, 1874-08-24
NUMBER L.

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iio With storie* ass!ust its esi ciorsyna grew;
yi2h oycr fresh fonncss, iiks tnopiio valors from
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a df,Ga,on'y ~ soa tno ThqO thsE over
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ss' No, tai e1ecsaJia eory. s."'''' "A' ''uA4'''
,ts ssn. \ L n Sa,Ys ", e, ao m ia saes1 md ND
+ ~ history Of ny acquaintance with lser ls this
s 1 IT, os 9at" haoo. ol@e a'as fon
r. Altman nature aud had slammed tho door oi tha
II k.ep IL nj s seas sn a n H. sbs bpE sE. 1
was that Mrs. Wooslhl. hitherto total stranger ia
me- me s.Sasy .a a aent for n9 and poured ino ny ears;
namely utmost tho sau'e Identical tale which sha
Rsintsa eIna fly ow wecss ago Think Of II Whom waa
hull sY1itenly atool ieioro parientois With ano-
Or: Whst wa' 10 ,io7 resolved ut al hazards ID
np the original eorm. Ny fear was Rle would p'to-
,sa Thst sa ta e me- sH TO rrovent thts eatastro
friend of no iat @ so a's would i'ss' novs;
somo Important Services incladg especially somo ID
sors Of pen ana NIP al with yinw 10 put and holtt
IN so acting towards her found 10 my glad aur-
prise anl asonirhmcnt TINT she alnoa high In
Eizahoh 0a,ly Stanton, isabella pcocher Hooker,
and other SKesltcnt women. Nobody who has MT ,net
irab!s impression Whie aho !. earspie of rrono'nE
gu aerioia persons Moreover. fell Tint te curreai
@ s y:s .s sf , e ss % as
ton before tue public; ard aymatezed .keonly wh
fact lont 4 zeal to nil l said in hEr tlefenxe.
Nor was II until after Ind known her for
her Of nonthH md when discovered her purpose 70
fringe movement. then suddenly opcncd nv eyes ta
her real tendencies 10 mschicf; md then It was that
Indignantly rcpudatod her acquaintance, and hays
uerer seen her sncc.
, 1ienco her iate tra'io. ,.,...
In lis pablic esssmation. 80 '~'' ~ ~ ~'''
wat to DO t. to ne . aet clearing
What eoa!d 10 would bo 10 take from my wrdt,us-
desk md publish ;, to;morrow morning the p,epared
1lnrfTye MD yilacatl0n which, With facts anl doeu-
!. | lnrntH, my legal adviacrs pronounce complete.
era T ,ng was sa sT aos a ,s Sa w0c syshns ssss Ss
publish II must not on'y yoato Kind of honorable
og,tion to 30 s1e ish lsa vo'unHry ,1 I'm;
bowen t. & 2 s9rlous risk Of being sn1tten dead bz
Ilow fur Bowen would ,lcscrys his fatc cannot san
but know that a!l Plymouth Church wond hunt hi%'
well, pcrl,ups tho future vii, unrave my akcin for
me wlhnut my owl lana but whatover happens Ia
my wealor-,caten self wish To yo,,, prosperous
eomras' happy New Year. r5Ts1s,ny Tnnanns yeTrs
=. s.-Deforo sending thta long Letter {whlrl rays
ssng oSs a No vii
i the little wh1to cottage anil is little rcd Checks
TIE ALLEGED INSANITY OF T1LToS AND HIS
WIFE
: Tho telegraph gavo only portion Of The docu-
. | nlents re1ntlyo to tho alleged statornent Of
I Tho,nns G. Shearman, C!erk Of Plymouth
Church. to reporter Of the Brooklyn Union,
"that Tiltoa was insane that Mrs. Tilton had
!. meliumatic fts, in which she hnd stated mattera
/ affecting the character OF Doocher and that,
:. !. to tho statement Of neither Of them, for thai
), reason, waa any credit to DO givcn." Doccnor'a
!, letter to Mou!ton was given, in which Ae do.
1 nounced the publication IN "sE1amoful para.
+ graph" anu bald, =" I have written strongly ia
u Sloarinan, aud homo he will aond letter to T,
- unsolicited" mir. A1oulton f1ou proceeded to
\ = give I'm account Of ~ interview ho bud with
+ Siearnnn on the subject. and Of Subsequent
~ interview Of Tion aud hisnsels with hr. j., iu
u which Tilton declared to shoarnan that, Il q
u satisfactory explanation was not made, he CEl'
+ Moultou proceeds:
Is Within few days Of thin interview Tit4n produce
the affidavit of the reporter OF the Uaten that tho
hn did not in fact make. March 90 shearman sent
to me for delivery to Ton nnoe, Of which produced
II copy The original "as delivered up to sheaFmaa
BrEAnAAN 71L1on.
~ DnoogLYN, March 80, 1874.
= = DEAR s1n: Ny attention has beon called 10 =
!. no.sparer paragraph which I have not ssen, bu
@ e fs u e
i IN nedinntstls or calryoyant stats nade Bome lux
i traordlnary atatomenta Of painful nature
in haye for Bome yeaEs past Niatls rn!e neyeT &
send corrections to newspapers Of anything relating e
y myself no matser how sT1oneous Huch statstncnt
Dut have no objection to saying 10 you personally
that this Hory correctly quoted here appears to b
q xhisa ana from yo', over yesT 49, VI thst ~
Woodruff did exactly the thing hers attributed to Mrs
do not know that e!er repeated that story in tht
presence Of ay reporter for the paper in question: bu
have dono 30 In the presoneo II oters and mny O
h Sifna name ia tho neo Of another aud wholly ss.er
5 " u qrso n ys ~ srrl
tts ahedteptly, T. g. SHEARMAN.
When took this note to Tiiton le refuecd to racoiv
!. It, sayiug: III will not receive any such noto iron
~ ~ Hhearnan. He knowa 1t contains afaHehood. and
oMr M cannot take It from him. You may carry back It
- - him" did so, and stacd to linn TtoiA an"wor
Afcrwarae ho substituted fur that note anotler une
y y data of Arrl !, 1874, which is here produced:
r. r. s1tEARstAN TO I1LToN.
an m IRoo9LrN, April =, 1871
~ DEAR SIN: Having seen paragraph lii the Brook
n iyn linton Of Saturday lust conssnang report Of
e{ sateu,eut alleged TO hayo been made by coucern
a Sa ing sour family and yourself desire 70 assure Jul
tlN tA,a report ia seriously Incorrect, aud that have
~ ~ mover authorized such statement
1t IL unnecessary to repeat hero what hare actr
ally said upon thoEe a,lbIats. because aatia
III aod that wh" did say was efroeois, and TINT ta
n Foundation. deeply regret haying boen misloI tut
~ au acs Of unnteasional in1natlce, add am glad Il
n leX, therefore, to Withdraw oil That said rpol
~ tho occasion referred to incorrect ahough thci
W believed by mol anl repullato entirely tho statc
1nent inapNtea TO untrue aud uuJust to Ill par
tics concerned. Yours, obediently
u TleoHose Tijton ESQ., T. q. auEARNAN.
~ ~ III no part of that negotiation dd Mr. shs.rma
o suggest to tllat thrra any doubts hs to Ttton
saiiiiy aud denied both to and to hin that Le ha
f1AA i1ts