The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-14

that now.
Q-Can you recall the nature Of itH
A-Nothing further than what l have
stated to you, sir.
Q-Anything said about house keep
er? Al think | cannot tell sir, wheth-
er l heard then, or whether they came TO
me soon after. 1 have heard about a
house keeper, but / cannot determine
whether L heard it there or not.
Dwell, you cannot relate now what
Mrs. Tilton said? Airs. Tilton sat
by and said very little.
Q-What was that little? Att was
an acquiescence.
Q-That won't do. want to know
what she said? Al don't recall, now,
single sentence that she spoke. Mrs.
Morse was spokesman.
Owe have got through with Mrs.
Morse. You have told us what she said.
l want to know what, if anything. Mrs.
Tilton said on that occasion, or the sub
stance of it? Al do not recall but very
little
.Q-It is that little we want? Al
should be glad to give it.
@ Well, Mr.. Beecher,
This was an Occasion OF Some I'm
pOrtance,
one in which you were interested. Have
you forgotten what she said on the sub
ject of her husband? A-Ia ashamed,
but | must say have forgotten. Indeed
if you would allow me-
Q-I don't know until hear what it
is. Well, after Mrs. TiltOn got through
with what she had to say did Mrs.
Morse take up the subject again7 A
| don't recollect so accurately its joints
and sections as that.
Q-Let me read to you and see wheth
er | can refresh your recollection. 81
Immediately revisited Mrs. Tilton at her
mothers and reviewed an account OF her
home life and the conduct of her hus
band and OF the management of woman,
whom he had as housekeeper which like
Il nightmare dream" is that correct? A
DO YOU mean whether | remember 1t
now?
Q-Ycs? A--No, can't say that |
remember it now, no other than in the
places have related expressions Of it.
O. Readng.) "Then does it not re-
call to your recollection anything more
than you have gwen us hereY At
does not. l have said in regard to the
housckeeper. l cannot tell whether it
was then heard it or soon after, but
that had heard it | was sure.
Dwell, what was the question under
consideration at the time? A-They
wanted advice from me.
Q-On what subject? A-On the sub
jcct of perpetuating the separation which
had begun.
A-Do you recollect that interview?
Have you given all that took place while
you were there? A-All that can re-
member.
Odd you remain in the room with
them until the end? Al did.
Q-How long did the interview last?
-Idon't know sir; but | should think
the interview did not exceed half hour,
but | am very uncertain about that.
Odd yoT believe what Mrs. Tilton
told your A-The impression on my
mind was that they had made a true
statement.
Q-But you believed it didn't you!
Al suppose | did sir.
Q-Don't you know that you did?
Al suppose if you mean by that that
my impression was that these things
were so, il was my impression.
Odd not that impression amount to
dignity of belief A-Not to an abso-
lutte certainty.
Q-Thcn you distru,ted Mrs. Morse2
A-No, | did not.
Or Mrs. Tilton? A-No; but
when / hear one side of story. judge
by its probabilities, and it is approximate
belief.
Odd you predicate any advice to
what you heard? A-Yes, sir.
Q-What was it? A-That she should
see my wife who was much better ad
wiser about domestic affairs than | was
@ Did she see your wife? A-She
diu the next day
Q-What statements were made to
YOU or Mrs. Beecher the next day by
Mrs. Tilton or Mrs. Morse? A-None
of us together
Q-Were they alone? They were
made principally to my wife.
Q-Do you know? A-They were
made principally to my wife.
Q-ln your presence? A-No, sir.
Q-What complaints did you hear the
next day? Avery few.
Q-I did not ask you the number Of
them. Al don't know that | heard any
of them.
Q-Can you state any one you heard?
A-No, sir.
Q-Then you heard nothing new the
next day? A-Nothing new.
Q-Then the old complaints were re-
peated? A-They may have been, but |
do not rccallect them.
Q-Where did Mrs Morse speak to
Mrs. Beecher? A-Up stairs.
Talked by herself? A-Talked by
herself.
Odd Mrs. Tilton make any COM
plants? A-She may have done so.
Q-Do YOU remember with any dis
tinctncss the substance of the conversa-
tlons that passed? Al donot remem
Der with any distinctness the substance
Of the conversations that passed.
Q-Do YOU remember whether she did or
did not make complaint against her hus-
band that day? Al cannot say that l
rccollcct whether she did or not.