Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-07-27

I eseed through her experience II came out win
shs Ss9s, =, Z the truth Of ths case
home. You, Gentlemen, did n You id IL, Mr..
Tracy Thou art the man
TIE AcCUsArToSe
q. When did you nrst bring your wife's aften-
uon 10 the fect You feared there something
wrong? A. IL must have been in the early YEAR,
spoke Of IL afterwards because EhEsbeth blot
TED out the Idea OF wrong at the time. I vas
very young, and utterly unsuspicious. When
and denied Il afterwards She said Il was 90.
but she said, "You must not DO that" Nv rev
erence OF Beecher prevented me from speaking
sns AN Ma nee Putt, OF 70 any one else MT Beechsr
the pictures Don't remember whether I was
sitting with them or not, Il was 20 long ago. The
or did not look st me nrst. he aid not know i
noticed II She may have been sitting on q stool.
de on the noor.
The committee then proceeded 20 examine
Tilton about the bedroom scene. TiltOn said
be never regarded the circumstance as evidence
OF wrong. The explanation lthst the door was
locked 20 avoid the annoyance OF children, 80
as TO have a quiet talk with Mr. Beecher, y blot
ted 10 rom his remembrance; bat he had since
mentioned ubecsusetcircumstances had arisen
which made him feel her explanation OF both
scenes were untrue. He fret mentioned n, he
thought, 70 her mother. he never thought there
Was any wrong in Il until viewed In the light Of
subsequent events. He could not say there was
anything wrong In Il. Elizabeth always denied
stoutly any wrong.
q. You say f0r year after what you state g.
Mrs. Tilton's confession, she insisted she Ia
not violated ner marriage vows A. Yes; EliE-
abeth WAS In q sort Of vsporous cloud. She was
between light and dark. She could not see ~
was wrong. She mentioned IL 70 her mother In
my presence that she had not done wrong. She
cannot bear 10 DO wrong. A sense OF having
done wrong is enough 20 crush her. She natur-
ally seeks for her own peace conscientious
tons II she had supposed at the time they were
wrong.
that she had violated her marriage vows9 A.
She always was saying that it never ses med 20
her wrong, and Theodore, do not see that
have ever wronged You"
q. what DO You understand her as meaning
by "To love IL praiseworthy, but the abuse OF
love Is sin?'' A. rather think she meant car
Ips M aSgs 70 TOO srs.; an extent
A. Yes.
Q. Then you understand her as early as ls6s
s saying that the abuse Of the gift Of love by
adultery would be a sin? A Yes. She was
always sorry 1 was not minister, which is the
only virtue 1 possessed. Thank God" said
Tilton, 81 do not belong 70 the priesthood or
the church. am a man Of religious sympa-
thiee, who thoroughly hates and despises reli-
gious creeds- 1 don't believe In one Of the
thirty-nine articles, nor in either OF the cate
chisms, nor in the divinity injunction OF the
Scriptures, nsr In the divinity OF Christ in the
sense in which IL n held"
The witness continued, that his wife grieved
over this with tears, and found what was want
ing in him In Beecher, who teOk advantage of
il, and ought 70 spend the rest of his life I'm
penitence and anguish. She regarded Beecher
almost as Jesus Christ himself. Tilton did not
think the thought Of passion and OF criminality
were IN her breast. They were altogether In his
(Beechers). She thought only Of love and rev.
erence.
Mr.. Triton next testified TO the letter written
by his wife TO Mr.. Beecher In reference 20 the
retraction. What struck him In that bosiness
az 90 dsmnable in Mr.. Beecher was that, after
coming and confeSsing TO himself and Moult0n
his criminal relations with Mrs. Tilton, sud
then, going round the corner 70 see her, should
have come back In half aH hour expires ing hie
absolute heart brOkenness, whereas he had In
his pocket this retractlon from her. IL was
damnable and nefarious.
Q, The scandal would have died long ago,
would II not? IL was kept alive by your writ
ings? A. have acted like fool, admit.
Tracy. We all admit that, and do not need 70
call witnesses 20 prove it.
q. You have stated that there we're acts of
criminality, first At Mr.. Beecher's house, and
secondly at your own house. DO YOU pre-
tend to have personal snowiease 81 those
eonfessioni that Is all. i was absent AZ the
time.
Witness was asked how Mr.. Beecher was %
have an interview with Mrs. Woodruff. he said
he did not remember the circumstances; thought
Frank Moulton devised IL. Mr.. BeecheT b I'd q
number OF interviews with her ~ Frank MOui-
tons house and st witness house. The object
was to get Mr.. Beecher committed u her views
Of woman suffrage. Witness was asked II Mr..
introduce Mrs. Woodruff at Stefnwsy Hall.
A. Yes; there came a note from Col. Blood
about the Woodhulls not being received At
some hotel. They said il was because they were
unpopular, and they wanted Mr.. Beeche-'s
help. There was something IN the letter which
Moulton said looked like black mail. He was
q. Doyou not know that Beecher was threat
ened that in case he did not preside at that
meeting this scandal should be publisher A.
Ii is the first time / have ever heard IL sng-
gested.
q. Was not the very act OF soliciting Beecher
TO preside at the Steinway hall meeting on the
part Of you and MT; Moulton IN order % place
Mrs. woodruff under obligations, 80 that she
would not make the publications. A. Precisely
so. We did not know that there was TO be a
Publication. We wanted 70 keep her on our
side, and wanted 20 take every occasion TO DO &.
felt II he went and presided IL would put her
under obligation TO him. / fsncied I had put
her under obligations % me in writing her BIZ
ography. i considered that had secured her
good viii by writing that and other things, and
/ thought If Beecher would do some familiar
service Of that kind, which he could do and
which would be noted As such, IL would pat her
under gratitude, and we would ali be ixed.
The remainder OF the examination relates
entirely te Mr.. 1ilton's assoc alton with various
women, the names OF all being omitted, these
being known as reformers and women Of public
reputation, the purpose Of the counsellor being
to show that the peace OF Tilton's home was de-
stroyed by bis own acts. At the session OF July
3 all the members were present and examined
with Mr.. Tilton a letter from his wife, which he
quoted In his statement The other letters
which be quoted from be said were IN the hands
OF Mr.. Frank Moulton. After some cOnyersa-
ton the committee adjourned.
RUMoRED LAW SUITS on TIE TAPS.
IL 10 rumored that General Buffers services
have been called upon by Mr.. TiltOn, not co
take any part in the present Investigation, but
that he is preparing 10 bring two suits az ainst
Mr. Beecher in behalf of Mr.. Tilton-One A
criminal charge for adultery with Mrs. Tilton,
and the other a civil suit for damages and that
action In both cases will be immediate, aud be-
fore the adjournment OF the present inquiry.
ROMANTIC STORY ABOUT TTLTON.
The Troy Wing has a story about TiltOn,
which 10 said 20 BE well authenticated. The
story is from the pen Of Mr.. L. II. q. Clark,
chief editor OF the Whig, who vOuches for its
truth. In November, 1871, TiltOn published q
poem in the Golden Age, detailing the sorrOws
OF broken heart The inner history OF IL has
never been published, and IL known 20 onlya
few persons. According 60 one OF those who
claimed 20 have received the account from Til
toms own lips, the poem was written az a hotel
in Boston, after a lecture which he delivered
there, and while he wrote IL pistol lay on the
table beside him with which 20 take his life,
leaving the verses as an explanation OF the act.
But second thought enabled him 10 bear life
yet little longer, and he returned % New
York, where his broken heart was Temporarily