The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-05
BY TELEGRAPH.
MRS TILTON BEFORE THE CON-
MITTEE
She Testifies as to her Husbands Me-
glect and his Abuse.

She Testifies as to her Husbands Ne.
glect and his Abuse.
New York, August a.
Mira. Tlton's testimony before Plymouth
church investigating committee will be
published tomorrow. The following is
synopsis, embracing all that is of interest
and not heretofore published. The en-
animation begins with an apparent pur-
pose to show that Tilton neglected his
wife from a very early period of their mar
riage life. Mrs. Tilton stated that she was
frequently sick and her physician said
there WIS care and trouble on ls: mind
which he could not cure with medicine.
Q. What was the trouble IN point OF
fact?
A. Well every one of you gentlemen
think would have cared for my family as
much as Theodore cid. | was left en-
tirely with my servants and they were
poor servants. ! could not have my
mother with me because it was impossible
for her to live with us on account of dis
agreement with Mr.. Tilton. Tilton was
DISSATISFIED WITH HIS HOME,
of his wlfc's management, and was harsh
in his criticisms.
q. When did he begin to talk 10 you, if
at all, in regard to your association with
and friendship for Mr.. Beecher?
A. think | had no visits from Mr..
Beecher before 1896. That is the first
remember of seeing him very much.
O. What was the criticism in regard to
Mr. Beecher aud yourself which Mr.. Tilton
made?
A. Early in 1866 Mr.. Tilton's mind was
tainted with suspicious of Mr. Beecher,
and he used to talk with me continually
about his wrong-dongs with ladies, stories
of which were told him by -----. When
Mr. Beecher came to see me,
MR.. TILToN BEGAN TO BE SUSPICIOUS.
That mightb perfectly transparent to my
husband with respect to my interviews
with Beecher alone, used to charge my
mind with our conversations and report to
Mr.. Tilton.
Mrs. TiltOu continues-she was cOntin-
ually questioned by 1ilton concerning
these conversations in most jealous man
ner; she was often told with anger that
she concealed something that she did not
| to tnl1 hat l,a linJ Enr fhran
years she tried to repeat everything that
was said, but found Tilton more suspicious
than ever He haG no confidence in her,
and she suffered great deal This state
of things lasted to the present day, al
though she had not felt so badly for the
last two years. Titons criticisms to her
of 1869, when he began to assume she had
DONE CRIMINAL WRONG WITH MIR. BEECHER.
She met the charges sometimes with
anger and sometimes with GOODNESS oil
silence, but invariably denied criminal init
macy she had denied 1t in letters to Til
ton, but they were lost. He seemed to USE
all his influence to make her acknowledge
wrong doing, and talked so much Of it she
thought he was morbid. He told her hi
saw her
SITTING on BEECHER's LAP
in their parlor and she replied, . You die
not" His morbid jealousy had wearing
and sickening effect on her. He neve
named any definite time or place of the a.
legged criminal acts with Beecher neye
pretended she was guilty of any improprl
ETY. at Beecher's honse. She went there
two or three times to consult with Beeche
about sick persons never met him at any
other place by appointment; Tilton neve
accused her of criminality based upon an!
admission by her it was not true that sh'
confessed in July, 1870, any act of impro
priety with Bcecher The story of
CATHERINE GAuXT
she had not read through when she wrot
her Schohare letter. Being impressed
with the story at certain point, she wrot
the letter to her husband. She had no ref
erence to adultery or thought of it in tina
letter.
Mrs. Tilton was asked, What did yol
refer to-" and replied, "The one absorbin!
feeling Of my whole life has been Theodor
Tilton. Neither Mr.. Becker, assur
you, nor any human being has ever takel
away from me that one fact Of my low,
for him. | must say that felt my grea
helptulness in my own soul from havin!
had the friendship of Mr.. Beecher am
also of other people, as many women a
men,
: On the subject of the alleged confession
by comparison with Catherine Gaunt
Mrs. Tilton said that the confession wa
made in the summer of 1870, but not q
: any one time. Mr.. Tilton gathered fror
all their talks that summer that she real
found in Beecher what she did not find i
her husband she gave him that imprel
sion, but she told him il he would give
her what he gave to others, she woul
n probably find in him what she found
Beecher. When she spoke of her " sin
in the Schoharie letter, she meant tn;
!. she had done Tilton wrong by takin
i. anyone else in his place in any way, thong
: she did not know but she would do the san
/, again because il had been so much to III
soul.
@. Taking any one else in what respec,
Is A. | do not think If | had known
d much as do now of Til,on that l shou
ever have encouraged Beecher's acquai
lance. think did wrong in doing it
much as it hurt Theodore. do not kno
as l can make myself understood, but
= you know what | mean when l say that
was aroused in myself that had a Sc
II assertion which never knew before WI
l. Theodore There was always damp