Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-18

Hew he Talked h IL wife sick and
How he started the Divorce Mania
In Indiana.

continued her testimony as follows: L nursetf
Mrs. Iilton, constantly through Der confine-
Tilton came TO see her i'm the early pIrt
the week. He was very much a. tie and
e excl ne SAD t ne was ruined lined, as ne nal
dren were all there at that time. Mrs Til on
appeared TO be excited, AMI asked Mr.. Til
ton not To talk In the room he then walked
out of the room. During that week 1 saw
Mr.. Moulton at the house in Mr.. Tllton's
company; they had q conversation together
In the room adjoining the sick room. a por-
ton of which was carried on i'm Mrs. Tilton's
hearing. i think objected 10 them talking
together in the siek-room: i think thesa
talks were affecting Mrs. Tilton's health and
condition. asked the gentlemen To leave
the sick room and repair To the study for
their conversation. i regarded these dis
turbances unfavorable to Mrs. Tilton's
health. During this week ofmy attendance
1 ~; net remember how often Mr.. Tilton was
in the house.
ONE NIGHT MR.. BEEcHER VISITED MRS
TILTON;
il was on a Friday night, the night OF the
prayer meeting, and outside a snow storm
was raging. Mr.. Tilton left the house before
Mr.. Beecher's visit and returned after it. /
was i'm bed asleep when he returned, and his
loud talking to his wife awakened me, and
told him this would never do; and spoke TO
him of my fear that his wife would take cold.
i think this was about midnight. Tilton
remained In his wifes sick room about an
hour, while was in the study. heard Mrs.
Tilton's voice in tones of entreaty. He came
into the study, got paper, and returned to
his room. When / returned / found Mrs
T1lton very nervous and agitated, and shortly
after ! went to bed. heard Mr.. Tilton when
be was i'm that room pacing along the floor
On the occasion when Mr.. Tilton said he was
ruined Bessie Turner was in the room and
appeared to be affected at the statement. She
showed her feeling by sinking or falling down
on the sofa in a partial faint. think she
was weeping after she received this informa-
ton. During this week Mrs. Tilton continued
TO suffer from renewed loss of blood. left on
a Monday morning, the ID of January, from
the second period of my service with Mrs
TiltOn. At both times Of Mr.. Tilton's return
10 the house this week Mrs. Tilton had
suffered from loss of blood, and was very
faint and weak.
CONSTRAINED.
| think Mr.. Tilton visited his wife'S room
at least once every DAY. but cannot remem-
Der the second occasion on which | admOn-
ished him. Ii was on the 30th OF December
that Mr.: Beecher visited her. l re member
FIAT visit, because it was prayer meeting
night. i opened the door for Beecher when
heard the doOr-bell ring and asked him in.
No person accompanied him, nor did ] see
any person on the stairs. walked into Mrs.
Tilten's room with him and left him there,
closing the door. i went down stairs. No
person requested me to do so.
MRS. TILTON WAS IN THE BED,
in a reclining position. L suppose | was
down stairs an hour before i returned. i
heard him go out, and then l went up stairs.
did not think anything about returning up
stairs VIII lie he was there. ii was my habit
10 leave and go down stairs when any person
called. did not 90 down stairs or leave the
room when Mr.. Tllton called, nor was i re-
ouested to remain. When i heard the door
close knew Mr.. Beecher had gone away; 4
cannot fix the time Of night when Tilton re-
turned after Beechers call When he came
that flight had not gone 10 my own room,
but was in Mrs. Tilton's room. i told Mrs.
Tilton Beecher was there when he called,
and do not remember that she made any
reply. have no way of fixing the time of
TiltOn's return that night. was awakened
by his whispering to his wife, AMI told him
this would never do. About half an hour
after left the room occupied by Mrs. Tilton
and went To The study Tilton came in there.
/ do not think any person suggested my re-
turn to Mrs. Tilton's room. L heard sounds
of conversation going Oh
IN MRS. TILTONS ROOM,
but could not distinguish the words use1; L
heard Mrs Tilton's voice as though used in
entreaty; she was speaking in a loud tone; 1
thought IL was angry because il was loud;
determined the character of her voice from its
sound and loudness; Mrs. TiltOn was feeble
i'm strength when / went there, but improved
while was there little; she improved by
Saturday after got there, but was not able
to sit up in chair i'm the room; If she did do
not remember: / went away on Monday, I'd
of January. and left her in bed; have made
friendly calls since 1 was there at service:
Mr.. Tilton invariably treated Mrs. TiltOn
well i'm my presence SO far as | observed; the
night Beecher called Mrs. Tilton was very
weak and low, and had been more or less so
during that day; l do not remember any
other person calling there that week: when |
went down stairs and left them ] did not
think of telling Beecher what the doctor said
about keeping Mrs. Tilton quiet; do not re-
member what condition she was i'm after
Beecher had gone away. and / went up to her
room: suppose must have had some anx-
iety during my absence of about an hour
from her room, but / cannot recall what her
condition was when returned: did not Oh
serve If she was crying.
AN INDIANA EPISODE.
Mr.. EVartS then called John l.. jaw. and
he testified: / reside in Bloomington, Ind,
and have done so for three years. | have
been q resident of that state six or seven
years | also resided i'm North Carolina. and
also i'm this county. | have been a clergy
man for thirty years of the Protestant EpiS-
copal church. In 1872 was connected with
the Indiana state University, at Blooming
ton. which was and is open 10 both sexes for
study. This has been so for seven or eight
years. Mr.. Titon lectured there on the 9Th
of February, lM2, in the college chapel aud
orally, the audience including ladies and
-entlepen. The house was filled with peo-
PIE. 1 heard the whole Of the lecture. II was
about one nour Anu ,.iree- Quarters long. The
subject OF the lecture was Marriage and
Divorce" and its title was Home. Sweet
Home"
HE TOLD THEM To FOLLOW NATURE
in the martial relations, not the laws. He
used very i'll terms about the church and
state He said to the audience that he would
not permit the state TO interfere or regulate
the formation of this relation between the
sexes, and II he could have his way he would
crush the state, and the church. too He held
piece OF crisp paper in his h2frd. which he
crushed, and made noise which was heard
all over the honse. tie said: If any two of
you low each other and promise TO be faith
.UI 70 each other, that vow makes you one,
without the intervention of priest. He said
as they came together without formality, on
their mere desire, without church or state,
they could separate in the same way. He
said there might be difficulty about pro-
viding for the children born in that way, but
that the state ought Ia take care of them.
There were about forty-two or forty-four fe-
male students there at that time. These
young women were ofall ages, ranging from
fifteen To twenty-One or twenty-five. / did
not attend the second lecture, because was
disguised with the FIRST. / was a member of
the faculty then, and continued there six or
seven months, when i resigned in conse-
quenee of TIE persecution / received for the
action took that night of Mr.. Tiltou's lee
ture. / was requested TO resign.
This concluded Mr. jay evidence, and the
c0pS& ad journed.