, 1874-08-05
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MT any accusation
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SS-3;S.; SS:-X;ss; !:Isss II: ut !:os m, letter.
,A.-ln the sasno sthoss which I h.vo
M Msaroady e1ppla'nsa. q : sno other explanation
!e Sfots r It f, sas s's Il my Il sloR 2eS bod snd '
''9es 8:@is thst tr' S. :s.he lestors that navo
= A.-Yoe. :ir; 'e' ! my authorship OF them
Q.-Wna thIa 1ettor written whom you woro oiok
from amiscarriaBo? .....,.
A.--Yea.
Q.-Do you zocolloct Mr. Dooohor calling that
oroning?
Q.-.When? % - '''.. 80
H.-1,ut fow hours be eforo rroto that letter.
Q.,-Csu Jon romoulber tho interview With Mr..
At wss vor5 emii,sf ono to tho other.
was ha1t unconscious, md vaa worry iii.prop.rcd
to 600 oitber OF thom. MY room was all darken-
cd. and thc n,tfge lad gone to hers. 6hs opened
tho door and said Mr. Doechet wanted to SEQ no.
/ certainly do not know what to tell you about
Q.-po yon remember writing sorno paper for
Mr: Daeclier7 So ''''' -
A.-Yea.
Q.-Can you recall tho coitontp Of tLat paper7
A.-No, / cannot. tlltuk IL wss to do some-
thing for him, because Theodore Ind done aomo-
thing against him.:
Q.-is 1t truo that ho eafd anything to you
about 2 council Of mfnistors7 :.
Al do not remember everything about 1t.
bare trled vory hard do.t friends, to got into
out Of my braln.
Witness never told h1fas Anthony ahe had COM
mitted alultory or done anything wrong with AIR.
Dcecher, or anything to that eifoot t.. :,
you bad been guilty OF wrong-doing with Mr.
Daecher2
band took me In Mrs. ---' carriage to ths house
me and Ar. Deecler. 7 went against my will,
and whom ws got thoEo he said. II hare brought
Eligahsth to speak for horsolf. whothor / have
alandered ber," and I did NOT deny him. It wan
the samc thing a. when copied aud signed let
ters which Theodore had prepsred. and am re-
minded Of this. I do not know whothor 1t
WAS troHohery, but many times he las
sad, "You haye gone to Dr. 8torrs, and uon he
knows that you are guilty" Ho found out that
I had been to Dr.. Htofr1 and mas 7ory angry.
Witnoaa here rooounted tho ncone at herhouae
WHEN susAA n. ANTHONY WAS FREaEkT.
much a. heretofore published. except that sho
told a1isa Anthony that Tilton accused her Of
s ads1 T. viii II. nsefdG sd .s not an1 s she h d ar sS
had charged her with infdelity With ono aud
another, and that when he sat At his tablo maay
times he had said that he did knon who XIV
children belonged TO; had spoken Of It to
AuULutE ppEbou A91luGB Hll6o duttluult h4bA QMC
was aroused b.. Mrs. Woodball's presence 1t
her house and BY visit from tTo OF Mrs
Woodhnll's hiBters whom sho cAllod tho. police
to take away. but she had told these, poreous
nothing moro than what unjust accusations had
been put upon heE BY her husband.
sQ.--Dfd you, in caoh Instance, With her and
with Hiss Anthony, tako the trouble to say that
these accusations wore fa1ao7 =
A.-No; 1t noEor occurred to mo to do It. i
took them to be reasonable persons, and / never
thought OF thclr ever wondering II It 1ao TO-.
Mrs. Iilton was asked ii she hsd written out
CONFESSION or GUILT WITH ma nEEcRER
sud 1ntended to send it through her stepfather
to tho church, and said sho nsYer hoasl Of it be-
fore.
In reference to Mr.. Beooher's cal1a On bsr eAe
said abe did not think ho called mora t3'a~ --.-"
IN two Or thres veeks.
