The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-02-10

1871. got Mr. Bowen's notes for "a, 500, which
was not for my salary but for shares OF the
Brooklyn Union, which he took from me, and
other business dealings
In Aug. or Sept. had a difference with Mr..
Bowen about supporting "a certain political
candidate, which refused. aud he said there
was one way in which he could become master
of bis paper, and replied there was ouly one.
| refused to submit to his wishes aud support
this caaddate. and told him that under the
contract was master of the paper. This was
the only difference I had with MIR Bowen for
about fifteen years.
The last time | saw Mrs Woodruff was ia
Anril, 1872, at which time she designed to viii.
ty and backen the names OF several ladies con-
nected with the womaus suffrage movement.
The article was the ''Tit for Tat one KNEW
all the ladies more or less whom she designed
TO attack. l saw Mrs. Woodruff when l was
acquainted with her very often, sometimes at
her house and often at hersotfce. l saw her al
so at my house | think three times, and also at
Mr.. Moulton's. [ remember going down to
Conv Island with her. remmebe7 Mrs Wood
hull and her husband coming to my house on a
SATURDAY. evening, when she stopped all night
and part of Sunday. L never remember of her
being in the water, though she always kept me
in hot water in this affair. l never remember
showing her my documents relating to Mr..
Beecher do not know where Mrs. Woodruff
qot her reference to the Catherine Gaunt letter
Sent me by my wife. l never talked with her
about it and never showed her the letter. She
never got this information from me and must
have got it from some other person as L never
stated it to her. l remember being in COM
munist procession in New York: was not
there with Mrs. Woodruff, ut was there with
nv friend Jno. SwintoD, with whom | walked
armtin arm did not know till after the pro-
cession was over that Mrs Woodruff and her
party were there; that procession " as in honor
of Young Rossel, who was put to death by the
French government; do not know he was ex-
ecuted for the murder of the Chief Justice Of
France and the Archbishop of Paris; consid-
cred that he was a pure young man and mar
tyr. and honor him; l did not carry banner
on that occasion, but if had 1 would have
considered it an honor that no man need be
ashamed of. l may haze gone with Mrs
Woodruff once or twice to Conveys Island and
went once rowing with her and her husband on
the Harlem river but do not know if this
was on Sunday.
Mr.. Evarts here intimated that the hour for
| recess had arrived.
Judge Nelson said he had just received a
note telling him that yesterday parties stand
| ing behind the jury were making observations
| about the case IN their hearing. The judge de-
| livered an admonition to the parties standing
there and directed the Court officers to let him
| know if such thing occurred again. -; :,
Mr. Evarts suggested that the space behind
| the jury box should be kept free from specta-
tors, and the Court gave an order to that effect.
A recess was then taken.
After the recess Tlton resumed the witness
| stand and Chester Carpenter, foreman of the
| Jury rose and stated that no conversation about
| the case had ever taken place in the hearing OF
| the jury and that the communication referred
| to before recess was an unjust reflection on
| them.
Judge Nelson said he was happy to hear
| this.
| Witness then continued: 81 wrote letter
| to Senator CARPENTER for Mrs. Woodruff on the
| 18th amendment. The biograph of Woodruff
| was written by me in September following my
| visit in May of the same year to her.
| Evarts asked witness to listen to what he
should read and state if shat was his express
sion.
| Mr. Beach objected to this as it was quoted
from the life of Woodruff, and another argu-
| ment ensued.
The judge finally ruled to take the answer to
| this question.
| Mr. Evarts read portion of the preface to
| the life of Mrs. Woodruff, and asked the wit
| ness if he wrote that, and he replied that he
| wrote it in the month of September three OF
four months after he became acquainted with
| her.
The portion of the letter read stated that he
(the author) was going to write the life young
| woman without color or tinge who was an Oh
| ject of interest to his fellow citizens in new
| work of the greatest reform of the age and a
woman who had his ithe authors) entire re-
| spect. Other portions of the work were read
the most part of them being written by him
though he said they were the opinions and te
| nets held by Mrs Woodruff.