The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-30

lawyer in New York, and reside in
BrooklyH; was married on Tuesday.
the Sd OF June at o'clock in the even
ing, by Rev. Henry WaLd Beecher
l noticed that he did not seem to be
arrayed for the occasion and was not
dressed for wedding.
The next witness was DR.. Fred A.
Putnam, who testified as follows: l
practice medicine at 255, Fourth avenue,
and lived there in June, 1873; | remem-
ber on the 4th OF that month / left New
York and went BY the Harlem railroad ;
| met Mr.. Beecher between and 8
o'clock in the morning between Hartford
and New Haven; | spoke to Mr.. and
Mrs. Beecher; they were on the express
train for Boston.
Stephen ID. White was the next wit
ness. He testified: | resided in Brook
lyn about three years, and am member
of the legal profession, and practiced in
Missouri | was member OF the lnveS-
tigating Committee, but was not present
on July 9th, when Mrs. Tilton testified; !;
! was present when Tilton did, on July
9Th; he said his case depended on written
documents under Beechar's own sigma
ture; Tracy said there might be n ques-
tion about what the papers would show,
and that the committee could Judge
when they saw them; he also said that if
the charge against Beecher
was criminality the documents shown to
him could not support the charge; when
Tilton said to us, gentlemen you think
there is no case, but there was, and
that Becchcr said to him that if ever he
intended to put forward these papers TO
let him know that he might leave the
country; Tilton's manner was highly
suggestive as meaning that the story
should come out; he sad the committee
was two large; Tracy said he should
bring forward the papers and let the
committee judge;
HeFeIt Sorry for Beecher,
he SAID, and for his grey hairs; thore was
no suggestion Of any confessions having
been made at that time; he said that his
letter to Dr. Bacon had been called forth
by the attitude of Plymouth Church
and Beecher, and that if all were pub
IlSlltu IL NOulu ltlli W NhNb
Beechcr was the creature Of his
magnanmity and not rice yersa; he said
he mad taken pains IN the Bacon letter
not to characterize the charge; he also
said, gentlemen, you do not want II
neither do |, and he lid not want any
further investigation and deprecated it
us unwisc and uncaled for; he read
Beechcr's letter calling for committee;
he said, gentlemen, you do not want
them lreterring to the documents) and
after reading this letter he said he would
think about it; | saw his card afterwards
in some paper saying he would. He
presented letters with his sworn state
ment. | was present st the conversation
between Tracy and Titon. | asked Til
tonbcfre this ifhe hadnOt told Blanchard
of Illinois, that he dill not like Henry
Ward Beechcr; that he was a bad man
and preached to some of his mstresses
every Sunday. He lid not deny it, but
said he did not aSl; him to publish it in
his paper. He said afterwards that we
did not want to find )ut the whole facts
of the case Tilton hen charged Tracy
with being guilty Of unprofessional con-
duct, and Tracy saiQ it was false, that
the charge that he (Tilton) made
against Beecher was an improper proposal
and that when he changed his ground, he
Tracy did not consider the contract as
binding; Tilton said he would see about
this; this occurred Mt "a Monroe place in
the back room; there YVES further in
tcrview between the parties in the front
parlor; Tilton came in and threw his
arms around Tracy and said,
..IThink I'll Take Ba'k What Said
and he said something mout him being
the only man he likd in Brooklyn;
was present when h. brought the let
tiers and he took thcmaway with him;
Tilton read one by lrs. Tilton about
the enormitv of her ,flence or sin; il
was finally agreed that Mr.. Winslow
should examine these l;tters.
Cross-examincd-M Winslow was
present when Tilton ame before us the
first time, and rafused to make a state
ment.
The next witness VIZ
Henry l.. Jughes.
He testified: ] I'M manager of
the Brooklyn telegraph office the
hand writing on the telegram,
June I'd, 1873 is mine no person requcs-
ted me to put dat, 1t WAS my own
work.
Horace J. CiRHin
then took the stand
He testified: reide in Brooklyn and
have lived there abut thirty years; ! am
dry goods merchnt in New York and
before that was in he same business in
Worcester, Mass; knew Henry Ward
Beecher ever sinc,he came here and AIN
member of his congregation; knew
Thodore Tilton little or about half
that time: | have known
Henry G. Bowen about thirty
five years; in tn, spring of 1872 was
present at Mouths house when the arbi-
tration was tailed over between Bowen
and Tilton, ther were present Wllkeson,
Moulton, Tito and myself; Wilkeson
had press prof of the Golden Age with
him, the samepaper portion of which
was incorporated in the tripartlte agree
ment, winch was read and talked over
that night; lad not then seen Bowen;
the conversion was about the publca-
tion of thes, statements threatened by
Tilton, unlss Bowen settled tor the
contract die him in the Brooklyn
Union md independent; Tilton said
there vas due him seven, eight
or nine .hSusand dollars; TiltOn said be
would publish the article in the next pa
per- unksS he had a settlement; the mon
ey was lie and nc would have it; told
him tire was no Use for such
publiQtion, it would do him no good and
that Boen would pay him; ! promised
to intcrcde for him with Bowen, and
told hin that an arbitration had been
talked ,ver into which Bowen WAS will
ling to,nter said | thought this state
ment sould not be published, as it was
Il great Tilton said he would
publis it Notwithstanding; this lnrer-
view toke up about two o'clock; l saw
Bower day or two after this,
before parting that night we
were 10 meet again Tuesday night; |
thinllI saw Bowen next day when |
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