New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-02
TIE TRICKERY USED With THE GOLDEN AGE AR.
TICL.E

The Winter went on; Theodore Titon had no
employment 1 come, gentlemen, to another fact
when, un.ess l mistake myself, viii throw greater
hood Of light into the hidden secrets OF tins
case respecting the Character OF this defendant and the
manner in which THIS scandal been worked up month
to month and from year year. than any other fact maj has
yet been commente upon during this opening You remember
the history Of what known HE GCIsn Age article
that Tton put type after bis return from bis dscouiasns
efforts in West in the inter- OF 1871 and 1914
the paper which he menaced wen and BeecheT anu
which brought the 5000 Now geaemen, that paper was
Or served BIZ Theodore Tton until following Fall and until
the publication OF the Woodruff scandal And right at this
time during the excitement OF the Woodruff scandal,
aud when Mr.. MoGlton was recommending silence 10
Baecaer when these parties were agreeing
upon silence and SUPPRESSION will show you
tha Theodore Tol aruy cuunnsy az has marked every
step in his course this Transaction m1Ie an effort to t t
article Sc. reilly published without assuming tue responsibility
f It hmself-wauted have mys,erousy published And
50 he had con, that he denominaes from
the witness stand That there whom We have since
.een Mr McKelway Of The BrJoky" Eag.e
And 1t transprs gentlemen 18th day OF Noyen
Der ls2 Mr. McKeway Of lie Brooklyn Eagb, pursuance
Of his profession al JOURNALIST Of course having
read this Woodruff scandal, was sent BY his pru-
cipa, Mr.. kinsella, to have an lnteryle" with
Mr. Ton appointment having been brought about ana
made BY their mutual frendI will use that term N fcsan4
to John W. HarnantheIr friend Mr. HIrman had appointed
an interview between Mr Ton and Mr. Mce.~Ay n IAOns
house. and interview occurred me 18TH OF NJvemoeF
tink-lslh or 18Th We shall you that interview gen
temen not only TIton gave the story Of ths scandal
and officially. to McKcIway on tas occasion we sha
show you that he not only McKeway that the charge
he against Mr. Beecher that night OF the Sh o Deee
Der adultery but improper proposals. We shall sho" you
that he told Nj McKeway that his wife resisted the proposals
Of Mr. Becher and we shall you that when McKewiy
apulcd 4, him for that artce"Ths Go.sD Age arcc-for
publication sad that he had agreed himself not 70 PUBLISH
therefore could make any publication Tor Whlch he
could be held responsible to the public; that would De IN
violation OF his word But he had objection to the publ
cation il it could be arranged you knowi Well how could
il be arranged ? so they canvassed various schemes
by which this article could be got before the public
without Theodore Tilton's being held personally re-
sponsbie for the publication; and McKelway sug
gesed that he might give it to somebody else and that
somebody else should to him. thai he might have
hypothetical interview with suppose ease, and thus
get the facts And they canyassed various schemes and
fl ally Ton says 90" will tell you we Will go up 70 my ana
our dear friend John w. Harman Will take this article
along, will give to him. and then II he has mind
give it to YOU why that lie all right do not care what
Mr.. Harman does
And 30 they went up John W Harmans, and John w.
Harmsn was not at home They walked the pror There
new difficulty met them Bat MI Tlton Is equal to any
energency-any suggestions And 50 DC sad 70 MI hche
way See here will write note to Mr. Haraan, and WI"
leave paper big envelope right here on Haman table
and then you and VIII 60 AWAY auu, W ~" So ~
paper why il Is Of my business And so be put The a
Gle In envelope and be wrote the note to arma and they
went away and OF course Mr. McKeway turned right around
and went back the paor and took the paper and had IN
his possession as Mr. Ton Of knew he would But 70
strong desire had Tton manifested TO have this letter
got before the public that when Mr. MeKeway came to COM
muncAte the facts principal they dared not publish it.
They suspected trick and dared not publish IT, and so they
dictated to shorthand writer and then returned the copyo
Mr. Hann and kept shorthand notes In their possession,
and was not until following Apr thai another entcrps
ing newspaper got hold Of those and published them In
The Sunday Pres.
Now gerteme that the history Of the publication OF that
Golden Age article II would haze been published on the lSh
day Of November 1874 following the publication Of this Wood
hull scandal, by OF Theodore Tton as | have
stated IL you, bat for the fact that his zeal and
anxsty to have 1t published, and yet to avoid
the personal responsibility Of lis publication, marked
that frightened The newspaper nsp pd they burst not do IT,