The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-24


say whether that occurred before or alter Pauls
death; cannot recollect any particular time, but
| remember II was az The " oman's Rights meeting
HANGING PICTURES.
saw on two or three occasions Mr. Tton hang
Ing pictures IN his night dress; l coud not give
70 "a the dates saw him on the upper moor; was
IN beo all the time he was hanging the pictures !;
Mrs. lilton was in bed also; cannot be sure
where sne was on the second occasion; should
think II was past midnight, as heard Mr.. Tilton
can out TO the servant why didn't she 20 TO bed.
that 1t was past twelve.
HOW SIZE WONDERED.
laid In bed and wondered.
O. What ala you wonder atr A. ! wondered at
man gong around IN his night shirt hanging
pictures at such an hour.
Q. Another occasion you saw him going around
In his night dress looking Tor soft bedY A. Yes.
sir; 1t must have been past twelve at night; do
not recollect his going round In search OF q soft
O. Now let us understand one another-you only
recollect one occasion OF his going IN search OF
soft bedss A Yes, sir, only one occasion.
SIGNALLING.
Fullerton caught the witness in an apparent
contradiction, after trying her an hour
and hall. She had related that Triton was
in the habit OF going about to test the beds,
followed BY his wife with a pillow pillows.
This was In the direct testimony. Yes
terday, on cross-examination. she recol-
lected only one occasion OF the kind. Mr..
Fullerton was about 10 seize his advantage. The
witness looked over TO the benches where Mrs.
Tlton ana party sat. she stopped. Some people
thought there was signalling, but 1t was not APP
parent. Hill and Porter bounded up TO create
diversion, and the Witness discovering her error,
hoated over what seemed to be a certain entan-
clement. The cross-examiner got no advantage
CT the witness all tine morning in point OF quick
ness She was not IKE Mouton, clever at getting
in her story but clever at defending IL after It was
related.
A number OF wlttlcisms here ran around the
court, sush as doesn't this pillow story look like
Mrs. Tilton's attempt to bolster up the con-
spiracys"
Wit IS around that court room in chunks.
The question being put again, witness answered
that when she meant one occasion she had only
reference 10 the particular occasion when he was
searching Tor solJ bed; he was In the habit OF
moving about from room TO room on different &C.
casions. she remembered when he searched the
two stories Tor a bed to suit him. He came into
witness room and
FELT HER BED.
Finally he discovered one IN q front room neXt to
hers ana stayed there. Mrs. Tilton followed MIN
with pillow.
Counsel was very minute at this point as to the
NUMBER OF beds on this story and that and where
Triton slept.
witness--rhere were three bedrooms on the
third story-the two bedrooms and The servants
bedrooms and the little study; l know that he
tried the other bed on the third story; he did not
sleep IN the one he drove me out or; there were
only three rooms the second story; he went TO
BED In the room next 10 me; went TO bed III the
room next to mis-; there was a third room on that
oor but he did not try That, because the children
were there; when | said he tried all the beds In
the house l had forgotten about the 'front.' bed
room; when he came TO the second DRY lett my
bed Tor him aud went to the third story, and when
he came up TO the third story and turned me out
there l went back 10 my bed IN the second story
ana slept there.
witness narrated that on several occasions Mr..
Tton ad the same thing gong about the house
versauOn between l1iton and his Vile one morn
ing after MS being out all night. ~ was IN the
year 1865 perhaps. This was before the death Of
Pal.
O. Do you remember an occasion when Mr..
Tlton spoke in an angry tone to Mrs. TiltonS A.
Yes. SIR he said TO her that she most not come to
him In household matters; tnat he would attend
to his business and sne must attend to hers.
TILrON IN THE HOUSEHOLD
Q. Did Mr.. Triton at any time attempt to control
household afairsY A. think ne dld, sir ne would
cannot COOK better or to that effect, you must
send her away"
interlered with the management or the household?
A. cannot thnk OF any Just now
up in her loom BY Mr. TIton. How long was she
locked upy A. For three or Jour hours; 1t &c.
CURED IN the years 1907 up to 1859; observed
Judge Funerton-StOp. 1 wish you to answer
my question.
BEACH AND PORTER FIGHT.
Judge Porter, who Is rather nervous, but o firm
and unnnching advocate, interrupted Fullerton
and said that the witness was being insulted and
had been insulted ali along. At this Beach arose
than impassoned way, and charged the counsel
on the other side with hectoring him. He made
a good speech. and said in the course OF 1t that
"tnis witness has evaded the question with skill
some what remarkable"
Porter came back at him. quoted q piece Of
Mouiton's testimony to snow that the Judge mad
allowed occasional remarks at the bottom OF tes-
timony, and, on the whole, got the premium GIN
gerbread. He said that the Judge had been very
fair and liberal. Directly Fullerton bounced Por-
ter and got the best OF ali Of them.
Alter the question was read by the stenographer
Mr.. Porter made tremulous speech, in whlcn he
said the two counsel STOOD up and tackled the
her. He wanted the young lady protected from
the insults or the combined counsel on the otner
side.
rne Judge called on the stenographer to read
the question and answer previously gwen. and
they were ordered to be stricken out.
Before this was done Mr. Eyarts rose to explain
the last answers CT the witness. She was asked
to NIX me date as to wnen sse noticed Tiitons
reply that 1t was about year after she went 10
their house. This was the only way in which she
The Judge said be could not recall. in connec-
ton with the remarks OF Mr. Porter. that MIR. Full.
lerton had offered any insult TO the witness.
NEVER INsULTED.
Mr.. Fullerton said he never once offered an in.
suit 10 this witness or 10 any other. Counsel on
the other side endeavored 10 torture question OF
his into an insult, but he now repeated 1t to show
there was no infringement OF proper course OF
Witness, on being again asked II she knew the
number OF times when Mrs. Triton was locked up
In her room, replied she must have been locked
up over o dozen times, that Mr.. 1llton was on all
these occasions in the room with her as she heard
his voice speaking anRrily 10 her.
The Court here took recess until TWO O'CLOCK.
AFTER RECESS.
AT quarter past TWO O'Clock the cross.exami-
nation OF Bessie Turner was resumed by Mr. Full
lerton. The witness said -
al desire to correct myself as to the death OF
Mr.. Tilton's brother. He died August g. 1868 I
got the date from MIS- T1lton's diary. lexamined
the diary during recess. Mrs. Iiton showed 1t te
me.u
q. What room was Mrs. Tilton locked up in
when she was first locked upY A. Second story
front bedroom; she was locked up two or three
hours; was up and down stairs during that
time.
Q. During that time did you hear anything that
was saidY A. Yes an angry tone OF voices; this
was In 1867.
q. What time OF the year was III A. don't
recolect what time OF the year II was.
z. Was 1t winter, summer or sprlngf A. Pos
siDy the winter.
o. II 1t were ln the winter It was In the winter
OF lS6T-6s A. Yes.
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