The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-31

Mrs. Tilton both agree in saying It was
Tilton's plan to have her go away, because
she stated to her friend that Tilton had
twice attempted intimate relations with her
while in bed and during the absence of
Mrs. Tilton in the country. Titon was
fast losing place, and feared the publicity
of the girls statement, who at that time
was twenty years of age.
AN ABsURDITy.
The absurdity of supposng that Mr..
Beecher would invest SO, 900 apiece to get
persons to leave town TO whom Tilton had
been peddling his scandal against HIM was
transparent. Persons to whom 'liton had
talked in some form of the scandal, some
times in one shape and then in another,
were too numerous to justify an invest
ment of So, 900 on each of them. by any
body whose wealth could not be counted
by millions. 1t should be noted that just
as Miss Turner was leaving for the board
ing school Tilton procured from her. with
the aid of his wife, letter denying his
improper liberties.
MANUFACTURED EVIDENCE.
Here again we find Tilton manufac-
turer of evidence 1t is not for us to pass
judgment upon Mrs. Tilton uncharitably.
She has suffered unparalleled trials. Mr..
toui.oi qu1'os hei 10 say ing III ic'tTr ~
LII. 90 .na. !. ""s iiJ o.
lou 'o no' " ~, , ii'0 .''. u,
ie. ',,,s"'.u ~ III w lo'eS
.',o ,,a,i r,'..i ~ IT,
she was away from him and from home, at
Schoharie. that she stated her sin to liken
that of Catherine Gaunt, an undue alfeC-
ton for her pastor. In this letter to her
husband she says:
,l y 'nu. wy Nv. ,o'
, iecIiNc.,, huliieu no ONT, no. even YOU
a., i I''S h'S'ou' Jay, ,e" III" iiS
ti'o',r, s,,n,ir S "V"i . rastF'I ~.
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/ no sense can It's words be construed M re-
| teriiug to adultery. Triton, when before
the committee. when reference was made
| TO this Schoharic letter, seemed to think
| that the offence in the story of Griffith
! Gaunt,' was adultery, and, accordingly.
relied upon this letter as ncontrOvertble
evidence of his charge. In this he was
mistaken.
1t is n principle of common law that a
married woman cannot commit or he held
TO commit crime perpetrated in the pre-
sence Of her husband. and this upon the
idea that the husbands presence and in
iluence amount to duress and that she Is
therefore not responsible. whether it is
necessary to invoke this rule of law to eX-
cusc Mrs. Tilton or not. we may sec in
what Tilton was able 70 eXtort from her
without her volition or real assent. some.
thing of the reasons whicbsmoycd Ire carly
eXpounders of the English common law tc
assent to the doctrines referred to.
We have now reviewed rs briefly rs VIC
could The evidence before US. There arc
many '"cIs ana detalls we nave not dis'
W "uFc ol,cl 'ho '''"'r i'iipo',
,"., ~ we 5tesc ul'' ulsCusseu .nc s'i''e en-
lI"''a' w h"'c V"iv'u'y cA"'iilhco 'h'
eVauehVr leiicu On ny .hg accuser 10 sustain
'"o ''''' yes VIC "ic 'sNe' W Oe''c'c'
THE CHARACTER OF THE AccusER.
Finally, who is this accuscr. that he
makes so bold face? We may Learn
from the testimony, as well as by common
report, without descending to unpleasant
particulars or personalities, that Theodor,
lilton has in recent years become yer,
different man rom what he was formerly
reputed to be. He will hardly deny thai
before and after his espousal of the new
marital philosophy signs OF degeneracy
.oI;.nI ~, Mi',on r'',',;o MN us
cfedited man IN THIS community.
III INC new role his elimination ant
Inv mn able writer who in el,otcL;r~ hi;
career. saws. in The process of time h,
comes before the world rs the indorsor o
Victoria c. Woodruff. and lends his nam,
to Il biography of her which would hay,
sunk any mans reputation anywhere TO
common sense. Such book is n toml
from which no author rises again. Sucl
is fine accuser, Who is thc accused
,...,. -,
i'''. ''N''Ao i'i' VIZ NE "'ou9N"
1t is Henry Nard Beecher. The paste
, OF Plymouth church has been clergyman
with harness on, forty years. Twenty
seven ol ttesc SG"is nc mas peeii mere II
3 this chuich, which, rs an inc Woriu KNOWS
mas SO oi.en neei, sliIieu TO gooo uee1ls AM
10 pt ~, 'llc ny MS eloqucht lliiii'slI''