The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-22
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The Tllton.Beccher Tiial.
cRoss-EXAMINATioN.
New YoIR, April 81

Mr.. Beecber continued bis testimony as
follows l saw Victoria Woodruff in
June, 1871, at Tilton's had an liter
view with her there; / think this was after
the publication Of her card in the New
York World think the interview lasted
ten minutes; saw her next in the autumn
of 1871, about the Goth of October, think
1t was at the time of the yacht race can
not say If l saw her between these inter-
views (Shown letter. think this is the
letter received from her, though am not
conversant with her hand writing. Full
lerton read letter dated November 10,
1871, in which she desired 10 have an in
terview with him asking justice from
those who had a right to give il to her, and
asking him TO assist in getting justice done
her. Witness said took this letter to
Moulton and said ! would have to write an
answer he dissuaded me from writing and
said he could manage il for me under
stood he was to see her personally; there
was some motion towards making an ans
wer, but he took it off my hands; | saw
Mrs. Woodruff the next morning
at Moultops; he had then changed
his mind and said / must see her she
was either then there or came in after
wards the interview was in the second
story, front room, and lasted about half an
hour l suppose l went home after that
interview saw Moulton and Tilton 90
down stairs at the termination of that in
terview and saw them, think, in the par
lor. Another letter was handed witness
and witness continued This l think is a
communication / received from Mrs. Wood
hull think spoke tc Moulton and Til
ton about this interview IN the parlor, at
least my impression is that way. Fullerton
read letter dated Dec. 12, 1871, in which
she asked him to preside at the Steinway
hall meeting. Witness said, wrote an
answer to the letter. Fullerton also read a
letter from witness to Moulton enclosing
the letter of Mrs. Woodruff dated Jan. 10,
1872. Witness then testified: | consulted
Moulton about the Christian Union and
wanted him to take some stock, besides
consulting him about the scanda.
matters / consulted him about other
things not connected with the scan
dial, but / cannot recall them now
when l enclosed Mrs Woodhull's letter to
Moulton on the Cd of January did not do
so because it related to the scandal letter
from Mrs. Woodruff, accompanied by one
from my sister, was a matter of consider
able discussion, but the idea of consulta-
tion with third party did not enter into
my mind; Moulton thought it would be
good thing for me to go; do not recollcct
that he said 1t would be an opportunity for
me to exert my influence over this woman;
told Mrs Moulton that her husband and
Tilton thought good deal of Mrs. Wood.
hull and that she might be a rough diamond,
but my first experiences Of her were not
favorable. l told Mrs. Woodruff that it
was not my habit to preside at public meet
ings and | saw no reason to change my
habit in respect to her, and she urged that
views and declared l was in sympathy with
them, but told her WAS not in sympathy
with them; the question Mrs. Moulton asked
me was what thoughtof Mrs. Woodruff,
that Frank wantc her in the house, and |
said did not have any thoughts about her
and that if Frank wanted to have her in
the house her coming there could not have
any influence on her, Mrs. Moulton can
not say how many times | saw Mrs.
Woodruff after Steinway hall meeting.
Shown letter. think this was written
by me it looks like my writing. Mr.
Fullerton read letter dated Brooklyn,
January /, 1872, and was written by wit
ness to Mrs. Woodruff, informing her of
the receipt of her letter of Dec. 30, 1871,
and telling her he was unable to 90 to
Washington on account of his engagement
in New England. Witness said This
letter was written after the Stcinway hall
meeting l received it from Mrs. Wood
hull, enclosing one from Mrs. Hooker, my
sister in the summer of 1878 my health
was good, as | remember | have often
entered the pulpit, but never made
statement in that period that |
had entered it one hundred times, in which
l never expected to leave it alive. Fuller
ton read Efrom witness statement of last
summer, in which he said he often cx-
pected never to leave the pulpit alive, that
he was often attacked with giddiness, and
would often have fallen if he had not
caught the sides, and that lie often came
nigh falling in the streets. The statement
also referred to the last time he saw Mrs
Tilton, having feeling that ne would
never again see her alive. Witness con-
tinued have had for long time violent
symptoms which ! misintcrpreted, and
which are dclusive at the time | wrote
this statement did not put forth these
symptoms as reason for my letter of Feb.
3, 1871, to Mrs. Tilton, and what it ex-
pressed to her in not being alive many
days; my physician talked with me
about it. and | became convinced
that my symptoms arose from cerebral
over action l do not recall that
any physician removed my fear of an at
tack from apoplexy | do not apprehend
now that shall die of apoplexy got rid
of that impression before 1871 or 1872 +;
when wrote the letter had a strong pre-
monition that my end was drawing near
spoke then as often do in public, some
times in sadness and at other times in glad
ness the instrument by which | expected
to be removed was by the hand of God /
did not expect that ! would be translated
like Elijah, but as Henry Ward Beecher