The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-04-21

ducti ms whole conduct 70 me was that OF man
! VINO beleved me innocent.
| Q. In al his conduct resulting from different
| conferences you never asked MIN the question
whether he believed you guilty or noiH A. never
did.
| @ You never wished TO nnd outS A. l already
O Now in mat letter OF February you stated
| as Iollo ws:-"To say that nave church my
hands IS simple enough, bnt to have the hundreds
ana thousands OF men pressing me, each with ms
keen suspicion, or anxiety or zeal; 10 ten
denotes winch, " not stopped, would break ont
into q rulnous defence OF me; TO stop them with
OUT seeming 70 do ~; 70 prevent any one question:
ing me; meet and allay pre- udt es against TheO-
dore. which had their beginning years before tins:
| to keep serene. as II was not alarmed or dis
turoed; to be cheerful at nome and among friends
wnen was suffering the torments OF the damned;
10 pass sleepless nights often. and yet TO come up
fresh anu full Tor Sunday-all this may be talked
| about. but the real thing cannot be understood
from the outside, nor its wearing and grindlng on
Lne .s s - ret nie 90. w w,ae
eacn one oil these persons had Z A. VIII you allow
me a copy Of the document you haveY think
AIRY 6, 1872; / dld not say each with his keen
suspicion as II each one OF all the hundreds had
THIS KEEN SUSPICION.
O. ask you what you apprehended FROM the
keen suspicion that was INDUCED ins A. The sus-
| picion which some OF them had OF those hundreds
| and thousands OF men.
o. Suspicion OF whata A. or my moral conducS
| O. DID you want to clear up that suspicious A.
| wanted to have 1t cured unquestionaby.
did; but / felt II the worst came TO the worst,
should nave TO indicate myself
u. ~
My lie; could Kill 1t by my lie II was suffered
to go right on.
meant TO have thus Keen suspicion anietedr A
meant by my life to let It DIE out
I Q. Not by telling the truthf A. BY not speaking
lie, yet at the same time
NOT SPEAKING THE TRUTH
respecting these things.
o. | read still iurther-HIf my destruction would
place him all right that shall not stand IN the
way. am Wiling 10 step down and out. No one
can oner more tnan that; that do OFFER Sacri-
fee me without hesitation, II you can clearly
your way to his happiness and safety thereby"
linen you expected 10 get rid OF that keen
suspicion which then anoat In your church by
stepping down and out a. No.
| O. You were willing 70 be sacrificed, were you,
II You could see thereby the safety and happiness
OF Mr. 1ilt0n2 A. "lf;' IL is conditional; al my
destruction would place him all right;' state 1t
and then answer IT,
| Q. Then yon were willing TO be destroyed your
self in order 10 save MIN 7 A. That was the teel-
ing mad, extravagantly expressed
/ q. The feeling you expressed was that you
/ keen suspicion OF your congregation2 A. Not at
/ all; the keen suspicion anoat among the congre-
CATION was respecting rurnors set afloat oy Bowen
! o. And mad no reference TO Triton A. 1hat
4 might have been drawn In, but that was not the
\ prInoipal trouble.
\ tion II you can clearly see your way to his safety
4 and happiness" Was that Mr.. Bowen or Thton's
happiness you had reference TO A. To any oc
CASTOR winch would bring the matter before the
1 cnurcn; would bring all out that we had deter
mined 10 keep secret; thought should nave TO
meet a divided cnurcn, with party on the side
/ OF Mr. Bowen, with u large party OF young men on
u
l ways ia q churcn-very sensitive to any deficiency
on the part OF minister VINO IS IN
/ was 30 unit to investigate it as
q Congregational church, and 1 believed 1T
4 that time and for long time that a conhagration
I would iolow That would consume the cnurcn;
thought, not Ia the form OF deliberate conclu-
sion IL tne cnaIRe was me ba 'aI
mad permitted o go out from II Injurious stale
ments ana CRITICISMS oi Mr.. Triton; that was not
sufficiently careful about IL.
