The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1874-07-28
A verv Wild Story from EIiz-
1851 abeth Cady Stantonl
SIZE KNEW ALL ABOUT THE ADULTERY
BIfoRE wobDHuLl.
Theodore told of it at one Table and
his Wife at Another.
Theodore Gets Mad.
Elizabeth takes Hsfugs under Susan An
thongs Wing.
And Bolts Theodore Out.
AND TELLS HIN # He ENTERS r. WILL
BE ovEH EsR DEAD BODY,
NyIfSs~-.~ $780, sar -. .k..~ ~a(s an$ ~ Wiu
Theodore Gets Mad
Elizabeth takes ssfugs under Susan An
thongs Wing.
And Bolts Theodore Out.
Wilkinson says IF the story gets ont It VIII
knock the Life Of Christ higher'n q kite"
Theodore h.ks. Another Statement.

NEW YORK, July 27.--Mrs. Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, in an interview with
a reporter to-day, stated that she
knew the substance of this affair a year be
fore Mrs. Woodruff published the state.
ment. She obtained possession Of the
facts 10 the fall of the year, while Mrs.
Billiard was still connected with the Reno.
luton. Mr.. Tilton and herself accompan.
led Mrs. Billiard from the office to his
home and dined there. By a misunder-
standing Miss Anthony dined that day with
Mrs. Tilton, who showed some feeling in
this matter, At the table Theodore told
the whole story of his wife's faithlessness'
not in detail, but as showing to- u reform
ers one phase of social life. Next evening
she met Miss Anthony at her own house
in Tenafy and said, Theodore told us a
very strange story last evening" and re-
counted it to Miss Anthony, who, at the
close, said ! have heard the same story
from Mrs. Tilton, Miss Anthony had Civ
en- the particulars as follows When
MIR. Tiltou had returned home that even
ing some angry words growing out of the
separation passed between him and his
wife. Both became intensely excited, In
the heat of passion and in the presence of
Miss Anthony each confessed to the other of
having broken their marriage vows la the
midst Of these startling disclosures Miss
Anthony withdrew to her room. Shortly
after she heard Mrs. Tilton come dashing
up stairs and Mr.. Tilton following close
after. She flung open her bedroom door
and Elizabeth rushed in. The door was
closed and bolted. Theodore pounded on
the outside and demanded admittance, but
NJ, AatInn, ral,anl A., t,u,. .hn in,,
Sointense was his passion that for the mo-
ment she feared that he might kill his wife
If he gained access to the room, Several
times he returned to the door and angrily
demanded that it be opened. mo oma
shall stand between me and my wife" he
said. Susan said, IF you enter this room
it will be over our dead bodies and so
the Infatuated man ceased his demands and
withdrew. Mrs. Tilton remained with Su-
san throughout the night. In the excite
ment of the hour, she told Miss Anthony
the whole story of her W taithlessness,
Mr.. Beecher's course, her deception and
her anguish. Mrs. Stanton denied the
allegation by Iilton, on cross examination,
that Mrs. Iilton was not friendly with Miss
Anthony. Mr.. Wilkinson came to the la
dies to know about this matter and be-
oouEtt thNhl " ~ d ~ IubilSs Az
him it was a matter of money. He was a
stakeholder in Plymouth church, in the
Christian Union and Life of Christ. Now
the destruction of Mr.. Beecher would be
the destruction Of all these. AS Mr.. Will
kinson expressed it, it would knock the
Life of Christ higher than a kite, hence
his concern in keeping the matter secret.
The Bcecher Investigating Committee
resumed its session as usual, this evening,
at the residence of Augustus Storrs. A
Brooklyn member Of the committee, after
adjournment, said the session Of the COM
mittee would probably be prolonged as
many important witnesses are out of the
city.
The Brooklyn Argus publishes a card
from Mr.. Tilton, in which he says:
The Beecher Investigation Committee
have given the world to the late irrelevant
testimony of his, and said no word about
the most important part, namely, that the
crlminaIity which my sworn statement
charged upon Henry Ward Beecher and
his religious victim was confessed to me
not only by herself, but by Mr.. Beecher.
Furthermore, that it was confessed by her
and him to Mr.. Moultou, as n friend and
counsellor of both, and still further that
Mr.. Moultou's Office as mediator for four
years, between MIR. Beecher and me, was
based on the one sole fact of this pre-exist-
ing criminality between Mr.. Beecher and
Mrs. Tilton. This state ment | made to
the committee with my utmost plainness
Of speech. | furthermore stated to the
committee that Mr.. Beecher's. apology to
me, instead Of growing out of any circum-
stances with which Mrs. Woodruff was
connected, was communicated to me by
Mr.. Beecher nearly six months before |
ever met, knew or saw Mrs. Woodruff.
The omission of these facts from the com
mittees report forces me to lay them before
the public as a necessary part OF my case.
(Slgned) THEODORE TILToN.