, 1875-03-16
NUMBER 205.

lurlcs. and has collected sufficient oy,,,onc. in
~arlons summary Legal proceedings ssAi:,st tho
Of tho young and artiess acliool.piri, ia sction
IKE That Of Edna Dean lroctor will 10 COM
'henced asalnst beeelser's sstornoyn noxt week.
Nn,I.
y is subject OF kencral conmout that tho
tacit admission, han Eeen maic by Tho dcfonsn
during the last wenk that Eaechar wal guilty OF
Improper proposals.: Nllseson. Schultz, aud tLu
rest. admit tlotr belief Il, tha fufu,ct and 3ve
thhs ~ tho rtahou for attempting to suppress
t!1ciI d1cumontA as remained in t!la keeping 0.
aioultpn aud 1itton.
tin liz A.sse.astI 7'rt.,.1
TIE ATTENDANCE.
NEW lnRK, Nnrcll 59-Ipkwtttateud,R tle
ratn to'dsy many women 1natlo tho!r way Ia
INC Drooklyn City Courtroom, and had 60
cnrcd aHats vi,en tho great scandal tsIal was
resomea s',1 ~; Deecser ind hin Nlfo can.o into
ton sat with hin lawyers, b,,. cx-Judco Fullerton
way htA! absent. Mr'. Tilson a,,d her friends did
not app:ar. and even Essrts nuI Porter woFo
TESTIMONY 6r 1ony v. usniIoy.
John y. ltassnof. was slle first witness called.
Ito tesslstd In nhsTer to alr l.ill I haze lived
III Droosl-n ten years. and for four Ycals held
t,la Office e snpc'ylsar. 1 have kuowu T;lto,,
snec ne M w tue editor Of tho 1'rooalYu Union.
l'roo*}yn Uaton. 10 told sue OF 1t. aud aaii
hoped i Wasnos IN consequence Of taking nv adj
rsee about tho Western campaign and ilo
IA \; y :; re TINT, anoag other. .tkinsa; ha
met lin athr this by appointment nt res-
tauiant. Thcsl Hero solnc parsons III thu room.
Tho old mnttsr c'rne up of Ills bofng t.ismIsaot
fTom ne Union. 1io enid lo .7as determined tn
s2l'eet the 1nonos !,owo1, owed him, aud lie said
That ho would rcvfs9 tho oil siander that bowen
Ind uttered charges agatnst 'ono OF lbe bcs.
nlen III Rtooklyn." atl ho remarked thai thi.
Nonld bring matsofa TO tho susfaee. lie sai1
him and III. family; that lis wifo had tod hir,
that 1}eccller had taken advantage Of his pos..
tiou. and Ind made dshonGablo proposals to
Lis t1iltoll'h} vile on scvssal o.casiouA. Tutou
said LiA wifo. before she toll lilo atory, OK
acted p.cmise from her lr1Abana not to
Injure or hnr1n the person involved In this mat
ter. We had conseraation lasting about two
hours, but | cAnnos rocolIcct anything moro
tint vs8 eAd. / hn7e boon an atniror of itr,
DeccheE as public man. for long tin,e, but 10
not knox whether Tilson was co.nizaut OF ttlia>
When Ti!ton Lad prepared hia - Tr1e Story liz
read It to ME. ! remember whoa tho Woodruff
scandal waa published. Tiltou waa thea i'll New
him. for his falnilg. to contradict this n,onstroaa
story. tao said he supposed he couli iot. Ire,
minded him Of his duty to liia wfo mil la1niI7,
aud l,o repeated hta fottuer alser; atlun. lIa
did not III this conversation
CHARGE 1iIB WIFI WITH ADULTERY.
At tho i!ret interview Iilton du 10: eE iotu
seciccy on me. hut hc did afterwards :el ne uof
70 mention thia matter TO n1Iy re.aon. Aftel
hboathuiib rtabheationt jitton 400 lsae h11Iha
tsll auy Of my friends the: deslrcd. and thill
h0 niontiono some Of them III particular, aud
ono Dwight johnson, 4 ueubor OF the Board OF
Snresytnofn, a friend OF nino. In September
is12 iiho:, 81 my honse, showed mo tho "rule
from 1861 until tllat juno, nnl Lo road it to MT
and u lew ffiouda pruscnt. knew Mckc!iTa;.
OF the Brooklyn Eagle. Triton had theu stouct
uis proot-sIii1 OF January, 1s5l told lcHcl
wny thai Itlson hah somothsog which ha ou.h
~ HOO.
