The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-05-07

lady's with message, or that told MN
that ! had been to see Beecher and be
was good friend of mine and Mr.. Eg-
gleston's 5, and that he had said Mrs Ill
ton was saint on her way to Heaven
and Mr. Beecher had said horrible things
about Tilton, but | would swear that this
did not occur; wrote a note to Mr..
Freeland asking him if he could appoint
an hour for an interview; the
only answer got was yes, or l
will attend to it; ! think | named
four or five o'clock in the afternoon; l
went there ut II certain hour, but ! am
not certain that Beecher was sent for;
think he was there; gave him the letter
from TiltOn; he read it and put it in his
pocket; ] asked him what reply he had
to make, and he said "the man is crazy.
Bowen not UnfrieodIy 10 Beecher.
lie asked me if was friendly to him
and | answered that | was not untrlemd-
lv; went there with friendly spirit 10
him, and so told him; he asked me if !
knew anything about the troubles i'll
Tilton' family; | said | heard some
thing about him, but not about his family
particularly; he said he or
his wife had received some let
tiers from the west, from
Mrs. Tilton, which he would like me to
call and see next morning; ! was to call
and see his wife; | said | did not care to
call then; | referred to the matter be-
tween me aud Mrs. Beecher; but he said
he would make that all right and |
promised to 20 there the next morning;
after this we talked about Tilton, some
facts and names of women were men
toned which were strange TO me; knew
some of the names by reputationi ! said
was aware that there were damaging
reports about Tilton in that relation; ]
only alluded to them in a general way,
and told him some things | had heard;
| said | had reasons which induced me
to sever my connections with the paper
and said that these slories told TO me by
Becker were new to me, and surprise
to INC coming as they did after his removal.
Bccchcr gave me no opinion about what
he should do; as | already had decided
to remove TiltOn, my mind was made up
without Beecher and he did not change
it; Beecher urged me TO come to his
house and hear the contents Of these
letters, and believe this was all; saw
Mrs Becchcr the next day, and had
about halt.au-hour's conversation with
her; don't think | saw Bcecher on
New Years; | made an ordinary call on
him. | stated to him that on the prcvi-
ous Saturday | severed Tilton's con-
ncction rs correspondent Of
the independent and the editor of the
Union: do not think any other parties
heard this; | was one Of the founders of
Plymouth Church, and am connected
with it still; the sale of pews took place
on the Tuesday following the Monday on
which / made my New Years call
Redirect Examination.
| do not know what became of the
draft Of the triparttc argument which |
refused to sign; | handed it to Mr.. ClafIn,
but ! don't know where it is now; my
recollection is that the paper did not
come to me till the money was paid; |
said that when myself Mr.. Tilton and
Mr.. Bccchcr had settled our difficulties
| saw no reason why | should not sign
this paper. Shown papar marked I'D.
ll3".) / believe this to be the first paper
shown me.
The witness indicated that the reason
why be refused to sign in the paper was
that portions of it were marked and
Others were striken out.
Mr. FulIerton-I propose to read what
is crossed out and what is substituted in
its place. The words crossed out are as
follows: | will read what is erased first,
and then read the context. The words
stricken out are Is follows: | declare
that these charges. imputations and in
ucndoes are without any foundation, in
fact, to the best of my knowledge and
belief. What is substituted IN place
of this, written with lead pencil, is
rs follows: sincerely regret
having made any imputstions, charges
or inuendoes unfavorable to the Christian
character of Mr.. Beecher.
Mr. Fullerton Ito the wtncss)-LOOk
at the alteration at the head Of the page,
and say whether you intended to erase
the word "disavow? Al did.
Q-What did YOU substitute in its
place? A-"Withdrawn."
Q-Withdrawn all? A-Withdrawn |
all.
Mr.. Beach-Still the word "dsavow"
is retained in the paper, which was sub
sequently executed
Shearman.-Well "disavow' occurred |
twice, and instead Of repeating it the |
word withdrawn" was substituted for 1t |
the second time.
Mr.. Fullerton-The original read,
"And | expressly diSayow the charges,
and inucndoes imputed as
having been made and uttered by me,
&c, The word "disavow' is erased; Mr.. |
Bowen says it was intended to be, and |
the words withdraw all' substituted in |
its place look at the original draft, Mr.
Bowen, and state whether you struck out .
this after the words IL know nOthlng; /
did you strike out the words "derogatory |
to his reputation as clergyman and as a
man? Al did.
Odd YOU insert in their place any |
thing else? Al did.
Q-If so, what? A-These words.
Indicating in the paper
Q-These words, (rcadingJ (Which |
should prevent me from extending to
him my most cordial friendship conf !
dence and Christian fellowship Atthe /
time OF the arbitration did you know
about the existence Of what has ,
been known ms the apology; the |
letter ofapology? Al did not that |
remember.
The witness continued: l think Til f.
ton called the attention of the arbitra-
tion to section ofthe contract between
Us, and also to the dissolution OF the con-
tract.
Q-I call your attention to the letter Of
February I, 1871, from Beechcr to Moul-
ton, and ask whether you knew of its ex-
istcnce either at the time of the arbitra-
ton or at the time of the signing Of the
tripartite agreement? Al have no re-
collection OK it, sir, whatever.
Q-I now call your attention to the
letter of the same date to Mrs. Titon.
Did You know of that? Al did not.