Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1874-07-30
Counsel then asked

intimacy with still another woman,
who is a sister of the one last men-
toned above; if he did not take her
with him on a certain occasion TO
Winsted, Conn, when he delivered
lecture there, and if they did not occn-
DIV the same room. Mr.. Tracy indi-
Gated that the question was founded
upon charges to that effect, made by
the clerk and proprietor OF the hotel
in which Mr.. Tilton and the-are
alleged to have stayed. All the wo
men referred to above are understood
to be public lecturers of the genus re-
form. Mr.. Tilton was now fairly in
furiated, and declared that if names
were to be called in that way, he
should mention some, threatening to
expose other parties, who, as he in
sisted, had been guilty of improper
conduct at some time or other, and in
some place or other
Mr.. Tracy then asked Tilton the
question, "Did you ever commit adul-
tery?" to which Tilton Cumming his
hands through his locks and straight
ening them out to their longest extent)
replied, sSir, talk to me as one gentle
man talks to another; | decline to be
questioned in that way" Mr.. Tracy
insisted that it was a question essen
tial to the case and sad, "Y on have
stated that you had beautiful home
until Beecher corrupted your wife.
The committee want to know what
sort of home you made for your wife;
whether or not you brought other wo-
men to your house, and held improper
| relations there with them. You see
it is essential to know what sort of a
peaceful and happy home you made it
for her before Beecher, as you say,
corrupted her and ruined that home D
Mr.. Tilton declined to answer.
The examination then proceeded by
Mr.. Tracy's asking Mr.. Tilton, "Do
you know that your intimacy with
public women has made Mrs. TiltOn s
life unhappy?
Mr.. Tilton-What do you mean.
sir, to talk to me about public woment
A member of the Communicable
Tracy does not mean public women in
an odious sense. He means reformers
Mr.. Tllton-O, yes. Elizabeth was
very much annoyed that | should as
sociate with such persons. She said
they were not sound in theology
They were heretics and exercised a
bad influence on me. She talked very
much about it, and always opposed it
She hated, she said, such women as
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mrs
Woodruff. She said they were on the
wrong side always. She feared | was
going to be led astray.
In another connection, Mr.. Tiltor
said: Gone great grievance of my wife
was that | was not clergyman
Thank God | am not a minister.
want you to put it down Mr.. Steno
grapher. I despise the Church; de
spise thelcreeds. Not that but | an
a religious man, though. | am a reli
gious man. / love God, but | despls'
the Church. | saw the cowardice o
the Church in the great anti-slavery
fight, and it has always been false
But Elizabeth has always had rever
ance for the Church, and she has beer
greatly disturbed because | could moi
receive the doctrine of the divinity OF
the Lord Jesus Christ. | could moi
receive it. | had to reject it, and il
disturbed her very much. 1t is sort
OF keystone to her whole faith, that
| OnIISC Is uIVIue, ana my IUruoaI W De-
lieve it has been the subject of many
conversations and many of her prayers.
She spends whole hours on her knees
in prayer. A whiter-souled woman
does not live to-day than Elizabeth
Tilton.
In another competition he admitted
that letter to "My Complaining
Friend" was merely device to quiet
the scandal 1t was addressed to an
imaginary individual.
During the examination on Tuesday
Mr.. Tilton stated facts which prove
incontestibly that he was himself the
soul inspiration of the Woodruff scan
dial; that he gave Woodruff all the al
legged facts on which her exposure was
founded Among other things, in
answer to question whether he had
said anything to Woodruff rejecting
Oh the integrity of Beecher, before
Woodruff published her scandal, Til
ton said: sob, yes; gave her my
opinion of him very freely" 1t has
also come to light that Tilton did his
best to induce Beecher TO preside over
the Woodruff woman's meeting, and
used as one inducement the necessity
of conoliating Mrs. Woodruff, who,
he said, was in possession of damag
ing rumors concerning him, and would
possibly use them against him. He
told Beecher that he had better look
out, or Woodruff would injure him.
The following question was put to
Tilton by Tracy: "Have you any EVIL
dence of Mr.. Beecher's adultery ex-
cept what you say your wife told your
Tilton-I have none whatever.
In Tilton's statement, Oct. 10, 1868,
is mentioned as the date of the first
commission of adultery by Mrs. Tilton
and Beecher, at Beecher's house. Mr..
Beecher has been very busy since his
accuser's work was made public, in
establishing where he as on the day.
above named, and has discovered that
he was not only out of the city, being
at Peekskill, but that his wife and sew
eral servants were engaged at that
time, and for several days previously,
in cleaning his Brooklyn residence,
where it was alleged the offense was
committed. Mrs. Beecher does not
hesitate to declare that, even if he
were then in the house, such an act
would have been impossible, as the
house was thrown open, and servants
moving through it constantly. 1t is
understood that this attempt to prove
an abb will be elaborated in the state
ment which Mr.. Beecher is now pre-
pairing.