Cross-eraninfl 1y ar. NsacA: tbink this
inst interview will Tiltou iu restaurant occur.
rcd n tho spring Of 1812 think hn tLc1
bfowes! lao the letter l'o hal written to l,owe.l
| stoc;s, and containing xclno!Ein. about He.;cru
ltu.lt!cB. THIS letter almost conulsldcd lin 10
support Webster: was on tis other B,dc. uue
70 "as Instructed III tue matter Triton never Il
they wero alwaya nga;nst Eeecher. Ilo alway.
APoke oi hia wife NJ pure and very Religious
DO nos know what haean'o oi tho "Itaa 3tu:y,'
after l. "aH ,,, Tead t. t., myse't and freud,
:: NY, house with note, slr. sIcAal
war called thort'r after and said ho wat
| to have lhep, by nsranycmcn. wish Tilson.
| so that they might bc 6nhmittod to eminent
counscl BY the Eagle peop1c. I ASKED aLchclwa,
] WHO was tue eminent counsol, and he runlted
! Gen. Trlcy, told him would giyo Lin III
| papers /. he wonld tako them to Tllton'A hol1s.
aud Obtain ha eonsent, or toll him thai 10 ;!c-
Aeli:aF} nah Eo1 tLell, l51d A9 !cft WITH them
l Ens always unaihua t.at
li..ToA suoELI, puLL1su 4 y1SpIcArIoS
Of lin vile hn4 children. 1t tho interview i1
fultun strecst aftar Ills rsturu troE, N'T na,n1,-
abe al5o asked him to contradict tho ysu1!ee.
njfrr2i Ti!tun sJ0J3 to have tho story pub
,ls!ea, but | DO not rcsuember saying that hs
gould mako $50 ono out Of 1t. said that ii !.
,Ea!ion cupies Of this 1to1y wose putlishcd,
they would kcll for % cent? aiseco, as every per
Roll wRA anxious to learn tie truth OF tho natter
fjt-s1f I int In IT,.
siip WAs handed uio by Deechcr at tho llrBt inter
,lcw in tho restaurant. lily impression IL that
lad II before tho Woodruff publication. When
offered tho 5000 for Tue publication BY TIltcn.
condition 1 mslo to Him was that ho sloul
Bwcar to II, md mako its ownership oysr to ME,
NJ wAnscl 70 coutro, It, Alter Tllton read thc
story he took IT Away with hitn, aud nsvci
Htusy." " pablishod III tho 1rItusc Marsh &.
1875. and idcuutiod it az tho sa,no read BY TTison
on that OCCASION, and 1t w.s married. in evidence.
Ne.crass examination: 1t would bo iMpoasibts
Incorporated III tho "Tn,o Story" Thla manu-
arsips frpEl whlch 1iltoa IcaI Was in looaa
n.'eetA. 1lton said ho drafted this ''!rsue Story"
III accordance with Dr. hsoFrs' nAfice.
lIiis coucudc1 tho examination of this wit
uoss.
TESTIMONY oy JAr3sns UCHEiTz.
The next Witi!ehs called IN HaH Jarkaon s.
Schultz. lie testi!ious l ressds i'll t.aw York.
anu am 4 leather merchant. hare known Tls-
niorc Iil.on since 1890 or 1G61. Ilo YES o., ss,u
Independent +l!on, tlnk, md my sy:atious with
him wero very kindly aud cordial. a fov "ceaa
before tho issue Of tho Golden Age was applied
to by him to nsalsk Ia tho enterprise. Franklin
Woodbury. called NTH Ttltun a. my huuso abolt
it. No discussed tho probabiticH OF its nucrost.
and ! asked i liecchcr wonld assias l,ton.
lie sad he thought ho would. and ,askoet
4 Deechcr would contribute articles to It, anil
Ttlto!i raid he would II he (Tilton) would pot.
nit hin. / agreed to Gid T,itou at the noxt in
terylow. WA 70 ai1 him To TIM e1tent Of 81. 900,
aud 30 did my partner so1thwel;. II tho enter:
Il tallci We wero to soso tue nleIiey. T.Etou, IL
h!a conversation with ,uo, frvqueusly xaia that
Dowen Ind donu him great wEuu,;, aud TINT
Doecher lad refuucd to put out his haul to sGYo
him. After tho a'artiuG Of tho Golden Age, Iwaa
Jrosens At dinner slssn 70 lsaao II. Bailey bu-
foro no loft Tor Enr0po. Tho conyaraatlou iuy,.-
cd u,l Wootihiill ana Clallil, aud q gentleman
from Wall street mado sn,llo observations uop
them. Il!u, defended thcm, aud said they
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rslCu-TDNEIl, HONORABLE LAptYs