The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-09-01

responsibility is defensible Our hops is that il
much reason TO believe ii may tbaIthIs dis
tressed woman was 50 besse BY her
dsgnng I,,I husband when in states Of mind DIFF
brought on by illness and domestic sorrow and
gloom, as to induee her, at Ieast passiyely, to
by Ar. Beecher. But when her
attention was pointedly, called to the
quickly took i back in sorrow and peniience as
fsflows:
sickness, gave a letter duplicating my friend
Henry Ward Beecher, under assurances
| me aud my ssbai1d- That letter row revoke
/ was persuaded TO a, almost forced when was,
| IN q weakened state oi mlnus reject 10 aud re-
call all its statesnentS i. X. TILTON.
psvsT Ses & 70 &Tag RSIs .nat ST gssesE &
always treated ne in = manner becoming
Err Tr1rox.
There - medical testimony before the com
hmittee, gwen by two eminent physicians. Drs.
Mention and Cory to the effect that such eases Of
mental power and domi ination by husband of
disease and dosatstic troubles are
not infeq~enI. DIR. Gerry. who
lseaiaI diseases and pFenonse5s "a Is ti,at such
conduct on the part OF Mrs. Hilton, When SUBJ
tent honest. Mind we observe, that Mr
Ssis'sn i2uttqn P Pa.aees Letter p1rPecting to-
nave Scu WrllleD On -tIs.- 11NO1 10 nlIn IN
whtch she SAYS that she is a periect coward in
ms sIIltonsl presence ano that u was a physical
imTossisility for'heI 10 te1sthe ty0sh In another
letter from this same to the ssme, she says.
win all my woman soEl am in
noceas of the. eztne ef iDpare conduct
under the direction of Then and Coz Penter OF
Decen-yer l6, 1872 an which was taken by them
TO Dr. rs5sorr's, MRS. Talton Shows that she was
made - believe chas
A,co1sPIRACY
was formed against her husband.
Her words are, ''ssxS months Afterwards. that is
nfter Jniy 3, 1870, sn,Nltrs band felt impe4ed by
circumstsoces. of sconsE Eiracy against him, in
which Beeeher hadsa psr t, to have interview
with Beecher." This-estrs to the interview Of
l1lron with Beecher p1seued ey Meulten on
the evening of Deoenaber -. ls7O, when T1lton
ER,rsteced E,rst ,wrste1 charge in two.
MIST. twill be seen ia was 1nder the infu-
enoe1of startling stste1rnsnts Of conspiracy
moved 20" appear to act en- the occasion. We
md her subsequently, IN a 1e tier asking Beech
eer's forgiveness for the suHering she had caused
fessiors made by his wife to him. We are
onliged 20 receive his statesaenis 90 shis point,
casion, when Titon wasassniling his wife. we
hear, from the testimony % MiSs- Elizabeth
were met by his wife. Cszest5OF-Dsah he eTiltonD
at any lime On this day say she bad made any
BeeeheTs RnsMarHe Rl@ ssS rre sss o sad MF
confessed TO fam that she had been arirai3ally
~ L. 81
when he ssid that and she said. oh, Theodore.
how can youtell that chiIS sueI base Nes,' and
then she 5ttrss out crying. When wss That.
that we went back in the fan Of 1870
This was the day when this. waaess
witness, believing that T. about - st-iks his
wife, interfs.red to save her, and was knocked
down by T. Thts witness il the same person
who, it is said by Tilton and MOaItoa, was
sent TO a boarding school to get
charges BeaChRF. ffrrfl9- - a
MIR. Beecher was so anxious 70 have her leave
town and keep AWAY that he raid some $500.
Tor her school expenses. TheIsis no do1St the.
$1,000 were pad. eut for quite another p1Tpose-
Miss Turner and Mrs. Iilton both agree ii saying
IL was 11ton splaa to leave hsr to GO away, be-
cause she had TO her friends that Hilton had
twice attempted intimate relations w-ih her
in the country He was fsst IosinS nIacs MA ana
position because of his social views aoa S-aS
ments. who, at that time, was twenty ys@rs old.
The absurdity of supposing that Mr. .Sessher
would invest $3.50, big price, 10 get persons to.
leave town, 10 whefa Tilton has beer
PEDDLING HIS SCANDAL
against him, is transparent. PersOas te whom
Tilton had talked IN some foJm Of the scandal,
sometimes in enc shape and then in another
were too numsroes to justify an investment
OF 81 600 on each BY any body whose wealth,
could not be counted by millisas- II should be
noted that just AS Miss Turner was eaviag for
her boarding school Tilton procured from her,
with the aid of his wife. letter denying the re-
ports OF his imqroper liberties Here again we
lind Tilton a manufacturer Of evidence. II is
%ss Tton Hf Saehoritab she sas sar on
unparalleled trials Moultonl quotes hsT as
il was physically Impossible sor her TO tell the
truth In her husbands presence II wil be
in that presence and further that it was
when she Was away from him and from
sin TO be like that Of Catherine Garnt, an undue
affection for bes pastor In this letter TO her hus
love I felt and reseived. harmed no one not even
you, until the heavenly vision dawned upon
me- and again, "Oh, nay dear Theodore;
or congenfal 10 my soaI, get my
integrity and parity are sacred and holy thing
Gaunt, and for all the sure ladings OF an
wise. and loving Providence" This letter was
tended confession. IN no sense can its
words be construed referring TO
when reference was first made to This SeohaTie,
letter, seemed TO think that the offense in the
cordiney relied upon this letter as in incontroverfi
BILE evidence of his charge. In this he was mis-
taken. IL was the principle OF common law that
a married:woman can not be held to commit
a crime perpetrated IN the presence of her
husband and this Is upon the idea that the
husbands presence and fufiuence amount to
duresss and that she Is there fore not RESPONSE
of law 10 excuse Mr.. Tilton or not we may see
In what Tilt0n was able TO exiort from her
without her yotition or asserting, something of.
of the English common law to assert the doc
trines referred 10. We have now reviewed as
briefly could the evio oenee before Us.
There are many facts and details that we have
not discussed. We have cited the more import
ant of these and discussed the salient points.
We haxe carefully examined the evil
dence relied upon by the accuser to
sustain tne cnarges. " are asked 10 believe,
finally, who is this accused, that he makes SO
bold a faces We NAV learn from testimony, as
well as by common report, without descending
to unpleasant particulars or personalities, that
Theodore Tilton has In recent years become a
very different man from what he was fOrrne erly-
reputed TO be. He will hardly deny that both
before and after his espousal of the
NEW MARITAL PHILOSOPHY
signs of degeneracy were setting In. which have,
made him discreditable man In this commu-
nifty. In the new role his elimination and.,