Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-07
BOWEN.
He Still Carries Terror to the
Soul of Beecher.

L Lme sensation nc AAttue on AtAAAAnB AAAt
stand-Evarts' CrOss.ExaminatiOn-
Defendant FIatIy COntradicted on
the Most vital Points.
New YORK, May 6.-The court loom
/ in which the scandal trial is proceeding
was as full this morning as at any time al
most when Tilton, MoultOn or Beeeher was
Oh the stand. The defendant, MIR. Beeeher,
and wife were in their usual places in the
van Of the Plymouth Church party. At a
quarter past eleven o'clock Henry q.
Bowen took the char, and his examination
was continued by Mr.. Fullerton.
He testified: saw Mr.. Beecher nearly
every Sabbath prior 10 the 2SLh of Deem
Der, 1870. Theodore Tilton and his affairs
may have been the subject Of conversation
sbetween US. On the first Of January, 1871,
1 told Beecher Of my intention TO dismiss
TiltOn from my paper. did not reply to
Beecher's letter Of Jan. 2.
Mr.. Fullerton read passages from the
letter and questioned the witness as to the
stories TO which Beecher alluded.
| Witness said: Beecher said there were
stories in circulation affecting Tilton's
moral character. he told me Of them,
but l don't remember them. Mr.. BeecheI
asked me if was his friend, and told
him had no unfriendly feeling towards
him. / did say to Beecher would stand
by him rs a friend. / made the call with
| friendly feelings, but L did not manifest
them in any other form. These feelings
remained throughout the interview, and
were not altered when l left.
Mr.. Fullerton said this was all he had to
ask the witness.
Mr.. Evarts cross-examined Mr.. Bowen at
great length. Touching the arbitration
between TiltOn and himself, Mr.. Bowen
said the arbitratOTs met at MOultOn's
house, and that Moulton, TiltOn and him
self retired from the room, and that it was
about half an hour before the arbitrators
announced their decision.
The Brooklyn ArglJS says Of Bowen's
testimony:
Bowen contradicts Beecher on two Of the
most vital points of the case, which it is
right must be determined by sustaining
witnesses. If we remember correctly,
Beecher explained his grief and letters by
his conviction that be had done TiltOn an
injury by advising Mrs. TiltOn to separate
from him, and by his advice to Bowen by
which Tilton lost his editorial position.
Bowen swears TiltOn had been dismissed
from his editorial position prior to any con
versatiOn on the subject with Beecher, and
that Beecher did not advise him to dis
charge TiltOn. Bowen sWeaTs the payment
of $1,000 by him to TiltOn had nothing
whatever to do with the settlement Of the
scandal difficulties. The defense set up
the theory that TiltOn wrung that money
out of Bowen by threatening publish the
scandal.
The Sensation Bowen is Making.
Special TO the Cincinnati Commercial.
It was Bowen who told TiltOn the adul-
ferrous stories about Beecher, who carried
Tilton's letter TO BeecheT, who was the
mover in the early intrigue, and who ceased
not in his operations till they eliminated
in the tripaTtite treaty. We haye had the
whole volumes Of testimony during the
trial about Bowen, his savings, and doings,
now and then, here and there, and it has
been fearfully contradictory and wholly
unsatisfactory. Bowen was denounced by
Tracy, deiied by Beecher, and Outlawed by
the defense, and Bowen has been the central
figure of horrible stories connected with
both Beecher and TiltOn, that have not APP
peared in the trial, affecting ladies related
to him in various ways. Both sides have
feared and despised Bowen, but now, 1t
last, We are having Bowen himself
Bowen is about sixty, with full gray
beard, and a rim Of gray hair round his
head. His eyes are nall, and at once
keen and dull. His forehead is narrow,
but Obtrudes prominently. he is exceed
ingly lean in body and face, and MS facial
! bones obtrude through his dry skin, SO that
Won see his outlines like those Of a skull.
His looks are really Mephistophilean from
the bare head down over the long, narrow
face to the peaked beard. As he sat in the
elevated chair and gaZed around the court
room, there was a sense Of pain in his face,
as though he were suffering from some
fatal disease. BOWen's voice is thin, bat
he spoke loud enough TO be heard all over
court.
His testimony was both important and
sensational. 1t bore very hard upon
Beecher, at whose church and with whom
he took the communion Of the sacrament
last Sunday. He cOntradiCted many points
of Beechefs evidence, and threw doubt
over many others. He gave a new version
of the original scandal interview. He told
of the tripartite treaty in a way cOnfirma-
tory of Tilton's evidence. He testified
about sundry matters in contradiction to
mediately after a few preliminary qUes-
tiOns, Bowen began to contradict various
details in the evidence of BeeCher. He de-
MED one of Beecher's allegations, two Of
them, three Of them, and as
soon as Eyarts saw the tendency
of his testimony, he began to
object to each Of the questions, and the
movement of evidence was much inter
| H., Rnruara - oNinfnN
| Beecher for the fourth time end the fifth.
The business began TO look exciting. POr-
| ter, who has not o. ened his mouth for two
months, began to take part in the melee
/ on the Beecher side by putting in a few
| words now and then. Bowen went on con-
| tradicting in detail the sworn assertions OF
| Beecher. Each of his denials, which were
| explicit, and delivered with sharp empha-
| sis, caused a new sensation. Beech
| er's counsel were amazed. The spectators
! we're agitated. TiltOn, MOultOn and Car
! penter, who sat closely together, were In
| glee. The blood rushed to the face Of Full
| lertOn, BOwen's examiner, as though he
were about to faint, upon which the Judge
asked him to take relief by sitting down
We sat in hushed silence, as we used to do
during the time when we mad Startling rev
Citations. Beecher himself was not present
in court. He has been absent since the
| forenoon of Monday. His wife, his brother
his daughter-in- law and other of his rela
! tives were present. The details thus fal
| given related to the famous interview o
| December 26.
| The Beecher party expect to see him bad
! " damaged on the cross. Bowen had car
ried in his pocket every document that wa: