The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1875-04-01

but didn't think Ofgettlng married yet;
that thought didn't trouble me much,
and that was not the chief end in life; if
did get mrrried, there was one thing
would not have a literary man for a
husband, and he then asked me if |
didn't think some people had atfinities
for each other; | asked him what he
meant by atfinites, aud he said when a
man saw woman that he loved, she
should be his affinity, and they should
live together as man and wife, and that
was what was meant by an affinity for
each other; he said it was perfectly right
and proper for him TO caress me, and
that no harm should come to me; he said
was a very strange child, and had some
singular ideas; he then kissed me, bid
me good night, and left the room.
MORE LIBERTIES TAKEN.
On another occasion, in 1863 went to
bed, and was frightened by seeing man
III my room; | jumped up and asked who
was there, and he said, Hush, it is only
me, Mr., Tilton." l then found he had
carried me into his room. asked him
why he had done This, and he said he
felt lonely; | told him | would not per-
nit such liberties to be taken with me,
and then got up and left the room. The
next morning, at breakfast, Tilton did
not say anything about it, but after he
vent away, took a boat for Keyport,
where | stayed for some time; Mrs. Til
ton was then away from home; returned
mh hnn | fnnnA chat hpp UGltnY in
town; l did not at that time tell Mrs. Til
ton what had transpired between her
husband and me; | went to Marietta in
the spring of 1870, and remained there
on visit to Mrs. Putnam about eight or
nine months. returned on the 9th of
December, 1870. Mrs Tilton came there,
/ think, in October, and remained about
a month or six weeks; | returned with
Mrs. Tilton, because she was feeble, and
! did not like to trust her alone. Mr.
Tilton met us at the depot with car
riage, and we reached home about seven
or eight o'clock Miss Ellen Dennis was
at the breakfast table next morning; she
appeared to occupy the positionlof house
keeper and mistress; Miss Anthony was
there at dinner; Mrs. Tilton took her seat
beside TiltOn and burst out crying; she
went into the next room and Miss Den
mis- said, "Well, this is strange conduct in
Elizabeth" Tilton said to me, Bessie,
don't you think Elizabeth is demented"
and | replied, mo, do not, but your
conduct is enough to have driven her
into lunatic asylum" Tilton followed
her into the other room; | followed and
stood at the folding doors and saw him
shaking his clinched hand in her face.
He said to her, "You have brought this
girl back to testify against me" step
ped forward and interfered in her behalf,
and he said to me, "leav, the house d-n
you" | said would not, and he struck
me with his clinched fist and knocked
me down, and then stepped up to me
and said in bland manner, Bessie,
dear, you have tripped and hurt your
self" He said to me, pointing to a sofa,
that time and again he had seen Mr..
Beecher and Mrs, Tilton having sexual
intercourse, and Mrs. Tilton said, "How
can you tell such things to the child|
He then took ne to the other room and
repeated the story to me. He said he
did not claim any Of his children except
Florence; he also said that Mr.. Beecher
was in the habit of preaching to ten or
dozen of his mistresses every Sunday,
and he named two ladies of the congre-
cation. | told him did not believe
a word Of the story against Mrs. Tilton,
and he said | would live to see the day |
should believe it. When was coming
out of the room Mrs. Tilton was coming
out of her bedroom, and | told her was
almost stunned, and also what Tilton
had been saying to me- Mrs. Titon and
| then went into the sitting-room. We
both left the house the next morningand
went to Mrs. Morse's. Tilton came there
that night. Mrs Tilton went down to
see him; was on the stairs; he had
conversation with her, talking very earn
estly; | saw Theodore Tilton in the act Of
getting up off his knees. Mrs Mlton
went away with him. Her mother re-
monstrated, and Tilton said, Good even
ing, grandmother" and Mrs. Morse said,
"I'll grandmother you, you Internal
scoundrel you; I'll publish you from Dan
to Beersheba." Mrs. Tilton and | re-
turned; Tlton advised his wife to 60 to
bed, which she did. TiltOn told Inc the
whole story about Beecher over again,
and | told Mrs. Tilton in her bedroom;
she then dressed and went to her moth
er's that night, and the children and my
self followed next morning. remember
an occasion of Tilton sending for the
baby; Mrs Tilton was not in; he sent a
note with Nellie, the nurse girl; Mrs.
Tilton, on that occasion, got the baby.
In December Mrs. Tilton went to New
Brunswick, and on her return came to
Mrs. MOrse's; that same evening | went
to Mrs. Morse's with her; Tilton met her
and kissed her; she returned to IiltOn's
house that night, and so did |; Tilton and
| had a conversation that night; | told
him Mrs. Titon was very sick while at
Mrs. Morse's, and aske him to be kind
to her, and told him that the doctor had
been alarmed at Marietta on account of
her weeping fits; Tilton said she was al
ways weeping; it was IL habit of hers, and
that she was weeping for her sins with
BeeCher. | left him in the room and
went out; he was in the habit Of changing
his study from room to room, and he did
so twice in one week; Mrs. TiltOn vas
taken ill on Christmas eve; the doctor
was in attendance, and also the nurse,
Mrs. Mitchell; Mr., Johnson called on
Monday after Christmas day, and Tilton
went out with him; ON his return he came
into the room and said he was ruined
man, and | think he said he was dis
charged from the Brooklyn Union; ae
was excited all that week; Tilton came
into her room on one occasion with pens
and paper, but the nurse reconstructed
with him and said his wife should be
kept quiet. remember seeing Beecher
there on one occasion; | did not know
he was in the house until / saw him
there. remember that Mrs. Tilton was
very sick on these occasions.
TO iuror)-It was in December, 1870,
after Mrs Tilton's return from Marietta,
that these conversations OH the part of
Tllton about the lounge took place.
The Court here adjourned until Mon
day.