The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-02-12
Afternoon Dispatches


walks this morning the Tlton-B eecher
trial in the Brooklyn city court room had
rs crowded attendance to-day rs on any
previous days. Mrs. Tilton and Mira.
Field were present early, but Mr.. Beeeher
and wife did not arrive until short
time after the proceedings began: A few
preliminaries having been settled by tho
counsel, Eyars continued The crOssrs1i
admission Of Filton, -f 80 y
The witness said; have no copy Of
the draft Of the tripartitc handed me, the
pamphlets do not know whether this Is 4
copy OF the original draft Of the argu.
ment, though it purports to be- | could
moi swear that It is the exact phraseology
OF the original draft; think that the
tripartite covenant % put into my hRndS
for my signature was In the hand writing
Of Wilkinson, and have IN Impression
that the draft was read to me in MOulton's
study in the presence Of Claim, Wilken-
son, MOulton and myself; could not say
whether this was chance meeting, nor
can / say il was in the morning or evening
II took place, | cannot say II the paper
shown me then was prepared Tor ny sig
nature ny recollection y that Cl9tiR
asked me d day or two after, that, II Bowen
withdrew his charges against BeecheF,
that would not spread them any more |;
| said that II Bowen signed the agree
ment would sign 1t twenty times over.
| expressed my belief then that Bowen
would not sign the covenant; lpicked up
u pen and made = motion With my hand
Us II signing o paper, and then stated that
II Bowen would attach his name to 1t
would sign It as often AZ they desired.
The witness wont on TO explain that in a
more extended examination Of the agree
ment he saw the paragraph no was asked
10 sign, and as II was not In tho terms he
desired he refused to attach his
name to 1t unless II was modified
in some degree. do mott reheatbeE
reading all Of the document, but |
road the paragraph relating to Bowen
when ! uttered this exclamation, The
witness continued, what prevented my
signing 1t then was because BOwen'S name
was not attached to tho clause proposed
for him. IexprOsSed my willingness to
sign II, but did not signify my intention
to do NO. Do not remember ahy person
saying don't sign 1t, M6ultQn may have
said this, hut do not remember II hedid,
My impression Is that MOulton said ho
thought Bowen would not Sign It, and
Clatlin, Clenchipg his hand, said Bowen
has got to sign Il; I do not know who
took away the paper iFtm Moultoni saw
tho paper when | was expected to sign II;
[ do not remember the day or hour, but
think | saw II in WilkinSon's office, In
what was then the North Pacific Railroad
office, and II lhen lay between usi | do
not remember II called for II; cannot
say whether IthCn perused or considered
the document; do not know whether 1t
was then In WilknsOn's office on that oc-
casion; do not remember tho date when
the draft came into my possession and
was made the subject OF my charge.
The award given 10 me was Bowen's
check for $1,000; MOultOn WIS there then,
but do not think handed the check To
him, perhaps | gaye tho check day u
two aiterwartl fofdeposit to RrAnk WOOD
run; | have no draft Of thia proposed
charge in my possession, but Wilkinson
has; Il was kept in his possession; | do not
think composed the paragraph, but took
a portion from that Of Wilkinson, and It
reads as inserted II; do not remember
that signed II at this interview, but |
remember that tho parties wore not to-
geher when they signedi | think, how.
ever, that Bowen signed II frat, did sec.
ond, and IlceChet last, signing over my
name; this paper was not executed In du.
plicate, but only one copy was signed
Wilkinson has several picSprepared for
publication; this signed copy was given q
| Horace i. Clafin; ] do not know u
any person WIS present when ! signed It.
| can not SAy II Wilkinson, Storrs, Clatlin
or Frceland were then present Possibly
MOulton may have been prcSUiit, but
do not remember the place OF, time al
which this paper sas signed. licap moi
now remember who got tho paper afteI
II WA signed. Il think / lot the check
from Bowen on the night Of The signing o.
the arbitrAtiOn.i I aid not dgn thetarbi
tration without getting the check, bu
got IL half an hOufj otter my name WA
written to II, though Wilkinson said tt
the contrary before tho investigating
committee.
Mr., Eyarts asked The counsel OH ii,
othOr side for tho production Of thu
"rruo Story" but the prosecution had
not brought Il into court, and promiscd
to do 80. .l y.'a.,g,H I H.,
After the recess the witness continued
nut IN type.the Bowen letLbrtwlth com
ments about the end Of March, 1872 I dis
cussetl It with Oliver johnson bOfOro |
was put In type; showed the slips ut thi
time 10 Moulion, BePcher, and my counsel
but do not remember allowing u to hh.
other person until after the Woodhul
publication IN November, 1872; ! BhOweC
Tito wilkinson before the tripartite agree
ment was proposed; in fact II formed I
part Of that covenant; / do not remembe
Of Ia being shown to him before arbitra
tion was agreed upon; do not know tn
time that arbitration was agreed upon;
had then a suit pending against Bowen \
one 81 these Courts; Mr.. Ward began Il II
nv absence; do not know whether II va
anil of mi. but Il was q supplemental,