The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-12

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Cross-cxamned-I have been in Til
/ tons family over twenty-five years; |
lived with his parents ! went to Thco-
! dore Tilton's to live about four years ago
Mrs. Tilton generally paid me my wages
never left Tilton's family altogether
and was living there when Mrs. II!ton
went away. saw TIlton Civ" Mis-
/ Turner money to 60 to keyport.
I Redirect examination.-Ralph was
about four years old when Mrs. Tiiton
went to Monticello.
Theodore Recalled.
Theodore Tiiton was then recalled and
testified never was at Mrs. WocdhuII,
house while she lived in Irving place;
/ ! never said to Mrs. Woodruff, "NIckcy,
you publish this and you are made
woman" | never called Blood aside ana
talked TO him about the scandal;
/ never was present when an!
proof slips of that article were
shown; on August 18th, 1872 | ter
minated my acquaintance with Weood-
( hull; | began my political campaign,
July 22d, 1872, at Baltimore; this Is the
period when Woody testified that
| was at the office; no conversation was
! ever had about Bcecher'o congregation
( paying 100000 to suppress the publica-
ton Of the scandal on the 4th of July,
/ 1872; Woodruff and | were never served
with refreshments in her bed room;
! Woodruff never said to me that Beecher
had better preside ut Steinway Hall
meeting or she would make it hotter for
/ him than hell wa, somewhere between
! the Ohio river and Mississippi.
/ The witness was asked TO tx the pre-
else locality he was iii six weeks before
/ the first of May, the date fixed hy Mrs
/ Palmer for this conversation.
/ Mr.. Evarts objected and u long discus
/ sion followed.
Witness continued: | did not ride
with Mrs. Woodruff in the Rossel pro-
cession after it broke up, nor was m n
/ carriage that day: at the interview in
Mouton's study in the early part Of
/ November, 1872, ! never heard the letter
/ of "contrtion" spoken Of by MouIton as
/ a mere memorandum
Mr.. Evarts objected to this last state
/ mcnt of the witness on the ground that
according to General Tracey evidence
| Tilton was not present when this letter 0t
/ contrition was spoken Of.
/ \ long argument ensued between the
counsel and the testimony Of Mr. Tracey
was hunted up and read.
The court finally admitted the answer
| of the witness.
The witness then testified: Mr. Moul-
/ ton did not say whether 1t was memor-
andum or notes Of Il conversation he had
/ with Bnechcr. The witness was asked if
/ Mr.. Tracv said to him. last summer, that
. if he made II charge of adultery against
/ Beecher, he Tracy would not feel his
oath binding on him, and wouId b" re-
/ leased from his word of honor.
This was objected to by EvartS, who
ssked for him to look at Tracy's tcsti-
mony. In the meantime the recess had
/ arrived and the Court arose.
After Recess.
Mr.. Morris to Titon-I was asking
YOU before recess Il question IN regard 10
/ Mr.. Tracy's notification TO you OF his IN
tcntion or feelings, being at liberty to act
| for Mr. Beechcr. | have the evidence be-
fore me, and will read il and call your
attention to it: Speaking of the inter-
/ view
Question by Mr. Evarts-where did it
| it occur. that interview, and that conver.
,ation? Al think it occurred at the
/ club.
Q-The Brooklyn Club A-Thc
Brooklyn Club; it may have been ut my
! office: Tilton was in the habit OF drop
/ ping in ut my office frequently, and he
was also in the habit of dropping in at the
| club when ! was taking lunch or dinner
and met him IN the street; We had cas-
| ual conversations.
| Q-Well, what passed between you,
| how was the matter introduced? A
| Referring TO the conversation in 1872,
| said to him, Tilton Ms long as you ad
here to the case that you then stated to
me. ! shall adhere to the promise | made
YOU, but | desire to say to You hat when
YOU change your case against Mr. Beech
cr if YOU ever do and state different
case from what YOU stated to me | shall
not regard my promise then made to You
as binding upon me-.
/ Odd any conversation OF that kind
ever occur between you and Tracy prior
to your meeting before the Committee!
A.-No sir, he never gave me any such
notification.
/ Q-You have related what occurred
before the committee at the Brooklyn
Club or his Office or anywhere else ana
he say that prior TO that time; A-No
. sir; never anything.
Morris continued: 81 read - Beeeher
the same paper read to Mr. Harmon.
the first sentence of DR.. Storrs docu-
ment relating to Bcecher, asking Mrs
/ Tilton to become wife to him with all
that the name implied, was incorpora.
ted in the statement read to Beecher.
Q-I read to you brief statement ot
Mrs. Ovingtons and ask you question
in regard to it. Speaking Of MI inter
view which YOU had with her, she was
asked this question state what was
said or done on that subject. 1t Is ne
cessarv to refer to what preceded because
the answer refers to the subject y
/ When he spoke of the fiction, ihi"k II
was he said
Elizabeth will Lie For Nc
She will tell any number Of lies to