The Portland daily press., 1875-04-21

Guilty. He never wrote 1t. he uoes INV
think he ever entertained that OPINION Oh
idea.
The pamphlet was handed to witness to
refresh his recollections. The witness denleo
that in August, 1874, he lost confidence IN
Moulton for having no plan to propose
Moulton proposed no satisfactory counter
operation. When the Bacon letter was
threatened he proposed document.
1t was in June, 1874, he heard of Butler IN
this case, from A. J. Bowen. Cleveland
and others were in consultation
at his house, and A. ]. Bowen
called and asked for private interview. and
said he had just come from Butler in wash
ington, who said Beecher was too great man
to be sacrificed; and he felt he had not the
best advice, and that Butler proposed to pull
him out of it, whatever the facts were; ana
that Butler was going down to Brooklyn. 1t
is not true that Bowen reported that Butler
said his advice was that Beecher should con-
suit good lawyer and tell him all the facts.
1t is not true that witness said "But-
Ter is a great man; God Almighty
permits only one or two such men to be born
in century, He did hot say off Butler will
be my lawyer it will lead me through the
wilderness" He didn't send any one to Bos-
ton to consult Butler. Some one went, he
| QlQ not Senu ulllls IL WAC lAO ASSoAo " -
consultation, He approved of sending him,
| he presumes. The person who went commu-
nicated to him his impression of the inter-
view with Butler. 1t was Tracy who went.
| Witness never called on Butler or wrote to
| him in conversation with A. ]. Bowen. He
| did not tell him General Tracy was his coun-
| sci, Tracy was not then strictly his counsel,
| but his friend. He advised him. He does
| not recollect seeing Butler at Tracy's house
and does not recollect telling Tracy about his
| difficulties at time when Butler was in the
| same house.
With regard to his walk with Mrs. Tilton,
| the witness said the first one was short one,
| in the summer of 1871, when he met her In
| the street accidentally. Another time he met
| her in Montague street, and he walked down
| as far as her house. He is not surveyor,
and can't tell how many yards or rods. lie
cannot recall the streets so as to tell how
| MANY blocks, thinks it was in the afternoon
and left her at her door. He does not remem-
| Der what his errand was or where he was going
He conversed with her, but not about the
scandal. He did not ask her if the charge
that he had won her affections was true. He
| took it for grap.ed that it was, and yet he
walked with he1 through the public streets.
| He remembers going with her in carriage
to Greenwood, to the burial of little Paul
Mrs. Tilton never was at Sarony's with him
| The court here took recess.
Nearly all the ladies remained in court
| during the hour of recess and had
lunch of Texas beef, sandwiches and ap
| pies. As usual disputes generally carried on
| in perfect good bumor, were carried on by the
| audience as to whether Beecher was flooring
| Fullerton or vice versa, and the majority seem
| ed to think as one man rather curlously ex-
| pressed it. that Beecher is handling Fullerton
| chill a which saving Elton
ties laughed scornfuly and spoke OF Beecher
| forgetfulnesS of what Interpretation he gave
| documents at the time when he read them
year or two ago. Some OF these, arguments
were very interesting and were conducted Win
| an ability that would make the fortune OF
| lawyer.
Beecher and Sherman returned to court to
gether at 21O Up to that time neither Tilton
nor his counsel had put in an appearance
While waiting for them the defendant SAT al
are called. The low hum of conversation last
ed aud Judge Nelson chatted with Judge
| Robinson of the New York common pleas
court until 2 20 D. M, when Beecher resumed
| his place in the witness chair.
| Witness did not recollect walking with Mrs.
| Tilton through the streets in New York in the
| autumn of 1871. In the walks he had with hel
| he did not admonish her against allowing her
| affections to be transferred to him. He was
| laboripg under strong belief that they had
| U66Q brduSlerIGu, Uub uiu uOO ICol ph"o WY
might be more transferred. He hoped good
from the walks by bringing moral influence to
| bear on her. He did not know of Bessie Tur-
ner's being sent away until by Mrs. Morse's
letter. He had no intimation. not shadow
| from apy quarter that she knew of the charge
| made against him by Tilton. His first pay.
