The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-14
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BEECHER.TILTON TRIAL.
Henry Ward Beecher's Testimony.
Cross-Examination Commenced.

Moulton never told me that Tilton was
willing to make statement before the in
vestigating committee which would exclude
the charges of adultery between me and
Mrs. Tilton; Moulton did tell me at an in
terview that Tilton was inccnsed because
his wife had been before the committee;
the conversation about SIS, 900 / remember.
He asked me IL had mentioned the
$4,000 to any person said had, and
he said that he should deny it; told him
that mentioned it to Oliver johnson be-
cause he said he had been visiting in New
York, and had heard remarks about my re-
fusing to assist Tilton; told him had
done something, and was willing to do
anything | could, and that | had already
advanced him $4,000 in his difficulties;
Mr.. Moulton did not say anything about
Gen. Tracy having been told of $4,000.
Witnesses attention was called to a card
published in the Brooklyn Union in 1878,
and he was asked how it came TO be
printed. He said 1t was printed at the
suggestion of Mr.. Cleveland on account
of the publication in the New York Sun of
visit of Claflin and Bowen to Mrs
| Woodruff in search of documents when /
prepared this card / took it to Moulton and
| left it with him he told me there ought to
| be little predatory matter which he said
should be inserted the suggestion Of a card
was not from Moulton but from Cleveland ;
never asked Moulton if Titon would pro-
ducc documents. nor did he say he would
not in addition to three letters | received
from Mrs. Woodruff, l received fourth
enclosing note from Mrs. Isabella Hook
err | am not able to tell the date of that
letter it was in reference to the meeting
of the New York wing of the woman
suffrage movement to be held In Steinway
hall l never said to Tilton that the publ
cation of the "true story" would kill me l
said that would not bear it, and not that /
could not bear II after the publication of
the tripartite agreement, l never said to
Moulton that If Tilton published his letter
it would be my death | said that it was a
charge that no clergyman could stand up
under, and that l would fight it out to the
end Moulton never said that Tilton was
opposed to the publication of my resig-
nation as he said it would be exposing
his wife, nor did he tell me that Tilton was
incensed about it and threatened to shoot
| n1 Lott
| think this is Mrs. Woodhull,s fourth let.
ter to me. Mr.. Evarts read letter dated
February 18th, 1872, stating that the writer
was endeavoring to obtain Steinway hall
for their meeting. Witness said have
no recollection of any other letters of Mrs
Woodruff sent to me l wrote other let
tiers than those that have been produced &c
Titon Moulton never told me that he hat
told Woodruff and Robinson of my rela
tions with Elizabeth r. Triton Moultor
never told me that he tried to mislead Bax
ter, and SAID that if my life was not de
NAL of the Woodruff scandal, then thu
character was nothing he never said tC
|
ments he had made for me he had spoken
falsely l never read any work of tn,
younger Dumas in one summer | reaC
the works of the elder Dumas, tina
series of which "Thrce Muskateers ant
Twenty Years After" form part neve
received or asked any improper favor
from Mrs. Tilton from the 1st of Decem
Der, 1870, until now. and | never had any
sexual intercourse with her during that pc
Rod; from my first acquaintance will
Mrs. Tilton until now | never asked or re
ceived any improper favors from her no
had any sexual intercourse with her; Their
has been nothing of the kind answering
these questions ever between us; TiltoI
never used to me nor in my presence an,
language of intimation that there had beer
criminal relations between Mrs. Tilton ant
myself; in relation to an imputation or in
timation in regard to this matter neve
said to Tilton that the blame lay only wit
myself, nor that twas guilty and shoul
suffer; Moulton never made any accuse
ton or imputation of sexual relations be
tween me and Mrs. Tilton.
This concluded the direct examination
and the cross-examination was begun b.
Mr.. Fullerton. The witness said:
Ross-ExAMINATIoN.
, have no custom of taking an oath wit
the uplifted hand; when l was before tn
grand jury, presume that swore on III
|, Bible; did not say then | had conscier
tous scruples against taking the oath
this manner.
After recess Beecher's cross exsmin;
ton was continued. He said; | was IT
quested to visit Mrs. .Tilton in Dec. 1871
by Mrs. Morse, through Bessie Turner; 81
found me at my house and said she calle
at Mrs. Morse's request to ask me to CON
to her house, and that Mrs. Tilton WI
there and had left her husbands house; 81
4 said Mrs. Tilton had been treated so
home she thought she was justified in tai
\ ing some such step; that Mr.. Tilton ha
abused his wife, and that on one occasio
in his passion he had struck her, Bessi
and made improper solicitations to her c
e two OCCASIONS said it must be mistak
and she said he had come to her bed al
3 told her the matter he solicited was ,
much an expression of love as kiss or
c caress this was told to me by Bessie with
modest, down cast look; she gave son
other particulars, but this was the SUI
stance of it; she said that he had treatt
d his wife with great rndeness and cruelt
believed this just as man who hi
d not verified any statement believes
] supposed it was so 1 was howev
shocked by her relation of this story
this conversation she may have told n
lr some thing Tilton said to his wife, but {
y not recall it told her would go, and