, 1875-02-27

could Hhow TINT tlllK publication Wa1 threatened
ieocor NJ to lho 1 j,.rtnoss Of hi, Claim against
1Anuen, then it would DO alown TINT thin publl-
cation was threatened for tho pnrro.o Of hlnclt-
mail. Ihcy never intended to llbliall it,fB heatn-
rnons, but had thu two coptos ntrck oil only to
compel tho payment Of tl,is ctatm. Hikeson
promised TO aid liE In getting n'onGy ttpnl
l]nwon II |. was 5ltht,y duo him, NJ Wikcnon
said It woulj mover 10 10 l.ayo thia rtiDlislied;
md gentlemen, on thu Ath Of Apri', Tilton had
Ills $7.0 in hin pocket from bownn bnt do
not tny, gentlemen that tl.o obthining nj this
,no,iey wan blpckulail, for 1t might lnva been
duo to Tlltan.
pEnsoaAL EXPLANATION.
Cen. Tracy said. OH approaching Anothcr part
Of his subject, tia: ha desired to make per
sonaI explanation. To this 3fr. beach oljcctod,
un1esa Tracy would go on tic wltnens.,1,aa y, tnd
ys5y hs n s1nsn9 y g. aSy Ths roSa trk ' rs s
engaged In by Sfoasrg. Eyarts md nx-JNdHo.l'0r-
tor, tia attnr htntIns that Horny Ward Deochcr
would CHOOSE what counsel Ao pleased 10 dolend
lin.
Mr. Beach iiaclaimed tint l.e dictated what
counsel Desc:ler ehouil employ. blt 10 waa Of
opinion TINT thnt ton, Ttney had already exceed
cd Tho bounds Of psoprlcty laid down In tie
counsola opening.
to speak ouly OF facts which ho il,tonded 70
prove.
Judge ros!or aald tim. tho facta which Gen.
Tracy referred to weto factH which tllcy intend
cd to prove. and hero tho matter dronned.
preparing questions for plaintiffs wife hcforo
so appeared bcforo tho Committee. Tho plal1,-
tin kayH told lin 80. how. gentlemen. no
wl Hhow you tint met alrn. Iilton only thirty
or forty ,nnptss before oi' t,s tHDtenre
,cvor told plaiunr So. woH intro
duced TO her by hor ntop-f.t!lcr,, Judge Murac,
and it waa 80 dnrk TINT could hardly ECO her
face. l went to the Committee and prell'arc'l
| fhem fer MtH. Ti1thn. xn1 hati tn her 0nlY lln
words: "a1rs. Tilton. do net foo offended 1T
any questions That may DO asked you. - they
are not intended To Blvo You olf fenBc.' No Huch
conversation Al rc}'ortea b. tho plaintiff ever
occurred between Ntra. Tllton and mr., and 1t IL
rnneccsHary reflection caHt by plaintiff on f'is
| wirs. When waR consnltci about tho Waod-
lia!l publication by Womlru1f, da not then know
]Ieechcr nor a1oulton. thcn understood thar my
services woeo not to bo lrofc.tlonal, und were
only Al friend Of tho firm of Wnocruif & lob
inHon, and 10 10 merely friendly consultation.
