The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-29
TILTON- -BEECHER.
The Trial Getting Unpopular
Mrs. Tilton Appears in Court,
Continuation Of the Defense

NEW ORk, AprIl 20 hTS. Inv"
was in Court to-day. The attendance
was smaller than usual. At quarter
after eleven Mr.. Tracy resumed the
stand and the examination was contlnu-
ed, as follows;
| had an interview with Franklin
Woodruff; ho wished me to have con-
sutation with Moulton; L agreed to con-
suit with him on the understanding that
it would not be hostile to Beccheri this
was agreed to; soon after Woodruff
brought Mouton to my Office; the con-
versation was general; the question sub
mitted to me was, "was it wise to make
an answer in public card 10 the publ
cation?" | said could say nothing until
! saw the papers; an appointment was
made for the next Sunday, ut Moulton :
house; ] went there between two and
three o'clock in the afternoon when |
went in | found Woodruff there; | have
"A faint impression that TIlton was too;
the first paper shown me was letter OF
contrition, which ] began to read; the
hand writing struck me and ! asked HIM
if this was Beecher's and he said no 1t was
his; he SAID it was note of 4 cOnvcEsa
ton he had with Bcechcr; after reading
It said this would not interfere with the
publication Of a card against the Wood
hull scandal; the next paper was letter
of retraction; | asked the history Of this
paper, and said that after Tilton had ac-
cu8ed Beecher he had gone TO Mrs. Tilton
ana obtained this paper from her.
MouIt on nContradictcd.
asked Moulton if Tlton charged
Beecher with adultery and he said no; he
said ask Tlton, l would rather you
would do so; he then brought Tilton in
Mr.. Tilton said he was asked to make II
statement Of his case to me and said If
he did and Beecher and he came into
collision, would the etiquette of the pro-
fession allow me 10 be counsel Of the
other party; l said If he made state
ment of the case to me, | would fee. at
liberty TO act for the other party; TiIton
then produced the manuscript and read
il to me, but | coald not discriminate be-
tween reading and the running talk by
Mr.. Tilton. Witness was here handed Il
copy of the true story. | am not able to
state whether this is the paper, parts OF
which were read to me by TiItoni | re.
member that some of the documents in
this statement were read to me; Tilton
said te me Beecher had admitted guilt in
the letter of apology to him. |
said the language in that letter was too
general; he then accused Bcechcr OF
adultery; ! asked him if it was with hi-
wife and he said no, with another
woman, and he could prove it; | SAID
YOUR statement settles one thing and that
is YOU don't charge Beechcr with adult
cry; he said no, my wife IS pure
woman; he said he wished to bury this
matter: ! asked him why he did not give
the publication II simple denial, and he
said this WAS what this woman wanted
me to do and this would make them
liable for libel and the case would come
out in court; | refuted the idea Of al
action for libel; he also said | can't deny
it truthfully nor could he tell II he; that
while the publication contained things
that we're true there were also untruths
in it; the discussion lasted Il long time
and mt the close Mr.. Mouiton
asked me what would propo.e;
| said that depended on what they want
ed to accomplish; if they desired to bury
it. they must declare the publication
false and burn the documents; TIltor
said he would not permit them to be
burned, because BCecher would turn and
rend him, and if Beecher did hot MEM
bcrs of Plymouth Church would; ! sug
gested that be and Beecher should 90 be-
fore some prominent citizens and make II
statement to them so that the documents
could be- burned, and if the matter came
up again, the parties could satisfy the
public with the true position ot the mat
ter: we could come 10 no agreement so
we separated; had Il conversation with
Moulton afterwards. ard ] said lIlton
ought to 80 to Europe, As no paper would
now take him on It's stati, on account OF
his connection with MIS-. WoodhuIl, and
in three or four years this matter would
be forgotten and then he could return;
| said to Moulton that 1t was
desirable that these documents
should be destroyed, that as long as they
were in existence an armed neutrality
would be maintained, and that il he
kept the papers | did not see how ne
would be able to keep himself out OF
trouble; MOuton never said to me That
the essential points in this story were
true; | did not say 20 any person that 1t
was not right to lie, nor that IN such
case rs this, lying would be justltaoIe.
The Court then took the usual recess,
Mrs.OyingtoB Recall ed-Aner
Recess.
\ surprise was occasioned by Mr.
Shearman calling Mrs. +. j. OyIngton 10
the stand. Mr.. Shearman stated that she
had been recalled at the request OF the
other side, for further crosS-cXaminntl"n.
Ouestion-You state that Mrs. TIIton
came to your residence on July II, 1874,
and rode to Concv Island with YOU on
10th; what time of day was that? Answer
A bout ) o'clock.
Q-Was Tilton before tho committee
that evening? A He was.
Q-Do YOU know where the committee
met? Alt Mrs. Storrsi when Mrs.
Tilton and reported that evening l GA
not know that Tilton WAS TO be before the
committee; | learned the fact that even
ing from some friends; learned the TACT
from Cleveland when he called; | asked
him if Tlton was to be before the com
mittcc that evening, and SAID ne dld not
know; l wrote to him after he left asking
him TO let me know If Il.t'n was to "p-
pear before the committee | sent It by a
district telegraph messenger and received
reply Immediately; have both notes II
You wish them.
Mr.. shearman produced the following
notes, and offered them in evidence:
FRIDAY, NJ, July 10, 1874.
Mr.. CLEvELAND-DEAR SrR:-ls Mr.
Tilion with the committee this afternoon
or will he be informed Of anything tnat
will disturb him? Please send word by
bearer as l have promised in that case
to telegraph Mrs. Tilton to come ana re-
main with me tonight. ! may have
forgotten to mention this when speaking
to you this afternoon.
Yours sincerely,