The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-16
BROOKLYN VARIETIES.
AND ELizABETH.

THEIR RELATIONS TO EACH OTHER-LETTERS
WHICH PASSED BETWEEN THEM-TILToN >
POSSESSIONS - BowEN's PART IN THE
TROUBLE. TrIrt
NKw York. Feb. s.-The bitter cold
weather of this morning, like the heavy rain
storm of last week, had no effect whatever
upon the attendance at the suit of T. Tilton
against the Rev. H. w. Beecher. The
Brooklyn City Court room contained the
ususl thrODg, while outside in the cold cor
ridors another crowd danced TO keep warm
and clamored for adnittsnce. Mrs t1ltont
Mrs. Field and two other ladies' sat
in their usual places Mr.. Beecher aDd his
wife were Immediately behind the counsel
for the defendant and in front OF the
Plymouth gathering. When the court was
opened Mr.. Tilton resumed the witt
ness stand. Mr.. Evsrts stated tnas
the counsel on the other side bad
produced all the letters they called for ex
tcept one, which would be read from the
book. The counsel then read a letter writ
ten by Mr.. TiltOn 10 his wife on the l4th OF
February, 1865, and another written Jsnu-
ary 10, 1862 referring TO a letter sent by her
a few DAYS ago, in which she said that she
could not live on the salary allowed ner. de
stated that the intelligence made him sick,
and confessed that no money had gone into
the bank, and that the e1travsgance OF the
children must be curbed and the residence
y
ing 10 on be checked. letter from Idrs.
TiltOn "a. her husband Of January 81,
1868, was read, declaring how sorry she was
that her harshness had driven him to the
degree il had, and styling herself "the child
!, of sinners" She had not seen Beecher since
he (TiltO1) left, and she did not care about
seeing him until he (Beecher) bad better
opinion of him. Another letter from Hilton
to his wife OF Dec. %, 1866, declared that
lately he had been endeavOring TO ascertain
1. f.,..U To afr n
with and overcome, and that now be had
been able to lay them aside. He liked
Beecher as well as ever he did, but he had
ceased to be his souls prop, and was not 50
dear a friend as he formerly had been. "A
letter from Mrs. Tilton, dated March 9Th,
1869, petitioned her husband not TO make
any more engagements away from hume, as
they could live quietly at home on the
salary he could make in this city.
The next letter was dated August rs, 1863,
from Tilton to his wife, and con fessed that
the last summer he had passed had been the
most wretched of his life He declared .hat
in searching the DEPTHS of his soul be found
that he loved her more dearly than other
women. and wished he were more worthy OF
HER KINDNESS AND sELF-DENIAL.
The witness then continued his cross-exarn-
ination: / did not make an arrangement
with any New York paper 10 publish these
papers, out the Tribune made such an APP
pIicstion to me. 1 refused. The editor OF
the Herald made an application Tor my
sworn statement, to be published in its COL
umns, which also refused. Oil
yer Johnston is an old gentleman
living in New York, who used CO
be associated with me on the Independent
and afterwards assisted Mr.. Beecher in the
publication of the Christian Union. by in
timacy with him began when was 81 or q
wears old, and continued until placed him
on the Christian Union. [ do not think
would recognize him now. When first be-
came acquainted with him he was the editor
of the Anti-Slavery Standard, in New York.
think he was associated with me in the
editorship of the Independent about seven
years. He came there when L became edi-
r-in-chief of the paper. Our business re-
lations out of the Office were very great
He came occasionally to visit at my
house, but was not liked by Mrs. Tilton on
account of his religious tenets. After ieav.
ing the Independent he edited the Weekly
Tribune under Horace Greeley. The aggre
gate receipts in the rough from my lectuTlnl
tour in one season averaged $1,000 from
which the expenses of my family had tc b'
deducted l can't now call TO my nlinC
what the circulation of the Independent wa
while / was there, but it had largely IN
creased after l took charge. / do not know
what its circulation was when / left, but Mr.
Bowen stated that it was sent to 10, 500 post
offices throughout the country. When
went into the Independent Office Mr.. Bower
told me that its circulation was about 1900
NV salary at varions times in the Indepen
dent Office varied from 500 year to 5000
year and was advanced by successive steps
TO thelatter sum from 1860. 1t was fixed a
$1,000. Before that it was 5000 and sever
per cent. OF the profits. In December, 1870
] abandoned lecturing and took charge O
the Brooklyn Union, at which time L WA
also for q few months editor of the Indepen
dent. Ms salary on the Union WIS 500
week, think, in January. 1871. do no
believe any of the property brought me-
ANY ENJOYMENT,
except some money I had out at deposit
My house at that time was worth abOu
s17,5O0, and there was a mortgage of q, 5OC
I was offered for my share in the Tribun
slO,5OO. Ny property in De Sellyn Par
was valued at $40, 900, and there was not an
mortgage on it. / endeavored to get Mi
Moulton TO purchase it, but he preferred &
lend me money. / never rem9mbe
being offered $500 for it. There
also a lot of mine in ProcpeC
Park, unless somebody has run off with ii
[Laughter.] 1 understand Mr.. Shesrma
was making inquiries about it the otbe
day. Increased 1aughter.] Mr.. Bowen, o.
or about November, 1870 told me that 70
various re asons he wanted to become edito
in chief OF the Independent. 1 resolved tina
| would be no longer on the paper. Bowe
gave me notice in December that he wante
TO conduct his own paper six months hence
/ signed a contract with Mr.. Bowen I
become editor of the Brooklyn Unio
for i've years, and also signed an
other contract with him to be a special cor
tributor 10 the Independent at a salary
$500 year. My salary on the Union wa
the same with an additional ten per cent {
the profits. These contracts were estimate
with the arbitration. My valedictory wa
published in the Independent on the I'D {
December, 1870 These contracts remained uI
broken until the 3lst of December. Il had a
interview with Bowen on December 26ti
but il did not relate TO my continuance {
these contracts. This / think was the frs
interview I had with him after the signin
of the contracts. Mr.. Johnson came over {
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