New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-08

@ As to the truth alsitY OF the newspaper punca
lions you have. Dl you mean the Statements VI
the parties A No, Sir; never read those
O. You have impression a. to the truth or
| that what you meant A. Yes. Sir - "a.
Doyoa mean editorials A fss S truth or un,ruth
Of The allegations made By these parties against oaoH
% O. Mono Whatever A. No, Sir.
! q DO you know either OF the parties A. NO slr:
O You have heard Of them of conrsef A. ga, yes sir
q Have you any prejudice against citier one or the
o. None whatevcrt A, No, Sir: not that IIknow o.
O. Do you belong to any oburoh donomnat,SSs.' a.
Do you mean to be eSm9So'osns IN any churoh'
q. Are you member OF any congregational A. Yes
q. which, A. The Ainslie Presbyterian Church
| q. Who is the pastor Of that churchf A. ME- Du'
chanan j. ~. think are MS IntaI Sv ana about this
msttera A. suppose have, with great many VI
| ' o. Did You ever discuss It with any person a:
| What do you consider Observation-Disclosures nau' W
No, Sir did you argue on either side with any
one A To great extent customers %onu come oom
and have spoken ,a d 70 Saes ""u '"''"''
o Did YOU ever declare proposition In regard to
the merits OF this CONTROVERSY with any one A. 1
would not like TO have not; have taken part IN
good many Conversations and may have said great
| deal ono way the other.
Did you ever ayow any opinion In regard S,gn to the
SON A. would not Ike TO say positively either way
Q. What is your impressions A. MY Impression IS
That have expressed opinions number OF times to
@ Tnat is to say you have expressed contrary opn-
A. Il
| In regard to articles that have read ,., al.
O. Did you hold any discourse or discussion with
| allegation made by Mr. Tfton against Mr. Beeoher
| A. II would be very hard to say. 49,, .,,
O. What Is your belief In regard 10 tnatf A. tnnk
1t is very likely have said there would be great deal
OF difference between the evidence IN the courts ana III
&C" q. Dd you ever express any opinion OF your own
dining the progress OF the discussion upon the main
| question: A. may have. . .,
Q what Is your opinlon-I mean what Is your reCoi,
| lection OF the mpressionf A MY recollection Is not
/ oh tn saVd
@ You cannot say decidedly either wayf A. suco
O. Is L not probable. according to your own CON
science now that you have expressed some oplnon 10
some personf A. On the truth or faiSy OF the state
@ Yes Sir. A. I may have had at some time; IwOuld
| O. Can YOU not recall some person you talked tho
| matter over With A. might recall hundred
q Have you discussed 1t In your own iam'ly' A.
O. Have you talked of 1t in your own family A. 1t
O Have f You not expressed an opinion to some
your family as to the truth or untrnth oil tue
| main charge A. think not. .
@ Is your mind now entirely free from any inclination
toward one other of these parties IN regard TO the
| truth or unruth OF the chaIgei A. Yes, Slr.
O. The balance OF your mind SO 10 express IT, IS en-,
try even and does not Incline one way or the other
o. Have you any bias between themi A. don't
O. Have you read any paper upon tho subject OF this
case. A The papers published Yes SIT nm, rn,n.
USE daily and The Herald on Sundays; and have read
other papers ,,.....,.o o,, snoo,,a,,ors
| U.
O. In The TRIBUNE, for example. A. Yes, Sir the
| different editorials III THE TRIBUNE , -
| O. Did those editorials make any impression upon
your mind A They probably did when read them t.,
presslons that you had A No. Sir not az any partcu
O. Can you recall tho tenor and drift of any article
YOU read A. No, Sir.
O. In THE IRIBUYE-any one artclei A. Not per
O. Have you any recolectOni A. Not enough to
state.
O DO you remember whether these articles favored
one side the otherl 4. think, at different times
differently they took different sides at different times
,,Saed as iurori A. Not about the merits Of il have
| talked about being summoned ..,,
O. You have not talked about 1t since the trial. n
| No sir; customers make remarks TO me In different
| ways and may have made some answer; l haven't
| O. Has any person opened q discussion upon the
| matter with you since you have been summoned as
| O. When did you last read anything upon ~ A. can
not tell read the papers every day portion OF IT,
lished IN THE TRIBUNE upon 1t A. No. sr perhaps
e eoqon Ss of rno 9ersn
@. Did you read Mr.. Ttons first statementi A. Not
Q. Have you read his letter Dr. Bacon A can't
| say positively might and might not.
Q. Did you read Mr.. Titon's second statements A
| Not the whole OF it,
the whole of it, One answer VIII answer Tor all-what
ever been referred 60 particularly in the editorials
O. You don't remember whether at the time you read
articles in THE TRIBUNE your mind conquered with
the conclusions of the writer or mott A think the
writer OF them had no evidence to form such settled
O. You have recollection that you thought at some
time editor expressed opinion that went beyond
it. iHv was evidence lie formed his opinion upon.
] O. You thought the opinion expressed by him was
baseless-unfoundedi A. Yes Sir. to form 50 strong an
| opinion.
O. Therefore you still have the opinion that the opin
ion propoundod then by the editor was nnfoundedf a.
| 1 don't think that am competent TO judge.
| O. We're you competent then . A. PAID more atten
O. Have YOU changed the opinion you then had that
| the editor went beyoDdtn evidence A. did MT con-
slider 1t evidence that he talking on considered 1t
O. Are you sl Of opinion that the opinion stated
| by the editor without foundation TO stand upon
| A. considered 1t was mere newspaper statement
| O. Is that your present opiniont A. Yes, SIR.
HAD apa1 70 by 9s wTer
OF the article, or the editors A. Let me understand
@ You say you read Mr.. TltOn's last statements A.
O. Did you read any of the testimony disclosed before
the Investigating Committed A may have read OK
tracts from it, the as from the rest published
| O. Did you read any OF the evidence developedf A.
saw may nave read extracts from 1t, as 1t
O. Did you read the whole OF III A. No, Sir.
| O. Did you read the report itself A. cannot say.
G. Did you read the conclusion Of the reporti A
O. Do You know the conclusion of the Committee
| that the report arrived att A. Yes. Sir.
| O. Did you, when you read that, have any opinion
touching that conclusion or mott a. About much OF
an opinion had OF the rest that was published.
Q. What was thati A. That 1t was not the same as
O. You haye no opinion whether the conclusion ar
rived at by the Committee was correct or justified, or
| mott A. Not to my recollection.
| O. Do you remember whether the conclusion at that
| time accorded with your then convctionf
| MT shearman-That is asking exactly what the opn-
ion 1t necessarily asks that; for the Committee,
ness is asked whether hs accorded with that
| cluson. II is asking him for his own conclusion d.
| rectly.
| rectly. We withdraw our challenge.
Mr.. Evsrts-we challenge the juror for principal