Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-05-08
BOWEN AND BgECHER.
Con clusIOn OF the Testimony Of the
Former Newspaper Plety Partner
OF the Great Faster.
Nothing Very Special Elicited-An I'm.
meRse Crowd Present Yesterday
Court ADMINISTRATIONS.

tlnued. Witness said the subject
of the award was not announced
in form; l will state positively nothing
OF the kind in relation to the burning OF
the scandal papers was said there; moth
ing was said about the tTipaTtite agree
mentf until after the settlement. Mr.. Ev-
arts read from the testimony Of StOrTs
and Claflin in relation to witness asking
for WOodstOck's letter, and the witness
said nothing was said TO me about this
letter, nor was there any conversation
about l.; got this letter the next morn
ing, ard on Saturday night when /
made the Monday engagement with
Mr.. Tilton and Mr.. Johnson,
there was present at the office
some Of the editors Of the Independent,
MIR. Spear and DR.. EgglestOn; don't
remember DR.. EgglestOn coming to my
house that night and found Mr.. TiltOn
and Mr.. Oliver Johnson there; l do not
remember Mr.. EgglestOn coming when
was putting on my boots and saying
il TiltOn was az bad ss we thought, he
talks exceedingly well; l do not remem-
Der telling Mr.. EgglestOn to go down
and see certain lady about something
| told him and report to me the result;
| do not remember telling him that l
had letter, tapping my pocket, from
TiltOn TO Beecher; / don't remember
that Mr.. Eggleston returned from the
lady's with message, or that told him
that | had been TO see Beecher, and he
was a good friend of mine and Eggles-
toms, and that he had said Mrs. Tilton
was a saint on her way to heaven, and
that Beecher had said horrible things
about TiltOn, but would not swear that
fnio did 1nnf I nfa 70
Freeiand asking him if he could appoint
an hour for al interview; the only
answer got was " Yes" or % will at
tend to it," think l named four or five
o'clock in the afternoon; 1 went
there at certain hour, but l am not
certain that Mr.. Beecher was sent for; !
think he was there; l gave him the let.
ter from Mr.. TiltOn, which he read and
put in mis- pocket; asked him what re-
ply be had to make, and ne said the
man was crazy; he asked me if was
friendly to him, and l answered that |
was not unfriendly; he asked me if
knew anything about the troubles in
TiltOn's family; said had heard some
things about him, but not about his fam
lily particularly; he said he or his wife
had received some letters from the west
from Mrs. TiltOn, which he would like
me to call and gee; next morning | was
to call and see his wife, so l said / did
not care to call then; l referred to some
matters between me and Mr.. Beecher,
but he said he would make all that right,
and l promised to go there the next
morning. After this we talked about
Mr.. Tilton and some of his acts, and the
names Of some women were mentioned
which were strange to me; knew some
Of the names by reputation; l said
was aware that there were damaging re-
ports about Mr.. TiltOn in that relation;
| only alluded to them in general way
and told him something | had heard; |
said had reasons which induced me to
sever his connection with the paper, and
said these stories told me by Mr.. Bsecher
were new to me and surprise to me,
coming as they did after his removal;
Beeoher gave me no opinion about what
| should do, as l already had decided to
remove TiltOn; my mind was made up
without Mr.. Beecher, and he did not
change it; Mr.. Beecher urged me to
come to his house and hear the contents
OF these letters or papers, and believe
this was all; | saw Mrs. Beecher next
day and had about half an hours inter-
view with her; | do not think | saw
Beecher on New YEARS. day; made an
ordinary call on him; [ stated to him
that on the previous Saturday severed
Mr.. TiltOn's connection as correspond
ent Of the Independent and editor Of the
Union; don't think any other parties
heard this; was one of the founders of
Plymouth church, and am connected
with it still; the sale of peWs took place
Oh the Tuesday following the Monday
on which l made my New YEARS. call.
Redirect eXaminatiOn-I don't know
what became OF the draft of the tripar-
tite agreement which l refused to sign;
1 handed it to Mr.. Clafiin, bnt l do not
know where it now is; my recollection
is that the paper did not come to me till
the money was paid; | said that when
myself Mr.. Tilton and Mr.. Beecher had
settled our difficulties / saw no reason
why l should sign this paper. The
witness was here shown paper marked
I'D, lI3."] believe this to be the first
paper shown me. THE witness indi-
Gated what he refused to sign in the pa
per. Portions Of it were marked and
others stricken out.
Mr.. Fullerton-I propose to read
what is crossed out, and what is
substituted in its place. The words
crossed out are "as fOllOws.n
l will read what is erased first, and then
read the context. The words stricken
out are as follows: 81 declare that these
charges, imputations and innuendOes
are without any foundations, in fact, to
the best Of my knowledge and belief.n
What is substituted in place of this in
lead pencil is as follows: 81 regret h8v-
ing made any imputations, charges or
innuendOes unfavorable to the Christian
character Of Mr.. Beecher."
Mr.. Fullerton to the witness-LOOk at
the alteration at the head of page 3 on this
paper, and say whether you Intended to
erase the word "dissvOw" Al did.
Q.-What did you substitute in its
place? A.-Withdraw.
Q.-Withdraw all? A.-Withdraw
all.
Mr.. Beach-Still the word "disavown
is retained in the paper, which was sub
sequently executed
Mr.. Shearman-Well, "disavowU oc-
CURED twice, and instead of repeating
it, the word Withdraw" was substitute
Ell for it the second time.
Mr.. Fullerton-The original read,
"And l expressly disavow the
charges. imputations and inuendOes
imputed as having been made and ut
tered by me, etc" The word 'disavow'
is erased; Mr.. Bowen says it was in
tend to be, and the words "withdraw
alp substituted in its place.
Q.-Look at the original draft, Mr..
Bowen, and state whether you struck
out this alter the words? Al know
nothing.
Odd you strike out the words "to
his reputation as a clergyman or a
man. A I did.
Q-Did you insert in their place any
thing else? Al did.
Of SO, what? A.-Those words
Indicating in the paper
Q-These words readingl: (Which
should prevent me from extending to
him my most cordial friendship, conf
dence and christian fellowship" A
Yes.
Q-At the time of the arbitration did
you know anything about the existence
Of what has been known as the apollo
gy, or the letter of apology? Al
did not, that remember. Witness con-
tinued: l think Mr.. TiltOn called the
attention Of the arbitratOrs to section six
OF the contract between US, and also to
section three with regard to his pay
ments, or as to the dissolution OF the
contract.
Q.-Call your attention to the letter of
February 9TH, 1871, from Mr. Beecher to
Mr.. Moulton, and ask whether you
knew of its existence either 1T the time
Of the arbitration or the time Of the Hign-
ing Of the trips rite agreement Al