, 1875-05-06


t!'fos montl,e. when mr. wifo waa atck and raN
Abaant for llor LoAitlI after my wifsa death,
Mlts Clatiln. Df. Woot3hnll tho invalid husband
Of Msn. woodhnll), Col. Blood. hIr'. Woodhulls
fA!!lnr anti mother, and the aet7anta.
WltHeHh naa asked
WHO snEevEarEp TIE HOUSE
during tho period OF llis residence tl!ero.
MF. Evarsa o',jectcd to this evidence, ~ baing
Sir. Fullerton arRued that attempts had been
INSIDE to cast aspefHious OIL that ilnuae. and tho
to'lit ruled thas the wstno.s comld anawcs lilo
d.ie!as'on, afnl l,o anhTero1: William ofton,
y. Julian. o. y. Frosh.ngham, Albert l,sistatls,
0rviilo Grant. Gen. Dent, and many others.
Among. tho ladies Nero HrH: Station, Mrs.
DaSiF. a1ias Anthony. Mrs. Hooker, Mrn. lhelps.
sroy. Mia. 0.go, Mrs K'ek, and others. lilo
ttne WAS generally p.saed al these gatherings in
dlecusasoiss. I recolect. whom MF. rilton he-
came acquainted with bfsa. Woodruff mud raw
,in ,1tas,;' ihtIs' often asw Mr.. I,ton and ars.
duo familiarity between them. She
aoMErfHzs CALLED HIN "THEDnohE."
In the srring 0f 1879 tho Woodruff paper WAS
suspendtd. and was resumed Wien tho 1candal
articlo waa published Nov. 2: 1l.o ncandat art,-
clio wRa composed by 1fts. Woodhula originally.
Tas mynelf, IN senso tie author OF ths atti-
clio. contributed TO tho writing Of the article.
within four or {lvc days Of tn publication. It
wAs Just written In tin,o 10 rush 1t through tho
prcsa At my house. 1t came to my house n the
form Of rocitsl. but the beginning ard Tho end
OF tho article mere luv composition. / fend the
proofs Of that article At my room. tliiuk
! Sens. 70 tue of,ice for them. Mrs. Wood
me. Up 10 this time, the story Of ttie scandal
wat rflltrerod about aud heard OF Mra. Wood.
hula nllution to tho matter. IN her speech At
i!oston. SO fnr - my knowledge ls concerned.
Mr. 1ll;on kuow nothing about tho preparation
nf tlat article. aud II WAS surpriao to him when
It antearcd. Up to the time this article was
pnb.hed. did not SEQ nny Of tho documents re-
fcfrca to In Il. l was 81 Mrs. Woodflull's ono
not heae tts subject Of the ecaudal referred 70.
When tie publication OF tho PAPER Was rcru,ucd,
Mrs. Wooohull's Office wAa removed from No. ~
TO M: ~ li7oad strcot. There wna not. 10 my
lois in Mrs. Woodhull's honta sE,ap raa there.
only remember one occasion whom
TtLToN BT41ED At HER HOUSE.
1lc Was preparing tile Life ur Mira. Wood
iI,ill.' hIat heard Of tho scandal in tho bo-
giuuing Of Ma5. 1871, In Mfn. Woodhulls par-
!ors. from Mrs. Stanton. Mrs. Woodruff w1s
told the facts Of the scandal by Alrs. Stanton,
III M; presence. on ethor tho Sd or ltl Of the
month, week or ten DAYS tofoso Tlltuu waH
lsossel procession, nnd walked With sl1r. Wood
hull, Col. Nluod, aud 5fr. West. did not SEQ
T1iton until The procession brnke up d. Union
Square. ,1iss Claain was in front Of us, walk
Ing along aud earring hag. From the com.
VAS not III company with Miss Claim or Mrs.
Woodruff. Neither Of the ladles wore in =
catrisEe until the procession brola up: ras
at Tia lecture Of Mrs. "oodhu In Steinnay
Hall, on The 20th Of November, 1871. think
sue left tho next morning for 4 lscturs.tour in
tlo West.
On Ai4 csoBe-exam!nsuon By Evar.s, Andrsrs
aald l!o waa nomotlmes the editor IN charge OF
aaIar.. When nv wife was present At Mrs.
