New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-06-26
ANTI-TILTON TESTIMONY.

INTERIOR CE MI. TllrONS HOUSEUclp-AMAL-
ING DOINGs ABOUT HIS BATH BoOM-TrEMs on
when MISS NfOORE THINKS WOMEN COULD
LIVE IN TIE uoUsE-Mss BESSIE TURNER'S
s4oAY OF TIE riAINIIIF's HABITS ColGoDo-
RATED:
70 the ESft0r OF The TrftWne.
SIR: While the most patient doc that ever was
chased and hunted is bring shot at 10y The archeIs
permit ne TO SAY, subject 10 youI judgment
few Things that seem to need say ing God forbid
that shonld add To the blunders of this laundering
sIne. See you to that,
First. no honest unwilling doubts of Mrs Tton's
innocence should he blamed why, when had fin
ished reading Theodore 1ilOn's last long statement
AT appalled,. II was midnight, and the blackness
Of midnight seemed 90 have shnt in Elizabeth. J,
THAT knew her. and knew Theodore Tltcn, her Tall
Torment that know the lies in that subtle romhnce,
eould not see how to pick them out from the
trath lie had 81 mixed and suarlci up tho true
and the false that the truth itself vas madeto he
III SEEMED 10 me that none who Gid not Thoroughly
understand that pair could ever untangie the smart
And Theodore had completely astonished me.
That he was hollow, treacheTouS selfish, Vain ha"
10: been long in discovering; but that he was thuS
CRAFTY ma.c mant. aHd cunning lad not suspected,
no. that he had Tire skill this "secoEd volume Of
Tempest Toet," as 1 am informed he has named IT,
showed Has Mcuton helped hml Whose hand is
An this : wondered. lie had made the poor woman
avp words condemn heT--by them lac has proved
ernA lie ~ be the tfath. Why, see!hing kid III IT'S
fnahers milk is nothing to this. And these letters
We used 10 say Mrs. Tilton's friends didl among
ourselves that he was writing his letters ana get
fling his wife 20 write hers with view 10 setting
himself before the world-afer he should finish her
oA-as a devoted, Incompatible husband This was
probaby his FIRST IDEA regarding all these delectabc
letters, which the poor little dups swallowed as
bein, the t,7e exponent Of Dora" Himself as she
ssw and felt him. she resoutey rejected as not beng
the real theodore; and to the ideal Dora" the
noel the hero the prince, the cod O1 her dOiatfy'
she wrote with all her heart trying as much rs III
betlav 20 follow his style, perfect of coursetaHug
all blame for all jars and mis- ries upon her molten
siye self She thought it duty ut was foy to ignore
md sacrifice herself che did. Half way Is enough
for wife or husband habtuay TO go each toward the
Other An unselish woman with small sel!-esteeIn
was moi the wife for Theodore Tilton Awiie whom
4. feared large strong woman, able to cast ont OF
windows or doors the lady friends" who sat in his
lsp. saving he was the only man they ever loved
{ansba,fhs of their own Notwithstanding ana 10
fs.ten him mp in the chamber where be held them.
ard keep him fasting till he bowed those clustering
lcks in roal repentance might have saved whatever
there was in Theodore Tton worth saving.
Sometimes. 10 friends who had witnessed Theodore
1Sltom's treatment OF her when he was not on eX-
hiiition as he always was before visitors whom he
wished 10 have admire him, Mrs. Tilton wOuld adj
init her wretchedness. Once-ths was early a. go
er'61--she crept to my room, and III my arms wept
ont her despair 81 shall have 10 give him mp
cannot live this way; | must leave him." "Iou
cannot live away from him" replied, wishing she
had never seen him. felt he wOuld I've only a
calamity ~ her, and that she was losing her power
fer good over him For a few years she hal great
and goodinauence over him. 1t was A. tie influence
81 a robin over baby stork, rapidly ontgrown
When met Mr. MoultOn on Aug. before the
Committee the idea that he helped compose
~Tempest lost" Volume H., instantly exploded.
y, the way, did not promise not to tell how Mr.
Noalton served the Committee. ! thought then he
had come straight from Theodore Tilton. and 1t
saroe out on tho stand. In my journal find the
following entry:
Mr.. Mmlton tr,mN'ei and seemed greatly excited as he
rad Whcu he had roud his short statement twice ne
tad: "Ths is for the reporters WHAT say Is not 10 20
81 tbeIa" When the Committee had agreed Ia this be
ssd don't think ought TO produce these papers III
sitef Mr BecchcI has been examined and II change
my mind shall not produce them" (Ihcrcs man Oi
hSnIr Tor yoSi taooSn. a., o 0 Iy NJ Monon
tiPostuigtcd tie Comntee would yongo hack on your
word for made n mental reservation that y saw cause
for clan cling NY mind would do so And shall" TIE
Committee oxp0sulaied and reasoned IN VAN Iney are
won ont and Some 81 them nearly SICK, waiting ana
boihtring their vacation almost exhausted Ia TINS DIS
work linderi by tins VILLAIN. Tor
esnpletr villain lac did certainly appear to me I" De
% acoy e.nsSr T against Mr. Rcecher and poor
llc and they fallen into the net IL is 80 wound
sT"1 , ai | show D in court hat she was more lhaH
content with Thu" Or love aud care. While the tnth Is
hrs lii sne foreave aud forgot eyerytng bnt his
pleasant spells and moods and into every trap ne sci Tor
Ter size a,l,ie haste to fail o. Llbbc, Libbe. what
commentary your fate this oxt He that loVeth
basband or wife more than me Is nor worthy Oh ne
Aud IA do 20 justify wrong fOI love Oi any Is u
love o. & ore mere than God
Seeirg that Elizabeth did not die 0low couid she
b. 80 pe,veTse d, and that money was needed, the
letters were put to q different from the one orig
finally intended. A. early IA 80 or '66 | began to
zee that Theodore Tilton would damage Mr. BeecheT
fever it was in his power. My pastor had been
rearing up, loving and cherishing chicken TO pick
his own eyes ont. / was agreeable TO nor a
favorite with Mr.. Beecher-not heather enough,
periaps.-and could make no impression on him
when tried h. warn him, again and again did.
But they are not very noble who cannot endure not
to be liked who win not do good. if they can, to
those who do not admire them. persisted, aud he
persisted in disreCarling cautions that came from
one who was where She Summer and Winter, year
after year, had seen and heard. Well, when men
take their choice and have their way they know
how they like it.
I've seen several such men In my day; l would |
could have saved them. They could not plot and
plan, and they ready to bite anybody who tried
10 make them see that others could | told our dea-
cons what MIR. IIlton really was. thought for his
own sake he ought to be and dealt with that
ne might not destroy himself or Others Not one Of
them could UT would sense" tho matter. Theodore
Tiltoh was without distinct purpose of damage to
Mi. BeecheT l4i- after the feeling that he wanted
him overthrow was born In him. His feeling of
personal wrong by that mans being set above him
grew year by year. We all saw it. Probably Mrs.