The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-03
THE INSTRUMENTATION TRIAL
Mr.. Reecher on the stand.

When the report of Friday morning
closed Mr.. Beechcr was narrating Mrs.
Tilton's distress at her husbands change of
religious views, and the attention attracted
10 his editorials in the Tndepen-
lent. He continued his evidence He
never had strictly theological conycrsa-
ton with him he discovered that Mrs.
Tilton was distressed by change IN her
husbands belief, and he was called in as
He looked upon this as mere
ly the natural change from traditional be-
lief, when a young man of intelligence be-
gan to think for himself. Some articles
appeared in the Independent which excited
much alarm, and in the northwest, where
DR.. Edward Beecher lived the witness was
held responsible for them. He therefore
wrote the letter to Tilton in regard to his
religious belief, which had been introduced
in evidence. When he sat to Mr.. Page |
for his portrait the artist had already paint
ed very excellent likeness of Moulton.
Moulton was often at the studio and they |
left it several times IN company. He found |
connoisseur in art, a lover of Shakespeare |
and the sort, and an agreeable companion. |
He formed high idea of him previous to |
that time. He knew Mrs. Moulton only |
as lie knew thousand members of his con-
gregaton, recognizing them to be such,
but knowing nothing further of them He
did not know whether he knew Mrs Morse
before Tilton's marriage. lie had known
Mrs. Tilton as Libbe Richards just as he
knew others IN set of girls who went to
school with his daughter. That was one
of those matters of domestic economy
which he had spoken of as leaving to
his wife he remembered5the marriage of
Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton as a beautiful picture;
he thought at the time that they were one
of the fairest couples he ever saw 1ilton
used to speak admringly of his wife to
him, saying that of all others he was the
fortunate diver who had brought up the
pearl he urged witness to visit him, say
ing there was a little woman at the house
who loved him more than he knew he
did not remember when lie first began to
visit Tilton's house, but recollectedT that
when he returned from Europe in 1868 he
brought Mrs Tilton keepsake he-Dust
therefore have known her well for some
time before he brought home for his
friends lot of moss agates, knick nacks,
folly and wood carvings, as people usually
did who had been to Europe only once
| his gift to Mrs. Tilton was a Brazilian to-
paz Mr.. Beecher continued: When the
| Tiltons removed to Livingston street, do
not remember giving her any pictures |
had written Norwood" and in the early
chapters / was in despair, and went down
to Mrs. Titon and read to her the opening
chapters, and she was particularly delight
ed with parts of it, and especially delighted
with the part in which trailing arbutus was
brought in when | was in Boston
| saw picture of trailing arbutus
and | gave it to Der; it was hung on
the wall in the house and was about two
feet loug and one broad these presents
from Europe were not confined strictly to
my own family during their residence in
Livingston street, until 1870, and when GO
ing for my letters to the postotlice, | would
drop in there for half an hour while read
ing them my calls were always early,
about 10 o'clock, after my studies of the
morning were over IN the years 81, 'Gs
and 90 | may have called there several
times in the evening my calls at other
houses were made about 5 o'clock in the
afternoon; in the year 70 romomber TAX
ing Mrs. Tilton for drive = had tllsr
bouSht a pair VI nue. Days ana had no TINT
to take them to the farm | met Mrs
Morse and she asked me to take Libbie fol
ride the second time called for Mrs
Tilton, Tilton came out and spoke to me
Mrs. Tilton came out and Tilton rcproach
ed her for not being ready and told her t.
go and get her things and put them on il
August, 1870, was in Peekskill and re-
ceived letter from Mrs. Tilton saying sht
was sick, and came to see her she wa
up stairs and looked sick and disconsolate
| do not recall any particular conversation
but she was very much depressed she con
versed with me, and l prayed and cheereC
her and then left; / called the next day ant
sent up my card the girl brought dowr
scrap of paper which said it was best sh
should not see me, but in the future al
would be right; prior to December of tina
year / had no more conversations will
Mrs. Titon after l had the lung feve
during the month of October it was a
much as could do to continue my services
think saw Mrs. Titon on the 3Oth O
December of that year by request of he
mother Bessie Turner came to my hous
and | learned she was at her mOther's
never knew of any disposition of her sepa
rating from her husband this was the frs
intimation | had of it; visited Mrs. Til
ton, but do not think l conferred with an,
person about going on this visit | saw
Mrs. Morse and Mrs. Tilton together; Mrs
Morse spoke to me of the great unhappines
of Tilton's family, and said Mrs. Tito
had left her home they asked me TO
counsel and advice; suggested they shoul
confer with my wife as woman was tn
only person fitting to give advice, and
said my wife would do so Mrs. Tltol
said she would be very grateful to he
if she did next day | visited Mrs
Tilton with my wife Mrs Morse wa
!; there after few general remarks Mrs
Tilton went up stairs with m
wife, and Mrs. Morse stayed with me an,
repeated the charges after half an hou
4 Mrs. Tilton came down and Mrs. Mors
, went up stairs to Mrs. Beecher "IIow i
2 it" | said, 81 have known you so long ant
| you never alluded to the trouble in you
house 7" and she said she sought to concea
1t in hopes it would pass away | gave he
some counsel and prayed with her ; m
: wife came down and we gave her som
words of advice and then left Mrs
Beecher and talked it over the next day
and after consultation it was agreed that sh
I should go down There was company q
the house, and l could not speak to he
g without betraying the matter, and l wrot
ON little scrap of paper and gave it t.
her ; This note was my judgment to her a
: to what was best to be done did not G
D with my wife-l was detained by my con,
pany gave this note to my wife as m
conclusion and advice as to the right 0
: Mrs Tilton.
The note was read by Mr.. Evarts, Stain
that he was inclined to think that her cor
5 illusions were right and that separation
D and separate maintenance would be tn