The Portland daily press., 1875-03-30
THE SCANDAL.
New YORK. March 29.-In the Tiiton.
Beecher suit to day the first witness caiieo was
nuvsd nows.

DeeCler sui lO-uay tuo ulsp "iUhNSS
David Bows.
He testified am merchant in New iolh,
and am in the produce business. MISS Det ,be
Turner hired in my family. She came III 'ne
spring and left in the summer but no , noo
recollect the year, nor have any m emoranuuu Il
of the date. Ny t mily with others, wen, III the
trio to Omaha that spring. We lett on 0ne
31st of May, and we returned on the l-'n VI
Juue.
This concluded his direct examination and
the prosecution had no questions to ask MIN.
John WinsIow
was nextsexamnied. He stated am practic-
ing lawyer, and have been for twenty five
years. [ was formerly District Attorney for
Kings county. was member OF the lnvestl'
eating committee Of Plymouth church meeting
at Mr.. Storrs' house. Mrs. Tilton was before
the committee on the 9Th of July at Mr.. Owing
TONS. The committee were there five or six
minutes before the examination began. MIR.
Tracy accompanied us thee; and was only
abseut two or three minutes. Mr.. Tilton was
before the committee on the 10th of july. lie
and asked = Deecher wanted one. aud he was
assured that Beecher did. Mr. Cleveland
showed him Beechers letter calling for it.
Tllton said his case was in writing He never
stated as to whether Beecher had made any
confession to him verbally or in writing. He
saw Beecher's letter and read it very carefully.
On the 18th of July, the day on which Tilton
published card, we had an interview, | met
him OH the street and told him had read his
letter. He said he would like to talk to me.
This investigation was all wrong and ought not
to be. He wanted the committee to adopt the
report he had drawn, that indeed he had drawn
two or three reports. L told him did not want
to hear anything except testimony before the
committee. He wanted me not to oppose and
to do his statement justice was present when
his sworn statement was read at his church ex-
animation. l was also present when Tllton
attacked Tracy, and heard what he said. There
had been no regular session that afternoon
when Mr.. Tilton said to Tracy, ''You have no
right to be here in collision with me after the
promise you made" Tracy said, Yes, but
when saw you change your ground, didn't
consider the promise binding" Tracy went
into the front parlor and Tilton followed, and
said, 'Mr. Tracy, forgive you. like you bet
ter than any man in Brooklyn" He put his
arm around Tracy, who said something about
forgiveness, Tilton said 'There is one differ
ence between US, Tracy; always forgive, but
you never do"
Cross Examined.
The first meeting of the committee when the
testimony was taken, was on the 9th OF July
Mr. Ellen wood was present at all OF the meet
ings afterward and took the testimony. MIS-
Tilton made two statements before the COM
mittee. They were both verbal. The first was
| made on the 9th of July. never saw it in
print Mr.. Beecher made two statements, the
first on the 10th of july before the committee.
occasion was not left with the committee, The
substance of il only was published. l cannot
say whether the stenOgrapher took notes OF It,
have never seen this statement since that
night and never saw the stenOgrapher write
out his notes of it. Mr.. Sage was chairman OF
that committee. We turned over all the evil
dence after it was written out to the examining
committee of the church. Some one OF that
committee took charge of it. l don't know
who it was, though my impression is that
Mr. Cleveland took it. did not see the evil
dence taken before the committee until it was
printed. did not superintend the printing OF
| it, nor had anything to do with it. did net
get MI Beecher's statement printed. signed
| the report of the committee. The last time l
| saw the original it was in Mr.. Ryamonds
hands. 1 made the draft of the report. drew
| the portion of the report with regard to MT
| Beecher's evidence and know there is small
| error which had crept in there. Mr.. Hill drew
my attention to 1t few days ago. My recol-
lection is that Mr.. Beecher saw or read the pa
| per which Mr. Tilton read before the commit
tee but my impression is that he used the word
| story and not true story must have had the
impression that he used the term True Story
when drafted the report The report was
read over and discussed. All the members
we're present and it was done at my office in
New York two days before it was presented.
was present when it was read in the church.
All the members had agreed with it. Mr..
Tracy was not present on any occasion when 1t
was read or discussed.
