, 1875-02-14
THE TRUE STORY"
AS READ BY ME.- EvAETS-

:" ne 1Tue GtofT - dDca1ueQt HI1tueu " A2A
tftef &ha Woodhu1i pnbicasion aud shown to th
nsy Dr. 6torrs and othera-was not in his posses
eion, excepting few Of the last leaves Hit
~ife had taken tho rest away, and had told: hl1z
that she had destroyed it. Before the reces
Mr. Evarts had requested hin to bring thest
lsayes with bicu, and upon resum1ng his seal
1.s took them ont OF his pocket The1
e7or7body was astoEished to see Mr. Eyartl
stand up with bunch OF foolscsp theeH in his
hands and sag. 1fr. T1ton, please listen tc
what I sha1I now read, and esy whether you rec.
oguizs it IL THE True Story p" This turned
ont to be copy, with many mistakes and ornis-
eious, Of the original document. How it was
obtained the lawyers for the defense refuse tc
tell. The probability Seems to be that somc'
body with whom Mr.. Hlton left it for perusa1
copied It hurriedly, and has furnished it for use
IN tho trial.
Mr. Eys1te' mode OF rutting the copy in cyii-
.denee Was to read . paragraph, ask the witness
whether ho remembered that AZ part OF what he
erzpIa. There 1yas nothing new it, or different
from Mr.. Titon's description in hia esriier tesh-
mony 1t began with saying that against the
will 1T his vita end for q few personal ff1ends,
be wae going to put the resi- facts into writing
The following ia = continuation
HowEE's REVELATIONS
About ten or eleven yelrs ago Henry Z. Bowen, for
whom was thao working subordinate In tho Inde-
fulon fer7y, thst Henry Tlrd Bseeher guilty ot
adultery End this b.Ea In Indianapolis aud WIS cou
sdnusd n Brooklyn. Between thu sn4En 1850 and 1s7o
t3mes md frequently exhibiting deep senee Of per
sonA fojuzy; sosnetin1es saying that II he was 50
minded be could srss III 1:ssr s from e's r.. p11P
IN charge Of the f5d<pendrn;, and was leutea1sat
Atnrxard hi roarcd, and succeeded TO the chair,
M Bowen VIA In tho habit of Saying. The pastor Of
Plymouth Church Hsz dapger0as riattor among the
females Of his congregaun-" Thls statement al1ays
scarisl tben than now, end wUuld not note It herr
les4 Of ha rots oa which ths eneuing hls~
tory talns.
Nr Fullerton demanded OF Mr. ETarts an ex-
plaEa.iou Of what document he was reading.
Mr. Eyar;s replied that his questions were In
order.
Mr Beach argued that the original ought to
be produced, or its loss proved
Judge Nelson ruled that the procedure vas
rcgusr, and SO Mr. Evarts went on reading the
document bS pieoemeal at the end of each quo
sation asking Mr. 1ilton whether he had written
f. In some lnstances Mr. Hlton replied Eyes"
in others th6t he could not recollect, and in
others he pointed out errors His lawyers 10
pestedly told him not to make any explanations
about ii, but to simply svou or disavow the pas
sages He would not bc controlled, however,
1ansire again into intraetsbls behavior, This
Cams asxt;
MRS. 1uros's CONFESSIONS.
Al further Statement. still more unviIl1nRv 0pen,
get necessary to the explanation of tha subsequent
complication Of circumstances must say that in the
aadea q Ching ss edns e
nf the Brooklyn Cn;on, Mrs- Elizabeth T. Tlton, my
wife, rnads t. nc communication concerning Mr..
Deecher. which, to usa her own words, lest should
wtarR him By using mine, che nfterwnrd noted down
IN Memorandum, n follows: M1. H. ". Beecher,
nv friend snd pastor, solicited me to BE- w1fa to him.
f}knr% %Ritf at 7 lh1rF
above fact from my wtfets handwriting. and forbid
myself from Iarsing II this point ehes TO blaclen it
ny w1fes mother nox feznn to plsy an important
part IN my EelaEons to Mr. Bowen and Sr. Bee.hor,
and in relation 10 thcss Tersons 70 eaeh other Ths
lady for ycxrH in chronic Etate of apprehension
and nervousness, and Of Physicians the 1ata
Dr.. Barker Of Brooklyn. recommended several Fears
ago thzt be t4kcn and ecnt to institution for tho
10, reproach their zutho1,~hom Itse2sh ehuuid
IaigrIy excnerate from censure,-w.a m attempt,
band The Hon Nathan B. Morse, by clctching his
throst and sranshag him With such powerful clutch
xnstes Of lbs home, and her fury e1t1ngnfhrd With
<hloroform- This resulted III dnsl scpxratioE-
- Tho True Story" went On to ear that, in her
Ensane periods, Mrs. Morse's ingenuity Of
statement against her relations was cunning and
In the extreme" thus implying, with
for the scandal reports. It also referred to the
fact that Mrs. Beecher ~as the writer's enemy,
kna nao 1ofploucn 1nl1 70 cotue " nel 1ooae''
TIE 1AotnLh W.T. ~" -
laen II went INTO kue ueta@as ~ toe pusaness
4CnIrel between Mr. HoWen aod the writer, OF
he tripArtito covenant, and the arbitration |
Eh5ct ended in the payment to him BY Mr. Bow
m ~ a. mn In rms nsrt nf thu yFnrn-ort mar.
80. ~ +ta RrweF.ri1tnn frnnh1e in ta1I;ro
|0@4F1 VI s'1e - 5.;sS - - a. 5:se
aow hf. ooEen ~ nsa oee.oen W us eue suusor "
y ae2ss one o! n1n oNn ue"ep*!e!s: was tae son-
;ance; took Oh tne crown. iata II at nl3 1eee,
Ind said. All hail the King. The audieuc. |
auehed ut tho extrdvaganca at ths language, /
md Nr. Eyarts mixed the usual cues ion Is Did t
~. xr,ta ,hnt IN
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11v6 satd IT,"
The plan OF Incorporating parts OF tbs docu-
nente IN questions, and asking Mr. Tliton
Fhether he remembered to have written them,
ras pursued to the end. Once Mr. Ialton asked
|udge Neilton for instruction "a TO how he
'ught to reply, explaining that 10 could not r.
nembsr the e1hcs wording, and yet Was unshle
0 1epudihto sentences thst might not have been
Q the original True story. His Honor told
i'm to bnse hls answeEs entirely upon big recol-
octon, and not upon his reasoning or his sup