The Portland daily press., 1875-01-16
NEW YORK.
THE SCANDAL.

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| on tho witness stand
Mr. Fullerton said they vera somewhat ems
barrassed this morning by the absence OF Judge
| Morris who was confined to his bed, and they
would therefore have to ask the indulgence OF
the court from time to time.
Witness continued :-Tilton strongly objected
to the publication of the resignation of Beecher
| / told Beecher that Tilton greatly indg-
nant and had threatened to shoot him. l told
| Tlton not to publish the card which he threat
| ened, and he refrained from doing so, but pre-
pared card for publication, which was
| submitted to Beecher.
A letter was here identified by Moulton as
| written to him by Beeeher, stating that the
publication of Tilton's card would greatly in
| lure him, aud expressing his belief that he was
| spending his last Sunday and was preaching
| his last sermon.
Witness continued Il received that letter in
| the morning 1t was enclosed In a letter to my
| wife, which also saw.
Counsel showed witness a card of which he
| had spoken, which he also identified. This
| card was published with few alterations. This
| card was prepared and published after the pro-
posed resignation on June I'd. There was
| another card from Beecher on the day follow
| ing, with reference to the visit of Bowen to
| Mrs Woodruff. There was an account of a
hull for the purpose of getting information
| against Beecher. 1 told Beecher that he better
| publish card calling on anyperson who had any
| evidence to produce it. He did so, and we went
| together to the Eagle office, where MI. Kin
| Sella made few alterations anu the caru was
| published ~
| West averred that Theodore Tilton had made
| against Mr.. Beecher. among them being the
| statement that Henry Ward Beecher preached
| every Sunday to seven or eight of his: mis-
| tresses. The witness attention was called to
something which occurred in October, 1873,
| growing out of publication in the New York
| Sun with regard to the expulsion of Mr.. Tilton
/ Dluvoo oburch / had said he. a
| conversation with MIR. Beecher then, in which
| l said it would be best to have no investigation
into Mr.. Tilton's action, but simply to drop his
| name from the rolls of the church. l did not
| er what occurred. Mr.. Beecher said that Titon
| came to the church, and, said Mr.. Beecher, Il
| made to him as full and generous apology as
| I could" This was few days after the meet
| ing of the church council. saw Mr.. Beecher
| and he said if l saw Mr.. Tilton to get him to
promise not to 60 there, as everything could be
| bridged over for the present. A letter from
| Mr. Beecher was identified and read, denounc-
ing Dr. Storrs's address before the church 5
acted against Theodore Titon and was threat.
enipc to destroy him. "No one can tell what
| the effect of such speech will be-, said the
| letter." 'It ought to damn StOrrs." Another
letter was identified BY the witness to be in the
/ handwriting of Beecher addressed to witness.
/ The letter was read. 1t began by asking if
| there was to be no end to the trouble, referred
| to the publication OF an article 10 the Union,
| said his innermost soul longed for peace, and
| if that could not be, then death. He was sick
at heart, head and body.
Witness continued Il saw this paragraph in
the Union. (The paragraph was read by coun-
| sell which set forth that a reporter had APP
preached Mr.. Beecher to get his views of the
| church council which he declined to give. MIR.
| Sherman declared to the reporter that Tllton
/ was out of his mind, and that Titon's state
| ments were made under spiritualistic medIums)
Witness went MI saw Beecher after got
! this letter and told him was not surprised to
| see his statement, as never believed he was
| above that sort of thing. Beecher admitted to
| me that he also thought Sherman was mis-
chef maker. tLaughter.) got letter from
| Mr.. Shearmau and delivered it to Mr.. Triton,
| dated April I'd, 1872, and think Beecher
| was present when delivered it. My impression
| is that showed it to Beecher before it was de-
| ivered. (The letter of apology from Sherman
| to Tilton was ready l know what is called the
Bacon letter. 1t was written in June, 1874. L
received it from Tilton few days before it was
| published. 1t was written by Tilton to Dr.
| Bacon. Shearman, Beecher, Tilton and my
| self had an interview. Tilton said to Beecher
| he could not rest under the imputation that he
was the creature of Beecher's magnanimty,
| and if Beecher didn't set him right, he would
| do it himself. This was in reference to an
article by DIR. Bacon in the Independent.
