The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-02-04
Reecher.s Letter of COntriti0n.
Extract from Moulton's Testimony on Thur
0av

name to Bowen. ::
O. Did he dictrate what you wroe, !
senteuce by sentence! A. He did--eve'y
word except what is at the top: EN-. !
trusted in confidence to F. D. Moulto1."
@. Did he dictate. ''My dear friend .
Moulton?' A. He did.
O. Can you recall another letter OF his
commencing IN that way! A. l cannct.
q. What was to be the nature Of he
trustl
A. was to do with that paper, al a
friend of Beecher, what | thought vas
;udicious was to show it to Tilton. 1t
was to be used in reconciling the differ
ences between Beecher and Tilton.
@. Were you to part with it ! A. Not
to part with it to any one except Illttn;
Q. Were you to part with til A If
| chose. There was nothing said about
it. | suggested placing the words, 'ln
trust to +. D. Moulton'' at the top, hat
the letter might be under my control. and
I put them there. Nothing else wassaid
about the trust. I took the pap,r to
Tilton the same night, and read it tohim,
or he took it from my hand and read 1t.
cannot say whether he had possession
of it one hour that night; he hadn t two
hours. My recollection is that the paPe.
was not out of my possession that night
| think l put it in bureau-drawel that
night, after had got through with I'll
ton. The next time distinctly remem-
bered seeing it, after December, 1870, was
after the publication of the Woodruff
story. in November. 1872. found it in
a tin box. 1t was never in the safe over
in New York. When saw this
paper, in 1872, l dom know that
Tilton then had a copy II 1t:
cannot tell at what date | knew ne had
copy Of it. 1t was at the time OF the
Bacon or the 'True Story" he read it to
me. He did not make a copy Of in my
presence, the night it was written. My
recollection is that he did not. ! don't
recollect that he wrote it down 10 short
I hand, when | read it. don't remember
E that | ever showed it to him, after De-
cember, 1870. Very likely did. II he
: asked me, would show i: to him
D @. Then, up to the publication of the
A, Bacon letter, Tilton had no other oppor'
. tunity of making a copy, SO far al you re-
G memberl A. | dont't recollect.
e @. Do YOU know where he got thu
!. COPY he had A. don't know, specific
S ally.
V Q. Did you ever give him copy! A
J. No, sir.
o Q. Did you ever give him an opportu
II nity Of making a copy. A. l don't re
e collect that did.
y There was wrapgle at this point be
D. tween counsel, the object OF the defens
n being to get in remark that witness ha
y ALREADY stated that he probably hande
lie the paper to Tilton at some time.
er At this point Gen. Tracy introduce
the .'punctuation' scene with great Or
ID matte effect at first, but by the time b
n had got through, plaintiff s counsel ma
neutralized its effect considerably. IL
es object was to show that witness being
or man Of education, the contrltion iette
ne which defense insists is badly punctuate
of written in o large scrawl and a fe
fl words. covering four pages Of lett
al paper. was never dictated by Beeche
es but his words hastily taken down in Il
ne gathering darkness.
ee @. You were educated at the NJ
IS. York academy A. was.
es- Q. You compose very well, do y
to not. A. (LAughing.l l can't say that
IL do; not very we'll.
Ter Q. You understand the rules OF cemI
as sition and punctuation very we'll! A. \
OF very we'll.
Do O. You have corresponded with lltera
1as peoplel A. Yes, with few.
ul- O. And you understand how, ate
tee period, to begin the next sentence, whe
he or with small letter or capital!
| fLaughing.) do.
he Mr.. Fullerton. If counsel are ask
l these questions for their own informant
s3. don't object. (Laughter.)
@. He dictated, sentence by seaten
>, and you as deliberately wrote 1t! A.
~. III, wrote As he dictated.
al Q. 1t wasn't written hastily! A.
ere was written rapidly. l don't know "
~! you mean by hastily.
as O. Was It written to catch words.
az 1t was.
OF O. You wrote as from man dictati
noe aud not as from man talking, and wn
.ne words you we're trying to eaten ::
'c' From q man debating.
ION Q. Handing up the contrltion lett
on- Is that your usual handwriting !
usually write with . steel pen; this
: ol pears to have been written with gull
Q. Do you remember wnetneI -
u nos written with a steel pen or quill.
. AA do not.
ION, Mr.. Shearman took the letter and
Quiz Now want to read this letter IS
ora written. punctuation and all. 1t n
&, ~ has been read as written.
aAeo Mr.. Fullerton. You don't read p
tua.ions. You see it. Laughter
Mr.. Shearman then read the lettc
d IN this style, amidst laughter from sy'
IN . thizers with the defense:
ooo- "BgooKLrx, Jan. lS7l.-lln trust WI
re- D. MoultonEM1 DEAR FRIEED MoVLIo
.fice. ask through you Theodore Tilton's forgiv
vselr. ard humble myself before him - d
: - God he would have bren better man u
- circumstances than have been" Maxi
Inc period until alter the word "been-" "a
&C At thoughts are running toward my II
"a to toward the poor child lying there and r.
then with her folded hands she is guiesless Q
, ~. against, = making no period after Ezndsl
|, that And 50 on through the letter.
we're Mr.. Sherman here remarked tia