The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-20

he raised MS voice she would not raise ner voice
Q When gentlemen had been to see Mrs. I'iion
would MT. Illton require nom her a statement OF
what was SAID TO her? A. Yes; he spoke about
economy 10 Mrs. Tllton III the household, and sac
said. Darling, make every dollar 90 lar as |
can.n
q. What kind of table did they keep A. Mr..
| Tton was very lastldlous about his ood one
morning he ordered breakfast at eight O'Clock
and he came down at ten and complained that The
beesteak was very much dried up Qaughter) !:
on one OF these asions OF ne children SAID,
Mother Is the most unsefsh woman that ever
nved;" Mr.. 1Ilton turned round ana said. ''four
mother is the most selfish woman thar ever lived )"
Mr.. Beecher was in the habit OF visiting at Mr..
when Mr. Beecher called; Mr. 1iton treated Mr..
Beecner kindiy, cordially, as dld also Mrs Iton;
man; Mr.. Beecher would talk TO and play win
on cSer ee wInsss "eas ~
several her treatment OF them was the same as
tina. Of IN Mr.. gseener number Of photographs;
the witness, several photographs OF Mr.. Beecher,
In the house IN the sitting room on the table
SSorSooas life THOUGHTS" Notes ' from Plyn.
q. Was there any particular occasion on which
mr. t to , sslted your room a. ngS1I Gss
room; mad not been in bed very long.
BESSIE IN DANGER.
The celebrated story OF Tilton making improper
proposals to Bessie Turner was related by that
young person, on the tritest cue. a. coldy and
1mmodestly Rs II It was written down, committed
to memory and practised. It required no inter-
ruption, was AL given in paragraph, the hands
OF the witness grasping the fan and her voice In.
nected, recitative style.
The audience, composed almost wholly OF men,
heard this evidence with q sense Of ashamed ess.
M. Evarts looked down and smiled seli-depreca-
tingly. Beach smiled. PryOrs lip was out and
his eyes on the floor. For the first time In the
trial Foreman OF the Jury Carpenter looked away
from the Witness But the three ladies Of Bessie
Turner's coterie never took their eyes from her,
though Mr.. Beecher did. Mrs. Beecher listened
till all the story and then went TO sleep.
Theodore Tilton looked up and heard Bessie De.
claim with q COOL demure, unabashed, but undem-
onstrative counrenance.
The witness said Il remember v hat the CONVEX.
satlon was on that occasion; had gone to bed 10
and mad not been IN bed very long before Mr.. TIL
ton came III ana SAID he had come to KISS me good
Went 9 to e other Se .a sde eane
on the bed and kissed me good night; he stroKed
my iorenead and my mar. and said what nice, SOFT
hair l had and now nice and soft my nesh-my
forehead-was; and then ne placed his hand on
my neck took his hand on; he said, .Why,
Bessie, my dear, now PAINFULLY modest yOu ares"
he SAID 9Th ose caresses are all right; there are
people IN the best society VINO 90 all these things;
II is perfectly proper, and IL Is only people I'M
puse minds VINO believe that things like that are
not right y repliea that could not help what Was
mad my own IDEAS OF proprety aud modesty; that
! was gong to carry them out; that l dd not be-
neck, and that would not permit him to do 1t;
he then LAID DOWN and asked me If would not
word d put that IN Your he p, lie replied tnat
was nice aud af1ectionate girl. that ought 10 be
/ SAID that supposed when the time came and the
right man presented himself perhaps !
gs out na ae nod
not troubled me, and mat did not regard this
the cnie end IN he; said that II did get mar
wa a IN n
for my husband; he then asked me Il ] AID not
tnnk people mad anlnities or each other; asked
meanna or IL was that when man saw a woman
he loved she should be MS affinity; that they
that ne loved me that it was right and proper
he should caress me, and that no harm should
was strange Child and had some singular IDEAS;
In the summer OF 1865, wnen Horace Greeley VAS
tn y 'asrs on By
ing tall man standing over me-; l mad
to 70 BED IT ny oaHs
you been doings" SAID he should not have taken
the liberty with me IN the absence OF MS wne;
he salu, Il found myself lonely and wanted YOU
to love me;' got up and lett the room, went 10
my own room and locked the door: tsensation.l
Next morning. after breakfast, lett the house
O. Why did you not return to Mr.. Ti]ton's house9
A. 1 spoke 70 Mrs. Morse, and having learned
from her that Mrs. Tton mad returned went
back to the house; did not at that time COM
municate to Mrs. Triton what transpred between
me and Mr. Triton /; went TO Marietta, Onio, IN
the sprlnI OF 1870; / remained there ABOUT
Ok day Of Noyember is7i mrs. iIson visited
M rletta while was there; think Sue Was there
In september or October: MIS-. TIon bad great
many talnting spells, and / returned home with
her.
A. Mr.. TiltOn met US with q carriage, and l took
breakfast with them on our return home; Miss
Ellen Dennis TOOK the usual place OF Mrs Tlton at
when Mrs. Tilton sat down at the table she began
! to CRY; Miss Dennis SAID 10 her IL wonder why
ceIIent ausband you ought to be saIisned;' Mir.
Tilton SAID to me- DON'T you think she IS crazyf"
sa'H oH aSe fro ns NO. 0ee e
have acted toward her,"
BESSIE SPEAKS PIECE.
| At three O'Clock Bessie's sing-song voice came
| to q high place, where she described how splen-
didly she rebuked Theodore the day after she came
home from the country to the hospitality OF his
house. She raised her voice, leaned forward,
balanced her ian and exclamed:-"It is a wonder
she Is alive, Theodore Tllton, living with you"
The low comedy OF all these elocutionizings was
irresistible. Titon laughed heartily.
The Judge attempted to modify one OF Mr.. Por.
ter's questions, some OF which were not put with
that attention to legal exactness which might
have been uniformly expected from q scholar and
| an ingenious gentleman OF his renown.
| Mr.. Porter turned to the Judge and said, with
great solemnity that he and Mr.. Evarts had spent
! great deal OF time together and knew great
deal more Of the Importance OF their cause just at
this Juncture than he could be expected to know.
The Judge, In per. ect GOOD nature and serenity,
! concurred In this, and merely said that one OF Mr.
Por ers excellence OF phraseology could frame bis
! questions 80 as to never require them to be
amended and put in form.
witness-Mrs. Tilton left the room and fol-
| lowed her; Mr.. Tilton gave an angry look at me
when lett the table.
Q. When you went into the back parlor what did
you see A, Mr.. Tilton mad his fist clenched, and
said to ner, "Damn you; you have taken that girl
here az alnst me- and Will not permit It."
TIE EFFECT OF PARAGRAPH.
The sense OF mingled humor and adherence
expressed at the close Of Bessie Turner's nara
ton was on the whole creditable 20 average
human nature. The girls rapid, emphatic, PAN
tomimic recitation OF disgusting scenes in words