Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-04-28

that | WAS using this church TO save
myself. | meant by stepping down
aud outh To resign my passionate.
thought my crime then was in win
ming this wOnan's affections and de-
stroyiiig the household aud the man
that WAS at the head of it. Ii was
either IN November or December, 1872,
WIS called to hear The true story"
| read after the Wuodhull publication.
| Tilton stated before he read it To me
| that If could stand one sentence of IL
/ could stand thu whole Of il. The
reason did not deny 1t when this
charge was read to NE was because
that was not my way of dealing in
any matters OF such kind. -lH
MRS. MouLToN's AFGHAN AND KISS.
/ saw Mrs. MoUlton at her own
house about that time, and was in a
great trepidatiOn of mind. | said to
her that Tilton wanted to be hero
before the public. ! did not lie down
/ on the sofa. IL was not an uncom-
mon thing for me To lie down on the
sofa while waiting fOc Moulton, and
would cover my feet with a newspaper
or something else to prevent them be-
coming cold She saw this, and then
her custom WIS to cover me with a
/ shawl or some covering. | heard but
a part of Mrs. Moullon's testimony,
but do not recollect hearing her say
that she kissed me on one occasion. 1t
may have been that l suggested the
asking of this to my counsel, and my
impression is that | did suggest it.
never said TO her that she " seemed to
me like section of the day of judg-
ment.n l will swear that | made use
] IL Il 4
be construed in that way. l will say
that never used that expression on
my part ; there was nothing passed be.
tween her and me about confession to
church, nor a statement to be made
before it, neither was it the subject of
conversation between us. | remen-
bar when l was testifying about a
statement of Mrs. Moulton's ] used
the words not of her own accord"
Perhaps should not have said this,
but what l meant was that she was
influenced by her husband.
GENERAL BUTLER.
1t was in June, 1874, that l first
heard of General Butler coming into
the case. | heard it from H. A. Bow
en-, who called at my house and said
he had an interview with General But.
Ter, in which he said that | was in a
bad fix, but l was too good man to
go in that way that he thought he
could pull me out, no matter what the
state of facts might he that he would
be in town in few days, when ]
might cali upon him and see him. !
did not say to Bowen that Butler
would be j." the Moses who should lead
me through the wilderness" or that
he was great man. l did not send
any person to Boston to consult Gen
eral Butler, but some person went. II
was the result of a consultation and
approved of it. The person who went
there communicated the result of his
interview with me. 1t was General
Tracy who went, l never communi-
Gated with General Butler on the mat
ter. The first walk l had with Mrs
Tilton was in the summer of 1871
when | met her on the street accideu-
tally. On another occasion L met heI
on Montague street and walked with
her to her house. l think it was in the
afternoon. | do not know how many
blocks | walked with her. | left hel
at the door. J talked with her, bul
) not about the scandal, nor did / ask
her if the charge of winning her affsc
X
that it was, aud yet L walked with hel
through the public streets. remem'
Der going with her in carriage L
Greenwood to bury little Paul, but wa:
never alta picture gallery with her, no.
ever visited Sarony's in company will
her. | was not in an oyster saloon d
restaurant in that city with her. Ii
tile walks we had there was no tall
between us of her having given he
affections to me, but l knew that sh'
had at that time. The court adjourn
, ed.
[Froln thq Cincinnati Commercial
! The great cross examination of tn
great cross examinee by the grea
, cross examiner is over. 1t ended a
! noon. l hope not to be accused O
= giving an opinion about it when l say
that If we went in at the big end o
> the horn we came out at the other end
for | merely mean to indicate that til
4 great things and scenes of the opening
! days of the cross grew less and less a
|, we approached its end, till we woun'
up with matters which turned out t
, beinconsequential. We have not late
, ly had any weeping scenes, patheti
passages, wonderful pictures, rancor
II Jus VI SNaibiibS
. ments. To-day we had but
TWO SMALL POTATOES TO COOK,
: And Beecher', friends laugh at Ful
a lerton's trouble over them. l CUES
: the lively Fullerton will agree wit
these observations. Some of US ha
: expected to see Beecher and his evi
i dence knocked higher than kite
j. on the crOss-eXamiuation, but some {
u us now think this has not been quit
IS accomplished. BeecheT himself lei
Is the witness-stand in far better persona
e condition than he took it on the fir;
of April. And as for the way his ev
e dence has stood the test every one mu:
81 Judge for himself The Beecher Part
: declare the whole cross a fizzle. Tn
y Tllton party claim that number {
II strong points have been made for the
Is side.