Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-25
TELEGRAMS TO THE STAR.
A SEA OF ICE.
ATLANTIC STEAMSHIPS DELAYED
THE PENNSYLVANIA ICE GORGES.
TRYING TO SAVE wllLIAMSP0RT.
THE BEECHER TRIAL.
Tilton's Intimacy with Weodhull.
A Colored Witness.
RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICANS.
THE CONVENTION TO-DAY.
RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICANS.
THE CONVENTION TO-DAY.
TILTON-REECHE TRIAL.
What Mrs. WOODLANDS Colored Man
Knows About TtIt0n-

NEW YORK. March 25.-Upon resumption
OF the Triton Beecher tria, to-day, Mr.. Shear,
man, who testified, in answer 10 Mr.. EVartS:
i live in Brooklyn; was born in Virginia i'm
August. 1915; was slave; came north i'm
1s6e, but have been south at various times; I
know Tilton, and also Beecher by sight;
belong TO the Baptist church; when I came
north procured situation with Mr.. J. NJ
Beach in New Jersey; was with Mrs. Wood
hull when the scandal was published. and
was arrested at the post Office for mailing
some of the papers; my employment termi-
mated after my arrest; i was first employed
a. waiter at their house. No. Is east 3Sth
street, but was afterwards employed i'm the
down town office, wrapping up and mailing
the papers; distributed
THE LIFE OF MRS. Woodruff
for Mr.. Tilton among the news dealers, and
handed the money to Miss Annie Tilton, who
was treasurer. j was introduced To Tilton
by Mrs. Woodruff i'm her downtown office.
Mrs. WOOdhull said he had done "A good deal
for the people at the south, and was then eli
tor OF the Brooklyn Union He asked me IL
had been slave, and how l was getting
along. This was in the year ISL The life of
Victoria Woodhull was published in Sep
tember, 1871. 10 not remember the month
the Steinway meeting was, but it was in the
same year. i remember
CONVERSATION ABOUT PREE-LovK
between Woodhall, Clafiin and Tilton in
their Office. Mrs. Woodruff asked me ii /
was a free-lover, and / said ] did not know
what free-love was. She asked me il knew
Henry Ward Bcecher and i said I did. She
asked me if / ever heard him preach and /
told her had. She then said lac was one of
the greatest men that ever lived and that he
was free-loveT. She then spoke 10 Tilton
and asked me il / knew what iree-loVe was
and explined TO me its meaning. 4 told her
that the Scriptures said, what God hath
Joined let no man put asunder." Tilton
was very often at the downtown Office dur
ing that summer: Tilton very frequently
took lunch there that year. After i went Ia
the Office j did not live at the 3sth-street
house but boarded in Brooklyn saw Tiltou
at the 3Sth-street house sometimes as late as
IL and O'Clock. He was
SOMETIMES IN MRS. wOODHULLs ROOM,
and sometimes in Miss Clafiin's, generally
writing Either one of the ladies or Colonel
Blood would be with him. They had refresh
ments served up in these rooms TO them.
They went from 3sth street to sd street and
kept house; when / sometimes went there
saw Mr.. Tilton. The house was kept by a
sister OF Ms. WoOdulls. They then removed
TO Irving Place, where the house was kept
by Mrs. Miles. Mr.. Tilton visited here also
Before my arrest I had been sick for two OF
tn. ee weeks and was just out for two OF
fnement. / knew of Mr.. Tilton in the polit-
zeal campaign Of 1872; / was present on one
occasion at Mrs. Woodhuirs when TiltOn
was there and conversation turned on the
PUBLICATION OF THE Woodruff SCAN
DIAL.
Tilton said she ought To publish this, as he
could not do IL. They would crush him. He
said that Plymouth church was a rich body.
and would pay to have il stopped. Col
Blood was unwilling 10 do II, for fear he
would get into trouble. IL was stated by
Tilton that
PLYMOUTH CHURCH WOULD PAY SlOO.0oO
TO have il stopped. After lunch, Tilton and
Col. Blood were talking about il, but / could
not hear what was said. Col. Blood went
away the next day after another interview.
L saw Mr.. TiltOn at the brea kfaSt table
early one morning at the 3Sth street house.
and supposed he was there all night At
the interview next day Colonel Blood said
he would have nothing To do with the
publication, and then he went away; was
in Ludlow street Jail, detained as a witness.
for Is days; at the time. OF this conversation
the proofs were all set up ready TO be used:
was familiar with proofs and printed slips
then; had printed slips in my hands at the
time of this conversation, but did not know
they were connected with this scandal; did
not read the Woodruff or Challis article, but
heard people talk about them; / saw
TILTON AND MRS. Woodruff.
sitting together often with their arms around
each other but thought this was perfectly
natural. This conversation was about four
or five weeks before the publication.