The Portland daily press., 1875-03-16
THE SCANDAL.


John w. Harmon
was first called He testified in answer 10 Mr.
Hill: l have known Mr. L. since he was edi.
tor of the Brooklyn Union. After Mr. r. re-
ceived bis discharge from the Brooklyn Union.
[ met him by appointment at restaurant. He
SAID he was dett rnned TO collect the money
Bowen owed and he said he would revive the
cd SANDER that Mr. Bowen had uttered charg-
es against one of the best men in BROOKLYN,
and he remarked that this would bring matters
to the surface. He said that Mr. Beecher had
committed an ffence against him and his fam
ily; that his wife had told him Mr. Beecher bad
UakeI advantage of his position and had made
proposals to his (Tlton's) wife en-
several occasions T. said his wife before she
told the Dry eXtorted promise from her hus.
band not TO iujure or harm the person who was
involved in the matter. When L. had prepar-
when the Woodruff scandal was pub
lished. Mr.. II. was then in New Hampshire.
met him on his return, aud asked him tor bis
family to contradict this mOnstrous story. He
SAID he supposed he could not. He did not in
this conversation charge his wife with adultery
At the first interview Mr.. Il. did not enjoin
secrecy on me, hut he did afterwards tell me
not to mention the matter to any person.
Cross KAN nation by ur. Beach.
think this first interview with Mr. r. in the
restaurant occurred in the spring of 1872. L
think he then showed me the letter he had
written Mr.. Bowen, and a letter from Mr.
Bowen, written from Woodstock, and contain.
ing something about western politics. The let
ter almost commanded him to support Mr..
Webster. Mr.. L. never at any time made any
charge against his wife, but they were always
against Mr.. Beecher. He always spoke of his
wife as pure and religious. 1 do not know
what became of the True Story after it was
read to myself and friends by M L. When
he left the papers at my house with note, Nc
Kelway called shortly after and said he was to
have them by arrangement with Mr.. t., 80 that
they might be submitted to eminent counsel by
the Eagle people 1 asked who was the emf
nent counsel, and he -epled Gen. Tracy. L
told him l would give him the papers it he
would take them to Mr.. Us house and obtain
his consent, or tell him that he (McKelway)
had got them. and had left with them. was
always anxious that Z. should publish vindi-
cation of his wife and children. AT the inter-
view in Fulton street, after his return from
New Hampshire, L also asked him to contra
dict them. ! offered T. $4,000 to have the story
published, but do not remember saying that
he could make $4,000 out OF them. l said that
if million copies of this story were published
they would sell for % cents piece, as every
person was anxious to hear the truth OF the
matter.
jackson 9. Schultz.
Jackson S. Schultz took the stald next. He
testiied:-I reside in New York and am a
leather merchant. | have known Theodore
Tilton since 1864 or 1865. He was on the Iude-
pendent then. was applied to by him to as
sist in The enterprise Mr. Franklin Woodruff
called with Mr.. Tilton at my house about it.
We discussed the probabilities of its success,
and | asked if Mr. Beecher would assist Til
ton thought he would and asked if he thought
Mr.. Beecher would contribute articles to it and
TitOn said he would if he (TIton) would per-
nit him. | agreed to aid Mr.. Tilton at the
next interview. was to aid him to the extent
OF $1,000 and so did my partner, MIR. Southwck
1t the enterprise succeeded we were to be paid
back, and it it failed we were to lose the mon
ey Mr.. TiltOn, IN his connection with metre
duestly said Mr. Bowen had done him a great
wrong and that Mr.. Beecher had refused TO put
out his hand to save him.
After the starting of the Golden Age | was
present at dinner given to Isaac ii. Bailey
before he left for Europe. The conversation
turned on Mrs. Woodhull, and a gentleman
from Wall street M de some observation. Mr..
Titon defended them and said they were high
toned, honorable ladies. The conversation be-
came personal and bitter, and L interered to
modify it. | saw Mr. Titon after the publica-
ton of the Woodruff publication, and told him
| was disgusted with the work aud tnaf he had
destroyed the Golden Age enterprise. He
took the ground that he always defended the
weak against the strong, and said they were
pure women.
