The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-02-12
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The TiIton.B .echer Trial.


this morning, the BROOKLYN city court room
was as well filed as ever Mrs Tilton was
present, accompanied only by Mrs. Anna
Q. Field. The defendant and his wife were
both absent when order was called, hut
came In few minutes after the hour.
Tilton mounted the witness stand and after
a few preliminaries had been settled among
counsel, his cross-examnatlon was con-
tinued. have no copy of dra t of the tri-
partte agreement. Handed pamphlet. ]
do not know whether this is copy of the
original draft Of agreement. think that
the tripartitc covenant as put into my
hands for signature was in the handwriting
OF Samuel Wlkeson, and haye an i'm
preston the draft was read to me in Mr..
Moultons study in the presence OF Moul-
ton, Claflin, Wilkeson and myself | can
not say whether this was chance meet
ing, nor whether it occurred morning or
evening. | cannot say if the paper
shown me then was prepared for
my signature. My recollection is that
Clafin asked inc a day or 80 after that il
Bowen withdrew his charges in writing
against Beecher that | would not spread
sign the agreement | would sign it twenty
times over. | expressed my belief then
that Bowen would not sign the covenant.
picked up pen and made motion as if
signing the paper, and then stated that if
Bowen would attach his name to II would
sign 1t as often as they desired Witness
went on to explain that in more extended
examination of the agreement he saw a
paragraph he was asked TO sign, and as it
was not In terms he desired he refused to
attach his name to it unless it was modi-
| ned in some degree. Witness refused to
sign the document because Bowcns name
was not attached to the clause prepared for
him.
Til,on expressed his willingness TO sign
the triputate agreement, but did not signify
his intention. He said: do not remem-
Der any person saying, Don't sign first,
as Mr.. Bowen may sign il Mr. Moulton
may have said this, but do not remcm-
Der If he did; my impression is that Mr..
MOulton said he thought Mr.. Bowen would
not sign it, and Mr.. Clafln clenching his
hand said, Mr.. Bowen has got to sign it
the award given me was Mr.. Bowens
check for $1,000; Mr.. Moulton was there
then but do not think l handed over the
check TO him, but perhaps ! gave the check
a day or two after for deposit to Frank
Woodruff 1 have no draft of this proposed
change In my possession but Mr.. Wilkeson
has it was left in his possession do not
think composed the paragraph but took
portion from that of Mr. Wiaosons, and it
reads as inserted il cannot now re-
member who got the paper after 1t was
signed; think got the check from Mr..
Bowen ON the night of the signing of the
arbitration did not sign the arbitration
without getting the check, but obtained it
half an hour after my name was written to
it, though Mr.. Wilkeson said to the con-
trary before the investigating committee
| put in type the Bowen letter with COM
ments about the end of March, 1872 |
discussed it with Oliver johnson before it
was put in type showed the slips at this
time to Mr. Moulton, Mr.. Beecher and
my counsel, but do not remember
showing it to other persons. Mr.. Evarts
then read portions of the ''true story" and
asked the witness il he remembered the
parts read. The reply was generally that
he did not remember the phraseology as it
was so long ago, but he was of the opinion
that in substance this statement was the
same as read by the counsel. Mr.. Evarts
read the account o. the interview, in the
| statement, between Mr.. Bowen and the
witness, and in which the former had
| stated that the latter should demand Mr..
Beecher's retirement from the Plymouth
pulpit, and the editorship of the
Christian Union. The witness said
that he remembered something like this
and also recollected incorporating his de-
mand for Mr.. Beecher's retirement in his
''true story" One portion of statement
| read contained letter from Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton to friend of the Woodruff
publication, declaring the words put into
her mouth by Mrs. Woodruff were all
false The witness continued: | have
known Mr.. Jackson s. Schultz OF N. V,
for some time he was a subscriber to the
Golden Age. Never remember saying that
Mr. Beecher was responsible for my quar-
| rel with Mr.. Bowen, or that tie whole Ply
| mouth Church people were hypocrites and
that If / wished could blow their roof
| off. But remember Mr. Oliver johnson
| making latter statement. had an interview
with Mr.. Schultz in the last of 1871, in
company with Mr.. Woodruff, but never
used any such expressions; in converse
ton with Mr.. Schultz said my wife was
as pure as the driven snow-as an angel
l know Mr.. Southwick he was one of my
contributors to the Golden Age never
remember saying to him that knew Mrs.
| Woodruff to be as pure as an angel if
| did so must have been "chaffing."
The court here adjourned, Evarts an
nouncing that he would close the cross-ex-
| animation tomorrow morning