The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-06-05
THE BROOKLYN BORE.
Evarts, the Inexhaustible,
Continues.

written bv Mrs. 1lltOn on the Z9th OF
June, "A. 1t furnished complete rel
utation of the pretense that this woman
had been guilty of adultery, 1t furnished
| an explanation Of the manner IN which
/ the pure relations between clergyman
and a penitent could be made the cause
OF disturbance of the peace of house
| hold. Mr. Evarts then read u
/ letter in which Mrs. Tilton said
Her eyes had Just been opened for the
! first time to the CONSCIOUSNESS OF her SIN,
and that this effect had been produced by
/ the fictitious experience Of Catherine
/ Gaunt Mrs. Tiiton by reading this stoly
! in which estrangement III u household
grew out of the attachment of wife TO
/ church in which her husband did not be-
/ licve, and her reverence for lis priest, be-
came convinced that she herself had been
guilty, like Catherine Gaunt, of moral
unfaithfulness to her husband. In these
relations there had been no hint of bodily
inhrmity.
Mr.. Evarts skctched an outline Of the
novel showing how wife by her dcvo-
ton to the church and its representations
was led to place her allegiance to the lat
ter, above her allegiance to her husband.
This excited the husband to a degree of
Jealous passion, which induced him to
forbid the priest his doors, and resulted
in discord in the prohigacy Of the hus-
band. and the final vindication Of the
wis's purity. The letter of Mrs. TiltOn
in the light Of the story which inspired it
showed her heart rs in II mirror. 1t was
bad enough for her husband To publish
his wifc's letters at all, Is he had long
since found out by the opinion of fmen
and women of this country, but
to mutilatc her letters in order
ToMurder His Wife's Fame,
and expose him to intercnccs WAS
/ terrible. Evsrts read letter in which
| Mrs. Tilton expressed hope that her
1 husband would never need the eXpcr-
/ fence of being misled by - good woman
as she had been by good man. II was
undoubtedly very hard that Beecher
should be judged by these letters which
passed between husband and wife, and
by their own dealings in regard to mat
tcrs between them. The letter showed
no guilt of sexual immortality with Mrs.
Tilton that could be imputed by him.
The counsel then read letter written
by Mrs. Tilton to Beecher on March
Sth, 1871, IN which she asked
him his heart bounded toward n! as it
used This was quotation from Han
nah Moore Tilton also SAID in this let
ter that when Frank said she might
visit dear Plymouth again, she should
thank the dear Father. This woman
was suffering. and why should she not
be after the parts she hal played in
regard to the charge she had rctracted
and after the cstrangemcnt OF her hus-
band? Then, when her husband became
weaned in u degree from his business
troubles, by the dream of the GOtden Aye
and his attitude in the household be-
came changed her heart WAS light, and
she thought that all had been built up
again. Mr.. Evarts then read the letter
of April 81, 1871, asking Beecher to Use
his influence with MOulton, to secure the
destruction of the papers in his posses
sion, why was not the prayer o. the wife
attended TO? Now that peace had been re-
stored between all parties silence was im-
posed upon all, yet all through these
months Tilton, it was proved, told whom
he pleased with as much garbling as suit
ed his purpose Mr.. Evarts next read the
letter Of May 3, II, which Mrs. Illton
began by saying her future would be
happier if Beecher forgave while he for
cot her. In the same letter Mrs, Illton
said through the period OF her troubles
she cndeavored to keep all harm from
Becchcr and that her weapons had been
love and large generosity and nest
hiding. The vile Interpretation which
had been given to this term
;.Nest Hiding"
was shown to be Us foolish rs II was base,
by the fact that Mrs. Tiiton employed II
in speaking of her conduct after all the
relations between her and Beecher mad
terminated.
He them spoke ofthe phase in question
as referring to the conduct OF mother
bird in huttering as though wounded to
conceal the nest of her young from danger.
The counsel considered the interview
of Beecher with MOultOn on the lst OF
january 1871. reading from the testl-
monv of the latter. This showed the
cause of Beechers remorse. He had been
gniltv of cuIpable heedlesness in allow
ing an undue affection for himself 10
rrow up in the heart of Mrs. Iiitoh.
Mouton saw the workings OF this gener-
ON. heart, and said, "Why do you not
say this TO TitOn and secure his forgive
ness?" Beecher accepted this suggestion,
and thus the letter of retraction came to
be written.
Mr.. Evarts read Moulton's statement,
that Beechcr said he had prayed to God
for power to discontinue his sexual reia
tions with Mrs. Tilton.
He had tried to ascertain from MouIton
on cross-examination whether this phase
"sexual relations was used in prayer, or
whether the matter WAS only alluded to
sufficiently for an all-sceing eye To per
ceive what WAS meant; but he didn't sue
ceed in the effort. Evarts also read from
the testimony of Moulton in regard to
this part of the interview, and suddenly
passed to the consideration OF the Ian
guage of Tilton to Wilkeson, on the oc-
casion when he proposed to publish the
C,lf,,, Ags article. Tilton declared he
would publish this article un-
lc.s Justice wa> done hlm by
Bowen. Wilkeson protested against
the publication, saying
would occasion scandal. Illton
said he didn't care for that be
would publish it unless justice was done
him. Thus we saw that always thegreat
central figure IN the universe to Tllton
was Tiltcn. He testified he first began
his relations with Beccher in this case in
order to guard against the danger of
side wind reaching his wife and children,
through any disturbance arising from
difficulties between Bowen and Beecher.
The plaintiff gave the same reason for his
enmlty toward Beecher; yet We saw III
this interview with Moulton on the lst OF
January, that it was the enmity OF Mr..
Beecher that Tilton then feared, and that
Moulton was anxious to get from Beech
er an assurance that his feelings toward