The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-08

OF Bowen's conduct toward Tilton. l think
Moulton spoke pretty much all the way oow w
That is he did most OF the talklngE "A. Ms
answers were answers OF courtesy a,,sy1d NO
very much. q. Do You remember the time OF
night Won reached your house? y: th MN ~ ~
Have H;sS YOU any mode of fixing the hour in yonr
mind: 4. Only by computation OF the unS Ell, ~
took 10 waIk the various distances, anu ny
memory Of the time 1t occupied. q. Tue , 5enssn
OF the interview? A; Yes Of s Mr. Beecher
continued as follows: q. Mr.. Beecher, on the
night of the Goth of December, when We nsss
70 what has been SISTED by Other eS hi@ o
Moulton has testified that you SSK eonf n1
IND Won ask Moulton that question: a; Siu
not q. No question Of similar In po o SIR MOTH
inc % Did Moulton ask you such = dues ion
a. There was nothing said TO me ao1 P lin ~, ~
von shonT af1y confession OF Mrs. I1ltonY A
10. Sir O. Did You, on that night, IN conNeFsa-
use any m such expression this, It will Kill me-
A. / don't recall any such IN m'g gaiI
have MOni,on done 9sat ]" Theodore. or Tilton,
had given you permission 10 go 20 %
did not Q. ON that subject was any th Rig, s"
by Moulton to you, or By yourself 10 MOul0 o
and Mrs. Tilton? 4. No, sir; no, SIR. " " a. /
there anything said concerning any NE sTi
IONS a No sir; not word. q. ON that night
aid any one speak 10 you OF, or dld GU speGH >,
coyrSe between Mrs. Tilton and yourself? ~
No, sir; no, sir. II is such
LoATHsoNE, oDIoUs STUFF
that don't talk about it, Q. What night' III
Reacber. did YOU use any such expression or
make any such observation to Nh Moulton as
mis-. that this came upon you ASH STRUCK ny
lipbtntpgq A. may have my impression, as
thstisa phrase used on the LIST OF January, but
II may have been on that night. q. Did you on
this night ask AIoulton to be friend toyouT A.
No sir did not. Q. When next did you see
NIoulton or Tilton? A. did not see Tilton again
that I remember until the Sd Of January.
o. Aud You saw Moulton when? A. On the
3lst of December. the night followlpg thlsl IN
tsrvlew? Q. Where was any In5erv1eT Az new
house. q. At what hour or at what tlneF Oa ~
Eariy in the evening q Alt al Christian hours
LaGgnter) q. Was IT late in the evening" zen 1 "A.
About half sas g. And ao 70 dld T mat SoG De
and rung, came IN, and called ior me, me;
NV b M9n room and Shut the door He then went
TO bureau where the gas lights were o1rhlng
and took his position on me lett nn1 sue "a any
he made some Introductory remarks, Wnieh
can not now give, but drew letter rom out ms
In it Tilton stated that after going nome
last night, he found that had taken aoVantase
of INV Interview 10 procure from his vile
retraction of the charges that had Detn
made s-a IN r. m There WAS some little
more which don't remember. He then pro,
ceeded TO say, in substance that ne presumed presumed
had acted a very indscreet part. q dishonora-
BILE one; that had no right toIake advantage
of such a situation to obtain such retractlon,
and claimed the right of self defense. He then
said that such course was indiscreet, ana IN
reasons were that it tended TO increase the diff
Guilty between Tiiton and his wife, and betwt en-
Triton and me, and that, instead of leading TO
peace and TO quiet, il tended exactly the other
way, and that ought to give up her retraction:
Al, n hut ma
little time there was an interchange backwards
and forwards of thoughts he then drew from mis- his
Mrs Tilton requesting me- Evarts-Wait one
moment. producing exhibit No. y OF this note
s sPss O.. Which nG Mr. RMoalton took
out and read, did you have 1t IN your
at that paper and see If that is 1t, as you remem
Der? \. Yes, think that is the letter that ga;
yourself, or have il in your hends? y. NO, SIR
q. Well, he read you that note? ~ am quite
Beecher read aloud the following:
SATURDAY MORNING.
Ny DEAR FRIEND ERANK-I want you TO d, Dc
you have and the one gave Mr.. Beecher, a. hii
dictation, last evening, ought TO be destroyed
show this note to Theodore and Mr.. Beecher
and they will see the propriety Of this REQUEST
ISigned.l Yours truly, f. r. TILToN.
Q. Well do you recognize it.? \. recognize
by one single word. Q; Well, he read that Z
Sogr d heS w sit was Mei perpIak,ed Tan little
the existence of that letter denying the accuse
ton. q. The accusation? A. Yes, sir; however
my mind the main thought was wha
YOU'D tend dn tic 10 peace an6 Thare %a
considerable said, and said my objection t
giving up mat retracIon was tnai snoul a .
brought to account on such charge; and h
said, in substance, that he would stand between
me and any such accusation-said he would de
fend the documents or he would burn them, o
would keep them if wished. Q. II you wished
y. If l wished. After some further par!ey,
went to the little drawer and brought the leite
out. He had been sweating and he took on hi
overcOat, and as he did so
SAW THE Hit OF PISTOL.
He took il out and laid it on the bed after b
had the document, he put it in his pocket. {
Did you have an interview that night of an
considerable duration. A. L have an impres
sion that something that night made ii neeessar
for our interview to be short, but there was som
further conversation about TiIton or some of hi
affairs, but very brief @. The tone or tenor
this latter conversation was about Tilton's al
fairs and prospects? A. he spoke of Tilton
wronged man; that he was his friend and that h
meant to right him. @. That was the tenor of il
A. That was the tenor of il. @. What was said
If anything, as to the wrong, or by whom II,
wrong had been done? A. IL was understood
have been from Bowen at that time. OF course
the scene of the night before was not banishe
could not forget. @. Now, this further lette
handing the witness oneJ? A. don't reeollec
n %ach ii ike seeing Tilton s pis letters an
not sure. He quoted something OF this
but remember no other letter from Mrs. Tiltor
except the letter have spoken Of q. Now, thi
letter from Mrs. Tilton that Moulton read, ws
the letter to Moulton. l suppose you didn
have it in your hands? a. No. q. Was il al
ter this promise that he would either burn tn
two papers, or, If you choose, to keep the paper
to prevent renewal of the agitation, that yo
gave him the retraction? A. II was. Q. Whel
Moulton represented to you, as he did. some
dishonorabie thing for you to take advantag
of your position, to get this paper, what di
v.
papers? \. don't remember any particula
words used, but know 1 said generally
thought / had perfect right to procure a re
traction from the source which the charge came
@. Was anything said by you about Tilton hay