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Show TELEGRAPHIC TII.TON-ItlillC HI.lt, JTIouIton'H Exumluntion Cou-tiuu4l Cou-tiuu4l The MiiIuhI fr rioml'M MlaleiuenL HiH liitrviwH with Itvttvlicr. Nqw York, IS. la tbe Tiltou-Beecher Tiltou-Beecher trial this morning, Mou lion's oxamiuation was conLinueJ. Wit-: Wit-: ness id en ti lied his first, statement prepared pre-pared and aubmiLtod to the inveati-pUing inveati-pUing committee July lutb, read it . to Beecher either before sending it to : the committee, at witness' house or 1 on the aame date, "I told him I had been invited to appoar belbro his committee that uiyht and had prepared pre-pared a statement, which I read to him, and he thought it was fair and j honorablo. He told the Bume thing to his wife. I toid him I had rejid it to Tilton. . ' Judge ullerton oflercd the' statement state-ment ia Evidence, arguing it showed facta thac wero conceded by Beecher, and also showed that up to that time Moultou was in Boecher'a confidence. Evarta objected, and the court ruled out the statement. Fullerton took exoeptipq. ,. Fullerton then offered certain por-, tionaofthe statement in evidence, but tho court ruled it all out and exceptions were takeo. Witness continued The Bacon letter had tlion been published and was the subject of conversation before be-fore thiB statement woa prepared. I said to Beecher I had recommended ; that this Bacon letter had offered a basis of reconciliation before going before the committee, and after reading read-ing my statement he concurred in it. I first' learned about the committeo being appoiaLed,, ou Jub7th from Beecher, who said he would have the naming of tho members of tho committee. com-mittee. I saw Beecher in regard to the statement he was to make before the committee.' He read to me from a paper what he was going, to say ; about Tiltoh.'ahd stated he took great' 1 blame to himself for his treatment of , Tilton and bis family.and exonerated Tilton. i Baid -to uinr he oonld do nothing more Lhhntelltlie'committee the truth of the matter. . He said if Theodore should roveal' the relations between him and Mrs. Tilton it would ruin1 him and kill lilton; iJ -,: ' ! Witness subsequently reported .to Beecher that Tilton- was obdurate, and at witness' anggestiou Beecher agreed it would be well lo secure an adjournment of the committee. Witness Wit-ness advised Beecher nob to make any statement till he could secure Tilton's consent to agree to it. 1 Beecher then drew up a form of such agreement. Fullerton read theagreenient, which was in Beecher's hand writing. It was to the effect that the signer, in viewliof tho. statements mado by Beecher, withdrew his charges in regard re-gard to the painful domestic difficulty which should have been privately settled long ago. ; .. . .t ,L,; ; Witneea said this paper was to be taken to Tilton' for him 1 to sign in view of Beecher's exonerating him from blame. . Tilton refused to sign it. Witness'asked Beecher if he could not tell the whole truth to Sage or some ot'uer.meniber of the committee. Beecher said he could not; that it would kill him. Witness asked him of what uso nis friends were then.' |