, 1875-01-22

hf,ntlnt Titan had carried her from hor bed
ronnlnt night. Did not understand tint he gut
into Ind with 1ar. / un1y hrartl OF ono suuh oo-
crrraire, IHta3lcr snitl le did not beiioyo this
story. Tcccirr. think, may hayo told mo that
lsnssie T,rncr tgt aiaSo toti other peopio TINS
asory. Al that limo l dld not know Bhe told
thera starien Ia otiibr neuPo.
There VAS nt,thsng Of t|1c Wiustcad storioa
then, nor anything Of another womat with
whom TiItoa lsaa been charged by Bowen with
isnving relat1o rs. At tho interview OIL Jan. /,
with 1ccclor lie did not Ray that Mrs. lnctller
had taken Aira lfIton's rart agaihst Mr., 1iltos,.
At that interview 1le talked OF tho effect Of tho
icttcr OF rcca1iE,tio.i and
THE LETTER or CONTENTION,
and Mr. Decclcr c1ptcescd his sorrow for tDlling
nowen stories connected with 31rs. 15nllard.
this letter Of tlntrition was written l,v MO at
l3ccchcr 8 dictntun. It hegnn: tAty dear friend
Monlaon." I tt riot remember thnt Ueeciler ad-
dressed mo ft au7 Of tis otllcr letters to mo in
that nay. wrote tho words: ''1u trust with +.
D. Moulton," at El,o head of tito letter. This
was considered. All absolute t1urt left
with ine, to do with, as | liked.
it. rnid tiu,t, tl1oao words ought to
bo put nt tho lead Of tho lotter, In order
that it might be- unuer my CONTROL Nothing
eiBo WAS said but this. took this letter to
Iston the same n'sht, an'l read + to him. did
not leave It with lam for any time that night,
Ite may havo llad !: iu Ills pnaAossion for MI
hour OF two TINT ni,.ht. My recollection is tint
the paprr WAS not .a5t Of my posscHsion nll that
hlElt. put lilo A'tsef III my bt1rcai-traWef
tI1at tho next time i saw tho paper was at tho
time Of tho publication Of the Moodh'lll story in
November, is72. l tl.en found tho paper in my
tin box, to which It eid been removed froIl tito
M'rcau-tlrawcr. d. not remember when Haw
the pancr; learned cls.t Theodore Tilton had a
COPY Of It. tifst blle" ho Ind copy ot the
paper at either ths Tina uf tue pubLcatlo1i
OF what was cai!tsl "lhe Irne story, or
the Haroh letter. L ~ nnt tnlHK llltnn mauo
rnt, ~ if thu .,tFf1f IT tn him Nv
ect!on is That he did not take e''oFt-sand copy
or 1t; do not fonembe; that he tsi, OH any other
orcaHlo'' havo an opl'e Itnuiy to copy tho letter.
hultllor dIu kno" alien the portion el 1t Was
obtained WHICH Waa lI.bllslel IL the BACON let
ter.
Wns educated nt tEi' 20" aork AcaaoEns. nov
tho college. dld INT nl"ase 10 tho corresponds
eneo ior our Urn. n. W. genefhliy aoho ny
Mr. Mooasun. or ar; l.ou'nFnn' no nos carry
on large correspond srco With Ateiary people,
but dl.l ut ono si'io.
MR. bEEcHgn DICT ArEp THIS LITTER,
eentoncp by henteuce, d',iihclste1y. ald took 1t
down. This tuttor was written nH fast as he dic-
tated it to me. {Tle Witness was hero handed
the latter. This seems 10 bu writton with quill
pen. and generally rito with stetl pen. 1
Ihink wroto this lottos. with quill rcn.
[llr. Shcarmln 1cro trad tho lcttor OF contri-
tloli, following tho pun u.uatiuus ns laid down III
the letter.1
Moultou--Mr. Beecha dictated evcry word
that il in tho letter. IT. ink tho first sontotco
AIr. Beccher dictated on tint occasion was tho
one beginning, II ask, through you, Theodore
Tilton's torEiveneas.' I wrote this letter az fast
ns it Was dictated 10 mo but do not kllow how
long it took. I do not re- collect il Deecher over
dictated any other letter than this to NC. TlH
letter not in my ordi nary handwriting, as
tlu not 1lsaly Writo with qliili pen. wrote d
very irregular hand, sometimes largo and Mt
other times small. saW Beccl!er again on tho
~ Of January. iu his heslse; saw lin in u bncls
parlbr, aud went nr-sta:c5 with linn. Do not re-
- Srsf.S ola
or o'clock in tho afternoon Md may hayo
remained two or t1,roc hc urs. Ny Interview with
llitn WINS alone. I cannut ray who oHcued the
door to me. It was eitir,r On this day, or day
ILL READ THE DRAFT t,r nowEss LETTER
to mo. lte read me tho dratt; / said it wa just
and truthful. ! then tod Eaccuer tint Tiiton
was preparing letter. to Bowen. I do not re-
charges preferred BY DO r Oh agai,,st him. told
Beceher that would t,y and get hold OF tho
letter for the purpose Of 1legetatiug Nti bowen
Ilton wnntoi to publish This letter, and lot the
public know OF the seyeia nce Of lis connection
with bowen. Tiltou begna writing this letter On
tho evening of Jan. !, at my housa; think ho
finished the draft OF it that night. l visited
given oil tlo previous tlar III my statement to
uen, Butler told him U,t;cher had askca ,ue il
it would be eafo to let t!ie aals Of Plymouth
Church pews tale place. md rcpiicd in rJ.urIs,
that 1t would. On Jun. I. Eeecher told no that
H0 had
PRAYED 70 cor, FOR ,,Eir
to discontinue their te:r,taI relations These
were the very words ie IL Il pred ~ me. do HOT
recolIcct II these were tue words ho alwaya used
Wien speaking Of their III macy.
BESSIE TunSEl 4 LETTERS.
Gen. Tracy asked wtuesa il Ae lad in his pos.
ecss:ull auy documents re,a ing to Bessie Turncr
and, before tho reply was giyen cauuaal aalot
the lawyers on tue other s;alo to produce them.
Ex-JulEo Norris stated that l.o had naked col,n-
Bel ts other side to fur,l hh him with the list
OF documentB he required t,1 tue day before, aB
it wouid tako long time t., fluid thon. WAiIo
counsel was engaged In tl,n search, tho crnstI-
examination was continued handing two letters
To w,tnessl Baw these tWi, Icttors before. I
gaye them to Judgo A1orria. They came into
luy posee1siou shortly after their writing, Jan.
III, md Jan. IL. 1911. I ha,ro had them eYer
since. Do not know how rat.eiyed tho1p, T4ey
may llaye come by messenger r or mail. Bcs3ip
Turner was thon residing w til Tlltou. WLo,,
got them I put them away. / talked with
Titon after getting the letters. Do not know II
te gave item to me. These are all tile pane{s |
rocucct now having receive from B,snnie
Turner. Arrangements were ina DO for ller gulug
a,xnv hnfn1n rnra,vsj tho All IN ,,,.+ -