, 1875-02-11


quoquo line Of argument has been aAked. per-
liaps with success. but slorn aud simple nega:ion
hss been, 30 far "a wiser men than my
ssf cen sss b'3nHG, 9.G sysd'a .s" E1s1
~ much disappointment AZ they fell wien
Monlton stopped dosn from t1e wtnesB-chNr
nnd left Tracy proaIste. Two otb1r cares Of
alleged clerical debsuuc'cry hare tust broken out
Michael Hickey by nnme, won't Into rotrea.
y eek ago from gross immortality, and now to-day |
It in reported that the Isov. Neyin Woodaide,
Presbyterian minister, has Ged from tbs city to |
ESCAPE tic consequences of seduction and
charge Of bnstardv DoGroR SyNTAx.
to he Assoetat<d P,t...l
TUE AFTERNOON TEa1IMosT. |
NEW YoRK, Feb. lo.-After tue recesh, Ti!tons
croHs-e1amination w8B reBuned by 1lr. Evaft-. |
Witness aatd: do not remember any Charge |
being uadc sgaitat mo in All interview between !
Bowen and myself, when Oliver Johnson waa |
present. about what occurred at Nosthport. |
Minn. I was thero lectuEing six or ssgen yeArn |
ago. and l uorer remember any charEoa being |
made about my conduct whilo there. remember |
wlen Mr. 1seechcr mot me at tho house
of Ny. Mou'sop, whon be (Mouiton) wss lick,
After any period Of enlargement, Mr. Beecher |
ard occasonnlly ealuted ono another With q
kiss. and Il waa noticeable event wIoa 1t hap
poned. do not know when tho nan,o Of The
Of Jan. /, 1871. Dir. Dsecher always character
lied it AZ "my letter to Mr.. Moulton," and
in my latter to Dr. Bacon / called
It. ,o tue lsttsr @ of spo:ogy; do /, :, not
oent in lin BACON lot.or. md tLen Il was called
he apology, When portion Of tue letter sRs
published in tho Bacon document, the ncwspa-
pcrs genorAlly characterized it a. the letter Of
Handwriting Of Mr.. Deecner. remember ro-
cesing tla, and showing 1t to my wife. ! got
it from Sir. AfouIton. Tho only recollection I
have about tuo time of It'll heing written WAS that
hr. Eyarte read the letter written to Mrs, Til
ton by 3lr. Doecner, telling her that 10 Was Elsd
that Theodore had seen tbs dangerous pit witch
W. onsnnd before tlom. Mr. Hsscbnr e1n.essed
her
Witness resumed: Tits letter referred to the
publication ii Tie Woodruff scandal, Aftcr sho
WoodLull publication. Mr. Hallay, Mr. Dell,
and nreclf had an interview, g1y acauhintanco
with Halliday before this waH VERY slight. l do
not remember nayjog to Hulidsy whom |
ca1no III that i came 70 zee hin, or
tint was sent by Moulton in relation 10 tho
Wnodhull publication, do not remember ad-
t3ycsBlpg sir, Bell a George, and saying !" do
not co,H / do not remember saving that the.o
was not 4 particle Of truth in The Woodruff
story though NAV have said it. l do not ra-
member disclaiming its publication or saying
TINT was awar ia tho West campaigning When
the a.ory WAS published. 10 not remember Bay
lnc nv wife was as puTs AZ tho light, but 1 said
i" You would not believe, but ask Mr.. Beechcr,
NN(t lG 1fkll tell YOU EhQ ID al HQfG M EQl4. In
December, 1s72 tero was in existence paper
CHILLED !" The True Sorry" written he me about
tl,e ond of that mouth. Tie trlpar.ite covenant
mas not pubilBhed in ~ Tho True Story, but my
was there Ii was never made complete
by inserting in it tho tripariits agroc~
mcrt, Tlo story was never In
manuscript in the complete form in which 1t was
published. It would i'll two or three culumna
Of u newspaper. aud would ia pamphlet form be
ot,a u &{tn t{jrkunss or thn hand hp copv nf
% tls WA ' eynr % ,nado M by mo or with nv k,,ov.
edge. Thia paper to tue bost OF my huowlcdgo,
waa destroyed, think by Mrs. Tllton, hut not
since last saw this paper iu e1istonco-1 think
about tho sprinR OF 1873, / tonk this paper To
several persons, and left it with them for pesus-
| a. blloweu It to alr. George A. Ball. William
e. De Witt. ,ana. th'uk. to hlr. DanAlsy. !
remember tho names Of any other persona nov,
but showed i. to acycral other parties. did
not shnu it to Air. Goodrldge or Dr.. storrs. I
faomed the - spa ssossne' Of this paper in
alr. EyaslB obtec:cd to this iast ansrcr and
asked the Court to strike it out.
iir. beach arsut,l that it ghould bo allowed to
H9sss se .se a;ss sssssas as it was given
Is .So sst csar 1a'"' was ordered to be struck out
| Tie situcss continued: did not Show this
paper to a1r, Page, tho artist, but showed it to
| 41+E f. II Il.
| bsr II / showed It to Mr. Moulton. but it
| uaq left in bis posseraton. / did not show it to
Janea 4. Mir, but think showed T. b. Car
penter tho original maul,script. l did not sLow
| It to atr. Ro,Ipatl. l nelther showed it to or
| left it with Thomas kinsslIa, nor do remember
Showing Il to Thomas c. Cjarke, did not show
! it to AID. Whitney. but did lot him Bee Deeeh-
or's letter Of contrltiou. I showed the previous
or earlier draft OF tie paper, tho mat
ter Of which was tho samo ~ contained
in tho pamphlet, 10 DR.. storrs, and
| read linn the Hholo Of It. This wks about thu
3oth @ Of II december. @ 1S7a thipk, do % not 70. re.
| member showing the f,afk to M,, Page tho
nrtiyt or Nlr. C6arlca Btorrs I showed eono
loose ehecty Of til. draft to stix. but / did not
leave any OF them with him. As soon ~ made
. complete cory Of lie draft, It went iuto Tue
| waste bAskat' 1 do rot know OF any COW Of
| tLat papcr now in existence. Rad
tie completed paper to lii. Tracy ID
MouIton'u atudy, I think between Christmas
and Now Years, or littio lutcr, did not show
Kim snytbina ',ut the eomnssea nsssr. Vixen
va had the interyiow toaathsr in Eoyemhor I
did :,ot nI,ow him the dra9t Of tla pantr. Tor il
was not Tim +, axistoncr hit WonItnn .hoxc,i