Mr.. Beecher said he felt the embarrassment
| and he didn't see what he could do. In a sub
sequeLt interview [ told Beecher that Mr..
| riton told me if he replied to DR.. Bacon, he
should tell the whole truth as to Beechers re-
lations with his family, and said to Beecher
1 thought this would be an outrage on Tilton's
| family, and that would untertake to prevent
its being written or published, and he said he
hoped 1 would 1 afterwards told Beecher that
had told TilJon DR.. Bacon's letter would not
Iniure him in New England as much as he ex-
pected, and Beecher agreed with me and said
Bacon had not SO great an influence in New
England as Theodore supposed. After the let
| ter was published Informed Mr.. Beecher that
| all could succeed in doing was to have the
words she has committed revolving outrage
against my family altered to Offence" and
| that thought if the original words were pub
lished and the charges true, there was no es-
cape but with "offence," and an apology as
basis of IT Cancellation.
Here Tilton's letter to DIR. Bacon was read
by Judge Fullerton. The reading occupied
over half an hour, after which the court took
recess.
Moulton resumed the stand and continued:
went to the Golden Age Office and tried to pre-
vent the publishing of the Bacon letter, as
had promised Beecher. Saw him and told him
went to the Golden Age office after the letter
had been written, and found the paper had
gone to press: told Beecher that procured
the word Offence to be inserted in the letter
in pace of the words "a revolving crime"
which were first IN the letter. I do not remem-
Der if any other alterations were made in the
letter. Beecher said the Bacon letter was "a
OeaQ SlOG. 1ulS Was VI Uuc OCCdSlOu WuCu
Beecher asked me what was to be done. re-
commeded the same course as was pursued in
the Woodruff NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Beecher
asked me for copy of it, which gave him.
He said be would make copy OF it and sub
nit il to his friends. I met Beecher June %,
and L said, ''Mr. Beecher, you did not make it
public" and he said 'You advised silence
which course observed" had subsequent
conversation with Beecher about it, and told
him L told Gen. Tracy about it, and asked him
if he had submitted it to Tracy and he said
Beecher had. Counsel read the card published
by Beecher after the publication of the Bacon
letter, saying he had committed no crime against
Tilton, but would resign if the church thought
it necessary.
Witness continued Mr.. Tracy's connection
with the case began after the Woodruff publ
cation in the autumn of 1872. My partner,
Mr.. Woodruff, came to me, and saying that as
1 was criticised for the part had taken in the
controversy, should make some statement ex-
planning my position in the matter. l said this
to Beecher. and told him they also criticised
the firm beside: L told him the firm recon-
him which was best He recommend Tracy
as cool, shrewd nan. told Beecher had
told my partner was willing to employ Gen.
Tracy, and the result of the interview between
Woodruff, Tracy and myself was that the
criminal intercourse between Beecher and MIS-
Tlton was told of, and Tracy said this should
be hushed. He said he would not advise lying,
but this was a case in which it might be used
i told Beecher had lalQ DeIOre Tracy Cne leu
ter of contrition and told him the whole truth
was made known to him, but no conclusion
was arrived at 1 told Beecher that Tilton was
angry with me Tor disclosing the truth to Tracy
as he did not want the story of Elizabeth's
shame made known. told Beecher Tracy had
told Tilton that the interests of all concerned
demanded denial of that story.
In July, 1874, Mr.. Beecher, in the presence
of Jeremiah P. Robinson, put his hand on my
shoulder and said to him, "This is the best
friend that God ever raised up to me-" told
Mr. Robinson the facts of the relation between
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton. l also told the same
story to Mr.. Woodruff. Identified letter pro-
duced, in Beecher's handwritng) Up to the
receipt ofsthis letter Beecher never said had
acted unfairly by him.
Counsel read the letter asking MoultOn to
come up to Peekskill for consultation. He re-
ferred in the letter to the card in the Brooklyn
Eagle in July 1873. The card was produced by
Theodore Tilton. 1t came into my possession
and showed it to Beecher. He said it would
kill him if published. About this time another
card was published relating to Bowen's visit to
Victoria Woodruff. l received another letter
on July 9th, 1873, from Beecher. produced
and identified.) Counsel readl letter asking
Moulton to come up and spend Sunday at
Peekskill. Another letter of July I4th, in
Beecher's hand writing, addressed to Mr..