Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-29
THE SCANDAL TRIAL.
Testimony for the Defence Reviewed
by Mrs. WOOdhull.

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"a cOlored man, formerly my servant.
named James Il. WoOdley, testified, in SUBJ
stance, at the Beecher trial on Thursday last
as follOws:-That he was introduced TO Mr.
Iilton by me, and that I instructed him, in
the presence of Mr.. TiltOn. regarding what /
meant by free love; that Mr.. Tilton was in
the habit of going with Inc to lunch at Del
mohlto s; that he was in the habit of visiting
me at my residences, No Is east 3Sth street,
No. liz west sd street, and No. 3 Irving
Place, and remaining all night, eating break
last The next morning; that he was arrested
on November ?. 1872, and held as a witness
he having the day before come To my office
from sick bed, having been iii abou; a
month; that a short time before this illness.
on given Monday and Tuesday, fixing the
time In the fall of 1872, Mr.. Tllton came 10
my office, having some writing IN his hand,
which he read to Miss Clatlin, Colonel BloOl
ana me. and that he urged its publication:
that Colonel Blood objected to having any
thing Ia do with il; that he urged that there
could be S1O0,O00 made out of Plymouth
church through II; that Colonel B!oOI again
refusing TO have anything TO do with IL.
locked the safe, put ON his hat and left the
office. returning in the morning following,
not going To the house that night that he
tWOodley) was at the house that night and
saw Mr.. Tilton there and also at breakfast
next morning, this being in Irving Place;
that whenever he saw Mr.. TiltOn and me to-
- ther il was usually with his arms about
my waist, and various other stuff.
The testimony, If true, will fall heavily
upon MI. TiltOn and ii ought To, but if false
and can be shown to be 50, twill stamp upon
The defence the infamy of procuring manu-
facturel test mony from the eIvants of peo-
pie when they could have obtained the facts
from the people themselves. Now, mark the
utter
IMPossIBILITY OF THE TRUTH OF THIS
TESTIMONY.
The scandal was published October D. 1872,
the paper being dated Nov. 81. At that time
our Office was at No. Il Broad street, We haY-
ing removed there from No. Al the May pre-
yiOus. At that time We were living at No.
% Irving place. having gone there in Sep
tember before, having left No Is east SSH
street the \ pTil previously. and No. l1S west
23d street in May. At the last two places of
residence we did not keep house, but boarded
with sister. Now. Mr.. WOoiley was not in
our employ in the office at any time while at
No. IS Broad street. Consequently, what
ever conversation he might ever have heard
about anything must have been while our
office was at No. II. Mr.. Tilton never visited
us at No. ~. Hence whatever conversation
he may have heard in which Mr. TiltOn took
part must have been at No IL. But Mr.
WOOdley says that all of this lengthy and
important conversation occurred in the fan
of 1872, shortly previous 10 the publication of
the scandal, and in the office described as
No. AZ. The whole story is a pure fabrica-
ton from beginning To end, and is not re-
lleved by a particle of truth. There was
never any such conversation between the
parties named, either at the time mentioned
Or at any other time Mr.. Tilton never men,
toned the sum OF s10O 600 or any other num-
her of dollars as the merchaHtable value of
the scandal in Plymouth church; nor did Col.
objection to the publication Of the Beecher
article. Nor was the Beecher article pre-
pared until few days before its publication;
nor was there ever slip of il in the hands of
any servant in our employ Moreover,
THE LAST TINE THAT MR.. TILTON VISITED
ME
was at my office, No. ~ Broad street, the
day that he left the city TO attend the Gin
cinnati convention that nominated Mr..
Greeley for the Presidency. which was in
May, 1878. Since that day / have never
Tn NJ h. tn
he was ashamed TO come and see me after
that. / should have been had / been in his
placc, MI TiltOn was never at No . Irving
place and but three OF four times at No. llS
west 2}d street. anu ~ never re ma nd Ill any
house in which lived with single eXcep-
ton, and that was night IN August. ISL,
when he was preparing my biography; nor
did ever eat breakfast there save the next
morning al Ger that occasion. Nor did MI
TiItOn ever enjoy the honor of a formal an
PRODUCTION to this colorei gentleman, nor or
hearing me discourse frc'-lOVe with my
servants or with anybody else. in the Ian
guage r"citcd by Mr.. Wootlcy, or in language
To the same effect; nor was in tn habit of
RECALLING my servants with tablcauX in which
Mr.. Tilton and myself were the subjects. II
We desired to kiss and embrace there We're
plenty OF opportunities to do so beyond tn"
gaze of vulgar observers. Whenever Mr..
Tilton did me the honor and favor To spend
his evenings with me we were engaged in
entirely different pursuits from those
with which the defence wish to impress
more constant visitor at my house and
officc-frcqucntly lunching there ut my re-
qucst-than he testified To having been when
on the stand, but we never lunched either at
DelmOnicO's. where the cOlOred gentleman
makes such parade OF having seen us, nor
al kurtZS' or any other place in the vicinity
OF Broad street. Indeed, | never was in Del
manicO'S i'm my life, ] have been at kurtZ>
frequently. but never with Mr.. TiltOn. sui
there is Just as much truth in many parts OF
this persons narrative "a there is in any part
of IL that relates 10 the ima9..-lry converse
ton in the fall of 1872.
I OWE MIR. TILToN TOO GREAT DEBT OF
GRATITUDE
for the many services he rendered me To per-
nit of my remaining silent when such testi-
mony as this il offered. No matter how in
considerably he has treated himSelc-nOt
me-in rega ri to his relations with me / for
give him heartily all his intended harm. now
that the defence are making use of those re-
lations to crush him in this case, and do what
! can in this way To relieve him from the ef
feet oil this testimony upon the public, not
having the pleasure of denying il in better
way upon the stand. Most of what I have
said can he established or verified by the tes-
timOny OF competent witnesses.
Another servant. Lucy Ann Giles, also teS-
titled that Nj. TiitOn remained at my house
the nights of July3 and 1, 1872; that OIL the
night of the 81 she made a bed for hi m in the
front parlor on a sofa lounge, on which She
put IA mattress and bed clothes and that he
was there at breakfast the next morning:
that the next night-that of the 4th-he slept
in my room on the third floor, she (the ser
Ndnt1 DtltlS called 10 lne room 10 get refresh
mentS late at nj ght. and seeing me- in nv
nIunt par,,,., nts and him with his coat vest
and boots of.
IAE EVIDENT INTENTION
Tor which this evidence is introduced, is TO
leave the effect upon the jury and the public
That Mr. TiitCn and occupied the same bel
those two nights. They tthe defence) knew
very well Just how much truth there is in
the story, and could settle ii beyond doubt ii
they desired to 10 so: but il is their policy TO
go just far enough not TO prove the truth. so
that the suppositiOn that they wish TO en-
force may remain. For instance, why did
they not ask this Lucy if she knew that re-
manned in the parlor the first night and in
the third story room the second night, or il
she knew that | did not? No, They didn't
want to go quite that far. They wanted TO
stop just short of the truth or the fact, and
leave the rest to be inferred. am sure there
is one thing for which the public will give
me credit. 1t is well enough known that
am my own mistress. and that | always re-
main in control of my own person, and that
would not lie either for myself or for any
body else in a matter such as Is presented in
this testimOny-that is, If Mr.. TiltOn and
had occupied the same bed those two nights
i would never deny it. may be called what
1T may please any one 10 call me, but il can
never be said that contract any alliances Of
this kind of which 1 am ashamed or for