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your husband any act or acts Of impropriety with

4 Mr. beecDer Y A. NO.
THB CATHERINE oAUNr STORY.
@ Did you admit To him any wrongs Of criminal
intimacy with Mr. Beecher at other placesY A. No,
! Q. Now, please state what conversation occurred
In the summer OF 1870, along about the month OF
July, between you and your husband In reatOn TO
that subectY q. Well, SAID in my statement not
that mad made confession similar to that which
Ca herine Gaunt had made AZ any one time, but
that had SAID things In many conversations out OF
which there might have been gathered up just
such story as on reading Catherine Gaunt's up TO
certain point Ielt that she had told
z Yon wrote letter 30 Your husband from
Catherine Gaunt' throughY A. No, had not: | mad
read the 'Lile Of Catherine Gaantn 20 certain
point, and, being touched very strongly with IT In
! to Theodore.
! MIR. WInslow-Had y0n at that time any refer
ence TO adultery or thought OF itf A. No, sir.
z. What did you refer tor A. Will try to
u my whole life has been Theodore TiitoB; neither
Mr.. Beecner, assure you, nor any human being
has ever taken away from that one fact my love
Tor hlmi but must say that elt very great help.
iulncss IN my own soul from having had the friend
ship Oh Mr. beecher, and aso OF other people, as
many women as men,
/ Mr.. IIill--Q, You stated that in the summer OF
1870 y0u made confession in respect 10 catherine
Gannt, and tnat you made 4 at no one timer A.
Mo- l ana mo-; think that Theodore gathered up
from all our talks tnat simmer that really Ound
ia Mr.. Reeceer what did not lind IN him he got
that @ Know gave It to him; bu' often SAID,
/ find IN Mr., Beecner"
"sin;" wnat aid you Ihean by ihats A. The0-
dorc's nature being proud one. lelt on reading
harmed him IN taking any one else in any way,
although, On looking 1t over, do not tnlnk bat
that should do It again, because 1t has been SO
! Z. Taxing any one else in wnat respectY A. do
NOT think u 1 nad known as much as DO now OF
! TiltOn that should ever have encouraged Mr..
Beecher's acquaintance: think rdlu wrong ia
doing doing lt; inasmIca as It hurt Tasodore; 90 not
you snow what J mean when say that was
aroused 10 @ ssl,nat n, nad ,asnn
was always a camper between me and fheodore,
but there never was between me anu Mr.. Beecaer;
with Mr.. Beecher had sort oil CONSCIOUSNESS OF
being more; he appreciated me as Theodore did
not; lelt m, sell another woman; felt that he
resiected me; THINK Theodore never saw IN me
what Mr.. Beccher did.
WANT or MARITAL SYMPATHY.
Mr.. Sage-D0 you mean TO say that Theodore
put down 'sefrespect in you while Mr.. Beecher
lifted isnpY 4; fes. never ieit n bt % Of embar.
could sit down with Theodore without Deinx self
conscious and feeling his sense OF my inequality
Mr.. Winslow-W1ll you state In a few words what
was mat SIN which you spoke OF 10 tnat letter
tnan giving TO another what due TO my hus-
bandmthat which ne did not bring out, however.
what ao SS you sss to- q Why the all IL
Z ture do not think fee1 ahy great SID about 1t
BY Mr.. Hill-Do you mean tnat you thought you
let your affections or your regard or your respect
90 out ior Mr.. Beecner unduly and SO censured
that. because did not think harmed Theodore
in tnat; harmed MIN in his pride Dy allowing any
one else to enter into my lie at all; think that
O When you speak Of your sin you do not mean
to be understood Us gong larther tnan that2 A.
No; let me tell you little more; Theodore, up to
that time in hls ACCUSATIONS, would often talk to
me by the hour to snow me the effect that he said
with gentlemen ana would become nearly crazy
was no one who carried su,h an influence as I aid;
l would say, "lheodore, 90 not think that Is q
TACT; u d!d would never speak to another man
Q. Did be define that inhuence9 A. He said
had q
used to become lnpregnated with rLls idea OF his
/ myself while under his influence, and wondered
II 1t Was 40, and would think 1t over an over; he
would often talk tO me IN that way by the hour,
ana Try to persuade me that II was true; and then
when used to get out rom under his influence
J was perfectly sure that no man ever lett that
way toward me.
Mr. Sage-Was there, in the sin to which You re-
1erred, ANYTHING tnat was unjust or that was CIV.
ing 10 MIR. Beecner any affection that belonged
wifely feeling which gave to my husband was
as pure as anything that could give hln; there
was nothing more than confidence aud respect
which l gave to Mr.. Beecher; and teach my
daughters tnat II they give to their husbands
would like 70 have you gentlemen realize how
very severe that was to me, because It has been
ing that that the effect OF my presence upon
persons; 1t made me SICK OK and caused me to dis
Mr. Ceveand-Did it make you feel that you
were beneath him and not his equaiy A. Oh GER
LITTLE INCIDENT
to explain this feeng in regard to my personal ap
pearance tmy presence was always mean, Knew;
have often been invited TO SO with him TO meet
ms friends ana very n1,, much against my NY VIII
course | never could dress as other ladies did; ;
that was not my taste; and when ! have been
he has turned around to me and SAID, 81 would
give $500 II you were not by my side," meaning
hot Wa cn yr.sQn tha hn lplaa pf
me; and rememoer perfectly, In two or three in
stances OF gong 20 hotels, where my being short
II wish you would not keep near me !" I would
not have gone ii ] had not been invited by him,
friends; and would have cut or my right arm to
have been five inches taller; he seemed unwilling
that snould be rs the Lord made me; do not
know what else it was one occasion remember
very well; there WAS a large company OF friends
at our house they were all ms lriends-a gather
requested me not to come near him that night; 1t
was very evident to me that he did not want COM
parsons made be ween US; that seems very mean
to state, but 1t hurt me very much to Know IT.
MI. hill--In July, 1870, mad you any conversation
with Mr. Tlton IN regard to his own habits and
his own associaiionsf A. Yes, sir, had.
q; What was the character OF that conversation
his thoughts to me in all these conversations, for
think he never had thought without telling me |;
he made great many disclosures to me Of his life
that summer.
CONFESSION OF ADULTERY.
Q. Did he make any confession to you OF crlmi
nalty with other ladiesS A. Yes, sir.
z. And did you say that was about July, 1870 ?
A. Yes, sir
z. You have noticed his statement in which ne
| says you confessed adultery to him about that
tiine and you say that the confession was the
other way-irom him to your A. II was; do
not mean that his confession at that time re-
fcrred to one; his talk with me referred to sew
eral. 1t was the time when was making up my
mind what TO do in regard to living with person
who had reached such state, and In connection
with these IDEAS which he had grown INTO he said
he wished me TO understand that when he was
away from home on q lecturipg tour anywhere
visiting with friends, II he desired the gratIcation
Of himself he would do it.
q. State what you refer to in your published
statement where you speak OF your going to other
people TO correct impressions with reference to
INN. and finding that he had anticipated you A.
The world was hlled with ISLANDERS about him. he
did not seam To know II: he th0uuht eVerx thip2