Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-02-12

MI lllOn HnlSncu giving MS ullect les
timony on Wednesday of last week and
on Thursday his cross examination begun.
Mr.. Tilton reitcrates all his published
statements, and his manner on the witness
stand is said to be such as TO impress one
with the truth of his testimony. In his
cross examination he said he agreed with
his wife in her religious beliefs until the
age of 30. Since that time his ideas had
changed to what may be called Unitarian
ism. Numerous letters written by Mr..
and Mrs. Tilton to each other, were iden-
tilted, and offered in evidence, as were also
numerous articles published in the Golden
Age by Mr.. Titon. The letters of Mrs.
Tilton were full of the tenderest express
sions of love TO her husband. Mr.. Evarts
read letter written by Tilton TO his wife,
in November, 1868, in which he complain
ed Of being worried by business, and of
growing old before his time, but stating
that the troubles were of his own making,
The following is portion of the cross-ex-
animation on Monday, relating 10 the "con-
fesslon' of Mrs. Tilton:-
Between July and the Both of September,
loiU, udu " sOllt DtESOnS Win re-
lation to the intimacy between Beecher
and Mrs. Tilton, but did not tell all the
story. told Bowen, the members of the
family and my nother-in-law. l believe
that during that period may have spok-
en- roughly about Beecher for instance,
when / said he preached TO q number of
his mistresses. 1 do not remember max
ipn anpb n rpDnnrE hni II MI rtk
to me, and l suppose / must have made it.
1 think made this remark to Mrs. Morse
or Richards, if it was made use of by me.
l would not like TO say if mentioned this
matter from July to December, 1870, TO anv
other parties, with the exception of Moul-
ton, Johnson and Mrs. Bradshaw. On De-
cember &C. all told Moulton was that Mr..
Beecher had made unhandsome approach
es to Mrs. Tilton this was all told him
at that time on the subject. When have
spoken about it, have always used words
TO convey the impression that my wife was
pure. The letter written by my wife on
the goth of December, was shown to Moul-
ton by me, few days after. Moulton then
knew nothing of my plans, and no person
but Mrs. Tilton did.
1 asked Moulton to go down to Bcecher,
and obtain for me an interview with regard
to his relations to my family. asked him
not to tell Beecher the object of the inter-
view, and, if he would not grant me the
interview, TO show him this letter, a copy
of which l had taken on the envelope.
During Moulton's absence, and before
Beecher's coming, l made memoranda of
dates on the envelope, and some matters
which l wished to say TO Beecher. I re-
ceived back Mrs. Tilton's letter shortly sf-
ter the signing of the tripartite agreement
in April, 1872, and it was destroyed by Mrs.
Tilton. The memoranda and the copy of
the letter were destroyed that night, and
the original letter, two years afterward.
When Beecher came in that night, and
took a seat, inquired if he had received
my demand. 1 told him l wished him to
consider that demand unwritten, AMI to
blot it out; had changed my mind since
the previous Monday, on which 1 sent the
note, remembering my wife. Daring that
interview think l sat part of the time
and stood during the other portion. When
l was putting my hand in my pocket for
certain mean oranda, he asked me what
Bowen had been saying about him, and I
told him in substance what he had been
saying. 1 told Beecher the statement made
to me by my wife. lie listened to the end,
and said, "Theodore, this is all dream it
seems liks Dante's Inferno" l am GER
tain that he used these last words Beech
er never minated doubt as to whether
Mrs. Tilton had written such paper, but
he expressed surprise that she should have
written it. may have said to him: at is
but few squares to the house; go and ask
Mrs. Tilton whether she wrote the letter
or not" He then went staggering down
the stairs. do not know that he then in
dictated that he was going to my house.
When Boecher came back, that evening" l
did not see him, as he and Moulton retired
into the parlor. That terminated the
transactions al the interview, that evening.