Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-07-28

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me % say that had q warm friendship
for Mr.. Beecher, and that felt kindly
toward him, or { the Offense had not
3 been committed; Il had been man
morally great, would have blotted it out
and trodden Il under foot; was compe-
tent 10 forgive, in large degree; for
gave him ia my bsst mOods, but atother
Z times 1 did not; / am ~ot very large
4 man InTepiy 30 aD inquiry whether Mrs.
I Woodhuli came frequently to his house,
Z and whethe. his wife didn't protest
Z against her presence, the witness said
4 Mrs. WOodhull WIS three times at mis-
{ house; once to meet Mr.. BaecheT; Mr..
MOultOn made that interview; it must
have been in 1871 or 1879; Mrs. Wood
bull and her husband came; witness
! wife expressed indignation against the
woman he told her Mrs. Woodruff was
4 too dangerous woman, and that too
| much OF the welfare Of the family
/ depended on her; he told his
wife the way TO get along with her, and
/ prevent this coming out, was to keep
/ friendly with her. It was a fatal policy,
/ but then It seemed the only thing they
| could do. The mistake was in not be-
/ ing friendly with Blood, instead of Mrs.
Woodruff. That was the blunder. His
wife always felt that the policy was 9
mistaken one, of trying to do anything
with Mrs. Woodruff. She objected vio-
lently to his writing the sketch of Mrs.
Woodruff; he read part of il TO her.
Mrs. WOodhulfs husband wrote biog-
rkphy, and wanted witness to TeWrite it,
because his style was more vivid. Wit
ness wife said she thought he would
rue the day. She was far wiser than he
was.
Qles.-When you say that in Decem-
Der. $50, differences ARISE between
Theo Tilton and Henry C.B0wen, which
we're augmented by Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher and Mrs. Beecher, ia conse-
quence whereof and at the wish of Mrs.
Z. II. TiltOn, expressed in writing "a a
paper put in the hands of Mr.. Francis
D. MOultOn, why do you say that it was
in consequence Of that difficulty being
augmented by Mr.and Mrs. Beecher that
this letter was written or this writing
was made?
Ans-E.lizaheth saw that Mr.. Bowen
and were in a collision; she was afraid
that the collision would extend TO Mr..
Beecher and me, and she wished me, if
possible, TO make peace with him; that
peace could be brought about only by
bis knowledge Of what l knew Of his
relations with Mrs. TiltOn, therefore she
wrote q womanly, kind letter to him;
do not remember the phrase; l Temem-
Der only one phrase; it was PECULIARLY
hers; she said she loved her husband
with her maiden flame; Mr.. Moulton
will probably recall the whsle phrase
olOgy.
Ques.-What was the substance of the
letter?
Ans.-The substance Of the letter do
not recall: the letter was returned to her,
whether she has it or not don't know;
the object OF theletter was to make peace;
she felt that if Mr.. Beecher and could
be reconcilsd she hoped she and l would
be more reconciIed; there was a sort of
mountain Of clouds overcoming US.
Ques. Who had reported to her the
fact that your difficulty was being aug
mented by Mr.. and Mrs. Beecher2
Aus-I don't know; she reported it to
me; it was through her that learned
thai Mrs. Beeeher was interfering with
nay affairs; il was through Mrs. TiltOn
that / learned Of Mrs. Beecher's antagO-
nism 20 me; do net think Mr. BeeeheT
was so largely involved in it as bis wife
WAS.
Ques.-Had you known of Mrs. Beech
er's Interference with your affairs prior
to that?
Ans.-I cannot say with my affairs
not with my business affairs-with my
domestic affairs; no; as L recollect, Eliz- 1
abeth went sometimes TO the Health
Lift, and Mrs. Beecher came there and !
saw her one day. a--
Ques date was that? -?
Ans.-I do not know. Mrs. Beecher, |
through Mrs. Morse, got the idea that |
was Mr.. Beecher's enemy; therefore |
Mrs. Beecher was very violently my en- |
emy. Mrs. Beecher being my enemy, I
and feeling that I was bent on battle |
against her husband, sought to make |
an alliance with Elizabeth, and as IN
deTstand, wanted Elizabeth to go away |
from nae and start company, and she |
said she would not do il, the trouble 4
having hinged on the fact that Eliza |
beth bad made me and Mrs. Morse 8 !
confession, but had not told Mr.. Beech |
er that she had done so. said that |
there was only one way out Of the diff |
Guilty, and that was that Mr.. Beecher |
must know it.
Witness was asked II be had his |
wifeis letters with him. He said /
he had not. He was perfectly willing |
to carry them before any judge, or In the |
presence Of some outside Parties, but /
would refuse to hand them to the COM
mittee alone. They were composed Of 4
six gentlemen, determined, if possible,
rot TO find the facts, but to vindicate
Mr.. Beecher; and II he should hand |
over Mr.. Beecher's apology, perhaps I
they would not return it 10 him though |
he did not mean 70 make that impliea- |
ton, be did not mean to give them the /
chance.
The committee and counsel protested |
against the Implication 10 the question |
as TO bis wife's devotion and purity Of /
life. Witness said she was pure unless |
a technical meaning was applied to the |
word purity; she was made a victim; /
she was not to blame; she sought con-
ISOLATION Of her pastor, and he took adj |
vantage Of her orthodox views to make 1
them the net and mesh in which he en-
snared her, and for which witness held /
hin Ia contempt which no English (
word could describe.
Ques.-Was not she Mrs. Tilt0n dis [
tressed atany suggestion Of Improperly?
Ans.-She was particularly so, and is
more so now than ever, because in her
early days such q thought was never in 1
her mind, but when il bad passed
through her experience 1t came cut with
this con triton; that is the truth of the
case; she never eught to have been
taken away from her home; you, gem
tlemen, did it; you did it, Mr.. Tracey;
thou art the man.
Ques.-When did you first bring your
wife's attention 20 the fact that you
had found there was something wrong
in Bsecher's case?
Ans.-It must have been during the
early years we lived in our present
house-about 1862; never spoke of it
afterwSrd, because Elizabeth blotted out
the idea Of the wrong; at the time j was
very young and utterly unsuspicious;
when l spoke 10 her about it, she was
little confused, and denied it; aiterward
she said It was 80, but that she said
''you must not do that;p my reverence
for Mr.. Beecher prevented me from
speaking to him about it, or to any one
else; Mr.. Beecher and Mrs. TiIton were
sitting on the floor with the pictures; I
don't remember whether was sitting /
with them or not, it was so long ago; |
the improper caress I saw with my own |
eyes; Beecher did not look Sc me at 1
first; be did not know that | noticed It; 1
she may have been sitting on a stool; 4
he was sitting on the floor.
Qaes.-Were you where he could see
you?
Ans.-He was looking at the pictures. |
Ques.-If be had looked up would he |
have seen you?
Aus.-Hes.
Ques.-Whst part of her person did |
he rouch her ankles and lOvvar lfunLs