, 1875-03-10
NUMBER 100.

9TH her husband that, soruo time altar, taking
malk ~ w!sh hef chdren' and returning, tho lady
fnind iho gentleman Ia tho par!or, Go having
renewed these proposals and was rejected NTH
great deal Of cnorgy aud ecora ttas after that
tnc 'aa3 thought = i.c1mesnt upon her 70 tell
husband appointed with friend 40 interview 10
be held betwcon hInBeIf autl this person q: tha
lionae Of that ffiohd; that at that Interview, be
charged him VIII, this eriuc OF improper pro-
,'o,ala aud that tue man ageInst whom tho accs1-
sattons were matlo broke out, a.ying: "Yon arc
all crazyl" Tor words to that effect do not re-
member exactly the phrase Ti!.on use.l); that
tito younger man and i:ie friend talked the mat
Ter over until late at night; aud That. when hs
returned home. he found TINT, during lis ab-
scnco. tho older person Ind boen thcrs
and cocrced out OF ha wife. who vas
sue had 1nado to hor husband; TINT, learning
tli. tho younger man consulted With bis friend,
who wont to tho other aud compelled him. br
atsanlent only. 70 return tile resractioo, with
which lle ca,ne to tho lady and hsr husband.
think that was iii That VAS sail in an nllcgor3cal
lurm,
Ito lie Assseinttd F4ess.1
THE eMowp.
Court room was comfortably filled this Inorniug
wielI Judge Nelson took Ills scat to contlnra
tho ecsndal trial. ar: Beecber and hla wife
we're absent, but a!rH. Titon wan present for tie
frat time sinco tho opening Of tito de{cnso.
Jenrcsst the eck juror, was early in his place.
1EArtMoNT OF DEonnE ". LINCOLN.
Mr.. Hill, Of tbe defcnse, called Georgo@W.
1fo "'e1s m 5 "Io 4,s 5notol y' Il; IN n
Ueur1sley 11ouse, At Ninsted, Conn.,, and rc-
Hae.us,es Ttltou'a coming thato on lectVriuE
tuur. Ilo asked me- for Two rooms aAjo!ning
Gun another. which were givnn him. / won't to
'Ttlton's room aud rnppcd. VIA turning away,
vl,o,, the door opanod, aud ! aav 1ilton with his
cont. hat ard boota OF. Tho young lady wan
lying in bet. and appeared to DO about p years
Of sge. When At tho dinneE-taa'e tho ,conincs
Of Triton ard t!,e lady appeared to be <ery
familiar.
{Mr, and Mrs. Rcccher here caraa into tho
courtroom and took soats ID front Of tho Ply
mouth EatAerinE.j
Witness cross-oxamtned by judge Fullerton:
This was in December, 1860. bir. Triton threw
tho door Of the room xido open, and there Was
no apparent effort At c0ncealmcnt on the part nf
either. attended Tilton'a lecture, and 80 did
my wife.
In reply to = juror the witness saia: wensso
Tilton's room about an hour after dinner.
TESTIMONY OF ALnEnT r. MOTION.
Tho next witness was Albert T. Norton, who
contractor III Winescd. Conn.,, and liyod At tao
1,oardaloy House In December, 1863. In passing
Tilton's room on tho morning nfter his lecture l
saw lady partly droauod in it. This lady attond-
Cd the lecture With Tilton. l did not SEQ my
book in the room: [Cross-examsncd1 havG
never bsd any legal controversy, or boon charged
with any violation OF law. neTer compromised
ANY legal claim against me.
SAMUEL E. nELrnER.
