Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1874-08-14

New YORK, August l4-The follow
ing is portion of the cross examina
ton of Mr.. Beecher by the Plymouth
Church investigation committee:
Mr.. Sage-I would like to inquire how
Moulton first entered this case, and how
he came to be your confdant2
A. Mr.. Moulton was a schoolmate and
friend of Tilton, and Tilton, when his
various complicated troubles came upon
him, in connection with Bowen, went to
Moulton and made him his adviser and
helper That is the way he came into
the case.
Q. Can you tell us how you came to
write that letter of dependency, dated
February 9th, 1872, to Mr.. Moulton2
A. / would come back from a whole
weeks lecturing and would be perfectly
tagged out and the first thing on getting
home there would be some COMPOUNDED
development opening on me, In this
state of mind, in which l had no longer
any resistance or rebound in me, so l
would work the whole week out, and that
is the way it happened ON me time and
time again. On one Of these occasions
| went to Mr.. Moulton S store. Moulton
had always treated me with the greatest
personal kindness; he had never refused
by day or by night to see me or listen to
me. / never saw him out of mood toward
me. After the first few months he
treated me as if he loved me. On this
occasion 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 manner that it
seemed to me as though it was irksome
TO him to have me with him, and as
though he wanted to shake me off. Now,
anything like that all bat kills me.
don't wish to push myself upon any
body. To feel that / have pushed myself
upon any human being who does not
want me is enough to kill me; and to be
treated so by him at that time, made it
seem to me as though the end Of the
world had come, for he was the only
man on the globe that l could talk with
on this subject. / was shut up tc every
human being. / could not go to my
wife, could net 60 to my children, /
could not go to my brothers and sisters,
and ! could not go to my church; he
was the only one person to whom / could
talk, and when / got that rebuff from
him it seemed as though it would kill
me, and the letter was the product Of
that mood into which was thrown.
By Page-When was this interview
with pistol2
A. The first interview was at Moul-
tons house, December 30, and the next
was at my own on the next day.
Q. Did you consider the interview at
Moulton's house a threatening inter
view?
A. have heard from a source that
the door was locked, and that is stated
in my statement.
Q. Did Tilton at that time make any
charge Of adultery
A. No, sir.
Q. What was Mr.. Moulton's manner
at the time when be demanded a retrac-
ton of Mrs Tiltons threatening letter.
A. should describe it as being one
of an exceedingly intense excitement.
Q. Do you suppose that you or the
community would have heard anything
Of these troubles Of Tilton with his
ismily had he been a successful man2
a. | am morally certain that the thing
would have been deeper buried than the
bottom Of the sea if Tilton had gone
rlght Oh TO prosperous career and be
had had food which he had been aceus.
toned to, but Tilton is not near that star
for want OF battery, and no power on
Gods earth can make him happy when
he is not receiving some success.
Q. I understood by your statement
that you first met Moulton at Pages
studio; is that correcti
A. / date my knowledge Of the man
from that time; be was having his por-
trait painted at the same time, and we
met there occasionally. / recolleet be-
ing impressed with feeling that he was
an acute fellow, and that be had strong
literary tastes, as be has.
.. Had you ever visited his house in