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Show Tflli: BEECH E It TKIAL, New York, 15. The cross-examination of Til ton was continued. He was asked if he said that if Beecher resigned be would shoot him on the street. Witness replied he did net, but said that if he published the letter of resignation reflecting on his (Til-ton's) (Til-ton's) family, he would shoot him ou the street, and he most asuredly would have done so. In regard to Mrs. Tilton's-letter of December 7th, 1872, witness testified that he did not write the letter nor draft it. It waa written by Mrs. Tilton after a consultation con-sultation with witness as to the phraseology phrase-ology of part of it. Witness was Bhown a letter, which he testified he never Baw before nor knew of its existence, The letter was from Clark, publisher of the Oolden Afe, and from a question asked by Evarts, evidently contained the statement state-ment that Tilton must be got rid of as editor as the prejudice against him was so strong that it made him a millstone about the neck of the paper, and that an effort was being made to induce Tiiton to go to Europe. Evarts wanted to put this letter in evidence, as having only been Bhown to Tilton and not to Beeoher, but the judge ruled it out, saying it could not be given in that way. Witness was then examined in reference re-ference to the editorship of the devolution, dev-olution, Miss Anthony and Mrs. Stanton's newspaper. He testified that h Livr Boteti as its .editor. He was next interrogated as to his indebtedness in-debtedness to Moulton, and testified to having borrowed $5,000 or $6,000 in June, 1874, with the understanding understand-ing that Moulton would, if he was unable ta repay him, take part of the Golden Age. ' The money advanced by him was to float ths paper along. Moulton told witness if ever his (witness') (wit-ness') fortune came to the flood tide again he could reimburse him; At the time of the sale f the paper it was largely in debt, and witness received re-ceived nothing after it was disposed of. Witness was then questioned in regard re-gard to his letter to Bacon, which he reiterated was written in aself-vindication and not intended to cast any imputation im-putation on his wife. He thought Beecher sought to vindicate himself at his (witness') expense in his letters to the council. Previous to the nieet ing of the council Beecher told witness wit-ness he could control the action of Plymouth church; that he held it in his hand. Witness then testified to his appearance ap-pearance before the congregational council, the report of whose proceedings proceed-ings were not secret. They were published in the Brooklyn Eagle by Augustus Maverick on his own responsibility, re-sponsibility, without witness' knowledge, knowl-edge, Maverick, who was a friend to witness, designing to vindicate him before the public. Witness did not know ol Moulton's contributing anything any-thing toward the expenses of this suit. Since witness left the Golden Age he had been struggling to live in a city where Plymouth church had 3,000 members who were Btriving to keep him down. Evarts stated here that he had three letters he wished to read and put in' us evidence. With them Tilton's cross-examination would close. Recess. |