The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-15

House, think, and asking me IN very
significant way to interpose my influence,
or some other relief for her. To that letter
replied very briefly saying | regretted
when anybody suffered persecution for the
advocacy of their sincere views, but that /
must decline interference.
BY Mr.. Clafllin-There arc two letters,
the signatures of which she showed to Mr..
Bowen and myself it was reported by
these letters you were to be sunk forty
thousand fathoms deep. told Bowen be-
fore ! went there that knew of the exist
ence of the letters and that was all they
contained. Bowen made the journey clear
down from Connecticut on purpose to 60
up there.
BY Mr.. Winslow-Q. Did you ever meet
her at Tlton's
A. The first time ever met her was at
Tlton's.
O. Did you every meet her there any
other time
a. Not that recolect If saw her |
am perfectly sure would know it. re.
member her well on account of the trans
cendent description had heard of her
and because of Mrs. Hookers feelings
toward her. Mrs. Hooker regarded her as
Joan of Arc would the vision of Virgin
Mary, and when went to see her l went
with great expectations, saying to myself,
"l1ere is Il woman who is lauded every
where, and must be power to rise to the
head.
BY Mr.. Wnslow-Q. Can you tell us
what became Of Mrs. Woodhulls threaten
ing letter?
a. Mr.. Moulton opened it..
O. Now as to what occurred in your
library ami in his bed chamber. / refer to
the occasions in which he said you touch
ed his wifes ankle and were found with a
flushed face in the bed chamber of his
house.
a. DO ALPHABETICALLY DENY
that either of these scenes ever occurred
BY MIR White-Q In one part of your
statement you say that in December, 1870
you heard OF many immoralities of Mr..
Tilton and that you believed in their ex-
istance. In a later part of your statement
you say that you had been subsequently
deceived into belief that Mr.. T'ilton was
not in the fault in respect to his moral
conduct
a. Because when the matter came to
me from Mr.. Bowen and through the visit
of Tiltons family was under full per-
suasion of the truth of the things. One of
the very first things to which Mr.. Moulton
and Mr.. Tilton had addressed themselves
was to disabuse my mind of this belief con.
corning
MR.. TILToN's MORAL CONDUCT.
Tilton alluded to the subject of his own
purity with circumstantal and historical
statements and Moulton's conduct specially
tends to convince me that all the allegation
against Mr.. Tilton was false.
q. Did you admit at any time to Mr.
Mouton or Mr.. Tilton or to any other per
son that you had ever had any relations
with Mrs. Elizabeth r. Tilton, or evei
commit any act to or with her, or sail
any word to her which would be unfit fol
Christian man to hold, do, or say witt
the wife of his friend; or for father t.
hold, do or say with his daughter; or {
brother with his sister? Did you eve
admit this in any form or in any words
A. Never.
By Mr.. Tracy. Q. Did you ever, in fact
hold any such relations to any such act, o
utter any such word.
a. Never.
By Mr., Cleveland. Q. In your state
ment you have alluded to one payment o
$4,000; have you furnished any othe
money to those parties.
A. have furnished at least SO 900, be
sides the $1,000.
Q. To whom did you pay that money?
\. To Mr.. Moulton.
q. In various sums?
A. In various sums, partly in cash an,
partly in checks.
@. Have you any of those checks?
A. | have several; don't remember no,
many.
Q. Where are they?S
A. | have some of them here-one @
June 23, 1871, drawn on the Mechanic
bank and drawn to the order of Fran
Moulton and endorsed in his handwriting
and one of November 10, 1871, payable
the order of Frank Moulton and endorse
in his handwriting, and one of May q
1872, to the order of f. ID. Moulton, an
also in his handwriting. Each of thes
that are marked "for deposit across til
face have been paid.
O. As nearly rs you can recollect ho'
much money went into the hands of Mou
ton?
A. | should say have paid seven thol
sand dollars.
O. To what use did you suppose that IL
money was to be appropriated
A. | supposed that II was TO be appr'
pliated to eXtricate Mr.. Tilton from i
difficulties in some way.
Q. You did not stop to inquire how I
why +!
A. Moulton sometimes sent me no
saying, l wish you would send me yo'
check for so much
@. Did you usually respond to these d
mands of Moulton for money during the
months
A. | always did.
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