The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-15
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A. No, cir; provided they were uusceptI.
, bic OF ruin. have had women write me
that II did not send them ten dollars
they were ruined, and l wrote in rcply
that they were ruined before.
~ You speak about having sent Mrs.
Tillon copies Of books. Was that an act
OF courtesy specially to herS
"A, A. No; l gave them out 10 friends.
when one book would come out | would
give . copyto friend, and SO on. IhaYe
nov been q great distributor OF my own
ooSkS, only In cases where II would BIO a
teal pleasure, and from an intimation that
t II would be 90. = '''"'
Y Are you clear In your recollection
!naL you never met the Woodhulls more
, than three timesl '' '''''N
speak 10 them. ~ p"
Q. State tho times and places.
A. On one occasion | was walking
with Moulton In the general direction n
; Tiltons house, when he said that Mrs.
, Woodruff was gong 10 be there. | al
, first hesiiSted, and be said Come 10, and
just SEQ her" ! said, "Very well.h /
!, went In, and after some conversation
down in the parlors ! went up stairs into
this famous "boudoir" room, where she
sat waiting, and, like spider to a fly, she
rushed at me on my entrance and reached
out both OF her hands with the utmost
earuestness, and said how rtjoiced she
was 10 see me. | talked with her about
i've minutes and then went down stairs,
My second interview with her was on one
occasion when l had been with some
twenty or thirty gentlemen to look at the
warehouse establishments Of Woodruff i
Robinson. We were on steamer that
had been chartered for the occasion, and
when ! came up Moulton said, "Come
with me TO town." He never told me
there was TO be any company: When
came there learned that there was 10 be
something in New York in the evening,
and that there were TO be there number
OF literary ladies, among whom was Mrs.
| Woodruff. / was placed at the head OF
the table near Mrs. Moulton; think on
her left. Mrs, Woodruff was next 10 me,
or else she was first and was next, do
not remember which. At that table she
scarcely deigned TO speak TO me. l.
addressed few words 10 her for
politeness sake during dinner, but there
was no sort Of enthusiasm between Us. My
third and last utterance was at Moulton's
house. She had addressed to me threat.
ening letter saying that she would open
all the scandal II l did not preside at
Steinwsy Hall, and inIeply TO that Moul.
ton advised that instead OF answering her
letter l should see her and say without
witnesses what had to say. She brought
with her her great subject, It was in type
and my policy was 10 let her talk and say
little, which did, and she went on saw.
ing you know you believe so and go"
and ! said nothing, and SO on from point
to point until sad at last: Mrs. Wood.
hull do not understand your views, l
have never read them thoroughly. As lar
as do understand them do not believe
IN them, and though am in favor OF free
discussion, yet presiding at meetings Is q
thing l seldom do for anybody and shall
not do It Tor you, because am not in
sympathy with your movement"
q, Has Mira. Woodruff any letters of
yours In her possession
A. Two suppose unless she has sold
them.
= Upon what subjectH
a. She enclosed letter TO me, with
one from my sister. Mrs. Isabella Hooker,
inviting me 10 be present at the Suffrage
Convention at Washington. To that let
ter replied briefly In the negative, but
made a few statements in respect 10 my
ideas Of women voting. The other letter
was Just before her scandalous publica-
ton. She wrote me whining letter say
ing that her reiormatory movements had
brought upon her such odium that shu
could not procure lodgings in New York,
and that she had been turned out OF the
Gilsey House, | think, and asking me inG
very significant way 10 interpose my in
duenCe or some other relief for her. To
that letter replied very briefly, saying
that regretted when anybody suffered
persecution for the advocacy OF their ain
cere views, but that must decline inter-
ference.
By Mr.. Clafin-Thesc arc the two let
tors, the signatures Of which she showed
to Bowen and myself 1t was reported
that by these letters you were to be sunk
forty thousand lathoms deep. l told
Bowen before | went there that knew
Of the existence OF the letters, and that
was all they contained. Bowen made the
journey clear down from the Convention
for the purpose OF gong up there.
by MIR. Winslow-Did you ever meet
her at Tilton's.
1.-The frat time l ever saw her was
at Tiltou's.
Odd you ever meet there any other
timer
A.-Not that recall. II saw her 1
am perfectly sure that she would know
It. remember her well on account OF
the transcendant description had heard
OF her, and beause OF Mrs. Hooker's feel
ing toward her. Mrs. Hooker regarded
her Ls Joan OF Arc would vision OF Wiz.
gin Mary. And when l went to sec her
Invent with great expectations. Saying
TO myself "here Il this woman who is
lauded everywhere, and must be O power
TO rise to the head.
By Dir. Winslow-Can you tell us what
became Of Mrs, Woodhull's threatening
letter.
A.-Mr. Moulton opened It.
Q-Now as TO what occurred in your
library and in Tilton's bed chamber. I
refer TO the occasion in which he said
you touched his wiies ankle and were
found with a flushed face in the bed
chamber Of his house.
A. do emphatically deny that either
Of these scenes ever occurred
BY Dir. White-In one pSrt OF your
statement you say that in December, 1870,
you heard Of many immoralIties OF MIR.
Tilton, and that you believed In their ex-
istence; in the latter part Of your state.
ment you say that you had subsequently,
been deceived into belief that Mir. Til.
ton was not in fault in respect 10 his
moral conduct: how do you reconcile
these two statementsH
a. Because, when the matter came 10
me from Bowen and through a visit TO
Itlton' g family, was under full persua-
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