The New York herald., 1874-08-05

DR. eTORRs, STUDY.

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called the council; l had been In considerable
trouble ABOUT this letter OF mine, and, Knowing
without consultation with Theodore, alone, ami
asked DIR. StOrrs TO hear me- he could n0t that
morning. but lie appointed the next morning AT
nine O'Clock for all interview; tbat was little
while before the session VI the Council; saw MIN
all alone; told HIM | went so mis- churcn the
Sunday before and that | meant 10 nave seen
him there and asked an interview then. and he
said that he never saw any Que on sunday after
church; then told HIM mad been very little To
church lately. but that my daugnrer nad attended
his church ana enjoyed his services. ana thanked
hn for his Kindness TO her me mad introduced her
into his Sunday scbooD | told him tfit had
called Oh purpose 10 say to him that there was
letter IN the statement which Mr.. Iilton showed
hIm. as / understood tnat had written, and that
wanted him TO know that had rot composed
that letter and Was not the author Of 1t iD any
the statement in order To have some word rom
me; Dr. storrs looked up at me and SAID, "a wisl
letter alone beueved Mr.. Beecher ~ be guilty
, man."
Mr. WnslownDia he INQUIRE how you came to
sToRRs IN A HURRY.
MT Iilt-Did you explain TO TO aimf a, a. an No.; & he
had done; / SAID / did; he said It was fearful
thlng; TO which l sald yes; realized it; mad
rsqaeny done sash things % as .Gat o Thee
dore upon your A. No, sir, not at length; he was
in hurry.
correcting that impression A. Yes SIT; ne was
then gong TO see DR.. Budington; and he said that
II wanted to talk iurther he would like me to see
his wife.
q. Have you had any conversation with DR..
O. DO YOU know Dr. Budingtony A. No, sir;
never met him.
q. Did you tell Theodore that you we're going to
see DR.. Storrst A. NO. SIT; put he very soon iouno
Mr. ihn-i want to call your attention to the
letter wnlcn was published by your husband IN his
statement, dated b. ooklyn February 7, 1871 ap-
parenty from Mr. Beecher to YOU; dld you ever
see itS A. No, sir; never saw 1t until 1t was
printed there.
/ NO coRDIALIrY WITH MOULToN
pa You ever near about ,ts , A. was on.,"n meyer
although Mr.. luton was; have never been
cordial visitor at his house; never had anything
whatever COMMUNICATION / mad On these mat ters
In regard to Mr.. Beecher and MRS. Woodruff must
come through Mr. Moulton; but SAID, 81 snail
have DOthIng to do with any third palty-l shaii
be trusted as l have been hitherto, and II MIR.
Beecher or any one else has any thing to say to me,
IL snail not come through Mr.. M0uton;" well,
there came TO me two or three times papers and
letters which purported 90 eome rom Mr.
came through MIR. MouitOn; did not care any
thing about them; this one, one day when was
sitting IA the parlor, Mr. Moulton brou ght to me
to receive any letter from him IN that way, and ne
said, "Let me read 1t to you." and ne DID read
Otner, so much so that do not remember what
was in \ know there must have oeen letter,
but did not see the handwriting or any thing
about 1t; | did not take it in my hands; after read
ing 1t he carried it away.
| MRS. TlLTON'S SICK BED LETTER.
| Q. Can you recall anything III the letter that he
read wnich makes you think that this is the oneY
A. remember something about his urging me to
have Mr.. Moulton as conhdant; the only thing
| that impressed ltsell upon my mind was that Mr.
Beecher desired me to accept Frank Moulton IN
! some way as in him we had a common ground; l
have recollection OF some such statement
against which rebeled. In the letter wnlch Mr.
| q. DO you recollect letter beginning, "My Dear
| Husband-I desire to leave with you before gong
| to bed a statement that Mr.. Henry ward beecner
! ra led M III
wonid deiend him against any accusation IN
council Of minister's and ending, "AHecuona'ely,
ter"
q. How was 1t wrttenp A. In the same way as
/ those which have already explained; have no
0taer explanation for any OF them; that was writ
ten IN bed; Mr. TIton wrote it 1rst and sat up IN
my SICK bed and copied 1t. .
Mr.. Cievelaudls that true OF all the letters tnaG
have that slgnlilcanceS A. Yes, sir, 30 lar as my
authorship OF them Is concerned.
ways very much excited about his own public dif'
! 1cuities.
z. HAD he been out that evening" A. Yes he
had been 70 Frank Moulton's.
Mr.. Hil--Wnat time did he get homer A. Ny
nurse had gone TO bed and he found me In bed;
was very SICK and my nerves were greatly dis
turbed
Mr. WInsiow~what led TO this act A. Hi
bringing me-pen and Tux and paper; he had tn
Mr. Hlll-Wnat did ne say about 1t ? A. Really
l positively tell you ! cannot remember; iel
and 1t mattered TO me ont little what did.
g. Was it when yon were sick from miscal
q. DO you recollect Mr.: Beecner calling tha
evening" A. Yes.
Q. wnens A. But a few hours before wrot
that letler.
Q. Can you remember that interview with MI
Beechera A. 1t was very similar one to tn
other; was hail unconscious and was very Il
prepared to see either OF them; my room was ~
darkened and the nurse had gone to hers; sh
opened the door and said that MIR. Beecher wante
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you about that either.
THE RIVALS.
Q. Do you remember writing some paper for MI
q. Can you recall the contents OF that paper
A. No, cannot; think 1t was TO do sometnn
against hln.
o. is It true that he said anything to you about
council OF ministers? A. do not remember every
thing about 1t; have tried very hard dea
friends, to get into my mind those scenes, but
they are utterly gone out OF my BRAIN
q. Did you not tell Miss Anthony that you ha,
committed adultery or other wrong with Mr.
Beecner, or ANYTHING TO that efrectS A. No, sir.
had been guilty OF wrong.doing with Mr.. Beecher
A. never voluntarily did SO; once my HUSBAND
lady to whom he had been telling stores abou
me and Mr.. Beecher; went against my VIII, ant
beth to speak Tor herself whether l have sian
dered her." and I did not deny MN; it was the
same thing as when copied Ian ana signed Letter;
Oi tnis; do not know whether 1t was treachery
but many times ne has said, ''You have gone tt
Dr. Storrs and now lie knows that you are
guIty;'' ne found out that had been to Dr.
SsOrIs 81 and he was very angry.
O. what dld he sayy A. | 90 not know, out he
was very angry, as you may well suppose he would
be: he was violent in manner.
u. Was he ever profaneS A. Very often, and
always left his presence when he began to swear.
Mr.. Cleveland-Do you think 1t possible III your
low state OF nealth, when talking to people about
your troubles that you might have left the impress
sion upon their minds that there was something
criminally wrong without intending to do SOY A.
do not think ever did: understand that Miss An.
thOny and another lady have both reported that l
made confidants OF them, and 1t came IN this way
! | nave, full OF anguish of soul, many times talked
freely to them. and on one occasion susan Anthony
stayed all night with me, and talked 10 her.
THE INTERVIEW WITH SUSAN u. ANTHONY.
Mr.. Hill-How did that interview with Miss
| Anthony come aboutS A. In this way She came
with Mrs. STANTON one atternson TO Our house, and
| they proposed going to Mrs. Billiards. to dinner
Mrs. Stanton ana my husband went 1rst, early in
the altprnOOn. and underafnOd that IAead0fr q