The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-05

QI-Uid you ever see the letter Whicl
. was published by your husband In hi
statement, apparently from Mr. Beeche
/ to you? ~ =
7 printed there.
Odd you ever hear about ltS
Al was never willing 10 have any
thing to do with Mr.. Moulton. Mr.. Til
ton told me that whatever Communication
l had on these matters in regard 10 M
Beecher and Mrs. Woodruff must come
through MIR. Moulton; but l said: " shal
have nothing To do with any third party
shall be trusted as have been hitherto
and II MIR, Beecher or anyone else ha,
anything 10 say TO me, It shall not CONF
through MIR. Moulton." Well, there cant
to me two or three times papers and let
tefs which purported TO come from Mr.
Beecher, but l did not look at them, be
cause they came through Mr.. Moulton
did not care anything about them, Thil
one, one day Mr.. Moulton brought 10 me
and said 1t was very important letter
| refused to receive any letters from him
In that way, and he said: "Let ma read
II to you" and he did read something, bui
Il went In one ear and out Of the other,
30 much 60 that do not remember whal
was in 1t. ! know there must have been
q letter, but did not see the hand.
writing or anything about 1t. | did no,
not take It 10 my hands. After reading
1t he carried 1t away.
Q-Can you recall anything in the let.
ter that he read which makes you think
that this Is one ...'-7....
Al remember something about his
urging me to have Mr.. Moulton as q con.
tldant. The only thing which impressed
itsell upon my mind was that Mr.. Beecher
desired me TO accept Frank Moulton In
some way, as In him we had common
ground. l have a recollection OF some
such statement, against which I rebelled,
In letter which Mr.. Moulton read to
me, g.H.a md. I'll. - ;.
Q-Do you recolect the letter begin.
Minis" My Dear Husband: I desire to leave
with you before going to bed a statement,
MI. Henry Ward Beecher called upon me
this evening and asked me II l would de.
lend him against any accusation in the
Council Of Ministers, and ending, "Affec.
lectionately, Elizabeth 7" 81
A.-Yes, cir; but that Is not my letter.
Q.-HoW was it written. ~,
AIN the same way as those which
have explained. have no other ex-
planation for any Of them that were writ
ten In bed. MIR. Tilton wrote it first, and
! sat up In my sick bed and copied it.
Q-ls that true of all the letters that
have that significanceH -
Ayes, sir, so far as my authorship OF
them Is concerned.
Q.-Was this letter written when you
were sick from miScarrisge? -
Ayes. ''a.r.r
SQ.-DOyou recollect Mr.. Beecher call.
ing that eveningT IN. :.
Ayes. p n7e l"a ... ..,. .,"... .....
Q,-When?
A.-But a few hours before wrote
that letter. - -
A.-Can you remember that Interview
with Mr.. Beecher2
Alt was q very similar one TO the
other. l was half unconscious and was
very III prepared 10 see either Of them.
My room was all darkened and the
nurse had gone to hers. She opened the
door and said Mr. Beecher wanted 10 see
me. ! certainly don't know what to tell
you about that either. as's
Q-Do you remember writing some
paper for Mr., Beecher2
Ayes.
Q-Can you recall the contents Of that
paperf . ItGgEEs rs g. N
A-No, l cannot. think It was to do
something for him because Theodore had
done something against him. 5fq..rs-
Q-Is It true that he said ANYTHING 10
you about q council Of ministersY
AL don't remember everything about
1t. l have tried very hard, dear friends,
TO get into my mind these scenes, but they
are utterly gone out Of my brain. Witness
never told Miss Anthony that she had
committed adultery or done wrong with
MI; Beecher, or anything To that effect.
Odd you ever tell any human being
that you had been guilty Of wrong doing
with Mr.. BeecherP 7i4fO ttFHSEIfI .
Al never voluntarily did 80. Once
my husband took me in his carriage to
the house ofa lady whom he had been tell.
ing stories about me and Mr.. Beecher. l
went against my will, and when we got
there he SAID, II have brought Elizabeth
TO speak for herself whether l have SLAM
fdered her" didn't deny him. It was
the same thing as when I copied and
signed the letters which Theodore had
prepared, and am reminded Of this, /
don't know whether 1t was treschery; but
many times he has said, "You have gone
to DR.. Storrs, and now he knows that you
are guilty" He found out that I had been
TO Dr.. Storrs and he was very angry. IN
Witness here recounted the scene at
her house when Susan B. ANTHONY was
present much as heretofore published,
except that she told Miss ANTHONY that
Tilton accused her Of adultery with
Beecher, not that she had committed il,
She told Miss Anthony that Tilton had
charged her with inddelity with one and
another, and that when he sat at his
table many times he had said he did not
know who his children belonged 10. She
had spoken Of 1t 10 another person besides
Miss Anthony, when she was aroused by
Mrs. WOodhull's presence at her house
and by visit from two OF Mrs. Wood.
hulrs sisters, whom she called the police
to take away, but she had told these per-
sons nothing more than that unjust aeon.
sations had been put upon her by her
husband. ~
Odd you in each instance, with her
ana with Miss Anthony, take the trouble
TO say that these accusations were false ?
A,-N0; 1t never, occurred 10 me 10 do
1t. ! took them TO he reasonable persons
and | never thought Of their wondering
IL It was SO. - IT.. -I-F .
Mrs. Tilton was then asked II she had
written out confession OF the guilt Of
MIR. Beecher and intended to send II
through her step.father 10 the church,
and said che never heard of II before. In
reference to Mr.. Beecher's calls on her she
said she did not think he called more than
once in two or three weeks. Before she
went west In theelall OF 1870 she had q