Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-05

sStai occasion he said % her: % wis
you would not keep near MEL 1t VS.
evident to her that he did not want con
parsons made between them; it hui
her vefy much. In 1870 she had
conversation with Tilton regarding b
habits and associations in which b
confessed criminahty with other We
men. She did not confess adultery t
him; it was the other wayne coniesse
to improper relations with other women
and told her he wished her to under
stand thst when he was away fron
home Iecturing or visiting, if he desire
to crafty himself, be would do it. tn
wOT.t was filled with ISLANDERS abou
him, out be did not seem to know Il; b
thought everything came from her, an
said 50. He declared that she was tn
originator OF ell the talk abou
I him, and he insisted on ne
correcting these impressions. He sal,
/ on one certain occasion a certain woman
had been talking about him, and b.
wanted his wife to see her and put az
end TO it. She went to the woman ans
told her she should have 20 avoid add
Ing to the stories already aflOat, for bel
sake, when she replied: Mrs. Tilton
do you know why 1 didn't? Because
the night before, your husband had told
stories of yourself to such and such &
person that came to me directly, and
was not going to allow an accusation o
that character to stand against you. y
Wherever she went she found that TIL
ton had not only made these accusations
against her, but had recOunted the de-
tails which he has now published; theu
be would deny to her that he had done
so.
Mrs. Tilb0n's attention being called to
her hus bands allegation about the i'm
proper casess, she said there was no truth
in it. She also denied the bedroom
story, saying, Theodore had been with
Us that morning, and had gone out.
Mr.. Beecher Was sitting in large chair
and she had drawn up a small one.
Beeeher had in his hand a little
manuscript he was going TO read. She
did not remember what it was. The
door from the bedroom 20 the hall was
shut, and she had shut the door leading
from the sitting-rOom to the hall, which
was usually open. She had no sooner
done that, which was to keep out the
noise of the children playing in the hall,
and sat down by the side of Mr.. Beecher,
when Theodore came TO the other door
Not five minutes had elapsed since he
went out. There was no hesitation in
opening the door. The folding-dOors
were wide open. The door leading from
the hall to the bedroom was locked, but
that was not uncommon. Her closing
the other door, which was seldom closed,
perhaps made Theodore suspicious.
Qaes.-Was Mr.. Beeeher flushed
When Theodore came in?
Ans.-Not at all.
Being next questioned as to the paper,
Mr.. TiltOn said she wrote him in the
latter part Of 1870, stating that Beecher
had made improper approaches, wit
ness said the paper she wrote was but a
couple Of lines, as far as she could re-
member, and were written at a time
when she was nearly out of her mind,
but what Theodore made her write she
could not tell at this day; she was con-
sciOus of writing many things under die
tation, or copying them off and giving
them to him.
Ques.-Things that were false?
Ans.-Oh yes.
Cues w hat benefit did be tell you
would come if you would make these
statements?
Ans.-He said this statement was TO
help him in the matter with Mr.. Bowen.
I did not Understand bow it was, but in
stead Of going to Mr.. Bowen with it, he
went 10 Monitor, and that quite startled
me.
Ques.-Did Mr.. Beecher make any
improper suggestion or request to you?
Aus.-Why, no sir; twas utterly false.
I have done many things like signing
that paper. There Is a certain power
Theodore has over unexpectedly if l
am sick, and be hardly ever came TO me
when I was in any other condition to DO
anything Of that sort. One or two letters
I sent west will bear witness to that.
[ wrote a letter to Miss -s
in one ten minutes, and IN the
next ten minutes [ wrote another
letter to her with a statement contrary
to that OF the first. The first was writ
ten under Mr.. TiltOn's Influence, but
after having written il I sa d to myself:
" Why, l have stabbed Mr.. Beecher,"
and Immediately wrote in the second
letter, "For Gods sake dOn't listen to
what I said in the first letter" have
never written a letter of my own IN re-
gard to this matter except a very small
one, and about which I desire to con 'ess;
it was in regard TO my mother, and in
that letter 1 gave her very cruel stab.
l wrote that, but the Others were en-
tiTely Of Mr.. TiltOn's c0ncOcting.
Mrs. Tilton admitted that she copied
the note containing the words: Mr..
Bsecher desired me to be his wife,
with sil that that implies,n which
note was to be shown to DR.. Storrs
She at first refused, but Tiltob said he
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deal better than anyti ing be could
write, and that it was not anything after
all, She replied, ats not true, and
what will Mr.. Beecher say?n Frank
Carpenter was present, but could not
hear them, as they spoke low. Iflton
told her she had but fifteen minutes, and
she sat down and wrote the note. It is
absolutely false that she wanted to
make a stronger statement. She
thought it w'ckedly strong as il was.
There was trouble, and she thought that
it would in some way serve her and
bring peace. He had said the whole af-
fair was a scheme to get out OF the
Woodruff trouble. Mrs. TiltOn then re-
lated how the week after the council Of
churches was held she thought
of consOling Theodore and went
10 lyTs CADLIH anu Ablu AADl
that letter was false; that she was not
the author Of, nor bad she composed it
in any way; and DR.. Storrs said: 'iI wish
| had known that week ago, because
on that letter alone | believed Beeeher
to be a guilty man."
Qles.-Did be inquire how you came
to copy such letter?
Ans.-NO.
Ques.-Did you explain to him?
Ans.-NO; he wanted 10 know if [
knew of any great sin that l had done.
said l did. He said it was fearful
thing, to which 1 said, yes, realized
It.; had frequently done such things as
hat
Ques.-Did you ever see the letter
which was published by your husband
IN bis statement, apparently from Mr..
Beecher 10 you?
Ans.-N0, sir; 1 never saw it until it
wss printed there.
Ques.-Did you ever hear about it?
Ans.-I was never willing to have
anything TO do with MOult0n. Tlton
told me that whatever communication [
bad in these matters in regard 70 3 eech-
sr and Mrs. Woodruff must come
through Mr.. Moulton, but l said, az
shall have nothing to do with any third
party; l shall be trusted as / have been
and il Mr.. Beecher or anyone
Else has anything TO say 10 me, IL shall
not come through Mr.. MOultOn." Well,
there came To me two or three times pa
oers aud letters which purpOrted 10
come from BsecheT, but I did not look
at them, because they came through
Mr.. MOultOn. / did not care any,
Thing about them. This one, one
day when was sitting in the
psrlor, Moulton brought to me and