The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-04-22

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way. Q. Because ou told her to consuls yoa as
If you were her son? \. Because she
son or 10 person TO consult and I said
consult me. q. Well, perhaps this last sentence
ingl. 81 have told Darling. 1 felt I could in
safety to yourss ~ AID all concerned You would
be all to this sndearing name. Am mistaken? !?
made between you and her that gave rise 10 that
expression? a. Nvne that 1 remember, sir.
A. Not that reeollect, Sir. @. l will read fur
ther and ses ifit win throw any light upon the
subject. (rsaoing) "Do you know ! taiDk IL
Did you ask her 10 call you son? y. In no other
way than have stated. Q. DID you explain any
ofthese things to .Moulton when you carried
explain sirs Morse 10 Moulfon was not our
haoit. q. She says, in this letter: Il viii
promise that
THE SECRET OF HER LIFE,
as She calls it, shall not be mentioned" Whose
life did she refer TO there, as You
interpreted the letter? A. 1t is not
for me TO say for do not
recollect. 1t is not my Language. @. The Ian
guage was addressed TO you, was it not? A. 1t
was. O.. And you tsok the letter to
Moulton to have IL kept safe? y.
letter to me about what TiIton had said, and
now you ask me TO say what two women said,
and what / thought about it? Q. Yes, ask
tell you don'C know. Q. Did you know tnen?
A. don't suppose L did. q.
You formed no opinion about 1t?
A dont suppose did. Ny impression is that
didn't read the letter. @. Let Us read a little
further: (Reading) Ny darling spent mcst
which was for food and an
from rent, and this given her by the hand
of Annie Tiiton every saturday. II you know
eight pc pie, you must know there's little left
for clothiDg. She told me he (Tilton) oid not
could not get suen food as he liked TO nourish
his brain, (aughter) and so he took his
meals at Moullon's Just think OF that,
and see me. viii promise taat the secret OF
her life, as she calls it, shall not be mentioned
| I know IL is hard TO bring il up, as you must
| till released by DEATH" Now, did you know
what she did refer TO in thus addressing you?
a. Do you ask my present knowledge?
q. at the time you received that letter
didn't you know what Mrs. Morse
tons life. which she was not 10 mention in your
presence? A. Ireply TO you specifically about
that sentence, what have to.d % you gehner'ily hn.
don't remember what ! thought
about the contents of it. Q; Did not you think
A. can't say that 1 thought it did when have |
just stated that 1 don't remember what !
thought. q. Never mind enlarglng upon 1t. |
Did you not think 1t referred TO the
charge that 1ilton had made
A. l do not remember what thought ABOUT it !
in any way. manner or sOrt. @ 1t was thing !
that did not make any impression u, on ySuI yS39d
not even read it. Q. How? \. My impression
is that l never read the letter through.
safe and take it TO Moulton for, then?
a.
MoULToN WAS THE DEPOSITORY
pretty much of all the papers that related in
any way to this case. Q. Oh, did this letter
relate to this case? A. 1t related to it by this
odv Yio
@. Wen, did you read it far enough to find that
out? A. knew that, sir, without reading that
letter. Q. You did? A. Yes, SIR. Q. Did you in
stSnctively know without reading il
what was in the letter 50 as
to come TO the conclusion that II
related to this difficulty and so take it to Mr..
MOuIton for safe keeping? a. 4 letter from
Mrs Morse would go to MoTon af any TTbst hIT
not what ! asked? n. 1t IS the sut-
stancs OF what you did. Q: No. III
that letter by reading it, how did'it happen that
you took il 10 MoultOn upon the theory teat
yourself and Mrs. I1lton. or between MIS-.
Morse2 a. You take letter and glance your
eye ever 50 and see wnat It's contents relaIe 70
and then you don't care about going through IL;
O. Is that the way you Gid? a; | presume 30:
don't recollect. O. You think you looke5
into il TAR enough 10 see tlat IL reIaeeo
TO this matter? A. Just enough to see IL
was a complaint ABOUT Tlion emu his family
O. Did you look at that letter just enough to see
thst in referred TO the difficulty in that family,
Speaking or this secret OF Mrs. Tilton's, which
was no: TO be mentioned in your presence If you
witness continued: l don't know when arSt
heard that the scandal hsd got
given me was in the WoodhuIl's card
in May, 1871. | don't now rscali the letter. Mr
Tilton sold number of his friends about 1t.
the troubles in his household was discussed be
tween Moulton and me rs having been spoken
of in pnblic by Tilton. I remember there was
an interview OF three OF us, btIt whether 1t was
aoSTS a1onSles 'ns in PfItons PHwr family cant
recall. Moulton assured me he haG -, not,
denied That she had
TOLD 1T TO TWELVE PERSONS.
1 don't know how long it was before ths publi-
cation of the Woodruff card that saw Tilton.
l douS recollect that an interview was had with
MouItOn at which it was decided that Woodruff
was to be silenced. L saw Tilton, and he
told me that he had an interview
with AIRS. woodruff, and had persuaded her
not 70 in terfere with the t7ouoles in ms house
hold. don't recollect having approved OF any
of his Steps taken with MRS. WdOdhGll 10 stop
the stories nor dld E1eS% ,nese era &
tween US nor was 1 consulted before he
went to see Woodhnh. l dons recoAect
when the next interview with him about
the Woodruff publicaii sn was. My Impression is
that il was nOt uptii the fall of lS12 Uptothis
| time had head that The difficulty between me
and Mr.. Tfltcn had got oat, and that there was
talk about II, nevsE heard OF this difhoulty
! 1872, or that Mrs. Tilton charged me with
an otense, 1 remember receiving 8 lettes
/ from my nephew, Mr.. r. Il. Perkins. (Saown q
letter dated February l3, lS7l TEis is the letter
| 1 received. (Shown exhibit A.. This Is my
| / had heard OF this charge at this time. So far
| as M Tilton was concerned Nr.
Bowen had ceased 10 believe; the
stories against him al that tilne.
| @. Let me re ID clause from your nephew let
| ter lreeding: Theodore has 1een justiiytng or
| excusiag his recent intfigbes with women by
alleging that you have beea detected IN ike
| adultery, the game having been hushed up out
| of consideration for the parties" n. You are
referring to Bowen's lester? =. Did you
understand it as Heierrlng 70 the
Bowen lettqrs A JNQuestiO0ably. The
letter will show IT, Fulierton-I don't under
stand that IL will show II BY alleging that you
! Yes O. Bo1vens charges had been hushed up9
A. Certainly they had. q. How had they
beer hushed up? a. They nad been dropped.
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