Q. You were wiling TO be sacrificed and to rest
under the suspicion rather than have the charges
inv estigated by the church a. That was not the
point OF the sacrifice.
Q. what did you mean By the expression that
\ TO STEP DOWN AND OUT?
resign your pastorateS A. The whole passage
4 Q. Did you mean by that phrase, 'step down ana
out," that you were wiling 10 resign your pas
Iorate A. Yes, SIR condltlonally.
z. And at that time, actuated TO this extent,
/ the only offence you regarded yourself US having
this woman's afiections a. No. That was not
tae way It presented Itself TO me; by uncon-
sc09s .r na the Household OF the m naa
1 head, and looked at IL In us whole aspect IN
| o. You say. 81 am well nigh discouraged; II
! you cease TO trust me and love me am alone.
have not another person na,n N the world 70
/ some relative or some rienu, or some member
/ or tue congregation ana explain ali this thing
exposed to the public, out II IL was not to DO
could not maintain my honor AID pledge OF
Il
had no one else TO 20 10 out him, aad did not
20 TO any one else.
read A. Some time IN November or December;
some time alter the puDlication OF tho Woodhuii
O. understood you to say that when that story
was read 20 you, or that passage tnat was read TO
you, that he (Ilton) asked you whether you would
De aole TO stand Particular passage tnat he
would read TO you A NO, air. he oid not say 80,
o. What Jid you say on that subjectS A. He said,
before ne began 10 reao, that there was one sen
IL that could stand the whole, and then he went
on aud read and when he came TO the sentence
ana read 1t he tod me tnat was the sentence;
thought myself wnen he read that that II / could
stand II 1 could stand the whole.
q. read now from your direct examination
"Mr. nlton began TO read was sitting on the
soia; he nxed the paper and opened the matter
by saying here was one sentence In 1t aud n
could stand 1t l could stand the whoie state
ment or document: he commenced reading
what was alLerward called the true story and
read the passage where was charged with asking
Mrs. Triton To be q vile 10 me, with all thai tue
name imports In that term, and he looked up and
said, THAT'S the sentence, ana If you can stand
that you can stand all the rest;' / maze no reply;
/ was lying on the bed and think he went on
reaaing and 1 was getting nader and madden
and wnen he finlsned / got up aud CONNIE ced
walking around the room" Now Is that a true
narrative OF what occurred on that occaslon AZ
IL is substantially true, sir; on that occasion did
not arise and repel the charge thus made against
me; that IS not my nablt OF MIND or method OF
dealing with persons or things.
U Dld you az that time understand the iull
meaning OF the
LhAAhh VI AFOLJo1
A. Not In the iuIl sense.
q. Did you, IN me conversation with Moulton
regard 70 the letter OF apology, suggest that
Mr.. Moulon should 70 aud see kIusella with re-
gard 10 It's publication a. All that was sug
gession 70 the line oil conducts; | took steps 10
prevent the publication OF that letter.
z. What STEPS did you take 10 prevent Its pub
hcatOnf A. said 10 Mr.. Moulton substantially
tnIs that N tnat Is published that Ia the end or
things and there wllI 10 an explosion. Ar you
don't want that, then that must not De pubnsned,n
and he thought ne-he told me he coull hold Mr..
futon and preyent the publication oil It.; doubted
It and said TO nim, III you trust to Mir. Tilton
be will CHEAT you,n or words 10 that effect; he
thought not; he thought lie mad got noId upon
hIm--tnat ne could control him; lie sxlu, mo, he
won't !. blush u to-day;n said l. you nau better
make that tnlng sute'-NOrds 10 that effect
s'Dut you had better 70 down and see Mr.. Klnseila
and see that he don't puosn II until you have nad
time 10 turn tlls poinLn
q. Did understand You TO say that II the card