The New York herald., 1874-08-15
DOMESTIC PICTURES.
A Startling Array of Facts
and Fancies.
nh. BEECHEYS EXAMINATION CONCLUDED.
Interviews with Mr.. Tilton, Judge
Morris and Others.
BEECHER's CROSS EXAMINATION,

In consequence OF the inability OF the ofncial
btenographer OF the committee to transcribe all
his shorthand notes In time for yesterdays edition
OF the morning papers the Following testimony,
which concludes the cross-examinat,on OF Mr..
Beeeaer. was necessarily left over for publication
till to-day
Q. An anonymous letter to the committee, from
your philosophy which would enable you to saw
had no wrong conduct or relations with Mrs. Til
tom. having % IN your own mind belief that what
are your ideas on this subject A. l am not
yersed IN the philosophy and casuisry OF free ove
stand on the New England doctrine. in which
was brought up, that It Is best Tor a man TO have
one wife, and that ne stay by her. and that he do
have seen In theory. and abhor every advocate
OF the Tree love doctrine that have known.
z. Did you ever know anybody who took hold OF
II seriously who was not ruined by 1t A. No,
SIR; provided they were susceptible OF ruin.
them $40 they were ruined. and | wrote in reply
that they were ruined before.
e You speak OF having sent Mrs. Tlton copies
Ol oOORS. was that an act OF courtesy specially to
her! A. No; gave them out to friends: when
one book would come out would give copy to .
trfbutor OF my own books only in cases where 1t
would be real pleasure, and from an intimaton
Q. Are you clear in your recollection that you
never met the Woodhulls more than three times
A. am perfectly clear-that is to speak to them.
z. state the times and places. A. On one occa-
non was walking with Mr.. Moulton in the gen.
eral direction OF Titons house, when he SAID that
oes.ssG and he ssia Come IN and lust sse
ner;" sai0 "very well;" went in, and AFTER
some conversation down in the parlors went up
stairs into this famous boudoir room, where she
tat waiting, and. ike q spider to nv, she rushed
20 me on my entrance and reached out both her
hands, with the utmost earnestness. and said how
reJolced she was to see me; talked with her
about nve minutes and then went down stairs;
my second interview with her was on oc.
C8SlOn when 4 had been with Op
ish@ent o. woodrun 4 Robinson; we were ION on
tne steamer that had been char cred Tor the occa.
n1n; e,s; an and i when ! came np MouIron said. Come
there was to be something IN New York, in the
SveninG and that there were 70 be number Of
wsa csceu II shs nssc %noM o ba sS n
Aoulson. think, on her left: MrS. woodhull was
DO not wscn a. unS ss Tss
deigned TO speak TO me: addressed few words
60 her for politeness sake during the dinNsr, but
third and last interview was az Moultons house
ens had addressed to me 6 threatening letter say
10 that she would open an the scandal II did no,
presice at the Stcinway Han meeting, ana IN reply
70 that MIR. Moulton advised that instead or answer
!ng her letter. ! should see her and say. without
her her great subject; It was IN type, ana my
policy was 70 let her talk and say iittle, which
lieve so and so,n and i said nothing, and so on.
from point 70 point, until I said, at last Mrs.
VoVOHuu, uo uOs uuueTStauQ your views; ] nave
never read them thoroughly; so far as do under.
stand them 90 not believe in them. ana though
Ann u nvor Of ee siscussion yst presiding q
pathy with your movement"
BEECHER's LETTER TO wOoDHCLL-
@ Has Mrs. woodruff any letters OF yours In he r
posssesssions A. Two, suppose, unless she has
Q. Upon what subjectS A. She Inclosed letter
70 me, with one rom my sister. Mrs. sabella
Hooker IN viting me to be present at the Suffrage
n fhor laf@a a
briefly IN the negative but made q few sta,cments IS
~ respect TO my IDEAS OF women's voting; the
cations she wrote TO me a whining letter. saying
that her reformatory movements had brought
npon her such offum that she could not procure
sOdgrags IN New York. and that she had been
turned out or the Gilsey House, think and asking
me 10 very significant way to interpose my in
que nee or some other relief for ner to that letter
replied very BREEZY, saying regretted wnen any.
Dody suffered persecution ior the advocacy OF their
srocere views, but that must decline inter-
BY Mr.. Clanin-There are two letters. the sigma.
lures Of wnIcn she showed to Mr.. Bowen and my
sell; II was reported that by these letters you
were to De sunk forty thousand fathoms deep. A.
told Bowen before went there that knew Of the
talned; Bowen made the journey clear down from
C0nnecticut On purpose 10 60 up there.
nlton'ss A The first time l ever saw her was
O: Did you ever meet her there any other timer
A MOI that ! recall; II | saw her am pc riectly
sure would know IL; remember her well on
Sccoun, OF the transcendent description / had
heard OF her, and because Mrs. HooEer's feelings
toward her. Mrs. Hooker regarded her as loan or
Alc woWo VISION OF the Virgin Mary, and when
saving to myse .ssr r wa & great
!auded rywhere. and must be power to rise to
By Mr.. winslow-Can you tell us what became
g Mrs. Woodnui's threatening letter. A. Mr.
ooultoa opened It,
N his oedchamber-I refer to the occasions M
which ne SAID you touched his wiies ankle, and
were found with nnshed face In the bedchanber
q his house? A. do emphatically deny that
either OF these scenes ever occurred.
TILToS's IMMoRALrTIEs.
By MT. White-ln one part OF your statement
Jon say that In December, 1870, you heard OF many
1nmorakues OF Mr.. Tilron, and that you belle we'd
you say that You been
oeive0 into belief that Mr. Tilton was not In fault
u respect 70 nis moral conduct. How do you re.
ponc0e these Two statements 2 A. Because when
through the visit or 1itons FAMILY, was under
one OF the very nrss things to which Mr.. MouIton
eEl Mr.. 11lton had addressed themselves was TO
et.abuse my mind Of this belief concerning Mr.. TIL.
tc,n's moral conduct; Tllton alluded TO the subject
oI MS own purity with circumstantial and MIS-
sorical statements and Moultons conouct specially
isss H. AA'0n respecting su'u "A''e'' "e's
:. Q. Did you admit at any time TO Mr.. Moulton OF
nad any relations with Mrs. Elizabeth r. Tflton. or
svsr commit any act to or with her, or said any
man 70 hold do. or say with the vile OF his friend,
Ur ior ather to hold, do, or say with his daugh-
Sl or brother with his sister-did you ever ad-
MI r9is 10 any form or In any words A. Never.
y hr. Tacy-Did you ever, In fact, hold any
eooi relations, do any such act or utter any sucn
W0rds A. Never
MouLroS RECEIVED THE MONEY.
5y mr., CIeveand-ln your statement you
ave aluded 10 one payment Of $4,000. Have you
yarnisLed any other money to those partiesY A
nave furnished OF least $1,000 beside the $4,000.
q. 70 whom did you pay that money! A. To Mr.
q IN various sums' A, In various sums. partly
N cssn and partly ia checks
Y. Have you any Of those checKsS A. have
oevsra. don't remember now many.
z Where are they2 A. nave some OF them
nere-one oi June 49, 1871, drawn on the Mech