The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-05
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Synopsis of Mrs. Tilton's
Last Staten ent.
She seems to have been a
piece of Putty in Tilton's
hands.
Theodore writes a Letter to
the Committee.
He Refuses to Furnish bis
Proofs
And talks about Resorting
to the Courts.
The Whole Story Crows
Stale. Flat and Unpccf-
stable,
And talks about Resorting
to the Courts.

ita BILE,
New YORK, Aug. 4.-The following is {
synopsis Of the complete examination o
Mrs. Tilton, which will be published to
morrow Mrs. Tilton said she was fire
quently sick and troubled Mr.. TitoI
cared little or nothing for her her mother
could not live with her on account of disa
greements with him he was harsh in his
criticisms of home and its management
as early as 1865 Tlton mind was tainted
with suspicion of Beecher; he used to tall
continually of his wrong doings with othe,
ladies'; when Beecher began to visit hel
she used to repeat their conversations tc
Tilton in order to disabuse his mind of the
suspicion entertained; Tllton was, how
ever, was not satisfied, made continual in,
quirles and told her she concealed some
thing, that she lied; his suspicious grew j.;
he had no confidence in her; this had last
ed till the present day in the winter OF
1869 he began to accuse her of criminality
withBeecher; she always denied the charges,
sometimes by silence, sometimes in anger
he used his influence only to make her
confess it; he said he saw her once sitting
in Beecher's lap, his morbid jealousy
shocked her; he never named time or
place Of her criminal actions she had not
read through the story OF Catherine Gaunt
when she wrote her Schoharie letter and
knew nothing of her adultery her love
for Tilton had been the absorbing passion
of her life, but in Beecher's society she
found comfort, and MIR. Tilton could not
endure him, for he thought she preferred
Beecher to him by her sin in the Schoiarie
letter she meant taking anybody in place
of 1ilton for her friend, though she might
do the sanle thing again had she known
Tilton then as now she would hardly have
encouraged Beecher's acquaintance ; she
thought she did wrong in that it
hurt Theodore; there was ever
a damper between her and
Theodore, butt Mr.. Beecher appreciated
her fully and made her another woman !;
Tilton made her feel her inequality with
him, but Beecher respected her and she
was always unembarrased with him Til
ton often talked to her of the sensual effect
of her presence on gentlemen and seemed
ashamed of her address and appearance
at hotels and public places: he often said
Il wish you would not keep near me; !"
this hurt her feelings very much in 1870
| in conversation with Tilton, about his
habits and associates, he confessed Grim
inal intimacy with other women /; she never
confessed anything of the kind: Iilton
| once told her that when he was away lee
turing and desired to crafty himself he
would do it he didn't seem to think OF
the slanders that filled the world about
him and declared her to be the originator
of all this talk she found wherever she
went Tilton had made accusations against
her such as he now publishes: she had
signed number of papers when nearly
out of her head and had copied some at
Mr.. Tiltons dictatlon, OF whose contents
she could not remember one word, all to
| free him from business embarrassments,
as he claimed; all her letters written about
| the Beecher matter were written under
this sort of compulsion see wrote note
using the words, "Mr. Beecher desired me
to be his wife, with all that implies, in
this way, protesting the untruth OF what
she wrote; Tilton said it would free him
| from his difficulties she never saw the
letter until published in Tilton's statement
apparently from Beecher to her; she always
refused communications coming through
Moulton, who one day read to her letter
that she did not here remember except
that there Vas paragraph urging her to
give Moulton. as confidential, the letter
commencing My dear husband: | desire
to leaye with you this statement before
going to bed, aud 1t was not her letter, be-
ing written like the others at Tilton's die
tation she was then very sick ; it was the
same evening she had written a letter for
NJ Paanbar ayat,t Inc fip hi nd oba had
written that much in the same way; she
could not remember the substance of it, but
she did it for him because Tilton had done
something against him; she told Miss An
thony that Iilton accused her of adultery,
not that she committed it; she never af-
frmed to Miss Anthony that the accusa-
tions were unjust, because it did not seem
to her necessary once she went in car
riage with Titon to a house where he had
been telling stories about her and Beecher
he said, Il have brought Elizabeth to
state for herself whether have slandered
her., she didn't deny the stories; Mr..
Beecher seemed always unwilling to talk
with her about her home troubles and
used to send Mrs. Beecher, who said she
would be mother to her Mrs. Beecher
said after hearing her troubles that if Mr..
Beecher had been guilty that way she
she would not live with him a day; she
had done every duty OF good wife, had
borne and suffered for her husbands sake,
and that he alone was responsible for the
disruption of the family.
The Brooklyn Argus says the following
interchange of letters took place yesterday
between Mr. Beecher, Chairman of the
Beecher Investigating Committee, and
theodore Iilton:
BROOKLYN. July 81.
To Theodore TiltoD, Esq;
| am instructed 10y the committee to
state that the letters and documents re-
ferred 10 in your statement presented to
US have not been delivered, notwithstand-
ing your several promises to furnish them.
As your statement in the absence Of these
documents is deprived Of its greatest force
we think you should desire - place them
in our possession, and | desire TO impress
on you the Importance of delivering them
to Us at Your earliest convenience.
Very truly yours,
Ii. W. SAGE, Chairman.
BEooKLTs, Aug
Mr.. Henry Sage, Chairman;
have just received your note OF July
g, four days after date. Unless you ac
cidentally misdated il the communication
should have come to me several days sgo.
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