The New York herald., 1874-08-23

Apollo, some god, that everybody ought to look
up to and worship; poor Mrs. Tiiton. she has had
Q. Have you heard MIN say anything about the
paternity OF tne childrenf A. Yes; he said that
Q. When did you say that was A. II was on
the very day that returned from Mrs. Putnam's.
! moor A. No, sir, not when "tripped," but when
he knocked me over; this was in the iall of 1870
| Q. After that did ne continue to abuse Mrs. TIL
ton A. on, yes; he locked her up and scolded all
when she was not crying she was praying.
g DID she leave him and go away ana take the
think two or three nights aiterward she too TOOK the
chidren-Alce and Carr0l-and went TO Mrs.
Morse's; l went with her. and that same night or
the night after he came around and got on his
knees and vowed how much ne loved her, and
asked her II she would come back to his bosom
again, and all that sort OF nonsense; and poor
believe him. believed him then and went back,
was tired and sat down a moment, and then she
to a. as she had gone to bed He
me again, which he had gone over before about
Mr.; Mr.; BesSher, Mr; -, and Mr. =. and Mr. -;
told him I never would believe him; he men
toned that he had seen Mr.. Beecher taking i'm
proper Liberties with Mrs. Tilton before his own
g. In what libraryH A. In Mr.. T1lton's library.
d ne say What ne had be seen I'm ID regard to the
Q. How long did she live with him after she went
back with him from her mothers, before she left
She went away the second time and was gone
q sR ssss and was staying at nsr moher
q. At that time was he having difnculty with
Mr Bowens A. Yes, sir; very great difhcnlties.
z. DO you know what means Mr. Titon resorted
TO TO get her TO 60 backf A. He resorted to every
q. DID he send for the childrens A. Yes, sir; in
the first place he sent Miss Annie rton his only
sister, around to say tnat he wanted his children;
he sent her several times and, l think, he came
| around himself several times.
during Mrs: Tliton's aSssncei a. ffsninS Florence
Q: Did Mrs. Tlton go back homer A. Yes, sir,
and went with her.
Q. Very sicka A. Very sick indeed. 1t was
thought sti snat aoste she would aad not I'VE. i've a. ,
! DR.. Skies.
q. After her return did you communicate to any
one how he mad abused her and how he attempted
Judge SsSs sss Mss Mss o. oakies 70
q. What did you tell Mr.. Beecher about it, A. 1
told him how Mr.. Tilton had abused ner. and that
him how ugly he was, how unklnd he was to her,
and that what thought everybody thought and
one and that Mrs Tilton was all in the wrong I and
that l thought my evidence ought to be pretty
GOOD 91d III thaf had been there lor eight
he had offered to insult me, and stated the CIR
cumstances to him.
Q. You stated it also to Mrs. Tilton's brother
| A. Yes, sir.
@. When did you leave there for the last time
Q. How came you to leaves A. Mrs. Tton had
tried to cover all this matter over about his
passion and did not know what he was saying,
and asked me If would forgive him all this
to 40 ss 4ond ond to 10 nep Mgs to
seemed to be reconciled to him, and l never
thought anything about it for the time being; on
one Sunday was up in his study, think, and he
told me that Mrs. TltOn was gong to do some
thing nice for me; previous to this time she had
boarding schoOl2' said would like 1t very much,
but that the news seemed too good to be true; she
that was very nice; at the same time wondered
that night how they got money so quick, because
and he had % no ns n 2 noe
into tnat, but thought OF this to myself after
Mrs. Tton had talked to me In this way, Mr.. nlton,
on Sunday up In the study, said that Elizabeth
was going to do something nice Tor me; that she
had always intended to send me to school, and
few days after that 1t was decided where should
60; DR.; --, who was President OF the seminary
where attended three years was warm friend
OF Mr.. Tilton and he selected that academy ior me
O. who selected it-Mr. TiltunP A. Yes, sir.
. You went on the 7th OF February, 1912 A.
@ How long were you at the academy ? A.
O. Did Mrs Tlton make any request Of you be.
fore you left about signing paper A; she did.
q What did she say to get you to do ltp A.
She SAID that public opinion was very much
AGAINST & Mr. IT Iton; that he was her husband; taat
said OF him; that Mr. Bowen was against him and
turned him out OF the Independent. and she
wished me TO retract the statement had made
by signing this paper, which was:-"I hereby ce r.
tiiy that all these stories about Mr. Tilton and
and aiterward learned that this was all plot
OF Mr.; Tilton to get me out OF the way:
q. You did not understand 1t at that timer A.
No, sir; would not have gone under those condi-
! tions
@. But Mrs. Tilton had not said this to your A..
No, sir; signed that statement to please Mrs.
Titon, although must say that at the time felt
very wrong about 1t.
Q. How many days was this interview between
you and Mr. Tllton in the study on Sunday before
ycn lelt A; think not more than two days.
with money Tor your expensesY A. Mr.. rlton did
furnish it; It was Mr.. Francis Mouton that fur
ago last Christmas-to January, 1873 'S"'
General TraeyDa ss @ Mr. Tton m % any Of these
between Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. rlton A. He said
that on several occasions when MIR. Beecher was IN
@ Grasy akG WI with Mrs on ne
there were several instances in his own library
| which he saw himself
z. Did he state any reason for suppOsing she had
been criminaiy intimate with the other men that
had made any confession TO him IN regard to Mr..
BeecherY A. He said she had confessed to him
Beec6er; she was present when he said that and
she said ''Oh, Theodore how can you tell that
child such base lies ?" and then she burst out cry
O. When was thatp A. This all occurred on that
one day that we went back, in the iall or 1870.
O. Did you ever see any acts OF intimacy be.
tween Mr.. Tilton and this Miss ~ A. He was
locked up with her on several occasions and
twice met him coming out OF her room as | was
going up stars.
O. In the daytime or at night9 A. Once or twice
at night, and several times during the day; in the
daytime have known that he was in ner room
O. How did you know that hn was thereP A.
saw him 20 IN and saw him come out.
Y. How did you know that the door was locked
A. 1 heard them lock 1t on one or two OCCASIONS;
was In Mr.. 1iltOn's library; / also heard Miss -
7 On w fhnra and a.1
great trouble; many words passed; there was q
great deal OF talk, and ! heard Mrs. Titon say
something to Miss - about being with her hus-
band and she miss - said that he had been
often in her bedroom, that ne should go there
twenty times day II he wanted to- and that 1t
was none OF her mrs. Tltons) business what
ever; was not In the ROOM but heard MISS -
make those remarks.
in MIS- TtOuS sitting room.