The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-17


1 should sec her and say, without wit
nesses, what 1 had to say. She brought
with her her great subject. 1t was in
type, and my policy was to let her talk
and for me to say little, which / did, and
she went ON saying, @You know you be
lieve SO and So" and I said nothing; and
so on from point to point until I said at
last, "Mrs. Woodruff, do not under
stand your views; Ilahave never read
them thoroughly. As far as l do under
stand them, do not, believe in them,
and though I am in favor of free discus
sion, yet presiding at meetings is thing
l seldom do for anybody, and l shall not
do it for you because / am not in SYM
pathy with yonr movement.
Q.-Has Mrs. Woodruff any letters of
yours in her possession? A.-Two, l
suppose, unless she has sold them.
Q-Upon what subject?
Mrs. Hooker whines.
A-She enclosed letter to me with
one from my sister Mrs. Isabella Hooker
inviting me to be present at Suffrage
Convention at Washington. To that
letter replied briefly in the negative,
but made few statements in respect to
nv idea of woman's voting. The other
letter was just before her scandalous pub
LEGATION. She wrote to me whining
letter, saying that her reformatory move
ments had brought upon her such odium
that she could not procure lodgings in
New York, and that she had been turned
g ha II iply nd l.
ing me, in very significant way, to in
terpose my influence or some other relief
for her. To that letter l replied very
briefly, Spying that 1 regretted when any
lady suffered persecution for the advocacy
of their sincere views, but that must
decline to interfere.
By Mr.. Clahin-These are the two let
tiers, the signatures of which she showed
to Bowen and myself. 1t was reported
that by these letters you were to be
Sunk Forty Thousand FathOms Deep
Al told Bowen before l went there that
knew of the existence of the letters, and
that was all they contained. Bowen
made thejourney clear down from Con-
necticut for the purpose to go up there.
BY Mr.. Winslow-Q. Did you ever
meet her at Tilton's? A.-The first time
/ ever saw her was at Tilton's.
Odd your ever meet there any
other time? A.-Not that l recollect.
If l saw her l am perfectly sure she
would know it, | remember her we'll on
account of the transccndant description
| had heard of her, and because of Mrs.
Hooker's feelings toward her. Mrs.
Hooker regarded her as Joan Of Arc
would vision of the Virgin Mary, and
when l went to see her l went with great
expectations, saying to myself, "Hcrc is
u woman who has gauded everywhere,
and must be power to rise to the head
Q.-Can YOU tell us what became of
Mrs. Waodhull's threatening letter?
AIR. Moulton opened it.
Q.-Now as to what occurred in your
library and in
TiItOn's Bed Chamber.
| refer to the occasions III which
he said you touched his wite's
ankle. and were found with II
flushed face in the bed chamber Of his
house? Al do cmphatically deny that
either of these scenes eyer occurred.
BY Mr.. Whitc-Q. In one part Of your
statement YOU say that in December, 1870,
YOU heard of many immoraliticS Of Mr..
Tilton's and that you believed in their
existence; in Il latter part Of your state
ment YOU say that you had subsequently
been deceived into the belief that Mr..
Tilton was not in the fault in respect to
his moral conduct. How do You recon-
Gle these two statements? A-Bccausc
when the matter came to me from Bowen
and through a visit of Tiltun's family l
was under the full persuasion OF the truth |
of these things. One of the very first
things to which Moulton and Tilton had
themselves was to disabusc my
mind of this belief concerning Tilton.s
moral conduct. Tilton alluded to the !
subject of his own purity with circum-
stancial and historical statements, and
Moulton's conduct specially tended to
convince me that all the allegations
against Mr.. Tilton respecting such mat
tiers were false.
Odd you admit at any time to Moul-
ton or Tilton, or to any other person, that
YOU had ever had any relations with
Mrs. Elizabeth r. Tilton, or ever com
mittcd any act to or with her or said any
word to her which would be unfit for Il
Christian man to hold, do or say with the
wife of his friend, or for father to hold
or do or say to his daughter, or brother
with his sister? Did you ever admit this
in any form or in any words? A
Never.
BY Mr.. Tracy-Q-Did you ever in
fact hold any such relations, do any such
act or utter any such word. A-Ncvcr
Beccher Has Furnished Money.
BY Mr.. Clcvcland-Q-Iny your state
mcnt you have alluded to one payment Of
$1,000. Have you furnished any other
money to those parties? Al have furn-
ished at least $4,000.
Q-To whom did you pay that money!
A-To Moulton.
ON various sums? Ain various
sums, partly in cash and partly in checks.
Q-Havc You any of those checks?
Al have several, but l do not remem-
Der how many.
Q-Wherc are they? Al have
some of them hero. One of June Odd,
1871, drawn on the Mechanics Bank,
payable to the order Of Frank Moulton,
and indorsed in his hand writing; one of
November 10th, 1871, payable to the or
der Of Frank Moulton, and indorsed in
his own hand writing, and one of May
10Th, 1872, payable to the order Of F. ID:
Moulton, and also Endorsed in his hand
writing. Each of these that are marked
"for deposit across the face have been
paid.
Q.-As nearly as You can rccollcct,
How Much Money Went into the
Hands Of MOuItOn?
Al should say have paid 800.
Q.-To what use did You suppose that
money was to be appropriated? Al
suppose that it was to be appropriated to
extricatc Tilton from his difficulties in
some way.
Q.-You did not stop to inquire how
or why? A.-Moulton sometimes sent
me n note SAVING II wish Won would send