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

could describe. The expression OF MS IdcS
was too evanescent for me TO describe.
Their Conversation was conducted in tones
of tenderness, different from that in which
they addressed other persons. Mrs. wood
hull said that Tilton approached nearest
her ideal OF what man shoulu
be, and L replied that her ldea
ought also to be reciprocated
by Triton. At the next interview, several
weeks after, Mrs. W. told me that she was
going to deliver the lecture in New 1ork,
ard Mr.. Beecher would preside. doubted
H. and Tilton said he would not probably
that il was legitimate dues
tion for public discussion. Mrs. Woodruff
said that If he did not come out on the side
of the great revolution he could not main
tain himself. Ny nephew is partner OF
Mr.. Oliver johnson, and I suppose it was
through his communication with Mr.. John-
son that came here as a witness. received
letter about month ego asking
me to come, and arrived here last night.
/ have talked with Sherman, HUI and
Evarts since l came here. i carried the
narratives of these consultations in the
tablet of my brain. wss run
ming in the interests OF the
labor reform party for attorney general OF
State OF Massachusetts, and received about
l4OOO votes. There were two other parties
! in the field there whose candidates out
stripped me. This was in 1869 and 1870. /
/
there were
SEVERAL CHARG rs AGAINST Me
then, one of them purported 10 be OF q
criminal offense. I endeavored to get il
tried but could not. I never was charged
with perjury or false pretences prac-
tised on All insane woman. Nc
such accusation az keeping woman in az
insane asylum was ever made AGAINST me-
never had any difficulty in Washington
/ st any time. | was on the staff OF Adniral
| Dalghren 10 the navy as advocate
general. Redirect examination: In 1857
! there was charge made against
my conduct when l was young lawyer.
It's general allegation was that L received
\ SlO0 fee from parties which IL was SAID
should not have recSived. This case WAS
nolle sprossed, although l wanted it 20
go to trial The parties concerned
1 in this accusation were DR.. James Harmon,
an abortiOnist, ore Harrington, nurse toT
| the doctor, and Afose, district attorney,
! with whom had difficulty. never knew,
nor did General Butler, nay counsel, that
/ there wss anv ground tor this oIfense other
than The general accusation. The matter
was nOlle pressed and there ended. L never
I heard anything more OF 1t until
/ this. / became Mrs. WOoGhulPs counsel IN
reference t0s difficulty that arose about her
/ Obtaining hall for lecturlng purposes
| in Boston. Mr.. Tiltor said that the di-
vorcs laws Of some of the New England
States, Indiana and Illinois, we ere preferable
! to those OF New York. He (lilIon) was OF
the opinion that the laws should not inter
fsre with the marriage relations. 11lton's
idea was that the contract should
| he dissolved at the instance oi
the one or the other OF the parties
Re cross-examinatiOn Il understand by
| TiltoD's reinsrks that if a wife, worn ont IN
her husbands service, was deserted by hel
u r-l
him for damages, but that the contract was
broken. Tnis concluded COwley's testI
mony, and the court adjourned
SAM. WILKEsON TESTIFIES.
lFUILERToN STILL ABsENT-wILREsoN TEIL'
| ALL ABOUT THE TIHPARTITE AGREEMENT
/ WHY HE PUBLIsHED Tr-EOw HE CAME II
| SAY "HIGHER THAN A KITE"-HIs FIRA
/ FAITH IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES TELLS ol
SOME OF THEoDoRE's LADY FRIENDS.
NEW York, March 12.-Mrs. Gflton, Mrs
Shearman, Mrs. Field and Bessie Turne
were in their seats in the Brooklyn cour
room this morning when the Tilton- Beeche
trial opened. Bsecher and his wife and sol
were seated or the edge of the plymouth
Gathering. Fullerton was absent from i'll
ness and his place was taken 10y Mr.. Beach
who stated TO Judge Nelson that he woult
bs pYepared to continue on Monday mex,
Samuel Wilkeson was the first witness III
testified: L reside at Fortieth street, New
York City. 1 helped to build the NOriherI
, PaciI railroad, and am now secretary o
! that company / have been journal
ist for thirty years, and was on tn
Tribune for three years befOr
the war and four years durinI
!. the war. / was in Washington for the Tri
1 bune at one time. have known TilJon 10
fifteen or sixteen years, and Beecber 70
. tom NJ N fall nf
TiltOn came to me a. Washington, al M
, hotel, and showed me letter from Beecher
Mr.. Beach objected to this line of evidenc
> as immaterial, and argument ensued owe
the point between him and Evarts. 1h
: court finally ruled that il was not materia
; evidence. and must be excluded. Evart
. continued 10 argue that this evidence wa
: first brought out by the other side, on tn
direct examination OF Tilton, aud
was certainly a grave matter il the defens
! were not TO give evidence that was impeT
: fectly given by the other side, Judge Neil
! son said that they could not examine al
these remote grounds as the evidence Nigh
q then be extended TO an indefinite length ,an
he therefore held to his former decision tha
. it was too remote and immaterial. Tn
: witness then continued. On the morning Q
a Friday, the 18th OF March, 1872, Mr.. Tilto
came into my Office in the Equitable build
ing, in New York. He was excited, an
showed me press proof of an article whlc
! he threatened to publish in the Golden Age
! unless Mr.. Bsecher did him justice. L re
! Inonstrated with him against 1t, and said
would do
INFINITE WRONG AND I'M JUSTICE.
2 He then said that Bowen had violated hi
! contracts with him on the Independent an
! Brooklyn Union, and that his dismissal fror
3 those papers had ruined and destroyed him
that Beecher had not come to his help whe
he could have saved him with his littl
q finger. and had left him lying where he wa
0 with Indifference; that he would pursu
D Beecher into the grave. told him this wa
4 the wrong way to be going about anythin
: of that kind, that Beecner was sincerely al
r tached to him and was his friend, aud ths
r Bowen would be induced to do hir
iustics and pay the money and termi
: nate the suits which he (Tilton) was abou
! to bring against him. Tilton then appeare