St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-02-26

told me that she could not live longer
with Theodore. a> he WAS constantly
reminding her of the oifenSe she had
committed. and would not permit her
to lead Il better life. repeated this
to Mr.. Bcecher. who said that | must
tell Elizabeth not to leave her husband 4:
he said that She must stay with him.
and make his home happy for him. for
the sake of his children and her own.
Mr.. Bcccher expressed wonder that
Mrs. Tiltom had ever confessed To her
husband. and blamed her for having
done 50 he expressed Il wish that she
could remove to some other place, and
said that she meant well, but WAS in
discreet in letting persons talk To her
about this matter.
| had another conversation with Mrs.
TiIton. before she went before the
church committee. i'll which she said
that she should sacrifice her husband.
in order to save Mr.. Beccher. and deny
every thing. | said. Nv ould you allow
your husband to go down p She said
she thought she should he Justified in
stating Il tal>ehood. under the circum
stances. for the sake of Mr. Brecher
and his influence on religion she
thought it her duty to do 81. Mr.
Beechcr. when told him what Eliza
beth said. remarked. Poor child :" aud
added that Mrs. Tilton was NOW mean
ing To repair the wrong she had done
him 10y contrasting to her husband. aft tl
it was too late He said that She had
been very inprudent in making Il con
teSSion. any way.
The witness identified short note IL
her from MI Bcrchcr AZ one enclosing
the letter of MI. Becchcr To Nh. M"ul-
ton on the LIST OF June. l>1:. aud the
note WAS read in evidence
On the l:'th of July. after the pul,-
location of the Bacon letter. Mr.. Beech
cr came to the house. and asked him
what he had done to make Frank an"r,
with him Nh. Hrrchr, replied that h,
diduot know he wa>augrl. Nh. Muultol
came into the room. and read to Mr.
Bcechcr his statement for the iuNcStiga-
ting committee Mr.. Bee, her o.,ld that
the statement was perfectly honorable.
| said tn him that he would have been
better of it hc had confessed to hi~
church when advised him to. and that
he had added tom wears of perjury and
lying to his original sin | adv Used him
to confess then. and Lee said that hr
Mould never dn 80. ne Wnuid di,. inst -
and they might du THEN wol>i. they
could never convict Tim.
ON one occasion. when MI Bcrrhrl
visited the house. he was expressing
his great SORROW tuI IIlr calamitic> he
had CAUSED. and said THAI il WAS all
his fault. ! told him thai | Thought
the womam in such Il ease was ~ much
to blame ~ the man. and that Mrs. iii
ton. the mother ut five ur >i\ children.
must have known what She Was about.
MI Brcchrr. however. still insisted thar
Mrs. Iiltom was good woman.
Nh. Luciu> l.. Robinson ON one ncr.l-
sion expressed to me his suspicion that
there WAS something wrong with Nh.
lircchcr that he had either mi>appIo-
priatcd the funds "t Ply mouth church.
or something else. and said that he
Thought it MAS singular Nj. iccchci
should put his east into the hands ni
Mi. Noultuu. " hu Wa> NOT Il mclmhrI oi
the church. and that he had uur conf
deed in u mcmihrI of the church. II
nllll. he asked me W hat Was the matter
svitlr Nh Hcrchcr. and told him that
he WH~ guilty of adultery with Ms
Tilt"u. " hen todd Mr. Bccchcl OF
Mi. Robinson = suspicious. and that
had todd ilm the mole story. he said
that whatever The II, ,"It Wa Ton
the best. liz. todd me that hr would
not know what I" 1t" htr tuI nc that
hc considered me- better than i sister
On niic "rc.t-i"II. Whcu ,-Npr,'>>'.d t.
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