New-York tribune., 1875-12-23
WITNESSES FOR AND AGAINST slR. BOWEN.

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There was no diminution in the interest
manifested ly L' large crowd which assembled before
The doors o. Brooklyn City Court were opened yester-
d,v and r1.l tre courtroom TO hear additional tosti
mouy In tuc t of Henry c. Bowen against The BROOK
L7 Edg'c and Thomas Knsolla for alleGel libel Mter
ineG ctua o.,s The part Of Nj. Beach TO introduce
articles uh, bed in ihe UniOn against Mr hnseii' An
drew EcINu, managing editor Of 9he hGGfe, was To
called on crors-cxaan nation he testified tEat The EG9e
was frionay 10 Mt Bcecher, and believed Mr. Bowen TO
be the faler &, the scandal Richard Areson, the next
witness tcGcl that lie in the saddcry business
aad was formerly In the dry goods trade IN NeW-forK
lie said Sir I0v ems reputation was bad On eross-eA-
animation he sid Lat lie never saw MI Bowen until he
met him in this trial. Alexander studwel teStl-
led that ho in the leather business III
this city, and bc..eyed Mr. Bowcns reputation TO
be bad lie had been connected with Plymouth Church
srce H., formal Jacob Murray testified that lie was
a wholesale grocer and liluOT-deaer, ana had been
acquainted with tir. Bowen for % years His reputation
was bad On crOss-cxaminatiOn MI Murray SAID he
acted as an sher IA Plymouth Church on Sundays. He
was fri andy with Mr.. Bowen until about year ago he
thought Nj Bowen bad not acted properly toward Mr.
Boceher whom he believed 10 be an injured man.
Tie Rev. L. Ward IgglestOn testified that be was at
one time suFerutcnding editor of The Independent lie
succecied H. Tntou. He had heard Mr. Bowen's char
acor dscus cd al OF the impression that his reu-
tafon was bad. Ga crossoxaminatiOn the witness de-
relations lie Lad difference with Mr. Bowen connected
with the rlaaaeemcnt Of The INDEPENDENT Loin Palmer,
Commission of the Brooklyn Department OF City
Works testified tuat lie had been acquainted with Mr.
Bowen since sj7 and his reputation was not good On
crOss-eNam alton TIE witness said lie was member or
Lr Booclors church. and believed in Mr. Beeoeis limo
ceDce AbEo Keeney testified that he was one OF pro
protors OF The RrookIyn Eagle TIE question as to who
are the pr Drctos OF that paper was ruled cut ana the
witness left the stand j.. W Hull testified that he was
q dry goods merchant in Brooklyn. lie was not ac-
quanioI with Mr. Bowen personally, hat By reputation
Prior To september, 1874, Mr.. Bowens reputation
among business mon was bad it had been pad Ior ~
dne then rested me pE9sesqsi2n in Tc1TttRl ~ tS
Bowca Is yoars 40. They were clerks together in
A.ihm lopIars Store. Tho witness mas known MI MT
Bowen intimately ail these years ms ieputloh Is seS
god n witness had extensive business trs4Sa.tlons
WITH Mr. Bowen On De sia Inst % ga
ING tho past II years he had hed plshess reaSo' VII VIZ
Mr. Bowen, tUt intimate social relations. -FOUR years
ago MI IoUc1 paid HIN $4,000 BeLlamlh H. nitto t
testified thgt hc Was aL importer OF dry eooG 80 n,'
ueen on.acei IN business since the year 1871 ana
tlought Le oil thc largest dealers in the country
he had gDowE Nil Bowen since the year 1898, flS
TcputGton vs very GOOD on wh
Mr Rovcn TEey were not intimate socially
John " U.ut,r IL yOr Of Brooklyn, testified tnat nc
Bowen for Years; he has been very much discussed
man. Apalt from newspapers Mr. Bowen's reputation
sad lad visited Mr. BoweD's house occa ,onaly ond
had also lDoa Inn rs merchsnt ile had not heard
tll tsONcil .iitAf' Tl'hcii ~
trial. Lad lri more persons speak vel than III OF
Mr. Bowen. A.iJn J.. Reed SAID he MAS commission
merchant and hal known Mr. Bowen or 81 years, since
he was q clor ~ Arthur Tappan's store Iho proponder
snce OF nj was in Nr Bowers fayor in fact the
6aintiC was invariably wen spoken off, He never heard
Mr Bowen's character spoken against. J. IL. Howe,
yanel C. Robbins o. tlo firm of MeKesson & Robbins r.
Hoo Of tie Hc.n OF r. Hoe Co., printing press manu-
fecturcra, =. = Barnes, pubshcr, also gave test
IuoDy 10 TIE cet that r BOwens rcput alton was good
Thomas W Ji-id Superintendent Of Public Scho0.s ~
Prpoklyn W.. then called. EXJudSe Fullerton SAID that
hc drs-cd 10 show the witness that ,ir kn5clla had
told MIN that he in;rnded 20 ijure Mr. Bowen long
dScussoI JO place DctW cen TIE opposing counsel ana
Cac ciiiC nee was pIiucil ally ruled Odt.
Ihe CouY. ca, urGcd until 1880 q. H. to-day.