The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-02-02

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was to determine what documents should
be presented before the committee. Moulton
then vacated the witness chair and Mrs
Bradshaw was called. She gave her name as
Margaret A. Bradshaw and said: have re-
sided In Brooklyn % years. My husbands
name Is Andrew Bradshaw. am COM
municant of Plymouth Church, and have
been connected with il y wears.
NV name is on the church roll still.
know Theodore Tilton and Mrs. Tilton
Our families exchanged visits. Mrs. Tilton
had been my most intimate friend I oener
ally visited her two or three times a week.
L know Mr.. Beecher. He frequently made
pastoral visits 10 my house, but I did not
often pay social visits to his home / saw
the charges by Mr.. West against Mr.. Tilton
OF slandering Mir. Beecher, after they we're
made. 1 was asked to be a witness with re-
gard to those charges. After seeing the
charges communicated with Beecher. /
wrote TO Mrs. Beecher. Judge Fullerton
asked for the letter from the defense, who
said s they had not had time
{; ;ssd examine their papers, but prom
possible. The witness continued: I pre-
served copy of the letter to Beecher and
hau letter In reply from Beecher. IL was
produced and Identified. I always consid-
ereo iiiton's family as an extraordinary
naPpy one. L think no one could know
Mrs. hilton and not love her. never knew
OF any severe trouble among them M to
three or four years, three years think. The
copy OF the letter of Mrs. Bradshaw was read
IN evidence, telling Beecher she had been
summoned before the church committee
ana she would abide entirely by what he
would say, asking for an interview. saving
that Elizabeth X. Tilton had made no confess.
sion to her, and directing him 70 renlv
The reply from Beecher was also read dated
October z. 1873, thanking Mrs. Bradshaw for
the note, and stating that she should follow
tn oil h.
NEEDLE, as whatever difficulty had arisen
had been amicably settled. The witness re-
sumed: did not appear before the commit
tee to give my evidence.
CRoss-EXANINATIoN BY sHEARMAN.
Think that after Mr.. West had prepared
his charges he read them to me to see if thew
were correct. 1t was then a yerv
short time before / wrote nv letter
Mrs. Tilton was an eminently devoted wife
and mother during 1859, 1870 and 1871. She
was as devoted as have ever known her.
have no special remembrance OF her de-
meaner in the fall of 1865 was acquainted
with the religious views of Mr.. and Mrs.
Tilton during these years. / seldom saw
Beecher and Mrs. Tilton together then.
Their conduct at those times was eminently
proper and decorous. The defense an
nounced that this was all they had
TO ask the witness, who retired
After the recess ex-Judge Fullerton called
William I. West to the stand. He said:
am cashier in bank in New York and re-
side in Brooklyn. i was in Plymouth
Church from 1870 to 1873. and was member
OF the examining committee in 1870. Mr..
Beecher requested to be appointed COM
mittee Of one to see Mr.. Tilton after
the Woodruff biography was published,
and he was so appointed. Mr.. Beecber
reported TO the committee having seen Mr..
Hilton, and that he (Tilton) was in a crit
cai positlon, that he had many troubles,
and had been surrounded by bad inf1u-
ences, and he thought Tilton should be LEFT
70 bis friends and no action taken by the
church. called on Beecher in November
1879, and informed him that he had been
appointed one OF sub-commit-
lee n 10 see mlt ton in reference to
Beecher replied that he was very busy
hen, but would meet the committee in
about three weeks. Mr.. Reecher said that
his story rested simply on the words of two.
Thores, but that if any
PERSON OF RESPONSIBILITY
made these attacks would see how soon
,e would dispose of them. 1 told
linn that Tilton was a responsible
'erson, and thatif he put forth these stories
lie should be expelled from the church. No
ard was published to my knowledge in the
Golden Age. denying these charges. The
lext interview with Beecher was on the 9th
# June, 1878, when made charges against
rilton before the examining committee. The
Imended charges were placed before the COM
nittee on July i, 1873. When nv charges
we're su omitted othe committee Beecher said
o me that / was taking the right course,
)ut he thought this was not the proper time
o submit the charges, as many of the men,
)ers were absent in the country. When
Beecher SPOKE to me his tone was angry and
threatening. Before presented the charges
o the committee told Mr.. Beecher their
substance, Mr.. Fullerton read the charges
by West against Theodore TiltOn
before the committee. The witness contin-
led: These charges were returned TO me
Mr.. Beecher had some knowledge of
he amended charges, as of the former,
eaving out the third specification. The
lmended charges were submitted to the
on the I'd of September, 1873.
The committee adopted resolution
lsked the nature of the resolutions, but the
question was objected to by the defense on
he ground that it had not been shown that
3eecher the witness was present. The
objection was sustained after q brief argu-
nent. a series ofquestions which followed
we're also objected to on the ground that
3eecber was absent at the time of the adop-
ion OF the resolutions referred to. Fullerton
cad the minutes of the committee contain
ng the resolutions adopted by the commit
ee. The witness continued: Saw Mrs.
and showed her the third specifi-
alton in the charges. 1 think this was in
My or August, 1873. The witness was
ross-examined by Sherman: Iremember
the interview with Beecher, August 81,
S73, that he said that ali the difficulties be-
ween him and Tilton were buried. i re-
lember Beecher distinctly making his re-
ort after his appointment as
COMMITTEE OF ONE
} see Tlton. 1 think this report was made
/ the early part of November or
1871. / do not recollect
nat Beecher was present at the
leeting on December l, 1871. There never