l lesirrd to examine certain papers IN Mouons
/ linn at Lis house. The Woodruff publication
was gone oye., paragraph by paragrapi. and
atoultoi, tenfed tic pistol Gcone, as he did b:to
| aluo. lie dened giving Mrs. Wootll'llI tho in-
formation contained IN tho publication. ln re-
| ply 10 my question ~ to how tho a.ory oi Mrs
Woodruff nrouc alonlton satd had bot
Tor hca Tilton. .lr. ,1llton cauo up
thcro before, lett With ., rnHn,'scrir::
and said in sul,stauco ''air. I'racy, | dvu't
know what tho otiqus,to Of your pro'csdion per-
mits. II giyo, you ntatolncnt, Of my casa
! against Henry Wnrtl Ecoe!1er, mud 10 and l
Auuld afterwards come intocu1lision, IN TINT cako
| would t1lu etiqnclta of your profession rcrms
! yon 10 bc counsel fos Henry WaH1 Dcccier
| / did eay to Tlton, Ms remember il, without
discnssisg what tho e1fqustts Of or profession,
would or would nos permit, tint II I consonta1
| to rerrive statement from man niio had
controversy with another. s'll they Should como
into collision on that caso aflcrTard,. rlionld
not feel ut liberty to beoon,e counsel for tLe
other party. Now. il there wns anything said
about lying at tint interview it was on tic uo-
tIon whether 1t wonld DO y 1io. The discussion
Of tho question wilct''or i. would DO iio for a
1nau 10 say that story which 10 told RI n single
story, which IL substantially untrue. whether
for lin, to nay that tl,st story WIS \ lin
would DO asserting tho t,u:n, proyiaad
there. wns apotl.or transaction not alluded
botwecu tle aa1ne PARTIES, sliat uns true. I ILL.,
tloubtedly did say that If 1ilIon was not ablo to
doiy Woodhus story without Publishing lilo
True Story. soncc was the ouly courao to
| carao both Of thcsc parties conceded tho etn.o-
| mont Of facts; to which argued
| Oh far a. Moulton WAS concerned. i TO-
member, that to omit to deny l:c,
hood and did not deny 1t when it was lila duty lo
,ony 1t, was to be morally guilty Of telscioo,l.
When the time waa approaching TINT saw or
| Thought l aaw tonlene! In Tilton to chango
Ills ground sgainss ueecllor, and instead Ut
| charging MI imrropor proposal. to ulnEe charge
of aslultoty,~-as aoon ~ gaw that, sought I'll.
ton aud said to him: :. If. Triton, mlIen YOU
psossntod mes yomr eaao with neocher Mt Aoul.
lion, and inh'lc ankwcr that / should nut TO
Ueeel,er's counsel, II you camo in collifion with
him III the caao. Now," ! SAID,
~, "as ,,!;1g ,9ng ss yoa adhere 70 III" ssse
to my promise; but II you oycr ohntlge your
callHo 0f actlon against MIR. Bcechcr, ailt. nay to
mo TINT tho story you told me on tint occ4a,ion
Dir. Boochor is All entiroly diirerent ono from
whnt you thon presented, givp yon notice TINT
l alal! cunsidor n,ysosf at liberty. shall
moi consider 1nyself bound by, tho pron1lao
t'em made yaa Now, On that question
standing (at,d it ia tho only thing care any,
thing abolt in thia case, ind 1t III strange to me
that it a here, but It y hero) the Gully question
thst ea1o ~ asthng about sny Is ons ,H IN
this caae but 80 FIR ar thht is concerned
there IL no dispute OF fActo between Tllton aud
1nyHef. Tho only question in d question OF tu,le-
whether he. having; stated to, mo one. caro-
nEasllst Henry Ward 1}oocher, and obtained from
tHo promise not to lo hiA counsoE. binds mo
not to DO counsel Of llcnry Ward Deechcr when
ie bEIngs different case against him, OF ono Ut
III entirely different nature.,
Dnt tho "Tsas sto,y," as completed
document, WAS never nhown me, and tho
MORO tlsoso OF implopnr prorosas. Triton denied
bolng tho author Ut Mrs. WootlhulTa scauda!, as
a'so ho did here. Tloy Bay that l proposed
silence. Nov, slais theory could moi DO trls, uu-
loss Tllton had said TINT tho publication of Iiu
"Trlu Story" was tho only way ot..taeoting tho
Woodruff scandal, aud tint 6etNoen tic two
things the safout courso would be 10
presoryo silenco. This III the lust tin,o
was consulted by. tlleso parties, uul
I steppcd DOM and out Of tho cnao
III 1877, and wan out OF 1t until after tile puoi-
cation Of tho bacon letter, whca Mo.,fton sont
ios me, and said ho wanted nie to como again
| into tho caBc Waa worry angry on hearing Of this
publication. Whom learned OF 1ilton's prefurtiug
ehafges OF adultery against Uecchar, aud t4at ho
hAh clanEed h!s Cournc Of action, won't tn him
/ aud told him that did not coneldcs myself
bonnt! to ''cop trust with him, and was re-
leased from my promise not to appear
~ counsel for poeci,or. hnys consulted
with my associates, md thoy considered WAS
within tho boundH Of propriesy IN Appearing In