New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-27
TESTIMONY OF EDWARD J. WRIGHT.


E1v,rd !. Wright was called and sworn on
..chtlf OF the defendant.
NJ. shcagman-Where do you residci A. In Green
yich. Conn.
4. VIA: il Your business, A Thst of cashier in
ia-rcaniiie house IN New-YOrS.
u OF what frmi A. A. I. Stewart Co
O. How long have you engaged A. Tn reen
Gears.
a. And ara You in their uptown downtown house
A ON IN, corner of Broadway aud Chambers-St, down
toNn-gholesaie
O. Afe lou ACQUAINTED by sight with Mr. Theodore Til
t0li a. am.
O How ION. have YOU 40 known himi A. Icannot
say positively but should say upward OF eight years
o u, ,ou remember the period OF the publication OF
what i. commonly called the Woodruff scandal A.
/ do.
O. DO you recolleet purchasing copy of The Wo'dhN
q CiaGin Weekly containing that scandal A. do.
O. Aboai what time did you purchase that Paperi A.
I think Ca the Sd OF November, lo'2-wHhlh uay OF
two OF that iimc not before
O. The 81 Of November on SUNDAY A. Then twas
Ga the ed-on Saturday.
q. Well did you. early in November. take vacation
ana travel uorthi A. made short trip; was away
from business two days, think
q Which days thOsei A. On the 4th ana 9TH oil
November Monday AMI Tuesday.
a. Did you carry that paper. The Woodruff d C'aN"'
Wsetfy with youl A. dill.
O. ON what day did you start to return to New-YorA
A. On Monday, the 4th of November
a. 1872 A. 1872.
o. Where did you take the train. and what train A.
Al Concord n. IL. returning 10y way OF Worcester aud
New-HdYcn
o. Nov did yOu sec Mr.. Theodore TiOn enter the
tdn and II So about what point saw him enter The
ian my recollection not distinct TO the particular
poin bal somewhere within short distance of Concord
before reaching WOsceser-sOlne time before
O. {. il your recollection that it before reaching
the boundary line OF MssachusettsI a. 1t not long
after we started from CJnGOrd-withn, should say an
hour.
o. Well did you observe Mr.. TltOn in conversation
villa any pers0ni 4. did.
u Did sou hear anything said 10 Mr.. Iilton and by
hun on the subject Of the Woodruff scandal A. did.
- viii you state al you heard that subject that
passed bcl ween him and the gentleman with whom he
tlIkedf l. The gentleman with whom he cOnvers
ing entered the train and took with Mr.. TOn, and
asked hun with reference ~ the publication; he stated
that H. had seen it.
q. How did the gentleman describe the publicaton'
A. fIe spoke Of IL a. the woodruff & Clanin puOlica-
ton-the Woodruff scandal; the exact vermage cannot
state he hen said that he had ii in the Eastern
papcrs. think in the Boston papers.
O. That is. you mean Mr. TiltOn so statedi A. Mr. Til
ton 80 stated conversation then ensued in which he
WAS asked what he thought of il or think, first, what
n amounted 10; he said he knew about ii and when
further question asked which something to the
intent OF what thought Of it, he said that he cared
nothing FOR for himself: that Mrs TltOn in deli
rate health and OF nervous temperament and he feared
(or It's result upon her-ior its effect upon her.
@ Was that all the conversation you remember A.
That was the substance Of don't rccOlec just at The
InOmen. anything more