The daily gazette., 1875-04-03
BEECHER DENIES TALL.
He Con,radiets the stories Told.

HE NEVER ACTED IMPROPERLY.
BRooKLRN. April al remember
Miss Bessie Turner coming to me in
December, 1870, but l remember only
once, though she may have called Of
tener; it was near the middle ofDecem.
Der, think can only give the sub
substance of what passed; she called
about the middle of the forenoon, and
said she was told to tell me to go
down and see Mrs. Tilton at her
mothers house, as she had left her
husbands house never to return, on
account of ill treatment; she said.
think, that she was cogniZant of Til
toms violence; that he had struck her
once or twice, and that he had sought
her company in her bed, and told her
that such expressions of love were as
natural as kissing and caressing; l
have not heard from any other source
of this relation between Tilton and
Miss Turner; / joined the Hanover
| Street Church, in Boston in 1928, and
was then about fifteen years old, and
| from that time onward l have contin-
ued my connection with it in the same
denomination, and maintained an ac-
tive connection with my church as a
communicate. have always main
tanned relation with Congregational
and Presbyterian churches;l never get
any instruction inreligion, as the atmos-
phere in my house was full of it, and
as pure as crystal; l remember Paul's
death l think il was in August 1858 i
was suffering from ague, and saw Mr..
and Mrs. Tilton; at the time ofRalph 8
birth do not recollect any particular
visits, or making any gifts OF flowers
during the summer used to bring
little baskets of flowers from my farm
! and distribute them right and left; in
the winter | used to sometimes buy
them and distribute them; do not re
member any visit while Mrs. Cary wa:
there, or any scene when Mrs. Tiltor
sat on my knee or lap; don't remem
ber that she ever addressed me as my
father, or father, she always called III,
"Beecher," or my friend" or "slr,
when she was addressing me; neve
remember an interview with Mrs. Til
ton when Mr.. Richards was present;
have no recollection of making an.
d, Aist at in the morning; when Mr
Brazier was passing, but may have
l cannot remember; during their resi-
' dence at No 174 Livingston street, fror
: 1866 to 1870, my visits on an averag
1 were once in ten days to once In thre
, weeks, my visits were not oftener tina
: thirteen times year; during thes
y visits, my manner was much the sam
i asln my own e;they kept an open
hospitable house, and allowed thei
: friends the utmost freedom; the chi
q dren were almost always present q
!. these visits; they were no incansidel
s able part of my visits, and sometime
: they shared the visits altogether; on
g conversations were of different kind
s of books, literature, and above all, G
n Thcodo G Tillon. (Sensation.) Mr.!
= Tilton's manner of speaking of speal
q . ing of her husband was kind and ult
:, gis,ic and when she disclosed u relii
v ious difference between them ! ws
Is surprised.
ID Mrs. rilton was never tired of tall
ID ing about Theodore; it was sort {
m idol.worship; In devotion and love u
m parallel. MIR. Bcecher continued,
N N all my visits to Mrs. Tilton my inte
h hte tions were of the purest; it would ha'
Of been impossible to have acted wron
to fully; the atmosphere was as pure
is crystals
n TO the question whether you sa
to Mrs. Tilton on the night of Octob
in 10th, 1868, or the day before? M
10 Beecher answered, II did not, W
o. at the Friday night prayer meeting
ID To the question: Did you ever dl
az az ing visits to Mrs. Tilton, or her Wis
MT to you, act improverly towards her,
o. answered, "Never."
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