The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-16
West. The relation OF these stories to me
by Bowenw was quitea surprise and astonish-
ment to me. tiAtS this point the
court took the usual recess.


CROSSE CONTINUED.
THE BOWEN 1ErrER-MoULroN's FAITHFUL
AID-NEwsPAPER CoNTRACTs-MRs. WOOD
HULL AGAIN-TILToN IN A COMMUNIST PRO
CESSIOS.
NEW York, Feb. 9-The suit of Theodore
rilton against the Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher was resumed to-day promptly at IL
O'Clock, all the parties concerned being pres
ent The cross examination of the plaintiff
was continued. He said; L bought the
Lewellyn Park lots by piecemeal, and paid
for them by advertising in the independent.
/ can not remember how long my contract
was with the Independent. When l gave
MOulton my wife's letter on the. S0th of
December, il was not to be used unless for
the purpose of fetching Beecher, should he
refuse 20 grant me the interview.
| The letter was not written for the
purpose Of being used in this way.
\ The object of that interview was 20 protect
| Elizabeth from any publicity growing out of
the controversy between Bowen and
Beecher. / was moi afraid that Beecher
would give publicity to their relations. l
1 received two notes from Bowen, one from
him as publisher of the Independent and
the other as president OF the Brooklyn
| Union Association notifying me of NV en-
gsgements being anuulled. I went down
| to see MOult0n about these letters. Moulton
was not there and l sat down TO write an
answer to Bowen Moulton came in and we
had an interview which continued until we
went out into the street. When first met
MoultUn I did not invite him out of
doors. / do not think L walked the
street for many hours that night
began to prepare the letter of Jan. l to
Mr.. Bowen on the previous night and it
was finished the next day. There was
nothing in thai letter about Beecher's re-
Iatious 90 Mrs. Tilton or myself. All that
was designedly left out. Mr.. Robson adj
vised me to say nothing about it, and iol-
lowing bis advice / took out of the letter
certain fiery phrases. showed the letter
| TO Mr.. Ford Sunday morning when | was
writir z IL. The letter was not then in a
complete state. but the essence of it was the
same as it is now. He did not adviss
me to strike out any portion of it. 1 did
not know that Ford stood in the relation of
trustee to one OF the ladies referred to in my
| letter TO Bowen. There was no word of dis
paragement of my wife in the original draft
of this letter, and never for one moment
| thought OF introducing her in it. One of the
| first days In January handed this Bowen
paper to MoultoD. as soon as copy was made
OF it. When gave this letter to AIoulton
did not express any
| DESIRE TO HAVE A SETTLEMENT
with Bowen. Before this / gave Moulton a
note and told him wanted my affairs with
Bowen settled as soon as possible. 1 asked
him at this time to be one of three arbitra-
tors to settle. L do not remember then hay
ing chosen the other arbitrators. He desired
me to commit the'whole case to his care and
1 gave him power in consequence.of this
request. The witness was handed a
letter. This is in Moulton's hand
writing and dis: is copy E. OF the power
put three papers in Moulton's hands on
| the 1sJ of January, namely: My letter of
authorization to him, my contract with the
Independent and my contract with the
Brooklyn Union. 1 do not remember the
date OF Moultcn's first interview with
Bowen, but it was about the LIST OF January
Moulton reported to me that Bowen wanted
an arbitration. i was also in favor of arbi-
tration but Moulton prohibited it. The
actual arbitration was held on the 10th OF
April, 1872, / think. do not remember
speaking TO Bowen from the time left him
in the soffice of the Union in 1870 until
some time in 1872. Mrs. Tilton was informed
Of my interview with Bowen on the 18th
of December, but she only knew OF
them in the light of business relations Mrs
Tilton knew that if Bowen and / drove
Beecher out of his pulpit that all the world
would know the cause. It was on account
of Mrs. Tilton's anxiety and solicitude that
l had an interview with Beecher. Mr.. Moul-
ton went to Florida after his serious illness.
Its elimination was about the LIST OF
January, and his recovery was very slow.
he carried on his business, however, on his
sick bed like general in his tent. The de-
signs of Moulton and his labors
were for the purpose of keeping
} the matter of the scandal secret
| never suspected Beecher of giving Mrs
, Woodruff any of their secrets, nor did l sus-
pect Moulton, as he was above suspicion.
When ] went to see Mrs. Woodruff in Nav
7 1871, she mentioned to me nearly all the
ExTRAvAaANT STORIES
, which she published in November, 1872. Al
that time she did not give me any of hel
authorities. had not any thought that tht
words "eminent teach ar" mentioned in hel
statement, would be understood to NEAR
t the Rev. II. w. Beecher. The card Itsel
did not convey that impression tC
a my mind, but her threat to pub
liSh the names terrified me-. Perhaps
< small, marrow circle in Brooklyn might
? have known, but not the general body o.
. the public. / presume that small circle
, enlarges and increases by degrees. i think
I the information was obtained by Mrs
S Woodruff indirectly from the lips of Mrs
t Nathan b. Morse. The stories went from
:. her lips alone. and not from mine, Mr.
D Moulton's or Mr.. Beecher's. When spoke
T of the story never spoke to Mrs. Tilton's
q disparagement, but did to Beecher's, anC
r il it had not been for Mrs. Tilten's protec
r ton would have allowed him to go to de-
{ struction four years ago. never had a con
q fidence with Henry Ward Bsecher in my life
/ was under no obligation to keep a secre
}. with reference to the Rev. Henry Ware
o Beecher. selected whom would speak tC
q on the subject, and told them what saw
: fit. 1t was from Mrs. Morse's leakage thai
: the story came to Mrs. Woodruff, and TOLD
fl Mrs. Morse the story. At the same tim,
s when told her knew she would tell tn,
# whole world. The laughter which this an-
i swer provoked irritated Judge Nelson, anC
s he said that if the laughter was continued
# he would adjourn the court, as it caused
: serious interruption of the proceedings
The witness then continued: Up TO thi.
!, time / don't know that Moulton made any
# effort toward settlement of my affair.
{ with Bowen. 1 never took any advice as Il
g the collection of my claim against Bowen
o Butt did take legal advice as to the legality