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Show : TELEGRAPHIC tiij: iti:i: iific iitiu,, - Tiltou on theNliiiiiI His I'rop-er(y I'rop-er(y in IH7U Au Iiitrviuw Willi Itoeoher. New York, 1. At tho openiug of " tho lleecher trinl this morning, Judge Neildon gave tho following opiuion ah ( to the l-iyht of Til ton to testify: "In , iluttimiining the question ruined by Una objection thu court holda firat, tlmt tlio pliiintiir is competent to be BWorn nnd to testify on bin own bolmlf; second, that aa to tho principal question ques-tion at iaaue, he is not competent to testify us to any confidential coinmu-niuitiou." coinmu-niuitiou." It is considered that this qualified direction reapucts the prea-tint prea-tint statute of the law of evidence aud also respects what mny remain of the rule which imposes si lei ire or restraint by reason of muritinl relations and on . rounds of public interest or policy. poli-cy. Tiiton then took tho ntund and wag sworn, the defence entering exceptions. Tiiton, after luisweriiM; tho usual Questions as to acre. etc.. uroeeeded to fatate his pecuniary condition in December, De-cember, 1870. Uc owned his residence resi-dence with its library, valupd at about $20,000; a eharo in tho New York Tribune; a small farm in the west, valued at $1,5U0; jv piece of land in Propect Park, valued nt $1,000. There whs a mortgage of $7,500 on the house. When lie ' :t the Independent Inde-pendent his properly wf valued at about $0,000. J had money out at interest, deposited with Woodruff it Jiobinson. After January 1st, 1871, $7,000 1 obtain from Bowen, $5,000 from my lecturing tour, $1,000 from my books, $6,000 from Moulton, aud about tT,000 from subscribers of the Guillen Aye. I had no debts other than liens on my property. Did not know tho source from which tho money came which was given to mo by Moid ton. Did not know it camo from Beocher. On the oOUi of December De-cember had an interview with Becch-er. Becch-er. Kvarts objected to witness giving evidence in relation to any statement made to witness by his wile. Judge Neil.son ruled that the witness wit-ness could say what passed between himself and Beocher, but not what liia wife had told him. Witness continued: con-tinued: Moulton brought Beecher and retired. I did not salute Beecher, nor he me. I crossed the room ami locked the door, and went back and sat opposite Beecher" I began in this way: I think I said, "I presume you received from Bowen a letter demanding de-manding your retirement from your pulpit and Brooklyn." lie answered, answer-ed, "I did, sir." I told him he need not iear that letter. He thanked me. I said he need not do so, Elizabeth Eliza-beth deserved his thanks aud not me. Ho said he understood the object of this interview only in general terms, and asked mo to tell him what Bowen had said. I told him it would be better to go to Bowon himself. I told him Bowen had said that ho was intimate with members of tho congregation for twenty-five years; that you were not a safe man and that you had ruined family households; that you were a had it in his power to drive Beecher out of Brooklyn in twelve hours. I told him that alter I had this interview inter-view with Bowen I told it to my wife, who was dis'resscd and reminded mo what I said the previous summer. I would break my promise to hurt Beecher for that. If he was driven from Brooklyn it wouid be her shame and that of her children. Beecher aaked me what I meant by her shame, and I read to him Elizabeth's letter of confession. This confossiou. was destroyed by Elizabeth two years alter, and a copy was destroyed on this evening. |