The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-03-16

was gettlng bitter endeaVoreu 70 mou-
crate It.
This finished the cross!examination and
Tracy handed the witness Bowens check
for $1,000 which he stated hC could not
identity.
Re-direct'examinatisn- never told TIL
ton at any interview that the newspaper
enterprise was a good one; the fact that I
had called Tilton a blackmailer had cir
Culated through the club and created
great deal Of discussion; the conversation
about the newspaper enterprise was only
short time before stopping tho Golden
Age,
Re.cross examination-The apology l
made for calling Tilton blackmailer l
suppose was also circulated in the club.
Charles S. Judson was the next witness
called and testified. | reside in New
York, and haye done so for 20 or 25
years; have known BecChcr 20 or 25
years and TiltOn about 10 years; am a
merchant and conduct business in North
street; | had conversation with Tiltou
at DGlmoniCos, about the end Of 1865,
whGo We dined together; we had con.
yGrsation about BeGGher and the members
Of Plymouth Church; at that interview |
only remember a discussion about Beech
or, and | said that Bcecher had escaped
all charges so fur "a women were con-
ccrncd, IN all the time he had been there;
TiltOn said he had lost all faith in man; !
thought this meant something and asked
him for an explanation.
Beach here arose and objected to this
line Of examination as not pertinent and
material to the issue and was not part
Of the trial.
Evarts said they would offer something
here that would develOpe the matOriality
Of this line Of examination.
Judge Nelson decided on allowing the
conversation.
Tho witness then cOntinued-TO all my
inquiries he still replied, u have lost al
faith In man." Tilton called on ME two OF
three days after that and asked II saw
Iieecher; | said ] had and had told him
the conversation wo had few days ago,
and TiltOn asked why, and replied To
put him on bis guard, that | would have
done the same thing by him, and he SaId
he always considered mo friend aud
left.
This concluded the witness testimony,
and Beach moved to strike It ont.
Judge Nelson said he would let It
stand, Us he thought 1t was about "a harm-
less as a lamppost, Laughter.
Mr. Evarts here rose and took excop:
ton to the remark OF the court, and stated
that before they we're through they would
show the matcriality Of this evidence.
Archibald Black, u resident Of Brook
lyn md merchant IN New York, was then
called, aud related u conversation with
MOulton IN which the latter had said tho
best course for BeCGhGr to pursue under
tho charges would 10 to keep quiet, aud
that II his life was not sufficient an
swer to theSe charges he (MoultOn) did
not know what waS, The witness said
Moulton told me that II the story was
untrue to publish 1t would be diabOlical,
EIc intimGted to me that | might use any
information lie had given me among my
friends in tho Church Of the Pilgrims.
At another interview he told me that all
,I,n nhn.o .o,o, n,,atnyt pnnnLnr had nrigi.
av n,OJ "p",S' mi;I o"s % %inIiyiI"ol % who %ad "iSn
W pG'e" r",sao,i"u %,." T"S nf ,S"m A." tir5 ILL., IN.
~ rS'r9tiaO ~ ,Ho IyoEnumo y, ,u ,sLnI ma
i tSST yns ~, ~ ' ,Iot Rc""bsrs M name hod heen
sc.o,s,aI ma ~ ~" nn,ics ic roodSM tLo % ChTrCh
'aC9H ~ ,hC piI1rir. vi % ""I % toiJ lin III Il S"s moi
true. IaIso told him tllat this story was
aDrpalinu TINT lip and his friends were
nsing m eITortE1o check Il, Moullon said
he saw / was touched, and he would tell
mo tint he knew all about Il and that
Henry Ward l,cccllcr was pure man,
asked him did he mean thlt Beecher
was not guilty Of the Seventh Command
nIcnt, and he replied, after a little hesi-
tatiOn, II do" las kcd him II he meant
that he had always been pure man, and
he replied, "Ycs, do"
Cross.examined BY General Pryor: I
remember an excursion took down the
river OIL tho 18th Of October, 1871, with