The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-21


astray and fall into other hauds received |
q letter from Mrs. Tilton after this, but / |
do not recollect that woe any other
myself. (Shown exhibit No. 1S,
dated the first of January, 1862. |
do not recollect how l sent these let
tiers to Mrs. Tilton. l sent the letters of |
the. 18th Of February by Mr.. Moulton, but
do not know how / sent the others
told her would be in New Haven because
thought che would be interested in il
did not write to tell this to any other mem.
Der of my congregation l may have told
them 30 l did not want to account to her
for my absence / went to see her, not by
appointment l do not remember that
was asked to call ! presume my call was
made In the daytime went to make
pastoral call on her, but never spoke to her
on any other than religious topics COM
municated the fact that my wife was about
to take the boat for Havana and Florida,
on Thursday, presume l went to New
Haven this was not the time met Tilton
on the cars; the conversation between us
was not confined entirely to religious SUBJ
jects. Witness was shown another let
ter) / called on her three times before
the writing of this letter think it was
written in the fall of 1871 l recollcct it
by Florence bringing me a little note about
her mother being IN trouble about her mat
ter then wrote an answer, stating that
/ would see her on the Friday of next week.
(Handed exhibit 400 | do not recolect
the receipt of this letter. or what / did
with it / suppose | took it to Mr.. Moul-
ton that 1t might be safe | do not recol-
lect that / explained to him what it meant
the date is Oct. Oath there is no year
given, nor do recollect ii ! can only fix
the date suggestively as the year in which
| Majo Bradshaw was married The reason
| she called me her dear son was that in the
parlor at the time of Major Bradshaw's
marriage, Mrs Morse was telling me
that her family were scattered, and
she had no person to consult, and
said to consult me, as | would be
a son to her i do not know why
called her mother in my letter, except as
explained in this way l do not know what
Moulton thought about it do not re-
member what thought about the contents
of this letter. nor what Mrs. Morse re-
ferred to as the secret of her daughter
trouble; Mr.. Moulton kept this letter as he
did all the others; my belief is that did
not even read this letter; | looked into it
enough to see that it referred to the troubles
in Tilton's family, and then handed 1t to
Moulton; / do not remember going to see
Mrs. Morse after the receipt of this letter,
nor do / know where she was when | To-
ceived this letter do not know when
first heard that this scandal had got cut
but think the first inimation given me
was in Mrs. Woodhuls card in May, 1871
do not now recall Mr.. Tilton's having
told number of his friends about it;
recolect there was a time when the subject
of the troubles in Tilton's household wa'
discussed between Mr.. Mouton and me al
having been spoken OF in public by Tilton
/ remember there was an interview between
the three OF us; but whether it was abou
the Bowen stories, or the troubles in Til
tons family, / cannot tell MOulton assur
ed me that he had not, that the statemen
was exaggerated, and Tilton denied that hi
had told it to twelve persons; | do no
know how long before the publication o
the Woodruff card that l saw Tillon; d.
not recollect that an interview was ha'
with Moulton at which it was decided tina
Mrs. Woodruff was to be silenccd; ] say
Tilton, and he told me he had an itervey
with Mrs. Woodruff, and had persuaded
her not to interfere with the troubles in hi
household; / do not recollect ever havin
approved of any of his steps taken wit
Mrs. Woodruff to stop the stories; no
did ! ever know these interviews tool
place until after nothing was ever sal
between us. nor was consulted befor h
went to see Mrs. Woodruff; l do not recol
lect when my next interview with hir
about the Woodruff publication was m
impression is it was not until the fall o
1872; up to this time l had heard the dit
ficulty between me and Tiltou had got out
| and that there was talk about it | neve
l hmm vi IF thn IN, atatI hafl 4,
Woodruff publication in 1872, or that I'll
: ton charged me with an offense l am st
' unable to say if had heard of this charg
c at this time; so far as Mr.. Tilton was cor
cerned, Mr.. Bowen had cause to believ
the stories against him at that time MI
; Titon never charged me with improper G
S wicked proposals to his wife, but he req
me a paper puIporting to be charges mad
against me by his wife. Fullerton rca
from the witness direct examination, i
which Tilton charged him in an il
terview with making improper overtures t
y his wife, and read from paper written b
his wife that Mr.. Bcecher had asked he
to be a wife to him in all that name implied
The witness said presume ! said thi
but strictly speaking it is not true, nor di
T l intend to be so understood that /
: charged me with making improper owe
lures to his wife. Mr. Fullerton continue
his reading of the witness direct exam
nation in the same interview, when Tito
. charged the witness with making wicke
proposals to his wife. The witness ws
= asked if he did not mean to imply that III
: ton did not charge him with the wicke
7 proposals at the interview on the Both c
!, December, 1870. The witness said "Frol
! my present point of view do not regar
J Mr.. Tilton as making this charge persona
ly; preceding the introduction of I'll
statement of his wife, do not believe Il
!, made the charge of improper proposals
. my testimony says so it is in direct contri
!, trrdiction to what i say now, and it ougl
therefore to be corrected" Adjourned