Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-12
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before. Theodore ilton has in his pos
session letters written by Mr.. Beecher
!. to him on lecture tours in the West at
/ that time in which he addresses him as
he "God-given, from his name Theo-
tdore, which is made up of two Greek
words, signifving God" and ga gift. %
When Mr.. Beecher went to Europe,
Mr.. Tilton was left in charge Of the
Independent. On the withdrawal of
Mr.. Beecher from the editorship of the
paper, without any formal introduction,
Mr.. Tilton was continued in the posi-
ton of sole editor of the paper, and was
left to conduct it as he pleased. Henry
@. Bowen also made him editor of the
Union, and he held both positions until
his quarrel with the former.
Meantime Theodore Tilton and his
young wife went back to live at Judge
Morsa's house in Livingston street.
and here was celebrated with great
eclat their tin wedding. Numerous
friends gathered round them, and the
world outside said that the path of the
young couple through life was strewn
with roses. By-and-by Judge Morse
gave the house in Livingston street to
his stepdaughter and her husband.
Meantime Mr.. Tilton had kept up his
intimate friendship with Mr.. Moulton,
his old schoolfellow who had joined
the warehouse firm of Woodruff, Rob-
lnsOn & Go. in business, and in his
turn married the niece of Mr.. Robins On.
The families were intimate, and Theo-
dore Tilton little over four years ago
introduced Mr.. Moulton to Mr.. Beech
er, who, too, conceived warm regard
for his friends friend.
Theodore Tilton had brother and
sister, both of whom came to live with
him when Judge Morse made his wife
the present of the house in Livingston
street. The brother became idiotic
from scarlet-fever the sister was
highly accomplished lady, thorough
musician, and sang for many years the
alto score in the choir of St, Peters
Church in State street, in this city.
She still resides in Brooklyn, and is
esteemed for her amiable qualities by
a large circle of friends. During one
of Mr.. Tilton's lecturing tours West,
the idiot brother became violent. SO
violent that Mrs. Tilton, without the
knowledge Of her husband, removed
him from the cottage. Under the
pretense OF taking carriage ride, she
induced him to go out with her alone.
Once IN the carriage, they were driven
to the County Insane Asylum at Flat
bush, where she LETT him in charge of
the attendants. Finding himself i'm
INJURED, the lunatic lost all restraint.
He became perfectly wild at times, and
it was necessary to put him frequently
IN that garment known to keepers in
lunatlc asvlums as a straight jacket.
Mrs. Tilton visited him frequently inner
husbands absence, and was the only
one Of the family he would allow to
! approach him. He fingered for a
time, and died two years ago in the
asylum, but VAS buried from Mr..
Tllton's residence in Livingston street.
The latter's father and mother are still
alive, and reside in comfortable cir
cumstances at Keyport, n. J.
His friends assert that no blight ever
fell across his life until his wife's al
legged infdelity with Mr.. Beecher; that
that "drove him to freelovers,' and
that the pernicious doctrines of the
latter ruined him. At all events it is
certain that the alleged date of his
wife's confession found him a thriving
and eminently successful man; that he
never saw Mrs. Woodruff until she
printed the story of a horrible Brooklyn
scandal, and that he has since seemed
utterly reckless of his social standing.
Mrs. Tilton's friends repel the insin-
uatlon that he is insane, and those
acquainted with the family say it is RI
diculous to suppose that there is any
faint Of hereditary insanity because his
brother died in a lunatic ASYLUM.