The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1875-01-30

ouo VI oo"h, anu D6SltleS Qua not THINK
such a course would be honorable. I
never remember Gen. Tracy writing
for copies. l did not deny the originals
or copies, as | was going out of town
and could not honorably give either. A
letter on the 18th of July from Beecher
asking for copies again, / did not re-
celve until my return, on the 4th of Au-
gust, when | received it. This letter
was read by counsel, informing Moul-
ton that the committee were waiting on
him for explanation, asking him to
come and clear his mind and produce
documents In his poss ession.
On the fourth of August | wrote re-
ply to Beecher. The reply was read.
refusing to give up the papers or docu-
ments to one party to aid him against
the other, and would hold paper until
both parties consented to their being
given up. Witness resumed: At the
time / wrote this letter ! was a friend
to both parties. Beecher never wrong
ed me, but he asked me to lie for HIM,
which / did. When / returned this
answer to Beecher, | meant that as |
had furnished no copies to Tlton /
would not let him see any of them. |
did not read all Tilton's successive
statements. l would not swear Tilton
had not a copy of letters of recantation,
nor would swear that he had copies of
other documents in my possession. [
never dictated to Tilton when he made
copies Of these papers. / do not know
if he possessed a copy of the letter of
contrition; never did till Tilton's ex-
animation or his last statement. In
reply to my letter of the fourth of Au-
gust, [ received the reply from Beecher.
The letter was produced, md it's intro
duction objected to by Beach as unad
missaJle, and after an argument lasting
about fifteen minutes, the letter of
August 4th was excluded. Witness
resumed. It was on the receipt Of this
letter that my friendly relations with
Beecher changed. After this I never
entered his house nor he mine Prior
to December, 1870, may have called
at Beeeher's house with Woodruff. |
had become acquainted with Theo-
dore JiltOn at the New York Free Acad-
envy in 1860. We We're classmates
part of the time He left the Academy
first / believe went into news
paper office. In 1854 I went into
Robinson's office as boy. From 1854
to 1861 my relations with Theodore
Tilton were kindly. In 1868 or 1870
first began to visit Gilton's house in this
i city, and he visited at mine ON
families were never very great friends
Tilton deposited moneys with Woodruff
& Robinson to 1871. This was the first
time the firm became his brokers. We
never lent him money before that, MOI
engaged in any enterprises with him
[ never remember that he ever slept al
my house, though he might have taken
his dinner there several days in sue
cession. [ had no pecuniary transac
tons with him prior to II, when he de
posted 81, 600. [ do not remember how
he drew it out.
At this point ex-Judge Porter sus
pended the examination, ana the court
adjourned for the day.
Close of IiouIton's Direct Examination ant
Commencement of His Cross Examination
The examination of Moulton was
continued on Monday as follows:
[ told Beecher | would not advise
him to make statement before TiltOI
could be got to commit himself to whai
, he (Beecher) should say, and he theT
proposed to get an adjournment of the
committee until this was done. Beechel
then prepared a statement, produced
and read it, generating TiltOn, which
/, Beecher asked me to show to Theodore
and I did I reported to Mr.. Beechel
that when Tilton was shown this he re
fused to make himself ont the victim Of
/, a hallucinatiOn. On the Dist TiltoI
presented card he had prepared, tc
the committee Mr. Beecher then pre-
pared a statement for the committee
Mr.. Hilton prepared two reports fol
submission as the proposed reports fOi
the committee to make. Tilton' report
alleged that Beeeher had committed q
grave otfense against Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Tilton. There wa a long
, statement and short one
The counsel produced the short one
and read it.
The Golden Age was started in New
York, in March, 1871. The first con
versation about the Golden Age [ had
with Mr.. Beecher was shortly before it
started. He hoped it would be success
ful, and would like to assist Tilton in
It's establishment, which Theodore de-
chned. The next conversation was
IN 1873, when | told him
the paper was dragging, and
Theodore was down-hearted about it,
and Mr.. Beecher said he would like to
help the paper. / told him | did not
see how this could be possible, but he
still continued the offers. Beecher said
he thought ] could take some money
and give it to Theodore as my own, but
| told him L could not do it honorably.
He offered to make mortgage on his
house for s., 900 and give it to me to
dole out to Theodore.
Finally, on May 3, 1873, [ took So,
600 IN bills from Beecher and gave it in
small sums to Tilton, who did not know
where the money came from. On July
20, Tracy wanted me to tell Tilton the
s., 900 came from Beecher to stop him
from publishing his statements, which
| refused to do, and Tracy said it would
cause me trouble, and l replied: Let
it do so.
The witness continued, commencing
December, 1870, and ending with the
labors of the investigation committey
Mr.. Beecher visited my house vers
often. In the beginning of 1871 he wac
there once and sometimes twice day.
That continued during the following
year. He often came before I was out
of bed, and also called on me late at
night. He did not frequently visit me
at my place of business. After the
18th of July, 1874, he did not pay me