The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-24

Evarts then had no relation to Beech
ers counsel, or otherwise that | knew OF;
White was not present until the 10Th OF
July; when Tilton was before the com
mittee, received legal advice to the ef-
feet that if the Investigating Committee
went on with their labors without having
the ratification Of the Eramin-
ing Committee, they would be
liable to be sued for libel; this referred to
the publication Of the testimony and not
to the taking of it; had no knowledge
that West was possessed of any knoWl-
edge of the charges against Beecher; we
had used every effort to get the docu-
ments and statement from Mouiton, pri-
or to the receipt of his dispatch OF August
26. and the committee had their report
completed ut that time; theiareport was
submitted on the 2Sth of August; | had
spondence with Mrs. Ovingtoni |
had no knowledge that Mrs. Tilton was
going to leave her home; | never entered
into any design to get her to leave her
home.
Rc-crugs Examination,
The legal advice | received related
simply tothe publication of the testimony
and not to the simple announcement of
this committee; | did not mention the
names of Bryant, EvHrts and Curtis in
my testimony taken before; when my
testimony was taken ! was dressed and
living down in my room; | was able to
move about in my roomi my state Of
health is such now that my mind Is Ell
fected and my memory defective. This
was all the questions put to the witness
and he was allowed to leave the stand.
At this point Judge Fullerton and
Moulton entered the court room, causing
some little commotion among the specta-
tors. Moulton then took his place in the
witness stand for future crosse cXamina-
tion and said: | know Samuel
Partridge since 1894, but do not re-
member conversation about Tltons
reasons for writing the life Of Victoria
Woodruff. The witness was asked if he
said to INN that Tilton wrote this life toput
himself ut the head of the Spiritualits
OF the country, rs there were more Spir-
itualists than Congregationalists To
this question Judge Fullerton objected
and an argument ensued between Evarts
and Beach on the subject and the latter
argued that it was wholly immatcrial to
the issu. ofthe case. After some further
argument Judge Nelson ruled that he
would take the answer. The question
was repeated and the witness saidi The
question is involved; | know no such
thing and said no such thing; told Par
fridge however. that the Spirituaists Of
the country outnumbered the Congrega-
tionalsts; do not know what suggested
this remark; we convcrsed about Mrs.
Tilton. Mr.. Tilton, Mr.. Beecher and
Mrs. Woodruff; had no conversation
with Partridge about Tilton's reason for
writing the life of Mrs. Woodruff; | will
not swear that | did have such II convcr-
sation with him; never SAID that Til
ton told me 50, and | did not tell Part
ridge that.
Moulton was then allowed to leave the
stand.
Partridge was then recalled by the
defense, and he was asked what MOulton
said 10 him about TIlton's reasons for
publishnging Mrs. Woodhulls life. The
witness said: Moulton told me
Here Mr.. Beach objected, and the an
swcr was ruled out by the court.
OR further cross-cXamination by Mr..
Beach, the witness said: This convcr-
versation occurred shortly after the pub
lication ofthc pamphlet; | think it was
in the year 1872 that this conversation
took pIack; this conversation WAS in the
office of Woodruff Il Robinson, in the
fall of the year; my duties there were re
ccivinc and paying out moneys, and
making entries IN the books.
The adjournment Of the court for the
day interrupted the further cross-eXami-
nation of this witness.