New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-26
THE PAPERS READ TO MRS. WOODRUFF.


O. What did she says A. Well, they read it over
there and they talked and then she went and took
Colonel Blood
@ suppose she didn't know what 1t was when he spoke Of
itf A She might have known, go far as l know.
@ Well. far appearances were concerned, did she
appear know what was? A guess she knew what 1t
o Well he took it ont and read it, did he' A. Yes Sir; he
read it,
O. How long did it tale him to read ' A. Obi not very
long.
O. About how long' A. Oh! could not describe at ALL
@ You could describe ~ A No. Sir could not tell
you how long it was
O. Wssit written foolscap paper! A IL was wfen on
paper didn't take particular notice.
O. Was about this Holding up sheet OF legal cap]
A. didn't notice.
O Wa 4 writing paperi A It must have been writing
paper
Did he read It ont loud He read it so that they could
understand him; could understand what he read.
@ You could no,f A. No, Sir
Couldn't Won hear what read! A No Sir could hear
him reading but could not understand what he read
O. Where were 700 when he read it, A was backwards
and forwards in each the Offices attending to my work
O. You sometimes stood stl did you motif A. was stand
ing still sometimes
@ When you stood s1 could you hear what he read' A.
not paying any attention
O Could YOU hear ready A. No, Sir, could not
O. Not wordf A Well probably might have got one OF
cso words but that wouldn't do much good
O. Well give those one two words A NO. could not
do that don't know the commencement or the end
ings.
O We'll Won could give n, the and the end
ings Of what you heard? A Ma, ST., could not 1hefe
would be no sentence to that
O We'll you could hear what they said where you stood
could not hear some things
O. heard them talking about the Beechef article
Yes Sir; the Beecher article
O. You heard Mr. Tlton that he had an article that he
wanted her to publish A. Yes Sir.
O And then he commenced reading: A Yes, Sir they
talked about it, and then he read it there.
@ Didn't he read it loud as he talked? A No, Sir;
don't think he did.
O. Then il was in low Of voice' A Yes, Sir
O. So that you could hearF A. don't know as it was
read that way particularly about my hearing
How long did you stand any place where he vas
readngi A. Ohl backwards and forwards don't know
how long stayed in one place was oacKwards ana iof
wards.
O. You canrot tel word that you heardf A No, Sir
O Can YOU tell us how many sheets paper covercdf
No Sir Sometimes he would write for their yUu know
but
Idont care anything about his writing for their paper
talking about that day reading that article tC
them How many paper did he appear TO read from
A. didn't notice at all
We'll he read something abou the Beecher scandal" oil
"the Beecher aces" A. He reading but never hearC
him read it at all; and what 1t was could not tell
O. Didn't yon know what it was aboal' A. didn't know
what proofs they were at all
@ Well they proofs they? A. Surely they were
proofs
O Oh then he reading from prosfsf A. They wert
proofs that they were reading
O Proofs that they Ieadingi A Certainly they
proofs
O Then It was no; foolscap paper A do not know
Sir; could not tell
O. Was 1t writing phnti A. They had printed proofs
there and written ones, too.
O. What did he read from, printing nianuscrpt-wring
A. / don't know. Sir; could not tell.
O. You could not telf A. No, Sir didn't take particular
notice because they had whole lot OF papers there by them
they had proofs for their weekly paper.
O. Proofs tina; weekly pspeTf A. Yes, Sir, they wert
making mp their weekly paper.
O. All the proofs for the weekly papxi A They wer'
getting up what they had any way.
O. Howl A. They getting up what they had
O. Who brought this paper there that he read' He nigh
have brought II himself
q. Don't you know who brought h' A. NO. Sir l d0n'
know who fetched It.
O Was Colonel Blood there at that readingi A. lie wa
not there with them when ii first read Then, afterwards
Mr. Woodruff got him. and he went there and sat down
and-
@ Did he hear II readf A. Yes Sir; have no doubt but
eha, he heard it read.
q Do you know A. ] don't know IS he was taking par
ur notice Idont remember whether he sitting there
present, when II read don't remember, Sir
Q Did Mr. Ton, when he read read from the proofs'
know that he reading proofs that he had.
Q Was he reading from tie proofs whom he did read'
When he did readt
Yes A lie reading he proofs that they had hese'
z lie reading proof that they had hoyey A. doa
know who fetched them, anything at all about uemf
" Ny question. James. Il this he reading proofs