The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-04-06

account of her knowledge of my relation
to Mrs. Tilton?
Q-Yes. A-There was no such
knowledge in any way broughtto me.
Q-And did Moulton say anything of
this kind to you: l thought she was bet
ter out of the way than here, and did you
reply: thought so too? Al never
said it and / never answered in any such
way.
Q-Was it represented to you by
Mouton at any such interview that Mrs.
Tilton said as Tilton told him that the
best way was for her to be out west at
school? A-No, sir.
Q-In the latter part of January Of
that year, Mr.. Beecher, an interview has
Zen spoken of by both Mr.. Moulton
and Mr.. Tilton, at which letter of Mrs.
Morse's was brought under consideration?
A-Towards the end of January | re-
ceived letter from Mrs. Morse, which |
gave to Mr.. Moulton. Handed letter
by Mr.. Evarts. l remember this letter;
| too,. it to Mr.. Moulton; l presume he
read it, ard he kept it; we had conver-
sation about it; he read it in my pres
ence and before me; | asked him how it
ought to be treated, and he answered he
thought it ought to be treated kindly,
He said
Mrs. Morse was Cay
and hates Theodore Tilton; that she mag
niticd stories that were not true and that
she dcvotedly loved her daug hter. 1t
was assumed that this whole letter WAS to
be treated rs hallucination from Morse,
and the charges with regard to Tilton
were to be denied, as they were not true;
| wrote letter IN answer to Mrs. Morse
in Moulton's preserce Shown letter.
This is the sketch l drew up and showed
HIM, and whvt he approved and | went
home
Q-At this interview was anything
said about one passage IN that letter
which imputes 70 Tilton as having stated
thnt you preached to forty of your mis-
tresses, was there anything in that letter!of
Mrs. MORSE charging that Tilton said that
| will pay the expenses or do anything
else necessary to keep this story down or
anything of that kind? \ Nothing of
the sort; there was no consultation with
me os any sort or any discussion with
respect to the disposition of Bessie
Turner; the first knowledge of her
was when was called
upon to pay her first instalment.
Q-Was ut any time in any Of these
from the beginning on to
the period weihave now reached, say the
end of fJanuary 1871, any mention made
in your hearing, by Moulton or Tilton,
that there was criminal relations or ever
had been between you and Mrs, Tilton2
A-No mention and no implication.
Q-Was any word crime IN regard to
YOUR conduct used by either of these gen
tlemen or any one else in your presence?
none; no such term.
Odd anything Of this kind occur
at this interview, or at either of these in
t rSiews at the end of january Did
T Titon say to you: | then said that
a ter Mrs. Tilton had made her confess
sion to me in July, 1870, that had
shortly after that informed Oliver John
son and Mrs. Martha Bradshaw that dur
ing the summer | had informed no other
person, but | told him possibly | did
know of that fact2 Was there any con-
versation OF that kind that had anything
to do with and criminal relations between
you and Mrs. Tilton? A-No, nothing
Mrs. Morse's Hatred Of TiIton.
Q-Was there anything said to you by
Tilton Of this nature that Mrs. Morse
was propagating a statement in this way
namely; that she was saying among her
friends and relatives, that Theodore
made such and such charges against
and that her method of de-
nouncing Tilton for making such charges
was very fatal way of propagating the
charges themselves? Al shall have to
hear that again sir, didn't get exactly
mold Of the question.
Q-Thc question is whether in this
Tilton said to you? A-All
these things,
Q-Anything of this kind whether he
.old You Mrs. Morse was propagating
stories in this way; that she was saying
among the families and relatives that
Theodore made such and such charges
against Elizabeth and her mother, and
Of denouncing him, that is Tilton, for
making such charges, was very fatal
way ut propogating themselver; that Is
hat Mrs. Morse's deuunciations for max
ng these charges against his wife, was
mode Of giving publicity to the charges
themselves? Al don't remember
my such conversation; | think it
for such II statement
be remembered, had it ever been made;
but / don't think that the substance that
| seem tOgather out from tina! question
come TO the conversations; between us
various and divers were the convcrsa-
tons in respect to the animosity that Mrs.
Morse had against him and they may
have fallen out accidently. One thing or
another bearing on 1t, but it was scatter
ed up and down in conversations in such
away that it now escaped my mind SO
that | can't give it,
Q-Iou have spoken here before Mr..
Bcecher of Mouton, saying that the prln
cipal thing to be done or aimed Mt was
that, Bowen should put Beecher back on
the hdcpe"d ut; previous to this conver.
'ation that you speak Of had you heard
in any way from Moulton, whether that
expectation or plan had been abandoned?
A-Hc told me in the interview follow
ing the interview with Bowen that he
had made suggestions to Bowen and that
Bowen had not rejected, but had said ne
didn't now see how il could be done, or
how he could put him back
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