Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-09
TILTON'S CROSS-ENAwINATI
What was Elected Yesterday After

,, After our telegraPhic report of the Tilton-
Beecher trial closed yesterday, Mr.. Tilton
testified as follows concerning his salary on
the Brooklyn Union and Independent:
AN EDITORS PAY.
My salary at various times in the Indc-
PENDENT office varied from 500 a year 10
- eco a year. and was advanced BY success
sINe steps to the latter sum; from l>,9 il was
fixed at = Geo: before that IL was 5000 and :
Per cent. of profits; in December, 1>IO, ] absn-
dcned lecturing and took charge Of the
BroO6lyn Union, at which time was also
Tor few months. editor OF the Independent:
my salary on the BROOKLYN Union was SInO a
week, think: in January, 1871. i do not be-
lcNe that any Ofmy property brought me an
tmolulnent, except some money had out al
deposit. my house at that time was worth
about SlI.iO0. and there was a mortgage Of
$40; / was offered for my share i'm The Tri-
bGNe ~ln,3oo; my property in Llewellyn Park
vas valued at $1,000 then. and rlgprr was
] OF any mortgage on il. Ieudeavored to gpt
Mr.. MoultOn to purchase it, but he preferred
10 ltnu me money. never remember being
offered $500 for II. There is also q lot OF
mine in Prospect Park. unless somebody has
run OF with ii. Laughter i understand
SheaTman was making inquiries about il
the other day. Increased laugbtcrl Mr.
Bowen, in or about November, 1870. told me
that for various reasons he wanted 10 be
come chief editor of the Independent. / re
solved mat would be no longer on the IA
Per. Bowen gave me notice in December
mat he wanted TO conduct his own papcr six
months heEce. L signed a contract with
Bowen TO become editor Of the RrOoklyD
Union for five years. and also signed anofb-
er contract with him LO be a special contrib
utor 10 the Independent. at a salary of S5.rl0
year Ny salary on the Union was the
same, with an additional ten per cent. Of
profits. These contracts remained unbrokeu
until the 3lst Of fDecomber.
THOSE STORIES ABOUT TILTON
BoWen said that stories Were circulating
ABOUT me and threatening TO sweep me away
IKE an Observation-Disclosures OF my immortality,
Ile Iil3Si Sald, which came from all parts OF the
world; he said il they were true | should not
i've day longer. and i agreed with him: I
never heard these stories about my cpuupc-
tons with women until Bowen told me Twas
threatened with an ayalanCne; there wa, a
small newspaper published i'm New York
WLlcn came out al this time with a story
that was going To el"pe with lady 10 Eu-
Iole, tEcre had been before this story pub
HShed that / was living with woman who
was not my wife during my political cam
lalgn our west; the relation of these stories
10 me by Bowen was quite a surprise and as
tnhl>hInCnt To me. Bowen said ne noticea
that dId not attend Plymouth church With
great regularity. aud ] told him never in
Itiiutu 10 put nay foot IN lHe church again.
Bowen was very solicitors to know what WAS
BEECHERS INTIMACY WITH MRS TILTON.
BoWen SAID Beecher should not be in
Plymouth Church, but should be driven ont
ana suggested that / should bring the arcu-
Satlon against him, and he would subStal-
tlate them. y draft of the letter OF accuSa-
ton was prepared by me and taken to Bowen
WIN the envelope open. THE letter was read
by Mr. ETartS calling On Beecher TO resign
the paStorShip of his church for reasons
hiCNl., Iit leIltG DellS signed Theodore Til
toni Bowen threatened that if told Beechcr
or any person of his (BOWen'S) accusations
against him that / would never cross the
the threshold of his Office or house, and | re-
phed | should tell any person. Irrespective OF
h orany other mans threats. IeXpe cte,l that
thlS letter would cause BeeCheTS leaving his
chITch and this city, as Bowen said these
Charges would make him DO so in twelve
Iours. After ] had written the letter TO
Eeecher: Bowen said why did not you make
hum promise not 10 wiite toT the Christian
Union, and said l had put enough hi -
Between July and the 3Oth of December I had
spoken 10 some persons with relation to tie
intimacy between Beecher and Mrs. TiltOu.
out d!d not tell all the story / told Bowen. the
members OF the family. and my mOthe rim
law. / believe that during that period may
have spoken roughly about Beechcr; for i'm
stance, when l said he preached TO a numbe.
OfhiS mistreSseS. dOnOt remember making
such remark, but ii was attributed 10 M.
and suppose / must have made il; [ think I
made this remark TO Mrs. Morse or Nj
Richards, if il was made use OF by me: !
would like To say If | mentioned this matter
from July TO december. 1870. 10 any Otha.
parties with the exception of Mr.. MOUltOn
Mr.. Johnson and Mrs Bradshaw December
2G. All told MOUltOn was that ReeCher had
made UnhandsOme approaches 10 Mrs. TiltU8
Nothing more o. interest was ELECTED.