The New York herald., 1874-07-27

you had anectons for other ladies which your wifu
By General Tracy-Do you refuse to be examiner
on that pointP A. No; don't refuse to be exam1
ined on that point.
who have been intimate with you and in your sO<
ciety at your house. often and repeatedly and In a
manner calculated TO disturb the quiet and peacd
OF mind OF your wife. A. | think brought Mrs.
stanton and Miss Anthony there; she hated them
but II was because she thought they were radicass
Q. Did you ever hear it stated or intimated thas
you had undue iamiiarlfies with those ladies az
General Tracy-i don't mean criminal famniari5
ues put undue tamiIiarities, such as visiting thea
Iooth or appearing In their room before they Werd
uIessedY A. No, didn't; cannot imagine any
reason why anybody should.
~ WAS there any other lady besides the TWO thaa
sou S, nave mentioned who annoyed Elizabeth a.
nam rT, "G1odnull always annoyed her when sh9
VINO dd not come within the limit OF the orthodox
i oiu.nancesi she always loved all the women whd
sue, ana u generally happened that nearly ali nv
pn4G 4 b nlends were radical in way another,
q. Don't you know OF the visits ana attentiopsz
1i another lady that disturbed your wiie ver&
IA series OF questions then followed concerning
another lady, which Mr.. lilton answered at drs9
the lady an intimate and valued ,riancs of nd
wife As well as himseil ~
Generai 1racy-Do you know that apout the
time Of your quitting the Union, In isSe vonc
name ana IS were associated together by nuDX
a. Beechpr. hAd
wrote an apology to Mr.. Bowen. which / possess
recalling 1t; II was his SANDER and / can produca
IT. the lrst thing Mr. Beecher dld within a week.
write to Mr. Bowen re traction OF what he had
saId In regard to =.
OF IL un:il he had unsaid it; 1t was q voluntary
thing; IN making his retraction he confessed the'
fact; had never heard that he had spoken un-
handsomely until he apologized 10 me and wrote
the retraction; that retractlon was put into my
Q. You mean TO say that pubic rumor did mott
connect your name and --s at the time you
were On %1 the gm,0 or anout snat timer
in one OF the New York papers that they were gO-
ing ing to elope together lie was then on the Union.
Other questions followed, concerning his visits to-
the lady, &c. which he explained as natural anG
Q. Did 1t come to the knowledge OF your wife r
A. | carried it to the knowledge OF my wie IL was
curing the summer OF 1870, when ! edited the
good paper before or since-begging pardon for
improprieties.
Mrs woodruff, did you nots A. The next year,
O. Did you ever express your attachment for
- - IN the presence OF your wife A. ASK my
wife; take her answer; you may depend that q
never sn % SAD to n any S.ner lazy IN the ao a1.
her presence; have no secrets rom Mrs. Tilton
never had any, and never sh ould nave had anv
but for this break up never had any secrets
frOm Mrs. TIiton until within this last year two,
during which We have not harmonized IS IN
z. Have you ever admitted to her that You had
committed aduterys A. l never admitted to her
q But you don't mean to say that you have nota
do your A. Mr.. Tracy, talk TO me as one gentieS
General 1racy-You charge your wife witty
navipg committed Ia a. adultery mean to to ASK yo9
make the il or she let
Q. ask you the question. A. You may ask II
Q. You decline to answer A. do not; say
viii take my wife's answer.
Q. How could she know that you had, If you had
MT m loah m hnr QcE w
have not been guilty Of the crimep A. deciind
to hold conversation with you on such subject.
sion OF adultery A. Mr.. Tracy, have you com-
mitted aduitery2
General Tracy-I have not charged my wife with
Mr.. Tlton-If am to be charged with the crime
s oi adqery % n TINS sH business wIsn o 10
make the charge II she chooses Now let her
choose: II you, gentlemen. suppose that M @ you are
Will make 1t ten times harder than you sce Yes
terday we were Ell the edge OF peace; nut II you
mean to draw the sword the sword snail be drawn.
MIR. Hin-Don't you think 1t Is pretty well outS
Mr.. Tnton-There is one thing that l was born
O. Did you make the acquaintance OF Mrs. Wood
hull II. IN the absence OF - A: don't remember
q. Don't you remember whe ther 1t was While sho
was at home or not that you were assocating with
Mrs. Woodruff ? A. i knew Mrs. woodruff wholo
q. [After several questions interjected, tnvol-
wing reference to another woman.l Do You know
whether or not information was communicated to
your wife that you were living with Mrs. Woodhui
@. DO you remember whether your wife was told
that You were living with herr A. never heard
OF 1t TIL now saw something the day before yes-
terday in a salaciOus newspaper.
z. The chicago Times? A. Yes.
z. Have you read It? A. Yes.
q. Don't you know that information OF precisely
the character then published was communicated
TO your wife by the mother OF Mrs. Woodruff dur
heard o. such thing; remember tnat Mrs. Morse
was with MRS. Cianln; the old. crazy woman came
hideous racket OF some sort OF trash: Mrs. Morse
quoted that, and got quite frightened about it.
General Tracy hope all the mothers of your
friends are not insane. Don't you know that Mrs.
Claim at the same time communicated that to-
your wife ? A. did not know that she saw my
wife; understood that that woman made q visit
at Mrs. Morses it may be, perhaps, that Mrs. TIL,
ton was there at the time.
z. DON'T you know that your wife's mind has
Deen disturbed In regard TO your own nfdeiity to-
her by your associations with pubic womcns A.
No, sir; If that pretence is made, MIR. Tracy, on
your part, 1t s unmanly If 1t Is made on her par.
1t is false; have never associated with public
General Tracy-I don't mean prostitutes; / mean
reiormers. A. on, yes said before that Eliza
beth had been annoyed, over ana over again. 0y
my associations with all persons out OF the realm
OF religious orthodox ideas.
a. In that class OF people whom among your lady
stanton and Miss Anthony. though nave nos
seen those people since Elizabeth ordered them
know; Lucy Stone was Que; she lived in Boston;
she did not come very often; EIizapeth was re-,
IOrlucT ab one tnle, ana nad the getting up on
women's rights meetings, and had the children
take the tickets; she arranged the campaign, but
now she can't endure them.
SESSION OF JULY %, 1874.
At the session all the members were present and
examined, with MIR. Tiiton. who was also present,
with the letter from his wife which he had quoted
in his statement The other letters which ne had
quoted from he said were in the hands Of Mr.. Frank
Mouton. After some conversation the committee
adjourned.
FEELING In PLYMOUTH CHURCH.