New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-08-08
they have stored up against some member of the


Mrs. Tilton replied to another question, that there
no blood relation whatever between Mr.. Tiltons
parents and her own They bore the same name,
but lived in different sections unknown tn each
other and were never able to trace out any even
distant connection. Mr.. Tilton afterwards remarked
that if Mrs TltOn had been his cousin reported,
or second COUSIN he never should have married her
The family Bible, which upon the table. told the
fact that Theodore Is. rilton was born Oct 2 1888"
aud married to Elizabeth X. Richards Oct. 2, 1885,
by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher." Between the
leaves of the Bible there was also premium. pre-
sented to Theodore b. Titon for " good attendance
and conduct" at Public School No. l. New 1ofK
CITY. Mrs. Tilton said that she had many similar
ones laid aside, and added, Whatever ne may DO az
a man. he was a good and noble boy"
- ., THE Fathers STATEMENT.
The father. Mr. Slas Tilton, is an old man, IN MS
10th wear and looks to be fully as old as that; bat
he still retains much OF the vigor and mental force
of earlier DAYS He is somewhat bowed by the nara
work of lifetime and has few locks OF long IRON
gray hair He is tall and slim, with sharp, Striking
features. penetrating eye, observant OF everything
said or done. Tie outline of his face would any
where mark him in crowd as the father OF lneo
dore Tilton. He is man of apparently strong leei
ING and positive opinions, and the deep anxiety
stamped upon his face, and the tender, Cirist'ah
words that he breathes in conversation snow 10"
heavily the shadows of the present scandai laii upon
him. Seldom does one hear a father-in-law speak Oh
his adopted daughter as fondly as he speaks Oh
Elizabeth. They were expressions similar to those
of his wife put III mans language. He mas talth
in her.
"If she is in fault she is snned against more than
she has snned. But will believe nothing SAID he
81 don't know what to make of it,"
He at first spoke sharply and guardedly, but after
a time, when his mind recalled the career OF his boy
he conversed earnestly and long, not upon the merits
of the itself much of the one actor i'll it
nearest his heart. 1t was the genuine tribute OF
father to son whom from early boyhood he had
marked for great deeds and noble name. He re-
lated the stories of the child of the first school fe
and of later years how great men had pointed him
out as a brilliant student the most forcible writer,
and the powerful orator Of his time"
Theodore would always do what he believed to
be right and true. If he is wrong now there is no
malice in him, but he Is simply mistaken. If he is
right he never would have told the world Of it had
he not been driven to it by bitter tongues and pens
Such were some of his thoughts. And then he
asked:
"Do they hope to crush him by writing falsehoods
about him and his family They tell that his an-
cestry were insane when nothing could be more
cruelty false They say his uncle died drunkard,
although he never drank and that his old father Is
drunkard which is untrue. Do they hope to strike
him down by such meansP
After Mr. Tilton had overcome his reticence be
spoke very rapidly and as if giving vent to vol
ume of thoughts aud feelings that had been con-
fined for weeks There was vein of sadness
through it ALL and the moist eye. the unconscious
gesture and the strong but easy utterance told how
keenly the excitement of the past few weeks had
affected him.
Mr.. Tilton was asked IL it were true as had
been reported, that Theodore had neglected the
"old folks during the past years since he became
a writer and lecturer 7
"Notbing of the kind he answered, vehemently;
| al have never met Theodore in NewYork or else
where when he did not receive ma and treat me
affectionately, He has urged me time and again to
make visits to his house in Brooklyn, and Mrs.
Tltou has been there very often, but am home
body and have seldom been there Then, too, Iheo-
dore has invited me several times during the past
few wears to travel with him on his lecture trips
one time to the West another to Maine, and shorter
| distances. In many ways he has shown remem-
brance of u.s. and in no way anything like neglect"
Mr.. Tilton remarked again: Theodore without
doubt has his faults, and guess he made mistake
!, associating with the Woodhuls, but that did MT
last long and he will yet recover from its influence
| Ihave had great faith in him and have not given 1t
up yet" A. p.;..
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton are members OF the baptist
cbrrcb and in all the time they lived in New-lork,
which they left about % years ago. Mr. llitoh saiu
Inc never went inside theater gambling house, OF
= drinking saloon. and he did not think himself SO
had a man as ill-disposed people had represented
him Ue was an oll-time Democrat, but voted for
lincoln for Grant in '6S, and for Horace Greeley
IN m His democracy, he said was to vote as he
hoI;eved 70 be right, and be satisfied with the
decision Of the majority"
MISS CATHARINE Z. BEECHER AND HER
BROTHER.
Az INDIGNANT PROTEST AGAINST THE DEMAND FOR
"srsprypEp JUDGMENr'--THE TREATMENT OF
an RrrcUrR A WAR on woMANHooD.
N. Editor Of The Tribune
SIN Until recently had supposed that the
.oo,I,r and especially the religious press would
nontoin the sacred rule of justice that established
ohar,eter is full evidence against improved attacks
had sunposed that charges against such character
,rouId he treated as SANDER till fully proved.
lam the elder sister of seven ministers OF Christ,
NJ whom can say that from their early childhood
never knew of an impure word or act by any one of
them. And. therefore, when the one who from early
rontb has proved a model lover and husband was
accused by q hapess woman, tortured into self-accu-
sation in temporary insanity. supposed established
character was his sure protection. and felt it an
;,oult IN him his family, and his church that