The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-11
TILTON-BEECIER,

Bowen anu myself, when oliver J0hnstOl
was present, about what occurred at
NOrthpOrt, Mimi; was there leCtnring
about six or seven years ago, and | do
not remember Of any charges ever being
made against my conduct when there;
remember whom Mr.. Bcecher met me at
the house Of Mr.. MOultOu when he (ALOul.
tOn) was sick; Beecher saluted me with q
kiss; after any period Of ofestrangement Mr.,
BeeCher and | occasionally saluted one
another with kiss, and II was notice
able event when it happened; | do not
know when the name Of COntritiOn was
given to the letter Of January !,
1871; MIR. Beecher always character
lied II as my letter to my MOult0n,
and my letter to DR.. Bacon / called the
letter Of apology; l do not remember
making any description Of II except in
the Bacon letter, and then ii was called
the apology when portion OF tho letter
was printed In the Bacon document; the
newspapers generally ChaFactlzed II as
the letter Of COntritiOn. lShOwn letter.
This Is in tho handwriting Of Mr.,
BeeCher; / remember receiving this and
showing 1t to my wife; | got II from Mr..
Moulton; the only recollection have oi
the time Of It's being written Is that twas
some time In the spring Of 1873,
Mr.. EVarts read the letter written to
Mrs. Tilton by BeeCher, telling her that
he was glad Theodore had seen the dan
gerOus pit which was opened before
them; Hecher expressed his sorrow in
the letter for the great wrong done her,
The witness resumed: This letter re.
ferred tO the publication Of the Woodruff
scandal; after that Halliday, Bell and
had an interview; my acquaintance
with Halliday before this was very slight
| do not remember saying to Halliday
when ] came In that | came TO see him or
that was sent by MoultOn In relation
to the Woodruff publication; do not
remember addressing Mr., Bell as George
and saying do not gOi l do not remember
saying that there was not particle oi
truth in the Woodruff story, though |
may have said II; do not remember dis.
claiming It's publication or saying that
was away In the west campaigning when
the story was published; | do not remcm'
Der saying my wife IL as pure as the light
but said: "You would not believe me-
but ask Mr.. Beecher and he will tell you
she Ia as pure as gold" In December
1872, there was In existence q paper call.
cd "The True Story" written by me
about the end Of that month. The trip
artite covenant was not published in "The
True Story" but any person reading
II could understand Ii from all that
was there. II was never made
complete by inserting in II the
tripartite agreement. The story was
never In manuscript In the complete form
In which II was published, II would I'LL
two or three columns Of d newspaper, and
would in pamphlet form be about the
thickness OF hand, No copy Of this was
ever made by ME or with my knowledge
This paper, to the best Of MY belief, was
destroyed | think by Mrs, Tilton; but not
by me or by Bessie. II Is u long time
agO since | last saw this paper IN exist.
ence; think about the Springof 1879. I
took this piper to several persons and left
ilwith them for pUrusnl. ! showed II Ia
George A. Bell, WIN. 9. Dewitt, and |
think to Mr.. Dnnklcy. | think Dewitt
had It day or two. ! do not remember
the names Of any other persons now, but
/ showed II to several Other PARTIES.
did not show II 10 GOodridge or DR.,
Storrs. ! showed the sum and substance
Of this paper in iis preparation to Dr.
StOFrH.
Mr.. Evarts objected to this last answer,
aud asked the court to strike II out,
Mr.. Beach argued that II should be al
lowed to remain on the minutes inns.
much as It was given by witness NS an ex'
planntion.
The last answer was ordered to be
struck out by the court.
The witness continued: I did not show
this pnpCr to Page, the artist, but show.
cd II b. 7. Tracy and Woodruff; | do not
remember Il | showed Il to MoultOn, but
II was left In his possession; ] did not
show II 10 James y. Mix, but think |
showed Il TO +. B. Carpenter; the original
manuscript; | did not show II to Mr.. Red.
path; | neither showed II to or left 1t with
Thomas Kinsella, nor do | remember
showing Il to Thomas G. Clark; | did
not show II To Alderman Whitney, but /
did let him see BeeCher's letter Of
eOnttitiOn. / showed previously an
early draft of the paper, the matter Of
which was the same az that contained In
the pamphlet, 10 DR.. Storrs, and read
him the whole Of II. This was about the
SOth Of December, '72, | think. do not
remember showing the dtaftto Mr.. Page,
the artist, or Mr.. Charles Storrs. |
showed some OF the loose sheets Of the
draft 10 James B. Mix, but / did not
leave any of them with him. As soon as
made a complete copy Of the draft, l
threw II into the waste-6asket. do not
know Of any copy Of that paper In exist
enCe. / read The completed paper 10 Mr..
Tracy In Moultona study, | think be.
tween Christmas and New Year, or a
little later. did not show him anything
but the completed paper. When we had
The interview together In November | did
not shOw him tile draft Of the paper, for
II was not then In existence, but Moulton
showed him the letter Of cOntrition OF Mr.
BeeChor Mr.. MOulton was present when
| showed the paper Of the true story TO
Tracy; IL was Two OF three weeks after the
10Th Of December when showed this pa
rer 10 Tracy; as fast "a | copied the sheets
Of the draft think l threw them into
the waste basket; I think Carpenter has
an entry In his memorandum book show.
ing that the copying Of the draft was
finished on the first day after Christmas.
/ began the copying Of the draft some day
about The middle Of December, and OH the
10th Of that month had an interview
with Dr.. Storfs about II; | saw DR.. Stpfrs
three or four times about that period,
but I cannot remember The dates; | read
to him the paper, which was after.
wards copied in more general
way and published In pamphlet form;
before the 1st Of January, 1871, return.
ed from the West where | had been on a
lectuting tour during which heard
stories which l thought required me to
put forth a statement; Mis-. TiltOn ac-
cotnpanied me on a portion Of that tour;
I heard one story out there that 1 was a
dfuhkafd, and had become divorced and
others Of like nature, and on my return /
Thought Of publishing the Bowen letter; l
iitst began the preparation Of this letter
in March, 1879 ! conferred with