The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-05

your committee as a tribunal | canno
help expressing for you each and all a
indivldnals. Truly yours,
- THEODORE TLToN.
Frank Moulton arrived In Brooklyn
this morning. He said that an invitation
had been sent him to appear before the in
vestigatug committee. He declared tha
| he was ready and willing to 90 betorethI
committee II both parties requested II. FL
said that he had not received q letteI
from Alr, Beecher asking him TO go beIort
the committee and testify. Moulton said
with great sincerity he still adhered 10 thu
opinion expressed to the committee thai
tho matter should have been compro-
missed. He regretted that the invesiiga
tion had been commenced. He said the
committee was an er pdrts affair and never
should have acted except with view tc
effect q compromise. But, continued Mr.
Moulton, It happens that am here in time
to testify II my evidence shall be re-
quested In writing by both Beecher and
Tilton. BE expressed regret at the pres.
ent situation, but said the affair has now
reached such psss that all of the facts
must come out
Mrs. TTLToR's TESTIMONY.
Mrs. Tilton's testimony before the Ply.
mouth Church Investigating Committee
will be published tomorrow. The fol-
lowing ls q synopsis, embracing all that Is
OF interest and not heretofore published.
The examination begins with an apparent
purpose to show that Mr. Tilton neglected
his wife from very early period OF their
married life. Mrs Titon stated that she
was frequeRlly sick, and her physician
said there was care and trouble on her
mind which he could not cure with med.
icine.
fAcss r. Ha,iTf
A, Well, any one Of you gentlemen, l
think, would have cared for my family as
much as Theodore did. / was lett entire.
ly with my servants, and they were very
poor servants. l could not have my
mother with me, because it was impossi.
sible for her to live with US on account
Of. disagreement with Mr.. Tilton. Mr..
Tilton was dissatisfied with his home and
with his-Riie's nsgement and was
harsh in his criticisms. %
Q-When did he begin to talk 10 you,
II al all 10 regard to your association and
friendship for Mr.. BeecherP
Al think l had no visits from Mr..
Beecher before 1866; that Is the first that
l remember seeing him very much.
Q.-What was the criticism in regard
to Mr.. Beecher and yourself which Mr..
Tiltdn made2g T'I B., .'r
A.-Esrly az 1866 Mr.. Tilton's mind
was tainted with suspicious OF Mr.. Beech.
er and he used to talk with me continually
about his wrong doings with ladies, stories
which were told him by Mr.. - Iuame
not givenl. When Mr.. Beecher came to
see me Mr.. Tilton began TO be suspicious,
and that l might be perfectly transparent
TO my husband with respect TO my inter-
views with Mr. Beecher, used TO charge
my mind with our conversations and re-
peat them 10 Mr.. TiltOn. Mrs. Tilton
continues-She was continually oues-
toned by Mr.. Tilton in the most
Jealous manner, and she was afterwards
told with anger that she concealed some
thing that she did not mean TO tell, and
that she lied for three years. She tried
to repeat everything that was said but
found Tilton more suspicious than ever.
BE had no confidence In her and she sul.
fered great deal. This state of things
has lasted up the present day, although
she has not felt so badly ior the last two
years. Tilton's criticisms to her took the
form OF accusations In the winter OF 1860,
when he began to assume that she had
done criminal wrong with Mr.. Beecher.
shemet the charges sometimes In anger,
sometimes with coolness or In silence, but
invariably denied any criminal intimacy.
She had denied it in her letters TO Mr..
Tiltop, but they were lost. He seemed
to use all his influence 10 make her &C
knowledge her wrong, and talked so much
about 1t she thought he was morbid. He
told her once that he saw her sitting on
Mr.. Beecher's lap in our parlor and she
replied, "you didn't" s-r
This morbid Jealousy had a wearing
and sickening effect on her. he never
named any definite time or place Of any
criminal act Of Mr.. Beecher, and never
pretended that she was guilty Of any i'm
propriety at Beecher's house. She went
there twice or thrice 10 consult with Mr..
Beecher about sick person, and never
met him at any other place by appoint
ment. Mr. Tilton never accused her oi
criminality based upon any admission by
her. It was true that she confessed In
July. 1870, an aot Of improperly with
MIR. Beecher. The story of Oalharine
Gauntlshe had not read through when
she wrote her Schoharie letter. Being
impressed with the story at q certain
point, she wrote the letter to her husband.
She had no reference 10 adultery or
thought Of 1t in that letter.
Mrs. Tilton was asked: "What did you
reier OF" and replied; II will try 10 an
swer that question. The one absorbing
feeling Of my whole life has been Theo.
dore Tilton. Neither Mr. Beecher, / as.
sure you, nor any human being has ever
taken away from that one fact, my love
for him, But / must say that felt very
great helplulness in my own soul from
having had the, friendship Of Mr.. Beecher,
and also of other people, as many women
as men. F" As to the subject Of the alleged
confession by comparison with Catherine
Gaunt, Mrs. Tllton said this confession
was made in the summer Of 1870, but not
at any one time. Mr.. Tilton gathered
from all their talk that summer that she
really found in Mr.. Beecher what she
failed 70 find in her husband. She gave
him that impression, but she told
him that II he would give to
her what he gave TO others, she
would probably find In him what she
found in Mr.. Beecher." When she spoke
OF her "sin" In the Scoharie letter, she
meant that she had done .Tilton wrong
by taking anyone else In his place In any
way, though she did not know but she
would do the samething again, because It
had been so much TO her soul. ,i..-e
Q-Taking anyone else in what re-