Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1874-08-05

of criminality, first at Beecher's house,
and secondly, at your own house. Do
you pretend to have a personal knowl-
edge of these acts, OF only the. knowl-
edge of Mrs. Tilton's confession?
I was absent at the time.
The remainder of the testimony re-
lated to an attempt, which failed, to
prevail upon Beecher to preside at the
Woodhull meeting at Steinway Hall,
and to Mr.. Tilton's association with
omitted except those known as reform
ers and women of public reputation,
the purpose of the committee being to
show that the peace of Tilton's house
was destroyed by his own acts. The
letters which Tilton quoted from, were,
he said. III the hands Of Moulton.
CARD FROM MR.. TILTON.
New YORK, July 27.-The Brooklyn
Argus publishes the following card
from Mr.. Tilton:
| ] respectfully call public attention to the
fact that though the Plymouth Church COM
| mittee have this morning published nine or
ten columns Of irrelevant and desultory con-
| versation between Mr.. Beecher's counsel and
| myself in the committee, yet this vouminous
| report strangely omlts the most important
part Of my testimony, namely, that criminali-
| ty which my sworn statement charged upon
| Rev, Henry Ward Btecher and his religious
victim was confessed to me- not only by her
| SELF but by Mr.. Beecher. Furthermore that
| it was confessed by her and him to Mr. Moul-
ton. q friend or counsellor. or both; and still
| further that Mr. Moulton's office as mediator
tor four years, between Mr.. Beecher and me,
| was based on the one sole fact OF this pre-
existing crimnallty between Mr.. Beecher aud
Mrs. T1lton. This statement | made to the
| committee with my utmost plainness of
speech. furthermore stated to the commit
| tee that Mr.. Beechers apology to me, Instead
| OF growing out OF any circumstances 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 c)mmlttee's report forces me to Law
them before the public as necessary Iart Of
my case (Signed) THEODORE Hilton.
In an interview to. day Mr.. Tilton
said Mr.. Moulton will not appear
voluntarily before the committee, nor
has the committee invited him to make
statement. Mr.. Moulton, as a mat
ter of honor, will not tell what he
knows except before tribunal that
has power to compel him to, unless
upon the consent of both parties, Mr.
Beecher and myself. m 81 s
ELIZABETH CADY STANTON INTERVIEWED.
An Argus reporter called on Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton at her resi-
dence in Tenaffy, n. J., this morning.
am perfectly willing to be inter
viewed, remarked the lady, with a
smile.
Can YOU tell me when you first
learned of this affair?
Mrs. ST. think it was year before
Mrs. Woodruff published her state
ment that I 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 to tell in what
manner you came possessed Of this
knowledge
Certainly. Some time, think it was
in the fall of the year, though won't be
sure, while Mrs. Billiard was still con-
nected with The Revolution, Susan B.
Anthony, Mr.. and Mrs. T1lton, Mrs.
Bullard and myself were in Brooklyn
together. It was afternoon, and after
calling at the Office Of The Revolution,
Mr.. Tilton and myself accompanied
Mrs. Billiard to her residence, and re-
| NAMED to dinner.
i Through some misunderstanding
Miss Anthony went with Mrs. Tilton
and dined with her instead of us.
There was some mistake on the part of
Mrs. Tilton in regard to this, although
it was quite unintentional on my part
Well, at the table no one was present
but Mrs. Bullard, Mr.. Tilton and my
self. Theodore told the whole story of
his wife's faithlessness. AS before
observed, he didn't go into the details,
but the sum and substance of the
whole matter he related In the hearing
of Mrs. Billiard and myself. We were
reformers. He gave US the story as a
phase Of social life.
This was the first you heard of it?
This was the first The next even
ing, hearing that Miss Anthony was a
little piaued at me for leaving her on
the day before, returned to my house
here in Tenaffy. To my surprise
found Susan awaiting my arrival. That
evening when we were alone [ said to
her, "Theodore related very strange
story to Mrs. Billiard and me last
evening. Then [ recounted to her all
he told us. Miss Anthony listened
attentively to the end, and she said:
L have heard the same story from
Mrs. Tilton." We compared notes and
found that by both man and wife the
same story had indeed been told.
What were the particulars of Mrs.
Tiltons confession2
{ Will tell you. 1t was made when
Mr.. T1lton returned home that even
ing. Some angry words, growing out
Of the separation i'll the afternoon,
passed between him and his wife. Both
became intensely excited. In the heat
of passion, and in the presence Of Miss
Anthony, each confessed to the other
of having broken their marriage VOW.
In the midst of these startling dis
closures Miss Anthony withdrew TO her
room. Shortly after, she heard Mrs.
Tllton come dashing up STAIRS, and
Mr.. Tilton followed close after. She
flung open her bedroom door, and
Elizabeth rushed in. The door was
then closed and bolted. Theodore