The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-05-12

DEAR no wonder my grey hairs are going down
with sorrow to the grave" He had no grey
hairs at that time. (Laushter) 1t is untrue
that Bessie then charged him with carrying
him screaming from her bed to his. Bessie
Turner's testimony as to his telling her in his
Wife's presence that he had seen his wife COM
init adultery with Beecher, &c. Sc, was read
over by counsel and denied in detail y Triton.
He also said there was not one syllable of truth
in Besse's statement that he invited her up
stairs and repeated thosecharges against his wife
and Beecher. He repeated that at no time or
Mace had he any conversation with her on any
tonic of the kind. He also contradcted Bes-
sizes testimony as to the folding doors being
locked. The doors do not come close together,
and never were locked or ia condition to be
locked since he went to the house 10 fact, he
had made observations since Miss Turner's
testimony and finds that the bolt of the lock
has never been turned through coat of paint
mt on in 1866. He produced letter written in
1850. which proves what he before recollected.
that while Mr.. Greeley was staying in his
house in 1869 Bessie Turner was in Keyport
Here witness read an extract from letter to
his wife in August, 1869, stating that he had
sent Macdonald and Bessie Turner to Keyport
on Monday and that inns da talheT hq 3re
three weeks after Greeley went away that
Bessie returned from KeypoIt! (Here witness
produced bundle OF letters written by him to
his wife, and which bore out his statements.)
He used to write daily to his wife at Monticello,
and he would not speak so confidently or trust
IN his own memory alone, but that he is cor
roborated by these letters. He denied Bessie's
statement that he dictated one of the letters in
which she brands as false the stories about his
attempts on her. He denied that ne ever said
ANYTHING to Oliver johnson about immoralities
with women. No such incident as kissing all
around, described by Beecher, took place at his
house in May, 1871, or at any time after the
troubles came, but he can recall something OF
the kind which took place ten years ago.
During the arbitration he did not hear any of
the learned arbitrator say word about burn
ing any papers, The sole subject of converse
ton was his money differences with Bowen,
and no issue between him and Beecher was in
any way submitted to arbitrators. They were
confined to matter put before them in the writ
ten submission by Bowen and himself. The
arbitration was on April Sd, and the tripartite
agreement was signed the day after, though
dated April I'd. Witness was asked to account
for this.
MIR. Evarts objected that all the facts were
in, and now witness was asked to reason. ~.
Beach (botly Now that shows the unwar-
ranted assumption of counsel. How does he
know that all the facts are in How does ne
know witness is not going to swear that the
tripartte agreement was ante-dated when sign-
ed.
Judge-He may account for the state OF
| facts.
Witness-The first draft of the tripartite
covenant was made by Wikeson, and dated
April 3D. and which was ALTERED by Bowen,
and when new copy came to Re engroSsed
Wilkeson copied accurately the date aud all,
but this instrument was not signed, what you
call executed, believe, till eight or ten days
after. Witness next gave Speclhc c0ntra1ic-
| tons of Sam Wilkeson's narrative OF his III
| toms visit to Wikeson's office April 3D. He
said Wilkeson had changed the date from the
| I'd to the 3d. He was very likely excited, but
not angry. 1t is hard to be angry with Sam
| Wilkeson and he had nothing to be angry
| with him about He did not complain to
| Wilkeson that his money had not been paid
by Bowen, because it was paid on the spot ana
| there was no trouble about money. He did de-
| mand his portion of the covenant to alter 1t,
| He denied that Wilkeson at any time in con.
or suggested that papers be destroyed.
Mr. Morris here read frem WilkesOn's testl-
mony that in 1874 Tilton and he had an inter
| view at the Everett House, Washington, dur
| ing which Tilton showed him photograph OF
| his wife and said, "You would be disappointed
| in her if you saw her; she is a small woman;
| she is no society woman, of no culture, no pres
| ence." s--
Tilton answered, if + relate the circumstances
| of this interview just as it happened 1t would
| do this gentleman personal injury Ii am
| compelled to relate will. did not show him
| portrait of my wife but of my daughters,
| Florence and Addie, and he mistOok the .por
| trait of my daughter Florence for that of my
| wife, and apostophised it. 1t was over glass
of wine. In reply to a question whether ne
| told Wilkeson that Beecher was only guilty
| of improper advances witness denied he ever
| had any conversation with Wilkinson as to his
| wife's criminal relations with Beecher
| Adjourned.