/ Betere she won't West in tho fall Of 1870 she
had aoonyersation with hot husband Ia regafa
to Rnoth>s woman. He said on ono or two oc-
casions wh>o 10 solsitea her she utterly refused
him. and no Id not found it 30 WITH otneI
ras West, aud sh% said she tried to think Tliton
ras ! fathor to her, and did not inean
anything wrong, nHs concluded not TO
t:l! hs9 when Wien v3tnss. ':t returned from ron.
| sll tho servants nwAY aud taken into the house
| mlddle-agod maiden lady, who lad onsiro pos
| session; aud msnstsred to him IN every Way,
oriminal1y a. otherwise.
| The testimony eontaine .. good deal OF this
matter but Is not particularly pertinent to the
| issue.
Aa to tho character Of
HER PRIVATE DISCUSSIONS wITK Triton,
| witness said he would take her into room And
lock tha door had kept Ter locked up all day
long innumerable tn1oa. He always bore doUn
| upon her heavily in the way OF accusation, aud
rio sometimes felt his mind wha unsettled.
| MRS. T1LToN AND MRS. pEIoHEa.
Betrg ashed about tho interview With Mr.
l Ato all. 1n+k nf ali ft,a
timo Of Ti!.on'a yaedictory IN the lndependens
Mrs. Ti!ton said she told him sho wanted te
talk With him about dihlcnlties ct home Els
almost instantly naid, II will send Mrs.. Beechsl
t., you she WY bs mother to YOU telI ho' ,s
that Mrs. Bseoher be tue advisor, 80 he brought
Mrs Beeohor to her mothers house. introduced
witnoss to her, and left. Mrs. Boeches asked 70,
tho story Of witneas' troubles, and inquirst
why shs thensht Of sera4sat!en:, Witness s
troubles, and Mrs. Deecher said, did shs
know her, husband lad been faulty Ia tha
manner, she would.not live with him q day. Wit
ness always tols uncomfortable talking to ME
Beecler. beeause sho was much prejudlcot
| against Theodore, and WAS not greatly helped il
mind by that intorylew; ouly Bkw her twlcs, AMI
thoneht she had better make up her mind to
AerBelf and finally concluded to live with ho
husband, thinking It waa morbid state he w. r.,
| with Mrs. Beeeher wero long aud painful, au'
| she could not recall all that wha said.
UTTER wREToAEpkKsa. =;
As to the woman rho was beforo noticed Al
occupying hor house Mrs. 1flton said: She hur
mo moro than any one in the world. Sho YIN
| moro severe, and treated me with gEoator con
tempt than anybody elso ever did, and to ,auol
an extent TINT could not speak It to my lhuA
band, AZ he never took my side; nor could tel
mothor about it did not feel like revealing t.
her al1 thia trouble and embarrassment, au
humiliation; I do not foel that thor
WAS place TOT my head to la down On In tha
house, and frequently vent out wandering i,
tho atraeta. Night after night I walked witt
my waterproof of-olohk Oh, and would 60 6ack an
osoop into tho bassrnont aud lie down anywhere
feeling utterly wretchoa. Onco went AVA
from home, thinking that I would not com
back, but /. found that I hsd loft my purse 4
homo, aud had to return.
Mr. Tlton owua lot ia dreor,
wood, and thefe hhys two babies
wout thoro with my waterproof cloak OH, all
with o hood Oh my Aead. and laid down on sw
graves aud felt peace, had leen thoro but
littlo wAilo whom tho koeper Of tho grounds o.
dezed me Of. Ipaid no attention to him. I dl'
not regard Ills order until ho camo again III
fow mo.nouta aud aald. ~ order you OF thoa
grounds; do you 1oar moo" roso o.
my feet aud aaid: III there is on
spot on earth that ia mino,. It Ia those tw
! rrovas IN and he actually bowed down before u