, 1874-08-23

HER TESTIMONY BEFORE THE COMMITIEE.
NEx YoHK, Au. o2-The Brooklyn EaJle pub
lishes tue evidence given BY Tilton's adopted
dau.hter Dcssio, before the Investigating Co1n-
| mttee. She ssyB Airs. Tiiton was the most de-
voted wife and mother she ever sav in her life.
| III every Eense OF the word She is the very last
person in the world tha: ought to be accused OF
anything like TINT which is now charged. never
heard Of anythinS so perfectly outrageous, and
1t secms particularly with Mrs. Tilton, because
3ho is such = lovely, Christian woman, and such
| devoted wife and mother. . Sue lives up -
! what she Dc1l=Tcs always, and has done 80. ]
think cGn say there could notbc flaw picked
| with Mrs. Mlton in any respect. / noticed Mrs.
Til:oa crying anu soboiug whenever she was
| with him, and he had for several ycar1--for
three years Anyway way Of locking her up in
room aud tuikin; very loud to her He would
70 in and lock the door, aud l would hear him
aculdirg and swearing at her, and then sle
would cr;. and | have heard her say several
times, why. Thcudure, ! do the b-s. can
you know .!'ake every doliar 90 just AZ fas as
possibly can
HE MAS VERY JEALOUS OF HER.
both with gentlemen aud ladies. don't think
he wanted any ono 70 like her, particularly any
one that did not show very great liking for
um | SAW MIN, in one instance. with lis list
III l,cr face. Idon't know what it was about, but
huow size was covering down very tlmiuly un-
der Lis tect. He seemed to tLuk great deal
of Mrs Stanton aud Miss Anthony. | saw her
sitting on luis lap on one occaslou, when l was
coming into the paTlur, anu nhe jumpeu up pfet-
,y quick.
Q.-Mss Anthony?
A.-Ssan B. Anthony.
Q.-Wlat WIS l1s conduct With Mrs. Stanton?
A.-Wcil, never Baw him careosiny her, but
he used to bo alone with her great deal III Ills
studs? TIC; used to play chess until or
o'clock in tho E,oruluy. Frequently they were
nj until after the family had gone to bed-qulte
late
CHARGES T1LToS WITH ATTEMPTING HER Ruin.
Q.-U3d Mz. Tltou III any nlauneE attonpt
your ruin?
A-Yes, air.
Q.-WiIl you state the circumstances?
Ale lld OH two occasions While Mrs. Hilton
raa away. don't remember where she went.
Horace Greeley vas in tho house L. tho time. /
think Mrs. Tison was in Schollarle. afr. Ti!ton
md | were there all alone, EXCEPT Mr. Greeley
aud the servant. Mr. Greeley was there, MAX
ing visit to Alr. Tiiton- The first time l had
!,een sleeping, and woke up aid found m5soH III
lis arms.
Sat nights or in the day-,ime
A.-At night. hardly realized wlere | WAS.
Ho must have lifted me out OF my bed aud put
ME III his. When woke up and found where l
was asked what ho vas doing that for. Lie
said he VAS lonesome aud uauted Me to come
aud ue with him. / said that wasn't right, and
went oack to my Own room. There WAS nothing
said about j. st tho time. WAS quite young, aud
used to be with lin l.reat,deal just like one Ct
tile children, aud / saaed to comb his .air. aud
he used to Kiss mc III lle did other children fire.
aneutIy. l mover had any impure thought in
regard to the man. When llo camo to me- tho
second time, ho tired to get in bed with me.
got very Indignant, aud, ns he would Lot leave
tha room. went into another, aud locked the
door after me- had never thought Of locking
tile door before. I left tho house the next day.
and didn't come back until 11ra. Tltton returned
Afterwards Mrs. T!ltou told mo Mr.. Tllton had
made a confession of this to her, aud she
wanted to know if it was 20. SAID yes. it was
70. I thought of telling hor several times, l,ut
knew she lad a great deal of trouble, ant. I
thought perhaps this would trouble her great
deal more.