New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-04-06
NO CHARGE OF IMPROPER RELATIONS BE-
FORE JANUARY, 1871.

c. Well, at that interview and when that
letter-was anything said
Mr. Beach-Well he said that there was nothing said
Mr. Evarts contnuing-a your having told
about Mr. Tton having told any number OF persons, IL
or any other number Of your criminal relaonship-it Is
printed here; it should be "relations"-with NIB. Ill
toni A. There such conversation about crnihai
relation Mrs TtOn.
@. Was-at any time In any or these conVersauons'
from the ginning the period have now reached
say the end Of January 1S71-any mention maze III your
hearing by Mr. Moult0n Mr. Tilton that there were
any criminal relations, or ever had BEEN between you
and Mrs Tllt0nl A. No, mention and no implication
O. Wns any word "crime" in regard to your conduct
used by either of those gentlemen any one else IN your
presence A. No, none; no such term.
O. Now, did anything Of this kind occur at thls inter-
view or either these interviews at the end OF January
did Mr.. TiltOn say to you:
Ithcn said that after Mrs TiltOn had made ner con-
fesson TO me in July 1870 that had shortly ater 9it
Informed Oliver johnson and Mrs. Martha Bradshaw at
during the Summer had Informed no other person. Out
/ told him possibly II did know OF that fact'
Was there any conversation OF that knd that hau
ANYTHING to do with any criminal relations between you
and Mrs Tiltonl A. No. nothing.
O. Nothngi A. Nothing.
Q. No suggestoni
MI Beach-It to me- your Honor, that this Is In
admissible
Mr. Eyarts. fro the Witness. Now. was there any
thing
Mr. Bcach-One moment. 1t seems to me that that
question calls for the Judgment of the witness The ques
ton il whether anything OF that KIND was sa ha'l"s
ANYTHING to do with criminal relations. IL the ones
ton is whether anything OF that kind was sad that may
be proper but submit that it not proper TO call 1or
fine Judgment of the witness by asking what 1t related TO-
Mr. Evarts-The examination of the witness, Illton'
makes the confession apply to criminal relations
Dir. Beach-That follows from what was SAID
Mr.. Evarts-No.
Mr.. Beach-Yes.
Mr. Eyarts-The question Is whether that subject was
mentioned and have asked him about that, and ne
SAWS nothing was said of that kind about any criminal
relations.
Judge Neilson-You purpose, suppose, to coniine
Yourself TO the specific statements OF the other wit
nesses.
Mr. Evarts-Yes, Sir that is my point.
Mr. Bcach-That is very well, TO coninc himself to the
specific statement of the other witness, nut 10 ASK
whether that specific statement related to any criminal
relations il to ask for the conclusion OF the WneSs
without calling for what was said.
MI Eyars-I think not. The conversation opens ny
thc statement by Mr. TtOn that Mr. Mouton wanted to
know whether he told l. persons OF Mr. Beechers cr-
inal relations with Mrs. Tton, and Mr. Beecher says
that no such question that asked nor was tat
subject spoken Of Then there is considerable narrative
by Mr. Tton OF which there is no Importance at least
for any purpose that have in vcw except to show that
whether II occurred or not had to do with
criminal relations and asked Mr. Beecher, therefore,
whether at that conversation anything was sad ABOUT
any communications that had been made TO any other
persons concerning any criminal relations between Mr.
Beccher and Mrs. 1fltOnf
Mr.. Beach-That is not the question II 1t had been'
probably should not have objected to IL.
Mr.. Eyarts-Wcu that is perhaps my fault Now, Dir.
Beocher
The Witness-No, Sir, there was no such-whateyer 1t
may be- IA pause. Mr.. Evarts, your question was SO
long and it hung fire while the discussion was going
on that do know that my answer fits exactly to it,
Mr.. Beach-NO. but your former answer did, Mr..
Beecher You answered the question before got ON in
my objection.
Mr. Eyarts-Now were the names of Mr.. Oliver john
son and of Mrs Martha Bradshaw, persons to whom
ANYTHING had been communicated introduced at those
Conversations either of Them In the end OF January
A. I think not Sir if they were do not remember it,
Both of their names came in later, but do not recall
them rs being mentioned as early as this.
O. At either those conversations was there anything
said about Mr. Tton having said reported that You
preached to forty mistresses or any number OF mis-
resses in your churchi A. No, Sir not as late as the
last of January.
O. When did any conversation occur about thatf A. l
should think somewhere about during the rst TWO
weeks OF January went to Mr.. Moulton with state
ent that Mr. Tton had made that statement, that 1T
had been brought by credible authority; and this
was after things in train for harmonious adjust
ilent He denied it in behalf Of Mr.. Tlton.
O. Moulton didl A. Yes, Sir; subsequently he ex-
planned to me that he had Mr. Ton and that Mr.
1fton had reced the statement which he had made IN
the quarter it likely to do injury.
O. That is the conversation Oh that SUBJECT as you rec
ollect iti A. Yes, Sir.
O. Was anything said at these conversations, or either
OF Them In regard information given by Mr.. Titon
concerning relations between you and Mrs Tton TO her
mother, Mrs. Morse; you Informed at either OF
those conversations by Mrs Tlton-by Mr.. Titon-that
Mrs Tilton had informed her mother, MIS- Morsei A.
do not recall ii.
@. Was anything said about Mr. Joseph Richards Mrs.
Tltons brother having to him tTilton) and asked
him whether not he had noticed Mr. Beecher visits to
his house, and whether he quite that they were
altogether OF pastoral characterwas there any CONVEX
satlon of that characters A. Between me and whomi
O. And Mr.. Tiltonl A. No. Sir; no, Sir.
O. Was there anything said you by Mr. Tilton Of this
nature that Mrs Morse propagatng the statement
In this way, namely, that she was saying among her
family and relatives that Theodore made such and such
charges against Elizabeth and that her method OF de-
nouncng Mr. Tilton for making such charges very
fatal way OF propagatng the charges themselyesf A.
shall have to hear that again. Sir did not get exactly
the hang Of the question.
@ hequestion is whether IN this conversation, Mr..
Tllton said to you-- A. All these thingsi
O. Anything Of this kind. Whether he told you that
Mrs. Morse was propogating the story in this way,
namely that she saying among her family and rela
that Theodore made such and such charges against
Elizabeth, and that her method OF denouncng him THAT
Is Tlton for making such charges was very fatal way
OF propogatng the charges themselves that s that Mrs.
Morses denuncation Of him for making these charges
against his wife mode Of giving publicity to the
charges themselyesi A don't remember any such
versation. think 1t Is impossible for such statement
to be remembered, had 1t been made but do not
init tho n herr
that question came into conversation between us.
Various and divers the conversations in respect to
the luminosity that Mrs. Morse had against him, and
there may have fallen out incidentally, one thing or