The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-08-15

mouse Win dlScueDlOna A4 10 me grade
!. the offence, probsble nature Of the offence
and the cause Of the offence, and every
D thing about II. Next 10 stabblDg q woman
0 dead, Is TO talkabout her virtue, snd u the
public suppose that In order 10 interpret
: these letters must refer 10 vulgar, phys
ical and gross indlgnity, then they are
! living on plane where l don't 1.-Two. You
must remember was aware In addition
3 10 the trouble involving my name Tilton
had also In acts Of jealousy accused hil
!: vile OF criminal Intimacy with several
gentlemen Of whom / was not one, and
had asserted In the presence Of witnesses
that all her children except the frat were
the children Of these gentlemen respec-
. lively. In his decent moods be was very
anxious 70 have such accusations unknown
10 tho world. The mere rumor Of them
would cost an ine1Aclble blight upon hIG
children. Nothing would have induced
. me TO mako this explanation, but that
Tllton has deliberately chosen to cast a
blight Of precisely the same kind upon
. those very children, by his subsequent
course, and all that is lett me ls the power
TO speak Of this abominable accusation
with the scorn which such horrible
iAlsehood deserves. 'H#t
| Q, You can refer 10 some points which
have already been considered for the mo-
meuti
A. l have astrsugO feeling upon me; l
am spending my last Sunday and preach
ing my last sermon.
| Q. Do you refer TO the same condition
oil neHlth and mind that you have de-
A. refer TO the fact that this simply
was my state OF mind during this great
trouble; although II you were TO collect
all the language have used at various
times, II might produce an impression
that | had wallowed In sea OF unpar-
alleled distress. 1have had stormy days,
and have suffered more from this than
probably all other causes In my life put
together. Yet, taking the four years TO-
gether, l have had more religious peace,
and more profound insight into the wants
and sutteringS Of men. Since have be.
come acquainted with trouble and de-
spalr, l. have had an experience in the
higher regions oil Christian life that Is
worth all the sorrow and suffering have
had TO 60 through 10 get TO 1t.
Q. Is 1t or is 1t not true that In the
course oil these matters Mr.. Tilton ex-
pressed a strong desire that the secrets OF
his family should not be known.
a. Always. At least that was his
mood, except when he iell in with q
strange lmani0 at times. There were
times in which It was very evident that
he perfectly lOnged TO be Obliged 10 bring
outor to have some body bring out
scAndslOus story on his family, that he
might have credit with the world as 10 DO
so magnanimous IS TO still stay at home
and live with his VILE
Q Here comes clause In which you
express profound confidence in Mr.. Moul.
TONS fidelity" Does that correctly rep
resent your own feelings?
a. II does; although Moulton was not
the man l thought him, yet in that one
particular OF fidelity TO friends he was the
most remarkable man ever met Judging
by the amount Of anxiety he was willing to
encounter by the doing oil work which l
suppose Is more agreeable tn him than TO
me. That Is OF seeking different parties
and OF ferretiug out stories and running
things back 10 their source, which l Ut
terly abhor in social relations, and conse-
quenty trying to keep me in good heart
and presenting 10 me the best sides Of
Tiltons character, which he never failed
to do. When l brought 10 Moulton what
seemed 10 be the bad and trescher-
Gus things l learned Of Tilton
he sAid: "D0n't believe word
oil such things. We will make inquiries"
and the next time would see MIN he
would have plausible explanation Of the
whole thing, and / felt as though 1t was
no use 10 attack TiltOn; that he shed
every arrow that was aimed against him.
l have said this not only in reference to
the impression he produced upon me, but
until the time Of the Council | was 10 an
abiding faith oil Moulton's truth. Till the
reply Of Tilton TO Bacon's letter, never
had suspicion Of his good faith and sin.
certify with which he was dealing with
me. When that letter was published, and
Moulton, on my visiting him in reference
to its purpose, said counter.operation or
documents were no help, was staggered;
and when Tilt0n subsequently, published
his statement alter no came before this
committee, and when that came out,
never heard word from Moulton. He
never sent for me nor visited me, or did
thing. l said 10 Moulton within the last
year, "as things are coming, you never are
going TO manage Tilton; he Is going TO
manage you" have said to him once
or twice, "Moulton, Tilton Is longer head.
ed than you the time ia coming IN which
| see distinctly that you have got to
choose between Tilton's statement and
mine" He said There never will be
but | shall stand by you to the death"
de said that 10 me In tho last CONVERSE
ton had with him.
O. Has Moullon any secret Of yours
In paper, IN document, or In knowledge,
OF any act Of yours that you would not
have SEQ light at this houri
A. Not that am aware OF.
Q Have you any doubtS
a. have none.
z. Doyou now cali upon him 10 pro.
duce all he has and tell ali he knoTsf
A. do. LIDO.
By Mr.. Cleveland-Have you reason,
In the light oil the recent disclosures, 10
dou6 this fidelity TO you during these four
yearsG
A. The impression made by him dur.
Ing the four years oil friendship and ti1eli.
~ was so strong, that my present surprise
and indignation do not seem TO rub 1t out
am in that kind divided oil consciousness
that was In respect TO Elizabeth Tilton,
that she was saint and the chief Of sim
| aAI -. L.
adence was so great that all that has come
out now affects me as dream.
By Mr. WinsloW-Iu your letter Of
February, 1879, you speak Of the posi-
bIlity OF the ruinous defense Of you break.
ing out. bow could there be any ruin
Gus defense Of your
A. A defense Of me conducted by iguor.
ant people full OF church zeal and personal
partisan feeling, knowing nothing OF the
facts and compelling this whole avalanche