Samuel Z, Rolc1icr, the witneaa who followed
testified: Ihuyo lived at No. 10 H0rth Oxford
| street aince 1860. aud had rcnidea in Dsooklyn
! for ortwepty.threo years. | am President Of ths
JctIerson Fire Insurance Company, aud wss for
mcyly its Secretary. have been : member Of
Plymouth Church since 1853 g., and have known
Tilton abont twenty years Wo lived in adtnin.
ing houses for two or throe years. hlr. 1ilton
asked mo to sct a. arbitrator in tho Dowon dill
Guilty. but declined. offered to serEe him In
tnat wsy II 10 coull get no othcr person. mot
1ilton on Fnlton ferry-boat after the publica-
lion Of the Wouhui scandal. and spoke to
him about it.. He replied to INC thcre was moth.
ing in it. We then walked up to Myrtle and
Fulton avenues. We had friendly conyeraa-
ton oD tho way about tho election. Before ]
loft him aad ho ought to know what
his best friends said nbout him: and told him
il Ao had mark Of manhood in him
ho hl,nu!d not allow his wifo to lilo under
the charges mado agpnst her in t1at PAPER. Ho
asked usa to aceouIa,s him to his house, Which
did. When got there lse produced roll OF
papers, which l.u showed nc, and he mid that.
unlees . settlement was nlado for htg bsokeu
contracts, this wpuld be published. 11o read =
portion to me- but do not reinen,hor TO what 1t
related. rocotect = letter from Tilton to How
on. borrower. In it Tilson told mo that tho pa
whfh 1s n yp W. zen, . MoTen Ws
the matter would bc put III type. LIE then resd
to mo vhat puspofted 10 bo
nEIkAcr1oN rnoM nowES.
hit do not reWornler its huhAsaslco, recol-
charges aga,nst Dcechor.. afr. T'lton showed
mo Writings which ret forth thar Isocos in Ill
ton's absonce, had solicited his Crtosls) wi'e to
become to him ali that wife should DO. I asked
"So, 1t wan copy" i asked hin, how bis wife
treated Bsccl,er's propositions, aud ho said thai
Bhn repealed Them. Iio said he charged bceche.
with this act. and Beeches sail 1t was false. AID
u. ,I+ak hH y
had slippcd out, aud WHOM lte Crllton) got home
l.o found Doecher Ind obtained retraction OF
tho story. These papers, we're not ~
ny a3y,ms hs h: sf %r ton Tto rs.a to ao"sa no wh.t 81,
peared TO 10 Mrs. Ttons retraction Eivon to
teechet. He stated that notwithstanding tho
giving of tho rotractlon TO Deecher, Ills wife re-
tractod tho retractlon, and TINT Deechcr had con.
fesacd aud apologizod. undorstood ,t. Monl.
ton was to rctnin possession Of tho lestoss of ro-
traction tnl apology. I 1ecollcct herring T!!tou
say TINT atoulton aud himself Thought Decchcl
hal actod worry mesnly In obtaining this !ossor Of
retractlon. asked Triton what tori of women
Woodruff and Ciahn were, and he hi'oke we'll of
them, aud did not SOY. anything against theln'
told 1ison many pcorlo Thought
and ho replied that ''peoplel could 400 Ia tho
paper that s!so was the party who first told mo-"
asked Him It uocchsr 0ycr had sex'lnl Inter.
liitod hand, mo! hy vito is pure IA I'LL ansol
from leayenP'
C'ross-e1amined by Jnd9e Fullerton: This was
jus. about two or ttrso weeks after tho publica-
ton Of Iii. Woodhul scsndaa, and tue lrst inter.
WOW hau with Him Aftor the election. lie did
nut 1eat all tho story 10 me. but only paragraphs
Of it. 10 not remember II It waa called tho
4'lsue Story" went With Ii!eon, at hta ow.l
request, to hear lib charge against I'cocher Tue
frat part he road to mo was, th!uk, Erintetl
matter, aud q portion OF It was ~
manuscript, do not know II the
printed matter preceded tho manuscript.
DO not think thsro waA any connection
batmsen The printed matter and tho msnusotipt.
lIe read from manuscript What purpnrted to DO
q lotter from Mrs, 1llton 10 him. lie did not
read 10 ne letter from Hrs. Stanton tn Mrs.
Dana. nor msa anything s.sd anoa. thssp y. ietters;
tho F1ue Htory," bus tho w!taess could nat re.
nleabor any portion Of it,. lie continued. /
| .a.sia -. snntnnra ndlfn nf What Cfttnn raaI ia