New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-07-27
TILTON CROSS-EXAMINED.
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@ And charged YOU with publishing 1t ior tint puf-
pnf an not she saw thr the eject of that publica
ton would perpetuate the scandal and revive III
A Yes after 10 published
O. The Woodruff scandal was DYING out OF the minus
Of Inc people. it not then, wlen that was pun,
shedi A. think not did ngt low tne une WIEN
Thought dad crafty thing IN ~ rard out u ialled
o 1 asked whether the Wooddul scandal was not
diving ont OF the minds OF the people, ana whether
would have died out but ZOE tltf ~ We'll, don't
knGw S SSg re es Pf''r I' '' 'n'' INA" am
% DO YOU not knoN that the publication Of that letter
revived the ta.k ana the scandal 4 Yes yes, every
tang the talk The appointment of an invesu-
eating committee revived Il IN tine same way IN general
o What other publications have You made since the
punHcatioh the WoOdhnll -cahl and the letter 70
complaining Friend, and tue Is con letter, ana et-
ers 70 the lnncill A. rheletter " To Complaining
II had aec3 printed vita bad comment think
I would have had good eject. but that letter did
THE SCANDAL KEPT ALIVE.
O You mean to say that revived perpotuated the
,csudal instead OF alavingtl A. 10 did harm in the
sense that % purported be a DENIAL. looked II 1t
meant for denial which did not dcay ani 1t left about
this impress on-ihat Mr. rron, direct man. who
Knows what ne aud could shy It, If he could have
4enied this squarely, would have done it. The impress
that 10 written to deny. bat that IL did not
deny
A. We'll, perhaps M a sense Won mi ght ineTenuay say
-. think YOU might say that; thnk II had never
down. 10 would have been great deal better.
noi-ll has onA heen sept alfe " your writings
A. have c,eG like a fool admit
b lr NIry-We aii concede Juat and do not need to
rail witnesses % prove ~.
q Now. waru tne Council was in session. that took
FL form, 1l not OF an eccieSltSjIci conr9yersy IA
which tnc scandal proper dropped out OF sighti A.
% We'll tai, scandal Itself droorea ont of sight and
tie controversy over ecclesiastical question: was
tnuff A. lr ,ecluca seuse; jut every body SAID that
tlat Couu,. revived the business. ..,.
~ DI ujt vpu kuOY that y0ur letters revived the
s.uIa.l a. I.-, OF 1t did not need reviyng, IL had
@ ID nc your letters to the Council largely call out
tAr LETTERS 'F Dr. oacJn! A "a NIX Df. Bacon LOOK
sublime i.d tu NV letters the nrst place. He
s.t ticla u.c. the Council DO not now recOlect
ca, ,rr VS. any extrac. from my letters 10 the COun-
c hat were Introduced at al ty DR.. Bacon; perhaps
t.cre was. o. ue made any al.asion at al to them II
was most uuimpOTl ant one.
o. Y,g +. c,v Lat tbe effect OF your letters to the
C,n.l wogl be- TO revive he scandal did you mott A.
N..I1.Iuot. wrote them 70 vindlcate myself; did
no. care whether tIey revived the sranda! or NOT:
d. Dii NOT YOU know what the effect would be- A.
end Uroi. ieiruse the scandal had TO take of
itself. 4 tender toward tue scandal that
should refrain from defending myself II /. would revive
@ Tia, is evident. Mrs Tnton's letter to you quoted
sver love 80 grnd.y as ny neoveo" In that
page 10. tAs sentence occurs; Ald the dear Ifen1s
WHO .Jyc us 4ou 0u-naiN wrote u, anu you nav
erased aud pIt Do you know winch Is correct
What is jed tine -IuI3 tuluk 20 IS me IL IS me
c XlmiuIlE the nrst draft OF tl- cJmmunlcatlOh)
HINTS TO MRS. TILTON.
@ How came Mrs. Ton write that letter 20 Moul-
ton denying she had ever though, OF separating
from you! A. Frank, as as he undertook 70 make
tie compromise between Us, undertook TO straghten
ont whatever was wrong; there was story that Mrs
Morse set atoat about ny beng divorced, ana Frank
wrote a note 20 TO see her and she wrote
o Did no.. She write it at vour suggestion3 A. DO
cot think she did think she wrote 10 at Franks sugges-
had forgotten that letter until found II among
NT HtI-Did not YOU make anv suggestion TO her
about writing that letierl A. do not rrcOlect dis
Cncty Q may Dee that didj do nos know CO.
