, 1875-06-14

"an hu no thou told liltnn tint fllcrt wero four
points 10 tito Woodruff story which must l,o de-
hictl to l'ave dtnial cfYectual nitt tho ,1,llc
IN artnnh' stIMaAny or TIE wuop1lCLr. seAyDAl.
| Tllrso points were:
| Il. That criminal rc1ntIon h~lexatc,l hotwoen
Nj. necc1aer and Mrs, Til.on.
| discovered II.
3, That Mr. f'eechcr procured writton denial
from Mis. 1tltGn and
a. That Moulton recovered thla paper from
| DR.. Horn rall to hin Rrcat aurprins Tilton
fnltl. "Ent wl!st IL theso points ca,lot hu de-
had no hdYlce to Kiye."
| sttIs. 11tToH's LITTER rn rr. p1Onn..
Inc no" cnnp baek 20 se lett. Of Dcsomeer. A
III. I!ltoh,B houso. Tue tlext morning eftes
| breakfast, l wns in tho bark parlor with ttfY
lilton, when atr. Tlllnn can.e iu a,l ssl,
~ ,,s'z.nstl' We i'syo Just fifteen minutes 2 meet
my t3rat inttmation TINT Mrs. TiIaon mas to ac-
cp'l1banv him to Or. Storra'. hfrs. 1ilton AZ
rnrcntly shrank from the Interview. i'itysng her
position-ont Of dcticacy for Iior fcosngs-I sail.
something inesoah Of going II roraonf' ,fr.
1s!lon acrotcl, and afss. Tillou, so far as
c"nla Hce. Voluntarily won't lntn another room
ont OF my stgls. leaving Mr. Tton md myself
pai,'. "itow can oxproas i.7' Mr. Triton 70.
piled. "You can pnt It III this war;" euggeasing
tho opening sentence Of tho lottcs which las
now become familiar. Mrs. Tlton 1of. the room.
se sha ~a xos pe5hsp' s rdns ,s nteg When
la'tor In hor hand. Htao handed It TO
Mr: Ti!son, wLo read It and said "EIza-
both you have statea itsnitu exceeding dcIicacy;
Of Mr.. Ts!ton Of. receiving tho letter from Ills
Wifo. remnnbnr with abHolnto d;atnctncaa.
Tits account il in direct contradiction Of 1Iru,
Iilton's Htatetnent to Mr. lsoochors committee;
Which read wlth naton!ahnent; hut can do no
1esa tAan Htato Hl,at know to be tho truth. /
was prosout during Tho cntiro
INTERVIEW WITH III. sTonus.
When Mrs. TitHn'H statement WIS rpnd. DR..
SturrA Baid, "s1r. Triton, excuse me, bat i tlat
tiu "hnfo truth" &tE. Tilon replied tl,at It was
afsNcr NJ qaenttonH Mr.. Tilton reaa TO Ds.
Storrs and tnybelf part. hn a Vart ouly Ut Mr,
1'eecl1era "lottcr Of contriUon." rscollcct dis
tnctlv tie sentence. "shs In guiltlcss; sinned
FoAitivosy to us ts'aE I1eecher |!ad confessed
adultery to lin u',1 TO S1r. Moulton 10 connection
With ono OF Mr. Iowcn's charges. anu that Mr.
lsseacr at sl'o nano time named the woman,
wheh namo, however, Nh. T,lton did not Ills
dtAry, Mr. 1Ilton "lald his casu bcforo DR..
StorrH t!las H. as u,slql. Of IL llo was willing
to disclose: lie fortified h's narration with au
occasional lotteF or document When be tillieled
tn accnunt: rcculicct Or. Stosrs said to Alr.
