The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-01-26


COURT ADJoUsNED TILL MONDAY.
New YORK, Jan. 2l.-The interest in the
Tilton- Beecher suit continues unabsted, and
the usual large crowd this morning filed the
court room. Mr.. Tilton, with mis- friends,
were in their accustomed seats. The Rev.
Henry Ward Bsecher and wife came in
shortly after the opening hour. The counsel
for the prosecution were on hand, but the
counsel tor the defense, with the exception
of Gen Tracy, were late. Tilton and Fran
cis n. Moulton spent the time before the
commencement of the proceedings in desul-
tory conversation. When the counsel for
the defense arrived, Moulton resumed the
stand and his ross-examination was con-
ence TO observe perfect quiet, as every
moment now was precious. The
witness deposed: 1 had not been
furnished with Mrs. woodhull's speech
in Steinwsy Hall. 1 did not see II
in Mr.. Tilton's possession. / don't recollect
ever hearing Tilton urge Beecher TO preside
at Steinway Hall. i think have letter
from Mrs. Woodruff to Beecher on the sub
iecI. don't remember that Tilton and my
self took Mrs. Woodruff into Beecher's
presence and asked him to preside. went
TO the Steinwsy Hall meeting and believe
Tilton introduced Mrs. woodruff and after
ward took the chair. can not remember the
subject matter of Mrs. Woodhulps lecture,
but L think it was something about men
and women. / do not know whether 1t was
on the marriage relation. My friendly re-
Iations continued with Mrs. Woodruff alter
this, but / don't remember whether
she was az nay house after this or not.
Mr. Tilton authorized me to settle his af-
fairs with Bowen. had an interview with
Bowen and presented claims which
amounted to, 1 think, about $1,000. Bowen
replied that he did not think he owed Til
ton any money. A tilt here occurred be-
tween the counsel as to the witness answer
ing the question whether Bowen had said
why he thought he did not owe Tilton any
money. The court directed the witness to
answer the question. The witness con-
tinueu: Bowen said he thought he did not
owe Tilton any money and if he thought he
did it would go into arbitration. l told
Bowen | did not want to arbitrate. hilton
directed the bringing of a
SUIT AGAINST BOWEN
and with this had nothing to DO. The suit,
L think, was begun in the latter part of 1871
or the beginning of 1872. I don't
recollect that he ever stated to me the
cause for breaking the contract with Tilton.
After the suit was brought don't believe
saw Bowen. (Tbe witness was here shown a
printed paper.) l can not swear that ever
saw this paper before. l don't know where
tsehed to the tripartite agreement. / know
of two different article being printed in the
Golden Age" Office, embodying the letter
of JanuaryI5 showed this Golden Age ar
ticle to Beecher at my house before the arbi-
tration. think Clafiin showed il TO Bowen
before the arbitration. / don't know if
Wilkinson saw it. | think IL was after
Beecher's return from the West that
the article was shown him and
given to Clahin. The counsel
then offered the tripartite agreement in
evidence, and IL was read by Evsrts.
draws all the charges against TiltOn, as did
Tilton with regard to Beecber, and Beecher
in respect to two others. The counsel also
read personal statement attached to the
agreement which was an article published in
the Golden Age. The witness continued.
This paper was presented on the evening
the arbitration was made, The result of
the arbitration was that $1,000 was awarded
to Tilton from Bowen. After the signing
of this contract / remember once or twice
seeing Beecher and Tilton together. They
were together on one occasion at my house.
TIE witness was handed document. / DO
not know whether this is the Golden Age
publication of the life of Victoria Woodruff.
i read her life in the Golden Age. Evsrts
read the title of the tract in question. IL
vSas offered in evidence, objected to by the
counsel on the other side, and ruled out by
the court. Evarts argued that the publica-
ton should be admitted as to what T1ltOn
owed his own downfall and that OF his pa
per. and that he had sought TO regain his
position by the
INFLUENCE OF BEEcHER.
This life of Woodruff was the direct evil
dence of Tilton's lost reputation and was the
csuse of the publication of Tilton's poem,
Sir Marnuduke's Musings" In this view
they offered it in evidence. Beach contended
that this argument would be more appro-
pirate at later stage of the proceedings. 1t
consisted of presumptions and reasoniugs
(which had yet to be proved There
was no evidence connecting the fortune oi
Tilton with the publication Of his article
and there was nothing yet to show any con-
nection between the Two things. At the
proper time this whole thing would be made
known by the evidence. The objection to
this tracts being introduced was because
there was nothing shown connecting Tilton
with the authorship OF the article. The
printing of it in the Golden Age
Office, with his name ON the title page, die
not connect Tilton with 1t. 1t was stated
that Mrs. Woodruff was an upholder OF the
doctrines of free love, but where was tbt
evidence Of this? So far in this evidence
there was nothing shown as reason why
this paper should be admitted as evidence
Evarts replid that his friends en- the othe
dence the card of Mrs. Woodhul
avowing these doctrines for the happiness o
man and woman, and she dealt with th'
subject In an eloquent and forcible manner
The court stated that it still regarded th
tract as the life of Mrs. Woodruff, writer
by her husband and revised by him, ant
therefore ruled it out. The witness thei
resumed: i remember what is known as
THE wooDHULL SCANDAL,
sbut don't remember the date of its publics
tion. After the Woodruff publication saw
Beecher and advised silence. The counse
asked ex-Judge Morris for copy OF IN
publication. which he said he had not got
Evsrts replied that the other side ha'
brought In evidence with regard 20 the pup
licatlon of an article by Mrs. Woodruff ant
had promised to put copy of the article II
evidence the next day. A long argumen
here took place between Evarts and Nj
Beach, the latter contendiDg that they wer
not responsible for the production of the ps
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