Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-01-26
TILTON ~. BEECHER.
HoultOn Questioned a. 20 HIS Admis-
sions Of eecher,s Parity. Etc.

beeSher trlal closed yesterday, houlton was
further croSs-examined by General Tracy
Witness said: heard the most part Of
TILTONS TRUE STORY
read. III was prepared In the latter part Or
December, 1872; / do not remember m tha
story was presented as an answer 10 the
Woodhull charges; this statement Was not
published.
Counsel for the defence called for This
paper, which they said was iu the hands OF
the prosecution. but ex-Judge Fullerton Sail
ii was not in their hands, il having been de
strOyed.
Witness continued: I remember that por-
tion Of il only which bore on the relations of
Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton; do not think
the statement contains the letter OF cOntrl-
tion, but il may have contained a portion Of
il; 10 not know IL this was introduced "a a
portion of the charge Of Mrs. TIltoa against
Mr.. Beecher; do not remember If Mr.. TltOn
| in that statement eulOgiZet his wife for the
delicate manner in which she had resisted
the advances Of her pastor, TitOn seemed al
ways willing 10 make "a statement which
should
PROTECT HIS WIFE
from the charge of adultery; | remember the
publication of Tiltons letter 20 his com
| planning FRIEND" this was published without
my knowledge; l do not know that this
brought ON an emergency in the case; IL was
the subject of an interview between Beechcr
and my self, but 1 do not remember that he
said he felt called upon 10 deny the charges
| in this letter.
| citing the charges preferred by the latter
| against Beecher, was shown to witness. who
continued Il do not remember reading this.
but may have been told of il; do not know
how the press got hold of this letter, and /
had nothing 10 do with the furnishing of IL 10
| the papers; | asked TiltOn how il came 10
be published. and he said he did not know.
| This publication brought on another emer-
gency, and
| CAUSED GREAT EXCITEMENT;
| think saw BeecheT about il; / think this
| was published on April 10Th, and Beecher
| gave me the $1,000 for the use OF TIltOn on
! May ID; do not remember how soon IL was
| aTter the publication of this article that
had a talk with Beecher about money; had
| several interviews with him about money,
| but think the last one was Immediately be
| fore i received il; | never recOliect hearing
| Beecher say that IiltOn was talking about
| him; never heard a rumOr that TiltOn was
| talking about Beecher. Witness was shown
| a letter which recalled To his mind on one
| occasion OF hearing of the rumOrS against
| Beecher; he did not remember Of hearing il
! on any other occasion. Another letter was
| shown witness. which he recognized as his
| answer 10 "A letter from Beecher on Sunday
| morning, June l, 1885, some OF the words were
| underscored, which the witness thought was
not done by him; the letter was read, telling
| Beecher that he could stand II the 80 whole
| case were published tomorrow
The witness continued:
| THE TRIPARTITE TREATY
| was published prior to the writing OF the let
| ter ON the 30th of May. On the I'd Of June,
| Bcecher published a card eXculpating TiltOn
| from being the author of BOwen's charges.
| This card was agreed tOAn my study on the
| day afternoon previous that TiltOn was about
| to publish his card, and on Monday learned
he was not going 10 publish IL. This was
| after BeeCher had announced his intention of
| reSigning, and TiltOn had been told of his de-
| termination. That card was not published.
The draft o. the card published June was
| prepared by Tilt0n, but was altered some
| what before publication. The card dated
| June Is was drawn up in DelmOnicO's, in
| Chambers street, when Tllton, Mr.. Carpen-
ter and myself were present. dictated this
| letter.
After recess, Moulton resumed his place on
| the witness stand. He was handed letter
| by Tracy. He said 1 saw this letter in the
latter part of December, 1872, after the publi-
cation of the letter 10 1.-The complaining
friend;' / think it was left with me by Mr.
| Tilton.
The letter was read by Mr.. Shearman, and
was written
TO MoULToN BY MRS. TILToN,
declaring that she was innocent of the inn
| pure crime imputed TO her, and acknowledg-
| ng her faith in her husband not making
these charges against her The letter was Of
| cred in evidence.
| Fx-Judge Fullerton rose to correct a mis-
axe, which he said he made during the
| morning session, when he stated that the
| true story as itwas called, had been burnt.
| He desired now TO say that there were some
| fragments of ii left.
| General Tracy asked the counsel for the
| prosecution for the original COPY OF Mr.. Moul-
| tons statement, which caused some delay,
| during which the witness continued: die
| tated it TO TiltOn, and copied il from what
| TiltOn had written.
! Tie long report. which was drawn up bv
| TiltOn for the investigating committee. was
! they read by Mr.. SheaTman. which the wit
ness said was drawn up at his home. when
! TiltOn, General Tracy and himself were
| present.
Witness continued: / went down 10 the door
| with Tilton and told him To get recOlCilet
| with his wife. This report was submitted To
| me next morning or the morning after that;
! Tilton and his wife / understood then re-
| manned together until she left him and went
Nl-=fN Ilgf1a nnr TOM
/ were published after Beechers statements. /
/ think the draft of the first one was prepared
! before Beecher's was published; ] do not re-
! collect having expressed violent hostility to
! Beecher after the publication Of his state
| ment; | may have expressed hostility ViO-
| lently toward him; l never threatened him
| i'm the presence of Wallace Caldwell or Au-
! gustus StOrrs within the past three months /
may have expressed myself in terms of
HATRED TOWARD BEECHER
! TO United States District Attorney Tenney; /
DO not remember calling Beecher liar "a
/ cheat and "A libertine; dOnOt remember say
I ing that would crush Mr. Beecher or drive
| him out of Brooklyn; / may have SAID that
! he ought TO be driven out, but If so i DO not
| recollect il; / may have told VIM. A. Barber
| that Beecher is a perjurer and libertine. as
he is; / never threatened any persons who
! should appear against me on this trial. do
| not remember telling State Senator Jacobs
! that if there was any investigation Mr..
| Beecher would come out all right, nor do
| remember saying that when the whole Truth
| nOcent man; remember having a CONVERSE
| tiOn with Mr.. Archibald Baxter after the
| publication of the Woodruff charges, in
| which, after being pressed by him, told him
| i thought the stories were untrue, and that
| Mr.. Beecher was pure man; had another
| interview with Baxter, i'm which L told him
! that Beecher was not guilty of these charges,
| and gave Mr.. Baxter very high opinion
| of him; | think gave him an idea that Mr..
| Beecher had not broken the 7th Command
/ ment; / know Edward A. Bidden; is a men,
/ ber of the Produce exchange; / spoke with
| him on the subject of the Woodruff charges:
| may have said the story was untrue, but don't
| remember saying that there was not a word
of truth in ii; know Mr.. Drake, who is also
/ a member of the Produce Exchange, but do
| not recollect telling him that these charges
were q id mass of old women's stories. /
| had a conversation with him, but do not
remember what / said TO him. know VIM.
4 b. Barber, also a member OF the Produce
Exchange; had a conversation with him,
| but never said, "Mr Beecher is as pure
man as ever lived" i had a conversation
| with Reuben N. Ropes about the charges; /
gave him the impression that Mr.. Beecher
| was pure of these charges. i know Henry j.
Studley, but do not remember telling him IL
was id slander against Mr.. Beecher;
never remember having any talk with him
on the subject. / never remember talking
with Chas. HI. Caldwell on the Woodruff
| scandal, after its publication. 1 know As
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