The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

the Independent, q. thew would put u
new face on the matter. He said that he
could not hOrorably do so, and iDtimated To
me that be would probably leave tBem
with Harmon. The latter was warm in his
views that Tilton was wronged. suggested
to Tilton TO GO to Harmon's, and he went.
Harmon was not there. Tilton left the
papers with note, and came away. Tilton
and / also talked about the Woodruff
women and the efforts made TO keep them
in good behavior. L went to Mr.. Harmon's
that evening and he loaned ne the papers
on condition that l should not keep them
longer than few days and either return
them to him or Tilton. The court here ad-
journed.
HIS ABUSE OF HIS GOOD PARTNER.
HE INTIMATED THAT HER ENGLISH WAS BAD
INVITED WOMEN sUFFRAGIsTs TO HIS
HoUsE-AND OLIVER JOHNSON SAYS WAS
EVEN MORE wICKED-M'KELvEYC CONCLUDES
Miss OAKLEY TESTIFIEs-A LETTER TO
FLORENCE.
NEW YORK, March 10.-About thirty wo-
men occupied seats in the courtroom this
morning when the Tilton- Beecher proceed
ings opened. Bessie Turner sat side-by-side
with Mrs. Tilton, Mrs. Field and Mrs. Shear
man. The principals were also present. Mr..
McKelvey resumed the stand, continued his
direct examination and testified: Mr.. Til
! which his tBowen's) charges against Beecher
were recounted he was willing to come to
terms with Iilton. Tilton brought these
charges into his allegory, saying that this
young man had an employer who
exhibited animosity against this other
man and made statements about him. lie
told this young man not to repeat these
stories, and the young man said he would
use them if be saw fit. This was the cause
of his (Mr. Tilton's) leaving the Brooklyn
Union and the Independent. The reason l
called on Mr.. Tilton was because l wanted
some information about the story. Alter
got the papers from Mr.. Harmon took them
TO the Eagle office, and read portions of
them. / showed them TO another gentleman
who took them down in short hand. This
gentleman's name is Mclean. lie was then
on the staff, but is now managing editor.
1 then folded these papers carefully up, and
lett them in the Eagle Office subject TO the
call of Mr.. Harmon. Cross-ex
amined by Mr.. Fullerton: called
on Mr.. Beecher after the publication
of the Woodruff scandal. 1 found Beecher
at his house, and we went together to the
Eagle office, where he remained about
fifteen minutes. Beecher conferred with
Kinsells, the owner OF the paper, in my
presence. Beecher and then went to the
Office of MoultoD, where he conferred with
! him partly in private and partly Ia my pre-
sence. MOulton was sitting st desk with
a
entrance, and they spoke together. was
at the other end of the room. Beecher,
Moulton and L then went out. l crossed
on the Fulton ferryboat, and believe
the others went over in the Wall street
ferry, but l was waiting tor something
to TO-, turn up. Qaughterl,. but nothing ttGg
l do not know OF any other occasion on
which Beecber visited Kinsella. The charges
of Bowen against Beecher were first pub
liShed in the Brooklyn Sunday Piess and
afterwards copied into the Eagle, but
ton: Mr.. McDermott was then editor of the
Sunday Press, but he was not TO my knowl-
edge one of the staff of the Eagle.
OLIVER JOHNSTON WAS THE NEXT WITNESS
called. He testified in answer to Tracy:
reside in New York, and am journalist.
have been one for 40 years. 1 formerly
knew Theodore Tiltip, and have for about
p years. l have known Henry G. Bowen
| for nearly the same time. L have known
| Henry Ward Beecher since he was first
settled in Brooklyn. When L first became
| acquainted with Iilton 1 was on the Anti
| Slavery Standard. In 1865 L went on the
Independent, and for two years 1 was editor
of the Weekly Tribune. After that L was
| on the Christian Union. When L was on
/ the Independent Tilton was editor-in
chief and l was managing editor OF the
paper. Bowen was then the proprietor
| of the paper. 1t was at TiIton's earnest
solicitation that | got the situation on the
Independent. My intimate acquaintance
| ship with Tilton ended in 1877. In either
| 1871 or 1872 met Wilkinson in Broadway.
knew him as a stakeholder in the Chris
tian Union. There was a conversation be-
tween Us in relation to going on that paper.
In November, 1872, had an interview with
Beecher, the result of which was my engage
ment on the Christian Union, as editor of
that paper. During my intimacy with Til
ton he said that he regarded me as one of
his best friends. In 1870 Til;on came to me
with a letter from Bowen giving
of six months Tilton's contract
as editor of the Independent would cease.
| He said TO me that he would have a better
contract out of Bowen than the one he
held. He proposed TO resign there and make
| a fresh contract with Bowen. Tilton in
| formed me afterward that Bowen had made
a contract with him on tho Independent
either for 81 900 week or Sl0O an article.
| He had also, 1ilton said. given him a con-
tract with the Brookly Union. saw Bowen,
| had conversation with him and then went
to Tilton and told him that Bowen wished
to see him. told him Bowen had shown
me letter from lady charging him with
| AN ASSAULT UPON HER CHASTITY,
and he had also shown me a letter from
winsted, Connecticut. charging him with
improprieties at The hotel there, and that
Mr.. Bowen said that these were not all the
| charges against Tilton which he had heard.
| Tilton said that these charges were false
and told me the name or the lady who
wrote the letter. 1t was the same name as
Mr.. Bowen had told me. Mr.. Tilton said in
regard to this lady that he haa been In bed
with her. Tilton told me that the Winsted
story was susceptible of change, that Miss
LOVelOV had accompanied him to WiDSted DV
the particular desire of his wife. When he
was going on the lecturing tour, he said, to
avoid being detained by a fog in the river
when starting in the morning for Connecti-
cut, they went to New York the night before
and took lodgings at the Dennis Hotel.
had conversation with Tilton in the Golden
Age Office in September, 1871 about his ac
qusintanee with the Woodruff woman. /
talked sharply with him and rebuked him
for being acquainted with her and publish