New-York tribune., 1875-01-22
Miss BBssIE TUaNM

Sxw YoRK December 10. 1874
Mechanics Sdt9aa Bdnk
Pay The order Of A. NJ Reid Two hundred ao'ass nSs
Endorsed-"A NJ Reid" snd the Bank cndOrscmentA
The above bill and check each marked II tx d 81"
srEUnxSvmLs FrxAK sgMSARr, Dec. 8, is3
Dear Fyind II you could seud balance due e..i.
Turner's bill last year before the nrst u Janns xou9
confer great favor number S 81 a h5,o o Of ~ ~. os 6 a s
$40 % Call the balance ss0 .~
Deduct School bin '....'............ B3
II Amount. t..............................sS1 .. 500 3
II you nsend the amount due will bca great favor
Bessie is now visiting friends in Pittsburgh.
have tried 10 get her place. ,..,.
doubt whether she s willing to dos1ch thing, a. IN me
about her asked her 10 come back 10 school awhile sns
could not get any other place With great eon.difsoa'
Marked "Ex d e."
srsUsgsymLg SEMINARY. Dec. is-s.
b,ap r Yon Containing check for 500 in fnT for chOO,
bill is reed. This pays al her Indebtedness to this date
Very truly yours, A. d. hkD'
Mr. Trscy~Ths terminated the tran'acon Of Bessie Tur-
ner's school bills, didn't IT, A. believe It did
@ After that you had nothing do with her' A. Mob
after she got through with her schooling.
Mr. Sheaman--l Readingl
DEAR FnAxcl.: BE kind enough send me 81 FOR Bessie
want TO nclose it in tomorrows mar
Yours gratefully, .
ELIZABETH
The Witness What date is thst'
Mr. Shcarman-January 18th. 1879.
Marked Exhibit ID, No a.
Mr. Evsrts-Wo any notes that covered these pay
menls that Mouon mentioned a having bcen made To MIS-
Ton This last note been read Of them It's tho
only one which has been handed tous fir A. know.
Mr Morris have handed all that have found yet
The witness handed 10 Judge Morris al HAT had Sir
dont know whether any not there ao
will try and find them
Mr. Morrs-Thcrc Il the letter you called for
Mr. Tracy-Now you have spoken Of three letters all dared
9TH OF February 1871 two 10y M Beccher Quo Oy MI Iho"'
\. Two by what, Sir
O. Two by Mr. Beeoher and by Mr. Tton' 7th Feb
ruary ISL letters The tree' A. That ia the er from Mr
Boecher to mef
O. Yes SIR A. And the letter from Mr. Tilton 10 me'
O. Yes SIR A. And the letter from M Beecher to Mrs 1-
tom
o. Those infer were all written by preaangemenI were
they not A. don't know OF any pearraugemenl particularly
about II.
Mr. Evarts-Tfey all in evidence.
Mr. Tracy-They all dated the same dAI are Ihey "V'
A. They are all dated the same day.
@ Well hey were written in pursuance OF conversation
that preceded their writing they mott suppose they
were written consequence OF conversation tha pocedod
their writing
O And their object was the reconciliation Of the parties the
more perfect reconciliation Of the parties, was no' a. leS
Sir -.
O. Now after date Of those letters the relations
OF the parties were friendly. they mott A. htet
Feb t6'
O Yes. Sir A. Yes, Sir; they were friendly for time.
O. For some time A. Yes, sr
STORY OF TILT0N'S NEWSPAPER REHEARsED.
Q. Soon after that, The Golta Age was founded.
was it not A. believe Sir, March March 3D. io7a-lS'i
March 2l. 1911
Q And it had becu determined for time bcfore-be-
fore the FIRST number was issued' A. Yes, Sir
O. Now how long the separation OF Tton nom BoWes
was the starting The Gon Age determined on or DIS
cussed' Well. Sir think in the beginning OF January
should think il January it WAS talked about.
O. 1t began be talked about in January a. Either IN
January Or February Sir; 1 don't remember which
O. And arrangements foot and prosecuted. until
il WAS started and the nrst number issued A. Yes, Sir
o Now will you explain in detail just how that paper was
started and what wss It's financial basis Financial basis
Of 1H> Golden 1g,F
O. Yes Sir A. The paper started from eonyersa'oa
between Mr. Woodruff and Mr.. 1lton.
O. don't go into the details of that conversation
want YOU to 90 on and the money raised for IT,
and who owned IT, A. Well. Mr.. Woodruff arranged for the
money for it, Mr. Woodruff and Sir Tion oooperacdin IN
regard to that
O. Well what was doucs don't what was said. but
what was done A. Certain subscriptions madecerain
a.criptions were by different parties for The paper
O. We'll who the subscribers for the paper mean 'u
scrbeys this fund.- A Theodore Ton embarked an al
the means that he had-styG1o, think-at that time
O How muchs A SioO think he had al that time s4Ns
5000
O wa, that money deposited with your arm A
Yes. Sir.
@ Then who else subscribed A. MI Mason, think ar.
Woodruff -
o Uow much did Mr. Mason subscriber A | really don't
remeuber Sir hiu,, it was 5000. $3.50 or 5000.
O. What Mason: y. John ". Mason.
O. What hi, business A. With the dm Of Samuel Thomp-
sons Nephew.
O. Who else so.cribed A Jackson 5 Schultz, and Mr.
Southwck.
o How much did they respectively subscriber A. We'll.
,oroet really how nuch don't tho timeI think It
was ST. 800 apiece, or s1jD apiece
O. one or the otnsc This Mr souihwick % Nj Schultzs
partner A les, sir
. Who else subscribed A Mr. Woodruff
O How much did he subscriber A. hr Rooinsoh-Mr.
WoolrH subscribed 5000 il remember rightly and sub
scrihed B., 90 and Nj Robinson subscribed thousand
O. We'll. A. believe those were all all that recoaec'ss
present ,,,.,,
YOU can A. have not got il With me-
O Now what the terms OF those subscriptions "w~
nat stock eotcrrse was !t A. II was not an incorporation
"a I understood il no. IL not an incorporation
Ui, wer. the terms subscription A. The terms
q, Tho ubrpton were the subscription should be paid
and Mr. Ton should give his notes. believe Tor the amount
PAYABLE to these subscrbetsI A. Payable TO those SUD
scribers nh, o, %
o Payable when and out OF what iund' fAya0'e ou'"
-psyable by Theodore Tlton-
Well sbsoatelys A cannet give you the fscts sooas
that Mr. Tracy because don't know them exactly enough %
Give them but Mr. Woodruff give them Tor you KNOW
all about IT, Sir would
O. Did Mr. Tlton give his notes for the suoscnpu0'
Mr. Tlton drew the money in proportion
O Did he give Subscribers his notesf A fcs' sn no
gaye-I believe he did
And then took from them heT subscriptions " they were
maid in, Now how were those subscriptions to be PAID IN
A Paid in when they waned-pad in when 1ney "1'