The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-07
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The reason | said supposed | should moi
see her again was because she looked as
If she was called of God when she was
sick on the last occasion | saw her. The
latter clause with regard to fearing n mis-
carriage of this letter was suggested bv
Moulton; the idea was that if she thought
Tilton and | got up this letter it would
have no effect upon her; Moulton told me
that Tilton had consented to this letter he.
ing written, and it was with his advice the
letter was written; / did not request of
Moulton to get Tilton's consent to this let
ter; Moulton engineered the whole pro
ceedings; always said it was an improper
thing for me to act in this thing with Mr..
TiltOn; Mr.. Moulton always suggested
| should bring my influence on Mrs. Tilton
to harmonic her with her husband;
thought it better not to 20 to her, but was
not put under any instruction in regard to
her.
always asked after Elizabeth with re-
spect and affection while her illness con-
tinued ; | always asked if she was going
to run down | never asked if she was ris-
ing in his respect / do not remember of
ever asking that during her illness there
was fear that ii would end in consump-
ton and carry her off, and ] always asked
affectlonately after her after February
and during that summer my relations with
Tilton and Moulton were of the most
friendly kind ! went to Tilton's about
breakfast time on the 18th of February: we
repaired to his study Tilton met me as if
he had expected me he opened his con-
versation with recognition of the fact
that we &C, tremendously together; he
spoke about how Mr.. Bowen had
treated him in business matters he passed
20 ca1, 10,
had received the same treatment from him;
he instanced the stories Bowen had told
about him, and denied the story of impro-
per proposals. to a lady in the office of the
Brooklyn Union and of a lady at Wnsted,
Ct; he said there was another Tilton. n
pro1gate fellow, whose acts were at
tributed to him. he deiied any person to
prove true those stories about him in the
west and northwest and said my wife was
not altogether guiltless of circulating the
stories with Mrs. Morse; lie denied ever
having violated marital relations or
W ws told me of an advice gwen him
by his father when he was setting out
in the world, and told him to beware of
the wiles of the other sex; he said he
thought his life was surely coming TO an
emu and that as we were to cooperate to-
gether he wished to have this conversation
with me and desired me to visit him in his
family as had done before we left the
study and went down stairs into the back
bedroom, where we had supplementary
discourse Mrs. Tilton was there he told
her his conversation with me, and spoke of
his loss in business, but SAID he was young
and could recover himself he said to her
Mr.. Beecher has acted the part of man
of honor to you and taken all the blame.
He also said to me that it was fair to
tell me that Elizabeth had taken the
blame on herself he said his
home was broken and unhappy, but
that these things would be mended in
the future; with this we all kissed one
another and departed | was again at his
house in May, about the middle of the
month have little remembrance of it
Mr.. Tilton received me modify, but un-
der conversation this passed away, and
while sitting there in the old fashioned way
chatting, Mrs Tilton came into the room
laughing, and kissed me up to this time
the difficulty between him and myself
thought was dissipated /; except the per-
Torrance Of my duty to him do not recall
any other interview at Tilton's house IN
that year but one after this | saw Mrs.
Tilton alone, in the fall of 1872 it had
connection with the difficulty which ran
through this period. Mr.. Evarts read
that portion of Tilton's testimony with
regard to the interview in February be-
tween witness and Tilton, when the lat
ter questioned the paternity of the boy
Ralph, and witness was asked it such a
conversation ever took place. He replied
'Never was there such conversation be-
tween him and me it is monstrous and
absolute falsehood.' Mr.. Evarts then
asked witness if at that interview, when he
found Tilton at breakfast if Tilton asked
him to give him the correct date of his
criminal Intimacy with Mrs. Tilton. so as
if possible to remove shadow from the
name of little Paul, whether Tilton said
Mrs. Tilton had given him such date,
and whether he (Beecher) replied 'As be-
fore God that was the correct date" Wit
ness replied, nothing of that kind occurred
sir, it is monstrous lie. Adjourned.