The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-01
untary and that they should receive no fees.

untary and that they should receive no fees.
I know nothing of the West charges. TLey
were rot disclosed before the committee
Mrs. Bradshaw or Mrs. Moulton were not
before the committee, nor was Mr.. Bowen.
Redirect examination-I suppose the law
yers received the thanks OF Plymonth
Church for their services. Tilton never fur
nished us with the letters which he prom
ised, and the committee never saw them.
The Griffith Gaunt letter l wanted TO see
very much. A mistake in Beecher's testimony
arose from him calling t be document he saw
in Tilton's possession the true story. When
Beecher appeared before the committee he
read from the paper which was never IN my
hands. The statement was partly written
and partly oral. On the occasion OF con-
versation between Tracy and I1lton, the
former asserted that the charge was only I'M
proper proposals and the latter did not
DENY it. There was a statement of Tilton's
which was frequently referred TO before the
committee as the true story. There
was not anything else referred 10
by the committee as the story. When
Bessie Turner was on the stand questions
were put to ber very fast, but not faster
than she could answer. The witness hera
LETT the stand and Thomas James Turner
was called. He said: reside at Peekskill,
and am in Mr.. Beecher's employ, taking
care of his farm. In the summer of 1873 the
persons employed on his farm were Hisson,
Nicholas. Sullivan and others. On Mon
day, June 3 1873. Mr.. Beecher was at his
farm. He arrived there at 3:4S on
the train leaving the Forty-second
street depot ct 2. Mrs. Beecher was
with him. They stayed there until
the next afternoon. / sent to the train for
him, being advised of his coming by tele-
gram. He left for New York the following
day. He came there again on the 10Th OF
June. Cross-examined: 1 knew the time
the train left by telegram. have not got
it, but 1 have a copy of 1t. L had not Deen
in New York since the January previous.
until i saw a copy of the telegram with Mr..
Hill, l had not remembered the date OF
Beecher's coming. 1 have memoraI dunn
of the fifty cents paid tor carrying the tele-
gram to the farm June g have not the
memorandum book with me. / also exam
ined the butchers book, for
GOT MEAT FOR THEM
when they were there. 1t was on Monday
when Beecher came to Peekskill on that
occasion. 1t was on Monday, May 26, that
Beecher came there before that. The farm
is 20 minutes drive from the station, and 1
drove there fer Bsecher and his wife. Mr..
Beecher sometimes comes in the morning
and at other times in the evening
to the farm. He left for New York
the following day, Tuesday. Redirect
the farm on that occasion, which Beecher
kept for his son. My son went after the
baggage for Beecher. Beecher was up at
my wife's funeral on the oath Of May. Ny
son began work for wages June 1st. and his
go;ns down to the depot for the baggage
was the first work he did. All my charges
are entered on the memorandum book on
that day was a charge for a telegram.
Re-cross examination. My son, Joseph
had gone several times to the railroad sta
tiop before he began to work Tor wages,
At this point the usual recess was taken
| After recess Joseph S. Turner was called.
| He testified: reside at Peekskill, and am
a son of the last witness called. am living
with my brother. 1 was attending horses in
| the employ OF Beecher. In June, 1870,
| went in the afternoon to meet Beecher. OI
June 2, 1873, at 3:4S train l met Mr.. and Mrs
Beecher at the depot at Psekskill and drove
| them to the house. Beecher LEFT
! in the afternoon of Tuesday
drove him down after dinner TO either th'
2:l5 or 4:20 train. My mother died on th'
| 22d of May, and Beecher attended the tu
neral on the oath. Beeeher returned to New
York and came back on the 26th Of May
| After June Sd did not see Beecher unit
June l6. Cross-examined: | have no memo
randum to guide me in this date. / re
member the I'd of june because it was tn
| first dav l did work. The first day of Jun
fell on Sunday, and
IT Is NOT A WORKING
day. went to meet Beecher at the o'cloel
train. Mrs. Bsecher came then. She ha
been there on the 29th of May. 1 drov
them to the station on Tuesday; it was il
the afternoon, but can not tell the time c
day. met the train on June ID, and ma
have waited on it ten or fifteen minutes
Thomas Rochefcrt testified: ! am a receive
of the Western Union Telegraph Company
and was at Peekskill on the 2d {
June, 1873. remember receivin
the dispatch from Beecher o
that day, Ishown book this is the entry {
the message in the book. The messages ar
sometimes not dated, but we are enabled
FIX the date of book. Hill read the tel'
, gram directed to Turner, asking him TO sen
and meet him at the train. The witness COZ
tinuedl I do not know whether this is ]
Beecher's handwriting or not. Cross e.
ahmed: The entry of memoranda is by tt
manager OF tho department. l received
| telegram at the Office. Redirect examination
: | The original telsgram has the date, bus
: VIII swear it was the 2nd day OF June trol
the ontry in the book. 1he next witness We
= Emil y. Dinsler, who said: "I am Telegram
s | operator in the Brooklyn cfiic5 OF the Yves
4 ern Union. [Shown me ssgel. 1 cont th
!, from BROOKLYN TO the New York Office @
|
! the files two weeks ago by Mr.. Hughes, Il
: manager of the Brooklyn Office. The mes
= age was put up in separate days. The s.:
= marked on the margin is in the mornin
. = All messages for Peekskill have to so ov
= to the New York Office" This witness the
y left the stand. Ben Kittridge, formerly
= Cincinnati, testified: 1 reside
Peekskill and live about three hundre fs
, from Beecher's residences. The ordins
way of going to Beecher's house is Pc
= mine. / have known Beecher for ten year
. He was on his farm on the I'd day OF Jun
p | 1873. / am a farmer and come to Ne
= York about three times a week. / was
7 New York on that day and returned on t
O'Clock train, arriving at home about 8:
= or 5:l7. Beecner was at home by the tin
y arrived there. / saw him with sevral pc
- sons when / turned into tie avenue al
&c heard him cough distinctly. Beecher, 1
;, not think, could have come on that tra
:. with me. i saw him next day, also. /
~ the data because 1 wished to see him abo