The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-03-26


about the Bcecher article; do not think
Tilton read As loud as he talked: they
were proofs that they were reading; some
of the papers were printed and some
written; L do not know if Tilton brought
the papers, but Col. Blood was rot there
when the paper was introduced. Tilton
said:
and if you print it, it vii be one of the
best things ever you did ] think she
said, Lets see" and they all sat down
on the sofa and began talking; | think
Miss Clafin said something, but | don't
remember what it was; they sat on the
sofa about an hour or morci this was on
Monday; Titon said: Il dare not publish
it, for they would crush me, but You are
woman and you can doit.' Col. Blood
WAS then called and they went into the
back office, where they remained about
an hour; when | went in heard Blood say
he would have nothing to do with il and
Tilton said it would be the making Of
him rs Beechcrs congregation would
give 100000 to stop its publications on
the following day the same coyersation
occurred in the same place; this conVcrsa-
ton occurred sometime before the scan
dal WAS published; L never heard II word
about the Becchcr story before that; |
saw Theodore Tilton att Mrs. Woodhull'>
on Twenty. third street more than once,
about half dozen times; | saw him in
the Irving place house once; think they
left the Irving place after their
arrest; | went to the Irving Place house
before | was taken sick, and sometimes
stayed there all night; when | saw him
there Mrs. Woolhull and Miss Clatiln
were there; they We're reading proofs
and manuscripts; they were more serious
that evening than usual; Mrs. Woodruff
introduced me at one time to TlltOn. and
| think she said he was editor or had
been editor ofthc Brooklyn Union; | re-
member the Stcinway Hall meeting; |
think it was in the fall of 1871, the year
before the conversation in Mrs Wood
hull's Office.
TiIton AFectiO ate.
Tilton. during his visits to the office,
sat with Mrs. Woodruff on the sofa, and
would have his arms about her when
people were passing in and out;
this sofa was in the middle
office; was witness in she Y 5. courts /
aal gave evidence there; Mrs WOodhull F,
was under arrest for mailing ncwspapcr !
matter; | did not tell that knew that I!
Tilton wrote it; ! said that | believed /
he wrote it; | said ! heard him read it,
but not that he wrote it; did not tell F..
them that / carried the proof sheets from F.
Mrs. Woodruff to Tilton received It
subpoena some time ago at my residence; .
| have not seen Mrs. Woodhull or Miss .
Cladin since they were Oh trial; ! was
first talked to about thi, case "u
Monday at Mr.. Hills office in
this city; | also talked with Alderman
Whitney about it. This finished the
cross-cxamination.
Redirect cxumination-Thc lunches
were generally taken to Mr.. Woodhull's
offices and not ut Dclmonicos, where
they were taken very seldom; on the oc-
casion of the lecture, was waiting ut the
door, opening and closing it; was told
by Mrs. Woodruff that this was Mr..
1'ilton; they We're in the habit Of calling
each other Vicky and Theodore.
The witness then left the stand and an
other colored man called.
Richard Adam & nv,
was called. He testified reside in the
city of Washington, where have lived
all my life; was clerk i'll the Board of
Public Works, in 1872 and 1878; ] wa
in New York in 1870; left New York
in 1871; | was requested to come from
Washington to New York by Mis-,
Clafln. and was employed by them to put
wrappers on papers and direct them;
knew Theodore Tilton, and saw h'm III
the office first in March, 1871; he was
pointed out to me AS MIR. Tilton; | was
sent to his office with Il note by Mr..
Woodruff, and brought some copy ior
the paper; saw him at Mrs. Woodruff
house about q doXen times ] observed
his being there two or thre" time Il.
night about twelve uclock; he was writ
ing; they went out riding on one ocra-
sion in n small phmton about six or seven
o'clock in the evening, but ! do not
remember when they came back;
WAS present at Steinway Hall III 49, |
remember conversation between Mr..
Woohull and Mr.. Tilton about getting
Mr.. Beecher to preside; Mrs. Woodruff
said he had better preside or she would
make it hotter for him on earth than It Is
| in hell below, and Tilton said "Oh ne
has got to do it, he'll do ii; l always
worked in the front room in the offices
/ in Broad street; they had small hacN
/ private office; remember on. ON" oc-
casion the gas in the room | was IN WA,
out and it was lit in the back offices;
saw Tilton and Mrs. WoodhuIl with their
arms and heads waving about in a very
/ lovcrlike manner; saw them through tie
glass; stayed there until they came OUT;
they used to be in that back room very
often, and frequently | could
heard them convcrsing; / used to see
Mr. Tilton in the second floor back room
which was a bed room; sometimes went
to bed when he was there, and when
1 got up in the morning he was there.
This concluded the direct examination
/ and Mr. Fullerton told the witness ne
might go, as he had no questions 10 "~N
him.
/ \ colored woman,
Lucy Ann Giles.
was called. She tcstiOcd: nave HF'"
in Brooklyn nine years and worked IL
cook in the family of Victoria Wood
hull; l was employed there in 1870: l
saw Tilton there on the 3D. Of July ISL;
for the first time; he was writing and stayed
there all night; he slept in The front
parlor on a sofa lounge which prepared
for him: | waited on the table ana 81"
him at breakfast; he was there all that
dav and night; he did not sleep on tn"
sofa lounge that night; Colonel Blood
slept on the third floor / saw MN
/ in Mrs. Woodhulfs bed room three or lcnF
times; he was often at the house while
| was there; have carried refreshments
to Mrs. Woodhulrs room when .IIIt'n
was there, at all hours OF the night and
morning; when l went in on the am "t
July night Mrs. Woodruff was IN hHr
bed gown, and Tilton had on ms coat
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