The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-27
BEECHER TRIAL.

Ot auditors, and the CEoaB-eXamlnauon oil
Mr.. Partridge was continued by Mr.,
Beach; ....
The check for 81 900 was aligned by Henry
G. Bowen, and Woodruff & Robinson were
endorsers, but 1t was not endorsed when
handed 10 me; l don't reCOlleot that the
paper and check we're annexed when
they came 10 roe; can't tell II sepa-
rated them; / received the check on the
9th Of April, 1873, but could not tell II
| deposited Il theBame dayEithout refer
ence to the book; the yellow paper had
in my pocket to the best Of my recollec-
tion, about two years. cannot tell how
low long II remained in the back part Of
Of thedFawer, possibly longer than week;
when l took tirom the drawer folded Il
up and put II in my pOCket-bOok.
Witness here showed the pOcket-bOOk,
but could not tell how many times he
folded the paper TO place II In the pocket,
book. Finally, under the persistent In
Quiries Of the counsel, he admitted that II
was folded three times,
Witness continued-l have no reCOlleC-
ton Of showing this TO any person until
after the statements made last summer; l
showed Il to my vile, to9a gentleman
named Clark ii Northampton, and to Al
bert Woodruff, formerly member Of the
firm, about ten days or n fortnight ago
when this check was handed 70 me; all !
know OF the difficulty between Tllt6n and
Bowen was that TiltOn had some papers
which he threatened to publish II Bowen
didn't settle with hinI this | was told by
other persons, however; didn't tell any
member Of the firm that | had the paper
In my possession; | had q right to infer,
however, that when this paper came into
my possession / had q right TO take care
OF Il, and | did 10 at that time; i looked at
II In the light Of q curiosity;the word spoils
In the paper attracted my attention; ]
thought ! referred TO the check; told
Jeremiah Robinson such paper existed,
butdidnt show It to him; ] conversed with
my family since | was on the stand, also
with DR.. Bacon ihregard 70 Il; ! spoke 70
Mr.. Hill Of counsel once, and also 10 Mr.,
Shea rmatl before / came on the stand; ]
only recdllect thai MI. MoullO1 spoke To
me once as 10 splritualists being more nu-
merous than Congregahonalists; l don't
think franklin Woodruff was present at
d conversation In the office when | said
1 Thought Mf. Tilton had done foolish
thing In writing Woodhull's biography;
/ said also that ] didn't think the Spirit.
ualists as q body were numerous enough
to Justify Tilton In seeking TO obtain the
leaaeTshiIJ MOuiI0nsald the Spiritualists
were more numerous than the Congrega-
tionalislS; the first time repeated this
conversation was since the statement APP
peared last summer; ! think repeated II
10 Mr.. Clark, OF Northampton, and TO
Albert Woodruff; repeated Il to Captain
Noyes before ! told the counsel here.
10 Mr.. Eyarts--I was educated for law
at Amherst College; Mr.. Woodruff retired
In 1855; lie IL o relative Of franklin
Woodruff; before this conversation with
MOullon / had talked with Woodruff
about the comparative numbers Of Spirit.
ualists and CongregatiOnalists In the
country. TO-.
Mr.. Eyarts was going on to prove by
the witness what conversation took place
between him and Woodruff, but Mr..
Beach objected, and II was ruled out.
The defense then called Edward j.
Wight, and az he took the stand MEM
Der 81 The Plymouth Church group fell
ina faint A physician present, at the
request Of Judge Nelson took charge Of
the gentleman. fI-
Mr.. EyartS then read letter from Til
ton tnDows, dated September 1S, 1871,
asking him and his wife to read his (Til-
ton's) life Of Mrs. Woodruff, and let him
know what they thought Of II. This let
ter was placed In the evidence. .....
| Nj. Wright, who Is cashier in A. T.
Stewards store, then testified to overhear-
Ing conversation in railroad car, In
November, 1879, between Theodore Til
ton and another, when the former said,
referring to the Woodruff publication,
that he did not care about the publication
for himself, but cared only for his wife,
who was in delicate health. In
On crOss.examination witness said that
lie did not know how the defense became
acquainted with this information.
Elizabeth l.. Palmer was the next wit
LeSs. She testified that she was land.
scape artist, and had obtained divorce
from her former husband, Herbert Daniel
Hart. She became acquainted with Mrs.
Woodruff In May, 177O, through the
labor reform movement. ! occupied
position in her Office In the spring Of
1871, when | became acquainted Mr..
Tilton. / called at Tilton's Office with
MtS. Woodruff and he came over to
Mrs. Woodhull's office. There was a
conversation about the Golden Age and
the paper conducted by Mrs. Woodruff
being run in the interest Of the spiritual.
ist movement. The Golden Age, II was
said. was to be radical paper, and Til
ton asked me to be an agent for II, but /
declined. During the spring Of 1871 |
often saw Tilton at Mrs. WoOdhulls Of.
fec taking lunch / saw him often at the
house aud knew he was In Mrs. Wood.
hulls bedroom about four times, because
some person said 40; there we're writing
materials kept there; l saw him aittlngat
the desk on one occasion; | saw him on
his way there once with Mrs. Woodhull,
and was about leaving the house and bid.
ding them good bye; his manner was al.
ways aiIeeliOnate towards her, calling
each other Vickie and Theodore; saw
them kiss each other once; often saw them
sit with their arms around each other,
and often talked about becoming the
heads Of the spititualigts Of this country;
Mira Woodruff read the card Of May %,
1871 10 me, and once before this | heard
conversation between Mrs. Woodruff
and T'illon about the scaridal against
Beecher, and Tilton said his wife