The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-04-03

@. The day in which you made these
usual or unuscal calls among your circlt
Of friends here, or was 1t otherwisel A
Well, ~ q general thing, not.
@. Have you any recollection Of seeing
Mrs. Tilton either at your own house OF
at her house, on either Of these days.
A, | don't remember,
b. Did anything occur between you and
her on either OF those dates or during part
Of these weeks, that has impressed itselI
on your mind at allH A. Nothing.
q. During your entire acquaintance
with Mrs. TiltOn, Mr.. Beecher, up to this
month in December, 1870, had there ever
been any undue personal intimacy be-
tween yourself and herr A, Never.
Q. Had you at any time, directly or in
directly, solicited improper favors from
her as q woman2 A. Never,
Q. Had you received improper fayors
from her, A. 1t was u thing impossible
for her; never. Loud applause.
Judge Neilson-This must not occur
again. Mr.. Rogers you will sec to this
that II you find any gentleman disturbing
the peace Of the house yOu will have
your men remove him, no matter who
he is.
@. Did you ever during this period have
criminal Intercourse with Mrs. TiltonY
A, No sir, never.
r. Did you remember, Mr., BeeCher, on
or about Christmas day, or the day Cele-
braled as Christmas day here, 18th Of DEC.
call from Bowen and the presentation Of
a letter to your A. | do.
Mr.. Morris produced the letter and
Evarts handed TO BeGCher the following:
BROOKLYN, Dec. 20, 1870.
Henry ", BeeehG!
SIa-I demand that, for reasons which
you explicitly understand, you immedi-
alely cease fromthe ministry Of Plymouth
Church, and that you quit the city Of
BROOKLYN as residence.
[signodl THEApoRE TrETON.
Q. Did you receive that lettcrY A. /
received such letter. can't say that this
Is the very one; ! received letter In
'Iiltons handwriting,
Q. This Is all In TiltOn's handwriting2
A. Yes, sir; | don't know whether this Is
n copy or not
q. This is understood to be tho original3
4. II this IL the original received II; |
received letter Of This purpnrt.
Mr.. BeaCh-NO, this isa copy.
Mr.. Evarts-Well, II will lunswer; this il
the one that Mrs, Tillon has spoken Of,
reading from the minutes.)
Mr.. Fullerton--ln your evidence yes
tGrday you spoke Of n letter written by
'l'ilton 10 DeeCller, which Bowen carried.
Look at the paper now show you and say
whether II Il the letter TO which you then
referred.
A. Yes, sir.
Mr.. FullertOn--l propose TO read it.
(And then lie reads 1t and II Is marked OK
hibit No. ~ think that the endorsement
OH the back Of II by Moulton shows that
Il Il the original letter.
Mr.. EvarLs-l remember giving TiltOn
tho envelope and showing him that II had
been sealed. Now, Mr.. Beecler, Showing
letter. when and by whom was this letter
brought to you?
A. BY Henry q. Bowen.
o. Where were yOu2 A. AT my pres.
ent residence on Brooklyn Heights.
@. Please state what Bowen said Oh
handing the letter. A. He said he hOd
letter from TiltOn, but le was not aware
Of its contents; that as he was coming
home, or coming that way, he had Offered
| In hPinty II IN mo fOF TillOn.
q. Did lie sit while you opened it2 A
lie did,
@. You opened IL and read III A. Ibid
q. What did you say to Bowen Oi
reading Il? A. said substantially
"This Is sheer insanity the man Il
crazy"
q. What did Bowen say to that? A
lie said he did not know exactly wha
was in II; upon that handed Il to him
and lie took Il and rend II.
@. lIo read III a. have no dOubI
@. Well, then, what passed between
you2 A. made some expression tlla
| can not recall even the substance OF II
except that II was an expression Of a sttr
Of Indignant surprise that Tilton shoult
write mo such n letter, and Bowen thet
proceeded to say that he and Tllton liat
had some difference themselves, but with
out standing Oh tho order III which III,
conversation was being held, he proceed
ed to give me MI account OF these differ
ences, IN consequence Of the strong ex
preston to which had given ltterance
or rather some expression which | tlsCt
aiterwnrtl, Bowen fell IN at0nce with me
and We commenced talking about T'iltOn
and not nnfavorably. II gave rise to
conversation In which he said that h,
had, as | was aware, some time bclOrt
dismissed Triton from the editOrslli
Of tho Independent; he had become only
contributor to this paper; when he hat
made up his mind 10 do that II was OF
account Of business reasons TiltOn's view
were not acceptable, and that paper wa
suffering In consequence OF II or was lia
bic 10 suffer, | don't remember which
that however as soop as he had relluCtI
him to n subordinate position on the pa
t,er that man after man came In with Sto
ries affecting TiltOn's moral character
thnt he was amazed; that he never was a
astonished In his life, and IN making ii
0uiry Of one and another they seemed /
come thicker aud thicker; he gave me q
account or rather made reference 10 Il
lie said there wuS u case Of u woman an
Triton at Winsled; he gave 10 parLiCt
lars, and there was another In The Nortl
west: | have forgotten II he mentioned III
nlace, but lie said that In his own Otlic
and III reference to u lady that was Ell
nluycd by him; when the contract was Se
lied and she went into the office she In
, informed him that Triton had turned ih
key In the door and said, "NOw this OF
tOrlunity has come that ! have Ion
wanLed," and In IN instant made ait ad
vance toward her Of All improper nalur
! was asioniShel as yoli mil ight we'll thinl
but not 40 much 40 as wOnld have bee
, II I had not seen the testimony and tOl
him so, he wanted 10 know what thu
was. | then related to him the stibstahC
Of what Bessie Turner had told me, n
so said there was another lady abul
whose name, In connection with Mr. tt
tons, rumoF had heen very busy, an
some other incidental conversation too
place. said 10 Bowen wish 70
would talk with my wifi, she knows mot
about this thing than | do. Iallndell
The interviews he had had with Mrs. tt
ton and he experienced some repugnanc
thinking my wife wOnld not like to tai