The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-05-07
.BEECHER TRIAL.

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the stand.
At quarter past eleven Henry G. Bow
en- took the stand and his examination
was continued by Fullerton. He testiiict
as follows: | saw Beecher nearly ever,
Sabbath prior to the 26th OF December
1870; | told BeeCher OF my intention Il
dismiss Tilton ircm my paper; I called
at Beecher's house on the evening Of th,
day | saw him at Frceland's, and saw Mrs
Beecher; her husband was not present
l did not reply to BeeGher's letter Of Jan
uaFy ID. Fullerton read passages from
the letter and questioned witness as Il
the story TO which BeeCher alluded. Wit
ness said Beecher said there were storie'
affecting Tiltops moral character; he told
me them, but | don't remember them
BeCchCF asked me II | was his friend, anC
| told him | had no unfriendly feeling
toward him; I did not say to Beecher tha
| would stand by him rs a friend; lhest
feelings remained throughout the inter
view, and were not altered when ! left,
MI. Fullerton said this was all he had
to ask the witness.
Mr.. Evarts crOss-examined the witness
He handed him a letter,
The witness said: ! believe this Is the
letter l took to BeeCher; II bears marks
Of having been opened and closed; John
son and 'filton called on mo on Monday
at about II o'clock, and may have stayed
two hours or more; the topic Of the con
versatiOn was almost entirely that fOl
which the interview was made; wrote d
note To Deacon Ereeland that day, buI
have no copy bf Il; I received n verbal
answer u few minutes after had sent IL
the messenger was my son John Elliott
Bowen; il was four or five o'clock IN The
afternoon when went to sec Mr.. BeechGr
| think | stayed there about halian hour
or little longer; don't remember OF any
gentleman wanting 10 sec Inc az tC
my conversation. with that gentleman
before | went tOSGe BeeCher; do moi
remember that | saw EgglUston there
when received the letter Of January ID
from BeeCher, | read It and kept 1t; | dc
not think 1t struck me that the letter con.
tained u different version Of the story o.
my interview with BeeCher than really
oCcurred;- on Saturday, the 3lst, | told
Tilton OF my intention to terminate hi'
connection with the Iadepcndeniand Union
Offices; | then left, | believe; Tilton left
afterwards; | do not remember seeing
him at the Union office after thnt later
in the day sent him formal notice oI
his removal. = T IT. ,.l.6ftIt'l'
The witness handed EVarLs two naiaV.
which he -"id were notices OF the reno.
val Of I'iltOn from the Independent and
Union, and which Evarts read in evi'
dGncc. - . 49,.
The witness continued; have an I'M
preston that | received some reply IN
writing; have no recollection on the
subject Of admitting that / owed ,Tilton
any remuneration for the CanCelling
Of contracts, ! paid other claims Il
TiltOn amounting 10 two or three thou
sand dollars; they were given to MOulton
| do not think MOulton left the power OF
attorney with me then.
Evarts read a receipt given To witness
by Tilton for q check Of $1,000, and wit
ness said the receipt waS given by TiltOu
on the evening Of the arbitration.
Witness contiEued-AbOut this time
was shown q proof OF the Golden Age arti
Gle; | received the Woodstock letter tive
or three days after my settlement with
TiltOn; IL was returned to me after The
settlement; II was Clailin who brought
me the tripartite agreement; II was lef
at my office in New York and signed mex
day. (Shown paIHr.) This Is not The
paper which was left with inc and signeC
next day. TWAS stated to me that they
would meet at MOulton's in the evening
they did meet April 81; | went to tht
meeting with Charles Storrs; when ! go
there ! do not remember who was there
when we assembled we shook hands al
around; this. was in the back drawing
room; cannot now repeat what WA
said then, nor have | any recollection
OF Il; asked them what was to b
submitted, and they said the difference
between Tilton and myself, and said
would not go step further until the sub
mission Of the matter was made in wri
ting; MOulton drew up submission am
Tilton and myself signed ii; Tilton sub
mitted his case to the committee, claim
ing n certain amount; IN substance he sai
| claim $1,000, and gave reasons for tha
amount; 1 said 10 the arbitratOrs that 1
my view there was no legal claim, and
would leave the whole matter with then
after the statements made we went int
the front parlor and were there nbOu
half MI hour before the arbitratOfs NJ
nounCed their decision; the folding door
we're then opened and we were invited |
20 back; the award was then announce
no statement was made TO them by ClaI
lin that all the papers were to be bnrne
and n tripartite agreement signed notl
Ing Of this kind occurred ClaIlin ma
have said this out Of my hearing, but d
not think II was said In the presence {
the arbitratorE. ~
A recess was here taken.
After recess iIowen's oss.examinnlio
was continued.
Inc witness SI'u: l INC SIDlec' OF ,.h
award was .,, n9t announced ,., " lo[n
kind in relation to burning the sCandT
papers was said there; nothing was sal
about the tripartiLe agreement until ate
The settlement ..
Mr. EVat@ read rom lhe teS'lmony
Storrs anu Claim ~ reiatlon 10 Ihe WI