New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-21
SIR. BEECHERs REFUSAL To USE THE TERM
BLACKMAII.

A. No. Then spoke whit must haze been Cen
Tracy.
@ Yes par mobile Jrqirun A. n 1t was not him thon
it WAS somebody else SHAT don't remember.
O. You cannot remember who the third pesson was
A. cannot, Sir.
@ II occurred 70 you that tho payment Of the
money, which gave you much Joy in 1871 and 1872
VIA blackmail. until you had a lawyer tell youi A.
was fought with actually and beaten into the OF that
term. defended Mr. MoultOn up and dow md said
that he had no thought OF that kind; would -Jiieve
it Of him; and 1t WAS in the subsequent c--4Brenees
! was made ashamed of my smpcity-that 1t was-they
told me tliat was green. lLaughterl
q. Yes. IL was fought into you. was it, A. II was
beaten into me by good. sound admonitions
@ Do you think II was beaten into you by sound Argyll
menti A. don't think it was BY argument exactly
@. Well has II stayed in you sincei Do you now
believe it was bllckmaii A. Well. FALL from grace
every once in while, and recover myself
z. Well recover best you can. and tell me whether
you believe that Francis ID. Moulton intended 10
bacsmail you IN obtaining these sums Of money from
youi A. have Do-my belief is
q. No. Tell me whether you believe II now A. was
going to tell You. Sir.
@. Well, you say yes TO it, A. Well, just now
have no thought about tin the matter In the con
fusion and excitement OF your questions that does not
rest = u matter upon mind.
Q. viii give YOU ample time to make up Judgment
upon it. and 10 consult with your two lawyers, II you
choose; but want Ia know whether you think that
Francis d. Moulton intended to levy backma upon
you in obtaining the 5000, any part OF that sum
A. with hesitationl am afraid he did.
Q. You afraid he did A. am afraid 80 I don't
want To say
@ That T. not 1 did not appeal to your
fears I appealed 70 your judgmenti A. We'll, Sir,
have. that subject, hard, nmOvable Judgment.
fonnd-Mr. Mention made such an impression on me that
10 think evil Of him is the hardest thing that can do,
nd fhar nj I m
facts by others an constrained to say that 1t looks like
IT, yet when am left TO my self my other thoughts often
get the asccndeRcy.
O. Now then when These thoughts To you thathe
may done IT, will yOu he good enough to point out
any word OF nr. Nou'ton's which you predi-
cate that ,hougtl A ~, cannot.
Q. You cannot A. No. cannot
O. Now want 10 know, therefore upon what this sug-
ges,0n rest, hat be possibly have levied baomail
A. II IL upon the repres ntaon that upon such man as
am, the way 10 levy backnail Is not to intndate him.
bat to wos upon his kiadIy feelings and that by such
delicate touches my feelings were worked upon. they
knowing ha; nerosisy waI weakness Of mine, and so
the money was obtained by moral hackmail.
O. By your moral blackmsli A. Yes. sir; by moral
backIDal.
@ Is that the way the lawyers argued with yOui A.
Yes. SIR.
O. The way they beat you into it, A. Yes. Sir; the
way they rubbed IL into me. lIaughter.l
O. The way they fought you mp and downt A. Yes,
Sir fought up and down until | surrendered.
q How long did the battle last before you surrendered
A. II lasted a good while.
O. How lon-i A. 1t ran through weeks
@ And when the complete victory obtainedi A. 7
think 1t was since returned from the White Mountains
O. When thsti A. That wac in October. 1874
O. Then yon upf 4. Well gave up to this effect,
that did not soy in their any more that it was
not blackmail
1af llap cri.n
them, that ia moi daie o sly in their presence that it
was rot blackmail
O. They intimdated youi A. Well veg. Sir.
O. They treated you worse than Moulton did, didn't
thcyi \. A great deal worse. lIaughter.l
fHere M Fullerton consulted with the other counsel
fOr the plaintiff
O. Mr. Beechrr your answer to the question which I
put 10 you whether you believe that Francis Moul-
ton nded 10 levy blacnai. 1pon you has not been
answered satisfactorily 10 some Of my associates and
pu; Is to you again, to yoJr present belief A Well,
Sir II you mean by blactma that he levied contrbu'
tons for his advantage me, DO not think il; Out
n you mean
The witness fContinuncl-Put II you mean that Re
levied money upon me- using my feelings as the
instrument the benefit OF Mr. Tton, think he did
O. Now when did he take advantage OF, or use, your
generous fee,ngsi Wen, think he did in regard TO
the - OO0 though did not at tine time seem go to me-
AMI though u u tLtAtc-y Si'Sl J""etH'.' ~4' ~
artiAc ial judgment
O Entirely vo,uut lv tllt payment was, was Il notf
A Oh! 40 far a. concerned. perfectly So
O. You had not intimated Mr. Moulton that you In
tended 10 give him 81 o00i A. Yes, Sir; had
O. Before you gave iti A. Yes. Sir.
O Before you gave il 10 him A. Yes sir; certainly
@. wncn Was II A. After that interview told him
that after few days was going 10 contribute $'ooV,
| and then took steps 20 get H.
O. You xed the sum yourscfi \. Ibid
/ O. lie did mott A. No Sir.
@ Yc1 could have fixed il at 500 or II OOOi A. I
could have fixed il at a. 600 any other sum pleased
O. Yothave spoken OF your return from the White
! Mountains-yyhen that : A. In October, 1874
O. And il was not until after that that your lawyers
qnbdued You the belief that this was blackman'
No Sir; think II after that when became al al
! manageable on that subject.
@. Your statement. however was oe'ore mat was II
/ NOT IN the month ~ Auglsti A. Ny statement
O Yes before the Committed A. Yos. Sir II vas bui
Won know that during this
@ That viii DO: that is answeFi A Yes, Sir, that
IL answer.
q Did Won not then before You came to the conclusion
thai this was bllckmar IN October state in substance
that vou though. IL Is baekman A. Will you read II,
. II you please
O. Look please and what you said upon that sub
iect and tell Lac whether that final or nterlocutory
judgment Of yours. the legal phrasei A. Hook
ing at the book presume this Is my statement, SUD
stantially.
/ q Now do understand you to say thai when you
wrote your statement August you had not come to the
conclusion that it blackmal that was levied upon
youi A. Nv statement not written altogether Sir
il was written and extemPorized and taken down by
phonographcr.
/ O Well didn't know that IL made any difference
whether It was written or taken by phono
grancr A. Iou asked me about my rri''es statement
n q. .r-ffso ont nnff A hOI nv me
! q II was written out was 1t notl A. Not by me.
O. VAST not written outI A. Ii not my written
statement.
o. Was fl written ouit A Not when delivered IL.