The Indiana State sentinel., 1875-03-09

TO Mrs. Oyington and me. 1 remember
Tracy only occupied two or three minutes
when he went down for Mrs. Tilton. did
not see any papers in Tracy's hands when
he came up stairs. There were present
Myers, Sage, White, Winslow. Daflin, my
vile, Gen. Tracy, and myself. The commit
tee sat about half an hour. Mr.. Storrs was1
ton come to my heuse to reside, / think.
about the 1lth of July. 1 had no intimation
OF MIS-. Ttlton's coming to my house
10 reside, and 1t was complete surprise to us
Wnen she came. can not tell how long after
the publication of the appointment of the
c0innlttee CO Mrs. 11lton came to my house.
Snearman called on Mrs. Tilton after she
came to my house, as also Tracy. think
about 10 or 10 times. Hill also called, but
not very frequently. They had interviews
with Mrs. Tilton, but think very rarely
alone. Beecher also called once at nv
house, but was not present at his interview
with Mrs. Tilton; Evarts and partner also,
Two of Mrs. Tilton's children, Alice and
Harold, went to the "Gunnery" in Washing
ton, Conn, in September last, where they
have been since. The youngest one, Ralph has
been with us with his mother. Florence.
who is seventeen, was not at our house, nor
can tell where she was. She called about
once a fortnight to see her mother at our
house, but has not called there for the past
three weeks. l do not remember her
calling when Mrs. Tilton was away
on visit, and my refusing 20
tel her where her mother was. had heard
Florence was residing with her father. She
sent message once asking where her
mother was and returned the answer that
1t would be better for her not to see her
mother, who had requested to be allowed to
keep quiet and have little rest for while.
My hrst interview with Tilton was after the
publication of the Bacon letter, which lasted
about to minutes. This occurred on a Sum
day. i was out driving and my wife wanted
to see Mrs. Tilton. drove around there and
While my wife was in, Tilton came
out to see me. The Bacon letter was the
subject of our conversation. Mr.. Tilton did
not send for me on that occasion. Mr.. Til
ton said then that he had been badly treated
by Beecher and Plymouth Church, and that
ne was made TO appear in a false light, and
as dog and fool, that he had been SHOWN
up as knave and an imposter. He said
that
BEEcHER DID NOT DO HIS DUTY,
and that he (Tilton) would take care of him
self. He threatened to publish the letter
written by Bescher. j have been connected
with Plymouth Church for eleven or twelve
years, and was appointed to the Office of
deacon in January last. The usual recess
was here taken. After the recess Ovington
the stand, and his cross-examina-
ton was continued, his attention being di-
rected TO his first interview with Mr.. Tilton,
can not recall what Tilton said Beecher
should do that would be right. He observed
that Beecher should do him justice. In the
after his wife's testimony, Mr.
Tilton said that what she had said was un-
true, and was fiction. understood that
n hot - -
testimony relating to the innocence of
Beecher. The second interview was at Mr..
Tilton's house a few days after the FIRST. ]
called there to see them from curiosity, per-
haps. My wife did not accompany me. L
had a question to ask Mrs. Tilton about a
woman protege of hers, who had occupied a
house of mine. do not know why l said,
a few minutes ago, that l went to
see her through curiosity. This was al
ter my return from Europe. L
can not tell more distinctly why I went to
see Mr.. T., but went there also to see Mrs,
1ilton. 1 do not know that any person
asked me to go. 1 went to see how Mrs. T.
felt with regard to the Bacon letter. l did
not interrogate her about this letter. as she
did not seem inclined to speak about is when
her husband was present. / made some re-
mark to Tilton regarding the fact that he
was In trouble He said that it was Beech
er's own doings, and he was willing
to quit if Beecher ana Plymouth Church
stopped their proceedings. / did not, within
three days after Mrs. Titlon's appearance
before the committee, take her out driving. 1
do not remember what occurred on the 9th
or 10th of July. / think day or two before
Mrs. Tilton came to my house, my wife took
her out driving. / was not with them, nor
do / know how long they were away
or who they met. / had no intimation
that she was coming to stay at my house be-
fore it took place. My wife, believe, asked
her to come TO our house and stay, if che de-
sired to, and may have joined in the invi-
tation. L think heard this spoken of day
or two previous to Mrs. Tilton's coming
there. / thought it possible that she
might come and stay two or three days be-
fore she came TO stay. Mrs. Tilton, l think,
came to my house once or twice before she
went before the committee. Prior to this
Bacon's letter being published. it was an
unusual thing for me to visit Mr.. Tilton's
house. No person ever told me of Mrs.
Tilton's coming to my house bsfoIe she came
there to stay. | remember
MRS. TILToN's ARRIVAL
at my house, and the arrival of her husband
afterward. But do not recollect Mr.. Til
toms stating or reading of che appointment
of the committee from newspaper. 1 can
swear to this positively. L first learned of
the committee at the interview with Mr..
Tracy, but do not know when the fact OF
their appointment was published in the
newspapers. He was sh0 1n a letter
remember writing this letter to Florence.
L stated in it that it was by the advice of our
friends that Mrs Tilton's whereabouts sheuld
be kept quiet. / remember making the re-
mark that was afraid that if Tilton said his
wife she might go back to live with him. /
did not know of any of her friends who ad-
vised her TO this course, but when l wrote
t1os Il
this course. do not remember that meant
by her friends in Brooklyn myself and wife.
Mrs. Tilton, / presume, will remain with my
family. No arrangement--shas been made
with me with regard to Mrs. Tilton's sup
port, but 1 haveshad conversations with
Plymouth Church about it. Mr.. Halliday, 1
believe, spoke to me about 1t. do not ex-
pect to help Mrs. Tilton for nothing. 1 re-
ceived two checks from Mr.. Augustus
Storrs ofS $500 each. and another check for S4OO