The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-08-29

weakened ON uiseaeoa aN
trouble are not tinfrequent. DR., Carey,
who is eminent and has had large ex-
perience in mental diseases and phsna-
Inena. saws that snch conduct on the part
of Mrs. Tilton when subjected to the p-ss
Aueuce referred to- is even consistent
with an honest mind. We observe that
Mr.. Moulton parades letter purporting
TO have been written to by Mrs. Tilton to
him. in which it is stated that she is a
perfect coward in his (Tiltons) presence,
and it is physical impossibliity to tell
truth. la another letter, same to same,
she says,
with all NY woman's Soul am In
nOccDt
of the crime of impure conduct alleged
against me" In her statement procured
under the direction OF Tihon and Gar
pcn,cr. of December 10Th. 1872 and which
was taken by them to DIR. StorrS, Mrs.
Tilton shows that she was made to be-
licvc that conspiracy was formed
against her husband.
Her words arc: six months after
wards. that is after July Sd, 1870, my
husband felt impellcd by the clrcum-
stances OF y conspiracy against him, IN
which Mr.. Bccchcr had part To nave al
interview with Mr.. Bccchcr.' This re-
fcrs to the interview Of Tilton with
Bccchcr, preceded by Moulton. on the
evening OF December 30th. 1870, when
/ Triton produced Il written charge IN two
/ lines. in the hand writing of Mrs. Tilton.
/ II viii Le seen il WIS under the influence
/ of startling statements of conspiracy
/ AGAINST her husband that Mrs. Tilton was
moved to appear 10 act on this OCCASION
/ Wefnd hcrsubscquently in letter asking
/ Mr.. Bcechrr's tor.ivmcsS for the suffer
in,,s she had caused him. We hear
much from 1'ilton of confessions made by
his wife to him. We are obliged to hear
| his statements TN this point, if at al, With
out corroboration; but on -one occasion,
when Tilton WI, assailing his wife, we
| learn from the testimony of Miss Eliza
beth \. Turner, i'll what manner Tilt"n :
accusations were met by his wife. .
-Bcssic.s"
/ Questionable he (Tilton ut any time
| on this day say that she had tnadc any
confession to him in regard to Bccchcr?
Answcr-Hc said she had confessed TO
. him that she had been crminally Intimate
with Mr., Bccchcr. She Mr.. Tilton) was
/ present when he said that, and and she
said. "Oh, Theodore; how can you tell
! that child such base lies, and then she
burst out crying.
Q.-When was that? A.-This all
occurred on the day that we went back
in the fall of 1870.
This was the day when this witness
testified that scene violence occurred;
the witness believing that TiltOn was
.about to strike his wife, interfered and
was knocked down by Tilton. This wit
ness is the same .lperson, who it is said
was sent TO boarding school by
Tilton and Moulton to get rid Of her be-
cause she heard Tilton make charges
against Mr. Beecher. 1t is further said
that Beecher was SO ANXIOUS to have her
leave town and stay away, that he paid
$1,000 for her school expenses. There is no
doubt but that the $1,000 was paid for
quite another purpose. Miss Turner and
Mrs. Tlton both agree in saying that it
was Tilton's plan TO have her go away
because she had stated to her friends that
Tiltun had twice attempted intimate re-
latonS with her while in bed, and during
the absence of Mrs. Tilton in the cOun-
try.tlTilton was fast losing his place and
position because of his social views and
practices, and feared the publicity Of this
girls statement, who at that time was 20
wears of age. The absurdity of suppo-
sing that Bcccher would invest $1,000
II piece ~ get persons to leave town to
whom Tilton had been peddling his
scandal against him, is trHnsp rent.
Persons 10 whom Tilton.. had talked in
some form of the scandal, sometimes in
one shape and then in another, We're too
numerous to justify an investment Of
$1,000 on each of them by anybody
whose wealth could not be counted BY
millions 1t should be noted that Just as
Miss Turner was leaving for boarding
school TiltUn procured from her
with the aid of his wife letter deny
ING the report, Of his improper liberties,
there again we find Titon the manu-
factsrer of evidence. 1t is not for us to
pass Judgment on Mrs. Tilton uncharita-
bly,, she has suffered unparalleled trials
Moulton quotes her Us saving in Il letter
to him, Il, we have seen, that il was ply
sically impossible for her to tell the truth
in her husbands presence. 1t will be noted
that the pretended confession was pbtain-
ed in that presence; and further, it WAS
when She WAS away from him and from
home at Schoharic that she stated her
sin to be like that of Catherine Gaunt
an undue affection for her pastor In
this letter to her hu> band she SAYS, Il
felt Uniultcringly that the love felt and
received harmed no one, not even vou
until the Heavenly vision dawnCd upon
me- again,
Yes, NV Dear Theodore.
though Your opinions are NOT reStful, or
cnmgenial 10 my soul. vet my integrity
and purity are Il sacred and holy thing
Ia me. Bless God with me for Cathnrinc
Gaunt, and for all the sure headings fan
all-wisc and loving providence This
letter was written June 80, 1871, about
year after the pretended confession. In
no sense can its words BE- construed a.
referring to adultery. Tilton, when
before the Committee. when reference
was first made to this Schoharic letter.
seemed to think that the If nee in the
story of Griffith Gaunt was adultery, and
consequently relied on this letter rs in
conference.-the evidence of his charge
In this he was mistaken. 1t is a principle
of the common law that II married woman
cannot commit or he held to commit n
crime pcrpctrated in the presence of her
husband. This is upon the idea that the
husbands presence and influence amount
to durcSS, and that she is not, therefore.
responsible. Whether it is necessary to
work this rule to excuse Mrs. Tilton or
not We may STE in what Tilton was able
to cXtort from her without her volition
or real assent is something of the reasons
which moved the early cxpounders Of the
English common law TO assert the doc
trinc referred To.
We have now Reviewed rs Briefly a.
We could the Evidence Before us.
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