Bradford opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1874-1881, 1874-08-01

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must have been 1871 or 1872. Mrs.
Woodruff and her husband came.
Witness wife expressed indignation
against tho woman. He told her
Mrs. Woodruff was too dangerous
q woman, aIld.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. 1t was a fatal policy, but
then 1t seemed the only thing they
could do.
The mistake was in not being
friendly with Blood Instead of Mrs.
Woodruff. That was the blunder.
His wife always felt that the policy
was a mistaken one of trying to do
anything with Mrs. Woodruff. She
objected violently to his writing the
sketch of Mrs. Woodruff. ! read
part of it to her. Mrs. WOodhul's
husband wrote u biography and
wanted witness to re-write it, be-
cause his style was more vivid.
Witness wife said she thought he
would rue the day. She was far
wiser than he was.
The World gives the following ex-
tract from Tilton's cross.examina.
ton:
Mr.. Bccohor, Mrs. Raecher. Mr..
| TiltOn and Mrs. TiltOn were in the
parlor Mr.. Tilton said, when Beech.
er improperly caressed Mrs. TiltOn,
as set forth in the accuser's state
ment. The question was asked, how
did anything improper occur as yeu
have alleged
A.-After a friendly chat, my wife
took a seat on q low stool, and Mr..
Beecher went to her side and seat
ed himself on the floor. He was
very laxative with her, but, of
course, paid no attention to what
he was saying. l was in converse
ton with Mrs. Beecher. He took
off the table, prior to sitting down,
a portfolio, and commenced showing
her the engravings. 1t was during
this time l saw Mr.. Beecher caress
her and touch her ankle with his
hand. ... .
Q.-You say Mr.. Beecher touched
her ankle; was it an accident, do
you think
Al do not know l can not say
whether it was intentional or not !;
l did not think much about it at the
time, and never mentioned it to her
until my attention was called to
subsequent occurrences. .......
Speaking Of the 9TH charge made
against Beecher, Tilton said: 81
remember the occasion very we'll. l
went out early in the morning and
came back in the course of the fore.
noon sometime. 1 went to my bed
room and found the door locked. l
knocked and Mrs. Tilton opened it;
as l went in saw Mr.. Beecher quiet
ly sitting in a chair when Beech.
er left she spoke about it; she said
that the children and the neighbours
children made such racket that
she had taken him out of their way.
She wanted to talk to him quietly
and privately on religious matters"
Q.-Did you consider that state
ment satisfactory?
Al did. l was quite content
with the statement, knowing her re-
ligioqs habits. There were two
rooms on the second floor of the
house which communicated with
each other by folding doors. One
of the rooms was used as sitting
and reception room and the other as
q bedroom. It was in this bedroom
[ found Mr.. Beecher. One of the
doors was frequently locked. We
could 60 into the bedroom through
the folding door out of the recep.
tion room. There was a door lead
ing into the two rooms from the
hallway. l had no suspicion of any.
thing being wrong at that time.
Q.-Have you any evidence of
improper conduct on the part of Mr..
Beecher? .u
Al have none whatever except
the evidence of Mrs Tilton-the
confession she made to me.
BEECHER
Has not made his statement yet.
He has however, in defence of Mrs
Tilton, written a letter denying in
toto the charges made by Tilton as
to any improper intimacy between
Mrs. T. and himself.
TILToN ARREsTED.
There was great excitement in
Brooklin Tuesday evening caused
by the arrest of Theodore Tilton on
criminal charge for libeling Hen.
ry Ward Beecher. Tilton was ar
rested at his residence, No. ia Liv.
ingstOn street, on warrant issued
by Justice Riley, in which he is
charged with libel on a criminal
complaint. Tilton was released on
his own recognizance to appear in
court the next day.
He was arrested at the instance
of William j. Gaynor, recently from
Boston, where he had law office
at 8 Pemberton square. He is a
member of the Brooklyn Argus staff.
MIR. Gaynor says his only object in
causing the arrest is to bring out
all the facts.
THE LATEST.