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Q But you believe you were' A. Yes Sir believe was.
@ But you remember anything about III A. can't

| a.
@ But you remember anything about III a, can't
| remember anything particularly; no. Sir
q Now Sir will you look at the meeting OF December 10
5 and state in the first place that the ordinary meet
ing OF the Examining Committee which heard In the lecture
room In presence OF the church this not od
nary meeting Of the Examining Committee the presence Of all
the church in the lecture room' A. Yes Sir II to be-
@ Now Sir at that meeting any business transacted
with reference Mr. Ton' A. No, Sir there business
transacted before the church with regard it, The matter
not brought before the church remember that distinctly
@ There anything done with reference Mr. Til
tons in meetings OF the Examining Committee which
heard in presence Of the church. herel A. No. Sir.
q Now will you look at the meeting Of Dec o. 1871 and
state whether the pastor absent from that meeting
whether Mr. Beecher absent from that meeting and
Mr Halliday ocated his absencef A. II stated yes
Sir
@ Well Sir is not that correct, A. Yes Sir have
reason to doubt IT,
@ Now will you look the meeting OF December 90 1S
and state whether any action taken upon the matter of Mr.
Tilton, at that meetingf A. ! record Of 1t.
@ Well Sir don't You think doesn't your recollection agree
with that record that action taken at the meeting OF
December g. 1871 concerning Mr. Tion' A. Yes, Sir;
know that it not as late that am positive OF IT,
Q Wasn't in the early part Of December that this action 70
which you have referred taken A. might have been IN
October might have been in November; cannot remem
Der it any than that
O. When Mr. Beecher present A. When he was pres
ent at one Of meetings.
@ Will you be kind enough after looking at this book to
look the meeting of Nov 1871 and state whether that was
not the meeting which for the first time the pastor said any
thing the subject Of Mr. Tltons case? A. Yes think So
O. And that occasion all the substance OF what
he said that he deemed best that he should see Mr. Ton
and that he would do So and report to the Committee at an
early day. A. That is o. l remember it,
@ Now Sir can you find any record there Of the appoint
mcnt Of Mr. Beecher Committee to wait on Mr. IHtcn
As being-as requesting that he should be permitted TO sec
70 he 10.
@ That is what you called being appointed committee Of
wait upon him; isn't III A. Yes thai is what referred
to.
@ And that all about it: A Yes thai was all abou
it think the record is correct
O. This what l corrected in my question little whie
ago when asked you the fact not that SIR Beecher wa"
appointed committee, but requesed in an nioT
way or requested himself in nfor way, an oppo
| tuny to confer with Mr.. TtOn?
Mr. Morrs-That already appears
O. And that your memory is refreshed by looking a.
| the record are you prepared to admit that you
entirely mistaken in saying that M Bcecher made ms
report which you have stated and that the fact ha MI a
day made report the absence OF Mr. Becchc ana thH
that the which you have in your mnd' II you "I
allow me to look at record Of the other meeting moment
Mr. Sherman please After looking The record viii state
what think were the facts in the THINK that it was
meeting Nov 3D. that the pastor made the statement
with regard Mr. Tlton in regard to his being in dcuiy
and said that he had better see him.
I V
That was before he was appointed Committee think
| you are right about that, according to the records
O. VIII you look at this pamphlet and say whether mat Is
the Life Of Mrs Woodruff which you referred As having
been the occasion Of the Committees inquiry into M IIos
case in 1917 do not know, Sir have never read II
! do not know whether that is the one or not
| O. Wasn't it in consequence Of aud upon the ground
| OF q publication having been made Mr.. Tlton or
some biography OF Victoria C. Woodruff, upon
which you urged the Committee to take action
in Mr. Ttons case 1871 not that the ground stated by
you to the Committee, OF the crOunds' A. That was
one Of the grounds; yes of the grounds.
O. Had INT you the Life Of Mrs woodruff at all
A. think had seen it on the stands and heard 1t
! talked about.
O. Well cannot you recolect distinctly, By seeing 1t on
the news stands that it substantially that paper? A
Well as remember the stands 1t large pam
phlet than that but STILL be positive about it.
@ just look at it, and satisfy YOURSELF A. Well SIR can
not possibly identify any way because do not rte Der
| anything about it,
| Judge NeisonThat is all