, 1875-03-17
NUMBER FOG.

denying tho truth Of It. N'N'"''s ia
GFoss-e1xs"an:d 4 T. do not remembar Tint he
ssu ~ the stor7 wa tot true 1t wea infa-
William q Barbour was next exBmircd, r,o
said: renitte in PorTepont street Dronttrn
a. tin ~ ,:es:or II grain romembar tAo publ.ca
av rsamols E01ns b auan fas. I'D M 'hst tm.
ranssea s'on Of the scandal At tho Produce Ex
Ghabg'A Wo had 4 conversation al,ost Il
rncct St''ea q I'm If tue statement with r.
''S IN ss,,nss ceeaer was truo: Ae anavered
s1ers ot truth In It, far a. regarded Dsecher'"
az luton used u6rda that uonId cover thn st.tn.
= ,tl hslt that Deecher WAS ss puro man AZ eyer
mi IL lis ,1a na'a neeeher was entirely innocent
hc could nay would 10 sufficient 'A'
"a - .Ie no1t witness mas called Slr. Bosch roso
nm sA'a It vas not NECESSARY TO call no many MI.
nessos a. Monlton d not deny haring USED Tia
e1pseseions and i,a thought this colrse wns in,s
proper. Judge Nelson eugsc.teI that Hr
promised to do. Wit" AZ
~, Charles H. Caldwell. conrDi.sson-nereh.us In
5,foau ntteet, Now YORK then tostit;ea: know
ffansls u. alou'toa, and, after tho publcation
Of tito woodruff scandal, asked 1jrn Il thsvn
WaH any truth In these Btories. and hn ronlto5
there va = no truth in them. lie aai il wss ali
pack OF lies; that Deecher'a relations tn 1i,s'
lilton wern no different from mino.
IUhs PEcuL41 TEs1tMoNT foK TIE pKgEssr
iAomea IL. Cooks uaa the nuIt Witness. Tia
.ess1iisd rossde in Detroit and AIN journal
iffttt, and becane acqIainted with rheodorc ri.
ton. In that year also became ac7,tnirtea with
MN. woodruff and l,er sister. About that timn
before knew u. T'aton, was sent t, their rosi-
et! Of Jnna, that yoar, to lntnryleV them
fislted them during the next fe months az,
bnsinesa. both at iller house ind nftlro in
'aa TTsa s;ssst; ss. AIR. Woodruff intr uesd mo ta
yersst,on with Tiltou. In which h, spoke vorv
highly aud waa euloeistse Of 51:1. Woodruff.
lie pronounced her very remark thto womsn
ont 90 not ro1emher whethcr he aid snytlliu..
apo,.s 1 heF nlt1ty. This was either % hor Office
O., or mh'io walking down street.. often mel
lH,on during that suniner and fall at hor ioi,sa
and ohico. won't to 3lra. Woodhnll's ho,tse
!la.I,!' saen aoont tTo or tires times in wco,;
fsnoTaly son s,tq. 10 te ana., sveuE ' t,ink met
I frequently took luucl, with Mira Woodruff al
her office III Broad ntacet, aH did l1iton eomr.
!amea. tlH visits tlaso extended daring tl,o GU
! !sio !1ls summer. When ! visited 3!rH. Woodhufls
houae Was generally in the pa1lor. ,cneu1-
bef On several occnaions Tilton calling 10 M
from up-btaira, and telling mo not to 20. aA IL
wanted to SEQ mo. This was about ruidnich.
We lolt the house on scgozal occasions together.
houfet thht Tilton remained there. 1t WIS then.
perhaps, After Or 10, possibly II or L. Tllson
and | had on oac OCCASION . conversation
about tho nsshod Of reporting Interviews for ths
El2od. Stani,en pn,ri trdr.r% s''s pcseht C2i.
IIltou Vas NOT prnsent when lin so,,1sSan
opaned, bu! Ao wss sent for by Srs' Woo',I,n1,
tm... .n1 t''en "a eano in. The eony'4Aasiou then
Which waa preparing to publish, IN NoTrn..
ber, 1871, tic day OF tGo SteinFay Hall meatins.
@ had conversation With Mrs. Woodruff. III.
u3lton came u carriage to tho door, aud Mrs
him. On tbs day sftor, again sax Sirs Wood.
huls al her oflce, and had q conysra,tion s,t,,
her. bad ~ interview with Mn. woodruff,
,s,,, ~ which q ri'ton os naa prcsont, and ths
Woodruff urged rae to vrie un tha i, eaho, ms
ecandai said to her that If slo shou,d dS,s. NJ.
somps to write up sucl4 story GU tie repEssen-
paper In food OF I6cl.seits. Hhe said thu
tllcro waa no ..oed to Lake ii from third nsrtes
~ Theodore T,lton had all the letturs snd pauar,
connected With 1t. She said that II Toud fsko
the roof Oh Plymouth Church, shake DrookIrs,
to It's foundatioLB, and yoyolutloniza 1nnGnrn
society; that any papor would ba r|si] to mi Io,t
Of such & story. told her I ltd not inion.l t.
do anything with II. Whom 1 refused 10 wrIto
mo to write It for, ToodhuK & Clalin.s nssti"
at all OF thess intetyiown whera III.
subject camo lp, TiIton, 1 beiicyr W.s
present, ,, VA asked, md mas urged. Think.
Woodruff d.. Ciajtin's H'eckly, / told lin n
might t1ke position On tho Golden 1oe hi
conid not hazard tuy reputnton m TIA lt,s"t,
was to Nrite up local sensations for tho;a
papefa' and my salary wAh to be paid out Of
10th.
Cross-exauiucl by a1r. Fn11ertn,. 1t-
:esidencs is II Detroit. Thought our a nors,
paper there. and am now winding IN tia hm,i.
less connectol with Il, It is csited tbs natro;t
Union. When icft Drooliyn t want IL nst.n'!
md when was in Drooklyn / nas cnnnrct',I
rttl, tho Sim. was ! rsiier on the Sin snd
sas paid By Tho p!eco. For throe months was ~.
n : salasy. / noycr was liz .iisctar"e.1 ,ron' ma'
s,e Sun for willing }i6eons artfcfs. ''TnI ~
!. wroto sensational artic1.s' and xsa
t ttbortv to soit than ~ .,~ ~1 ,.nas raS
pleased. I ant want t. notroit l., tsynt tfa.;n
hero tanpht Echnot ~ trova.ra ~ LOW LOW
uespcl in sell,nr hooks and kant honr .toea
Ut failod in the Luslooss, After lbs W.
;aw York Her.ni mi sftor thc " r1m,oS ~ s4e -.
Isir employ thrne or Sons 1nsv,' 30. tian IA
De cisI sgcns in tIo Post.O d.ce Dspartment. ~
short tins atter VIZ 1nsnantor ~ Cns,nI,,, !ot
'asr Wi, s,5 -be. 80. er"si aos os1alo ~