The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-13

! h"'N H1h - b'"h Vlpui tNN''y W h'H"N
that expression and said at the Friday
evening prayer meeting your church
seemed Ia bc in entire sympathy with
you, and think you might have availed
yourself oi that occasion to have made
that expression; and he said, "Well, | am
not to blame, Tor You advised silence, and
have followed the course You advised
And then thi, card is put in evidence
that You have Just had in your hand, and
witness proceeds; and it is to this part
that wish to call your attention partiCu-
larly: II had subsequent conversation
with Brcchcr about it, and told him |
had seen General Tracy concerning re-
ply To the Bacon letter, and that | had
asked General Tracy ii he had submitted
the paper to him, and | said to Beccher
that Tracy's reply was that he had seen
II paper in which he thought he detected
my hanliwork, and that Tracy had said
To me that the words, 81 have committed
no crime" which i a part Of this card
and quoted from il; said nothing in de.
nial Of the fact as alleged by Beecher or
as tn the TACT between TlltOn and Beech.
or (witncss correct4 himself) in regard TO
Bcrchrr and Mrs. Tiltons relations; Rs
near rs could remember, he said, have
committed no crime, because adultery
was no crime aud not common; that is as
nearly as | could repeat it, and said 10
him that had told General Tracy that !
did not think that was good objection;
that thought the community would RC'
ccpt the card ~ distinct denial; that the
uttcranrc would he accepted by the
community rs II distinct denial
aud that il ought to bc made
or some such ultcrancC should bc made
since Hecchcr asscntrd, since Tilton rs.
scntcd to the peace u that utterance was
made rs il silence was kept. Now Mr.,
IHrrhCr do you remember conversation
in which Moultnn brought IN your attCn.
tion an interview that he had with Geul.
Tracy un the subject ui the card, effect Ui
this card--A ! have M distinct rrcullcc.
lion OF any such statement Us Is made
there.
go. What was the objection that you
stated tU the publication Ol that card?
\. Ms objection was that after the pub.
iralion Ol the Bacon letter n0budy could
understand the uilrn.u, ur everybody was
at liberty lu understand the uilcnsc rs
they pra,cd;ccrtuinIy they would under
stand that ! had made improper al.
vauccs toward Mrs. Tilton, and would
not stand it.
q. And you would make no publca-
tinu that contained that admission. 4.
would not agree to any such statement;
! would not sign any such statement; !
would have nothing To lu with anything
that could mislrad the public.
q. Now, whether, the word "crimc'
was used ur not IN either ul the CONVEX.
.alions that Mnuton had with you pre-.
rrding or following the publication Of the
Bacon letter, was there ut that time any
suggestion 0r inlimation from MOultOn
that the charge against you was any other
nr different from what had been the sub.
jcct NJ the imputatiOn, the improper al.
yanccs? \. That was what he under.
stood and what he conveyed tU me, and
what understood
q. So that announcement made TO yOll
by Rcdpnth rs coming from Tilton and
Muuhon that they intended to to charge
adultery wa, the first notice Of the i'm.
pnlaiion or charge on their part? A. 1t
was the first statement tu me; II was the
first time | suspected that it was even
thought NJ.
q. Well, the first statement To you?
\. At any rate, knew il then for the
first time rs part ui their plan.
q. Nuw, Mr.. lIrcChcr, IN regard to
what la. been known Il. the West charges,
VA. the text form u them ever laid BE-.
fore yOu nr communicated to you (hand.
ing the witness n pawrl? A. No, sir.
q. In the spring or early summer
when Muullon was first brought up what
did y0u understand the charges were con.
fined tu. \. | understood that they were
charges brought against filtOn for hay.
ing .landcrrh me in reporting that ]
preached IL inrty mistrcsscs Or some
other number
q. Ycs. 4. And that they OnI Y related
to what were called generally the Bowen
SANDERS on charges.
q. The Bowen ISLANDERS? 4. Yea.
q, Now, in the fall, in regard To any
third clause or item, how much knowl.
edge had you on that subject A. ]
don't think had any; the ground | took
was such that could not very we'll have
any knowledge about it.
Fullcrtun--Dnn' reason about II.
Wincss-l beg your pardon.
Mr.. Evarts-ln regard to the third
charge nr item that involved any rCla.
tions with Mrs. 'rilion, in the, imIntn.
tion against Mr.. 'riltun of having made
charges in respect to Mrs. Tilton and
yourself, was there any communication
Ia you in writing Ur otherwise OF any
other charge in that relation than the
charge II improper advances. \. No, sir.