The New York herald., 1874-08-14

publishing departments OF the Observer; know
nothing ABOUT his connection with the rssnea
BY Mr. sAos-Qs would like TO inquire no how M Mr.:
20 be your oonndantf A. Mr.. Monlton was
sehoolmate and friend OF Mr., Tilton's, and Mr..
camh upon him. in connection with MI. Bowen,
went to Mr. Aonlton and made him his adviser ana
helper. That h the way that he came into the
case. sCa u0I 1ltFa .lstr
BEEcHRR's LITTER or pEsPOEDENcY.
Q. Can you tell rs how yop came to write that
letter OF despondenoy dated February 8. 1872, TO
Mr. Moulton! A. I would come back from whole
weeks lecturing and would be- perfectly tagged
out, and the first thing on getting home there
would be some confouIded development opening
on me. In this state Of mind in which had no
longer any reliancy or rebound In mo.
would work the whole week out. And that 10
the way It happened time and time and time
again. On one Of these occasions went to Mr..
Moulton's store. Mr.. Mouton had always treated
me with the greatest personal kindness. He never
had refused BY day or BY night TO see me or to
listen to me. never saw him ont Of
mood toward me after the first few months.
He treated me as II he loved me. ON this
occasion l went down to the store to see him and
his face was cold toward me. / proposed to walk
with him, and he walked with me in such way
that It seemed to me as though It was rksome to
him to have me with him and as though he
wanted to shake me on. Now anything like that
an s 70 Sss T 70 mSs
upon any human being who does not
want me is enough to kill me, and TO
be treated 80 by him at that time made it seem TO
me ~ though the end OF the world had come For
he was the only man on the globe that could talk
man being. could not go to my wife; could not
60 to my children could not go to my brotners
ns could not 60 to my ta wss
when got that rebuff from him 1t seemed as
though It would Kill me and tine letter was the pro-
duct Of that mood into which ! was thrown.
MOULTON'S PISTOL INTERVIEW.
BY Mr.. Sage-When was this interview with
house December 80, ana the next was at my own
Q: Did you Consider the interview at Mr.. Mou.
toms house threatening tnterview-i have heard
from some source that the door was l0ckedY A.
That is stated In my statement
locking the doori A. 1 did not think ANYTHING
about It nor care snap about It. only remem-
Dred II m his family q was away s
when he came in ne not only locked the door,
bnt he took the key out and putit in MS pocket.
TO my memory. He said something about not be-
ing interrupted in any way. The servant girl was
Q. Then Mr.. TilIon locked the door when you
went into the room with him A. Not that re-
. q. Did Mr.. Tlton at that time make any charge
Of adulterys A. No. sir.
@ What was Mr.. Mouiton's manner at the time
when he demanded the retractlon OF Mrs. I'll.
ton's-threateningf A. should describe 1t rs
being exceedingly one Ofintense excitement.
z. D!d 1t impress you with any sense OF personal
Q. Was It the result of that evenings converse
ton, and full and lree expression RON you, that
TO sympathize with your A. No, sir; that was the
result probably OF some other intercourse.
continuity would have heard ANYTHING Of these
troubles OF MIR. Tilton with his family had ne been
2 successful mani A. am morally certain that tho
thing would have been deeper buried than tae
bottom OF the sea II Mr.. nlton mad gone right on
TO prosperous career, and he had had the food
Is man that starves for want OF fattery, and no
power on Gods earth can ever make him happy
when ne ne Is w not recsiylng some incense rs ou- ,.
ment that you frst met Mr. Mouiton ct Mr.. Page's
studio; IL that correcti A. My first meeting with
think Of him as distinct from thousand other men.
was that; had undoubtedly met him before.
Upcn mn me- date NV Sa knowedse sae Of tRe man
from that time; he was having his portrait painted
at the same time and we met there occasionally;
l remember that on one occasion we walked from
Pages studio clear down to his door, or to Fulton
ferry and talked OF pubic matters all the way,
that he was an acute fellow, aud that he had
strong literary tastes, as he has.
Q. Had you ever Visited his house in social
way prior to his coil At your house on this busi-
nessf A. Never.
Q: Then you had no intimate personal relations
o, So that when ne came to you he came rather
as Mr.. Tllton's friend than otherwise, A. Alto
Q. When did you come to believe that that rela-
ton was becoming one Of mutual friendship9 A.
the transition was made during the consultations
which they held as to how Mr.. Bowen should be
managed 80 as TO 90. as tney said, justice to Mr.;
Tlton: once or twice he said 10 me, wnen told
him something, "rhere, that Is the right thing;"
recoilect tnat on one occasion made confidential
statement to him about some matter that they
never could have found out otherwise, and he
said Il don't recollect the words, only nave q
OF the imprsssSaa taat was MADE on
fdence in him: Il sprung from some statement
that had made. He gave token OF his pleasure
full trust, and he said that never should regret
having put confidence In him-which shall regret
Q. In the course OF your conversation when the
to you to the effect that there was nothing about
Mr.. Tiiton- had been greatly Injured, but
conviction that l was using my whole power
against him. When my disclosure OF my real
feelings was made to him. he listened with kind
OF 1ncreduhty, as II was acting part But when
shed tears and nv v dice broke and I walked up
and down the room with unieigned distress, he
if tnat Is the way you feel II Mr.. Ttlton could be
made to see it. this whole thing could be settled"
Better man a'I in ~" INV c,rcamstances than have
been." what did you mean by them A. do not
know, I'm sure; the conversation ran on hypo-
thetcally IN respect 10 the betrayal OF friend in
an hour OF emergency in respect to undermining
Mr.. TlltOn just at the time when Mr.. Bowen
and all tue world were leaving hlm.-in respect
to a. want OF fidelity; and there is
one thing that you are TO bear In mind-a thing
that have never before mentioned to any OF you,
and that had very strong influence upon me. l
never can forget Kindness done to me. When
the war broke out my son went into
BROOKLYN regiment and, alter being seven
months IN camp at Washington, he
played q series OF pranks on some OF the
olhcers and got himself into great trouble, and
Colonel Adams recommended nlm to resign, and
he came to Inc. Wei, 1t broke my heart. had
but one boy that was old enough TO go that could
ofrer to my country, and told Theodore, who was
IN the once with with me. He made the case AIS
own. Mr.. Tilton has great deal Ia
his upper nature. II he could be cut IN
two and his lower nature could be separated rom
the upper, there Is o great deal In his upper na.
ture that Is capable OF great sweetness and beauty.
Az any rate, he took up my case. He suggested
himself that the thing to DO would be to get him
transferred into The regular army. He said
that he knew sam Wiikeson, corre-
anOn1anf Trihy ~uhn of