Woudhuli's, With 1'ilton, slo was IL I msdlumis-
tic condition. and thought sho vas
IN A srrASaE STATE.
do not remember TINT this condition involved
tile manipulation OF Ilton's lace. think three
meetings 1t Mrs. WoodhulI'a we're OF ths chatac-
ter Of thoso Iu the salouh OF Madame Nol1nd. l
think tile company IT Mrs. Moodlu!lB waB
oqnally distinguished, though in different Way.
as tnls contusy was in adYance OF the last. I
have oftsn heard persons adlress Victoria n
"ElckJ." aud l thought It WAS exllbtlug tpo
! much familiarity. It shocked me. do not
think ever hoard T.lton aadress her In thia way.
Tho article wa4 gwen TO me for publc.t!on. AIRS.
early III tho spriuE Of 1872 Tic material for tho
article wa brought to mo on Tho 28th OF that
month.
Tie xi.neea marked portions Of articles writ
! ten BY him FOR Identification aud tney wsro Of
fered IL evidence. Alr. Beach ob}ectsd, and
Judgs Heilson said ho would taks t1s matter
into consideration.
During ths whole period remained ut Mss.
hUpuGul l Ug0&klAHtN1 WILL kQH lA1uu$. 20Q
only remember
T1Lros TAKISo nREAKrlsF ONCE.
Ny observation Was that Hilton 1L1 = good doal
Interested In n4At&ers that liz heard at that house,
but disseuled ffam views he heard thers. That
mas tho CAUSE Of considerable discussion. My
ideas accorded with Mira. Woodruff on the aub-
ject Of social rclornl.
At tho close Of Mr. Andrsws' examination tho
court took recesa-
After rocess the attendance WIS greatly in-
rfA8hAu- nrnSRi1Nf that HAnFY
q. DuHen, Wlio had becn subpBnacd by tllo proa-
ccu!iou, would DO called. That gentleman came
into the court with his son, aud Frauk Catpen-
tor, tho artist. mas with tic ruton party; Also
Francis D. Mou,tou.
Nns. MARTHA /. BRADSHAW
Was fecaltod. and sest!ted: AN acquainted
with uessie Turner. l SAW her in December
1870, 1t Mrs. l1Iton's aud my owu house. re-
momber two risits she made mo q my own
house. Tho arat HnA OH tho 9;h uf December,
l87U. ua1s = record Of the day chs v!sised NJ .
iu my diary. Lad conversation with AaF, III
which shs told ms Ilton charged hia wifs With
adultry.
III. Evarts objected 10 this, mud Fullerton
the denied telling 1trs. Dstdsha. That Tlltou
charged his wits with adultery WITH Nsethor.
Ihe Court decided to sdnait tho testimony in
evilonce.
Witness then continued: This con on.srsasion
lnAted At teast two hours. aud Bessie Turner
during 1t told u,e 1ilton charged hls vito WITH
committing adultery with lionry Ward Bsecher.
mado n request OF Bessie It tho tl,ne.
Witness Mhs asked What request sue made.
Eyasss mads objection. aud another argument
4naued on thu point between Eyarts aud Fuller-
tou,
Judge NeItson allowed tho questlon, and Wit
ness said: 1u substance told her not to tell
any person about It. This finished HitneeA'
testimony, and sao waa not c4oss-e1amined.
Tue mkt wltueas was
IollS WOOD.
He toatifed: I an 4 printer; know Victoria
Woodruff, Col. Hood, and Mrs. Andrews.
prluted newspaper called tho Nootihuu d
ctaal4 Hsxkly. aud t.san 10 May, 1870, aud
ended in February. ls73. When tho publication
was resumed In tho fall Of 1874 tho type wers
set up in my otlcs. T1ls mas In
tho last week Of ocsober, 1872. I az, posi-
ti,e Az 10 tha date. Tho forms were taken
tram my oltico asturday. Oct. ~. Prior to ihss
10 part Of thas Ast,c!s had bosa put in typo to
my knowledge.
Cross.eramfned This paper containing tho
article mas sst up frou Moulay tut Saturday Of
that week: 1nct up the Doschsr alticls last.