, 1875-03-30

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Church delegation. Dts luton and the women
WHO uatAll5 accompany nor were absent, but
their places wofo occupied ty other wouon.
1EsT1Moxf or DAVID norH.
David Dows, prDtltIcs merchant, waa the frat
,x,,,,,.. ..it.a .r,t II, .nsw,. -
w. 's1o' .1o 1eAe.' I".' ""a' -. ~ Iussaoos pm
~ ~ % EsA1't nusSstoa nuT ~ ~ .o,,oSs; "Miaa
NeaPio tIurEor) nTca III my iarniEy. SlIs catno
In the spring, and loft In Tho summer but do
not recollect tho year, nor layo any memoranda
~ 1.to. No fn,n,,v viii o,bor. $780,.
~ .aS. ~, .as,n,, ~" ' "0n' On
'sip ~ oh'a,'a tna' ept'ns. w. ie'' On tho 2las
ot Nay sud re'usned on tno I'm Of June"
prosecution had no questions to oak him.
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,o, 1r:s., 49,. ~, n.ua,
'ohn "'ns'o" "ns "oa' eaaea' llo stated: 1
twenty-five years. / was formerly District.
Attorney for Ktugs County. Iwa,a nomhor -,
M' 1n'cass4nns .o''s.o .@ ~, u 1ho lIsmonth
Gn'afcn' meeslhg a. nlF' olorfs' hoHao. Mrr.
T9n x "s' A. D'foi1 nsneeu hs qhs ou tho m Of
thero about flyo or ak minutes lofnya N, 40 sI1
animation began. 'lF. Tracey accompanied u.
there sud was only &bscns two or tl'roe n'lnuter.
Mr.. Tllton was before tho Committee On the 10Th
OF July. No said that there ef,oniI not 10 anv
{nveationfton. anil sstet] II AR rooch,- -,
e. .sn..a, IT,. ~ eeI'les "ehteo
oao' ~" ~ w." ho'",'.u s"as ~. oeecher ola.
Slr. Cleveland showod MN hf. Eceeher's 1cttor
calling for u. Nj. Nlton said lia case vas in
Deechor had made any confession. verbal or
otherwise, to him. Efa saw Mr.. Decchnrs letter
and read It very carefully. On The 18th OF July,
the day that Tilson published hiH card,
wE HAD Az Ia1Ens,Ew:
road hs loltcr. lie ahtd he would liko to talk
with me that this Investigation Was all wrong,
md ought not to be. He ranted thu Committee
to adopt rcport that he had drawn; that, In
deed: he bud drawn two or ttree reports. told
tcatiraony beforc the Committee. 1lo wanted
ME not to oppose, and asked me to do h!a state
mont justtcc* VAS Present wlion hls swoyu
sthte1nea. r.s read, md at hls erose.s1an,ius-
9s Tss sso ss ha M TNon aae
had been no regular sosslon that afternoon, when
Nr. 1ilton said to Nr: Tracy: "You hare no
right to be hero IN collision With me after tie
promises you mado." Tracy said: "fcs. but
whom saT you change your ground did not
the front Parfot ehd 1ilson followed: lie raid:
Tracy, forgive you: ! Ike you hotter than
any man In Brook'yn. lilo nut bis Arm around
Tracy's neck. who aala eomathingtabont forgive
ness. ltlt0n satu: " 1herc ia one difference
between nH, Tracy. I always forgive. but you
C'ess.f1dmtned Tho hTss meeting Of the
Co'nlnittee, whon teatlmony Mss taken. Was on
tho Gth Of July. Mts. Ellen Wood WAS proseus
a. I'll the n'assi.,gs Afterwards. took the teati-
tho COMMITTEES They @ero both verbal state
ments. The first was tnade on tito 9Th Of july.
nesor eaw 1t IN print. h[r. Eeevhtr nadu
TWO WRITTEN srArbMEsrs,
tho trHt en- tho l6ta Of July, botore the Com
nsittee. They woro all rteeont. Tha statement
TINT oCElAtNr mt left with The fnrn
tco. Tie H1bstance Of It otlfy VA. published.
cannot say Whothet stanograpller took notes OF
It. !.havn neser Recn this statement since that
night. aud never ehw n:onoeraplcr wr.Ie out
bis notcs OF IL. Mr. saEs WAS tho Chairman Of
that Committee. We landed Nil the sridouee.
after 1t WAS written cut to the Exsmini1,g COM
tn!ttoe OF tho church. Some ole Of that
Gommlttoo TOOK ehs'go Of It. l
do not know who IT xas, though
my IMPRESSION 10 That alt. clovelana took It. l
mittco until 1t was printed. did not anperin-
tend tho printing Of it, nor had Any thing to DO
with u. l did not got Hocchera statement
printed signed the report Of The Committee,
Hhe ~ last .e =" ths original Il was in nr
port. drew up portion Of tue report with ss-
gard to
aiR. DEEcHgE's EVIDENCE.
mud know thore is . small error which had
1asoher cav Or read tho paper which IlItou road
before tho Committee, but my impression il that
ho usod tho word "sLory," mud not "tyue
story" I must have hnd Tie impression tint
ho usod the term 'ttMo sory" when
drafted tho report. Tho report vas road
oyer and discussed. All the members wora
prosont aud It wan done At my of1loe, ia New
York, two dnys boforo Il Was presented. I was
present. u waa read in cturc1,. Aii tho ruem
bers had agreed with 1t. Mr.. Tracy was not
present on auy occasion when It was road OF dis
cuhsotl. T,lton oame boforo the Co1nnIttoo on
tho 10th OF July, lie said be- did not tilink II
Was heat 10 havo an iuvestigation, as II would be-
an unhappy afIair, md would lad to on,liess
trouble and distress hut he did not say 10
whom. lie tIlouGht thore would be- nup,bor
Of unhappy revelations. which Mr. IleocLor md
himself did not desire, Hs expressed IN nm
willingness to tohHfy on this aud othtr ooo..
cassona. I do not remember his say.ng any-
thing hbout docunonts and papers. He seid ho
was aware that ho vaa disctoditcd uorson In
the community, but
n,s CASE nEs1zD m WRITING.
We said no would ike to SEQ tic papers. Ttsb
think, vos moi taken down. but
s,s the steuoe5aphsf may hayo dono 50. i no1t saw
I1ltousn Testimony on lin fth. and pnvo tbnt aa