The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-13

letter the Bacon letter. the substance Of
the letter Of apology, or whatever name
may bc given To it, and We had several
incidental conversations, one just pre-.
ccding the publication. He represented
that TilIon aud he had been in New York
ON the might previous at friends house,
and that there had been several persons
called in con.ultatiOn, and they had all
striyrn To prevent the publication ui the
letter, but that TiltOn was firm in his de-
termination to publish it; that then
Moulton addressed it to him tn take ont
some harsh expressions which he said
were in the letter, and that he had finally
succeeded in making it, he said, u great
deal better than he would have done; that
there was unnecessary severity in it, and
that, ! think, was the last conversation
had with Moulton on that subject until
after the letter was published
q. Well after the letter was published
did you then have any conversation with
the letter before you or in mind, or in
your conversation Of what had been done
by him in any change from what il would
have been but for the change? 4. ! never
read the letter from that day to this, sir,
as rrcolecl; ! may have had a picture ol
it since the trial began, but the letter was
not mentioned tn me before.
q. The letter was not shown tu you?
| \. II was not shown 10 me; knew nUih-
| ing Oi its contents except rs they were
represented by Moiilton; | was At Peek
skill when it appeared, think; IN Thurs.
day lclrgrHphcd to Muutun that !
would see him the next day 1t G0'clock
ut my house; there was some tclrgraphing
between H.; | came down On the two
u'rIock train on Friday, and called At
Cluvrlauls on my way Ia my house AMI
found him in consultations then made
the first slrp1 toward calling an lnvesti.
eating Committee, telling him the plan !
intended .to pursue.
q. Telling MuultonE 4, M, Clcyc.
land, aml NJ that time Muullum came To
my house; We had conversation, u
which remember but little, for | had
Dismissed from my mind wholly the idea
/ that Muullun could bG successfully any
longer friend of both parties; he
brought, hoWrver, with him document
and wanted me to admit that had COM
mittrd an uIlru,r,
Eyart. The Carpenter document? A.
Yes. and | said to him, ! am going 10
have sunlc friends here Tonight; ! will
confer with them and see you again.
MIR. EvNrts-lt is stated, | believe, to
br Carpenters handwriting; now | will
read this: "l'his church and community
are unqucstionahly and justly interested
through the recent publication by rhco.
,lOrr Iillun in answer tu Dr. Leonard
Bacon, New Haven. II il true that !
have committed an uhrnsc against TlnO-
dor" Tilton, and, giving that Ollrnse the
lorcc ii his construction, | mudr an apoI.
ogy and rrmration such a' he nnd J
thought full and necessary. am CON
ynrud that rillun has been goadcd To
hi4 defense By mi-intcrmrlatiun or
misunderstanding uf my own position
toward him; shall never bc party to
the rc.Uprning Ol this question, which has
been settled ~ between Theodore TiltOn
and myself; | have committed 10 crime,
anil II this society believes it, duty To he
that | should reopen this already too
public subject, or resign, will rc.igm !
know. ~ liol gives me power 10 judge III
myself that ! am better fitted, by going
through these trials aud cha,tunings, To
to good than have ever been.
| q. Now, with that before you, what was
said by Muulton in regard ats pubIica-
tlon by you? \. don't remember much
about what wa said the first evening, ,ir,
my mind running IN other thing, and
Muullun held his peace, and | had dis.
missed from ms mind hi, gcucralship,and
Tyrtm my personal relations were very cor.
dial and my confidence in him person
ALLY was very strong, and ] did not wish
uauy way IT, hurt him ur tn h. indillrr-
cnt IT, what hc really seemed Ia he labor.
ing lo accomplish; yet my mind was SET; !
had got tu the end and meant In have no
more intrrmiddlr ~tagr., and therefore
when this was Iir4t brought IN my notice
said that will consider IL, will take it
into consideration; that 81 far as | rccul.
lect this was the first interview .nbstan.
TALLY.
q Well what further passed between
you and MnullOn IN regard IN this card
and it, publication and what could be-
done ur would b. done ii you a1scnicd tO
lit? 4. MoultOn urged me very strongly
~ | rrcollcrl the conversation; it was
this, that rillon had said in the presence Of
witnesses that II lwntld publish that state
mcut that hr would bc content himself
and MOuion said il ! would publish that
statement lle would burn every document
he had. and that II TillOn ever undertook
to move again in the matter h. would
turn ugaius! him and fight him; he cX.
pressed himself very strongly; think the
word he used was that h. would "Smash
him"
q. Did h. say to yon anything in re-.
gard lu the lnwrr that h. had over Til
ton! 4. ir.; llr said, IT ran grind him
tu powder" h. spoke imputlivrly ul hi1
control aver liltun.
e. What wa your answer in regard to
your signing for publication that card?
A. would never sign Il card after the
publication Oi the Bacon letter with that
: riuiyOcnl word "uIlrnsivc"
u. You told him sd2 \. | told him !
would not, and didn't.
q. What wa. the end NJ the matter
ahUul il4 publication? Was there any
thing further said about it, nnd wa, the
subject renewed IN any way \. can
not -ay definitely that there wn., still At
every session ii the investigating Cont
mitrr there wa- more NJ lrs.u! au effort
uu the part NJ MOullnn lu accommodate
matter. lie thought that the puhlra.
lion " the Bacon letter had not brought
thing, necessarily tuarrisi- | lliuutlit it
had and IT, with great a'sidnity and with
vehement zeal Thought that there could
hr away struck ont between the extremes
hy which wcrund all go rlrarrvcnal that
,llgr said wrrould not that the Thin,
mr,t hc Itirl into Ia the very hotlom
Z. Wa. this card intended ior urwsia.
per publication ur to lr read tr your
club, ur otherwise prrsrntrd2 \. l,lun'l
know that the particular mu,lc VI issuing
wa. a matter ii consideration; ,luu'l re-.
mcmlrr about it; IN form it hooked ratl.
rr like ming read tu the church, hut ~ !
did not particularly regard il in any way
| liinni give II much thought, except the
opening prascology, which waJan effect
rIal bar IL it, being used by me in any
way
q Do ynu recognize any conversation
between yOu aud MuultOm u. IN this pa.
per having lGcn submitted II Tracy and
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