Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1876-03-01

that the committee never objected to his
bringing his friends there the idea was
that Mr.. Bowen had right to bring in
any friend he cared to; the only objection
was to reporters; that the company came
with the committees invitation, not Mr..
Beecher's.
Mr.. Bowen replied that he had no OBJ
lection, but the responsibility of publicity
must rest with them he said he came
there to present his statement to the Ex-
aiming Committee and nobody else that
he should decline to give it to the press,
and if published it should be by the Ex-
aiming Committee and not by him.
After finishing his statement and saying,
in reply to a question, that that was all
the facts he had to give that evening, he
started to leave, when one of the commit.
tee protested against his doing so, and
Mr.. Sherman said he Bowen) would not
be permitted to leave the room.
Mr.. Bowen stepped toward the door Of
the front parlor, when MIR. s. Y. White
jumped up and locked the door, took the
key and put it in his pocket, and as he
saw Mr. Bowen looking toward the door
of the other room, Mr.. White called out,
"Lock that other door," and several men
jumped toward it. Every one jumped to
his feet, but Mr. Bowen was too quick,
and got to the back parlor door just before
several of the crowd got to it. His son,
Henry E., followed, rushed to the door,
and called for the press, thinking that
they were there. Here Mr. Henry G.
Bowen interposed energetically, thinking
there was going to be row.
Mr.. Henry Z. Bowen continued: My
father was in the hall, my brother and
DR.. Ward were in the parlor, and got on
the stoop outside and called for the press,
and the Associated Press reporter and an
other rushed up, and Mr.. Bowen told
them of the occurrence. Then one Of Mr..
Bowen's sons upbraided Mr.. White. Mr..
Bowen also expressed himselfvery strong
ly in regard to the treatment he received.
MIR. WHITES VERSION.
Mr. S. V. White was visited, and his
version is substantially this:
Mr.. Bowen read statement of fifty
two pages, in which he failed to give
names or dates. 1t referred to scandals
of ten or eleven years ago. After reading
a few pages he handed the paper to DR..
Ward. Then Mr. Bowen stepped toward
the door, and Mr. White, desiring to pro-
long the interview as much as possible,
and being seated near the door, turned the
key, withdrew ii from the lock and put
it in his pocket Mr.. Bowen stepped
back several feet, and, surveying the sit
uation, saw means of exit by a back
door, and he darted in that direction, up
setting chairs and other articles of house
hold furniture in his flight, and escaped
from the house. Mr.. Edward Bowen
then pointed to me, and said: will fix
you; you will pay for thisv Henry E.
Bowen then ran to the door, with dishev-
eled hair flying wildly about, and shouted:
Gentlemen OF the press. In response
to his cries the reporters OF the Associated
Press and the New York Times came up,
and in response to their inquiries Mr.
Henry e. Bowen besought his brother not
to make fool of himself, saying that
had made an ass Of myself, and that he,
Mr.. +. Bowen, couldn't better the matter
by shouting for members OF the press"