New-York tribune., 1875-05-14


and me in the world
@. Leave ont the word personal" and say whether
YOU have had difficulty with bim2 A. THINK IL wouo
not be proper for TO say that have had dihcuy
with him.
O. Then. of course, you won't say its A. No, Sir.
O. will you say that you have not had any difhcuH>
with him A. think a categorical answer would ho'
describe il exactly: never have had difficulty wth
Mr. Bowen-yes, think can say that
O. No misunderstanding between yOui A. I don't re
member any misunderstanding in the sense that misuh
ding il used have had differences OF opinion
O. Did those differences Of opinion engender any Ill
fecngt A. Between Mr. Bowen and myselff
O. Yes A. think not, Sir don't know that the! uid'
would say that they did not engender THIS KINDA
certain kind Of feeling did not amount to personal
snimosity, it was not hostility.
O. Did Mr. Bowen make any demands upon you "hich
you failed to comply withf A. No, Sir; he did not,
O. Your connection with The Independent ceased you
think about the 10Th Of Juyi a. sc,ce time about the
middle Of July.
Q. 1917 A. Yes. Sir.
O. You received your salary UP that time. did youg
A. received my salary up TO the time OF my leaving.
@. Didn't Mr.. Bowen complain that You took with you
come Of the results your literary labor which belonged
to him, when you left A Mr. Bowen did not. One OF
his editors
O. Mr. Bowen did mott A. Mr.. Bowen neither directly
nor indirectly did-that understood TO come from MI
Bowen.
".
complaint A Mr.. Ward called on me. and asked me to
give him story that had written.
O. Did you give it To hint a. did not didn't admit
his right
O. Didn't he claim 1t on behalf OF The Independent! A
He claimed it denied his claim.
O. He claimed it Oh behalf of The indcpendenF A. lie
did.
O. You denied his ciami A. denied his claim
O. What were the terms OF your denial?
Mr.. Evarts-I don't think you can take that
SIR. Fullerton-Oh. yes can. A The terms OF my de-
uia were that had permission from Mr. Bowen to do
outside work. and that this work did not belong to him.
variety of considerations taken into account II
was an ethical point that submitted to several gentle
men, and they
O. Never mind the several gentlemen. Did You write
the story during your employment by Mr. Bowen! A.
wrote great many stories during my employment by
Mr.. Bowen.
O. | mean this particular story. A. did.
O What was the title of that storyi A. I" Priscilla
O. Was il not written for The Inderendents A. 1t
written with the intention Of publishing in The Inds
pendent.
@. Was it so announcedg A. II announced that
would print a story in The I"dcFe"de'u during the
Summer.
O. OF your own composition A. Yes Sir: one OF
dozen- of dozen who were to print stories in
The Iudtpen 0ent during tho Summer
O. Had You written the story before the announce
mentf A. No, Sir.
O. No part of it3 A. No, Sir.
O. You had written part Of il before your en-
poymcnt ceased Oh The IadependeT A. Part of it be
fore left The independent
@. Didn't you write it whilst you were in Mr. Bowens
employ2 A. Part OF IT.
@. You say he you permission to do outside WORK.
A. That was the understanding when went on the paper
sir.
@ Did yon mean to publish this outside work that you
did in The Irdepe,dent9 A No. Sir; the outside work
was published elsewhere-a great deal of it,
O. You had that story published clsew here did yon
not A. did, Sir
O. Where was it published z. In Scribners honfhiy
O. You received acompensation for II A. did TX
cuse me 1 ought TO correct an answer that made
moment ago One OF the terms Of my refusal to Prof.
Ward was that had already sold the story TO N'tners
oaiy before he came and asked for it, suosing that
they would not want it in The IndependeS'.
O. When did you sell it to Serib"e's A. soon after
left The Independeaf.
o. How soon A. Almost Immediately.
O. Didn't that give rise to ilLfc,ng between you and
Mr. Rowenf A. did not know that II did, sir.
O. Vas il not claimed that that story was the property
Of Mr. Bowen! 4. had message from MI. BOwen
about it. never knew his feeling gu H.
O. Was is not communicated 10 yen by this gentleman
A. Not as Nr Bowen. lie spoke for himself ~ baV-
ing takcu my place in charge OF the rapef lie never
mentioned Mr. Bowen
O. Did nj you design 10 publish that story III Ihe I
dSpendenY A. Yes, Sir.
q DID vou cxpcct COMPENSATION for tf A. No, Sir; l
expected TO publish il as part oi my salary. expected
10 leave the paper the part Of August; left b~
fore that ne and did publish il in the paper con
scquentiy
QIHardins witness a lctci1 Is that letter in your
l:udwritagf A. That appears tn be my wiring cir;
do Mt remember any ythng about the letter.
MIR. Fulcrton-I will read part Ol IT, because want
70 ask you a quc.i ion in regard toit
Mr. Eyarty-Loi me see ii, pleaSof
usttIfn ng IL
10 Mr. fu'lcriOn.l
Mr. Fulerton-This leteris addressed to Mr.. Bowen by
MI EgS'oS'On i''"oe' July 2. 1871
am glad 70 hear that had 80 pleasant time IN
Boston We are getting along pleasantly a. ever: sl@nl
mosf of nv time during the pd,t "tta III "fhs my
E,Ory. which Is now done except Httc 'ou'HHe up
shall try 10 keep IT until the Idal
n Did Won have reference in This letter to the story
which you have spoken Of IN your e'idencef a. ou'
far. ,.S.
O. Now, viii YOU kind enough to look at The mae
pedenf under date Of May T. ISL aud say "he'her ''
article there ndicating refers TO This sioiy A. L"oH
ing at the paper.l II does, BIZ
Q. tReadingl:
y4-In our next Illustrated number. we p.e'n .nu
series of summer Stories by thirteen nrstfate stOJ
wrers upon the arrangement OF "leb We nav III. ~
1.-THE M0uss and the Lion" by the Rev. Edward Everett
tlsssd e by cuts from designs BY Felix Darley ard
asr starie 20 far as we have Them follows
"Tbe Lady of shalott" by Ehzabeth s Stuart Phelps
"Only a Woman's HAIR" by Chas. r: briggs " kates
Wedding Gown" by Rose Terry finalhg ooai, ny
&.s Ceo Axford =" L. Roi SAhIusc, by Harriet Pres