ment on her account was made by advance TO
| MouIton whether by check or not he can't say
He kept check book, but did not enter memo
| randums of the time and object for winch
khA nhnn Izo yu0c
handed to witness. He paid that out because
Moulton told him it would be very great con-
| venience to Tilton to advance it to pay for her
board. Once before that Moulton spoke OF
raising the mortgage on Tilton's house, and
| witness said, count me ill., That is all he rec
| objects Oh the subject of mouey between him
| and Moulton previous to paying that cheek.
| He did it as an Office of kindness, and there
| was no threat whatever and no hint as to MS
| duty or obligations, aud he, did not regard 1t as
Matchmaking There was a general suggestion
| by witness 10 course of his interviews VIII
| Moulton that if Titon wanted assistance ne
would giveit. Could not say when this was
made, whether before or after that check which
| h. gave in June, 1871. The next was 10 No
vember, 1871. Nothing that he knows OF was
| id on the subject in the interview. Moulton
| said another bill was due in the same way.
| Sometimes Moulton asked him by note and
| sometimes personally. Thinks there is one Of
| those notes 10 existence. Mote produced by
| defence.) Witness supposed the money was
| to be for the education of Bessie Turner, sub
| seuuent to Nov 10, 1871, when the time fol
other bills came round. Can't remember the
largest amount he gave MoultOn, but bis i'm
preston Was $500 was the largest amount.
Could not say her school bill was 800. he
never endured the amount and never saw the
return bills. He gave he sums Moulton asked
for. Prior to the mortgage all these sums were
paid voluntarily and were suggested In the
most delicate manner, and witness paid prompt
ly, believing be was cooperating with Moultop.
He kept no account of how lnuch he paid for
Bessie's schooling. Never kept an account in
bis ife The subject of the mortgage was new
er directly preached to him, but on returning
from his Western tour he mentioned ne had
gained $4,000. 1t was nearly all gone when
he mentioned this. He did not volunteer to
give some of it.
In January, 1871, Mou'ton spoke of raising
a mortgage on Tilton's house. He suggested it
ought to be raised. Witness did not understand
it was suggestion that witness ought to do it.
There was not the slightest pressure brought to
bear upon him. MoultOn said it ought to be
done by Tilton's friends, and witness promptly
said he would be in his place to do it. Moul-
ton did not suggest that witness was one OF the
friends who should do it, 1t was considerable
time after this when witness renewed the sub
ject to Mou ton, fearing MoutOn might feel a
delcacy about it, and asked what had been
DONE thinking Moulton was too delicate to
speak about it. Up to the time witness had
raised $4,000 Moulton had said nothing else to
him about lifting TIlton's mortgage. Witness
had mortgaged his property for $4,000 and hand
ed it to Moulton for Tilton in May, 1873 Be-
fore this Moulton spoke of the condition OF the
Golden Age and of putting it in prosperous
condition The occasion out OF which the final
thought sprang was one evening speaking to
Moulton, be Introduced the matter again and
drew out the letter and read extracts, which
were statements from friend, that cash
check for $4,000 had been sent ard two time
drafts had also been sent. Moulton had two
time drafts on the table and witness said, "You
will use those' He said not. Witness under
stood that the cash drafts had been applied.
Mouton brought down his hand on the table in
an admring way and said, "That is what call
true friendship
There was nothing extraordinary in his OBJ
servation. He and Moulton were OF the same
mind in wishing the prosperity OF the Golden
Age and he did not think the showing of the
drafts to be hint and didn't take it as a hint
till after he got home, and was not alarmed at
the drafts. The contribution be gave next day
was entirely voluntarily. He didn't under
stand the payment had anything to do with the
settlement of the acknowledgement him and
Tilton. 1t never would have been paid if any
thing of the kind was said. He never would
pay a cenG. He did it out of the purest mo-
tives of kindness
Counsel read from Beechers direct testimony
81 paid $4,000 because it was represented to me
that the whole difficulty could now be settled
and the Golden Age put in prosperous condi'
tion He presumed that was substantially