Ti'to that it was lLs first duty to put thu facss
ntd documouts III Lis potscsslon In historical
form for bis own, protection. remember
Dr.. storfh used this expression, '.and II you
as*' aet tA s''1e s isas sss ssFs as ss sss
which led to T,lion.s employing hi,nsclf for
lilo following ton daYB In carrying out
Dr. storra' suggestion, Of Which Tho product na,
IN my diary. Dco. Is (CLristmas) tllis ontry:
Triton rcad mo Ills statsmout just CON-
pleted.''
THE HRwspApHu rno,Ecr,
Whnt was tho origin OF tlo newspaper scheme?
Ono day. ! th.nk II MAS carly iu Dscember,
Has IN Mr.. Bowota'a private ofIlce at tho H.
dependent rooms, and wo weto speaking Of
1'eccher nad 1llson, when Bowon m4ao tla
remark: "Ar. Carpenter, how would 1t do
for ne to take th.so. two men {BoecLor
Ss I a9 III H. 5ossn os usod uas sams nask se en
hg1ro Of speech as "se.Iny two n.eu drowning,
std. at tho risk Of Ills HE. plungtng io and bear
ing thom to = place Of safety" lie said mir.
neecer would return to tho Iadepe'ent II 10
tho suggestion strike youf" l told Dowen it
would bo bold movo. coup detat IN its way.
He replied that 1t might be q succeas, and io
addoa. "on tho othcr hand. It might einx
peFiment, and I mentioned tho suggestion
Mr. Bowen ,nado 10 Tiltou. Al iirst ho took Il
as q test. but when advocated tho plan In sober
easneht he peromptossly refused to have any
tAWt tN W H4k4 ally PAutGEt CQlHoGLl1X HIN
With air. Beechor. Then / suggested Dcuol,ss
replacing hLm on tho Blooklyn Union. To this
suggestion think Tilton made no reply. Mr.
Moulson entered earnestly iuto co-opcrasion
W. Tlth 1"'o mS to secure Iistona rs4so.ation to
Charloa Storra, II. y. Olailin, ard myself
met at DoNou'a houso OF, tho uyouing al
Dee a. 1879. Bowen suggested a, tHts time
buying The Btooklyn Eagle, aud putting Tllton
appeal in behalf Of Hilton "a could. an.i % DoSen Gu
tncn offered to make atock company Of tho
1srooklss1. Unton, and to tako $50, 1000 worth Of
tue stock, with the pusporc Of replacing Ii!ton
Not word WAS said during this interview about |
q new psper in Nav iora; With Mr.. Deeoher Tor |
editor: Nobody Lad thought Of sncll thing at |
TIC time q that meeting. It wes, q perfectly
friendly talk Of ~ hour. Tracy's attempt to
mako it appear that
cIAFL1S DENOUNCED r1LroH
az blackmAtos at that interview failed. On |
scei1ig Iraey'a odort to provo lhis (Which Judao
Nelson e1clided). saw alr. Bowen aud aaked |
I,lm II clat';n applod suoll = torn to Tiltou.
l'owop said ho mover heard Of Ctatln Beying /
such thing. "and certainly Claltn never used |
such Al expression In my proAeuce." CLarteY
stotrs tn his tentlmony, confoundcd meeting
e aloulton'H house two nveninga later, Dec. |
II. At hloultoa's, OH tho 24th, Claflin
uug not present, tho party consisting Of 3foul.
son, Bowen. chasles 5torra, aud, latcr fu tho
evening, myself. ! cannot hesp thinking i. yoFy
Of llIs toat!u.uny Aonsou'H prlucely oner to
boWcn on thsH occasnn, Dec. 81. Of si25,.
D00 for, \ hnlE Interest lii tue Brooklyn Cato,.,
for tho nufpuaa Of restoring 1ilton as caitor Of
.hat ! pspss. r.! bowen has often spoken With me
aid not want to hrng this fact out lii
siot1s' teessaony, Al Tracy wan aub.o-
9ucl,tfy one of tho purchasers Of thu I,ooklyn
I,sson Z. from powen; mud have boon told t.at