Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-12
TILTON-BEECHER.
Continuation of the Scandal Trial.

Continuation Of the Scandal Trial.
New YORK, Feb. Notwithstanding
the snow and rain, and icy sidewalks, this
morning, the TiltOn-Beecher trial in the
Brooklyn City Courtroom had a crowded
attendance to-day. As on the previous
DAYS, Mrs. TiltOn and Mrs. Field were
present early, but Mr.. Beecher aud wife
did not arrive until q short time after the
d oceedings begun. A few preliminarIes
have been settled by the counsel. Mr..
EN arts continued the crOss-eXaminatiOn of
TiltOn.
The witness said: have no copy of the
draft Of the tripartite agreement. Handed
a pamphlet 1 do not know whether this
is a copy Of the original draft of agree
ment, though it pUTpOrts to be. could not
swear that this is the phraseOlOgy of the
original draft. / thiDR that the tripartite
covenant as put into my hands for sigma
ture, was in the handwriting Of Samuel
Wilkinson, and have an impression that
the draft was written by him too. l ex-
pressed my willingness to sign It, bat did
not signify my intention. l do not remem-
Der any person saying ''dOn't sign it first,
as Mr.. Bowen may not sign it." MOultOn
may have said this, but l don't remember
if be did. My impression is that MOultOn
thought Bowen would not sign it, and
Cladin shaking bis hand, said "BOwen has
got TO sign it." do not know who took
away the paper from MOulton. l saw the
paper again when l was expected to sign
it, but l don't remember the day.
think Bowen signed it first; l did sec
ond, Mr.. BeecheT last, signing over my
name. This paper was not executed in
duplicate, but only one copy was signed.
Wilkinson had several copies prepared for
publication. This signed copy was given
to Horace B. Clafn. / do not know if any
person was present when l signed it. l
never passed but one night at Mrs. Wood
hull's house, but generally left there about
IL O'Clock at night. Never staid there until
the small hours Of the morning. / went
through the house on one occasion with her
and found that all the rooms were bare, ex-
cept the room she occupied with her hus-
band. This was shortly after my acquaiIt-
ance with her. On the lower floor, only
the parlor was furnished. She told me her
house had been called a house of ill-repute,
and she took me through it to show me it
was a bare, empty house. That was one
Of the circumstances that led me to believe
that she was a traduced woman. / never
heard that it was furnished during the
period Of my acquaintance with her.
The court here took the customary recess.
After recess, Mr.. EvaTts read portions Of
what he said was the first draft Of Tilton's
ssTue StOry," and cross-examined the wit
ness at great length touching the statements
it contained. One portion Of the "True
Story read contained a letter from Ers.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton to a friend, after
the Woodruff publication, declaring that
the words put into her mouth Dy Mrs.
Woodruff were all false. Witness con-
tinued: ! nevever remember saying Beecher
was reSpOnsiblefOr my quarrel with Bowen,
or that the whole Plymouth Church people
were hypOcrites, and that if l wished l
could blow their roof of, but l remember
Oliver Johnson making. the latter state
ment. l said my wife was as pure as
driven snow and as an angel. knew Mr..
SOuthwick. He was one Of my cOntribu
tors to the Golden Age. neyeTremember
saying TO him that l knew Mrs. Woodruff
to be as pure as an angel, If did say so,
l must have been chatting
The court here adjourned for the day.
Mr.. Evarts announced that he would close
the eIOss-eXaminatiOn tomorrow morning
The production by Mr.. Evarts of copy
of the "True Story" created quite q sensa-
tiOn, as heretofore it was generally under
stood that it was destroyed.