Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-05-14
NUMBER 46.
The Scandal Trial.

| MRS. BRADSHAW RECALLED.
NKw YORK, May 5.-After the recess. to-
day. Mrs. Martha A. Bradshaw was recalled
and testified:
am acquainted with Bessie Turner, but
have not been in the habit of seeing her
since she left Mrs Tilton's. saw her in
December, 20, at Tiiton's and my own
house. The first was the 9th of December, |
20. She came Voluntarily. | made record |
| OF the day on which she visited me in my /
diary. l had conversation with her on
that occasion in which she told me that
rILroN CHARGED HIS WIFE WITH ADULTERY /
with Henry Ward Beecher. requested /
her not to tell any person about it.
Mrs. Bradshaw was not cross-examined /
and John Wood. who published the Wood /
hull L Claiin's Weekly. testified that the |
forms containing the scandal article were
taken from his Office, October Goth. 1872, /
and that prior to that date part of the arti-
Gle had been put in type to his knowledge, |
His cross-examination elected no new facts.
HENRY c. BOWEN WAS THEN CALLED
by Mr.. Fullerton, and his advent created a
stir in the room. He testified
| l became acquainted with Theodore Tilton
about lS or 20 years ago. and have known
| Mr.. Beecher 2S or 30 years. | remember 4
note | took from Tilton to Beecher on Mon
day, Dec. 90, 10. | delivered this note a.
the house of James Freeland met Mr.
Beecher there by appointment, and am pos
| tive delivered the note there about or )
| in the afternoon. | did not tell Mr.. Beecher
that | was ignorant of the contents of this
note. Mr.. Beecher did not say anything
| about discharging Tilton from the indepen-
dent. | do not remember that ANYTHING
was said about his retention on the BROOK
| L.. - .k. 7
editor or contributor to either of the papers
was said on that occasion. At Freeland's
house that night | presented the letter TO
Mr.. Beecher. He read and put it in his
pocket. | asked him what reply, ifany,
there was, and he said something like
"THE MAN Is CRAZY"
He asked my feelings toward him, and
said | was not unfriendly to him. told
him that | mad cancelled the engagement
with Tilton, and he said he could tell me
something about TiltOn's family which he
thought | ought to know. He asked me
to call at his house the next day and see
Mrs. Beecher. He said he had letters from
Mrs. TIlton at Ohio, which he desired me
to see as they contained statements OF
damaging character. did not know the
contents of the note | delivered that night.
but Nr. Beecher did not ask me if did.
did not say to him brought the letter from
Tilton, and did not know what was in it.
lie did not hand me the letter, nor dId
read it. | stated to him that IiltOn and
had some differences. and told him | had
cancelled his appointment a. editor Of the
Independent. | do not remember that be
spoke of the charges OF Bessie Turner
against TiltOn. | received 2 letter from
Mr.. Beecher early in January 1874, and
have it with me.
The witness here produced the letter and
handed it to fullerton. The draft OF this
letter was stated to be already in evidence.
Witness continued:
| remember the tripartite agreement and
payment Of the $1,000. There was no con-
nection between these two matters. was
always willing to arbitrate with Tllton. |
do not know that Beecher had any eOnnee-
;ion with the arbitration. | drew the check
on April Sd, -, and it was the date of the
following day, the Ith of April the arbi-
traitors sat at MoultOn', house. | was
present the whole time. | do not reeolleet
that anything was said about Mr.. Beeeher's
affairs there. There were written submis
sions of affairs between TiltOn and me. |
have got them with me now. They are
signed by Tilton and me.
Mr.. Fullerton obtained the document and
offered it in evidence. lie read the paper
I
StOrrs and Claaln. The witness continued:
The award was made the same evening
When | was present there was nothing said
about the burning of papers between
Beecher and Tilton. | drew the check that
night and gave 1t TO Illton. | went away /
with Storrs that night. / do not recolleet
when the other arbltratOrs went. The tri
partite agreement was executed IN u.
was waited upon BY Claln with it who
wished me to read and sign it. told him
| could not and should not DO it. He urged
me to sign it and still refused. lie asked
me if | made some alterations in it would |
sign it. lie left it and | made some changes
in the agreement and under the circum-
stances signed the paper.
Adjourned.
NEW YoRK, May 6.-The cr0ss-examina-
tion of Bowen was concluded and followed |
| by brief redirect examination. neither OF
which resulted in anything beyond the wit
ness reiterati0n of the main statements made |
on the direct examination. His testimony |
was most positive on all the points elected |
yesterday.
John Borden LOngh testified that ne had |
been employed by DelmonicO for about 40 |
years was employed in his place at - |
Broad street. Delmonieo had lower floor
until the eth of June, 1874, when he open
cd the upper floor. Before that there was
no means of communication between the /
two floors. Adjourned.
Another American has distinguished him
self abroad His name is IIoltum. and he |
has lately been attracting attention at the /
Folies Bergeres in Paris by having cannon |
ball fired at him and catching the ball in his |
hands. This prodigiOus feat was witnessed |
nightly, and although the actors present |
/ ,kas rf,t-
Veron, of the ''Morde Illustre,'' would not |
believe it. lie said that the cannon nall |
must be thrown TO llOltum from the stage. |
| The latter made bet of 5000 francs that he /
would perform the ieat under conditions |
which left no room to doubt, and when the |
bet was taken Veron designated Mabille as
| the place for the trial. All the journalists |
of Paris were invited, and they found 1oltum |
there before his cannon. 1t was examined |
with minute care, and the heavy ball was
passed from hand to hand. 81 am no long
er in my own house" said HOltum you |
are master here. and you must watch over
| all the arrangement" Having carefully /
aimed and lashed his cannon, it was charged. |
and Holtum took his place against plank |
target some ten yards away. This was to |
| show that the ball was solid, and the force |
| of the powder great enough to send 1t |
through the plank. liOltum got the aim of /
his gun, and then placed his head in a GER
tam position against the plank, giving the |
command to fire. The ball just grazed the /
hair and broke through the plank, rolling /
some twenty yards further on. The same /
ball was picked up by the journalists. who |
again charged the cannon and sent hOIEe the |
ball, and this TING HOltum caught the ball |
in his hands as neatly as he does nightly |
upon the stage. lie won his bet, and no |
one seemed disposed to accept his otfe- of
5000 francs to any one who would perform
the same astounding feat. The physical |
force required must be enormous, bat Holi |
tum showed his strength by tossing up can
non balls as if they were 50 many oranges.
The only precautions taken are very simple;
he wears very thick gloves, and covers his
breast with many thicknesses of thin paper
to form sort Of cuirass. This looks like
very dangerous feat, and particularly the
first part Of it. where Iloltum places his
head against the target half an inch below
where the ball will probably strike. If the
powder should chance to be defective, some
day there might be an accident, swapping
his head very neatly off.
The HONE FOR DESTITUTE CHILDREN
Recently the managers have enlarged the
building and incurred debt of nearly
SO, ,OOO With this enlargement the capac-
ity of the institution for doing good will
necessitate an Increased contribution from
the people of Vermont. There is no WORTH
er charity within our borders. Every
child that is shielded. nurtured and edu-
Gated there and then placed out in some
good family, is almost certain to become
q good man or woman, useful member
of society; on the other hand 1t Is safe
to say that large proportion of them
would, but for this means. only go to re-
crnit the criminal classes and atterward, |