Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-05
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MoULToN TURNS UP.
Frank MoultOn arrived in Brooklyn
this morning. He said that an invita-
ton had been sent him to appear before
the investigating committee. He de
clared that be was ready and willing tC
60 before the committee il both parties
requested it. He said that he.had not
received letter from Mr.. Beecher ask.
ing him to go before the committee and
testify. MoultOr said, with great sim
cerity, that he still adhered to the Opin-
ion expressed to the committee, that the
matter should have been compromised.
He regretted that the investigation had
been commenced. He said the com
mittee was an er-pdrte affair, and never
should have acted except with view to
effect compromise. "But," continued
Mr.. Moulton, "it happens that l am
here in time TO testify, if my evidence
shall be requested in writing by both
Beeeher and Tiltou." he expressed
regret at the present situation, but said
the sffair had now reached such pass
that all the facts must come out.
SYNOPSIS OF MRS. TILToNis TESTIMONY.
Mrs. Tilton's testimony before the
Plymouth church investigating commit
tee will be published tomorrow. The
following is q synopsis, embracing all
that is Of interest and not heretofore
published. The examination begins
with an apparent purpose to show that
1iiton neglected his wife from very
early period of their married life. Mrs.
Tilton stated that she was frequently
sick, and that her physician said there
was trouble and care on her mind which
he could not cure:
] fon-tA haf yyaa frrfsbfa in,
I point of fact?
! Answer-Well, anyone Of you gentle
men, think, would have cared for my
family as much as Theodore did. I was
( left entirely with my servants, and they
were very poor servants. I could not
! have my mother with me because il was
( impossible for her TO live with u on ac-
count OF her disagreement with Mr.. Til
ton. TiltOn was dissati- fed with his
home and with bis wife's management,
and was harsh in his criticisms.
Ques.-When did he begin to talk to
you, if at all. in regard to your associa-
ton and friendship for Mr.. Beecher?
Ans.-I think I had no visits from
Mr.. Beecher before 1866. That is the
first that remember seeing OF him.
Ques.-What was the criticism in re-
gard to Beecher and yourself which
Tilton made2
Ans.-As early as 1865 Mr.. Tiltonis
mind was tainted with suspicious Of
Mr. Beecher, and used to talk with me
continually about his wrong-doiDgs with
ladies, stories of which We're told him
by Mr.. name not given When MIR.
! Beecher came to see me Mr.. TiltOn be.
gan to be suspicious, and that it might
be perfectly transparent 10 my husband
with respect to my interviews with Mr.
Beecher alone, 1 used to charge my
mind with our conversations ana repeat
them to Mr.. TiltOn. Mrs. TiltOn COL
tinues: She was continually questioned
by TiltOn concerning these conYeTsa-
tions in the most Jealous manner. She
was often told, with anger, that she had
concealed something she did not mean
20 tell, and that she lied. For three
years she tried to repeat everything that
was said, but found TiltOu more suspi-
ciOus than ever. He had no con-
fidence in her, and she suffered a
great deal. This state of things lasted
TO the present day, although she had not
felt so badly in the last two years. Til
toms criticisms, to her, took the form Of
accusations. In the winter OF 1863, when
he began to assume she had done crimi-
nal wrong with Beecher, she met the
times with ealmness or silence, but in
variabIy denied criminal intimacy. She
had denied it Ia letters to Tiiton, but I
they were lost. He seemed to use all bis /
influence to make her acknowledge the |
wrong, and talked so much of it she |
thought he was morbid. He told her I
once he saw her sitting on BeecheT's |
lap, in our parlOr, and she replied: ''You /
did not" This morbid jealOUsly had a
wearing and sickening effect on her. /
He never named any definite time or
place of any criminal act with Beecher; !
never pretended she was guilty Of any
imprOpriety at Beecher's house. She /
went there twice or thrice TO consult /
with Beecher about a sick person; never .
met him at any other place by appoint (
ment. Tilton never accused her Of GRIM 4
inality based upon any admission by |
Ler. 1t was not true that she confessed 1
in July, 1870. any set Of improperly with |
Beecher. The story Of Catharine Gaunt l
she had not read through when she /
wrote her SchOharie letter. Being i'm |
pressed with the story at certain point, |
she wrote the letter to her husband. She |
had no reference to adultery, or thought |
Of It 10 that letter.
Mrs. Tilton was asked, "What did YOU /
refer to ?" and replied, az will try to an
swer that question.
"The one absorbing feeling of my
whole life has been Theodore TiltOn. /
Neither Mr. Beecher, l assure you. nor /
any human being, has ever taken away |
from me that one fact-my love for him. /
But 1 must say that l felt very great !
belpfuluess in my own soul from having /
had the friendship Of Mr.. Beecher, and /
also other peOple-.ls many women as /
men,
On the subject of the alleged confess |
sion, by omparison with the character /
of Cathsrne Gaunt, Mrs. Tilton said /
that this confession was made in the |
summer Of 1870, but not at any one time. /
Mr.. Tilton ga hered from all their talks |
that summer that she really found in /
Mr.. Beecher what she did not find in her I
husband. She gave him that impress /
sion; but she tod him if he would give |
to her what lie gave to otl ers, she would 4
probably find 40 hin what she found in !
MIR. Be scher. When she spoke Of her
sin in the SChoharie letter, she meant 1
that she had done Pilton a wrong by
taking any one else in his place in any
way, though she did not know but she
would do the same thing again, because
it had been so much help to her soul.
Ques.-raking anyone else in what
connection?
Ans.-I do not think, if had known
as much as l do now of TiltOn, that
should ever have encouraged Mr.. Beech
er's acquaintance. think did wrong
in doing it, inssmuch as it hurt Theo-
dOre? l do not know as can make my
self understood, but do you know what
I mean when [ say that l was aroused
in myself that / had a self-assertisn
which | never knew before with Theo-
dore. There was always a damper be-
tween me and Theodore, hut there never
was between me and Mr. Bsecher. With
Mr.. Beecher had a sort Of conscious
ness of being more. He appreciated me
as Theodore did not. l felt myself
another woman; felt that be respected
me. ] think Theodore never saw in me
what Mr.. Beecher did.
Mr. Sage-Do you mean to say that
Theodore put down selfrespect in you
while Mr.. Beecher lifted it up.
Ans.-Yes; l never felt 3 bit OF embar-
with Mr. Beecher, but to this
day never could sit down with Theo-
dore without being self-conscious, and
feeling his sense of my inequality with
him. Witness said the siu she spoke OF
was nothing more than giving to an
other what was due to her husband
that which he did not bring out, how
ever. She did not feel now that
there was any great sin about lt.
The sin was that she hurt her husbands
pride by allowing anyone else to enter /
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