Mr. T. came. before the committee on the
10Th of July. He said he did not think it was
best to have an investigation as it would be an
unhappy affair and would lead to endless
trouble and distress, but he did not say to
whom. He thought there would be a number
of unhappy revelations which Mr.. Beecher and
himself did not desire. He expressed willing
ness to testify Oh this and other occasions L
do not RENE mber him saying anything about
shielding his family. Mr. I. spoke about doc
uments and papers, and said he was fully
h. al ~, fhn
community, but his case rested in writing.
We said we would like to see the papers. This
conversation was not taken iown, but the
stenographer may have done so.
next saw Mr. T. on the 18th and think he
referred to Mrs Us testimony on the 9th and
gave that as one of the reasons why the inves-
tigation should be ended He had report
which he wished the committee TO adopt, ex-
onerating himself and Mr.. Beecher. On the
23d of July Mr.. T. brought bundle of papers
to the committee and began to read something
which some member of the committee thought
was pertinent They expressed desire to ex-
anime the papers. l was to be allowed to do
so. Mr.. Tracy was there and Mr.. L. said to
him that he had no right to appear against him
as he had his promise not to do so,a and MrTracy
replied that he notified Mr.. T. that he would
not keep his promise if he changed his ground.
Mr.. T. said that made no difference. Mr., /.
eating; Mr.. Tracy did not say he was appear
ing against Mr.. T. Mr.. Hill and Mr.. Tracy
were the lawyers on behalf of the committee
and examined the witnesses. 1t was under
stood that their services were voluntary and
that they would receive no fees. knew moth
ing of the West charges. They were not dis
cussed before the committee Mrs. Bradshaw
or Mrs. Moulton were not before the commit
tee, nor was Mr.. Bowen.
Thomas james Turner
was next called. He said: I am in Mr. Beech
er's employ, taking care of his farm. In the
m Of 1879 amDlOVe6 the
farm were his son, Nicholas Sullivan and
others. On Monday, June 2, 1873, Mr.. Beech
er was at his farm He arrived there at 4S
on the train leaving the 43nd depot at o'clock
Mrs Beecher was with him. They st2id there
until the next afternoon.
After recess Emil B. Densler, telegraph
operator, j, L. Turner, a workman at Mr..
Beechers farm, Ben Kittridge, a resident of
Peeskill, Thomas j. Finley and DIR. Frederick
Putnam all gave testimony tending to show
that Mr.. Beecher was not in Brooklyn on the
4th of June, 1878
Stephen ID. White
was the next witness. He testified: have re-
sided in Brooklyn about three years, and am
member of Plymouth church. am stock
operator IN New York, and am member OF the
legal profession, and practiced in Missouri and
Iowa. 1 was a member of the investigating
committee, but was not present July 9th
when Mrs Tilton testified. Twas present when
Mr. Tilton testified on July 9th. He said that
his case depended upon written documents un-
der his own signature. Mr.. Tracy said that
there might DE a question about what the pa
pers would show, and that the committee could
Judge when they saw them. He also said that
if the charge against Mr.. Beecher was crimi-
nality, the documents shown him would not
support the charge, when Mr.. Tilton said to US,
Gentlemen, you think there is no case" but
there was and Mr.. Beecher said to him that if
be ever intended to put forward these papers to
let him know that he might leave the country.
Mr.. Tltor's manner was highly suggestive of
meaning that the story should come out. He
said he should bring forward the papers and let
the committee judge He felt very sorry for
Mr.. Beecher, he said, and for his grey heirs.
There was 70 suggestion of any confession
having been made at that time He said that
his letter to Mr. Bacon had been called forth
by the attitude of Plymouth church and Mr..
Beecher and If all were published it would
tend to show that Mr.. Beecher was the creature
of his magnanimity and not vice versa, He
said he had taken pains in the Bacon letter not
to characterize the charge. He also said, Nov,
gentlemen, you do not want it, neither do L.
aud that he did not want any further investi-
cation and deprecated it as unwise and uncall-
ed for. He read Mr.. Beecher's letter calling
for the committee. He said, "Gentlemen, you
do not want them" referring to the documents,
and after reading the latter said that he would
think about it. L saw his card afterw ard in
some paper saying that he presented no letters
with his sworn statement