Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-10
Congressional Returns,
TILTON.BEECHER SUIT.
McKeIuay still On the stand.

Nkw YORK, March iO.-About thirty ladies
occupied seats in the Brooklyn city court
room thi pl morning when i the proceedlags
Mrs. Tflton, Mrs. Field and Mrs. Sherman.
AL other parties TO the suit were also pres
ent.
tinued his direct examination, and testified
Tilton said that when Bowen saw the letter
i'm which his (Bowen's) charges against
Beecher were recounted he was willing TO
come 10 terms with Tlton.
TILToNs ALLEGoRY.
Tilton brought these charges into his ale
CORY, saying that this young man had an
employer, who exhibited animOsity against
this other man, and made statements about
him. He told this young man not TO repeat
these stories, and the young man said he
would use them If he saw ut. This was the
cause of his (Tilton's) leaving the BROOKLYN
Union and Independent. The reason i called
on Tilton was because i wanted some in
formation about the story; After l got the
papers from Mr.. Harmon i took them TO the
Eogle Office. i read the portions wanted 10
another gentleman, who took them down in
shorthand. This gentleman's name is
Mclean. He was then on the stan, but is
now managing editor of the paper. then
folded these papers carefully up and left
them i'm the Eagle Office. subject to the call of
Harmon.
M'KELwAY CRoss-ExAMINED.
Cross by Mr.. Fullerton:-I called
on Beecher after the publication Of the Wood
hull scandal. found Beecher at his house.
and we went together TO the Eagle Office,
where we remained about fifteen minutes.
Beecher conferred with Kinsella, the owner
OF the paper, i'm my presence. Beecher and
then went to the office of Moulton. where he
conferred with him partly private and partly
in my presence. Moulton was sitting at a
desk with a wire fence around IL. He rose
at Beecher's entrance, and they spoke to-
gether. / was at the other end of the room.
Beecher, Moulton and I then went out.
crossed ON the Fulton ferry, and believe
they went over in the Wall street ferry. /
daughter, but nothing did turn up out Of
this. do not know of any other occasion ON
which Beecher visited kinsella. The charges
OF Bowen against Beecder were first pub
lished in the Brooklyn Sunday press, and
afterwards copied into the Ec,gle, but through
no act of mine.
was then editor OF the Sunday press, but was
not to my knowledge on the staff OF the
Brooklyn Eagle
OLIVER JOHNSTON
was the next witness called. After being
sworn he testified in answer to Mr.. Tracy:
reside in the city OF New York and am
journalist have been one for forty years.
/ formerly knew Theodore Tilton, and have
for about p years, ] knew Henry c. Bowen
for nearly the same length OF time. i knew
Henry Ward Eeecher since he first settled in
Brooklyn. When j first became acquainted
with Tilton was on the AIrt7SdueTy ISoold-
ard In 1865 | went oa the IndepeTis,t, and
for two yeats was editor u Tie Tce6zy Tri-
o!1le. After that was on the CHRISTIAN onion.
Wneh 4 was on the Independent, Triton was
editor in chief and 1 was managing editor.
Bowen was the proprietor of the paper. II
was at Tilton's earnest solicitation that
got the situation on the Independent. My in
innate acquaintanceship with Tilton ended
i'm 1872. In either 1871 or 1852 met him as a
stakeholder ON the Christian Union. There
was a conversation between us i'm relation To
going on that paper. In November, 1872,
had
AN INTERVIEW WITH BEEcHER,
the result of which was my engagement on
the CjtTisfiont onion as editor. During my in
as one of his best friends. In 1870 Tilton came
TO me with a letter from Bowen, giving him
notice that at the end of six months Tilton's
contract as editor of the Independent would
cease. He said TO me he would have better
contract out of Bowen than the one he held.
He proposed to resign then and make fresh
contracts with Bowen. Tilton Informed me
afte.ward Bowen had made q contract with
him on the Independent, either for 500
week or 500 an article.