4 Wi ID
CEN Trlcy-Has she not durngFth CONTROVERSY
syned letter. Thai Won have written for her A. No ;
sno wrote a letter 10 Dr. StOrrs part OF which sug-
ested the phraseoogy a delicate statement Of her
M NOT COM NOR fhan nall OF tine truth tine re-
mander she herself; she Was going to state TOO
q Is tete any other letter that she has ever written
a. your dicaiion aud sgaed aiier you laI written IL
this cOntTovcrsg a. Well, DO not know; 10 not
rccoilect any 90 present .,,
q. Do You remember letter that -he wrote MT M0u-
ron, commencing Dear Francis, told you iasehood
last nightl' A. never il.
q. DO you remember that Mr. Noulton reported 10
YOU on any occasion, that she mad made statement
that what you claimed her confession she had made
you we're 70 her. ANYTHING of that de
scripu0u. that you We're angry about ~ ana TOOK
I1glfOu 20 your house have MIN see whether she
would make such statement or not, ana tuat MT.
IOultOn coming IN and repeating me staeheht ~ your
said 50, aud she said she had not ana you
turned TO MOul.Ou and said. Then you see
who Is the iart' A. do not remember such phrase
as that Frank MOuitOn said TO ms Is nearly AZ can
yecoect IIs memory better tuan nine, that Eizl-
PIetb I'M a mood Of criticism (Which sue did not
very often nave, had said lad made 10 her con-
ressous against myself corresponding with the comics
son WurH she had made against herself, which
Was not true; Frank asked Ler sqIArey II II was so
q wat dia lie ssyi A. sac said "no;' ana then
Frank afterwards told me she SAID tue opposite.
y Now d!d yoI know that the very next morning
She wrote 10 Mr. IOutOn "a IetieF beginning Doal
Francis. told You two fIlsehoods aud ProceeH eu 70
lay substance, the fact Is tnat when am IN Ihe
presence Sir Iton. he has suGn control over Ine
'bige6 10 Nv ylaever he wills tnat / should say; but
truth is that had reported the story just as you
dad heard IT," do not Know 'ap sue I "a ,9 ~
being greatly ike seesaw-sayH. one tAing' anu jill
Edylug a. ,.-., ,.-..,t.r, V
g. Neveri A. No, Sr ,
O Have yOu ever threatened 10 put her in an insane
o Have YOU ever circulated the story among her
tcduainguCcs friends that she was becoming INSANE
a IN buf tlat her mother was; there one time
ABOUT then when she little deiiriOus. ,.,
q Wheui \. ! do not reneInJeri leF mlhu "auuerei
% trtle In sickness she has had talnt OF IN
Eaplty vou Know that have customary phrase
lou s"y an "a me eniV noss76e way in which Eliza
Reth mas been insane she Is not insane al an. ~
xviii here 70 provs what the character Of your home was
s tne beginning OF 1868. and through 1881 A quoted
chem " SNOW WAT 1t was previous " A't ~
Pun.
NO PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF CRIMINAL ACTS
o You have stated Mr. TntOn that there were acts OF
r1nipality first at Mr.. Beechers house. and secondly
t your own house; do you pretend to have persona
1nowledge OF those aotsi A. Only the knowledge OF
n5s Ttons confession-that is all was absent at the
o. Mr. MoultOn was college with you' A. Yes sir
~ He has always been your friend IRON your cOllege
naysf A Yes, and nope he VIII DC " Ine Gnu VI
Your novel is dedicated 10 himi A. Yes, but be ha'
moi done nee the honor oi reading III Will never deu
c%Se @ % that Won had not reported this scandal tc
she WOodhuIl women woman; out you 90 h0t uenS
THAT you had frequently spoken harshy Oh nj
~ Derf A on not harshly have SPOKEN Oiten cru
Saiy o. nun, pay a. ss NV opinion about him.
n. .lus.a mi In.