The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-08-20

A reporter of the New York Tribune has
interviewed the father and mother Of Tho
dore TiIton, at their home in Keyport. New
Jersey:
They spoke freely of the subject occupy
| ing ali CT their thought, although careful 10
have it understood that they had taken no
sides s'as besween Elizabeth or Theodore, !"
and we're confident that they loved each
other still, whatever might have happened
Me-. Triton said that Elizabeth was to her
a. an own daughter, and fhe vas not will
ling to believe anything to her discredit.
"And SO far as TheCdore is concerned"
said she, 81 have never known anything bad
of him, and don't tel,eye the s.o,ies thai
have been told about him. He was as good
a boy az any one could wish 10 have. and
not Wild AMI urgovernsbl- as some have re-
presented him 10 have beer. Since he has be.
come q man, of oour e, have not known 70
much about him, but have always thought
him kind and affec.iona.e."
| In sxer 10 questions regarding the
bsppiness OF her son's home, Mr.. Tilton
said
IL have visited there maDy times, and il
they we:e net happy then l knew nothing
about Ii. They seemed to love each other
| very much, and 10 treat each other as MN
| and wife ehould. II they were miserablr
they didn't let me know il. I, seems strange
that I shouldn't have found it OUT. But all
that ever head has bsen through the news
papers. ] have loved Elizsbeih. and l
think she has loved me, very dearly. IL
there had been so much unhappintss il
her home il seems should have heard Of i,
from her when she was here or when have
been in Brooklyn. I ALWAYS have thought
jus. the oppOsite-iba, they were every
thing TO each other"
Mrs Tilton said fur her that, when Eli
zabeth had been there she used t, receive
letters from Theodore every day, and that
she wrote very often 10 him. 81 don't IN.
derstand it," said she, "and I don't want u
talk about il longer"
Mrs. Til,on EXPIRE .ed considerable indis.
natl IN at the false repur,s of hereditary IT,
sanity in the family. She ssid they were
should not be surprised if there had been
some queer people in the family, as there
we're 10 every other family. We may al
be peculiar. don't know. But We are
not crazy"
Seldom does enc hear fa,ter-in-!aw
speak of hi- adopted daughter as fonily as
Mr.. Siias Titon speaks OF Elizabeth. They
we're exprei s ons similar to ito.e of his wife
gut in mans language. He hes faith in
her.
"If she is in fault, che is s;uned against
more than he has sinned. But will be-
lieve nothing" said he; 81 don't know
what 10 make of it,"
He at frs, spoke sharply and guardedly.
but after time, when his mind recalled the
career Of his hoy, he converted earnestly
and long. not upon the merits OF the case
itself 70 much a. the one ACTOR la il nearest
his heart. 1t was the genuine tribune of a
father TO son whom from early boytood
he had MARKED for great deeds and noble
name. He related the stories of the child.
of the frs: school life, and OF late years;
how great men lad pointed him Out rs
brilliant student, tbe most forcible writer
and the powerful orator of his time"
Theodore would always do what he be-
Iieved to be right and true. II he is wrong
now there ia 10 malice in him, but he i.
simply mistaken. Ii he is right he never
would have told the world Of it had he no,
bten driven 10 it by bitter t.ngues and
pens"
Such were some Of his thoughts. And
then he asked:
"Do they help 10 crush him By writing
fslsehoods about him and his family? They
tell that li. ancestry were insane. when
nothing could ne more cru l'y false. They
zap his Uncle d ed drpnkarI, although be
never drank, and that bis old father is a |
lrunkard, which is untrue. Do they lone 10
,lrike him dos n by such neans?'
Mr.. Titon was asked if it were true, as
cad been reported. that Theodore had neg
Zee ed the odd folks" during the pas years
,inre he became writer and lecturer?
'.No,hing OF the kidd" he aussered,
81 have Fever met Theoto e
rilton 10 New York or elsewhere when lie |
lid net receive me and treat Inc affectiona'e.
3. He has urged me time ard again to
make visits 10 bis house in Brooklyn, and |
Ms. Iilion has been there very often, but | |
I'm Ecme-body, and have seldom been
here. Then, too, Theodore has invited me
everai times during the past few years TO
ravel with bin on hi, lecture trips, ore
ime 10 the West, smother TO Maine, and
horter distances. In many ways he has
hOwn remembrance OF Us, and in 10 way
nvihis & like n,glsc',"
Mr.. Tiltn remarked agiin: Theodore
Iithcut doubt has his faults, and | guess he
lade mi-take in sssoci ariny with the Wood
nils, but that didn't las: long, and he will
ct recover from i.s inGa-Dte have
ad great faith in him and have not given ii
p yet"
Mr. and Mrs. Tiiton are memte:s of The
;aptis: Caurch.