The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-23

bed and was: ffig htened by seeing i man
in my room. dumped up and asked who
was there, and he said: "Hush! It is
only me, Mr.. Tilton." I then found he
had carried me into his room. I asked
him Why he had done this, AMI he said he
felt lonely. l told him 1 would not per-
nit such liberties to be taken, and then
got up and left the room. Next morning
at breakfast Tilton did not say anything
about it. but after he went away I took q
boat for Kcyport, where I stayed for
some time. Mrs. Tilton was then away
from home. I returned when I found
Mrs. Tilton was in town. l did not at
that time tell Mrs. Tilton what had
transpired between her husband and I.
went to Marietta in the spring Of 1870,
and remained there on a visit to Mrs. Put.
nam eight or nine months. I returned
the 9th of December, 1870. Mrs. Tilton
came there in October, think. and re-
manned a month or six weeks. return
ed with Mrs. Triton because she was fee
BILE and did not like to trust her alone.
rilton met us at the depot
with carriage, and we reached
home about or s o'clock. Miss
Ellen Dennis was at the breakfast table
next morning. She appeared to occupy
the position of house keeper and mistress.
Miss Anthony was there at dinner. Mrs
Tilton took her seat beside MIR. T'lton
and burst out crying. She went into the
next room, and Miss Dennis said, Nv ell
this is strange conduct in Elizabeth.
Mr.. Tilton said to me, ''Bessie, don't you
think Elizabeth is demented!'' and re-
piled, ''No, do not, but your conduct is
enough to have driven her to lunatic
asylum long ago. Mr.. Tilton followed
her to the other room. l followed, and
stood at the folding doors, and saw him
shaking his clenched hand in her face.
He said to her, "You have brought this
girl back to testify against me- | step
ped forward and intcrfered in her behalf
and he said to me, leave the house,
damn you.' said would not, and he
struck me with his clenched fist and
knocked me down, and then stepping up
to me he said, in a bland manner, "Bes-
sic, dear, you have tripped and hurt
yourself!'' He said to me, pointing to
the sofa, that time and time again he had
seen Baccher and Mrs. lilton having SEX
ual intercourse, and Mrs. Tilton said,
"How can you tell such things to the
child?' He then took me to the other
room and repeated the story to me. He
said he did not claim any Of her children
except Florence. lie also said Beecher
was in the habit Of preaching to ten or a
dozen of his mistresses every Sunday, and
he named two ladies of the congregation.
I told him 1 did not believe word Of the
story against Mrs. Tilton, and he said
would live to see the day l should believe
it. When | WAS coming out Of the
room Mrs. Ti'ton was coming out
of her bedroom, and I told her
I was almost stunned, and also
what Tilton had been saying to me, Mrs.
Tilton and then went into the sitting
room. We both left the house next
morning, and went to Mrs. Morse's. Til
ton came there that night. Mrs. Tilton
went down to see him. was on the
stairs. He had a conversation with her.
talking very earnestly. saw Theodore
Tilton in the act of getting up off his
knees. Mrs. Tilton went away with him.
Her mother demonstrated, and Tilton said
Good evening, grandmother, and Mrs.
Morse said "l'll grandmother you. you
internal scoundrel; I'll publish you from
Dan to Beersheba!' Mrs. Tilton and
returned, and Tilton advised his wife to 90
to bed, which she did. Tilton told me the
whole story about Beechcr over again, and
l told Mrs. Tilton in the bed room, She
then dressed and went to her mothers
that night, and the children and myself
followed next morning.
Remember the occasion Of Tilton send.
ing for his baby. Mrs. Tilton was not
in. He sent note with Nellie, the nurse
girl, TO Mrs. Tilton Oh that &C aston, and
got the baby. In December Mrs. Iilton
went to New Brunswick, and or his re-
turn came to Mrs. Morse. That same
evening went TO Mrs. Morsc's with her.
Filton met her and kissed her. She re-
turned to Tilton house that night, aud
SO did I. Tilton and had conversation
that night. I told him Mrs. T'ilton was
very sick while at Mrs. Morse's. and
asked him to be kind to her. and told
him that the doctor h I'd been alarmed at
Marietta on account Of her having weep
ing fit. Tilton said she was always weep
ing; it was a habit of hers, and that she
was weeping for her sins with Beecher.
| left him in the room and went
out. lie was in the habit Of
changing his study from room to room,
and he did so twice in one week. Mrs.
'rilton was taken i'll on Christmas Eve.
The doctor was in attendance, and also
the nurse, Mrs. Mitchell. Mr.. johnson
called on the Monday after Christmas
Day, and Tilton went out with him. On
his return he came into the room and
said he was a ruined man, and think he
was discharged from the Brooklyn Union.
He was excited all that week. Tilton
came into her room on one occasion with