica
! ton and am not aware that Beecher kne,
, anything about IL. Crosse N2miDed b
! Beech: 1 have given the interviews with Til
! ton and Moulton so far as i can recollec
! AS / have turned over the matte
! the language of the conversation
! which have gwen is the precise languag
in effect used on these occasions. Prett
much OF my language was given in th
precise words in which it occurred. L rec
! ollect the precise words TIlton used on tn
; morning OF April 3, 1872, when he said t
: me that he would never sign any argree
> ment which would prevent him from pul
+ suing Henry Ward Beecher. He also sal
, that Henry G. Bowen had been we
taken care of by Claflin, and Beecher b
! me, but that hs had been let out in tn
, cold, and lie didn't see any chanC
OF getting his money. The coul
here took its usual recess.
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Says the Boston Sunday Times: But on
day, two Boston women with ''views" stoo
: before tho nicture and reoarded II long an