New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-05-05


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TESTIMONY OF HANNAH M. MIDDLHBROor
Hannah NJ. MiddlebroOk, a witness cajsI
and behalf Of the plaintiff testified fo,lcv
Mr. Pullerton-Mrs. Middebrook where do you res,d.,
A. In the town Of Trumbull. state Of Connecticut
@ How long have you resided therei A. For l6 y..,
@ You are a married ladyi A. Yes. Sir.
O YouI husband engaged In business thsret A. Va.
Str.
@. Are you acquainted with Theodore TiItoas Ar
have met hm-welI. few times, before tho present
O. when did you meet him tho first timot A. thin.
the first time met him in the Office Of Mrs Weodhun
Brosdst.
O. When was that A. Well 1t must have beeu IN IN.
year 1871 think; only momeDt-s few moments-v..
introduced 10 him there
O. Do you rccouoct the Of tho year, A. Tint
II was in the summer Of
O OF 1871 A. Yes, Sir.
O. How often did you meet him after that A. osa,
met him once In the Office mot him again n n.
Autumn OF that year, in Mrs woodhulrs house..
O. And where did she reside thent A. At think n
was No. Is East Thirty eighthst.
O. Then you wero acquainted also with Mrs WoojhnN
I take 1T A. Yea, Sir.
@. And when did you make her acquaintance A. Al
q convention heidi do Mt recollect whether VIZ
Apollo Hall or 5teiSwsy Hall; think It wa Apollo
Hall.
Q. What ~as the character Of tho conventional A. n
was W oinan's Suffrage Convention
Q. You have spoken Of tho Autumn Of 1871; dd 70
Visit Mrs, wOodhulls house IN that Alumni A. ~
| 5ir
Q. Did you visit that house more than onOs' A NJ,
| Sir.
Q. Only oncet A. Only onoe; rsther-excuss me,
there than once but passed but one eveans
there; called there two three times matters u
business
G. And at what time in the day did you calf A. Well
I called In the morning; about TO tsks The
tain TO my home and think Mrs. Woodruff u,
with m, - Hartford, whero she going 70 lecture.
O. These were cslls that you speak of A. These
mere calls.
Q, And you went there. you say. upon business nsL
tersf A. Yes. Sir.
O. II there Is no objection please state what che baS
ness matters were. A. Well connected with w
American Association Of spirituasts OF the Trustees
and Of the Executive Board and she President.
Of the Spirtualists Association; then. further. was
correspondent sometimes of her paper; wrote
articles that were published in her paper and called 70
those matters.
O. Now, do you recoleet what time in the Autumn n
1871 1t was that you called at her housei A. Well yss
will allow to refer to diary can tell you the day
@. You refresh your recollection by A. isefer.
ring to daryl 1t October %, 1871. then sot<
down.
That Is entry that you made 1t the timst A. At1
time yes, Sir.
A GATHERING OF sPIRITUALLsTs AT MRS
WOODHULLS.
Q. Mr.. Charles COwley, who has been intro.
duced witness in this case, mentioned tho fact thai
he met you at Mrs. woodhulls in the Autumn Of 1871
do you recolect himi A. Well recolleot being iB1p
duced to two strange gentlemen. Of them from
Lowell. should not have remembered tho nane but ~
1t was recalled TO me-
O. Ono OF them was from Lowellt A. Yes, Sir; ~.
member that.
O. You remember 1t that 1t IA recalled A. Well.
would not have remembered the name for think u
was very indis,nct when it given to me. and di
not remember 1t.
@ That the only occasion in which sou mot gen
tleman from Lowelli A. Yes Sir. that the onk
evening that spent at Mrs. woodhus.
O. And the only evening that you spent at that house
A. Yes, Sir.
O. Whom else did you meet there that evening. Z
you reoollect Mrs MiddlebroOki A. Wei. there
was o gentleman with this Mr.. Oowiey, this
gentleman from Lowell. whose name don't 70
member met Mr.. Tilton, Mr.. George Bacon a
Boston, Mr.. A. 4. Whecock, OF what place could net
say now and Mr.. Edward Wheeler. besides Mrs. Wood
hull. Miss Clafn. and Col Blood aud Mr.. Andrew
Stephen Pearl Andrews.
Q, And Mr.. TtOni A. named Mr.. TitOn.
O. All I beg pardon. Now. Mrs. Middlebrook. want
to ask you this question. whether during that interview.
any time, the socaed Beecher scandal the SUBJECT
of conversation A. No. Sir; not to my recollection
@. Well how positive you able to speak upon that
nbjecti A Well. know that no conversation could
have taken place that evening that did not hear and
positive that that not spoken Of at all that
Ing.
THE WITNESS COWLEY eONTRADICTED
O. Mr. Cowley, in his testimony. in speaking
OF the subjects which there discussed says this
Mr. Evarts-What paget
Mr.. Fulerton-267 Of Volume 7. (Rcadngl One
subject that j." recall U.s. that there doubt
whether Mr. Beecher Mr. TiltOn the father Of oN
Of the children" Was there anything OF that kind dis
cussed or mentioned there that EVENING" A. No. SrT
there not.
@ Was there anything said discussed upon the sub
ect of TltOns regret the deception which she
had pracced upon her husband that she had writes
letter stating what her relations with DIR. Beecher hA
beeni A. No. Sir; positive such thing occurred
Mr.. Evarts-What page is That
Mr. FullertOn-The same page cen, little tias
half the way down, on the extreme righthand column
flo the witness Anything 10 tho effect that Mr.
Beecher had got hold Of that letter, and that friend
Mr. TitOn's had made him give II up-had extortod II ~
the point Of plstoli A. No. Sir.
O. Anything to this effect. that she. Mrs. TtoD, has
written confession she could write anothert A. No
Sir.
O. Well, understand you. Mrs. Middebrook that the
subject Of that scandal not introduced There thA
evening at all. A. No. Sir, it was not.
Q. How long time did you spend there that EVENING"
A. Wen, 1t WAS after dark when arrived there. coail
not say Just the that season OF the year hst
it was dark; 1t was dark when left Mrs woodhulrs
office; went from her Office up there. and remained
there until between 10 and IL think must have beea
near H.
@ And where did you spend tho time A. In Mrs.
WOOdhuls parlor.
Q. And did the rest OF the company spend their time