After that our relations continued, and the
relations between Mrs. Tilton and Mr.. Beecher
Once in my office l said, "Do you mean to tell
me that Mr. Beecher had criminal relations
with your wfe?' and he said with theatrical
air, "My vile is a. pure as an angel do
not remember the date of this, but it was after
the Woodruff pL blication. 1 had conveTsa-
ton with Frank Carpenter after this about
starting a newspaper in New York. L had
conversation with Titon afterwards, in which
L told him what Carpenter had said. In Janu-
airy, 1873, T,llon came into my office and said
- l..
with blackmailiDg, and | asked who told him.
and he said Frank Carpenter. | told him OF
the interview with Carpenter and told him of
an interv ew the friends of Mr.. Tilion and Mr..
Beecher had at the Union League Club, at
which it was proposed to start morning pa
per in New York. Mr. Beecher was to be the
editor in chief, while Tilton was to go to Eu-
rope as its foreign correspondent. These two
gentlemen, Carpenter and TlltOn, had paper
in their possession which was to be used for the
purpose of procuring one of them situation
on the paper, and that therefore 1 had charac-
terized it as a matchmaking job. Mr.. Carpen-
ter said the arrangement with regard to Mr..
Tilton was to change. the scene for him and
divert his mind. | told Tilton that | said to
Carpenter that it would be sorry change for
Mr.. Beecher to leave the pulpit for an editors
chair and that he would in that capacity be
more open to attack. At another Interview in
the Union League Club with Mr.. TiltOn, when
Mr.. Moulton was present, Mr. Moulton said [
had made rather grave charge against Mr..
Tiltoa, and that he thought should apologize
or take it back. We then went over the ground
again of the interview with Carpenter. said
to them that this interview with Mr.. Carpenter
had developed such a state of facts as Justified
me, believed, in what had said. told them
they did not know the story as told me by Mr.;
Carpenter told them also Mr.. Carpenter had
mentioned the idea of purchasing the New
York Express and turning it into morning
paper aud putting Mr.. Beecher at the head OF
it, and all this was to be done on the strength
of these papers. Mr.. Moulton then told me
that this was not all the story.
At this point the usual recess was taken by
the court,
After recess MIR. Schultz resumed the stand
and his direct examination was continued He
said: reported to T,lton what Carpenter said
about Moulton occupying a medium POSITION
between the two parties, and acting as triend
in the matter Carpenter told Tilton that Moul-
ton was representing the Brooklyn friends OF
Mr.. L. Tlton did not make any reply that
can remember. | never received a letter from
Beecher about the newspaper enterprise. On
calling Theodore Titon a blackmailer had
two interviews with Carpenter. Mr.. Orion
and Henry Clews were then present. Titon
afterwards showed me a check for $1,000 from
Bowen as a settlement of his difficulties with
him, and he showed me a statement to be pub,
lished by him, declaring that settlement had
been made. He also stated that Bowen would
Tilton said in substance one time that unless
justice was done him he had the power to blow
the roof off of Plymouth church.
Cress-Examinuti0n.
This latter occurred in my Office, think
about month before he exhibited to me the
Bowen check. 1 do not recolect the date at
which Tlton showed me the check. He said:
ii have settled the whole controversy with
those Brooklyn fellows, and have brought them
down to their marrow. He then showed me
the statements he was going to publish in his
paper, and either showed me the statement
Bowen was to publish or related its substance
to me. The interview four or five weeks previ-
Gus to the exhibition of the check was in my
office. Tllton came in and began his usual
topic of the Brooklyn difficulty, referring to
his being wronged and broken down. l asked
him il he charged Beecher with committing
adultery with his wife, and he rose up and
swinging his arms around in theatrical man
ner, "My wife is as pure as an angel" The
remark about blowing the roof off OF the
church came in during this conversation, but
do not remember the connection with which it
was first mentioned.
Witness was pressed by Mr.. Beach for some
further testimony of this conversation, but re-
piled he did not remember anything further