The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-02-03

cation and trouble 7" Mr. Mout0n asked me
what thought ought to be done. Amer some
reflection said sGive me the le tters and will go
and see Mrs. Hooker, and viii stop this mlscnief;'
and took the letters and saw Mrs. dOoker, ana
stopped the mischief
Tilton ratified on MS testimony, "What do you
think OF mans character who can get sncn
letters from his own sister Mrs. Hooker) :" with
q good deal OF voiubillty. Pictures OF this lady
and OF the Beecher family generally were now cir.
culatlng IN court. The lawyers spatted; the wit
ness abated his warmth; Fullerton seemed to feel
that he mad his witness better in hand and was
more imperative. Mr.. Evarts was correspond
ingy savage. Some thought he was engaged In
projecting the defendants sister in mis- absence.
The Judge said, Gentlemen, you are both right
and that appears to be the trouble with you."
'.Aspersions OF innuendo and SUPPRESSION said
Evarts.
"Immaterial and impertnent matter,u said
Beach, charging upon Evarts. at 10 an asper.
sion, and we ADMIT It. 1t is true"
Counsel appear always to be more elated and
positive after lunch.
"Wen" tweeks In Mr.. Evarts.
eyes" tintinabulates Fullerton.
SNOW" exclaims beach.
Mr.. Beach and his brother. sitting together, APP
peared to be delicate about 80 much OF Beecher's
family matters coming up.
Witness Misunderstanding occurred In the way
OF carrying out the threat on the part OF Mrs.
x,
house OF friend; don't know how lar Your
Honor will permit me to mention the names Of
third persons.
The Judge-lt is immaterial
Witness have not mentioned the name solely
because It was that OF lady, and think too many
ladies' names have been men toned In tn q cOntrO-
vcrsy; | think my interview with Mrs. Hooker
lasted On hour or more; only saw her once on tnis
business: met ner at Mr.. Greeleys funeral by
cident; communicated to Mr.. Beecher the result
OF the interview had with Mrs. Hooker; don't
Know whetner 1t WAS the same day or the day
after; 1t was as soon after as convenient; Mr..
Beecher then said TO me that he was profoundly
thankful; tnat he mad escaped
GREAT DANGER
from member OF his own family he made certain
which think ought not to be repeated. ''A'"
Mr.. Fullerton said he did not want to ask for
Witness continued--I remember the woodruff
scandal and the interview at which it was pro-
posed to take measures to counteract It; to the
best OF my recOliectIon some of the letters were
written after my interview with Mrs. Hooker, and
after the suppression or our attempt MIR:
was he said, that IN his Judgment, the time had
passed when
concerning the woodruff scandal was q wise
policy; tnut there was 30 much clamor on the
mnch pGn in Ills charch and 30
many demands made upon him by his friends,
that the pressure was getting to be uncomfortable
and That he thought, at that late day-whlch was
I'VE or six weeks after the publication OF November
2-tnat no card OF denial was then necessary, out
public-to give TO the press what might have
been-that the public might regard as a true ex.
This: remember he said-"People argue In TINS
way. not That the woodruff story Is true but be-
Cause its extravaganza Is against itbut they say,
where there IS so much smoke there must be some
fire; behind the words OF the story there must be
sometning Of black and aam Gamma character.
sentiment Of the community; suppose, for In
stance, that some reputable newspaper, speaking
case|say tie New York 1,f6une-should pub.
lish an editorial to the effect that there
cation, not the grounds which we're stated,
but that they were grounded upon certain stories
vioa n against Mr. Beecner, and Which Bowen him.
SELF had, IN written form april 2, 1879, re-
ana suppose we Eos some edl.
this was the origin OF these stories. Let that be
said. and let US quote from the tripartlte agree
ment the clause that Bowen signed retractng his
stories, and let us put that into The editorial and
that VIII satisfy the public curiosity. That viii do.
The public think there must De something tn the
woodruff story, and That 1t had It's origin IN
the stories OF Bowen. which be had retracted:n
the middle q December, 1877, that It might coun.
teract che Woodruff story; Mi. Beecher asked
Moulton turned TO me and SAID, Theodore, what
Is your opinion OF its" said my opinion Of II was
that 1t was fatal policy; Mr.. Beecher asked whyi
! said, IN the first place, Mr. Bowen did not Will.
ingIy sign the tripartlte agreement and ne has al
ready said since to his friends making no hesita-
thing; that that covenant was 80 loosely drawn
that you could drive coach and four through
IT,
that anybo y could pick 1t to pieces that he
had signed 1t at Mr.. ClanIns request and that it
snas Mr. Bowen sao same man tnsn ns
had known hun to De in years previous. ana I
Thought xnsw N, hum as n, well as ANYBODY ,OI ha%
any evidence against you he viii turn and fight
fore you are aware Of it;'' said, "Beware how
you put Bowen In corner;' then followed dls-
Mr. Beecher SAID Mr.. Bowen could not possibly
bring any evidence against him In any OF the gen.
prenecded was that III some particular case some
particular scrap OF wiitng might be In existence;
Ss Se that hnvs mo- s 70
this brings US to December, In the latter part OF
which
TIE LETTER OF MRS. TILroN
to DR.. Storrs was under consideration; ! had an
interview with Mr.. Beecher and MIR. M0ulton, ar
which discussion TOOK place on the advisability
meanwhile with the view OF o1settlng and con-
fronting the Woodruff story told Mr.. Beecher the
suggestion which ne mad made ie " weeks or a lew
days. perhaps fortnight before, as to introducing
the JrIpartlte covenant, or o section of 1t. into
Oe Of all
OF writing, lOry at some considerable length In
Guiding that covenant and certain Otner docu-
ments in the case, all OF which, taken together,
might give TO the pubic some satisfactory solution
OF the original OF the Woodruff scandal Without
at the same time coniessing the whole truth; |
told MIN that his suggestion OF publishing portion
OF that covenant had inspired me to the prepare
ton Of document In which The entire covenant
should be included, together with other papers; 1
told him, furthermore, that mad consulted on that
subject with Rev. Dr. StOrrs, OF this city; had
gone to nim as q good man, calm man, and q
wise man, to ask him what IN his Judgment the
public sentiment OF BROOKLYN required at my
hands In this business, and that DR.. Sorrs
advised me 10 act calmly, to put toaetner
the facts and papers ana documents In The
shape in winch Chey could be proved aud then
submit them 10 MN, ana alter 1 had given MIN
facts in that accurate shape ne would give me the
best judgment he could form; l told MIR. Baecher
or twice seen DIR. Storrs. ana on one Of the Occa-
slons had requested Mrs. Ttlton TO 20 with me,
but had pre- lerred not TO do so, but had writ
ten statement or letter, which l had shown to
DR.. St0rrs. that mad included that letter-this
written by Mr. Tilton 70 Dr. Storrs-tnat had IN.
for the pubic. CThe witness here identified the
letter OF Elizabeth, dated December l6, 1871 Mr..
Beecner uttered an exclamation, think, In these
words, .'Oh, Theodore OF all men In the world
wish you had kept clear OF Dr. Storrs."
AS Tlton caTe to relate his intimacy with Dr.