Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-08-05

never named any definite time or place of any
criminal act with Mr. Bccchcr; never pretend
ed she was guilty of any imprnprieiy at Mr..
Rrrcber's house. She went there twice or
thrice to consult with Mr.. Beschrr ai'out u sick
person. Never met him at any other place by
appointment. Mr.. Tilt"n never accused her OF
any criminallty based upon any adm sion by
her. Ii was not true that she confessed III july,
1870, any act Of IMPROPERLY with MIR. Beecher.
The story of Catherine Gauut she had not
read through when she wrote her Schoharle
letter Being Impressed with the story at a
certain point she wrote the letter to her hus-
band. She had no reference to adultery or
thought of it iu the letter.
| Mrs. TiItou Was asked What did you re-
fer to ? aud replied will try to answer that
question. The one absorbing feeling of my
whole life has been Theodore Tiltou. Neither
MIR. Beecher, assure you, nor any human be-
og has ever taken away from NE that one tact
my love for him. But | must FAY that tclt
very great heirlu!pess i'll my own soul lroni
having had the friendship OF Mr.. Becchcr, and
also Of other people, as many WImen as men.
Ga the subject of the alleged c1niession by
comparison with the character OF Gal htrne
Gaunt, MIR, Titon said that the confession Was
made in the summer of 1870, but not ut any
| One time, MT. lllUu RdtuSlSo iiou' u'i
talks that summer that she really found 10 Mr.
| Bcecher what she did not fnd in her husband.
She gave him that imprys slon, but she told
him if he would give to her what he gave TO
others she would probably fluid in him what
she found in Mr. Bvechcr. When she spoke
of her Sin 10 the Sch 'hare letter, she meant
that she had done Mr. Tiltou wrong by tax
ing auy one else iu his place in any way, though
she did not know but she would do the same
thing again, because it had becu So much TO
her soul.
0 Taking any one else in what respec;
A. do not think II had known as much as
7 do now of Mr. Tlltou that should ever have
encouraged Mr. Bacchcr's acqualu aHc".
| thiuk did wrong 10 doug it, luaslnucil as
it hurt Theodore do not know the | can
make myself understood, but do you Know
what mean when | say tina, was aroused ID
myself that had seltassertlon which l ney
er knew before with Theodore. There was al
ways damper between me and Theodore, but
there was never between me and Mr.. Bercher.
With MIR. Beecher had Il SOFT Ut CONSCIOUS
pess OF being more; ne appreciated NE us Iheo
dore did not. lelt that he respected me.
thiuk Theodore never saw III me what MIR.
Beecher did.
MIR. Sage. DO you mean to say that Theo
dore put down selt-respect III You While W.T.
Beecher lifted it up? Answer. Yes; | never
felt bit of embarrassment with MIR. Bcccher,
but to this day | never could sit down with
Theodore without being sell conscious and teeI-
lug his sense of my inequality with him.
The witness said the sins he spoke OF was
nothing more than giving to another what was
due TO her husbaud-that which he did not
bring out However, she did not now fee that
there was any great sin about it. The SIN was
that she hurt her husbands pride by allowing
any one else 10 cutter into her life at ALL The
witcly feeling she gave to her husband was
pure. She gave to Mr.. Beecher nothing more
than confidence aud respect. She Thought that
if her daughters gave to their husbands what
she had given to hers, they would do enough.
MIR. Tiltou frequently talked to her accusing
" of the sensual effect of her presence uprU
gentlemen His accusations were hard to I'VE
under He seemed to be ashamed OF her APP
pearance, dress aud bearing. gu one occasion,
10 company of his friends, he told her he
would give $500 if she was not at his side. ln
hotels aud public places Oh several occasions ne
said to her, Il wish you would not keep near
me-" 1t was evident to her that he did not
want comparisons made between them. 1t hurt
her very much. In 1870 she had conversa
ton with MIR. TiIton regarding his own habits
and associates, 10 which he confessed criminal
ity with other women. She did not contess
adultery to him. 1t was the other way. He
confessed to improper relations With several
women, and told her he wished her TO under
stand that when he was away trom home, lee
turing or visiting, if he desired to crafty HIM
self he would do it. The world WIS filled with
SANDERS about him. He did not seem to know
it. He thought everything came from her, and
said so. He declared she was the originator OF
all the talk about him, aud insisted On her cor
recting these impressions.
He said on one occasion that certain woman
had been talking about hun, and he wanted
his wife TO see her and put an end to 1t. She
went to the woman and told her she should
have avoided adding to the stories already
aAJat for her sake, when she replied, Mrs.
Triton, do you know why did it? Because,
the night bcfJre your husband had told stories
of Yourself to such and such person. that
came to me directly, and was not going to al
low an accusation of that character to stand
against you" Wherever she went she found
that MIR. Tllton had not only made these accu-
sations against her. but had recountcd the de-
tails which he has now published. Then he
would deuy to her that he had done so. Mrs.
TTlton's attention having been called to her
| husbands allegation about the improper carcss,
she said there was no truth in it, She also de-
MED the bed room story, saying Theodore had
been with us that morning; he had gone out;
MIR. Beecher was sitting 10 large chair, aud
she had drawn up small one; Mr. Bcecher
had in his hand little manuscript he Was 60
ing to read; she did not remember what it wa;
the door from the bedroom to the hall was
shut, and she had shut the door leading from
the sittiug-room to the hall, which was usually
omen: she had 10 soouer done that, which was
to keep out the noise of the children playing in
the ball. and sat down by the side of Mr..
Beecher, when Theodore came TO the other
door; not FIVE minutes had elapsed since he
went out; there was no hesitation in opening
the door; the foding-doors were wide open; The
door leading from the bed room to the hall was
locked, but that was not uncommou: her clos.
ing the other door, which was sedom closed,
perhaps made Theodore suspicious
| O. Was Mr.. Beecher flushed when Theodore