The New York herald., 1874-08-23

seeing her shut In a room after Mr. x. had leftf A.
Yes, sr can n give @ the p date but some little time
Q. What did be say when he shut her upY Did
he scOld herr "A cannot say that the doors
were shut. and simply knew that some thing was
going on. tnat she was crying and sobbing, and
instance with his fist In her lace don't know
what IL was about, but | know she was covering
down very timldy under his fist and that he was
Q. How long was that before you left A. About
o. Is there anything further that you remember
about their domestic afYairsY A. don't know
that there is anything that can recall Just now
q. DID you use to see Mr. Beecher there occa-
sonally A. Occasionally-yes, sir: l think he
MIN in on one or two occasions.
q. Did you ever see anything In the conduct Of
Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. Tilton to indicate any
marked afectlOn between them, or anything OF
that kinds A. No. sir; never saw anything.
By MR.. wINsLOw.
G. Where was he generally received9 A. In the
back parlOr
Mr.. Tiltons A. Yes, sir; mrs. stanton was q very
frequent visitor there, and Miss Susan B. Anthony
and Miss Anna Dickinson and Mrs. -. was there
on one occasion; then there were the Misses w.
q. When was 1t that the oldest Miss W. was
shesss A. A. think it was about TWO OF three years
9: now long did she stay theres A. Some
Q. Did Mr.. Tilton seem to be very fond OF herr
A. Yes, sir; he seemed to be very fond OF her; he
was with her great deal; he used to caress her
and kiss her; he was very much taken with her in
her; she had MOVERS on the table and flowers in
her room. because she was very fOnd OF flowers;
Often TOOK her to the theatre and his attentions
TO her were so marked tnat 1t seemed to me Mrs.
Tton was very mrcn he n1s da not
was around-unless somebody else was there.
Q. When strangers were there how was his con-
or % SO that / was there that Whenever W any. any
body was around that could seem to see that he
to % aas e Mrs
used to have my eyes opened pretty wide some.
times; never said word to anybody until made
Beecher, but used TO think some day this would
all come out: don't refer to this scandal, but to
Q. was he attentive TO other ladies' that visited
there besides this Miss W. ? A. Well, his attention
was never as marked, think, with any other Ia
ton and Miss Anthony.
Q. How was it with thsms A. he seemed to
Anthony; saw her sitting0 on has lap on one occa-
sion when was coming into the parlor, and she
o. Miss Anthony A. Susan B. Anthony
Q, What was his conduct with Mrs. StantOni A.
Well, never saw hlm caressing her, but he used
TO be alone with her great deal In his study they
used to play chess until two or three O'Clock in
the morning; frequently they were up until after
the family mad gone to oed-quite late.
q. How are you able to say that they sat up until
two or three O'Clock in the mornings A. Because
i was quite AWAKE anu ucdrQ the CLOCK strike.
Z. Before they retired? A. Yes, sir. can testify
on one occasion the clock struck two. ana on
q. And lhey retired after thats A. Yes, sir
Q. Was your room near Mrs. Tilton's? A. It was
right next to Mr.; ana Mrs, Mrs. Tllton's:
By Mr.. Hill-Whcn Miss W. was he so attentive
@. What about the other Miss w.q A. She was
there aiterward,, Miss B. w.; she was sick there,
q. understand you to say that you never saw
anything between Mr. Beecher ana Mrs. Tlton
q. Did Mr. TIltOn, in any manner, attempt your
ruing A. Yes sir
on two occasions while MIS- Tilton was away;
don't remember where she WENT Horace Greeley
was in the house at the time; think MS. Tllton
alone, except Mr.. Greeley and the servant; Mr..
Greeley was there making visit to Mr.. T,lton the
first tune had been sleeping, and woke up and
BY Mr.. Winslow-At night or in the daytime ?
A. AT ng9 aarag ut reazed 81 my where VAS
his; when woke up and found where l was l
asked what he was doing that tor; he said that he
with him; said that wasn't right, and went
back to my own room; there was nothing said
to be- with him ike oae aea Of the
children, and used to como his hair, and he used
to kiss me as he did other children frequently; l
never mad any impure Thought In regard to the
when he came to me a second time ana tried to
get IN bed with me got very indignant. and as he
locking the door before: lett the house the
ton returned; afterward Mrs. TIlton told me tnat
Mr.. TlltOn had made confession OF this to her. and
was so thought Of tens her several tnes 81 Su
! knew she had a great deal OF trouble and |
thought, perhaps, this would, trouble her a great
BY General Tracy-were both events near to.
getherY A. Yes. sir; think pretty near together.
Mr.. Hill-WaS 1t during the same absence of
Mrs. Tlltonf A. Yes; Mrs. Tlton was absent this
q. Had she come back from schoharie2 A. No,
q. In the winter OF lsee-7O did you not 20 to
Mrs. Putnams in the West? A. Yes, sir.
z. And you stayed how lOngY A. left there In the
fall, think, and stayed nine months; think re-
turned late in the iall OF 1870.
T. bid you return with Mrs. TltOn? A. Mrs.
Triton went out to Mrs. Putnam's, and came back
with her; Mr.. Tlton me. as at jersey City.
q What occurred after you came back in the fall
OF 80 from Mrs. Putnams A. Mr.. TiltOn met US
in Jersey CITY; as we came along he was very at
tentlve and devoted to Mrs. 1iltOn, but could see
spirits from the time she went INTO the house
from the time she saw him; there was Miss -
Keeping house Tor him; she occupied Mrs. Tilton's
seat at the table and put on great air Of author
ity, and was really rude TO Mrs. Tlton; she
seemed to want TO give an impression OF
could do and would do; everything went on very
well but 1 could see that Mr.. Tilton had
was altogether on his side; she showed that at
breakfast, and AIRS. Titon was crying all the
time at the table; he was very sweet and very
some or the Droiled steak ?" "My dear, won't you
have something OF this, or something Of that Y''-
never letting on tO see her tears, though she was
crying so that she could not eat; l could see
through hun all the time; l was watching him;
something told me that there was q villain behind
all those actions; they were just fOr effect |
could see that; finally Mrs. Tilton excused her.
sell anu lett the table; as soon as she had gone
MI. Tilton looked at me very sweetly aud SAID.
"Bessie my dear, don't you think Elizabeth is de-
mentcd Don't you think she acts like q crazy
woman 2" l looked him square in the eyes;
l was so indignant that | didn't know
what to say, but l SAID, "No but 1t is a
wonder TO me unat she has not been in the lunatic
asylum years ago;'' he changed countenance, and
probably saw that he was treadlng on dangerous
ground when he talked to me about Mrs. Tllton
Then Mss - looked at me, as much as to say,
"iI dared would oOx your ears well for yOu,b
but dld not lOr Miss at all; Mr.. III
ton got up at once, before finished my breakfast
and went INTO the 'front.' parlor. on the same floor
he locked one door. aud tried to iasten the glass
folding doors; ! could see him through the crack,
and could hear HIM talk very loud to Mrs. 11ltOn
was on the alert and was going to watcn him;
went 10 the door and listened, and saw him with