Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1874-07-25
TrLToN TEMPEST TOSSED.

RANTiNe BEFORE THE coMMITrEE-HI OWN
CONDUCT TOLD BY AIMsRLF - sHAMEFU l.
! REVELATIONS -TILToS, woopHuLL s co.
The Brooklyn Edel. has the following lie,
port Of the cross examination of Theodore Til-
4 ton by the committee
Mr.. Tilton was asked by MIR. Tracy as 10 his
relations with certain woman, not Mrs. Vic
toria Woodruff. Had he not at certain sPeci-
fed times and in certain alleged phases been
guilty of the ofsnse with that woman, Of which
Mr.. lilton alleges Mr.. Beecher 10 have been
guilty with Elizabeth Tilton?
To the asking Of this question Mr.. Tilion
manifested the greatest indignation. He did
not exactly rage, but he denounced the impli-
cation in the lofiiest terms. He was dramatic.
He put himself upon very high pedestal Of
dignity.
Mr. Tracy then asked Mr.. Tilton as TO his
private relations with another woman, naming
her.
To this Mr.. Triton replied very calmly. He
was not wounded in that place.
Mr.. Tracy then asked Mr.. Tilton il he had
ever held any improper relation or criminal
intercourse with third woman, naming that
| woman
Mr.. Tilton there1pon again ragged and fumed,
and expressed bis indignation in terms Of theat.
rical and almost tragic import.
Mr.. Tracy then asked Mr.. Til:on it he had
not had improper relations with another wo-
man, the sister Of the las. one referred to; il
he did not take her with him on one certain
occasion TO Winsted, Conn, when he delivered
lecture there, and il he and that woman did
not then and there occupy the same room. Mr..
Tracy indicated also that this question was
founded on charges to that effect, made BY the
clerk and proprietor Of the hotel In which Mr..
Tilton and this woman are alleged to have staid.
Mr.. Titon again ragged with indignation. He
made, as he dots in answering nearly every i'm
portant question put to him, speech. He de-
clared that IL this form OF warfare was to be
kept up he himself would do some talking. II
names were to be called In that way be would
have some names to mention The thing should
not end in that way.
In ine, Mr.. Tilton put himself on the record
as threatening to expose other parties, who, as
he insinuated, had been guilty of improper con-
duct at some time or other and in some place or
other.
MIR. Tracy, said; Mr.. Tilton, you have charged
your wife with having committed adultry with
Mr.. Beecher. Now, answer me this question:
Did you ever commit adultery
Mr.. Tilton (running his hand through his locks,
Strengthening them out to their longest extent)
Sir! Talk TO me as one gentleman talks to
another l decline to be questioned in that
way.
Mr.. Tracy-I ask you the question squarely -
1t is o question easy TO DO understood, and you
can see that is question essential 10 this case.
Ou uhVo ebotCu tuht yOu uau u peituthui nOmt
until Mr.. Beecher corrupted your vile. The
Committee want to know what kind of a home
You made for your wife; whether or not you
brought other women to your house and held
improper relations there with them. You see it
essential TO know what sort OF peaceful and
happy home you made it for her before Mr.
Beecher as you say corrupted her and ruined
that home. Now, Mr.. Triton, put the ques-
tion squarely to you, did you ever commit ad-
ulteryf
-t-,L ~A.;,-
stretching out his finger after the manner Of
Nathan to David)-Mr. Tracy did you ever COM
NIT adulteryr
Mr.. Tracy-Whsn shall have charged my wife
With committing adultery 1t will be time for you
to ask that question.
Mr.. Tilton-Wsl sir, L decline to answer that
question. 1t 10 an insult to me sir II have
ever had any intimacy with ladies l would be a
scoundrel sir to call their names
Mr.. Tracy-Weil, under al b ii We will sup
pose that you have already uamel your wife.
MIR. Tilton again rose 10 an Indignation pitch
and refused to answer.
AIR. Tracy-Ar. Tilton, do you known thai your
intimacy with public women greatly disturbed
Mrs. Titon and made her life unhappy
Mr.. Tilton with another attitude What do
you mean, sir, 10 talk TO me about pnblic wo-
men
Member Of the committee MIR. Tilton MIR
Tracy does not mean public women in "a odious
sense. He means reformers.
iuTs 4htouNCoIuiuk uOWn 70 MS usual man
ner again 20 yes, Elizabeth was very much
annoyed that ever should associate with
such persons. She said they were not sound
In theology /: they were herities and exer-
cisod bad influence on me. She talked very
much about 1t and and always opposed 1t.
''She hated, she said, "such women as Eliz-
abeth Cady Stanton and Mrs. Woodruff"
She said They were on the wrong side al.
ways" She feared was going to be led as
tray.
In another connection MrTilton said: One
great grievance OF my wife was that / WAS
not clergyman. Thank God, am not q
minister! l want you to put 1t down, Mr..
Stenographer. ] despise the church, des-
pise creeds. Not but that ] am religious
man though. i am religious man. love
God, but despise the church. l saw the
cowsrdice OF the church In the great anti
slavery fight. and It has always been false
But Elizabeth has always had reverence for
the church, and she has been greatly dis
turbed because could not receive the doc
trine OF the divinity of the Lord Jesus Christ
l could not receiysit had to reject it, and
IL disturbed her very much. II is sort of
. keystone to her whole faith that Christ il
divine. and my refusal to believe 1t has been
the subject Of conversations and many of
her prayers. She spends whole hours ON her
knees In prayer. A whitsr-souled woman
does net live to-day than Elizabeth Tilton.
In smother connection Mr.. Tilton admit
ted that"M Complaining Friend, "to whom
one Of his celebrated letters which goes nm
der thst name WA addressed, had no exis-
tence Whatever. It was he said, device OF
h,s to quiet down the scandal, ssalthongh
Elizsbeth told me at the time that 1t would
make II all the worse."
During the examination on Tuesday Mr..
Tflton stated facts which proee inoontests.
bly, that he was himself the sole Inspiration
Of the Woodruff scandal, and that be gave
Mrs. Woodruff all the alleged facts on
wnion her exposure was founded. Among
other things in answer 10 the ousstion