The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-03-16

Travelled through Pennsylvania and other
places occurring. l was born in Vermont |
and lived there until was 20 years old. L
served At Montpelier nv apprenticeship to
the printing business. / ann now connected
with the Christian Union. / call myself a
Christian, and in some RESI- ecis NAV adyo-
cate the sentiments OF the Universalists.
Delleve that all human beings will be saved
l think that that is only an item in their be-
let. and do not think that this is the very
essence of 1t. Perhaps have believed this
Tor about ten or twelve years. NY religious
views have been undergoing a change ever
since was boy. This change is toward
/ truth. was the editor of the Christian
/ Soldier at Boston. IL was a paper whose
views were against the Uniyersalist doc
trines. have never been a subscriber to
any Un1versalist paper, nor have / written
anything for them. ] see them among our
exchanges at the Christian Union office.
never wrote articles tor the Christian
Union advocating Universslist doctrines
Beecher examines the articles tor that paper
and write to the contributors of that pa
per. / write articles for the paper, but never
any that are incOnsistent with NV views
l expressed my opinions TO Beecher and re
retained me afterwards in his service I at
/ tended Congregational churches ia Middle
/ bury, Boston and Montpelier, W. was
/ also connected with the Progressive Society
OF Friends In Chester county. Pa. [ was con-
necteo with the Society of Friends and was
with them for two years. The Progressive
Society Invited all persons working for the
] good of theif fellowmen to unite in the
matter. L belong to this society now. /
am
| NOT MEMBER OF PLYMOUTH CHURCH,
but attended it frequently. 1 have often
taken communion there. I began TO 90
there in 1858 and attended there regularly
until 1852 when began to take communion
there. 1 was editor of the Anti-Slavery
Standard in New York. L ceased to be
editor of that paper in 1865. I do not recol-
| lect the first time took communion there
went on the Independent in the spring
of 1865. l was there till 1870 and
| then went on the Christian Union.
After the recess Johnson's crosse EXAMINATION
was proceeded with as follows: will an
swer the question whether am a spiritual
list in the way friend of mine did when
asked him. He said: l am spiritualist
but not id fool, and believe can receive
communications from dear friends in the
other world, and have had mes
sages from them, but not very
o aro,s an can't sn9i.,.. say whether
at any time. / am now connected with Mr..
Frothinghams church in New York. I AM
not an officer OF the church now, but was
| formerly a trustee. Mrs TiltOn never charged
me with leading her husband into iDtidel-
| lty. L drew up my contract With the Chris
| tian Union, and Tilton did not propose the
draft Oh it. TiitOn and MOultOn did not fix
my salary on the paper. Tlton drew upa con-
| tract which he gave me. / may have
| looked over it and Incorporated
few ideas out of it into mine. | do not
know that he had agency in my obtain
| ing place on the paper. Redirect: 1 had
q conversation with him after his presiding
at the Steinway Hall meeting. We were
lunching together. demonstrated strongly
with him for presiding at a meeting with
such woman. Tracy next called Isabella
S. Oakley, who testified: L reside in
| Brooklyn and am engaged in teaching.
have known Mr.. and Mrs. Tilton since
they were married. L think about
| year before 1 inmate
of the same house. / think Florence was
| about Is months old then. | atterw9rd spent
| a summer with them at Keyport, and at
| Cornwall, and various times Tor week or
two. perhaps at their house on Livingston
street. L visited them Frequently during
the first year they lived there. After 1867
week or a fortnight, when Mr.. Til
ton was absent. L heard Mr.. Tilton
| once rebuke his children and say that he
hoped they would not speak such bad
| English as their mother did. After 1866 l
noticed q change in the visitors of the house
and met people there whom / did not care
to meet. met Miss Anthony, Mrs. Cady
Stanton and Stephen Pearl Andrews there.
also heard Mr.. Tlton say that he no
longer held such views on the marriage re-
lation as he formerly did. Miss Anthony,
Mrs. Stanton, Mrs. Tilton and the
children were present when he said this. 1t
appeared to grieve Mrs. Tilton and brought
| tears to her eyes. / think Mrs. Tllton got
up from tho table and left the room, but 1
am not sure. L also noticed gradual
change in Tilton's religious views between
| 1860 and 1870, change which L considered
! TO be non-orthodox, and l heard him
say that he had not the accepted
view of the atonement. Cross-eXamined by
Fullerton:A fter 1867 1 visited the house
about once week or once a fortnight. In
the fall of 1872 first knew of the scandal,
after the Woodruff publication.
took an interest in it, but was
not excited over it. wrote
A LETTER TO FLORENCE TILroN
telling her that thought she would be wit
ness n the case. Iheard this from commun-
ication which occurred between Mrs. Morse
and Miss Moore. thinkit is possible that 1
have talked with Mrs. Ovington on the sub
ject think I spoke to Mrs. Tilton
about il. / was not directed TO
on the subject. L sent the letter
by post to her after finding the address OF
the school she was at. 1 had no fear
when / wrote the letter to her that her testi-
mOny would hurt her mother In the slght-
est degree at least, not to my knowledge. l
had apprehensions for reasons of my own.
The witness, after being further pressed for
an answer as to her motive tor writing he
letter, replied: was afraid that if she was
called on the other side, she
might say something. The witness
continued: The object 1 had in
writing this letter was to prevent her being
witness on either side. could not say
whether feared that Florence was to be
called as witness for the defendant. The
witness was handed the letter in question
which she identified and continued; did
not show this to any one before sending it,
nor had any conversation with any person
about it. Fullerton read the letter,
which began by sympathizing with
the trials of Florence'S school
| life and expressed her friendship
| Tor hnr IN accnunt of her mother. Her |