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\ AnOtber Card frOus BIZ, TiitoB.
4 New York, July 27.-The Brooklyn
\ argus publishes the following card from
Mr.. Tiiton: 1" / respectfully call public
attention TO the fact thai though the
/ Plymouth Church COM mittee have this
morning published eight or ten columns
OF irrelevant and aesultoEy oonversation
between Mr. BeecheT' counsel and my
self in the committeeman, yet this vo-
luminous report strangely omits the
most important part OF nay testimony,
namely, that criminality which my
sworn statement fastened upon Rev.
Henry Ward Beeeher and his religious
victim was confessed to me, not only by
herself but BY Mr. BeecheT fszFther-
more, that it was confessed BY
her and him 10 Mr.. Moultou,
a friend and counsellor Of both;
and still further, that Mr.. Moulton's Of
fee as mediator for four years between
Mr.. Beeeher aud myself was based ON
the sole fact of this pre-existing cTimi-
nslity between Mr.. Beecher and Mrs.
TiitOn. This statement / made to the
committee With my utmost plsinness Of
speech. I furthermore stated to the
COMMITTEES that Mr. Beecher's apology
to me, instead OF growing ont Of any cir
cumsJanees with which Mrs Woodruff
was connected, was communicated to
me by Mr.. Beecher nearly six months
before ever met, knew, or saw Mrs.
Woodruff. The omission. of these facts
from the committees report forces
me TO lay them befJre the public as a
necessary part Of my case.
THEODORE TILTON.
In an interview to-day Tilt0n said:
"Mr. Moulton will not appear volunta-
rily before the COMMITTEES, nor has the
committee invited him to make state
ment. Mr.. MoultOn, as . matter of hon
or, will not tell what he knows except
before a tribunal that has power TO COM
pei him to testify, unless with the con-
sent Of both parties-Mr. Beecher and
myself.H IA sarHnH FEFs ey#
hrs. EIizabeth Cady sRntau Inter
As VEeWezt. Il
An Argus reporter called on Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Cady Stanton, at her residence, in
New Jersey, this morning. 81 am per-
fectly willing TO be interviewed,Y' y re-
marked the lady, with a smile.
Can you tell me when You first learned
Of this aff4ir, Mrs. Stanton?
I think it was a year before Mrs.
WOOdhull published her statement that
/ knew of the matter; not all the details,
you understand, which have since come
TO light, but the story in substance.
And are you willing 10 tell In what
manner you became Possessed with the
knowledge?
Certainly; think it was ia the fall of
the year, though [ won't be positive;
while Mrs. Ballard was still connected
with the ReUOlUt5On, Susan B. Anthony,
Mr.. and Mrs. TiltOn, Mr.. Ballard and
myself, were in Brooklyn together; it
was IN the afternoon-and after calling
at the Office of the ReUolttti0n, Mr.. Til
ton and myself, accompanied Mrs. Bal
lard to her residence and remained to
dilner. Through some misunderstand-
ing Miss Anthony went with Mrs. Til
ton and dined with her instead of us.
There was some feeling on the part of
Mrs. 4iiton in regard To this, although it
was unintentional on nv part.
Well, at the table no one
was present but Mrs. Ballard, Mr..
Tilton and myself Theodore told the
whole story If his wife's faithlessness,
as before observed; he did not go into
details, butithe sum and substance Of the
whole matter he related in the hearing
of Mrs. Bullard and myself We were
reformers. He gave US the story as a
phase of social life.n
This was the first you heard of it2
This was the first. The next evening,
hearing that Miss Anthony was little
piqued as me for leaving her on the day
before, returned to my home. Hera,
to my surprise, found Susan awaiting
my arrival, That evening, when we
were alone, told her that Theodore
had related very strange story to Mrs.
B. and me LAST evening. Then I re-
counted to her all he had told Us. Miss
Anthony listened attentively to the
end, and then said that she had heard
the same story feem Mrs. TiIton. We
compared notes, and found that by both
man and wife the same story had indeed
been told.
What were the particulars Of Mrs.
Tilton's confession?
I will tell you how it was made. When.
Mr.. Tilton returned home that evening
some angry words, growing out of the
separation in the afternoon, passed be-
tween him and his wife; both became
intensely excited in the heat of passion,
and III the presence of Miss Anthony,
each confessed to the other of having
broken the marriage-vow; in the midst
of these startling disclosures Miss An
thOny withdrew to her room: shortly
after she heard Mrs. Tilton come DASH
ing upstairs and Mr.. TiltOn following
close after; she flung open her bed
rJOmi door ami Elizabeth rushed
in; the door was then closed and
bolted; Theodore then pounded on
the outside and demanded admittance,
but Miss Anthony refused to turn the
key; SO intense was bis passion at
that moment that she feared be
might kill his wife if he gained
access to the room; several times,
he returned TO the door, and angrily de-
manded that it be opened. "No woman
shall stand between me and my wife,
he said; but Susan, VINO is as courageous
as she is noble, answered him with these
words: "I If you enter this room, it will
be over my dead body" and so the in
flriated man ceased his demands and
Withdrew. Mrs. TiIton remained with
Susan throughout the night In the ex-
citement Ofthe hour, amid sobs and tears,
she tolda to Miss Anthony. The whole
story of her own faithlessness, of Mr..
Beecher's course, Of her deception, and
of her anguish fell upon the ears Of Su-
san b. Anthony, and were spoken by the
lips Of Mrs. Triton. S& - als1
By Mr.. Tnton's cross-examination,
observed the reporter, it appears that
Mrs. Tilton's was far from friendly to
Miss Anthony. How could she have
made this confession 20 her? aa
On the contrary, Mrs. TiltOn thought
a great deal Of Miss Anthony, Mrs. Bal
lard, and Of those ladies. l was very
intimate with her Wilkerson also
heard of il. BE besought the ladies
not to make it public. To him it
was matter of money; hewas stock
holder in the Plymouth Church, in the
Christian Onion, and in the Life Of
Christ. Now the destruction of Mrs,.
Beecher would be the destruction Of ali
these. AS Mr. Wilkerson expressed IL,
b" 1t would knock the life Of Christ
higher than kite.n Hence his concern
in keeping matters secret.
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A REMARKABLE CASE.
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