The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-04-27
THE SCANDAL.
c.,,,ueI Dwight Partridge and a Female
CIairyOyant ON the Stand.

or
Samuel Dwight Partridge was resumed by
Beach.
Witness wished to correct the statement he
made on Fridry, that Woodhulrs life was
published in 1872; it should be 1871. The
check for $1,000, which he received was from
Bowen, payable to Tilton. Robinson and
Tilton were endorsers. 1t was not endorsed
by Woodruff g. Robinson. When originally
handed to him, he put the check in the front
part of drawer, and the yellow slip accom-
panying it in the back part. Witness cou!o
not remember whether check and yellow snip
came to him annexed and that he assumed 10
separate them.
Q,-As cashier of business firm, II the
check and memorandum came to you at
tached, would you assume to separate thems
Witness made three replies, none OF them
responsive to the question.
Beach requested the court to instruct the
witness to contine himself to the question,
and the court did so.
Witness.-I have no recollection of such
an occurrence.
The question was repeated.
Witness did not know what he would do.
He did not know, Judging from his sense OF
duty, what he would do, or whether they
must have come separate, but when he put
one into the front compartment, and one into
the back they were then separate.
Beach, should think they were.
Witness remembered he received papers
April 9th, but he has no way of fixing the
date of his depositing the check. lie cou!o
not tell how long Tilton's slip renamed In
the back compartment before he TOOK II OUT
and put it into his pocket book. his eye
sight is not good enough to tell whether the
/ folds of the check and the slip correspond
or how often he folded the slip.
Witness was asked to produce his pocket
book and fold the slip and put it in the book.
| He could not tell how many times he had to
| fold the slip to get it into the pocket book.
Finally he admitted the slip had three folds
when fitting into the pocket book. He did
not take out the slip until after the state
ments made last summer. He showed it to
his family. He showed it to Albert Wood
ruff, formerly member of the firm OF WOOD
ruff & Robinson. This was at Woodruff s
house fortnight ago. In April,
1872. witness was acquainted with
Tilton. and heard that Tilton carried the
printed slip to Bowen and said he should pay
him or the slip would be published. Witness
did not attach the yellow slip and checK by
pins. There were other checks IN the drawer
probably when he deposited Bowen.s. lie
never told any member of the firm that ne
took the yellow slip out OF the drawer WEI
and put it in his pocket book. HIS
object was to preserve it. He
does not remember that when
it came to him he reflected that it was his
duty to preserve it. He didn't think much OF
the matter at the time, but what attracted his
attention was the word "spoils," and all the
curiosity he had was that the word seemed to
refer to the check. He never made any effort
to satisfy his curiosity, and did not know
who "new friends or old friends" were. He
never told any member of the firm that he
had such check in his possession until
few weeks ago. He now changes the date Of
his conversation with Moulton about Wood
hulls life from 1870 to 1871. Since Friday
he has conversed with his family about the
matter. Before he was put on the stand she
consulted with him about his testimony. lie
was speaking to DR.. Bacon this morning
He never conYersed with Moulton about the
| Woodruff publication except once, or about
sSpiritualists being more than Congregation
alists.
| Q.-Will you swear Franklin Woodruff
was not present when that expression was
| useds
A.-Mr. Woodruff told me the same state
| ment.
Q.-Stop, stop sir; will you stop when
| tell yous What is your object in forcing
| these declarations on mee Will you swear
| Woodruff was not PRESENT.
Al will not but Franklin Woodruff
| made similar statement to me on some othel
| occasion.
Q.-Will you stop? Now tell me was il
| not Woodruff told you that Tilton wanted te
get at the head of Spiritualism?
| A.-No, it was not.
Q.-Was anything else said between you
and Tilton that occasion?
A.-Not that recollect.
| Q.-And you have no recollection of Woo d.
| ruff participating in the conversation.
Al have not.
Q.-Or of having any other conversation
with Moulton about Spiritualists or kindred
subjects?
A-There was one shortly before it, but II
wasn't then. He spoke about Moulton.
Witness further stated in reply to Beach
that he never repeated the statement of Moul-
tod as to Tilton's object in publishing Wood
hulps biography until after the difficulties
began. He spoke of it to Mr.. Clark OF
Northampton. He repeated it few weeks
| ago to Albert Woodruff. He is not quite
sure of that. He told Captain Noyes OF
Brooklyn. Those are all the names he can
recall.
| When the check and slip were handed him
no instructions were given him that he can
recollect
| Re-examined by Evarts, -Witnesssaid he is
graduate of Amherst College, and was edu-
Gated for the legal profession. Albert Wood
ruff was senior member of the firm. He
thinks Franklin Woodruff was not pres emf
at the conversation about the biography. but
| Franklin Woodruff told him
Beach Gnterrupting) -Stop, stop, will
| you stop; you know you are lawyer
! Qaughter).
| Evarts asked,-In the conversation with
| Woodruff on another occasion, was one OF
| these subjects, Spiritualism or biography, re-
| ierred to.
| AIR. Woodruff told me-
| Judge-Answer yes or no.
Witness-There was.
| (Which was it?
| A.-About Spiritualism.
| Sherman here proposed to question the
witness about taking some of his answers
| down while Beach was trying to stop him.
just as when Evarts was trying to stop Ill
| ten. and Fullerton was allowed to re. examine
on the answer then given
The Judge said Beach was unusually eager
| in stopping the witness, and without any evil
intention the witness wandered off from the
| question. The observation was uncalled for.
| Evarts said he proposed to ask about the
conversation with Robinson.
Beach Ito witness)-Was Moulton pres
ents
| Witness-I believe not
This ended the cross examination of Par
fridge.
Edward J. Wright was called for the de-
fence.
At this point Evarts read a letter to A. j.
| Davis, from Tilton, asking him and wife to
read and give their opinion of the life and
spiritual experience of Victoria G. Woodruff.
The letter says some persons refused to be-
ieve the experiences, they were SO marvel
lous.
Witness said he resided in Greenwich,
Conn, and is cashier to A. T. Stewart & Co.
In November, 1871, he bought Woodruff
life. In February 1872, he left by train for
! New England. In the train leaving Concord
/ he saw Tiitun, whom he had known by sight
/ for eight years, in conversation with gentle
man, who came in and sat beside him Ill
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