The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-09
The Beecher-TiItOn TriaI-COnfinued
Excitement

storm of last week. had no eject WHAT
ever upon the attendance; the court room
contained the usual throng, while outside
in the cold corridors another crowd
danced 20 keep themselves warm and
clamored for admittance. Mrs. Tllton,
Mrs. Field and two other ladies sat in
their usual places Mr.. Beecher and wife
were Immediately behind the counsel for
the defense and in front ofthe Plymouth
gathering When the court was opened
+ Mr.. Tiltun resumed the witness stand.
Mr.. Evarts stated that the counsel on
the other side had produced all the letters
they had called for, except one, which
would be read from the book. The
counsel then read letter written by Mr..
/ Tilton to his wife, on the llth Of Febru-
AIRY, 1850 Another written January 10,
/ 1863, referring to letter sent by her II
few days ago. in which she said she
could not live on the salary allowed her.
! He stated that this intelligence made him
/ sick and complained that no money had
/ zone into bank, and that the eXtravigancr
I i'm the dress of the children must be
/ curbcd. and the residence in Brooklyn
. sold and the cXpersc OF carrying it on
] checked A letter from Mrs. Tilton 10
I her husband, January @lst, 1865,
was read, declaring how sorry
,hc was that her harshness had
( driven him to the degree it had, and
/ ,tying herself the 'chief Of sinners.
/ She had not seen Mr. Beecher since he
/ CTilton) left, and she did not care about
( seeing him until he (Bccchcr) had bet
( ter opinion OF him. Another letter from
. Tilton To- his wife, December -, 1866,
declared that lately he had been cndcav-
orng to ascertain what were his earthly
ambitions t. struggle with, anl overcome
them, and that now he had been able 10
Law them aside. He liked BeeCher rs
well as ever he did, but he had ceased to
he his soul prop, and was not 81 dear
friend rs he formerly had been.
\ letter from Mrs. Tilton, dated March
&, 1861, prtiti"ncd her husband not to
make any more engagements away from
home. rs they could 1--we quietly at home
on the salary he could make III this city.
The next letter was dated August 2S,
1869. from Tilton to his wife, and con-
.r.scI that the last summer he had pass
ed had been the most wretchcd Ui his
life. He declared that in searching the
depths of his soul, he found that he loved
her more dearly than any other woman,
and wished that he were now worthy Of
her kindness and sclf-denial. The witness
then continued his cross-cXamlnatlon:
! did not make arrangements with any
New York paper to publish these letters,
but the TrtJ,me made such an appllca-
ton to me, which refused the editor OF
the Heraa made application for my
! sworn statement to DC published in It,
| columns, whicn | also refused; Oliver
I johnson is an old gentleman living IN
. New York. who used to be associated
/ with me on the independent, and after
| ward assisted Mr.. Bccchcr in the publca
ton of the Christian Union; my intimacy
/ with him began when was twrnty-onc
or twenty two years old, and continued
till placed him in the Christian Union:
| do not think ! would recognize him
now; when | first became acquainted
with him he was ctitor Of the anti
S!arcy'V Standard in New York; | think
he was associated with me in the editor
ship Of the independent about seven years;
/
chief of the paper; our business relations
out of the Office We're very great; hc
came occasionally TO visit ut my house,
hat WAS not liked by Mrs. Tilton on ac-
count of his religious tendencies; after
leaving the independent he edited the
Wcrh}y Tribuac under ii. Greeley; the
aggregate receipts in the rough from my
lccturing tour in one season averaged
about nine thousand dollars, from which
the expenses Of my family had to be de-
Quoted; | cannot now call to my mind
what the circulation of the Independent
was while was editor, but ii had largely
increased after | tool, charge; | do not
know what its circulation was whcE |
left. but Mr.. Bowen stated that 1t was
sent to l05O0 post offices throughout the
country; when ] went into the h'dcpend-
eni Mr.. Bowen told me its circulation
was about 1900
Regarding the stories told Bowen by
Bcccher concerning him, Titon testified
AS follows:
Odd he tell YOU what the stories
were? A.-No: he only told me there
were stories. and pressed him to know
what the stories were, but he wouldn't
tell me.
Odd he tell YOU what any of the
stories were? Ale told me that the
stories were coming down like an
avalanche. Mr.. Bowen Is given to meta
phors Laughter.
Q.-Thc nature? A.-Threatening to
sweep me away with stories Of immoral
ity, and stories of atrocities. He pictur-
ed the scene very wildly.
Ole did? A.-Ye>, sir, but he
would not tell me what they were or
who told him, and the substance of the
interview | had with him was this: "Mr.
Bowen | said, "brng here to me in
Your presence somebody who has any
thing against me, and let Us have it out
face to face. He said, "That is fair.
Then We went to another topic.
Q.-Now, was not enough said there TO
make you understand that the stories re-
lated 10 the immortality prohigacy with
women? A-The stories concerning
my relations with women, and my drink
ing, and my brutality and other things,
a terrible volume of them; all that went
to make Bowrn'S avalanche. He told
me ii came to him from all quarters of
the world all Of Il sudden.
-Q-Did he suggest in any way, or did
il come to be Il matter considered there
that if these stories were true You would
have to leave his employment A.-No
sir: he said that if these stories were true,
| ought not to live day longer, and
agreed with him in that sentence.
Q-Didn't you understand that the
reason for Your seeing Bowen, and your
triend thinking it proper for yoa 20 see
Bowen. was that the stories that had been
told To him concerning YOU, were such
that would not tolerate your continuing
in his employ? A.-No sir, it was not.
for Bowen had for fifteen years retailed .
Just such stories about Bcechcr, and had /
been his chief pew holder, and Beecher /
had been his chief writer, and n" such /
stories would affect him in Bowens en- (
ploy, whether as minister or editor.