New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-08
MRS. WOODHULL'S RELATIONS WITH The
PRINCIPALS.


MRS. WOODHULL'S RELATIONS WITH The
PRINCIPALS.
Now we come to take up the challenge
thrown down TO u.s. that this intimacy OF Mr. Ihoh' anu
Mr. Mouton, and Mrs. MOaton with this lady, MrS
woodruff Is q concession to their purpose oi a'ons "
protecting from public gaze the faults errors crimes
milf of Mr. 8eecber We then probe that intimacy we
Law IT before you in its dimensions. forcing step ny
STEP this plaintiff from every cover OF 1aSehoou WIN
which he seeks to disguise and TO liht H. anu oAniu
II TO YOU as an enthusiasm OF his for Mrs "oodhu
principles aud nfauation with the charms OF ho so
oety and her person. We show in various ways now
completely enraptured he with her; hise OF hcr'S
for her to public men, his presiding at her meetings.
his person familiarties habitual association WIN
her and all that makes the intimate association oi
man with woman OF whose charms OF hhno anu VI
person he feels strong impression. Now Win REGARD
TO this lady, never suitably to be brought into this In
oury except IL forced upon her attention by INC
course the plaintiff she remained vailed presteSs 10
orr mortal gaze until the very last days OF the trial and
am sure. whether she be most Pyhoncss or i"rse'
Sqppho or an spasia through the long course OF us
tant auson to her that marks the course OF TINS test
nony it would be very difficult for any one to Determined
but yet behind all there seems to be general
that there is no danger of her being misconsrued or mis-
understood that with her great and public repute she Is
one of those persons whose character evnces ITSELF
and needs not to he explained, or cominehteu
upon. All can say OF any personal opserVa'ioh
of her is to he drawn from the few moments IN
which, for the first time, in the courtroom, SCI
eyes upon her and only say that If the delicacy
of trust and of honor which she exhibited anu LOT WHICH
she shoud have fair credit In disclosing TO the Pubic inc
correspondence which had only the implied obgahon OF
privacy because it occurred between gentleman ana
ady-that the least approach to that sense OF noo
and of duty had characterized the Sir Php Suney Vi
this cause there would have been no occasion for TINS
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and these tanges of misrepresentation and faisehood'
Now for some reason other Mr. on found 1t neces-
sarv to present his relations with this lady upon the hr
rowes possible footing Of personal appreciation regard
and familiarity if his character somehow was 10 iose
by every touch trait in this intercourse do not see
from ANYTHING disclosed this trial, how Mrs woodruff
has ever deserved any such treatment at his hands, OF at
the hands OF Mr. Moulton at the hands OF Mrs Moul-
ton find no evidence that she has ever coired 'her
favor and I SEQ abundant evidence that she had IN
large measure that favor accorded to her by all hree Oh
these persons Now have shown you that this init
macy of the closest character in the sense OF hao
ua enjoyment Of anothcrs society," the great fre
ouency of Mr. Titon's resort to the office. and the
lunches Of Mrs Woodruff day by day and the only OBJ
lection TO the truthuness and accuracy OF our evidence
in that behalf that have noticed Is the production OF
witness proves that Mr. WOOdey the coored waiter
and clerk, or office lad was mistaken In thinking
that they went up stairs to lunch at Delmonicos
And Mr. Longhi, the superintendent OF that house OF
Delmonico's for years and years knowing every
body the world and well known AZ man OF the nigh
est characterize to to prove the TACT that the
second floor, now used restaurant, was not then
used he proves the fact that you had to ascend
flight of steps get to the floor that was used and that
there was near by within 20 feet Of it, descent into
another restaurant beneath and Mr. Longhi, Knowing
Mr. Tlton knowing Mrs Woodruff, Miss Clafin and Col.
Blood his neighbours having habituay resorted 10
his cafe was not asked all to say that Mr. Tilton and
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lunch his establishment day by day. as Woodey had
stated It, You learn to discover how feeble and foolish
are these little touches OF apparent contradiction, 10
bring into doubt accuracy about matter In which &C
curacy of the least account and confirmation OF the
main substance Of the story by the omission to contra
dict that. &c. too, there not any reason why Mr.
Tton should deny that no went in bathing with Mrs
woodruff except that he did wish to have the fact
appear and thought there could be no mode OF prov
ing it II he denied it; and that step simply brings MIN
face to face with Mr. Gallagher the man who drove them
TO Coney Island a resort for bathing, took their
watches them missed them from bis carriage FOR the
time that would be taken for BATH and received them
IL not dripping from the sea, at least to resume
possession of their watches and ride home why thisf
What is its value First showing the particular false
hood itself second as showing the Justification in pur-
pose OF the relations between Mr. on and this lady, as
not being personal and Of his choice and with his
own satisfaction and then to put off upon Mr. Beecher
ascribabe to Mr. Beecher Then, when We come to the
hOnse Were you about the house upstairsf A. Never
except once. Mrs Woodruff took me up to show me how
empty when had been stripped OF all It's fuIn-
tire and went the house in that way and That Is
the only time" Well, that ends It, II nobody
can contradict him. He says that his familiari-
ties were not OF q personal character; that he
was upstairs only chance TO have the nakedness OF
the house exhibited to him. But the witnesses come
their witnesses and our witnesses Mr.. Andrews re-
peatedy him upstairs, repeatedly saw him In the
rooms OF upstairs the OF Mrs Woodruff and
Of Col Bood-a OF library bedroom, as understand
IT, Cook speaks Of and over again. gives instances
of It's being the habit OF Mr. Tlton to be Familiarity up
stairs, openly upstairs, calling to him, Tom wait for
me till come down :" Tom, you going wait for me
till come down." and every degree OF familiarity OF
what we call having the run" Of house. thus brought
home to Mr.. TlltOn Then Mr.. COwley comes, and de-
scribes an evening there in one Of these salons
that Mrs. woodruff held, in which, greater than
Madame Roland, she had guests greater than the
philosophers Of France; and he gives you conversation
between the three, himself Mr. Tilton, and Mrs. Wood
hull in which all this scandal about Mr.. Bcccher is
talked about and Mrs TiltOn IL talked about and Mr.
Beechcrs mistresses talked about and Mrs Tltons
relations talked about and the necessity and purpose
OF bringing Mr. Beecher to the maintenance OF free love
doctrines are talked about and although Mr.. COwey,
being rather hardheaded man. practicing lawyer of
twenty years standing, who obviously knew very well
| what he about undertook TO represent to Mrs.
Woodruff that she would put her logic this that
statement she would that although might be pos
sble that leading clergyman should have aison with
in the congregation, 1t would be very difficult
TO keep up such relations with two, let alone dozen
But we have the narrative Of this intimacy and the char
acter OF it, and that touching little dialogue where Mrs
Woodruff with proper deicacy dropped her voice SO that
! Mr. Tlton should not hear 1t, and which learned
friends insisted upon bringing out on the crossexam
nation because the rules Of evidence did not allow
prove it, and they thought that fcint TO get 1t
only eint, and they might discover something's they
brought out this interesting little cooquy that Mrs.
| Woodruff told Mr.. Cowley that Mr. Tilton her
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