, 1875-03-26
d, ton st Mrs, Woohhnll's when Mr.. Tilton was
lItcrc, and tho conversation turned on

THE rt'hltrATtDN OF THE fcANDM..
:oull not. not 10 II. 1hoy wonld crush linn. IIe
sould ray 10 have il etopped. Col: Dlood was
unwilling to do 1t, fnt fear 10 ,, wonsd got Int Into
ttonnea, After lunch, Air. Tilson aud Col.
Dloo.l wero talking about It.. but I could not
mar what was said. Col. Blood wont away !o
Tllton Mt tho breaktaat table chrly oue morning
ut lilo Thtrty-elgiith street ho,se. snl Anprosed
he waa tlefo MI ,lieht. At tho iutorviow next
dag. Col. Blood sa!'l ho would have nothing to
Al lilo tin,o OF this conversation tho proofs wern
nil fct up roady TO bo used. was familiar wltli
tho prnofs and printed alfrs there. ! had tue
printed s!iI# In nv hnnd at tho tli1o OF tho con,
versason, but did not know tcy wore co!issccto.!
with tllis scandal did not read the Nootihnll
OF ChalIls articles. but heard pcorlo talk about
them. ! ehw Air. .rilton aud Mrs. Woodruff Sit
ting together often. NTH .-
TrlE1n AIMS ABOUND EACH oT1iEH,
INIT thought thla wne perfectly natural. This
conversation was about tour or live wouks before
lilo publication.
Ct.oss-eIaninrl: came North In 1sG9, about
tho 1atier part Of Marell. ! wns IN t'cserrbnrg
before tho Nnr closed. 1tofnro tho Var he
louged to Miss 1Iounc, ih brunswick County:
lLuilt Is miles from, PstorsbusE. l)nforo That
nas hired out because was ton young for work.
Sly ,luce'1 attendant WINS Dr. atny. m old white.
haired gentleman. / did not know If llo had
soro ores. I loft Petersburg In 1869. aud came
10 New York. / do not know wiicro trst board
ID but atayed There few days t1n .',a wen, went
agcr Of ,l4e Cbildren's AID Society. DonG'nss
procured mo n situation At tho place Of Mr..
Beach. IN New Jersey. staye.l Win AlF. Leach
s,nt fnll. and cah,o 10 Mr.. lolnas' a l'rooklyn.
WAS also with James l.. browne, i'll Last hoFou-
tociltli street. Aftor that
WENT TO MllH. WoopliuLLH.
where remained until after the publication OF
lhe paper In 1872. This paper: containing tho
road ut school IN Virginia. did the marketing
fur Mrs. Noosihull. and saw Atr. Tilton thorc
for tho tl,st t1mo thtee or four weeks after l
came there: II was on tho occasion Of d
were assembled. Ind not boon tletc W tho
time. lad been al tho honae several months
before went to tho Office. Thia lecture cane
on boforo Mrs. Woolhn't WORT to Washington OIL
sunday. aud atr. Tilton was tlete on tunt oc.
Cnsio1. saw MI. Tilton nt tho house R8aln ut
a lecture III tho spring OF ISL. do not ra,nom-
bcr nccng lin again at tho house: was INTRO
slnccd 10 him at the office. md this was my Arst
ncqualnance. I think / raw him again at tho
boiiBe In sllo end ot the spring or tho beginning
Of the summer: but OF this J nm not sure. I
FAN 111aI MORE OFTEN AT TIL OFFICE.
when 10 used to greet thon,, and they won'd
greet him. They usually lnuched in tho upper
room in Dclmonico'B 'B-moro:than dozon titnes.
Sometimes wan ecnt from Tho oflico for thugs
and then would see thcm. They were sitting
down at small tablo in the upper room. THIS
lunch thero was III tho apriug Of 1871. do not
ron,cmbor see,ng them lunch at Cstrtss' restanr-
mt. When 1 went up to Dolmonteos Mrs.
Wooallnl',, Miss Clafli1a, anl Mr. Triton wore
wan absent. Al tho time ,ot tho Greeley
Presidential cAmpaiEn-1 con!h mot tell how
long Deforc-1 was arrested. alr. III
tom was AWAY campaignii!g. IT might
hayo been four or 1.-Two weeka. I was laid
fnrn tynn1rA with rnnrrOf3fN 1Tn RI
tho sI,ne Of NY bning III wns cnpl0yea In
Wootlhull i Clalltn's. The ons1ance 10 Delmon-
ico's IL Of, tho aatno sitle OF thu stroet MI tho
Wooil,ul 4 Clatn office. Tho last tima saw
him at tho Office they wero
TALEIHa 4Anorr Tfik nEEcHEn ARf1cLr.
Tl,cy clifton, Woo,iilu!1, C'ali,,, md 1'!ootl)
woto III ,l,c middle Of tho Office. Nothing was
said aou, it n,,tl ho camo in. Mr. T!ltou spoke
lint about 1NblAlllng tho Deecllcr article. lIo
4asa II could 10 it directly. but would be
crushed. l am nan md you alc n wo,uat, aud
they would not cruAl, YOU" | wAs opening tho
exchanges ut tho trno' behind the counter, and
"viclsey, il you pub4l, tts tl,ins you will be
a,ado woniatl." ifrs. Woodruff tLcn hod au In
'ersicw Will, Col. Hlood. aud 10 sa!d hc would
NOT undertake to publish It, Mr.. 1iton hskod
vim whr ho wonla not, ns Plymouth Church had
! rich compensation who would
rAY s10O, 0OU TO HAVE IT AurpnEssED.
I waR thcn openiug tho exchanges between the
counters, and WIS standing sideways to them.
Enoi 10 clip out for pubIicatiuu iu Tho papor,
Alter tlia Conversation tl.oy won't into tho back
t,tiiec. but I could not hear whns wua said
Hhor,Iy atterwnrtl as called In to whore tboy
were stllt talking about iLfs subject, heard
Tonuio CIatl.u md Mrs, Woodhull urging Col,
Hood TO publish This ARTICLE hut ho rot,,sed to
nso tho phraae,
.'rI,k prEcurn ARTICLE"
do not think thor were then talking about the
tlla,lia a1ticle, When 1 Was called into The III
nor room It was to sot tho order for lunclr
THIS wus iu tho wear lS72. befors / was taken
tirk. / Nas boarding Il, BROOKLYN then, Tho
Court here took Tic ,isual RECESS,
vito and L1otlle:, being h,s frst appearance Tor
the duy.
When tue Court WAS opened, james Il. Wood
lcy's crosn-exnu,tuatiou was continued by e.
judge Fullerton. liz testified think I1lton
was AWAY beforo TINT co,lyersnt!on Of, !he CAM
nnirn. This wnH tho tirnt tirnn hn,i Eeon him
siuen tys Tctnr,,, + i,narI ti,cs. ,nttica mi,