, 1874-08-05
A THRICE:T0L!D o. TALE.
Mrs. Tilton Gives the
Last Version.
Her Love for Her Husband, j,
an Absorbing Feeling, ]
Yet It Did Not Prevent Her
from Liking Beecher :. j
More 8: 8:
The Witness Successfully :. In
peaches Her Own ve. !;
racity. -!
She Wrote Letters, Contradict.
ed Them, and Knows
Not What She |
Wrote. s - >.
80 -. r! --.;
She Only Knows that She Slanderea
Beeoher and Stabbed Her: ::
Mother :;
:, .:.u:
l1r. Tilton Bids Last Farewell to
The Committee. !: ~:
y: .:.s-. i;
He Proposes to Bring the Ca 50
into a Court Of Law. .
N1ou1ton Again in Brooklyn and
Ready to Testify. -.
She Only Knows that She Slandefea
Boeoher and Stabbed Her: ::
Mother. "::--:::s- :;
11r. Tllton Bids a Last Farewell to
ths Committee. !: ~:
He Proposes to Bring the Case
into a Court Of Law: . :.
Mou1ton Again in Brooklyn and
Ready to Testify. -
MRS. T1LroN's TESTIMONY.

MRS. T11ToN'S TESTIMONY ",
NHw YonK. Arc. 4-hfrn 1T1ton's tenst;rr,,,. ~
ps.ole tny t'n'ou.u eati'o Gsu-
ml''eo WI DO p"Dnhnoa 'o'mot1o". lne1oAp"'
Ing synopain embracing all thas ia Of fntprest,
and not horetotoro published: Tho exatnina-
tion becins with an apnarent rurnoae 10 ebov
tn.t frS,,on nnc,eotoa hta 81. fro,, .o~v..sr,.
sAAs 1useu nosleoSoa On ,,. VINO ..om 'osS.oxet
penoo OF tnelr hAn1oa NO. hEa- 1uton stated
that she waa frequently sick, and hBr physician
Bhid thor o waB care and trouble On hor mind
Which ho could not euro With medicine.
n,..t;o,. W. -. ~. .-o:,ht. T., ..-. -.
xoe''@'"' ""o ''' ''so"1'' !" fSt1' -
TACT :".-:.
Ans Uer-WeN, anT one Of Jou Eont1snon, /
think, would hare cared for my family ~ much
~ 1'h aodora dill war lar nntfre]v with m y.
sar1. n,s ri .,,o- .aro xorv raor sa.,.nts
1o4 ,a nso. sno 'noJ "o.o 'ots po's se,'au'o. :
coold not nA3o my mother "2th mo, pecauao II
was Impossible tor her to live With uB On account
disaatia,ad With hi, home .nd Nth HI, rifa..
,n.n.',.r,o,. ~ 49, h.r.,, =, ~. s.,,t.,.,,.
management Gu anu "os nstsH = ~ clltloane
Q.-Nheh dld no begih 70 lax 70 you, II AZ al.
In regard to your association and friendship for
Mr. Boecher ? e.. - :: II
- thlnt Ind M ,vfui.. yron, xr ra.sb.r
taan aoA mn. uaa w sts1to 4to ~ oeoSnof
petolo aooo: 1na. ~ 'ne "1ee .4Ss senneu1oeS
'0oe,ng ogwhat VIZ 3oa ~ oJ ths criticism IN rera, 10
Bsschqs ard souraelt which Tilton Gl3: made;
:dIalt{ an iooo NJ; -; - n!gaa na.,, mnu ~ ~
ta'useu Mlsn @ iusplclona ~ IT. poecnel. auu as
usm usSu 20 st snlK VIZ sa .e ha ua
nulnEh "Itn 'aaee. a.ot!e1 u Nn'ou Weto Isuiu
miua py NJ. knnnoo ~: s"1m1}: XIX: "uon! ~.
boecnor samo 10 zee mef mI. .t luton oegan 70
% susp1eaoas ana S"hsnd tnn1 g1. % % pst!teesy
t!Eaoepaien' 70 NJ nnspann ' "!n .ospeo9 q my
interviews With Beecher alone used to charge
my tolna WIEN ouf fconsefsataona ano Tepoas tnem
to Mr. Tilton.
Ass. a.!sen cone.nues soss sae wns
ooSI4SuALLf ouEsiioNhD " I!AIoS
enhcotnlng tnese eon'eFsaons s.a a ng mo9s ;.h
jealous mannef. . nas;. sne vas otsen s4a VIZ ta
SaSe1 M thar sne oonGeatGa @ 1a i;a sn1t rae
d!d not moan 70 10Y thAt sne ned: foE safoo
5eAls sne tiieo g lePeas eIolytutnE thAt
nas sag, out 1oana 11i1on m9rp sn'pIo1oas tnan t
ever; ae uaa no co1nuonoe ID nel. Anu ene su1,
!efeu e. Gseat ada Ias siato ot .nngs g az !astea
to tho present day although ne had not telt 90
baa!I sne 1as. @ smo So@n aions " 3to5 h at; 20
yer n took tao FORM OF acouSauone II tao H1nte1
o. looS, mhen no oeoan 20 asaamo tnAs ene aaa
uoho c1lmlnhI "tohB "ltn heeeuas' cue nek
the charge sometimes with anger. sometimes
VIII cAi!nneBs OF sl1onoe, ous
!NVA91A11Y DENIED oRtM1NAG INTIMACY;
sne haa aont9a IT. N iottafs 70 o. isGn u. nas she5
wore 'ost. no Seemed 70 ooo ~ n'e lnHa9hca 20
much OF 1t ehe Thought ho @ Was morbid: He to,a
her once he saw hef sithns on beechers
iap IN our parlor, and sho; fephea,
You didn't" Ihls morpia lea4ons! haa
wearing ana sioxonng eHo9t On 9or. ao nepoL
namoa any de Unite time or place OF my of9Mnaa
net Win Hoechef nosor pIeLoudao ehe TaH
guilty Of any in'proprtoty at Beeohera mouse:
She vent there twice or thrice to: oonsu's, WITH
beechor about sick poraon; never ~, met MN a.
any othef place ~ appointments. 1Ntoa ueYsr
accused her of orimlnallsy based upon any nd
mlasion By her.
J.. IT M WAs NOT TRUE anE ooNFEsssn ~,
n July, 1870. any act OF lmpropEety WIN
noechor: Ihe story 9f Catherine dsunt ,, ,.s! she
had not read through when ahe en-. Trose M net soho-
haro letter; being impressed With the story at =
certain point. she wrote tho lettoF to her hus-
land, She bad no reference TO adultery Or
thought ct 1t in that letter; .
Ats l1lton waa asked What aid you astH 1eteG 70
Tho ono absorbing feeling Of my whole mo has
noon anooaoxo tton Non4r hoin 15s sa
awn! from that ono fact my love for RI him but I
] my own soul from having had tho friondahip Of
Mr. Dceolor. aud also Of other people, II many
on TIE SUBJECT or THE ALLEGED COMPASSION
by comparison with tho character Of Catherine
daunt, Mrs. 1flIon said This confesslon WIS